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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
No Place for Poor Men.

A Minnesota man, writing from
Southern California, is not so enthusi-
astic about that region as Mr.. Nordhoff.
He says of the country around Los
Angeles that there are generally no
trees, and the grass is three or four
inches high in places, though on the
hills it is barely high enough to cover
the ground. There are many places on
high ground entirely bare of vegeta-
tion, owing to the want of water. phe
rains are from November to january,
and scarcely cloud the whole summer
and fall. Everything is grown by irri-
CATION. They can raise by water not
only oranges, grapes, lemons, and all
mi-tropical fruits, but wheat, barley,
and all kinds Of vegetables. A. Mr..
Rose, has 1876 acres of grapes, and his
wine crop for the year was nearly
100000. He also has 5000 orange
trees, and gets 500 a tree for all that
are in full bearing. The Minnesotan
considers it poor place for a poor
man, and that there is no money in
growing anything but fruits and sheep.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26

hope haven't seriously interfered with
the works of the clock" ....
"You've seriously interfered with
me :" said the deacon, waxing Indig-
nant. "What do you mean, sir, by
hiding in my house like thlet."
Indeed indeed father" cried
Mary, bursting into tears, "it wasn't
his fault. He didn't want to hide, but
I put him there"
"You did, eh9 And may 1 ask what
for p
Father" faltered Mary, rather irrel-
evantly, [ love him, and he loves me ~
t Is that any reason why he should
hide in the clock-case, miss p
"No-but--father 1 can never mar
ry Mr.. Stanley. He is SO soft, and I"
Mary's tears finished the sentence for
her. The deacon looked down (not un-
kindly on her bowed head and the
tender arm that supported it. Appar-
emily, "the course of true love-" rough
ly though it ran, was overwhelming all
his own worldly-wise arrangements in
it's tide.
"And so you two young folks really
think you love each othert" said the
deacon, meditatively.
"I love her with all my heart and
soul, said Tim Marshall, earnestly.
I'm not rich, L know, but I can work
for her."
"And [ can work for myself too,
father" interposed Mary" with tears
that shone like softened stars.
"And you said yourself, sir" went
on Tim, "that the stopping of the
clock meant either "a marriage or a
death. Of course we don't want any
deaths so don't you think the most
sensible thing we can do is to help on
marriage as soon as possible ?"
The deacon laughed in spite of him
self. "It's late." he said, "Come
around to-morr morning, and We'll
talk about it. No, Mary, I'm not angry
with you child. s'pose young folks
will be young folks, and there's no use
tryin' to stop them p
And the deacon rehung the pendu-
lum, and set the iron tongue of the old
clock talking again. Tim Marshall
paused on the front doorstep to whis-
per to Mary
"What shall it be Mary pa death
or marriage?"
And she in return whispered ga
marriage, hope"
"My darling p said Tim, ''it's worth
passing a lifetime behind the clock
case to feel as do now !"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
How to Make Hearth Rugs.

There is in every household great
quantity of worsted and flannel pieces
that are of small account and can be
of no service for garments, but if saved
they can be rendered useful and beauti-
full in the manufacture of hearth rugs
or mats, to lay before bureaus, sofas. or
organs. Take q piece of hemp sacking,
and draw some pretty design in the CEN
tre--a bouquet of flowers, wreath, or
some animal mark a border with a
chain or heraldry pattern; sew the can
vas into a frame like quilting frames,
only smaller, SO as not to occupy too
much room; have hook made like a
crochet hook or needle one can be
manufactured easily by taking para
sol brace and filing tine end into prop
er form; cut the scraps of cloth into
strips of half an inch in width-if thin
fabric make it wider pass the hook
through the canvas withIthe rig hit hand,
have the cloth underneath the frame
in the left hand, insert loop on the
hook, and draw it to the upper side
about three-fourths of an inch leave
about two threads space and close in
another loop; regard the selection of
colors, so as to shade them nicely, and
keep the form of your pattern-it is
very quiet, easy and fascinating work
work the figures first, and then draw in
the filling up or ground work with
some dark color-black, brown or drab
after it is completed, shear the whole
surface evenly, but not too close, and
you have fine, substantial, durable
rug, that will last lifetime, and dc
more service and be prettier than any
imported article that would cost any
where from ten to thirty dollars and
the best of all is that it is homemade.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
The Reaper.

