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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
A Mad Dog in the House.

The residence of Mr.. John Hill on
Filbert street, Philadelphia, the Record
says, was the scene of an occurrence
which was much more exciting than
pleasant, and which might have result
ed IN very serious consequences. The
gentleman in question was the owner
OF Splitter dog, which was the special
pet OF his little daughter. The animal
was noticed by the servants on this
morning to be frothing at the mouth,
and otherwise acting in strange man
ner, but nothing was said about it at
the time. In the afternoon lady call
ed, and was shown inlo the parlor to
wait till the lady of the house came
down. While sitting there, she was
startled by crash, and the dog, which
had been in the yard, leaped into the
parlor, having bounded through the
back window, shivering thick pane of
glass in its passage. He dashed past
the visitor and into the hall. The lady,
with great presence of mind, ran to the
door and screamed up the stairs that
something was the matter with the dog,
and her friend and one of the servants,
who were at the head of the stains, had
just time to get back into an upper
room and close the door as the dog, in
his "eyeless rage" dashed against it.
The lady down stairs also closed the
parlor door, and the cook in the dining
room locked herself in that apartment,
while the maddened animal, having the
run of the halls and stairways, dashed
up and down in the most terrible man.
ner, throwing himself against the doors
with force that threatened their fas-
Jennings. This continued for some time,
there being no one in the house but the
four beleaguered females, until the
lady in the parlor sacrificed dignity to
secure safety, and made her escape
through the parlor window. Assis-
tance was finally obtained in the shape
of policeman, who entered the house,
also through the window, and the dog,
which at this time had gone into an
open room, had the door closed upon
him and his fate was sealed. A rope
with a slip-noose was procured. the
door partially opened, and the loop,
after some maneuvring, was success
fully thrown around his neck. He was
then dragged into a position that en-.
abled the policeman, with few well.
directed blows of billy, to settle his
dogship, and the scattered and fright.
ened inmates of the house were en-.
abled to come forth and once more
move about in safety. Whether the
animal was really rabid, or only suffer
ing from a fit of more harmless ma.
ture, will never be known.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Convict Life in New Caledonia,

A correspondent of the Southern
Cross, who recently visited New Gale
donia, communicates some interesting
facts about the convicts. The convicts
of New Caledonia number over 5000.
and are mostly on the lie des Pines,
which is a short distance to the south
ward of the mainland. Other convict
settlements are scattered all round the
coast. Owing to the late arrival of the
Communists, these numbers will be
considerably increased. The convicts
are mostly employed on the roads,
which, round Noumea, are in excellent
condition, and on any Government work
that may be going on. They are, at
present, reclalming portion of the
harbor, which, when completed, will be
Of great value to the town of Noumea.
The convicts are paid few sous day,
part of which is retained until their
term of sentence is expired. They are
not overworked, and are allowed to
smoke-in fact, if anything, should
fancy that they have better time of it
than the soldiers who guard them.
Some very clever carved ornaments,
made out of wood and shells, are manu-
factured by the prisoners, who sell them
to the storekeepers. Numbers of these
curiosities find their way into the Sgd
ney market. If a prisoner escapes O
gun is fred, and any one-soldier or
citizen-has carte blanche, if discov-
cred, to shoot him dead. Several in
stances have occurred of convicts en-
deayoring to escape, but they invariably
have either been shot or drowned in at
tempting to swim across to the coral
reefs, although, supposing they reached
them, they could not get away, being
surrounded by the sea. Any convict
showing signs of insubordination, the
guard have full power to shoot him on
the spot. / think that this is wrong,
for the guards may abuse, and it is said
have abused their power. No doubt
with view of soothing their savage
breasts, the convicts are allowed to have
brass band, and very good one it is.
They perform once a week, generally on
Saturday, in the town, to the great
delectation of the inhabitants, and when
We bid our French friends an revoir we
could hear, floating after us on the
breeze, the melodious strains of the
convict band.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
NO. Is.
Items of Interest.

