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National Republican., 1873-04-26
Y.IaabIe Aveane Prep,r,y al AuclIen.

WHITE SHIRTS at less than manufacturer
prices, at 1906 Pennsylvania avenue, Princes
bazaar.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
7 EINNE . DAHHNHf FVVV 7 NHN1J " "9'" " V'''
N,,l.p,l s.yinr. R.rL,

The "CEar" Coat,
saks 4 Goa latest, will be placed on their coun-
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Clrrri, C..rt-ChInf Jr.,ic, C.r,l,r.

This court was engaged as follows: Berry "a.
Gilbert; new trial granted. Price (admlnls Ha-
ton VI. Evans; leave granted 10 amend. ~ nry
vs. Keyea 4 smith; motion for new trial ith-
drawn. sedawlok W. Semmes; certified 10 lem
erai Term. Adjourned.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
RAILROADS.
WASHINGTON AND ONO RAILROAD.
suMMER ARRANGEMENT REelNNINa APRn


sUMxER ARRAsaRsEsT. BEeiSsISe APRIL
Two trains daily, etcs, sunday, between Ae1.
Essys xisssndqs !. s,ss : r., and ,g: p; Pas.
srTiss y ls%ilssoS lls q j y ! M and N
LesYe Hamilton At s 10 :. m, and y ~ p m,
E 'sses5 saS GiRs sTsi9s 4 itssd Sssssadi. ana M
J. !, ,I& iES% s,1., Hs%,,SU sE.ss
hesenfefs IRON Wr.iihIrton tke the Washington
and QUO car II Baltimore and Potomac DePgt :.
sSs,E M goine urouHh 70 hamhoh Wtnou'
f$s % src% .nd |, OE E,,s n
s.nsSs linz SSsses. which leave Lees6urs daily
6o%%pistics aeEs,s. t'66ie. osa,s p.r mils,
spIaa 9Sfi a0.' ' eeSsial = ffAyasss. fisssi assa.
nRANGE, ALEXhNpRlA AND MANASSAS
" pouB1f1 f1bhif bhfIY PPRAISs
g H "a saS AagrS @ SSe
ton aud LynchburK In the ErraI line from New OF.
lear leans sand and New Yort, eonnectinE with Chssapeake
Vile for Rchmond and south, and ali the line 70
ths Ohio river aud West,
bosts Seventh s1rset shn& o s~tss @ dsy q H.
Union sttsSts, AIe,andria, a sS, m. and q = m.
,PassspEsg fCE ManRs.as Division leave seyonth
Pullman Palace Oars from Alexandria TO New Or.
leans, Si1, ehanfnS 2n'S a. Lynchbars u,..,,..
Ton, y. Y. ur at Alexandria, corner Of King and
Uhon sstesm ,r,,; ,,,,. tr, .,, -
enth street wharf
Bresfisst and supper on ferry boats for through
lara j.. M. BRoADUs, q. I. A.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
THE COURTS.
u.r,r.I r,rm-s.rr.n, Co,

9enerai Tcrrn--supreno Ceurt.
All the justices sat fp hane yesterday for the
trial OF appeal cases; w.a. IanFford, OF Cali
fornla, was admitted 70 the bar OF this court.
weymonth va Washington, Georgetown and
this case was concluded, and the case submitted.
LAnRdon Va Purdy; the case was argued by
Measrs Webb and Hawea, and the judgment be-.
was argued by Hsssrs. Hine, Coz, Meioy and
Miller, and submitted.
MOTION ply.
To-day IL motion day IN the General Term.
The following is the assignment: Nos. 10, 70, ~.
81, sq, %, - and 70. Adjourned.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
mann M HEALTH.

The Reu,sval efthe sus.iipex HosphaiHo-
.,e.teA by Secretary Deiuso-Report OF
A regular meeting Of the Board Of Health was
held last night. ...
unlimited several bills, amounting 70 R,lba;
which were ordered to be paid,
phe health on1cer submitted his weekly report
OF nuisances reported and abated also, report
Of the western pound. Placed on Ole.
Communication was received from secretary
Delano, through Governor Cooke, requesting the
removal Of the smallpox hospital from It's present
location a. Il lnterferes with the building Of the
jan.
on motion Of Mr.. Nsrbury. the president Of
the board was directed to communicate with tue
Governor on this subject.
DR.. Verdi offered q resolution declaring the
slauahter-house on Thirteenth street and BOun-
Diary . nuisance, and Injurious to health.
Adopted.
west being In an unsafe condition and danger
Gus 70 life and limb, be declared q nuisance.
Adopted.
on motion Of Mr. Marbury, the same amour,
OF extra compensation was awarded DR.. W. ID.
stewart a. was awarded the other employees.
Tue board then, at O'Clock .. M, adjourned,
National Republican., 1873-04-26

