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OuH MoTTERs.-Many Il discouraged
mother folds her tired hands nj night, and
feels lis il she had, after all, done moth
ing, although she has not spent IN idle
moment since she rose. Is it nothing
that your little helpless children have had
some one to come to with all their child
ish grjcfs und inysl IL it nothing that
your husband feels "safc" when his bust
ness is over that Inc has tho pleasant ref
uSc Of home, which you have that day
done your best to brighten and refine! Oh,
weary and faithful mother, you little
know your power when you say, al have
done nothing" There is book in which
IL faircr record than this is written over
against your name. -.
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VINO AnE RIcH'-,rhc man with good,
firm health is rich.
So is the man with clear consciercr..
So is the parent of vigorous children.
So is the editor Of Il good paper with
big subscription list.
SO is the Clergyman whose coat the
children pluck as ho passes them by in
their play.
So is the wife who has tho whole Of tho
hcnrt of II good husband.
80 is the child who goes to sleep with
kiss on his lips, and for whose waking
Il blessing awaits.
So is the maiden whose horizon Is not
bounded by the coming man, hut who
has purpose in life, whether she meets
him Ur not.
80 ~ the young man, who, lnying his
hand on his heart, can say, IL have treat.
cd every woman | ever met, ns should
wish my sister treated by other men,
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At School.


80 to school, now, every day;
know my letters all;
i used to think that < was K, ~ sy5t
But that's when was small. s, -,
Ny teacher wears a bunch OF curlsT ~
That isn't like her braid; - III;
My brother Jack says Switches are =
AschoO!marm's \ badge Of trade"
I've got seat all by myself,
Justlikc Il little chair;
One side Of me Is Flora Smith,
The other Sue Sinclair.
We read to.day'of 40, X, on"
The next Is I'll o, ho;"
Jack snys ~ cart COMES after OK"
| guess lie doesn't know.
There are some boys come 10 our school,
wish they didn't, though;
They're worscr than the worscst girl,
The teacher says its so. go,
Tom Baker pulled Nell Avcry's hair,
Aud Archibald Mcticc
Poured Il whole cup Of water down '.r
On Flora Smith and mc.
My kitty followed me to school
Last Wednesday afternoon;
] hadn't time 10 take her home,
The bell would ring so soou; ..
put her slyly.in my desk,
The teacher dihu't see;
l thought she'd sleep till school WIS out,
And then 90 home with me.
But while my class was called 10 read
She got me in disgrace;
She just climbed up Oh top the desk,
Sat down and washed her face.
The teacher made me put her OUT
cried like anything;
She got home safe before, me, though,
Goodbye, I'm going to swing.
-Y0uth's COn,IdniDa.
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BROWN BUEAD.-FOur Cnus Of Indian
meal, two cups of rye meal, Il scant cup
"i m0luSscS, II tcaspnORful of soda, and II
little salt. Mix with cold water to II stiff
batter, but not su stiif il will not run nj
ali; placc Immediately in the oven and
bake from two to two and Il half hours.
II is difficult 10 tell by writing just the
right Stiffness to make il, for il it is too
hard the bread will he dry, if too soft ii
will DC incIincd tn be heavy. If the right
degree is obtained good bread will bc the
result.
SPONGE CAKE. - In The U0usCh0Id Il
lady asks how to make Il sponge cake
without using soda or salCraius; the fol-
lowing recipe will dn it: Take ouc-half
pint each of sugar and Hour and five eggs
take tho yolks Of the five cg,s and sugar,
mix together; beat the whites separate
put all in together and stir lightly.
ASPARAGUS AND l}EANs.--Cut the ten
der parts Of asparagus into punrtcr-incIl
lengths, boil i'll an equal quantity of water,
adding about M equal amount of Lima
beans. Cook until the asparagus is ten.
tier, and serve warm. Instead nf the
beans the asparagus may hc tliicIrncd
| with Hour or cracker crumbs.
