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GslTvARY
Clark A. Wilcox. ESQ.

Last week we made mention of the
death of the above highly respected
gentleman. He had been suffering for
some time with carbuncles on bis neck
but neither he nor his friends,were in the
least alarmed about them. Last We'd
nesday erysipeias set in and in few
hours he breathed his last His wife,
with her children was at SpringvlIe,
Erie Co., n. Y, where the children
were going to school, when the sad news
was telegraphed to her, Deceased was
born in Allegheny county N. Y on the
18th OF December, 1881 and conse-
quently was at the time of his death
aged II years; IL MOI ths, aud 10 days.
We can say with safety that he was one
of Elk county's staunchest ,aen, and in
life Was respected By all with whom lie
had intercourse, and now, as the mist Of
death has closed his eyes in their eternal
sleep there are many that do mourn. The
funeral sermon WAS preached by Rev,
VIM. Martin, in the Methodist church
at Broc&wayviile, and his cors3 was
followed to its final resting place by
the largest coucourse of people that ever
attended funeral in Elk county.
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ELK LODGE, A. Y. M.
ss..The stated meetings of Elk Lodge, No.
$40, are held at their hall, corner of Main
and Depot streets, on the second and fourth
Tusodoys of oanh month
w. G. UEALY, Sec'y.
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WINTER TIME TABLE.

nN and after MONDAY. NOV, Is, 1874,
" the trains on the Philadelphia Il
Erie Railroad will run as follows:
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NORMAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS
The appropriation made to the Stat.
Anormal schools by the last Legislature
is 100000. The commission named in
the act to distribute the money, the
Governor, the Attorney General and
the SUP erinteudent Of Common Schools
have appor'oned it as follows: Milers.
vile, $4,000 Edinboro, S., 900, Mans
field $4,000: Kutztown, $4,000,
Bloomsburg, $4,000 Vest Chester,
$40, 900, Shippensburg, $4,000 Saga
more, S5 900, Including these amounts
III, several schools have now received
irectly from the State appropriations
as follows: Millersville $4,000, Edin-
bcro, $4,000 Mansfield, $4,000,
Kutztown 5000, Bloomsbury, 40
900, West Chester, $4,000; shippens-
burg, $4,000; Sycamore, $4,000.
Another appropriation of 40, 600 will
be necessary 10 place each of the other
schools on the same basis with those
that have received the largest appr0ra-
tions-S40,000 each.
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lST Of fpetiticns for Licenses fled for
~ January Term, 1875:
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ENllE following is the list Of causes set
4 down for trial al the January term of
court:
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LIST OF CAUSES.

Dec. 8, 1814.-4t
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Two In a Bed.

More quarrels arise between brothers,
between sisters, between hired girls, be-
tween school girls, between clerks in
stores, between husbands and wives, ow
ing to electric channels through which
their nervous system goes by lodging
together night after night under the
same bedelothes, than by any other dis
turbing canse There is nothing that
will so derange the nervous furce as to
lie all night in bed with another person
who is absorbent in nervous force. The
absorber will go to sleep and rest all
night, while the eliminator will be tum
bling and tossing, restless and nervous
and will wake up in the morning fretfnl
peevisl, fault.ilnding and discouraged
No two persons,no matter who they are
should habituaIly sleep together One
will thrive and the other will lose. This
is law, and in married life it is define,
almost universally
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STATISTICS.

