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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
Getting Rid of her Daughters Beau,

She lives down on Baker street, De-
troit, and, the Free Press says, she hasa
daughter about eighteen years old. The
old lady retains all her simplicity and
innocence, and she doesn't go two cents
on style. The other evening when q
splendid catch called to escort the
daughter to the opera the mother would
not take the hint to keep still. While
helping her daughter to get ready she
asked:
"Mary, arc you going to wear the
shoes with one heel off, or the pair with
holes in 'em ?"
Mary didn't seem to hear, and the old
lady inquired:
care you going to wear that dollar
gold chain and that washed locl1et, or
will you wear tho diamond father bought
ut the hardware store 2"
Mary winkcd at her, aud the young
man blushed, but the mother went on:
care you going to borrow Mrs.
Browns shawl, or will you wear mine ?''
Mary hustled around the room, and
the mother said:
Be careful of your dress, Mary you
know it's the only one you've got, and
you can't have another until the mort
gage on this place is lifted"
Mary remarked to her escort that ii
promised to be beautiful evening, and
as she buttoned her glove her mother
asked:
"Thoso are Mrs. Hardy's gloves,
amt they? She's been good neighbor
to us, and don't know how you'd man
age to go anywhere if she didn't live
near u.s."
Mary was hurrying to get out of the
room, when the mother raised her voice
once more and asked:
"Did you run into Mrs. Jewett's and
borrow her bracelet and fan Yes, sec
you did. Well, now, you do look real
stylish, and hope you'lrhave a good
time"
Mary sits by her window in the pale
moonlight and sighs for the splendid
young man to come and beau her around
some more, but he hasn't been seen ur
that way since that night. The old lady
too, says that he seemed like a nice
young man, and she hopes he hasn't
been killed by the street cars.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
The Luck of Roaring Camp.

July 12was rcd letter day in Lake
Mining district, in the San Juan country,
Colorado, for on that day came an inter
esting stranger into camp-not over tho
Saguacho road nor over the Antelope
park trail, but in tho good old way or
dained by God, and faithfully kept up
by mankind. On that day the wife of
s. Il. Hoyt gave birth to the first child
ever born i'll Lake district, and neither
father nor mother was more proud of
the event than wcrc the honest miners,
who dropped pick and drill, and FASTENED
to town us the nCws spread from mine to
mine, for they all regarded it us fore
runner of higher civilization, and were
proudor than if they had struck verita-
bic bonanza. The event occurred in the
mornirHy, and when toward evening it
was announced that the first born i'll
Lake City would hold general recep-
ton, all were eager to gaze ON that lit
tie mite of humanity which is to grow
with the growth of our mines, and be
| some day known as the abinitio settler
i'll the metropolis of southwestern Col,
Orado. He was passed from hand to
hand, and it was curious to note the
manner in which he was manipulated.
Some were there who wished to be con-
sideredin the ranks of the singly blessed,
who betrayed themselves by the easy
grace with which they dandled him upon
the palms of their outstretched hands;
others were there who excited great
alarm in the breasts of the doctor and
nurse by tho awkward way in which
they grabbed the little fellow, and held
him up rs though he had a ramrod in
his back and was natural born drum
major. A number of complimentary re-
marks were made, after which the crowd
adjourned to the wet grocery establish
ment across the way. So many healths
were drank to the little stranger that a
passer by, not knowing the occasion
thereof, might imagine that Lake City
had lost its calendar, and was celebrating
the Fourth eight days behind time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
The Settlers Of Pennsylvania.