A LExANDRA AND WASHINGTON RAIL
hIUksBURq HALLWAY
DEPOT CoRSkR SIXTH Nd u SrREErB,
's;tL - 4 tss, 1b5 y. IN. -.
- N, So sssi ss ~ s2s, II % m, Il ~ ~
Trains mar I'D thus connect with trAins on w..h.
inston aud Ohio railroad. :
QUANTlCO accommodation leaves WAAhlnEton
s3 a IN. daily, except Sunday,
dRkhT b01THERN ExpREss. via Richmond.
caves Washington 10 ~ p m daily. except sunday,
Ihrpush tckets 10 all points South and Southwest
for sale at the once corner Sixth and PennhyyAn
where passengers can leave ordeIs fJT bzS.
Ease te be eheeked a. all hotels and rsidsnees
lYlElf aeneraI paaaensrsr 49,,
National Republican., 1873-04-26
STEAMSHIP LINES.

WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, BOSTON AND
Fssss One Iron sis.5sr Ltbf tbf ~ THE ~.
70 NOhfOLK. will leave her wharf, A<ef<t1ftI
foot "a sidih e.reot, every MONDAY
u he pSiheipsi river SRi sonpsctins q, Nor
foi with tesnship p the M and N, Line Tor boston
care of LAdy 81 the lake. VIA Norfolki" Branch
assst na sSsSSs Sss at EIErs SeS ~ fsDa.{
BiHth-street wharf.
pl.nrs store. Corner fssath issse and As% Sost
Ayenue r : mhno
National Republican., 1873-04-26

0EO u hOON 10, Agent, NAAhinHton. nos
PALTIMoRB AND OHIO RAILROAD.
.nS zSb fs Fs11M1Ss AZ loSaan
vs. FOR BALTIMORE.
Leave daily, eIetIt sunday, Gts "a &c. s,tB and
10 -. a. m, md ,sii5 til9 i ~ sahd 20 p m
Leave all IS and L m, and !, S;lS, so. & and
~ FOR ALL WAY STATIONS
~ a 1t and 40 and = 3 4 Go y M, and on Sunday At
nE IN s1 sSS 4 9S s!S tSSs .'cS
At all stAtiOnsj bladensburg BeIsyille Laurel, An
nApolis Junction, Hanover and Relay hso. the ~
y. IN. ~, WI stGp al dessups Cut' and the p N ~
'' ron AsNAPoLIs. '
Lave at $50 a. m and til0 p. m but no train 10
Ut i'''n AnNAsff fSa 81 N6bHhfoLK. r
Io.v. ES sy All Lob Ts sssy 81 fF saa sassy EESg
'p n a1a IfSsp "A SspPfiE RiEisyf n ais Il 'PPSf 'PPS6fj%s
From New Yorh, Philalelphia aud Baltimore .
From EEsSsshs Es$slss |. fGs ss s%ssS % .s :ns :. 10
and 10 $50 n F5a fiE fis 4 Sfsf ssa 's' m
Through tlokets % the West can be had at IN
tsy; also, = tSs SoIapsay Sihss rs rsHa:y
RsE a K ssIS sss
Tsr New Ysts PhIIdsl Psts % s sSd ' DcstOn, SOC .d
yortisement OF Through Line.
Assistant Ms.lgl Tg9f, y fr.S.ssIs.ilSn r sa4aE;
oepsr.i Z n; FIX RidEs, Ason.
lam, a.,pEo.s pEo. + ko9SIL
National Republican., 1873-04-26

10 hs Editor sr ns Na'ioHai RsguelioaHs
SIR; In your paper yesterday reference was
made TO X. A. Williams As well and proml-
nently known law partner Of mine. THIS u q
mistake. lie has no professional or business
relations with me whatever
o. u. BARRETr.
[The reporter should have said recently law
partner" tc.-EDl
National Republican., 1873-04-26

FATHERS AND MoTIIKRs-,
we are adding 70 our stock large assignment Of
boys youths and childrenb clothing,
fHE wAvERLY SUrns-
from TO years OF age. from % TO SIS.
THE HARyAnD SUfrs-
from 10 10 years Of ago. from 81 10 $40.
SAIIOR BUiTs-
from 70 years Of age, and other styles In end
less variety. Ours are the best made. Best ma
terlal and newest styles In this market,
NOAH WALKKR A Co.,
s1l Ponnsylyanla ave.. Metropolitan Hotel.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

To UT ANY BOY.
To nt any child.
To nt any youth.
To nc any man.
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WhIIaNna
Y. N. a.. A. Services.