The English market is now supplied
with pins from Connecticut, and Ameri-
ca makes the best needles.
The London Stationers Company has
been in existence 473 years. 1t is a firm
old company, and a good old firm.
Between three aud four hundred fish
ing schooners are reported to be laid up
for the winter in Gloucester, Massachu.
sets.
There are thirty four Signor Blitzes
performing in different parts of the
county, Of whom thirty-three are bo-
gus.
A Cleveland dry goods drummer has,
during the last season, sold 100000
worth of dry goods. travelled 11,O00
miles, and married four wives.
The amount of timber annually con
sumed in the form of toothpicks may be
judged by the fact that toothpick fac.
tory in Canton, Maine. recently bough,
600 cords Of wood for making into toott
picks.
According to the last census Of Paris
there are $4,000 Americans permanently
residing in that city, suhdivided thus
Louisianians, nearly 10000; Virginians
5000; other Southern States, 5000;
North and West, 1000.
The board of education Of New Yorf
have adopted new rates for the teachers
and superintendents in the schools, but
retained some distinctions between male
and female service. The salaries of tht
principals who are men are fixed at S3,
900, the women at $1,000.
The ages of notable persons now spo
ken of in France are as follows: Pres
dent McMahon, 65; C,mpte de Cham
bord, So; Prince Louis Napoleon, lS
Cempte de Paris, So; Dlc de Chartres
80; Due de Nemours, SO; Prince dt
Joinville. 55; Due Il Au,nale, 81; Primo,
Jerome Napoleon, 81; N, Theirs, 70 !: N
Gambetta, 81.
Bjornson, the Norwegian novelist, is
preparing to bring colony Of 700 Nor.
wegians to this country. They are most
" young persons who bring with then
100000. A peculiar feature Of th'
constitution of the colony, as drawn VI
by Bjornson, is that the members pledg
themselves to abstain from legislation
and to leave the decision Of all causes o
dissension to a court of arbitration, tla
is 10 be elected once year.
Nearly 46 per cent Of the surface o
Spain is still uncultivated. The soil j
subdivided among very large numbe
of proprietors, and this subdivision
partly the work of recent years. I
1900 the number of farms was only 677
529 In 1866 the population of Spai
was estimated ct 16,5l6.949 sonls, !
that year the l.irth rate was 3 73 per Ger
of the population, and the death.rat
wac 2 500 per cent. Excess OF birth
rate over death-rate only 093 per cent.
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gasl'iu,l notts.

Apron fronts substitutes overskirts
both for street and reception dresses.
They now button the redingote down
the front instead OF wearing it open
Evening dresses are altogether made
with heart. shaped waists.
Beautfful aisrettes of srun glass are
now worn by ladies' in the hair.
Wreaths Of small flowers are worn
around the front or rim of tonnets.
Black silk snits, trimmed with Chin
chilla or silSar fox fur, are the newest.
Some ladkaszeear a steel or Jet star
|oa lop 6 = 'assid. With aas ne,
Fofrrull dress the niest beautifui fans
are Of pearl and white lace, the pearl
sticks studded with small brilliants.
Collar manufacturers are throwing
upon the market plenty of new patterns
and styles row that the Elizabethan is
of.
Fashionable modistes complain that
the majority Of their customers are Just
now suffering from severe economical
| fits
Undoubtedly the most fashionable
sash of the period, is of black watered
silk, half yard wide, With deep fringed
ends.
Some of the newest promenade suits
have an arrangement in lieu of over
skirt which looks like an apron fash.
Toned behind
New fashioned collars and cuffs are
fastened by gold or jet links, with long
ball pendants. They are quite unique
and pretty.
Fur muffs are completely thrown into
the shade by the new ones of velvet
trimmed with fur and huge bow of
black satin.
Tight-fitting coat sleeves with cuffs
continue the style for all ordinary cos.
tunes No seams, however, are per-
mitted to show.
Worth makes his velvet basques and
skirts all in one, the sides being fasten-
ed up very high and the ends forming
drapery behind.
Pretty and serviceable breakfast jack
cts are made of navy blue cloth, double
breasted, with revers of silk or satin
darker shade.
Dressmakers now have way Of pad
ding the bottom of the skirts of silk
ball dresses. Nobody seems to under
stand why this is done.
Those CANDY belts and buckles SO
popular last summer have gone CON-
pletely and entirely out of fashion, save
among "Biddies"
The newest French dresses intended
to be worn indoor are not bound on
the bottom Of the skirt, but turned liz
N some respects the prevalent mode
of looping and draping evening toilets
is eminently classical, partaking some
thing Of the Greek style.
Swans down is coming into Use once
again as trimming. Brides have pen
chant for it, and nine out of ten trim
their wedding robe with it.
Old lace appears to be as much priced
and sought after as in the days Of Queen
Ann. A set Of antiquated lace brought
81, 500 in New York last week.
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TRAVELLERS.

