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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-05
Henry Ward Beecher's Romance,

In a sermon lately Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher told the following story
Tom was a strapping, healthy boy,
with a great appetite. He lived up in
the mountains among the charcoal
burners until he was nineteen. Then
he went down into the valley and hired
out to farmer. Tom was scllion
and drudge, and first along the farmer
hesitaled to trust even the hogs to his
care. But there was a glimmering of
something in him that showed Just a
little through his uncouthness. After
year or two he became full farm la
borer-a road-shouldered, deep chest
ed, powerful fellow, who made himself
clumsily useful. Well, about that time
the farmers daughter came home from
school. What revelation she was to
Tom. He never knew until then what
it was to worship anything, nor how
awkward and coarse he was. He would
have given all he had, which wasn't
much, to learn how to get into room
without hitting the door, or what to do
with his hands, or how to sit down
right. He began to change his clothes
for better ones when he came in from
the days work, and there was about
him the dawning of improvement.
Finally the great day came. He stood
trembling before the farmers daughter,
the hard word was spoken, and she
didn't repulse him. I think there is
nothing in the life of man which SO
rouses and stirs him as love. Tom
went to the wrestling matches, and
what vim there was in him. He read,
he went to church, he wanted to see
how people acted. And when after a
good life he grew to be an old man, and
talked in a trembling voice to his
grandchildren, he used to say, go,
what wife she was to me. Whatever
1 became she made me-" The world is
full of just such instances of blessed
influence.
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A Vehicle for Heat.

A correspondent of the Boston Jour-
nut Of Chemistry furnishes the follow
ing sensible advice concerning the ap-
plication of heat to the body. Wiring
ing out clothes in hot water, infusions
of hops or other plants, and placing
them upon the part affected, is probi-
bly, the plan most frequently pursued.
This practice is Objectionable, because
it needs close care to prevent wetting
and chilling when cool, and also to be
so frequently renewed and reapplied, to
keep up the due amount of heat. L was
led to select Indian meal, as it is gener-
ally on hand in the larder, is of light
weight, not unpleasant in odor, and
holds heat long time. Corn meal after
grinding, will bear several times trans
portation, and, after delivery and dis
position in the bins of the granary, will
for hours still be warm from the fric-
ton of grinding. When, therefore, it
is desired to apply dry heat to any per-
son, it is only required to place guam
tity of the Indian meal in a baking pan
on heated stove, and stir constantly
till thoroughly warmed. 1t should not
be burnt. 1t can then be put into
woolen sanks and tied up and applied
as hot bottle usually is-or into large
flannel bags, if for the abdomen. In a
care of successful resuscitation of q
newborn child, the heated meal was
poured into an oblong chopping-tray, a
flannel cloth laid over it, and the infant
in it. The cloth yielded, and the child
was partly buried in the warm meal. 1t
is found that the meal retains its heat
long, and when it cools it does not chill,
which is very important considera.
ton. Two sets of bags or wrappers
may be provided, so that while one is
being applied the other may be heated.
The meal is not weighty. The aroma
OF it when heated is rather agreeable
than otherwise.
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O. W. LOVE, sec'y.

!. VIZ are indebted TO our attentive friend
SBstG'' Of BsthaIyaWi Va. , for a copy oI
the catalogue Of Bethany College. By
reference TO itBpages we see that one hun
,dred and twenty-three students were In
attendance during the past session. The
College Is in o aolriShing condition. The
catalogue Is o beautiful specimen Of the
art Of printing by Frew s. Campbell
Wheeling,- Washington (Pu) Observer.
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PHILADELPHIA.
RRpoRTED DISCOVERY or THE rrDNAppE

REPORTED DISCOVERY or THE KIDNAPPED
BOY.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3O.-A report
Leacnes mere rom leading that the kid
mapped ooy, charlie Ross, has been dis
covered tnere. Inc report Is being in.
VeTSMgaIeo.
Inc report tnat Oharley Ross has been
discovered was founded on the fact that
q 1a1a oI gypsies havlng small boy
WIN tnem NAG Deen detained at Harris
Duig y. 70 awaa M lne arrival Of MI. Ross who
If tho hov 10 % hiS osra Ur 0l'eo'a' 'Fa'n 10 Hee
.Ss.., ~ = =. N"N'
PEOPLES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The circumstances connected with tho
closing Of the Peoples Fire Insurance
Company are that the State Commission
er Of Insurance, Z. NJ. Fisher, last week
discovered certain fraudulent transactions
in the management oil the company, and
Immediately directed the Attorney Gen
eral to begin legal proceedings TO close up
the company, and notified insurance
Officials Of other States OF the fact.
Brindle, the alleged delaulting manager,
learned OF this, and gathered up all the
available assets and fed to parts unknown.
NOT CHARLEY Ross.
HApRunrpa Jrlv On Tho ,.Lu,
fund here Il tbo T%y ,snS,ooo;o. OE - tne cnllo
NJ, % Sborisn % II RosS @ t'0sSsS9'on VI gypSles ls
tsS. a
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MISS ANTHoNY,s STORY.
Statement OF Her Brother, Col. An.
thonY, Of LeaVenworIh.