The presents to Nellie Grant were
worth 100000
Fruit and wheatpfospects at the West
are remarkably good.
The British Government has decided
not to give up its possessions on the
Gold Coast.
The London tailors are about to
make rule that no garments shall be
taken from the store until paid for.
A Connecticut man, whose son was
ill, appealed to the physician: "Do
do break up the fever at once, even if
you charge as much as if lie went
through a whole course of fever"
A German professor, who has been
engaged for four years preparing new
book, recently, in starting for short
walk, left the manuscript lying on his
desk. On his return he found the
manuscript in flames, and before he
could put out the fire it was burned to
ashes.
A recent book about Africa describes
forest Of acacia trees, the trees being
pierced with little holes by some in
sects. The wind plays upon these open
ings, producing fute-like sounds, for
which reason the natives call the trees
"soffar" trees, the word " soffar
meaning flute.
Capt. Bryant, who has long been sta
toned on the fur-sea islands of Alaska,
believes that the natives are of Japan
ese origin, and possess noticeable char
acteristics of that race. They are quick
to learn, tractable, and superior to the
people of the mainland. The latter are
probably of Tartar descent.
Mr.. Barnett, of Obion county, Tenn,
is unable, it would seem, to keep the
wolf from his door. He was attacked
near his residence by a large and fero-
cious animal of this description few
evenings ago, and might have been
badly mauled had not his faithful deg,
hearing his call, put in an appearance
and driven the wolf away.
Up to October, 1870, Senator Jones's
Grown Point mine had cost 1928, $40 in
assessments, and the price of the stock
was SO per share, of which there were
$4,000. In the summer of 1871 the
stock rose to 5000 per share. The
shares have been increased to 100000
and are quoted at go. The stockholders
have realized 100000 in dividends
above outlay.
The qpeerest object in nature is
Spanish beggar, for these beggars beg
on horseback, and it is an odd thing to
see man riding up to poor foot pas
senger and asking aims. A gentleman
in Valparaiso, being accosted by one of
these mounted beggars, replied =
"Why, sir, you come to beg of me, who
have to go on foot, while you ride on
horse ?" every true, sir" replied the
beggar, "and have the more need to
beg, as I have to support my horse as
well as myself"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
4 Girls HOuse.CIeaning.

She is perfectly willing to help. She
tells her mother she would just as lief
stay home a week as not, and informs
her teacher, with a semi-triumphant
air, that she has to stay at home next
week to help clean house.
The carpets are to be taken up first,
and that girl, delicately reared though
she is, bravely sits down in the middle
of the floor and reads paper while her
mother and hired girl take out the tacks
and make frantic efforts to use the same
form of common prayer that the head
of the house uses when his boots don't
come on easily in the morning.
The carpet is rolled up and taken out
into the backyard and hung on the
clothes-line to be busted. Now that
girl comes out strong, and shows the
latent energy that is in her. She seizes
an old broom and starts toward that
swinging carpet with an air of determi-
nation. On her way she spies her FRIEND
Kate passing, and goes off to the side
fence to talk about an hour and half
about-well, about whatever girls do
talk about under the same circum-
stances. Then she goes into the house,
eats her dinner, and complains Of being
tired.
In the afternoon she begins busting
and arranging the books in the book
case. She finds, pretty soon, one of
Ouida's novels, and sits down on the
floor to read while the ink, from bot
tie she knocks over when she throws
her duster Oh the table, runs all over
the parlor curtains stuffed under the
chair near by. Her mother finds her
here and sends her into the parlor to
gather up her music ready for to-mor-
rows campaign. She gets along well
enough with her exercises and marches,
but presently she comes to "Don't be
Angry with Me, Darling" that Robert
gave her last week, and begins to hum
it. She opens the piano to find the
keynote to be certain she can take the
high note nicely, and begins to sing.
It don't sound well without the accom-
paniment that Robert thought was so
sweet, so she sits down and begins to
play. While she is practicing Robert
comes along. He hears her. He stops.
He enters. She stops. He wants to
hear that sweet song. Come in only
for that. She is too hoarse. She
couldn't think of singing with her hair
tied up in a towel-but she does.
Robert sighs as the song ends, and
she proposes game of croquet. They
go out and play croquet till tea time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
The Stevens Battery.

