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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-16
Farewell


Farewell to the homo where in youths giddy
hour
revelrd and laughed meath it's ivy-topp'd
roof;
Where grew in life's dawn, like bright,
smiling flower,
And thought not of trouble, and knew not of
reproof.
o sweet were the dreams then that came to
my pillow,
When l rested at night ia my soft tiny bed !;
But now changed are those dreams to trou-
ble-toss'd billow.
And painful the visions that fit thro' my
head.
Farewell to that hearth, where my dear mother
' taught me
To pray to that Being, who guardeth the
weak,
Where trifing presents my friends often
brought me,
And WHISPERED the path that was proper to
seek;
No more shall gaze on their sweet, beaming
faces,
That snird on .he laughing and venturesome
boy,
No more shall feel their heart-warm'd en-
braces,
That made me each meeting so dearly enjoy
Farewell to the room where the suns early
rising,
Oft gazed on with pleasure and youthful
delight,
To the streams dashing waters. to me then
surprising,
A tear for thee starts as thy beauties write ;
The old crumbled bower where oft in my gam
bos,
1 climb'd on each gable decaying with years,
No more shall see thee, nor talk OF those
rambles
That have fll'd my fond mother with doubt
ngs and fears.
Farewell o, farewell, no more shall view
thee.
Dear scenes of my childhood, l bid thee
adieu,
Fen friends are all fed who once gladly knew
me,
Alas that their friendship should prove so
untrue.
Farewell ne'er again shall gaze on thy
towers
Thou home of my fathers, art gone to
decay;
No more shall taste OF those sweet, happy
hours
I've spent meath thy roof mid tie festive
and gay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
:. I'm nobody but the Sparsleys'

laughing. I'm nobody but the Sparsleys'
boarderiN
DRY your tears That's something
which can be remedicd, if you will"
"l'm not crying SIR
Certainly not if you say So
Perhaps yoVd cry If you had lost
your identity I'd be ashamed to laugh
AT homeless and namelesS girl, WHO'S so
disagreeablc that no one will board her"
Glow? Has Miss lIuldah dismissed
you for flirting with your humble ser
VANITY"
Il wish she would; but ! never did
such thing
Then why these tearS?'
. | told you they weren't tears
Excuse me-these diamond sparks.
Miss lluldah doesn't approve of sparks"
" | thought perhaps you d help me if |
told you my troubles; but you're too
tritling.'
I'm mend instanter You've no idea
how serious | can be-
"Well, rm afraid shall have to leave
town"
ION wedding toury"
Don't be frivolous It's uncomfortable
in this house Miss Iluldah harries me
night and day I'm running my digestion
from being kept in constant state of
misery. I've tried every clearinghouse
in town, and every one has refused adj
mittance to the Sparslcys' boardcr |
should think they were all in league
together against me if there was any roa.
son ] thought perhaps you'd know of u
nice private family who would like to
take Ally and me.
4 'art aiul, | Lnnn- f a t,,i,rot a fo,,,
that will take you and Ally, and bless
the stars for the chance. And, what is
odd, came to propose that you should
enter this very family; but then you may
not fancy it when you know
" Beggars shouldn't be chooscrs Tell
me about them Where do they live?"
"Well at present the family consists
of but one member, and that one will live
wherever you should choose
"Too obliging to be human. What's
her nancy"
q" HIS name, pardon me, is Benedict
Jetircys, at your service"
oh, Mr., Jefireys, what do you
mean?'
Haven't | made it plain enough?
You've lost your identity, and Eve lost
my heart Let us console each other In
short, | beg 10 endow the Sparsleys'
boarder with the ancient name of jeff
reys"
There is the sun soaking all the color
out of the carpet again, Miss DrcXelw
sung out Miss lIuldah, putting her head
in at the door. Goodness YOU here,
Mr.. Jefircys?"
And so the Sparslcys lost their
boarder --Ha7per's Bazar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
A Mediumistic Phenomenon.