Is washing windows, barrow. .hlndcd
wooden knife, sharply painted, will take
out the dust that hurdcmS In the corner.
of the sash. Dry whiting will polish the
glass, which should first bc washed witt
weak black lca, mixed with little alco
h"I. Save the tea leaves for the purpose
PArEnISG and painting arc best done
in cold weather, especially the latter, fu
the wood aljSorbs the oil Of paint mucl
more il'Ir in warm weather; while il
cold weather the oil hardcnS Oh the ou,
side, nlnking coat which will prOtcc
the wood Instead Of sinking into it,
PArCnoULY. Tins popular perfume /
obtained from the leaves and stems of nl
herb which grows extensively in ludi
and China. Tho leaves powdered am
put into muslin sacks, will prcvcat ci0ihG
from being eaten hy the moths.
CorrA0E pGDDrS0.--Onc pint Of IlnuF
one egg, one piece of butter unc-h half th
size of an cgg, one cupof sweet milk, tw
tcrSpOnntuls of cream Of tartar and on
of soda. Bake twenty minutes i'm uuicI
oven; I" he eaten with sweet saucc.
! EVERY couple is not pair.
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DnY BREAD.-In letter to Tie Daily
Graphic we find these sensible words:
am convinced, after quite extensive
examination of thc subject, that most of
the disease and weakness Of children is
directly due to overlooking, and under
stand that ovcr-fccding consists, not in
eating any large quantities, but in eating
any quantity when the stomach does not
really crave food. ....
l ianvc heard one mother rcprovc an
other, and charge her with hardness, be-
cause she never allowed her children any
thing between meals but dry bread.
Many women, who pamper the squcamisll
appctitcs OF their children at all hours
with lr:stry and preserved frnits, would
take the same ground, yet not one child
III hundred so pampercd is robust in
health, and | am thoroughly convinced
that the most prolific cause of the delicate
health and constant attacks of illness in
children is that their digestive functions
are never allowed to grow strong through
the stimulus of hunger. Any child whu
really needs food will cat good bread with
pleasure, and yet never enough of it to
spoil the appetite for iI4 regular meals.
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AMERICANS do not thoroughly npprcci.
ntc English humor, but iu EnglaGd
American hum0r il heartily received
Tho bo0kstuuds bristlc with AitCmas
Wards, Mark Twan's and Bret llnrto's
works. Tho cditar of the London PabIie
Opinion has seem Mr.. Rydcr's latest chlo.
mo, and says:
"OUCu."--'rhis transatlantic cxpcs.
sion. indicative of sudden panic, Is hui
morou>ly illustrated ia u brilliant chro.
mu.litlogrnph published by Ryder, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, Of u painting hy Mr. o.
VI. willard, nn American artist Of high
rcputc for pictures Of Il decidedly corIic
character. The chrome represents three
children and a dog playing in hAy'rd,
where they have had the misfortune TO
disturb nest Of waSpS or "yclluw i1ck-
cts Tho stampede which follows Inc
attack nf Che singing insects Is lulicr)ns
in the extreme. The central figure II OK.
cccdingly natural.
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Wolves i'm minnesota,

y correspondent writing from Canon
Falls, gives some interesting facts con-
ccrning the wolves which yet remain in
the thinly-scttlcd parts of Minnesota.
After speaking of the killing Of poultry,
taken from the straw stables Il little dis
tancc from the house, he says:
THAT night the moon shOnc brightly,
the air was warm and still, and through
the open window could be distinctly heard
the lIowlings of wolves near these suInc
straw stables.
"ln the thickct near they had listened
10 the SlIr;rkS of the fowls in the early
part Of the evening, and this, no doubt.
Shnrpcncd their nppctitcs for II meal Of
poultry, and 50 they came. The next
morning ut the breakfast table, the boys
reported that the wolves had been making
havoc with the chickens in the straw siu.
bics.
ave often listen 10 their howling in the
distance nj dead of night, followed 10y the
answering bark of the dog in the door
yard.
"Whrn hogs have been slaughtered dur.
ing the day, the wolves scent the blood
from altar, and come in n pack, ~ dark
nc.s approaches, making night hdcous by
their dismal hnwling.