If man cannot be christian in the
place where he is. he cannot be Chris.
tian anywhere.
A chiropodist announces on his cards
that he has removed corns from several
of the crowned heads of Europe
No matter how amiable young lady
may be, fashion now demands that she
shall appear ruffled in public.
you'll never find his equal" said
Rev. MI. Spriggins TO young widow
No, ! fear not; but shall try"
A western toast: "Let come what win
come for it is sure to come 80 come and
let rs take drink" And they all came
s. "a aho rcforms himss,f has done
more towards fea Aiming sshs pussafic tiian
a crowd Of noisy, impotent patriots.
Mrs. Andrews, of Vermont, said she
didn't care darn whether dinner suit
ed her husband or not" and justice
fined her seven dollars.
A notice in California paper says :
"Born-A son, a regular fifteen poun
der, to the wife of Elder Mannheim, the
eloquent expounder.
Philadelphia has reduced the price of
doctors diplomas, so that fifteen dollars
will now entitle any wood chopper to a
sheepskin.
A halter in Terra Haute has bundle
of old unpaid bills hung up in his store,
labelled, THE reason why do not give
credit"
Mohommed once said: "When a man
dies, men inquire what he has left behind
him; angels inquire what he has sent be-
fore him
A Wabash editor returns thanks for a
lcentipede received by mail from Texas,
and says it is the first cent of any kind
he had seen for a month.
A crazy woman in Georgia mounted a
locomotive which was standing unatten-
ded and ran it till the steam gave out
fifty-fve miles
A loving couple at Atlanta, who want
ed to start right off on the tour, were
married by telegraph the other day, the
minister being ffty-nine miles away.
Summary of the Mexican expedition :
Macmillan shot; Carlotta in a mad
house; Napoleon dead in exile; Bazaine
degraded and condemned to death.
The Indianapolis Sentinel says: The
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
writes poetry. This is the only instance
on record where Lieutenant Governor
ever did anything.
A thrifty Pennsylvania farmer is also
an auctioneer. He is also professor of
music, and keeps four singing schools
More than this he is married.
Tie etlitor Of an Illinois paper thinks
fishing, as general rule, doesn't pay
We stood it all day in the river last week,
but caught nothing until we got home. /"
- A-B-esl.iy.-. .saa, who never had 9
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EE-A hater Of tobacco asked an oil,

EE-A hater Of tobacco asked an old
negro woman, the fumes Of whose pipe
were annoying 10 him, if.she thought
she was a christian
"Yes, bruider, ! speets l is
"Do you believe in the Bible p
Eyes, hrudder."
SD, you know that there is passag'
in the Scriptures which declares thai
nothing unclean shall inherit the king
dom of heaven?'
:'Yes, I've heard Of It,"
"Well, Chloe. YOU smoke, and you
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, be
cause there's nothing so unclean as the
breath of a smoker. What do you say
to that ?"
"Why,I spects leave my brea behind
when | 60 dar.'
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Latest From the Spanish Rppub-
lic..A Turbulent state Of Affairs.