This famous iron war vessel, which
has been in the course of construction
since 1913, and which was designed
originally by Messrs. r. l.. and E. A.
Stevens, and left by the will OF the lat
ter to the State of New Jersey, is to be
sold at auction on November 2. As she
is now the vessel resembles only slight
ly the original designs of her builder,
her dimensions having been changed
by Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan. Her meas
urements, etc, now, are as follows ;
Length. 400 feet ; beam As feet depth,
"a feet /; boilers, 10 feet; engines,s > A
feet maximum horse power, 5000.
The armament in 1S43 was to have
been six guns, from Is TO Ga pounds,
which was changed in 1856 to five 15-
inch guns, Weighing 25 tons each, and
capable of throwing a round shot of
424 pounds, and two 10-inch rifle guns.
Under her present construction she has
facilities for carrying two 20-inch
smooth bore guns, throwing solid
shot weighing 1,040 pounds each, or
two wrought-iron Pinch rife guns,
throwing shot weighing 600 pounds
each and capable of penetrating Is
inches of solid iron. This vessel, if
she could be completed as herspecifca-
tions now call for, would be, it is said,
the most formidable iron man.of-w war
ahoat. If converted into a merchant
vessel, she would be, with some minor
alterations, a fast and safe passenger
vessel. Having heavy plating-in
most places treble riveted-and water
tight compartments, the danger of
foundering would be slight, and her
calculated speed as merchant vessel
would be Is knots per hour. At this
rate she would cross to Liverpool with
in nine days.
About 81, 500, 900 has been expended
upon the vessel, and it is calculated
that about 100000 more will be neces-
sary to complete her as a war vessel, or
5000, 900 for a merchant vessel. One of
the remarkable features in her con-
struction is erfacility in maneuvering.
She has two screws, which are SO ar
ranged that they are under the control
OF separate engines, thus allowing her
to turn on her heel" which is not
only great saving of time but makes her
available for narrow channels, as she
can turn in any direction within the
space of her own length. The battery
was nearly rebuilt by Gen. Mcclellan,
and was also greatly strengthened, hav-
ing added an inner hull of iron one
inch in thickness. 1t is intended that
she shall have side armor 10 inches
thick, deck armor ! inches, aud tur-
ret Is inches thick. 1t is said til the
agents of several foreign powers have
been endeavoring to purchase her, but
have b Zen deferred by the fact that the
sale rests with the State of New Jersey,
which has been only recently author
lied by the Legislature to offer her at
public sale. Prof. r. Fl. Thurston, G.
E., Of the Stevens Institute of Tech
nology, has been engaged as the con-
sulting engineer, and is now engaged
in preparing description CT the vessel.
Gov. Parker and Vice Chancellor Dodd
on the part of the State, and the execu-
tors of Mr.. Stevens, with the consult
ing engineer, form the committee OF
sale.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Push Your Business,

To offer a good bargain, and let
every one know 1t, are the two leading
essentials for a successful business.
Men may make money without doing
this, but it is the only safe way to con-
duct a permanent trade. There are
different ways of informing customers
as to what you can offer them, but
there are none which cost SO little or
which may be SO effective as iudicious
advertising while salesman makes
personal appeals to few only, an ad-
vertisement goes to thousands, to
strangers as we'll as to friends, without
regard to weather, and with no COM
Functions as to stepping on rivals
toes. Those, therefore, who wish to
push their business, and who have
good bargains to offer and an honest
article to sell, should not neglect the
only means by which they can become
known everywhere, and have the world
for their customers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Americans in Egypt.

American infuenceis rapidly increas-
ing in Egypt. There are now sixteen
American officers in the service of the
Viceroy. At the head is General Stone,
whose position as chief of staff is the
most influential and important. Gen
erals Loring aud Reynolds are old
army officers. Both Stone and Loring
have lately been made pachas by the
Viceroy. He is thoroughly organizing
his army, introducing the most ap-
proved arms, and preparing for brush
with the Sultan of Turkey, which will
make him King instead of Viceroy,
whenever the sick man" gets into
any difficulty with Russia or any other
foreign power. A recent accession to
the staff is Major Prout, an American
engineer, to whom is assigned the i'm
portant duty of making survey of the
delta of the Nile, running the base line
east and west through the centre of the
great pyramid.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
The Breaking of the Dam.