"Such dcprcdutions did they make with
the sheep on the prairie that the farmers
"f this vicinity were obliged to kill of
their il0cks and abandon this branch of
industry.
"Whrn settlements were first made here
tho wolves disappeared with the rcd man
but as settlements progressed further
wcst, more extensively than hero, they re-.
turned t0 their old luunts."
WE have from The old country, story
of II Dissenting minister who was paid e.
preach sermon on one special occasion
IN the chapel of IL nCighborimg town. 4.
| the congregation was not very rich, he WA,
informed beforehand that they could not
afford To pny him more than a:iincu foi
| his discourse. When the service was Ovcl
lic received in the vCstry the congraiuu
iions at the elders, who were loud in ilci
admiration Of his clnpucmcc. lie turnc,
round upon them with almost smile o
contempt, and said, "Dr you call that u,
eloquent scrnon' should Just like yor
To hear my three guinea onc!'
"WArTEn, III take my Int, =" said zen
tlcmhn al II party one evening. as he wa
about going homo. "What kind of lra
did you wcari" "A bran new hat that
paid ten dollars for this morning
well, sir" said the waiter, "all the gOu,
hats have been gone more than two hour
ago.
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TEE EIRESIDE.
Bedtime.

be-.
"Wuit till bedtime, sir, and I will at
tend to you ml'! '...-.'r.r, r.s..t..-.s
We have heard tho stern promise will
an aching heart. The lad TO whom it was
addressed turned away with sulIcn, dc.
liant expression, to brood all day over tho
punishment i'll proSpcct, inerited, mo doubt,
but we thoughtJcfuclIy deferred. The
whipping was mentally endured through
the whole sunny DAY, when the bright
eyed boy took only listicSs share in the
sports OF, his companions,.and broodctl
over his faults and coming cxriation.
Bedtime came, and the fiitiFr Thought of
the misdemcanor and inflicted the pun
ishnicnt, never wcighinSIdS n part of it,
the long day of agonizing suspense, the
hours Of slecplcss misery.
And we, looking on sadly, thought that
bedtime should he the happiest hour of
the day. Let it be stated that we are al
together i'll favor of punishment for faults,
but we also believe i'll even handed ius-
ticc where children are concerned. In
justice will commence with advancing
years. The world will mctc out often
harsh measure for small offences, but spare
the child. II Il whipping is earned give
1t promptly, with II full understanding Of
the reason for its inlliction; and, oh, by
all paternal love, let the rod be the last
resort; try all mildcr punishment first.
Above all, take any time but bedtime.
Let the weary feet, the busy brain rcst-in
bed happily. Let tho evening prayers
be said in loving tones 20 q saviour. who
calls little children to himself Let the
fathers cmresscs, the mothers kiss, be the
last link between the days pain or pleas
urc and the nights sleep. Send the chill
drcn to bed happy. Ii there is sorrow,
punishment "r disgrace, let them meet it
in the daytime, and huvc hours of, play
or thought in which TO recover the hap
piness which is childlood's right. When
night. comes let only tender thoughts,
loving care, whispered blessing, prayer
and carcsscs hover over the pillow where
the chitlren's heads ,cst. .- ..
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HAIR WHITESED IN A NIGuT.-TlIG
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle Of recent date
says: "Fathcr Lcckncr visited Ike Hoop
or, the condemned murderer, early yes
tcrtlay morning and informed him of the
refusal of Governor Smith to grant En-
ccutiyG elemcncy. Hooper was mt first
much agitatcd and trcmblcd like II leaf
shaken by the wind, but soon became
more composed, and during the day
seemed to be more rcconciict to his fate.
y remarkable fact in connection with this
case is nn cScmpliiicution of the uft-toId
story that mems hair sometimes turns
gray in n single night. When Hooper
was sentenced by Judge P0ttlc last month
his hair was perfectly black. The morn
ing after the sentence was imposed Nj.
bridges, keeper Of the Jail, noticed CT CHI
tcring the condemned mans cell that II
portion of his head was perfectly white.
lie Immediately asked him where had Oh
tanned flour TO put on his head. Hooper
was surprised and said he knew nothing
about ii. Mr.. Bridges then went up 10
him and discovered that IL large part Of
his hair Immediately ON the crown Of his
head had actually cIiHngcd from Il deep
blnck to snowy white during the night.