The Chicago Times gives an account of
the performances of Mrs. Miller, recent
mediumistc acquisition to that city, as
follows: Mrs. Miller is a lady about
twenty years of age, OF slight form, with
expressive and winning features, is n
perfect gcntlewoman in department, and,
so far rs certain phases Of the phcnom-
ena are concerned that are exhibited in
her presence, fraud is simply out of the
question, for the whole experiment is,
50 to speak, locked in the visitors own
mind.
Thus the visitor is requested to ask II
mental qucstion-onc involving a test
and take in his mind two objects, the one
to stand for mo" and the other for
Eyes" Taking the visitors hand she
will proceed to one of these objects,
never failing TO give the test.
To illustrate; A gentleman thought of
the head of his cane for Eyes" distant
object in the room for mo" and asked
the mental question: "lIavc a brother
living in Chicago?' The lady took him
to his cane in a tricc, and the gentle
man, explaining his question and the OBJ
ects he had taken in mind confirmed
that he had IA brother living in this city.
In the course of an evening, scores Of
such experiments are made, and SO far as
the writer's observations 20 they never
fail SO much for Mrs. Millcr's mental
experiments.
Her physical experiments are even
more wonderful, and just as much above
suspicion. Having magnctizcd small
table by passing her hands over the top
and along the legs, she turns it on its
face and then requests any gentleman
present to turn it back to stand upon its
legs, simply allowing her to place the
| tip OF her finger upon any part OF 1t.
| Scores Of stalWart men have pltted their
| full strength against the little finger of
| this little woman, but have ignOminlous-
| " failed. Even four men, when the
| &" power has been strong, have combined
| their strength, and failed AS well though
generally the table is broken in the
effort II is a very interesting expert
ment. While the stalwart man is trying
TO set il on its legs the table will absO-
lutcly float all over The room. That is
to say, it is continually trying to get
away from the lady's antagonist, and viii
carry him about, now here and now there,
and will generally sustain position over
his head The moment the sensitive
removes her hands the table becomes
docile, and allows itself to be set proper
| " on its feet, the same rs any other well
regulated piece of family furniture,
Another phase of Mrs. MiIler's mcdi-
umship is slate writing. The visitor Is
allowed to bring his own slaie-a double
locked slate if he chooses-and when
the medium has held it under table
intelligent answers toque Sons, or other
tests, are invariably found written on
the inside Of the locked slate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
An Inquest on Abel.

YESTERDAY afternoon an excited md
vidual, with his hat standing on two hairs
and his eyes projecting from his head
like the horns of snail, rushed into the
Office of Coroner Holmes The Coroner
is by profession dentist, and his first
thought as he glanced at the man was
that he was well-nigh distracted with
toothaChc. He was soon undcccivcd,
however, as the frenZicd individual cried
out, as soon as he could catch his breath
after Running up the stairs: Been
man murderedw
"A man murderedY cried the Coroner;
"howY whcrcy"
In garden, ! believe with a club or
a rock
How long ago2" cried the Coroner,
selling his hat and cane
Been done a good while, and no police
nor constabes hasn't never done nothin'
about it, Never been no Coroner set on
the body, nor nothn' of the kind no YER
dick"
What's the dead mans name? Who
was hc?n cried the Coroner.
His name was Abel"
abel? Abel who?"
Don't know. Never heard nothin'
but his first name
Wen, what is the name OF the man
who killed him? DO they know? Any
one suspcCtcdY'
Wen, I've heard that a fellow named
Cain put out his light. Cain was the
brother Of Abel and"
Coroner smells o mice and, fourishing
his cane, cries, 3" You git down them
tars. my fine fellow Git and dontyou
show Yourself here again. With q loud
OUTLAW the fellow went down the stairs
three steps at time the doctor calling
out after him How dare you triilewith
nm officer. in this way, sire TttgiJ,ia
Cty CNrg) EtHGrPrjse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
4 LESSON.

we canuot always be giving;
The woman has come again;
Sbp has suCh a whining story
OF hunger, or cold, or pain:
She wearies with petitions:
Her Johnny j. out OF a place,
Her children are sick with hunger
tire of her listless face
Grand Philip sat laziy reading;
The crimson gas-light shook,
From shade that was raby tinted,
It, red fakes over his book.
thought that he did not notice;
But suddenly, sweet and low.
esad. with the Vice of a dreamer,
" Don't let the woman 90.
And then. with his smile so royal,
So sweet with pity and pain,
He called her to he study,
out of the merclless rain.
"Sft down. my friend" and he gave her
The best chair in the place;
And | saw a quick blush brighten
Her haEgard and listless face.
And then. in tones like music
He sounded her frozen heart,
Till the thrill of a tender question
Smdcred its ice apart:
And tears and sObS and passion
Came thick a the midnight rain;
And she told such pititul story
Ny own heart throbbed with pain.
You see said Philip, softly.
she j. greater than you or |;
She has struggled and conquered where we
love,
Would maybe sink down and die;
She has fought in the dark, with demons,
With evil on every side;
And Satan hath tried to strip her
Even of her womanly pride.
Love, let us be very tender
The lowliest soul may be
A temple of priceless treasures,
That only God can see
So the woman left our study
With the face of an angel of light;
And she il my noblest pattern
Who came a. beggar that night.
B0BaIo courier.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
THE SPARSLEYS' BOARDERS.