WASHINGTON, January 4-General
Sicsles in telegram to Secretary Fish,
received here at late hour to night,
says that CASTELAR, resigned the presi-
dency of the Spanish republic at half
past five o'clock SATURDAY. morning. -
His resignation was delivered to the
Cortes while in session. A consulta-
ton of the leading generals of the army
Immediately ensued, at which it was
agreed that Marshal Serano should re-
organize the government. The Cortes
having ratified the agreement, Serano
has announced himself as president of
the executive power of the republic
He has also announced the Ministry,
among which are Sagasta as Secretary
Of State and Treasury, and Admiral
Topete as Minister Of Marine.
Gen. Patia who led the troops into
the halls of the Cortes and dispersed
that body, is to be tried by court mar
tial, for rebellion.
The republican militia have been dis
handed.
The streets of Madrid are in posses
sion of the artillery of the regular
forces Although great excitement pre-.
walls yet no blood had been shed up to
a late hour Sunday.
Pavia's attack on the Cortes was
made while the decree for the reorgani-
cation of the government was being
read The last act of the Cortes was
to order him to be court martialled. II
is feared that Serrano's new government
will eventually become inimical to the
Republic although care has evidently
heen taken in the preparation of proc
lamations and official addresses to pre-
serve the word republic in their phase
ology Salermon is not included in the
Ministry although he has been one o.
the leading opponents Of the CASTELAR,
administration. es
.Serano is known as reformer Of the
republican government.
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1
rooted to the spot, and then, uttering 3
sharp cry of fear,he let go the wheel and
dsrtef forward In moment the ship
began to fall off. and as she brought the
fiat surface of the broad canvass to the
wind, she heeled over alarrningly; but
soon the pale spectre that had frightened
the helmsman from his post, caught the
wheel and laid the helm hard down. and
erei long the ship was once more to the
wind
Shippen's cry had startled all hands
from their listessness, for they thought
the cholera -fiend had assailed him, but
from his broken ejachlations they soon
learned what was the matter, and In a
body they crowded aft, and, by the dim
llis from the binnacle, they saH the
|spets aeisasnisns Every knce srtyls-
hls8and every tongue Glove to the root
of its mouth None dared to approach
him, nor did any move back At this
juneture the captain came on deck His
eyacaught the corpse like form that still
held the wheel, and he, too, was riveted
to the spot where he stood.
~Shipmates, relieve me from here or
shall faint am cold and weak" at
length came from the lips of the seeming
spectre, in faint, agonized tones.
Capt johnson ~hesitated an instant,
land then he rushed forward, and laid his
hand upon the trembling form before
him. 1t was cold and wet, but he knew
that it was living man! One after an
other Of the men gathered about,a ere
long all knew that young Walter Addi
sou still lived! The captain had him
conveyed to the cabin, where everything
thai could be thought of was admins
tered for his comfort, and it was not
loHg ere he sufficiently revived to give
an account OF his strange escape from
the cold deep grave to which he had been
consigned.
It seemed that young Addison had
fallen into that death like lethargy which
not unfrequently results from sudden
cholera, and which, as all who are ac-
quAinted with the disease must be aware,
sosnearly resembles death that even the
best physicians have been deceived by it
The sudden immersion in the cold water
had revived the dormant senses, and as
tue ship had but slight motion at the
ii ne, he came to a partial realization of
his situation ere she had passed him, ,and
by considerable exertion he managed to
get hold of the rudder chains He tried
to call for assistance, but his tongue was
so swollen that he found it impossible,
and after remaining upon the chains long
enough to gain more strength, he work
ed his way up until he got hold of the
lanyards of the cabin headlights From
thence he reached the lashings of the
stern boat,but here weakness again over
powered him, and after working his way
into the boat he remained some time in
sensible, but at length he revived and
csme on hoard. He had tried to speak,
e soala :aa 1as asRamsa
to see the ships danger, and from the
impulse of sort Of instinct, he seized
the wheel and brought her up to the
wind.
The morning dawned, and the next
day passed-then another, and another
but the death iend came not again! He
had lost his first intended victim, and he
left the ship in peace.
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1t is thus that Bulwer writes OF music
"Very stupid people often become very
musical It is sort of pretension to
Intellect that suits their capacities. Plu
tarch says somewhere that the best mu
steal instruments are made from the jaw
bones Of asses"
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A San Francisco dispatch states that
tie snowfall in the interior of the State
Is unprecedented since 1861.