statement Of HeT Brolher, COL An
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I'pOeiM u IAVSu " 'uU Snio"So t,'OunoI no ~,
LkAVkNWokFH' Manu. July Eo.-=Ool
Anthony, Susan BIS brother, told youl
correspondent 10 day that he first hearG
the scandal storv from tbe llina oF hi. ala.
- Ws.s.r -. w npS g, o... ~
N w, ~ - .,sS,e w. ", SHs se- u91t =
D.,S =: tusn w A'tn 'uNs auo was . sues' =
1lltohs house' "nen q Violent domesu'
scene occurred. She retreated t
her own room 10 avoid It eut
wss nreaentlv followed nv Nra Til
WOO s'sy S".u ~ De' /, = - y
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The Veteran Reunion.

DAYTON, D., July 3O-Tho reunion Of
the four veteran Ohio regiments at the
Soldiers Home, to-day, drew a great
crowd from the surrounding country.
The city Is full of people, and the largest
crowd ever on the Home grounds In one
day made an animated spectacle. Gov,
Allen was escorted to the Home by com.
pany Of citizens, where he was welcomed
with the Governors salute from the bat
terry, and then introduced by Col. Brown,
Governor Of the Homo, TO the people, BY
whom he was warmly received. He
spoke some forty MINUTES. A large por-
tion Of the speech was patriotic In tone,
Much oil 1t was devoted TO the war with
Mexico, but the rebellion was tolerably
neatly skipped, only a slight allusion
being made to It The Governor was
conducted about the Home, which be
heartily eulogized. he dined with the
officers Of the Gath regiment, and in The
evening returned TO the city, where he
was serenaded. he responded briefly,
and held areception. The reunion Of mt
veterans was q picnic without speech,
making or iooliahnesS, and was a most
pleasant occasion. The general impres
sion derived from the Governors speech
was that he Is not insenslble 10 the posi-,
bllides Of his being candidate for Prasi,
dent. Probably ten thousand strangers
arc In tho city 10 day. .4r, ~
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Our Of thirty-nine national borrowers
Of British money, eleven countries or
States have proven to be unable to pay
interest in other words, have detaultedD
otthese, nine have become SO during the
past ten years. 30. nearly a third Of the
whole proving unfortunate, 1t Is now I'M
desstood that foreign stocks are to be
classed among speculative investments,
rather than among frstclass securities
yielding steady income. About &s,'
100000 Of stock are redeemed annually;
At this rate 1t would require very close tc
100 years to redeem the &79O 100000 now
quoted at the stock board. 1'E I
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heat all the horses got of well except
hartland, who was SIX or eight lenRlhS