Grim Death, the reaper, came,along
With sickle bright and keen,
"Tll reap to-day and bind" he said,
Where least they think, 1 ween."
An old man heard-with tottering steps
He walked to meet the foe
"Four sconres of years have bent nv form
I'm ready now to 60
Old man." quoth Death, "Ill call for Won
Some day not far away,
now must reap among the oaks,
Their chief must fall this day."
A little child whose tender frame
Was stamped with quick decay,
Exclaimed, 60 Death, pie ,ase take me now
The chief, o, let him s.tayl"
"The chief I'll haze this day I" said Death,
" His form s. .iall be mine own!
This child W; fl breathe a fleeting breath
And Gl' 'ldly seek his home.
III e strong must know that am king
And feel my conquering power
strike them down-like tender plants
They wither in an hour"
The wee childs eyes were wet with tears;
The old man groaned and sighed;
Death smote Nbe strong man as he slept,
And strength md beauty died.
Quoth Death, 81 sometimes pass the old,
And sometimes spAre the weak;
For when crave victory,
The strongest then I seek"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
Disgust,

A sentiment worthy of analysis is the
strange disgust felt by the poor for cer-
tain articles of food. During the famine
in Ireland people would almost starve
rather than eat Indian meal. 4"
Australian preserved meat is an abomi-
nation to the inmates of British poor
houses. The female paupers in the
Cardiff workhouse, to show their dis
like to this kind of food, lately rose up
in revolt and assailed the house offici-
ais. The visiting committee having
partaken of a repast consisting as Aus,
tralian mutton prepared as an Irish
stew, declared it was exceedingly
palatable."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
Gamblers i'm Tears.

"Gus" Clayton, a well-kpown gam
bier, of Waco, CAL, was buried the
other day, and his companions called
upon Presbyterian minister to preach
the funeral sermon. He obeyed the
summons readily, but upon following
his guide to where the remains were,
judge of his surprise to find himself in
a gambling saloon, surrounded by men
of the world, gamblers and others,
whose ears were all unused to hear the
voice of Gods minister in such place.
The reverend gentleman was equal to
the occasion, and preached discourse
that will be long remembered by all
who had the good fortune to hear it.
Many cheeks were bathed in tears.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
A Curious Libel Suit.

In the Dublin Consolidated Cham
ber. an extraordinary case came before
the court on motion for leave to plead.
The action is brought by Sir William
Carroll, formerly Lord Mayor of Dub
lin, to recover damages laid at G500
from Michael Angelo Hayes, a we'll
known Dublin artist, for an alleged
libel. The summons and plant set out
that the plaintiff is a duly qualified
medical man, and that the defendant,
while he well knew this, did, in carl
cature portrait, represent the plaintiff
in the form and costume of clown in o
circus, with leering and ridiculous ex-
preston of countenance, with his left
leg and foot swollen to ridiculous
manner, in allusion to plaintiff, who,
shortly before the publication, had an
attack OF gout. 1t also represented his
left hand awkwardly and ridiculously
extended, as if for the purpose of solicit
tation, and with his right hand in his
breeches-pocket, from which a hand
kerchief or something of the kind is
hanging, exhibiting thereon the word
" Knighthood, with note of admira-
ticn after the said word, and containing
Immediately under the said caricature
false, scandalous, malicious, and de-
famatory matter of and concerning the
plaintiff, and as if uttered by the plain
tiff, viz, the words following -" Is
there anything can go for to fetch for
to carry for to get lord mayor, COL
lector-general,a a city marshal, an apothe-
cary-general, city treasurer, OF town
councillor, or anything, everything ?"
The application was for leave to plead
traverse of the publication, a plea of
no libel, and plea of fair comment
Baron Dowse said he certainly thought
the plea of fair comment was being car
ried to an undue extent. Defendants
counsel agreed to admit the publica-
ton, and the plea of fair comment was
allowed. 4, - 1s,-r,- - 80 va
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26

Plain dealing is a jewel; but they
that wear it are out of fashion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26

ANCIENT CALIFoRNIA.-Some of the
cities of modern California are on the
very sites where ancient races had their
dwelling places and their burial mounds.
The skeletons of an unknown race have
been found in San Francisco sand hills,
and workmen engaged in cutting
down a street crossing at Napa recently
unearthed the remains of nearly one
hundred persons. The skeletons had
been partially burned before interment.
Mortars, arrows, heads, knives made
from obsidian, and shell car drop
were discovered.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26

