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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09

HI0H FARMING IN ENoLAND. The largest farm
in England is three thousand acres In extent, and
ts cultivation the "louF course systam 10 adopt
cd, $50 acres being devoted TO wheat, 760 to bar
ley aRd oatS $50 70 seeds, beans and peas and 100
to Robts. Tho live stock is valued as follows -
Sheep, 5000 horses $4,000; bullocks, SlS,OOo
and pigA 5000. The artificial fsFtilSelB used an
nually amounts to 5000, and the entire coat oi
manHrOs il $4,000, The oil cake and coTn pro
dResd annually am0unts 10 $4,000 The yield
Of the sheep sells iOe 1000, and this animal Il
the most profitable stock kept
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09

Inc Ml1ed lEain WiII run sabjeet t0ldalay1 ilnei-
dent 70 freight buaneas, Ana viii stop onlT a sta
NEW CASTLE TRAINa
Leays EsE Castle 5s5 Eill1ngton spd RAIlsAal-
Wilmington at l-3 P. n. for New CagtIe.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
Additionalto those shove. leave smyTna for Claw
ton u.S0 =. N. and 7I35 p. N, LoaTo(iayeon FOR
SmyTnsSA0 = m, and 400 p. n, TO mako nGnRSe-
ton yith tratnsto and nom Dover a1d SSations
South.
CONNECTIONS.
At TOWNSEND. with the Kent County ana Quson
AnnO's K0nt RailroadR
A. AlChAYIoN, With the AaFylaad and Delaware
Al tHAkBIEGIoN. With the Junction and Break
At shAR0RD WitA The Dorchester and Delaware
Railroad.
At BkLMAR, with the Eastern shor, Rafro.a
and WisOmiSo And POoO9Oks Railroad.
u. ". KENNY, Suut.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09

VbaVe As f0lIoWs
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09
nonn the Blood
MAKES the WEAK STRONG.

Ihe Peruvian syrup, 1 Project
ed Solution Of the F11OtOa'itt6 Of
Iron, Is so combined as to hare
the character Of an Clti1lte11ts as
easily EiUeSteCI and CgSStns ttatett
aVttb the blood as fh6 simplest
food. 1t increases tIse quantity
Of Natures OtCR G5t0SiSisQ
AGENT Iron In the btOOds and
cares ssn thousand ittSsD simply
OllIO9gi9a0 9tlO, 1laUigoI'attlaO dIld
PttNli@iag the SySte1la. 1IsS en-
S1iclbed 01sd VjfGttze6 bt00Ct per-
sSSeGtss eU01'y part Of the body,
Tep0tgs<1SN damages dSe0 ScdStes
seoreet9s0 Otst morbid Seere-
tt0Be, and leaving nothing for
Gtee0se 70 feed OepOns
1'hSe e tlse secret Of the aCOls"
de77ees success or tbs remedy t1S
e1gT5a0 Dyspepsia Liver Com
plaints DropSys Chronic DiHr-
rhoea, BOi1s, Nervous Affections,
Chins and Fevers, HumOrss
Loss Of COnstitutional VigOr,
Diseases Of the Kidneys and
Bladder, Female Complaints
Ond al diseases Ori0iss0tiag Do
q bad state Of the bSoOCg, or Gc%
cOnspGaaSed On Gf0bdEity or q loco
stats Of the 0W0eeGss Being free
from Alcohol, tSs SIsU 10T'1ss ttS
e5SeF9tStNO 9l500e0 are not f0t@
, tosge1 % eOsP0opo poSooSso0 SSgcs
ti08, Dat are permanent, tssfOs~
otSs0 stS-e5s0tlse VS00Fs 0sa0 SaesO
tife Ssst0 az parts 0f tie SNsfeuss
and hasig6tR0 0ep 0Sa 1T'0gs Con-
zh0assands h0VO Deem changed
ON tAe seee Of tASS Teaseefas, fF0nS
eCe0les eteetws SOl14eFsn0 cfe0-
eltree, 20 strong, hentlaafs and
Happy aseN and Opo01ellf OHllt
SssV0ss9e c0sOaloe reQSoEG q hes
ttate - gige ga trial. s.s... ...
See Ghot each bOttlo Zee PERU.
WAN SYRUP bIosOs ~ eNs atass'
Panaphl0ts EEoo.
SETN ". EONlE 4 SON, PtopEIstuTs,
Hs.1 M1issA EAasss nssasss
sesp s7.OUVSdISsS Sst1tHSaH
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09
Pniladelphla, Wilmington and Bal
TImorO Railroad.
DRLAWARE DIVISION.