heat oil the horses got of well excent
hartland, who was SIX or eight len0ibS
behind at the hall mile The 6orses were
close together, spendthrift sliehtlv ShesS
on the back turn: He increased his lead
and won the heat by four lengths, Boston.
Lady Washington, Hartland, Port Leon.
ard and Planter couing out In tho order
named. The second heat was a good
send Of, the horses keeping In bunch
ttll they reached the home stretch, when
Washington, Spendthrilt, Boston and
Leonard made strong efforts for the lead,
Boston winning by o neck, Spendthrilt
second, Washington 0 close third, with
Leonard half length in the rear, Hart
land four lengths back, and Planter dis
tanced. At the end of this heat Spend.
thrift was drawn on account OF lameness.
In the third heat the horses got good
send.oa, and ran in q bunch around the
entire track, coming down the home
stretch under the whip, Washington
winning by half a length, Hartland sec.
ond, Boston third, and Leonard fourth,
Port Leonard and HRrtland were now
out oil the race, according to the rules,
neither ot them having taken q heat.
This cut the field down to two, Boston
and Lady Washington. In the fourth
heat the horses Tapped TO the three. quar-
ter turn, when Boston apparently quit
Lady Washington coming in an easy
winner. Boston barely closed. At q
quarter past seven, II being quite dark,
the judges decided 10 tlniSh the race to.
morrow. I.... .....'.lT
Tho following Is the summary for four
heats run Washington 8, 8, /, /; Tom
Boston ., 1, 8, 2; Port Leonard 6, 4 4.
drawn out; Hartland 4, 8, 2, drawn out;
spendthrilt |, 2, drawn out; Planter 6,
distanced. Time by quarters: First heat,
259, 67f, LII and 1:44i; second, 25t, 673,
1:l7t and 1:4Sl; third, 2Sa, 67f, lis and
1:45i fourth, 25t, 81, 1:19 and i:474:
To-morrow's programme embraces the
2:9l class, with eleven entries, and the
9:2O race, with atield Of eight Of the finest
horses in the country-GSzslle, Camors,
Red Cloud, Sensation, Nettle, Henry,
Gloster and St. James, the meeting clos.
ing with running race, two mile dash,
with nine entries, So far the meeting has
been very successful. ' =
In the pools tonight Red Cloud was
selling as the favorite, $40 to. $50, and
Camors $l2 to $l5, second choice; field
$l9 TO $25. The owner Of Red Cloud
stated that his horse would be driven 10
win the race, in which case the fastest
Time OF the meeting will probably be .
made
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.g1MamsaI9tagbA waN

rice as they do, they save money where
ordinary laborers could hardly mako ends
meet.
Next to the harbor Of Now York, the
bay Of San Frsncisco b . sight TO look
upon in the way Of shipping, The flags
Of all nations Goat from the mast.heads ol
innumerable water craft. The Pacific
Mail Company's steamers arrive once q
week from China and Japan, and dis
charge large cargoes Of tea. This tea is
forwarded as "time lrelghr over the rail-
roads to the Eastern cities, and Is run
through on passenger schedules, as are
also the fruit trains. California is q great
country for fruit. Peaches, pears, plums
and oranges grow side by side. This, too,
notwithstanding the country Is so cool as
compared with this during the summer.
Fire Is needed every night in San Fran
cisco Tor comfort. And yet they have
neither frost nor dew in that climate.
The temperature Is nearly the same the
year round. There ia no rain after the,
1st Of May till the next coming Of the
rainy season. Hence such crops q, corn
and potatoes do not grow in that climate.
Wheat and barley, especially wheat, are
their great reliance in the way Of cereals.
Their garden vegetables arc raised by
irrigation. The wheat crop this year lie
immense. ....... .
Speaking Of crops, Mi. VANCE says
the crop promise in the West, as he OBJ.
served 1t coming home, Is very promising.
Not alone wheat, but corn, oats and hay
will turn out large yield. A large and
healthy spring trade was done in the
West, and they look forward to a good
business thisiall. California will export
much Of her great crop to England. Her
trade with England Is very large. She
exports her bullion and wheat thither and
brings back most Of her supplies IN the
way of store goods, Dealing purely on a
metallic basis, it comes natural to her to
deal with country Of that kind. Green.
backs are taken at ninety cents Oh the
dollar in san Francisco, when they are
taken at all. Some dealers, however,
prefer not to take them at all, and hence
nearly every visitor supplies himself with
gold and silver change, r ,r,r sd
Mr.. VANCE returned home on Tuesday,
after an absence of five weeks. This was
q quick-indeed a wonderful trip, as
compared with journey across the
plains only few years ago. Even now
1t takes "a days to come from San Fran
cisco TO New York in a steamer via the
1sthmus Of Panama. And yet AIr.
VANCR accomplished the round trip in
five weeks, during which time he visited
the Yosemite Valley and also stopped at
Salt Lake both going and returning. This
Is indeed reducing time and distance with.
In very narrow limits.
Mr.. DELAPLA1N has not yet returned,
but is expected this week.
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ProgrtESire AetiUS.
lam building a house,
Thou art building a house,
he is building q house.
Pro0reGsius PdSJtUs
Ahouse Is being built BY me,
A house iA being built by you,
A hnnnn IA hnLnrr hnIli hn hln,