TRUST. There are cases in which a
man would be ashamed not to have
been imposed upon. There is a con
fidence necessary to human intercourse,
and without which men are often more
injured by their own suspicious than
they could be by the perfditys. of
others.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

New YORK, September H. Gold
opened at OK.
1925 A. M-Gold %.
Private cable news has favorable
effect Oh the cotton market.
l0.45 A. M.-Better grades steady
lower grades neglected. Middline
Orleans l7lc; middling Alabama, Ice
middling uplands, l6sc; low middling,
l53c; strict good ordinary, l5!c; good
ordinary, lac; ordidinary, l3!c. Sales
last evening, 900 bales.
Exchange dull and dropping at 4S69
4S7; sixty days, S34@S4; sixty days
commercial S0I@S2@,
1910 p. M.-Gold closed at . SO.
LIVERPOOL, September II, II NJ
Cotton steadier. Uplands, 7s@Sdi Or
leans, SL@Sld. Sales $4,000 bales
speculation and export, 1000,
LONDON, September ii, 1880 y. NJ
Bonds, new, IS l044.
New ORLEANS, September ii, II A.
M.-Cotton quiet. Middling uplands
l6lc; low middling, 15lc, good ordina
nv, t44c. Sales $50 bales.
Exchange, q bank, 3S3; sight
discount, bank, par,
"Hold, bl@03,
GALVESTON, September1l, II A. NJ
Cotton easy. Good ordinary, 1880
low middling, 143c; middling up
lands, 1859.
Gold 9@94.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12

CARD.
Texas Grand Prize Concert POSTPONED
10 October re, 1874.

Texas Grand Prize Concert Postponed
10 October ae, ls7i.
The Hon, James 4, D, Wilson, may
or of Houston, and the city council ell
dorses the enterprise as follows
HousToN, Texas, April 30. 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the
real estate distribution, which }. r..
Foster proposes to make on the I'D OF
October next, In this city, as calculated
to promote improvements, ana plac-
inc within the reach of many, who
otherwise would be unable, chance
70 secure home for them and their
families, and having, from our long
acquaintance with him, every conn,
dence in his integrity, we feel Justllled
in saving that we believe he VIII ear,
fy oiit his distribution honestly ana
fairly, according to his advertised
plan.
Signed by the mayor, the Hon.
James Il. ID. Wilson, and city council.
Capital prize, 5000, gold, ten resi-
dences in Houston population 2O,OVV,
and the railroad center of the state I;
1850 tracts of land in different portions
of the state. Value of prizes, Sl46,00O
$4,000 tickets, at 81 each. The man.
agement are so well convinced of the
success of the enterprise, that they feel
justified in promising to refund every
cent of money, IL the drawing does not
take place on I'D of October. Every
prize paid in full, whether all the
ficEets are sold or not. Send for circu-
lars. Agents wanted. Address
J. Il. FOSTER,
Manager, Houston, Texas.
IT. w, House, Treasurer.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
spsei. Dispatches TO ihs Dallas pay Herald
nndienI Cnn,enlion.

San ANTONIO, september 1.-THE
republican convention met yesterday
the 9th, NJ ten o'clock aud ELECTED d
temporary organization
4 committee 0f liye on credentials
aud q committee NJ i've OH OrgAnlla'
ton were appointed,
Tho committee on credentials report
cd aud the following constitutes lht
organizations
Five from Cameron, one from Lave
OAK, one from Medina, one from Sa'
ynlla aud the balance from ieKai
county
Tile committee on organization re-
ported, recommending q, &, Gillespie
ior precedent n, q, Mitchell, Of Cam
eron county, and &, Burge Of Medina
county, m vice prealdenMI MrAllls'
tor and Dillmar Of BeXar county, u.
acGretarips, and MGAlllster, White and
smith, eolored, rergeanl-pt'arnh,
Report adopted,
4 committee Of five, on platform
and resolutions, reported. Report
adopted,
A resolution requesting the nominee
10 use his influence 10 obtain branch
of the federal court In q convenient
place in western Texas was adopted.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
GEO. ?. HOWELL 6 co, IL PARK ROW. N. y,

for their ONE HUNDRED PAGE PAMPH-
LET, containing lists of 1900 newspapers ana
estimates showing the cost OF advertising.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
sani,ary-saiuIc 20 veterans.