The Misses Sparsley were ladies in re-
duced circumstances who had opened "A
clearinghouse in order to keep body
and soul together, and had hardly man
aged, by dint of high charges and indif-
ferent fare, to make both ends meet
with an inCapaCity for business charaC-
teristiC of ladies in reduced circumstances
In their secret hearts they despised
themselves for having yielded to neccs
sity in a weak moment, and departed
from the traditions of their forefathers-
for having stained their hands with jgno-
BILE baking and brewing, sweeping and
busting. Genteel penury seemed much
more respectable in their eyes. They
had dreamed dreams. to be sure, of an
invalid lady in search of II companion,
who would sit in a crimson boudoir and
read the Waverley Novels, and take air
ings in the fashionable square with car
riage and span. But as the invalid lady
failed to put in an appearance, while
boarders did not, a choice in employment
was hardly admissible In the mean
time they were not old enough to have
renounced that earlier dream of mar
riage, and perhaps the idea that it was
possible for them to be lifted out of the
obscurity which they hated, at some fu
ture day, gave a relish to life that it
might otherwise have lacked. 1t was at
this very genteel boarding house that
Miss DreXel and her little sister took
rooms one autumn. They were orphans,
who had been obliged to surrender the
luXuries Of city home after the
settlement of their fathers estate
and retire to the little sea-board town
of Marathon, where schooling and liv-
ing were supposed to be cheap. 1t
had seemed to he mere matter of acct
dent that she should have decided upon
this place, with the world before her
where to choose. She had been looking
over the map of New England one day
with her lawyer, and the name took her
fancy.
Marathon" said She; don't know
but | should like to go there. 1t sounds
heroic and historic,
yes, fine place answered the lawyer
public schoos-twelve thousand pop
ulation "a dozen churches - cotton
mills"
Handy in case | should lose my pit
lance" added Miss DreXcl
Savings banks the lawyer continued,
land horse railroad, I've a friend there,
too, second cousin of wite's-introduce
you. Ben Jetireys is a capital fellow, a
lawyer too; it runs in the family I'll
write and ask him how he thinks it will
do for you. He'll know about boarding
houses and all that
And SO it happened that Mr., Benedict
Jettreys wrote in answer that he thought
it would do to turn, and recommended
the Misses Sparsley's boardinghousc,
where he lodged himself. lie even
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23
PHUNNYGRAM MS.

Engaged for every set--A hen.
How to tell the weight of fsh--by
his scales.
A wag calls bigamy Utahlizing the
female sen
A happy tune-Fortune. 1t is not
common meter.
The wifes secret--Her opinion of
her husband
a hen in Carlisle, Pa, is exercising
the civil right of laying black eggs.
Those Iowa grasshoppers wink at
Paris green and smile at hot water
The crash of falling somnambulist
OF Eau Claire, Wis, was heard two
blocks away.
-Shehoygon has three young ladies
who claim to have refused Sartoris when
he was a farmer there
Never believe an evil is dead. The
devil never lets so, and it's only trick
when he pretends to.
All the difference A thief running
away is Il scamp, but the polccman's
chase after him is scamper.
-Womans affections should not be
carelessly lavishtd She can never be
happy until they are well husbandcd
That little birds do in their nests
agree is no credit to the little birds, be
cause it would never do for them to fall
out,
There is nothing more calculated to
weaken a boys character than To get his
fishing hook fastened on rubbish in tho
river.
AT Humboldt, Ind, the grasshoppers
have become SO ravcnous that the Citi-
zens are getting their crop of saw-logs
under cover.
"A Detroit farmer keeps his boy in
nights by vanishing II chair and setting
him down. It's novel plan, but awful
tough on the trousers
Street boys have Il wonderful secret.
They know how to steal and eat green
cherries without being caught by either
the policemen or the cholera.
One Paradise has been sued for
SANDER by Miss Wartz of Brooklyn,
whereupon some one remarks; That's
Wartz the matter with Paradise"
"A Virginia City New lawyer has
this notice plaCarded on the door of his
Office: "All book peddlers and canvass
ers who enter herein will be ruthlessly
slaughtered and destroyed
There is goose of hen in Spring
field, Ohio, who laid her eggs up in an
applctree and when last heard from was
sitting on bough, not comprehending
that her eggs went to grass as fast as she
laid them
An Irish post hoy having driven n gen
tleman Il long stage during torrents of
rain, the gentleman civilly said to him:
Paddy, are you not very wetY' Ar
rah, ! don't care about being very wet;
but, PLACE yer honor, I'm very dry
One evening at n Paris cafe n group
of oilers were discussing politics and
people who change their opinions.
"Well,n said one, 1--WE never cried
Long live anybody" Quite So re
marked another, "bui then you're Il doc
tor"
Why is it that malicious minded sci
entists will keep startling peaceful COM
munitics with the statement hat Niagara
Falls will have worn entirely away in g.
600 years more? Where will Alexis stop
then while on his way to shoot the cxter-
minated bullaloy
" Charley, what makes your cheeks
so red? asked his sisters admirer of IL
little tve-yearod. "Cause | put some
of sisters paint on She puts ii on every
day 1t was u painful disclosure for cv-
crybody-at least Charley thought so
after the visitor had gone.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23