The agony Of n few hours had done what
years generally accomplish"
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Chinese Horse-Racc.

| Good judges tell Iis that there is moth
ing funnicr In all tic world than a Chinn-
man on horseback. Borden, n proprcs.
sirc little town in California, had Gi;,zen
of them few days ago nll carccripp
around ut once OH their fiery, untamcd
stceds ut one time. That wus funny, ;Lut
when it became known that !liese fin.
proved M0ngolians were going to have n
race, it was funnier, ind Borden went
wild with anticipation of the fun Every.
body in the tosn turned out. to witness
tic race. In fIct they made day of il;
tile butcher, the bnkcr and the candle.
stick maker all closed shops and followed
the pig-tuil jockeys to the racc.coursc.
Everything was loho up in approved
style, and the horses got a good send -oE,
and left the judges stand ali III bunch,
Keeping neck and neck with each other,
just as naturally us, if they were not
backed by n dozen grmucing Chinese.
The pace was not much to brag on
though, and just before they passed the
quarter-mile post a group Of disgustcd
spectators thought to stir them up, and
SO burst out into sudden piercing veil,
as If thousand demons had been let
loose ali mt once. Then there was sight
that would have made dead nun laugh.
Each horse Strengthened himself out and
went i'll to win that race on his own hook,
without any regard to his rider. Some
took the shortest cut across the field and
some took the longest way around it; and
no two went the Same way. Borden will
never know who won the race, and some
of its citizens who lent horses to the Chi
ncse will never know what became of
them. The white people remember that
there wns sudden vision of Il dozen nf-
trlghted faces, faces that were everything
but childlikc and bland, then there was
confused vision of fleeing horses and Of
riders engaged III acrubatic fcnts more ;ls-
tonishing than were ever witnessed in
circus. AS for the Mongolinns, only ten
of them crawled back to tell their story,
The other two may be racing to this day
for nught that Borden knows, for nothing
hns Been heard of them since. The ten
were packed off to tuwn and doctOrcd.
Their broken bones were set, their bruises
rubbed, but nothing could DE made of the
story of that race. They talked enough,
but every word of pigeon English had
been frightened out of their heads and
mol Ody could understand word of tlieir
hcathcnish gibbcrish; finally they proppcd
one up i'll comfortable corner of Il sI-
loon and piled him with occasional drafts
OF select dcCOctions from the counter, and
after three hours of this soft Of attention,
he got twist with his tongue around tho
English lingo, once more, and. delivered
hiuIsrifwith solemn carncs.ness to tho
following effect: "AIc lunnum horse lacy,
"ll Il same Mclean man, bimcby hose go,
we, no come mp, no can do, you sabc, by
dammc." II was enough and Borden Is
downcast, for it fears that the first Chi
nesG horse race wns so much Of success
that they will ncvcRbe able to persuade
John TO try anothcr.-St. Louis RcpuJlicaa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
calGE AND ROMANCE.

HANDSOME rkMALE BURGLAR AT WORK IN
MONROE COUNTY.
A bold attempt to burn the County
Court House in Stroudsburg by u prisoner
was discovered early last Friday morning
in time to prevent a great los of property
and probably Of life, The prisoner was a
woman, named Frances Stahard, who was
placed in the Grand Jury room on Monday
last to await trial on charge of larceny,
the Jail being in course of reconstruction.