IMPORTANT N0rICE-on aaa aRer Monday,
l. APFl 2lst. ll1S RalBg geg 1aAll VII leave Sea-
nternediato utAtion8. =
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On ana ailsr ths SSaSS daasthis comrmy viii dis
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1-'1s - ~. ~. 7. 4. .R RESSlF. supa.
ITO TuB 70 Tic.
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eaAY haFo 81. ~ ~ 80 gHeaeafl - cNfIT Money
PaeknSea - Nxpll 90 e ltr1n - points
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/ and Aa3iAoa. or oFaeFsleA Wtsh MeMatlsa 4 Seal
delivering agonss, VII reoslvs pFOupt at.Saticn-
srs-H 0snTSspHW a.
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STEAM FREIGHT LINE

Leave sd wAaFf @boVs QNasnut StEUsG Phfadel-
pAiA daily g pa. Rn4 fropeA aiEQut whnEl va.
ax9ss ID With diDaAsAs AWSBUbH.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17

"And quite as little, assure you, to
me-" said Ruth. " When his UW took
effect my ulcle had nothing to lcaUe. !"
The kneeling process was suspended
midway, and Mr.. Ryors remained in a
very uneasy and not altogether graceful
posture, while Ruth continued:
"My uncle had some time before
made deed, you see, conveying his
entire estate in trust for the benefit of
my cousin Millie, reserving only life
interest to himself"
The hinges of Mr.. Ryors' knees sud-
denly uncrooked.
good-morning, Miss Nor
gan" he stammered.
Good dmorning, sir" said Ruth,
bursting into ringing laugh when the
discounted suitor's back was turned.
1T shall never standl' said Millie,
when she and Ruth met, few days
later. "Your claims on your uncle
we're as good as mine, and the property
shall be equally divided"
Don't trouble yourself, little one, u
said Ruth. "Before Uncle Rollin pro-
vided for you, our aunt, by an under
standing between them, settled hel
fortune on me. Won't it console Mr..
Ryors to hear it ?"
"But that will of uncle's-"
"Was made to save you from for.
tHne-hunting husband" replied Ruth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
AlligatOrS.

The following is from n letter by
"H. V. r." in the Cincinnati CONNER
cidl:
There are some very large alligators
on the Red river. / have seen several
myself, though not of the largest size
Their favorite posture is to sit or lie on
the bank or on logs, basklng in the sun
shine. The pretty creatures seem to
like a genial. l.climate.
alligatoris rathersmart about some
things. Heknows as much about strategy
as ma ior general ofmilitia. willpoise
himself on log, open his mouth wide,
by elevating his upper jaw, and remaia
perfectly quiet. In a short time his
mouth will fill with mosquitoes and
flies, when down will come his jaw, ta-
king every mosquito and fly prisoner.
He swallows them, licks his chops, and
elevates his Jaws to catch another floor
full. This dish is regarded by the al
ligator as the most delicious that the
country affords.
An alligator lives to n green old age.
Indeed, it is a question among those
who have given the subject profound
attention, whether he ever dies until
somebody kills him.
An alligator grows foot year. This
has been demonstrated. Some years
ago a gentleman sent an alligator from
Mobile to Knoxville, Tennessee. The
animal was three feet long. This side
of Knoxville the train stopped for din
ner. The alligator sighed for liberty,
broke out of his cage and made for the
Houston river. Just as he got to the
waters edge his keeper was upon him
and grabbed him by the tail. The ALI
igator turned sharply around and dis,
played about foot and half of mouth
at which the keeper thought he would
let go.
Well, just three years afterward the
alligator was killed near the same place
and measured six feet long, showing
that he grows just a foot year. This
is contribution to natural history
which L hope will be duly appreciated
by the scientific world.
Parties frequently hunt alligator'
along the banks of Red river. 1t il
rare and exciting sport, especially if the
ambitious hunter accidentally let's ont
of the animals get hold of his foot
I will close this letter before th'
reader is sufficiently fatigued to wisl
an alligator would get me, foot and all
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NO. 20.
items of Interest.