The only complete stock may be found at our
house. A. SAYS A Co,
5l6 Seventh street.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
Pure French Candy

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF clocks Of every de-
scription at Princes Bazaar, from two dollars
onward.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

Tue GREAT EHoLisH RESnDy for gout and
Rheumatism. An sufferers from the above com
plaints, either Of recent or long standing are adj
Vised TO use Blairs 9out and Rheumatic Pills,
They can be relied upon As the most safe and
enectual remedy ever offered 10 the public, and
have been universally used In RuTope for many
years with the greatest success. Prepared BY
PRouT HLksAST, SO Strand, London, Rngiand,
and sold by all druggists.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

LADIES' TRUNKS AND sArCuEI!s, MEMS
SHIRTS AND UNDRRCLOTHINts; COLLARS,
HoSIERY, TIES, &c, AT VERY Low PRICES
FOR CASH. Il. O. LEWIS,
National Republican., 1873-04-26
Reliable.

MRs, McLosKY will please call Of Princes
Ba1aar, whose two dollar clocks hHyo arrived:
guaranteed for year, a. promised.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

IPAAAN wants bo tile Of whisky, let him buy
II and take II home IKE man, and not sneak
home with bottle OF "Bitters" or " Cordial, I"
and pretend that II "a medicine. II he wants q
tonic that ls something be tier than Temporary
stlmulant, he should get bottle OF Peruvian
and Gfye durable strength 70 The system.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
PRIscE's BAlAAR, 1905 Pennsylvanla avonu

Ia manufactured daily and sold at the low price
Of 20 cents per pound, AT 40 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., nearly opposite National hotel. eOtf
National Republican., 1873-04-26

Bazaar, No. 1905 Pennsylvunia avenue.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

PRRCEs BAZAAR Is the place 70 go for Diston
saw. He Is closing them out at nrst cost.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

UsE lbs oF DooLxI's than Of other Yeast or
Baking Powder, as Il is much stronger. Put up
full weight. olive IL fair trial. GfoceIs sell it.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

Nor ONLY can you buy a clock as cheap As at
suetaou By purchasing Of Prince, bat he war
rants them for year.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
THE MOST
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
DIR. 8. D. HoWE'S
ARABIAN MILK-CURE,

MlLk-CUkE,
FOR CONSUMPTION,
And all Diseases Of IA THROAT. CHEST and
THE only inedicIne q he kind In the WORLDLY
A Substitute for Cod Liver OIL.
Permanently cures Asthma. Bro,, r,,is, Ipciptent
Ssisrr6, croap Coughs, colds &c, in lew % days.
like magic. Price. sfm per bottle.
Also.
DIR. y. ID, H0wps
ARABIAN TONIC BLOOD PURIFIER
s1os 5S npcn d; 0a z nd "a
BLOOD y is Purely Yagetabls. elesnses the sys,
nsiSs fnrs Riss BSod Sare. seroiaous ds:sssa saa
q Al kinds. removes Constipation. and regulates
FuR "sInIaAl ptsilITy," LOST VITALITY
AHp "bRoktn-pown CONSTITUTIONS"
1 "Ch.llense tho 1pth Ccstaryr 20 ind ID.
.--. Eausl.
EVERY BOTTLE Is S88RIIH S88RPIIH ITS WEIGHT IN
rrice, 81 Per Bot,ie. H
Sold wholesale and retail by
oHHs sfvTT 4 90, 80 Psnnsyiyania avenue.
" q pUCRifT ocrnsf Psnn.yiSsnis svonue
.3c TffSUfS go s.. near Treasury Depart.
CO. ;Is'S TsS;tssnsh .ss .,Ts,i s1s streets
B Il SfSRkk tso' %. foSrlsadsSsif % stree, and
j. s. JONES, twenty .third and str-. southeast.
TABnR co, SO Seventh street southeast.
y D. BOWLING. Roursndahah and Q streets
8 = HiakGfSS. 81 fshS:yiSsniS sysnac = ISd and
WI h sT9NE, Corner Of Seventh and Q streets.
WILFRED MCLEOD, Georgetown, feswkSn
National Republican., 1873-04-26