she had several times made threats that
she would burn the building down if she
was not released. About o'clock on
Friday morning the janitor's wife was
awakened by smoke in the building, and
upon investigating the same, discovered
flames bursting out of the door of the
prisoners room. She at once gave the
alarm, and by great effort the fire was ex-
| tiuguished. Nearly all the floor was
burned away and several of the beams. 1t
was at first supposed the woman had per-
ished in the flames, but latter it was
learned that she had escaped by window
N the room. 1t was also discovered that
she had removed the door from large
base'burning stove ip the room, and up
setting it on the floor, had pied the bedu G
and furniture upon it. No trace Of the
escaped incendiary has as yet been discov-
cred. She is a stranger In the vicinity
She appeared in Jackson township Monroe
county, about two weeks ago and profess Ell
TO be peddier of notions, visiting the
houses in that section TO dispose of her
wa,es. About l O'Clock on Monday morn
ing last farmer named James S.ien, liv-
ing in the above township, was awakened
by the presence Of come one in his room
lie Jumped from his bed and captured, the
intruder who was about escaping from d
window, and who fred d; pistol shot At the
farmer. Tt pi owed to be this woman. He had
made u purchase of her the day before and
she had 10 doubt noticed that he hal a large
amount of money in his pocket-book. She
| mad secured the farmers pantaloons con-
aiming money, aud had them in her posses
ION when captured Monday he brought
h prisoner to that place, where she was
confined and escaped as stated. She was
evidently French woman, about twenty
FIVE years of age and quite attractive in ap-
pearance Mau ch Chunk Coal Gazette.
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sHE RIFF SAL e.

BY order of the Court of Common Pleas
of Fl county, will expose to public sale
on MUNDAI, THE 2UFH DAY OF DE-
UEMBEK, A. D. 1875, at O. clock 2. NJ,
upon the pret!isss, in the village Of Bene-
zerte, said county, the following described
real estate to-wit: Lot No. one on The
corner Of Main and water streets according
to the pian of said village, being 60x15O
feet, upon which is erected two-story
frame hotel 24x50 feet, with O wing at
tached 24x40 It, and a BAR room iu the
basement, ALSO a frame barn, erected
for hotel purposes, 3Ux5O feet. This prop
erty has all the appurtenances OF first
class country hotel, has a license to sell
liquors, ind is he only hotel in the village:
ALso.-Lot No 2 on Walter street, 60xl50
feet, upon which is erected a frame build
ing one story aud half high, 2Jx3S feet
with wing 1918 feet, used as store and
dwelling There is a good well of water
upon this lot.
ALso-Eots Nos. and 3 on Main and
Stcohd streets, each 60xlo0 feet, upon
which is erected two stony dwelling house
l9x24 feet aid small barn. Lots i'm.
proved and enclosed by goodfence.
TERMS OF SALE.
One third upon confirmation and the re-
malndcr III two equal annual lnstallments
from that date; with legal interest, payable
Annually. upon tie whole sum, to be Sc
cured by Judgment bond and mortgage.
The above premises to be sold as the
properly oi the heirs Of Eben and Elizabeth
" Minslow, lale OF Elk county, dt ceased, uu-
der all order of court, in partition.
DANIEL SCULL, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office.
Ridgyay, Pa, Nov. 20. '75-3t,
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NEW ADvERTiss. = :. m'sN ....s. NTS'
Trustees Sale.

TINE undersigned. Trustees appointed
by the Court of Common Fleas of Elk
county in certain writ of Domestic At,
tachment. No. l53, May Term, 1875. at tho
suit of K. I. Robinson & Go VS.. Fenner &
Co.. hereby give notice that they will sell
at public sale or cutlery, on the premises
Lately occupied by said Fenrer Y Co., OH
Centre street, in the village Of Ridgway, on
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2lSf, A. U 1875,
an 10 o'clock A. Nj, all the defendants
right lie, interest and claim of, liz and to
the following two town lots: Nos 63 and
"a in the village Of Ridgway, county of elk
aud state of Pennsylvania, onwhich there
is erected frame planning mill 50r90 ieet
to which is attached engine, boiler and
otner machinery. -,
TERMS OF SALE-CASH
D. G. OYSTER,
G. G. MESSENGER, Trustees.
W. Ii. HYDE,
Ridgway, Pa, Dec I. 1875. dec8-3..