WASHINGTON, September 1.-The
medical department authorizes the
statement there IL no yellow fever IN
any of the citles or NJ Che ports where
the secretary Of the treasury has order
cd watchlulness and precautionary
measures. The gulf and south Allan
tl1 states are unusually free from nal
arlal levers,
BY order Of General sherman the
Washington arsenal and Fort Foolt
will each salute with twenty-ono guns
the Mexican veteran excursion, ~
they pass down the river on Monday,
September lith, anniversary OF the
capture of the city Of Mexico.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
WAGLEV s. L0CKART,
Managers, Houston, Texas
Endorsements Of the Local Press.
From the Houston Telegraph, Aug. lO.l

From the Houston Telegraph, Aug. lol
By reference to our advertising columns
the announce of Wagley q Lockarts Grand
Gin concert will be found. The drawing VIII
come Off on the 2lst of Demember just IN
time for lots OF people To get substantial
"Christiaas gift" The card gives all the par
ticulars, much better than we can write
them, and we need only give our readers the
assurance that the managers are men OF
standing and reliability. We feel sure that
any representations made by them are
strictly true, and will be faithfully performed.
From the Houston Age, August l0'l
In another place will be found the adver-
tisement of Grand Real Estate CIT con-
cert, TO be given by wagley a Lockart, on
the list of next December. The scheme em.
braces the distribution Of $4,000 worth OF
Texas lands, comprising 40,bSS acres, with
nerfect and warrantee titles. together with
Valuable Houston city property. The lands
are located in thirty-eight different counties,
embracing every character OF soil and VIII
average in quality and value with lands In
the counties In which they are situated.
Messrs Wagley & Lockart have adopted tnis
Nan for the sale and distribution Of lands at
| he solicitation Of many OF their clients. 80
| sar az regards the standing Of the managers,
This ia a matter beyond the possibility Of
cayil. No business firm In any brancn OF
business in Texas enjoys to greater degree
Tran Wagley q Lockart the cp:lhdence OF all
who have ever had dealings with ,nem; a.,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
south Carolina.

COLUMBIA, s. c., September II. The
committee on credentials Of the state
reform convention has not yet made
lis report, The action OF the ronyen'
ton has been unimportant. The STATE
tax union IL in session here, and Is an
imposing body, representing the prin.
cpal taxpayers in the state. Colonel
James Chestnut was made president,
and In his opening address declared
the purpose OF the convention to arrest
by peaceful and lawful means the
course of corruption, aud reestablis ,
rood government,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
Noiyurc Of Arms,

NEW ORLEANS, September lis IL
more cases of muskots, brought by the
steamship City Of Dallas, from New
York, were seized by the police this
morning on the levee, Two hundred
aud elghty-eight stand Of arms, mostly
of foreign make, have been seized ~
to date on the plea of their being In
tended TO arm the white league clubs OF
this city. The seizures were made
under warrants issued under law OF
1870. Some of the arms seized, II IL
stated, were entered on the steamers
manifest as boots shoes and hardware.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12

ToB wORK-Letter Heads, Cards, Circulars,
al Bill Heads, Posters, Lawyers Briefs, Pam
phlets and every kind Of Job PRINTING
promptly executed al tbe Herald once.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
Manager, uoustoli, loAo''
T. w. HOUSE, Treasurer.

REV. Mr.. VAN METER is printing
testaments in Nero's Garden, at Rome:
Nero,s garden was the place which that
wicked old fiddler lighted with burning
christians. According to the tesla.
ment which Van Meter cifcnlates, old
Nero will have melted out to him in
the garden of Beelzebub tue same fires
that he melted out to christians on
earth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
A CARD.
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the firm OF
RranL q Lock wood r. this day dissolved by
mutual consent. T. J. Frank Is alone au;
thorized to collect any accounts due salu
firin, and pay liabilities OF the same.
TT. FRANK,
9. A. LOCK- WOOD.
Da,las TEXAS sept.4, 1874. i77dlw
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
EAGLE FORD! EAGLE FORD

Terminal station Texas and Pacific rail-
road company, eight miles west OF Dallas
VIII command lumber trade of western
Texas. Principal stock shipping point in
this country. Parties desiring lots or inforr
nation should apply TO
TH.F. FISHER, Agent,
l59dlm Eagle Ford
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
1,4OO GIFTS.
CAPITAL GIFT, $4,000

No gifts less than forty acres OF land, or
one city lot.
Price of tickets, three dollars. Reliable
agents wanted.
Clubs ordering ten or more tickets direct
from us will be allowed discount OF ten per
cent.
Send for circular and descriptive list.
Titles all perfect, and warrantee deeds
made.
Parties wishing tickets can obtain them
ron our agents, or by remlttanoes idirect 70
us, by drafts, post office money orders, ex-
press or registered letters, when 1t can be
done.
We refer To all banks, bankers, business
men OF Houston and Texas, where we are
known.
Address
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-12
TO ADVERTISERS.