The survivors of the First Mississippi
Rifles propose to send Col. jeff. Davis
as their representative to the Conven-
ton of Mexican War Veterans, to be
held in Washington on the 18th OF jan
uary, 1874.
Henry Probasco, the antiquarian, IS
going to erect and give to Cinclnnatl
colossal art hall, filled with his collec-
tion of gems, antiquities, plctuTes'
books, &c. He is now absent IN Eu-
rope perfecting his plans.
A Danbury man nearly lost his wife
the other night. She was taken vio-
lently i'll, and he was aroused to go ior
the doctor, but it was full an hour be-
fore he could find his sleeve buttons,
and the delay well nigh proved fatal to
the unfortunate lady.
The Connecticut School Report shows
that in that State, as well as in Massa-
chusetts, 10 per cent. of the children
never see the inside of a school-house,
and that the average attendance does
not embrace much more than half the
children in the State.
Gen. Ross, of the Oregon Volunteers,
| feelingly denies that the murder OF the
! four Modoc prisoners was done by his
troops. He saws the nearest camp OF
the volunteers at the time was not less
than ten miles distant from the spot
where the assassinations were commit
! ted.
Judge Jeffrey o. Phelps, of Simsbury,
Conn, owns a piece of land which has
been in the family upward of 200 years.
It has been mown for the last 60 years,
and it is a remarkable fact, that for the
last 45 years the grass has not been cut
and housed before it had been wet with
rain.
Mr.. John McAllister, who lives a
short distance from the village of Do
yer, Me-, reports that on the 9th OF
June there was q snow-bank at least
four feet deep on the south side of hill
near his dwelling. He has lived on his
farm about fifty-seven years, and never
before saw snow upon the ground IN
June.
What will He do with Tt? A lady
who loved Bulwer entered book shop
in the country just as one of the men
had killed large rat. 81 wish to see
what will He do with It., ," said she to
a boy behind the counter. "Well, said
the boy, ''if you'll step to the window,
you will probably see him sling it into
the back garden"
A despatch from Hamilton, White
Pine county, New, says that fire
broke out there, in the cigar store of
NJ. Cohen, which, quickly spreading,
enveloped the entire town in flames.
Hamilton is in ruins. A strong current
of wind rendered the efforts of the Fire
| Department useless. All the principal
places of business are destroyed. The
| loss is estimated at $500,000. No lives
= were lost.
The Rochester Union says that Setl
Green has received a letter from Reuber
Wood, of Syracuse, announcing that he
has in his possession a shad that weighs
sixteen and half ounces, which he
caught in the Oswego River at Baldwins.
vile. This shad took fly with which
Mr.. Wood was fishing for bass. This
shad is probably one of a lotwhich Mr..
Green threw into Seneca River two
years ago from the cars as he was cross
ing the bridge with a large quantity of
the small fry, bound Westward.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
Who Write with Ease.

A newspaper man of experience OBJ
serves, that the "crowd of good writer's
seeking employment of our great jour
nails is painfully surprising. Where one
retires in disappointmenttwo others ap-
pear. All possible outside influence is
solicited to assist in getting position,
however humble it may be, and some
men are living in promises of 'the first
vacancy All our newspaper writers
are young men, simply because after a
few years of service they are worn out,
and give way to the younger and more
hungry crowd. AS matter of surprise
I may mention that l once saw a gray
headed man serving as reporter in one
of our courts, but [ never met but one
case of the kind. The delusion to which
multitudes are subject in considering
themselves called to write for the press
is only broken by hard experience. A
country clergyman told me lately that
he had made applications among some
leading editors for employment, which
he supposed could be readily obtained
and was surprised at the general refusal
of his services. At last he condescended
to call on Bonner, for, though he pre-
ferred q more solid sheet than the
LedgCr, the latter was better than moth
ing. Mr.. Bonner received him politely,
and told him he had matter engaged
to keep the paper full for three years.
Bonner accepts no volunteer contribu.
tions, and instructs his clerks to allow
none 20 be left for examination. The
disapy ointment of this clergyman was
painful but such things are so common
as to become proverhial. Literary
young ladies are also under perpetual
disappointment. I commend literature
to this class as an accomplishment, bu
not rs q profession. A few ladies arr
making a good living with their pens
but what are they compared with th'
outside multitude People are seldom
aware of the difficulties editors suffe
because of the limits Of their journals
In one Office in New York city, it is said
one-third of the matter set never get
into the paper. The best is selecte,
and the rest must wait; perhaps befor
the next day it is too stale to appear. !
literary gent 9eman says he has an aC
cepted article now whiting its turn in
leading journal. It is one that 'wil
keep and it has been keeping over 81
moAths, and may keep a year befor
room for it shall be found"
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The Old Desk.