! Icannot see that being built is at all
awkward at such lunctuTes, though such
seems 10 be the Impression in sundry
quarters ; but II 1t Is, 1t is better In any
event to be awkward than inaccurate,
although 1t may be better still to avoid
both awkwardness and inaccuracy by
using some other construction. Indeed
II It is, then all passive forms OF the verb
are awkward, and should be at once and
forever abandoned. II there Is any
ground for amputating the special form to
which Mr.. White excerpts, then there il
ground Tor looping of the passive voice
altogether. Let me not be understood as
insisting upon grammatical principles, fol
Mr. White is, l hear, no believer in gram
mars, and votes syntax an abomination
] simply insist on those common struCtur.
al principles that determine the growth oI
grammatical forms, and enable men &c
say what they mean in the most direcI
and accurate terms. ....5. ....
FRANCIS GERRY FAIRFIELD.
Stafford Springs, Conn July 90, 1874.
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Fur Factory Burned

BRIpaBPoRT, July 90.-The for factory
|of W. A. & A. 81. White, at Danbury,
Connecticut, consisting OF three buildings,
two Of ono hundred feet and one Of eighty
feet In length and eight stories high were
destroyed by fire this morning. a large
portion oil the stock was burned. The
fire Is supposed To have been the work ol
an incendiArv,
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ARKANSAS.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

LITTLE Rock, July 8O.-In tho Consti-
tutional Convention day. an ordinance
was offered and referred 10 the approprl-
ate committee abolishlng the offices Of
Lieutenant Governor, Superintendent OIL
Public Instruction, Superintendent oil
Public Works, Commissioner Of Immi.
grafton and State Lands. Superintendent
OF the PeniIeniisry, the Pulaski Chancery
Court, Phillips Criminal Court and the
four associate justices Of tho Supreme
Court. The article on militia was con-
sidered and adopted. Several committees
reported, and tho Convention adjourned
till to morrow. D.. l.. ...'..-
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CANADA.
luMpgRMRN's ooNYrNr1oN

OTTAWA, July SO.-A lumbermens
convention Is in session here, and Is at
tended by large numbers Of delegates
from various partsof Ontario. Hon. John
Hamilton is President and Mr.. Laird, oil
HuIsley, Secretary. A resolution was
adopted recommending the formation Of
Dominion Eumbermen's Association,
and q committee was appointed 10 drali
q constitution and bylaws,
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Texas ExeursIonlstS In Louisyille.

LOUISVILLE, July 3O.-The Texas tx-
cursloniss arrived In this city last night.
and were met at the depot by delegation
OF merchants, To-day they met the mer-
chants at the Board Of Trade rooms.
where there was q general interchange
OF remarks, and several addresses were
delivered. In the afternoon grand ban-
quet was given the visitors OF the Louis
vile Hoiel. Tomorrow they will be
taken to points Of interest in and about
the CITY.
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For the New England and Middle
States, generally clear and warm weather
will prevail with northwest or southwest
winds and slight changes in the baron.
eter. -.. - =.
For the South Atlantic and Gull States.
Tennessee and Ohio Valley, clear or iair
weather, winds gradually shifting easterly
or southerly, slight rise In temperature
and rising barometer near the coast. M
For the Lake Region and northwest,
partly cloudy and warmer weather, lipht
rains near Lakes Huron and Superior,
northwest winds and stationary or falling
barpmeler.
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THE GRAMMARIAN,S CONTRo.
VERSY.
"Ts Bullalnan and sis Being Ruil.

sis Buildins'' and 'tIs Being BuiIt'
t-+An Agument for the Oldel
Form @ erA 81 E
To tho Editor Of the Tribune.
SIR; l have been curlously interested
in discussion going on in your columns
as to the propricty of using the presen,
active participle Of the 'translLive verb IN
the passive sensc-lor example, "bulld
ing" for "being built" and "makipg" fol
"bsipg made.P ] am quite aware thai
some newspapers exclude Hbeipg built
as unnecessary and vicious, but am not
prepared TO accept their authority as set.
ting the question, even though supported
by all the cleverness and acumen that
MIR. Grant White puts into his essays on
pathological issues, On the other hand,
with due respect 10 all the parties, "hulld.
ing" ior "being built seems 10 mo to be
a palpablc error-or sin, II you phase,
against structure and accuracy Of con-
slruction, II not against syntax. ,--..
For Illustration, In tho Instance ol The
verb build occur the following iLiintive
forms:
Activs. PlsSlus.
To build, To be built,
TohaVe b1ilt, Tohaye bsG9 bnllt,
About 10 b lid. About 10 be bllt.
These forms are coniessedly necessary
and legitimate-neccssary IN that the
proper distinction between the active
voice and passive cannot be expressed
without them; legitimate, in that they are
structurally and logically accurate In pre-.
serving the distinction they pretend 10
express. In like manner the parlicipal
forms preserve a distinction growing out
Of The very nature Of the two voices
AetirS. PIISIvS.
Building, Being built,
Having built, Having been built.
Nov can sec nomore reason for ex.
cludiDg thepresent passive psrticiple than
for excluding the present passive inflni.
tive, Tor the former can no more be con-
strued actively without inaccuracy Of
structure than the latter can. They must
stand or tall together, Rs forms Of the
transitivo verb. When I say that the
house Is building (Cor being builD, as
inexorably call tor an object, 10 express
what the house is building, as though !
had said II am building" in which case
the reader would ask "What are you
buildingP" So 1t is through the whole
list OF transilive verbs. The active form
calls for an object TO complete the struc-
ture, and unless the object responds the
force Of the verb Is left unsatished.
Nor is this law of the transitive verb in
the least weakened by using the progress
sive form, which must oi necessity pre-.
serve the distinction. For example, take
the present tense, indicative, in It's two
forms: 1''
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THE following notice appears in The ST