A correspondent of the Bucks CO,uaty
MtCtEigCncCr says "The oldest place
ofeeligious worship III Pennsylvania is a
Friends meeting house, erected in 1895,
in lower Merton township, about five
niles from Philadelphia. II may be the
Oldest place of religious worship in Penn
sylvana now standing, but the way
the fact is stated may lead to erroneous
impressions. Tn 1916 the Swcdes built
and consecrated their first church at
Tinicum, now in Delaware county, and
in 1877 they built another Swedes'
church in Southwark. In 100 the lat
ter was replaced by the present building,
which is thus, as place of public wor-
ship, eighteen years Older than the
Merton meeting house, while it is five
years younger as house for public wor-
ship. The writer in the InteUigcncer
gives in brief form and with sufficient
accuracy of detail clear view of the
heterogeneous character of the popula-
ton of Pennsylvania a century and a
half ago. The Swedes were first on the
ground, and built along the Delaware
river and it's tributaries. Then came
the Dutch, and subsequently the Eng
lish, with Penn, who founded Phila-
delphia, and filed up Delaware and
parts of Chester, Montgomery, Bucks
and Lancaster counties. The Welsh
followed, and extended settlements to
Berks county and along the Schuylkill
as far as Reading.
The irish, Scotch-Irish and Germans
completed the nationalities, moving here
in great numbers, although New Eng
landers from Connecticut settled along
the Wyoming valley, and Hollanders
and French Huguenots in the southern
part of Bucks county. All of these
people have left traces of their early
settlements in the names of towns, vii
lagos and counties, and in the family
names of Pennsylvanians. The great
mass of the settlers-the English, Ger
mans and Welsh-belong to religious
societies or sects which were averse to
war, and it is related that it was this fact
which determined the location of the
Scotch Irish along the Susquehanna and
Juniata and in Lancaster county-the
frontier of the where they
could defend their more peaceful neigh
bors from Indian depredations. Their
public services in those days have been
continued to the present time, some of
Pennsylvania's most noted politicians,
governors and representatives of recent
times bearing the names of their Scotch
Irish progenitors.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12

and so he would have been yesterday
only he was not himself. Oh, sir, won't
you let it pass ?" q.
Oh, the effect of these kind words
from little Miggs! At once, there was n
difference in feeling among tho boys.
Looks of wrath gave place to those of
pity and compassion, and tho culprits
begged with tears forgiveness and par
don. The master was moved. Heleaned
his head upon his hands in deep thought,
then arose and talked in low voice with
the constable, who afterward left the
room.
"Boys, have decided to hold court
of my own. You shall be the jury, and
little Miggs here shall be Judge"
His face seemed to clear as though
some weighty matter were lifted from
his mind
"Come, Mr.. Judge, proceed with
your charge; You have bigger jury than
ever a magistrate presided over before" +"
"Boys," said little Miggs, "I don't
exactly know what charge is, but /
want you all to say not guilty, and prom
Use to be good friends with Mullett and
Decker, just the same as before. The
master said would not do right to re-
fuse to tell my story, but please to forget
it all rs will, and we will have game
of ball this afternoon, and Mullett and
Decker shall choose sides. After that
we'll have roast apples and nuts in the
hall, as we planned yesterday, and no.
body will remember, because everybody
will forget"
"Thats the most extraordinary charge
L ever heard in my life" says the master.
"Gentlemen, are you ready for the
question" continued little Miggs.
"Judge," interrupted the master I;
arn't you getting a little mixed on
terms"
"Order in the court" said little
Miggs. "Guilty OF not guilty p
A unanimous "Not guilty" is shout
ed with ring. @
ga standing vote," cries little Miggs,
jumping up and waving his crutch.
I'll not attempt to describe the scene
which followed, how the housekeeper
stood in the doorway waving her hand
kerchief (Which proved she must have
been listening at the keyhole), and how
my little hero suddenly lost all his
ever when we marched him on our
shoulders through the schoolroom across
the playground to the dining hall.
L must tell you, however, of all the
good promises made that day and kept
faithfully aftcrward, and of what Jolly
time we had in the afternoon when little
Miggs umpired the famous ball match
between Decker and Mullett, which was
pronounced by all to have been by far
the finest and most exciting game of the
season.-NCaU York Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
Paving Amateurs.

A London correspondent says it has
lately become the fashion for amateurs
to accept money for their services. The
writer knows several peiso who go out
to parties and sing professionally, one OF
them being barrister, another in the
civil service, and a third the owner of a
vine plantation. The host sends checl,
next day, with line to the following
effect "My dear Mr.. So-and-So A
thousand thanks for your kindness last
night. You were simply charming, and
we all were SO obliged to you. Yours,
sincerely, Party Giver." One of these
singers recently attended soiree given
by the lord mayor of provincial town.
He was on the point of leaving when the
lord mayor stopped him Che had not said
a word to him the whole evening" and
addressed him rs follows "!,Ere, young
man, this fve-pound note is for what
you have been ADDING for to amoose us.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
Their Diamonds.

1t is not generally known that the
Mexican women of the wealthier classes
use as ornaments, on extraordinary oc,
casions, live fre-hies, which in the dark
emit a bright phosphorescent light.
They belong to the family of leaping OF
springing beetles, and are called by the
Spanish cucoJO. They are kept in ele-
CANT little cages, and fed on slices of
sugarcane and bathed twice day, either
by the ladies themselves or by their
maids. In the evening they are put
into little sacks, shaped like roses, and
attached to the ladies' dresses. The
light these little bugs emit surpasses in
brilliancy the reflection of the purest
diamonds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
AT Il Watering Place.