And 80 to the dance they all are gone,
And 1 sit here by the fire alone.
What shall do to beguile the time ?
They will not return till morning chime.
I'll open, to pass the hours away,
desk that's been locked for many day:
little desk all blotted and Scared
Oft by my childish fingers marred:
little grave where buried lie
Fond records of the days gone by
OF friends beloved when my heart was young.
OF griefs that often my heart have wrung.
See in the yellow paper there
My fathers and my mothers hair.
They lie together in loving fold,
One dusky tress and ring Of gold;
And the date is fifty years ago.
Here are two more-but white as snow.
This lock was shorn from a sisters head
When she lay so calm in her coffin bed:
This from the friend who through wind and
storm
Had failed me never-brave heart and warm
Reading these faded letters DER
May while away an hour or more.
What does this little box disclose?
faint, sweet scent--a withered rose.
ASdIl through JHe InlSJ OF years see
The garden fair with flower and tree
The fitful sky-the summer shower
The rich smell of mould and flower.
I recall the arbor. with ivy green
Where we sheltered longer than need have been:
The dewy rosebud given and taken;
And then a blank-a and I awaken.
This little letter, the last of all,
I open while softly the tear-drops fall
A childs note written in spirits gay
Proclaiming coming holiday.
All! little son. thou wilt come no more
With thy merry laugh to thy fathers door.
IN still must struggle in lifes hard school,
But thou art under gentier rule.
I close the desk and turn the key,
Overwhelmed by the tide of memory.
With the loved and the lost pass the time,
Till the dancers return with the morning chime
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17

spirit of dauntless ambition in the sa-
loon, again the same. "Sherman amt
nothin' to this yer" said one man to
me "we've got the rifle on her on sa-
looms" He could not even allow q
neighbor town pre-eminence in vice
"Gen. Sheridan's going to build sup
ply depot here, N then you'll see y was
the final annihilating reioinder admin.
istered to carping Shermanite in our
hearing. All the inhabitants were de-
termirfed to make out of this irregular
group of one-story wooden buildings,
sitting confusedly on the high rolling
land four miles south of the Red river,
one of the principal capitals of the uni
verse and their zeal was as reviving as
new wine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
The Employment" Swindle.

1t certainly does seem rather strange
that petty swindlers should still find it
50 easy to procure victims from among
class of persons who have reputation
for smartness." There is no older
swindle in use than the one known as
the g employment bait" neitheris there
any which has been so frequently ex-
posed. Yet, in spite of these facts,
scarcely week passes that we do not
hear of some person having been de-
ceived by it. A young Vermonter, it
appears, was recently induced to emf
CRATE to Montreal on the strength of the
following advertisement
WTANTED-Ay young man in an office of an
w American firm in Canada-Salary 375 per
month, gold. A deposit of $3.50 cash is re-
quired; must make permanent engagement
Only those who can meet these requirements
need address j. c. Copeway & Co., Box $780,
Montreal. Canada
The young man now states that he
went to the "office" of "COpeway &
Co." upon arrival, paid his $3.50, with
out the slightest suspicion, agreed to
assume the position of a managing
clerk on the following Monday, pre-
sented himself, but failed to find the
slightest trace of the firm. The lesson
was severe one, it is true, for the Ver-
monter had staked his all upon that at
tempt to better his condition. How
ever, if his experience should have the
effect of saving hundreds of other young
men from falling into similar trap, the
$3.50 will not have been expended in
vain
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
Noses Versus Character.