Ride! Cheney ridel For close beside,
On ghostly galloping steed,
Is grizzly shade, in shroud arrayed =
Death rides behind thee! Speed!
Ride WELL ride fast, for the die is cast
And the game has been won by Death;
And he cometh now with exulting brow.
Aud laugh in his icy breath.
And after him two spectres grim:
My friends! the Pale One saith.
They are come with me good friends are we :
Destructionl Havoc! Death
Ride fast and WELL the news to tell
Fly! neighbors, for your livesl
If ye would save from a watery grave
Your little ones and wives
Fly! Neighbors, fly, for the food is nigh,
1t has shattered its flimsy bound
1t is coming fast as the whirlwinds blast
Hark hark! to its dreadful sound!
So Cheney rode, but the torrent strobe
With giant steps behind
And its fateful roar went on before
On the wings of the morning wind.
He rode full well, but the echoes tell
OF wall of deep despair:
For the spectral Three, with murderous glee,
We're holding carnival there.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Sale of BlOOded Stock.

The Lyndal herd OF short horns, the
property of VIM. S. King, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, was sold at public auction
at Dexter Park, Chicago. 1t was, with
the single exception of the sale of New
York Mills blooded cattle, near Utica,
the best sale ever held in this country.
In all there were fifty-eight COWS and
heifers and twenty.one bulls sold. The
first bull sold was the second Duke of
Hillhurst, calved July II, 1871. This
bull brought $4,000, the largest sum
of money ever paid for a bull the Uni
ted States. At the Utica sale the high.
est price paid for bull was was Sl2,
900 for second Duke of Oneida, while
the fifth Duke of Wetherby sold re,
Gently in England for about S12, 400 in
currency. The purchaser at Chica &c
was George Robbins, of London, Eng
land, who, it is understood, is acting
for the Earl of Bective, one of Great
Britain's largest breeders. The second
Duke OF Hillhurst is by sixth Duke Of
Geneva, out of Duchess ninety-seventh
she by third Duke of Wharfdale. Hon.
John Wentworth, of Chicago, tried
hard to keep the bull in this country
bidding as high as S13, 700 only re.
Gently, so it is reported. The sale oi
the Duke leaves but three Duke bulls
in this country, all owned in Kentucky.
The total amount realized ON the cows
was S1O1, ,6l5; and on the bulls, S25,.
375. The best sold COWS were Lady
Mary Seventh and Lady Mary Eighth,
by Fourth Lad Oxford, out of Lady
Mary. she by Hotspur, out of Baroness
These two heifers sold for $1,000,
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down the hower-vased steps of spa.
cious house upon the most famous ave.
nue. of the West. They entered the
carriage that awaited them, and drove
in silence many blocks. ..
At last, and with sigh, the younger
lady said, "You had hardly prepared
me for such wonderful interior"
"It is a WONDER" said the elder, with
an accent of real enjoyment ESQ ex-
ceedingly rich in details, yet with such
quiet unity as a whole The arrange
ment of the series of drawing-rooms
opening upon central one is some
thing new with u.s."
"And significant in this case," sug.
gested her friend, in tone like pity.
eyes /; and the draperies, especially
those portieres in three shades of vel
vet and the management of light is q
study, at evening as well as by day.
You should be here, my DEAR at one of
their exquisite musicales. The objects
of art, too THAT one picture by Church
is enough in itself to naeD,Orize a house.
Then the marbles the rare flowers
those great arches of Australian ferns.
how can they be kept growing SO And
the bronzes I was perfectly carried
away by that bronze of Gerome's
CLEOPATRA Gould there be q more
perfect embodiment of Shakspeare's
Serpent of the Nile pa more perfect
epitome of the subtle, electric grace of
fascination ?"
"But to think" said the young lady.
col superb man like Fred Arnold
tied to a hopeless invalid-a crippled
wife How long did you say? Ten
years ?"
Yes; but he adores her. I suppose
there is not happier woman. With the
exception, too, of that calamity, their
life has been romance of good for
tune. And do you know, think she is
singularly interesting. I can under
stand how man like Frederick Arnold,
standing all day in the vivid arena Of
his time, using that eloquent voice of
his at some strain above all the con-
fiicts-I can understand how he NAV
come home at night to that enshrined
Wife"
Enshrined you may we'll say" ex.
claimed the other. "And 1 am not
sure that I ought to pity him. But,
upon my word, all the beauty lavished
in that house vanished from my eyes, it
was SO utterly subordinate to that one
central couch where his wife lay. L
was just impressed with the vague idea
that all the joys of life had been knitted
into wreath to hang around-a dying
image. Ten years =? Well, let me never
say again there is no constancy in man. +"
10 which commentary Elsie might
have added, "And in all these ten years
OF devotion, not word has passed my
husbands lips of that dark night when
he came home, loving, and his wife
shrank from him as from stranger. 1"
And Fred might have added, in the
simplicity of his loyal heart. "Strange
that woman like my wife, of soul so
infinitely groceful that whatever comes
near her is moulded into harmony, and
who inspires the homage OF the most
gifted minds, should be as unconscious
of her charm as little child. I shall
never forget-it was few weeks after
we had brought her home, and while
there was still some hope of recovery
1 heard her say to a physician, Can't
you possibly, dear doctor, make me
we'll enough to move about? Can't you
restore to me a little of q woman's
gracefulness My husband loves me
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Want Work.