IIabitues of the summer hotels aud
watering places will recognize the fol
lowing as correct specimen of tho
domestic dialogues which take place
while the patcrtan1iLiaS is waiting for
the omnibus to drive up to the front
piazza, or his buggy to take him to the
steamboat landing, or for the whistle of
the expected locomotive:
"You have got the pattern for tho
muslin, my dear 2"
eyes"
"And you won't forget Charley's slip
pers and my bathing dress in the lower
bureau drawer9"
"No, darling"
"And the cold cream and camphor
from the upper shelf in the closet, and
to bring us some books from the library,
you know, and bottle of cologne"
"Yes, yes"
"And baby's caps, you know, and tell
the dressmakerabouth havingmy dress sent
by express, for / want it at the hop.
And do ask Aunt Maria to send my
driving gauntlets, i forgot them"
"Anything elses'
"No, darling, nothing only if you
could step over to mas and ask her to
! lelu nle ,tliiu Pun PIC anu "hioo hoCu,
aud bring me down a new sun umbrella,
and my india rubbers to wear when We
go out in the boat, it is so damp that -
"Stop, darling I've just thought of
something want to do myself.
"What is it, dear?
"Why, 1 want to run in my store for
five minutes for my own business, if
there's any time left after transacting
yours.
"Lor' now, Charles, 1 hope you are
not going to be disagreeable about few
little errands, I'm sure"
Charles-"Oh, not in the least only
1 haven't quite got used to this express
business yet, and can only give only
nine-tenths of the time to it this sum
mer, that's all, tootsicums-there's the
engine whistle"
Goodbye, dear, don't forget the -
Rut the rest of the sentence was los
in the rattle of wheels that bore Charles
on his way to town.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
The Working Girls.

A New York paper says: A harder
lot can hardly be pictured than that of
some of the working girls of this city.
They are isolated from the society they
would like to enter, cannot dress accord,
ing to fashion or their own tastes, can
not make their own rooms neat or even
comfortable, cannot choose their asso-
ciates, are crowded together in the shop,
and they are herded together in unclean
lodgings. Their food is often unwhole-
some. Good people shun them, and the
vulgar jeer at them on the street. They
often feel that they belong to a pariah
class, and every effort they make to rise
in the world is met with some obstacle
hard to overcome. More ought to bo
done in wise and generous ways for the
benefit of the working women of the
land.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
A Mothers Prayers.

The sweetest sound heard through our earthly
home
The brightest ray that CLEANS from heayen'4
Tho loveliost flower that Ger from eartl'A
breast rose
The purest flame that, quivering CLEANS and
glows-
Are found alone, where kneols u mother mild.
With heart uplifted, praying for her child,
The stream of tears can mover cease to flow
Long as life's sun shall shine OH us below;
Aud many angels have been sent by God
10 count the tear-drops wept upon life's road
But Of all tears that flow, the least defiled
Are when mother prays beside her child.
Because it is to mortal eyes unseen,
Ye call it foolishness a childish dream.
In vain; ye cannot rob me of that thought
That legend, with such heavenly sweetness
fraught,
That blessed angels have for ages smiled
To see mother praying for her child.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
A Mule Story.

A boy in st. Louis was recently pre-
sented with jackknife, with which, boy
like, he cut and marked everything that
came in his way, from the dining room
table to the cats tail. A few days after
he had become the happy possessor of
the knife, his father was startled by see
ing two men bringing home the young
hopeful in a very dilapidated condition.
His face seemed to be cut and bruised,
and covered with blood. The father, Of
course, was very much alarmed, and in
quired of the boy who, hit him.
" Nothing didn't hit me, sir" the boy
answered, between his sobs; "it was
only mule kicked me in the eye" GA
mule kicked you in the eye, eh2" re-
peated the father. Haven't told you
thousand times or more that mules and
gunpowder were not fit things for boys
to fool with9 What were you doing to
the mule ?" "I wasn't foolin' with 7em
at all, " said the boy; 81 was only try
ing to cut my name on his back"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
Where They Live.