THE new CoIounade hotel, on Chestnut street,
Pa, 10 growing famous for iu
National Republican., 1873-04-26
movKR RAru oy roRIcoo Ju,cK-

"Suiferer" sends US 4 letter IN which he CON-
plains that while witnessing tho performance I
the Lydia Thompson troop last week ho and his
friends were subjected to shower bath OF to-
bacco juice from the dress circle. and concludes
as follows
al would not make the semblauce Of ar1Iuble,
II possible, against Mr.. Ford, the building, or Its
owners, Messrs. Wall 4 Berry, whom have
mSn n.,nrs ~ ~ NJ y, ,nie,,, nnas
shower bath Of tobacco juice spray, OF which
even the beautiful Lydla herself cannot make
one wholly obllylous, and hope the nuisance
will be IN some manner remedled." .'
National Republican., 1873-04-26

MEcuAsIcs viii study their interest tD call at
Princes BaEaar for tools. lie Is giving great
National Republican., 1873-04-26

Trains lcavins washinston at 81 aud 10 ~ = NJ.
and % y connect at Bowie with trains for Mari.
boro', les,ins Bowie a. 81 aud II y a IN aud I -
?. M arriving Al Marlboro At siS a IN. and tSiis
aud 10 y. m. =
Trains arriving at Washington al ass q M. and
81 end pIv 2. m. connect at bowie With trains leav
ins hAr bOro at q. M and 10 and "a p IN
Passengers leaving their orders At Ticket Ofnoe
northwest corner Thlrteenth and Pennsy lyaniA ave
mug, can have their baggage called for and checked
a hotels and residences to ALI points North and
Ipdianap9lis. kouisytlle, 81 Iouis, New ,orlosn.
North, Northwest. West and Southwest
n y pUBARRY Con. Superintendent
National Republican., 1873-04-26

REnENBER that time Ia money, anil II you
would have the former correct and save the
latter, call at Princes Bazaar md purchase q
clock.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

AsuRE RnEpr roR CmLls AND FEVER. ArKHs
AeuE CURE never fails. co
National Republican., 1873-04-26
CARRIAGES.

NARRIAGEsl --,----- CARRIAGEsI /!
" CARRIAGRailI
On hand, tnll ..soItmsnt Of Eaw ahd ou5uy
second.hand Family Carriages, BugHtAE, ~ ~
PhAetons, &c.i among them several very .9h{zsNi-
nne tryttins Bnssies, wetshinS ~ lbs
ness, Horse Uoyers, he, will be Aold at barSalD
Repairing promptly attended to,
apSa 1855 fsnnsyivSnia SSenle.
National Republican., 1873-04-26

To hs Editor Of Ne SaiioAaI Rsp-btiosss
SIR ''slxteen years old" Il trust she Is sVesD
complains Of "wall flowers" gentlemen with
their hair plastered down over their forohsads.- =
Now, II sixteen years old" and all other "years
old" would not only plaster their hair down over
their foreheAds, but give their Horticultural
adornments good top dressing there would be
no wall flowers 10 complain OF, for while the
front OF the house Ia decorated with sun now
ers, corn stalks and wheat nelds We see no i'm
propriety In dressing on the back with wall now
ers. But n they will not take our advice then
we petition hr. Ford either 10 erect platforms
for our accommodation, or supply dressing
room where the dear creatures can "shuf1e on
their mortal coils" diyest themselves Of their
Moral adornments, and deposit their literary ex-
crescences. We have rights which the botan-
icA portion OF the audience are bound 10 re-
spect, for while we buy our own tickets, ''some
other feller" buys theirs. WALL FLOwm.
National Republican., 1873-04-26
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
6EPoT ooRNESs sd,l{ sIEJg .Tg vsk,S and b sTREsrs

TRAINS LEAVE ron
BALTIMORE
tb a NJ, NinSRrA KI.
prcsa, daily,
SIS 4, IN Baltimore Mail,
daily. except Sunday.
10 " q. M western Ex-
press, dAily, eIccpt Sun.
day.
1.B p m. baltimore 40
oornmodation. daily, eI.
oept sunday.
grss:, daily sI.eptsan-
rs S.Is. 2 %asli,w' western k1-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
A Joke by Telegraph.