A YOUNG widow at Nottingham, VT,
iecentlyengagcd herself tomarry Charles
II Clark, young man who came to the
Town aud called himself carpenter He
died just before the dag appointed for the
Wedding. ard. on Investigation. II was
found that he had several wives in differ
ent parts Of the country
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23

LOUIS LEMEREAUX is in custody at
Nashua. \ H., for brutal cruelty to IA
morse. LcmcrcauX became angry because
the horse would not back and ulled his
tongue nearly out of his head, twis ing
it with Gcndiyh cruelty. The tongue ne.
came so swollen that the animal could
not ret it into his mouth and had TO be
killed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23

4 New ENGLAND philosopher has dis
covered that the duh times are a bless
ing in disguise, because there Is prop
ably no other way Of check n the
fevcrish intensity of American business
life and compelling the busy workers to
take IL nAaNn
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
THE =. SENATORSHIP,

The Weston Democrat prints letter
on the United States Senatorship, argu-
ing that the position lies between MIR. j
n. CAMDEN of Parkersburg, and Mr..
HENRY s. WALKER, of Charleston. The
writer argues that Mr.. CAMDEN has the
sympathy of the Democratic party, and is
entitled, from past services, to reward at
lis hands. But he betrays the fact that
ne, himself, was q supporter Of Mr..
JACOB in his 'limited-partnership' with
the Radicals two years ago. The writer
claims that Mr.. CAMDEN's "only real
competitor for the Senatorshipis HENRY
:. WALKER, whom he regards as a ready
and compact writer, an able speaker, and
close and accurate rcasoner. He thinks
the agitation of the Capital question will
have the result OF consolidating the dele
gates of the Third District for Mr.. W.,
which, with the help he can get from the
Second District, will make his chances OF
election quite formidable.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11

SENATOR GORDON, Of Georgia, was one
of the most prominent of the Southern
generals at the close Of the war. Here
is what he said in recent speech in At
lanta, Georgia:
"One boon | ask in this hour Of your
dcliverance. | ask you to commission
me in your name to pledge upon the
floor of the Senate your fidelity to the
Union under the Constitution; your ac-
quescence in laws passed in accordance
with the Constitution, good and bad, un-
til lawfully repealed; your cordial friend.
ship for every man and all men Of all
sections who will aid in restoring peace
to the sections, justice to the State, lib
crtv to the citizens, purity to all depart
ments of the Government, and the Con-
Stitution in its supremacy over the Pres
ident, Congress, and parties and people.
Loud cheers I thank You, my country
men, for that response. You are as tenn
peratc in triumph as you were great in
adversely, you cherish malice to none,
and are hostile only TO thieves, usurpers,
and tyrants.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11

JONI J, AsHENHURsT, ESQ., late
editor of the Ohio. Valley Ne'cs, across
the river, left yesterday for his new home
in Chase City, Virginia. Mr.. AsHEN-
HURST has been an industrious, sprightly
and successful editor since he came into
our midst, and we have found him a most
genial and accommodating gentleman.
The people of Martins Ferry lose val
nsble advocate of their interests in Mr..
A. We wish him abundant success i'll
his new home.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
PARADE AND BALL
OF THE
KNIGHTS oFPYTHIAS