President Grants residence is in
Washington. Before the war he resided
in Galena, Illinois. He has, however,
farm near st. Louis, but has never
claimed it as his residence. Vice-Presi-
dent Wilson's residence is supposed to
be at Natick, Mass. Secretary Fish re-
sides in New York State; Secretary
Bristow at Louisville, KY; Secretary
Robson at Camden, N. j.; Secretary
Belknap, Keokuk, Iowa; Secretary De
lano, Mount Vernon, Ohio Attorney
General Pierrepont, New York city
Postmaster-General Jewell, Hartford
Conn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12

The PIANo.-One of the Siamese en-
bassadors, on returning home from
Europe, gave the following description
of a pianoforte, or as he called it, " a
great trunk set upon legs" He said
A woman sits in front of this, and tick
ling sort of tail it has with her toe, pro-
duces a variety of sounds by beating
rapidly with her fingers on number OF
little bits of ivory in front of it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12

An ordinary lighthouse where oil is
used gives an Illuminating power equal
to about two hundred candles. An cleo
trio light in. England flashes over the
North sea its condensed beams, each of
which is more than an equivalent to the
combined light of 800, 900 candles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12

The Coal TRADE.-The supply sent
from all the coal regions SO far this year
foots up 10, 1876, ,578 tons, against 10, 507,-
S5S tons to same period last year de-
crease, 312, ,20l tons. The decrease in
anthracite from last years returns is
410, ,657 tons.
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04
S. c. BIGGs. Register.
Registers Order,
REaIsTKR OFFICK.

New Castle County, March 26th. 1875.
Upon the application of SARAH JANE
SHARPE, Executtix of THOMAS ii.
SHARPE, late OF Wilmington Hundred, in
said county, deceased; It is ordered and
directed by the Register that the Executrix
aforesaid give notice ofthe granting of Let
ters Testamentary upon the Estate of the de-
ceased, with the date of granting thereof,
by rausing advertisements TO be posted
within forty days from the date of such
Letters, in six Of the most public places
of the Comfy of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the Es-
tate TO. present the same, or abide by an
Act Of Assembly in such case made and pro
vided. And 3 lso cause the same to be insert
81 within the same period IN the Will
mington Gazette, a newsI aper published in
WILMINGTON, and to be continued therein
three weeks. (E o. d.
-, Given under the hand and Seal OF
3L.s. Office Of the Register aforesaid, at
49, New Castle, in New Castle County
aforeaid, the day and year above written.
:. G. BIGGS, Register.
NOTICE.
Allpersons havin claims against the Els.
tate ofth deceased must present the same
duly ettssted 70 the hxecutrix on or before
March h 1876. or abide the Act of Assem-.
bly, III such case made ann provided.
SARAH JANE SHARPE,
Execntrix.
Address Wilmington. Del. mh2-3weod
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04
CHEAP BOooTs AND SHOES.
T.. 2 DOORS WEST of MARKET

CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES,
SECOND ST.. 2 DOORS WEST of MARKET
The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public that he has on hand a
large and well selected stock OF FALL. AND
WINTER BOOTS, SHOES and CATERS.
suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses and
children, which are manufactured from the
best material and made IN the best manner.
and viii be sold as low as the same article can
and gentlemen buying at my store will have
the advantage Of large and varied assort.
ment from which to select fashionable and
neat hitting boot or shoe. The public are cor
and learn my exceedingly low prices.
mayN-u JOHN z. BABCOCK
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04
-,AxorHnn onnAr .sAnn, or sHonr-

- .AkorHnn CHEAT Sam OF SHORT
HoRNs.--The sale of Gen. Sol. Mere
diths herd Of short-horned cattle took
place at Cambridge City, Indiana, on
Monday last, and attracted large mum:
ber of noted cattle breeders from all
sections of the country, "a well as sew
eral noted short-horned breeders from
Cheshire, England. The first animal
sold brought $4,000, and following this
came one which was struck off at s., 100;
then came one for $1,000; another for
g, 900, another for g, 500 and so on. The
total number sold was So animals, and
the grand total proceeds Of the. sale
were S43.975. Average per head OF all,
$829.71.
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04

Vice President Wilson has been for
mally nominated for the Presidency
by a national convention of temper
ance societies at Chicago. At the same
convention letter was read from MIR.
Schuyler Colfax, and then a stirring
address was made by MIR, Wilson In
which he declared that the greatest evil
Of the country was intemperance.
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04
HARDWARE, dc.
s. e. COR. THIRD & sHlpLrY sTs..