In Norfolk, Va, on Sunday morning,
while the fires on Market square and
Campbell's wharf were at their height,
and it seemed doubtful if they could be
subdued, a well-known citizen sought
out telegraph operator and besought
him to go to his office and telegraph to
Old Point for aid.
The operator replied that it was use
less to do so at that early hour 6
o'clock, as no Office was open then. The
gentleman told him to go and try. He
would, at least, be doing his duty.
Thus entreated, the operator went to his
office and called Old Point. As he ex-
pected, there was no response. He then
called in succession all of the principal
stations in the country, finally receiv-
ing an answer from Omaha to this ef.
feet:
"Fire long way of, but if you car
keep her going while longer, will come
to your aid, as am an old fireman, with
my lantern and ak" 1t is needless tc
say the humor of the Omaha operator
provoked hearty laugh, notwithstand
ing the greatness of the danger to which
the city was exposed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
MISUNDERSTANDING.

One sunny morning in summer, down
the pathway, still sparkling with the
dewy moisture, came stealthily moving
the long, 1.-the form of q mink. Her
fur looked worn and rusty when the
sunlight struck her, as she skulked be-
tween the tussocks of grass. Occasion
ally she halted to look about her, alert
for anything eye could see or ear could
hear; but hearing nothing but the
sweet notes Of song-sparrow and COM
planning cry of cat-bird among the
alders, she again moved on. AS she
reached the muddy edge of the brook,
she trod more daintily then, winding
among the pickerel-weeds, swan down
stream, hardly disturbing the water,
only making a long, wedge-shape wake
.as she stole into the shadowy edge of
the brook. Suddenly she disappeared
under water, but soon came up, strug-
Cling with something that swayed and
pulled her about, disturbing the quiet
of the stream, and sending a muddiness
down with the current. But she bore
the almost unmanageable, wriggling eel
(for this it was) to the stone wall, and
drawing herself and burden up out of
the water on the large stone, readjusted
her hold, and seized the creature by the
back of the head. Then bracing herself
to suck the blood, the thrashing, strug-
Cling eel grew gradually weaker and
weaker, until it looked perfectly limp
and lifeless. Then she jumped from the
wall, dragging this eel, longer than her
self, up through the grass, taking diff
| ferent and more concealed way than the
one by which she came, and soon dis
appeared altogether. In the thick
banked wall of a barn on the hillside,
she had her young; and, after they
grew large enoughto require something
more substantial than natures first pro-
vision, the mother used to bring them
fish of different kinds, eels. ducks, and
like prey. So sly and stealthily did she
keep herself that she was not seen until
the young were half grown, and looked
| like little fawn-colored weasels, when she
betrayed herself by bringing this food,
which impededaher movements. By
travelling the same way so many times,
she grew bold.
These minks are very destructive to
fish and wh~r the brook is low, they
can often be tracked for long distance
by the dead cells, pickerel, sinners, and
solueulines lrout, lelI lying aionS Ine
bank; the mink only sucking the blood
and leaving the fish unmutilated. One
autumn some small sinners, meant for
bait in pickerel fishing through the ice,
were kept in an old tub set in spring
near the brook; and in one night all
these fish were killed by mink who
left them laid in a row on the ground.
They looked precisely as if some person
had SO arranged them. But through the
back of each fish, near the head, were
four tooth-marks that told who had
been there; this being frequently the
only mark the mink makes on his vic
tim
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
A Chapter in Cheese.

The following story of lost heir is
told by Tasmanian paper, the Corn
wall ChrOnicle. about seven years
ago, in the city of London, cheese
monger died, leaving cash to the tune
of f1OO, 600 to be quarreled over, fought
and disputed for by the reputed heir
at-law. Advertisements were inserted
at different times in the English news
papers, and many claimant la Itch
borne, was forthcoming. The lawyers,
however, were not satisfied that any of
the numerous claimants were the right
men, and what has just transpired has
proven that they were correct in their
Judgment, as the right man has turned
up in the person of the deceased cheese
monger's .brother, George Hutley, who
arrived in this colony about forty years
ago. He was discovered byF. Stevens,
a Victorian barrister, splitting up in
the ranges of that colony, taken to Mel
bourne, shipped on board q steamer
and brought to Launceston, and then
taken to Hobart Town, where he was
identified as the veritable George Hut
ley, who arrived at Tasmania some forty
years ago. After all the necessary docu-
ments are procured to prove without a
shadow of doubt the mans identity, he
will proceed to England to claim his
inheritance"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28