The committee having the matter in
charge, have arranged the following pro-
grammc for the Knights of PythiaS parade.
which occurs next "Wednesday, Nov. llth :
The procession will form on Chapline
street. between 18th and 18th streets, at
o'clock, sharp, the right resting on Eth
street; band Of music i'm front: Knights in
uniform: Past ChancellOrS in uniform
Past Grand ChanccllorS in uniform
Knights in regalia members of ;hc Grand
Lodge :.hacks with Grand Officers.
The procession will mOveup thaplinc TO
llth street, down llth street To Market, up
Market Ia eth street. down eth 10 Main,
down Main tO 9th street, up 9th street 10
Chaplinc, down Chaplinc Ia SGth, up S6th
to Eoff, down EofrtO 9Th, up Th 10 jacob,
up Jacob to 3ith, down Ith Ia Eofl, up EOii
to S3ryi, down S3rd Ia Chaplinc, MP Chapline
To 2lst street, down 2lSt street 10 Market,
up Market To 18th street, up 10th street 10
Jacob street, up Jacob 10 eth street, down
18th to the place of starting, there Ia he re-
viewed by the Grand Lodge and then dis
missed.
Captain George c. Trimble, OF lvanhoe
Lodge, chief Marshal.
Assistant Observation-Disclosures Lodge,
Geo. Matthew'S: Germauia Lodge. Christ.
Siebke; Humboldt Lodge, George Baum
Columbia Lodge, :. l.. BriCe: Black Prime"
Lodge, Il. b. Dovener.
In the evening ball Will be given AT
Turner Hall, in honor OF the Grand Lodge
of West Virginia, and on Thursday even
ing, November 18th, a banquet will bc Civ
Ell al Falloure's Dining Hall. novg
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
~ THE CIRCUIT C0UET FOR

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
Ohio county. -:
Alfred Hughes,
"
Mary Ann Heyman and Wolf
Heyman her h husband, Mary
N.Turner & ThO-. Turner her Petition.
husband, Thos. RI. Heyman,
Meyer Heyman 4 Ella Hey
man.
The defendants will take notice that on
the 9th day Of November, a. D., 1874, the
said Alfred Hughes will present his petit
ton To the Circuit Court for Ohio county,
TO be removed from his position a. Trustee
Of certain property Of the aid defendsnts,
under an agreement made and entered
into between the widow aud heirs Of Thos.
Hughes, deceased, dated the 9th day OF
Juns, A. D., lsff. and recorded In deed
book No. -, folio II, In the Once Of the
Clerk OF the County Court for Ohio county.
HENRY VI. RUSSELL,
Ger oawt Attorney for Petitioner.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11

THE Weston Democrat brings out
Col. BEN WILSON as y candidate Tor
Speaker of the next House of Represent
atives in Congress. The Democracy Of
West Virginia would value the compli-
ment very highly, if it were rendered to
Col. Wilson by the Democratic repre-
sentativos from other States, but we have
no idea that the aspirations of our new
Congressman lay in that direction.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
To My Friends and the General Public

r HAVE MADE AN ENGAGEMENT
i with John T. Lakin, the well known
Merchant Tailor, No. q Twelfth street.
where l would be pleased To have my
friends and former patrons call upon me.
feeling assured thai can now offer them
stronger inducements 10 patrunize me
than heretofore. Respectfully soliciting a
noyS Ei'GENE $. WELLS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11

The following presents comparative
view of the political standing of the
House of Representatives since it fell
under the control of the Republican party
bv the election of VIM. Pennington TO
the Spenkcrship in 1859:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
THE WEEKLY REGISTER

Il the largest and altogether the most
complete news and family paper printed in
West Virginia. twill be sent to any adj
dress one year for sQ.0O. Valuable premi-
ums to club agents and TO subscribers.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
M'LURE HOUSE
billiard PARLOR

WILL OPEN on SATURDAY EVEN
w ing, November eth, with new and
elegant Tables, Brunswick and Bake
Company manufacture, standard size,
Novelty Bevel Pattern, Phelan & Callan-
der combination cushions. Both room and
tables superior 10 any Others i'll the state.
No LoaferS or Boys will AT any time ht all
mitted. nova
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-11
Wednesday. December %,
NOTICE.

TIME SECOND INSTALLMENT, FIFTY
per cent of the stock of the Exchange
Bank, will he due and payable on Monday,
the 18th inst.
JOHN ]. JONES, Cashier.
WHEELING, Nov. y, 1874. noN9w