/ TIE following notice appears in the St
olairsvllle Gazette Of yesterday; @
The Wheeling Tp. Mutual Protective
Association, which was recently organ
lied at Shepherdstown, Is prepared lor
Immediately pursuing, capturing III pos
sible), and bringing 10 justice any person,
or persons, who may by stealing, take
away any property belonging 10, or under
the Jurisdiction OF the Association. The
next regular meeting Of the Association
will be held at shepherdstown on the frat
Monday Of November at 81 o'clock P. N,
JOHN WATSON, Prest.
@. W. LOVE, sec'y.
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From tho Indian Border.

ST. Lour,, July SO.-The Republican
has a Fpeclal from Newton, Kansas, say
Ing that Capt. Hannala and q company Of
militia returned to Fort Dodge on Tues.
day, and that they killed nine Comanche
Indians on Canadian river, upon whose
bodies a. number Of white acalns were
found. ~ uIn-I. Itl-tL.- II
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Bold Bank Robbery.

ALBANY, July 30.-Two men yesterday
entered the First National Bank Of BatG-
via, GenessOe county, and while one en-
gagged the attention Of the only pefson
present connected with the bank, the
other ran away with q box containing
money and bonds amounting to $40 Gao.
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THE Northern Christian Advocate Meth.
odist) thinks that too many persons went
from Round Lake to Saratoga to see the
boat race, and that II they must go to
either, they had better go to horse race
Itwas also surprised ITO see 80 many la
dies and gentlemen on the camp ground
with little bit OF lavender ribbon pinned
to the shoulder or bosom" and when II
inquired Its meaning, was informed "il
was the Wesleyan boat crew colorsl A
fine camp meeting badge thought we!'
A critical reader suggests that as "very
many Of our camp meetings lately have
been held for persons who have got above
sin, the Northern should have been salts
fed to find one great camp meeting which
sinners also could attend" .'.' 8 .''. '
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The loss Of lie BY the flood in Pitts
burgh is now estimated at $50, and the
loss of property at S5'oOO,OOO. Nobody
was to blame. 1t was what tho express
call ian act Of God" .3l tfi3 2
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Mr.. t. t. HAN1oN, OF BsrnesYille, has
been obliged to suspend business, owing
to inability to meet his peeuniary obllga.
tlons. BIS goods are sold at auction this
week. 49, 49,
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Arrlonllural Worl,, ,Rnrpea.

CuIcAeo, July -8O.-A special says ID
McHenry, early this morning Richard
Bishop's agricultural works, including the
machinery and entire stock, were de-
stroyed by FIRE. Loss $95, 900; uninsured.
The fire was undoubtedly the work Of On
incendlary: ....,
A fire at Nos. 81 and 80 South Water
street TO- day damaged the building owned
by MIR. Forsyth 10 the amount oil $40 600
and the stock Of IpgrahAm, .Corbyn s
May $85, ,0C0, Both building and stoclI
were fully Insured for small amounts in
prominent companies. The origin Of the
fire is unknown. Co. -.
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THE valuation Of the taxable property
on the grand duplicate Of Belmont coun.
~ Tor 1874, shows an increase over the
valuation Of last year Of three hundred
and nine thousand dollars.
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THE greatest sen sAtion in Virginia at
present Is the recent discovery Of i'm.
meuse deposits Of iron ore in Madison
county, which promise to yield seventy
per cent oI iron Of the beat quality. A
mine Is now being worked in a small
way, which is turning out about six hun!
.dred tons OF ore per week, that will yield
fully sixty per cent Of iron. Work will
be increased in few days; and several
thousand tons a week will be sent to the
foundeties at Richmond and Alexandra.