All persons who contemplate making con,
tracts with newspapers for the insertion OF
advertisements should seud % cents 10
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-16
ONE WAY TO DO IT.

An observing traveller, passing
through Ohio, can not fail to note two
facts that confront him in every mile
OF his progress through the populous
and fast-increasing Commonwealth
| the small size of her farms and the
thorough manner in which they are
cultivated. With all her vast mineral
resources and prosperous industrial en- =
terprises, she is yet an agricultural
State, with rich and happy farmers.
From her Queen City, northward, the
traveller passes through a beautiful
farming country dotted thick with
large, well-built farm houses, splendid
barns and overlooking graneries. The
average sized farms ia now less than
one hundred acres. Upon these few
acres her farmers put more labor and
fertilizers than our Tennessee farmers
do upon three times that acreage. The
result Is, that the same territory there
contans over twice the population and
wealth. This should not be. Tennes.
see possesses superior natural advant-
ages. Her people are capable of ac-
complaining as much, If they but
determine TO do it. This brings us
to q subject not new to the readers Of
the CHRONICLE. On every occasion
and at every preteXt we wish to press
ii upon them. We have too much un.
productive land; too many half
cultivated farms and too many idle
hands in Tennessee. We talk about
immigration and wait for some patent
process to bring us wealth and capital.
While thus waiting with folded hands
for outside help, we fail TO do for our
selves what we can and ought to do.
We have land monOpolists who are
enlarging their farms, from two to four
and ten and even twenty hundred
acrea. Instead Of dividing our farms,
multiplying farmers and quadrupling
our productions, we are crlppling our
State by the opposite policy. Small
farms and better cultivated lands will
bring US population. Population
brings capital capital infuses life into
the State by industrial enterprises and
giving labor to mechanics. Well
paid and happy lsboring men
sustain large cities and swell the
business Of the tradesmen. These de.
sirable results follow in the order we
have named them. We might as well
build pyramid upon its apex, AS 10
try to make prosperous cities and pop
ulous towns and thriving business men
and wealthy manufacturers and indie
pendent workingmen in the midst of |
sedge fields, and half cultivated fields
aud unproductiye farms Of hundreds
Of acres. There is no use Of mincing |
words We have put the wrong foot
in our march towards great !
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-16
a LitlIe Story That Calls For Tear,

You remember that about four years age
Governor John G. Brown gave a grand ban a..
quot at the Maxwell House, where wine aad
speech flowed freely. Toward the close OF
the Gubernatorial feast Governor Brown
and General W. A. Quarles exchanged
toasts, wishing that each other might eclipse
Mathuselah in the matter of years, going
that ancient patriarch thirty-one years bet
tiers. They don't seem to entertain such
lofty opinions Of each other now As the
common phrase runs they are "at outs, d"
and it is not very probable they will ever
get in with each other again. Since the
announcement of General Quarles for the
United States Senatorship, it has becom,
currently reported that previous 10 the
GubernatOrial banquet it was understood
between Governor Brown and Genera
Quarles that the former was TO give Wav
10 the latter, permitting Quarles to receive
the nomination for Governor. II is spoken
of as having been sort Of compromise be
tween them, both being aspirants to thu
same position. But notwithstanding this
Governor Brown pushed his claims, was
nominated and was again elected to the po-
sition he now holds. 1t is therefore though
impossible for Quarles and Brown ever T.
make any combination against johnson
should it be found necessary. But even
were Quares not an aspirsnt to the posi-
ton he would in nowise support Brown, 60
wide is the political breach between them.
General Quarles three column announce
ment is spoken Of here as favorable and
ingenious document. II will be noticed thai
his paper is addressed to the General As
sembly, before which he wishes 70 confess
the honor TO be conferred Wdshfn1tO,.
Correspondent Memphis Avalanche.