1t is rather singular that many cele-
brated men and women have been dis
tinguished by the peculiar shapes of
their nasal organs. Beginning with the
ancients, Scipio Nasica derived his
name from the prominent share of this
feature possessed by him; so did Ovid,
surnamed Naso, on which account Pope
represents his fatterers persuading him
that he had ga nose like Ovids :"
Cicero's nose was distinguished by
dimples. This latter made a great
figure in those days, and the Athenians,
while he was besieging them, cut a
Birkenhead and other modern writers
tell us that Cornwall's nose was comet
ingrain-the emblem of mandrake.
Napoleon 1. was wont to say, "Give
me man with plenty of nose-long
nose, long head" His best generals
were, as a rule, remarkably well pro-
vided in this particular. His own was
exquisitely chiselled, ulpturesque in
mould, form and expression though
strangely enough not one of his broth
ers had a nose worth looking at. But
the most prominent nose in Europe was
Arthur, Duke of Wellington's. And
the Iron Dukes Captains, Anglessey,
Picton, Combermere and Hardings,
were men all noteworthy in this respect
also. Sir. Charles Napier, the con-
queror of Scinda, was similarl favored.
His nose was A" like the beak of an
eagle ;" it was carved and keen as the
blade of a scythe. In a celebrated de-
bate in the House of Commons, Sheri-
dan compared Pitts nose to the steeple
of Strasbourg. Pitt retorted by liken-
ing that of Sheridan's to a fiery
meteor" Lord Celley had q ruby nose.
Lord Broughman's nose, 1.-THE, flexible,
mobile, now wagging with intimate hu-
NOR, now heaving with terrible wrath,
has been the theme of ten thousand
pens. The elder Booth, the we'll known
actor, has q broken nose. A lady once
remarked to him, ST like your acting,
Mr.. Booth; but, to be frank with you,
L can't get over your nose" "No
wonder, madam" he replied, "the
bridge is gone" Mrs. Siddons had
also remarkable nose, and it gave
great trouble to the prince of portrait
painters, Sir. Joshua Reynolds. He
was completely baffied by it. For q
whole week he had been at the feature,
and could not get the hang of it by hook
or crook. The witchery of the tragedy
queens great, merry, yet serious eyes
the ripeness tinctured with tenderness
and vouched with soupcon of scorn
of the small mouth the gloom of the
eyebrows, the dimple in the chin, tn,
inimitable curve of the graceful neck
the curly head surmounted by tn,
cavalier hat, the lazy gracefulness o
J attitude-all were there, true to tn
original but then the nose However
he conquered it at last, and thu
, posterity became cognizant of the fac
that the famous tragedienne was no
perfect in feature,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
Disregard of the Teaching of Expert
ence.

You rise in the morning, and, while
dressing, take up phial containing a
tonic, of which little has been pre-
pared for you but after the first few
drops have been counted, succeeding
drops run down the side of the phial2
all because the lip is shaped without
regard to the requirement. Yet mil
lions of such phials ale annually made
by glass-makers, ard sent out by thou
sands of druggists so small being the
amount of sense brought t. bear on
business. Now, turning to the looking
glass, you find that, if not of the best
make, it fails to preserve the attitude
in which you put it ; or, if what is call
ed "boX' looking-glass, you see that
the maintenance of its position is in
sured by an expensive appliance that
would have been superfuous had q little
reason been used. Were the adjust
ment such that the centre of gravity of
the glass came in the line joining the
points of support (Which would be
quite as easy an adiustmenD, the glass
would remain steady in whatever atti-
tude you gave it. Yet year after year
tens of thousands of looking-glasses are
made without regard to so simple a
need. Presently you godown to break
fast, and, taking some Harvey or other
sauce with your fish, find the bottle
has defect like that which you found
in the phial it is sticky from the drops
which trickle down, and occasionally
stain the table-cloth. Here are other
groups of trades, similarly so economi-
cal of thought that they do nothing to
rectify this obvious inconvenience.
Having breakfasted, you take up the
paper, and, before sitting down, you
wish to put some coal on the fire. But
the lump you seize with the tongs slips
out of them, and, if large, you make
several attempts before you succeed in
lifting it-all because the ends of the
tongs are smooth. Makers and venders
of fire-irons go on, generation after
generation, without meeting this evil
by the simple remedy of giving to these
smooth ends some projecting points, OF
even roughening them by few burr'
of chisel. Having at length grasped
the lump and put it on the fire, you be-
gin to read; but before you have go
through the first column, you are re
minded, by the changes of position
which your sensations prompt, that mcI
still fail to make easy chairs. -Herber
Spencer, in Popular Science Monthly
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-17
Swimming and Bathing.

Encourage the boys and girls in
learning how to swim, as it may be the
means of saving their own lives and
rendering them instrumental in saving
those of others in days to come. Also
impress upon their minds the great
necessity of caution ere they learn how
to take care of themselves in the water.
The death from drownings so prevalent
during the summer are among the
saddest incidents of the season, coming
as they do so suddenly, and what rem
ders them particularly distressing is
the fact that the great majority of them
are caused by heedlessness. Bathing
and swimming are healthy and delight,
full sports, and when participated in
with moderation, as all pleasures should
be in order to make them enjoyable,
conduce greatly to the benefit of mind
and body. 1t is the excess in this, as
well as everything else, which produces
the harm, and this should be strictly
guarded against Many bright and
promising lad has lost his life or un,
dermined his health and become {
sufferer, by being too venturesome il
the water, or going in too often. From
such items may we be spared the
chronicling during the present season