Have always on hand a full assortment Of
Iron and steel. Best brands of American
Hammered and Rolled Bars, English Refined
Bars OF all sizes; Band, Hoop and Slit Iron; ;
best Norway Nailrods and Anger Shapes, CAL
yanized and Black Sheet Iron, Cast, Shear,
Blister German, Swede, Spring. Tire, Ma.
chinery and Tap Steel. Smith, coach and
other Hardware. Horse Shoes, Horse Shoe
Nails, Borax, Bolts, Clips, Nuts, Washers,
Malleable Castings, Wagon Boxes, Springs,
Axles, Spokes, Felloes, Shafts, Bows, &c.
Carriage Canvass, Oil Carpets, Rattinett, En
Hardware OF all kinds. Iron Wire Galvan-
'zed Nails, Babbit Metal, Lead Spelter, Banca
Fin, Sheet Zinc, &C. &C.. Smiths and other
tools, Anvils, Vices, Bellows, sledges, Ham.
Drills, Tire Blenders, Twere Irons, stocks and
Dies, Grindstones. Cranks and Rollers, Back
Chains. &C.
All OF which will be sold at very low prices,
wholesale and retail for cash or approved
credit MARI 1865
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04

PIANOS AND ORGANS,
The daily gazette., 1875-06-04

Ne Person can tnko these Bit,crs occ,.,
Ing TO dircctions and remain long uhwen III yrt
vidcd their bones arc not destroyed by ,ninpro p,o
poison or other means, and vital organs was,nn
neyond the point OF repair. ""''e'
Dyspepsia or Indi gestion. Headache. po,o
In ne shoulders. Coughs Tightness OF the chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations Of tho Stomach Pa
Taste In the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, PapitotIon a.
che Heart Inflammation OF the Lungs rain in III,
region OF the kidneys. and hundred other papn
symptoinS are the offsprings OF dyspepsia One
bottle viii prove better guarantee Of It's mepi,.
than lengthy advertisement.
Fer Female Com plants, In Young or nj,
married or single, at the dawn a. ,yoma nhooi n,
the turn OF life, these Tonic Btters DISPLAY 50 ia
cidcd an influence that Improvement IS soon rer
ceptibe. -
Fer InAammatory and Chronic The.
mntisnn and Gout, E"ous, Renittent aud fupl
tnttent Fevers, Diseases OF the Blood Liver XII
neys and Bladder. these Bitters have no eGua,
such Diseases are caused by Vltiated BlooI
They nre n gentle Purgaiiye nv well p
n Tonic, possessing the merit OF acting al
powerful agent In relieving Congestion or lnQaru
nation Of the Liver and Nisceral Organs. AMI 10
piiious Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter. elh
Rhea:n, Botches. Spots, Pimples, PustHcs Roll,
Carbuneles, Ring. worms, Scald-Head Sore Eyes
Erysipelas, Itch Scur.s, Discoloratons Of the skin
Humors and Diseases OF the Skin Of fwhateverrl
or nature, are literally dug up and carried out o.
system In short timo by the use OF these Bt.erA
Grateful Thousnnds proclaim VINEGAR B!r
rERs the most wonderful lnvigorant that .yey sp..
lained the sinking system.
II. II. MCDONALD a. co.
Druggists and Gen A fs., San Francisco Cal 4
>0-. OF Washington and Charlton Sts N. Z.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS d DEALERS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-24
THE INDIANOLA CALAMITY.

The heart of the country will be thrilled by the
property at Indianola, on the Texas coast, and
other points in the vicinity by the cyclone which
recently swept over the Gulf The great mass Of
the dwellings and other structures have been de-
stroyed, and while it seems wonderful that under
the circumstances the loss of life was not greater
in the aggregate, it is still very large. The great
maj ority of those who survive have lost their all
comes up cry for help which will afford our peo-
pie an opportunity to do graceful and generous
thing toward the South. The effect of the recent
storm in the Gulf of Mexico has been to bring
widespread devastation upon Texas. We have
stories of the carrying with it homes, overturn
ing schooihouses, destroying crops and marking
hundreds of miles of coast and inland. Texas,
which happily survived the war-coming out of it,
indeed, richer than before she engaged in it-has
grown to be the Empire State Of the South. Her
prosperity has been q marvel. The effect Of
this storm will be to arrest this prosperity and
throw a gloom over the State. 1t should be our
duty, as we'll as our pleasure, to hold out help
ing hand and to strive, IS far as possible, to amel
iorate the calamity that has fallen upon this peo-
pie. BY such acts-prompt, fraterna, consderate
the interests Of the Union are best served They
show that no matter how much we may differ in
politics, no matter how far we may have been
apart in the past, when the cry for relief comes
we are only too glad to assist far in pow
err. Let there be generous, prompt subscription
for Texas.-NeW York Herald.