half the profits to be due to its real own
er. Thereupon the three became fast
friends and began to quarrel. While
they were quarreling there was bounc-
ing knock at the door. Mother and
daughter hurried to the door, but Susan
stood aside that Harry might go first
into his mothers arms.
Here is one chime of BELLS" said
Harry, looking at his plant after a few
minutes. "Why, it looks no handsomer
in the West Indies. But where ever did
you get that splendid pot?"
George was Immediately introduced.
The whole story was told, and Harry
was made referee upon the twenty
guinea question.
"God bless you, Mr.. Swayne," said
Harry keep that money if we are to
be friends. Give Us your hand, my boy;
and, mother, let us all have something
to eat" They made little festival that
evening in the widows .house, and
George thought more than ever of the
Ginning of the bells, as Susan laid her
needlework aside to hustle to and fro.
Harry had tales to tell over his pipe
and | tell you what, Swayne," said
he, I'm glad you are the better for
mylove of roofing. If wasn't sailor
myself, I'd be gardener. I've a small
cargo of roots and seeds in my box that
l brought home for motherto try what
she can do with. My opinion is that
you're the man to turn 'em to account
and so, mate, you shall have 'em. II
you get lucky penny out of any one
among 'em, you're welcome, for S more
than we could do"
How these poor folks labored to be
liberal toward each other how Harry
amused himself on holidays before his
next ship sailed, with rake and spade
about his friends nursery how George
Swayne spent summer and autumn
evenings in the little parlor how there
was really and truly chime rung from
Stepney steeple to give Joy to little
needle woman's heart ; how Susan
Swayne become much roster than Susar
Ellis had been; how luxuriously Georges
bees were fed upon new dainties how
Flint and Grinston conveyed the nur
sery-ground to Mr.. Swayne in freehold
to him and his heirs forever, in consid
Grafton of the whole purchase-money
which Swayne had accumulated +; how
the old house was enlarged how veal
or two later, little Harry Swayne dam
aged the borders, and was abetted by
grandmother Ellis in SO doing; how, {
year or two after that, Susan Swayne
the lesser, dug with a small wood spade
side by side with giant Uncle Harry
who was a man to find the center of thC
earth under Swayne's garden when hi
came home ever and anon from beyond
the seas, always with roots and seeds
his home being Swayne's nursery ant
finally, how happy and how populous
home the house in Swayne's nurser,
grew to be-these are results connect
ing pleasant thoughts with the tru
story of the earliest cultivation in thi
country of the flower now known as tn
| Fuchsia
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
He Had Bad Luck.

That was very unfortunate affair
that happened to young Millicent, of
the Danbury band. He had engaged
some of his fellow members to join him
in serenade to an estimable young
lady on Essex street, with whom he is
keeping company, and at midnight the
party repaired to her residence, with
their instruments and music, and boy
to hold the torch. Everything started
off well, and the entertainment promis-
ed to be as gratifying as the most san
guine could have asked. During the
performance of the second piece, gem
from Mozart's collection, the boy, who
was leaning against tree, was so infiu-
enced by the harmony, and soothed by
the melody, that he unconsciously drop
ped off into slumber, and moment
later the torch suddenly swerved, and
descended with its blaze of camphene
against the back of young Millicent's
head, and in fash ignited the wavy
masses of his hair. The others dropped
their instruments, and smothered the
flame in an instant, but it had done its
work. His head was entirely burned
over, and he had to be carried home
and the young lady was made SO sick by
the fumes of burning hair, that she was
obliged to keep her bed all the next day
1t will be month or more before young
Millicent will be able to appear on the
street, which will give the torch-boy
plenty of time to arrange his earthly
| affairs
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
Foolish Wager.

One of the many capital punishments
in use under the Chinese Criminal Code
is that of deprivation of sleep, which
generally proves fatal in about ten days.
Five foolish young Belgians lately tried
this experiment upon themselves with
more or less disagreeable results. They
laid a wager that they would remain
awake for seven days. They arranged
the employment of their time in the
following manner: the night was spent
in dancing and drinking quantities OF
coffee; during the day they rode, fenced,
or shot at a mark, taking coffee every
half-hour. One Of these young men
won the wager, but lost 25 pounds in
weight; two fell asleep after remaining
awake 130 hours; one was seized with
inflammation of the lungs; the fifth was
overcome by slumber while on horse
back, fell, and broke his arm, and thu
ended this unnecessary ordeal.