A lawyer in New York City adver-
tised the other day for clerk, request
ing applicants to state age, acquire
ments, and qualifications. He received
in one day over one hundred replies to
his advertisement, from men of twenty
to thirty years of age, all of whom
wrote fair hands, some excellent all
were acquainted with the routine bust
ness of law-office some were attor-
neys already admitted to practice, grad
yates of colleges and universities, and
in several instances the applicants were
also accomplished stenographers. These
men asked salaries of from eight to
fifteen dollars q week.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
An Anxious Boy.

We are told that the young Prince
Napoleon has attempted to go to
France, to appear suddenly at Boulogne,
as his father did, and so to achieve the
throne. The story states that he ac-
tually reached Dover with this purpose,
and was brought back to his mother by
a faithful adherent. False as it proba-
bly, is, the tale reads like a veritable
bit of Bonaparte history. 1t has the
old theatrical flavor with which the
world has been but too well acquainted
for more that seventy years.
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Two ladies in the rustling silks and
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11

equally unfortunate, failed to find in
D the linked sickness long drawn
out upon which he had founded his
professional hopes. Nothing remained
for them now but removal to a more
promising place.
Accordingly, the first bright morning
of the following week found Elsie and
Fred perched upon huge baggage
wagon laden with household goods,
slowly vending their way along the
high-road that, girt with narrow prai-
ries and charming oak-openings,
stretches from the shores of Lake
Michigan further west.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-03

"And when in after days." said
learned counsel in the court room.
1--WE meet together around tho aocial
hearth. whore I shall no longer be op-
pressed by the heat aud burden Of the
day, and you, gentlemen, will find
yourselves in other scenes than this,
ut rest from arduous labors, then as we
talk together of bygone times, may
you be able to say that the first thing
you did on returning to the jury room,
was to unanimously agree that you
could place no reliance whatever upon
the testimony of that man Smith,"
The increase in the use of opium in
this country suggests that reformers
will soon have new enemy to battle.
The importation of opium nowamounts
to nearly 250.000 pounds annually
ten times more than thirty years ago;
and it is the opinion of physicians and
druggists that not more than one. third
OF the quantity is used for medical pur-
poses. In other words, more than
160. 900 pounds of this drug arc now
used for stimulating purposes in this
country.
4 Milwaukee woman, far gone with
consumption, begged the doctor to
give Eer something that would keep
her up until the verdict of the Beccher
Committee was published.
On the air Line Railroad, recently,
the through mail train nude the fust
time Of seven miles in nIne inmates,
between Buford and Suwanee stations.
Boarding house delicacy cy-Pndding
and flies served on the same plate.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-03
Miller's Firs Proof Safes.

"HOSE in want OF the best Safe manu-
Il .f.tctured will find it to their interest to
call and examine our stock OF MILLER'S
CELEBRATED FIRE PROOF SAFES,
which we are Offering at manufacturers
prices, thereby saving to the purchaser tho
expenses OF freight aud drGyage. These
Safes haze stood the test If the great fire in
Chester and other p!uces IL he State, pre-
Seruing their contents to tie satisfaction of
:he otoners, and will be sOId Il, low here az
other makes IN be bought IL .Se,o York
city. JOHN AGNEW Il SON.
Sept2