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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-04
House.

Mr.. Albright, of Pennsylvania from the
committee on military affairs reported bill to
constitute national cemetery out Of the par
eel of ground ceded to the United States in the
Hospital Hill cemetery at York. Pa, in which
soldiers from sixteen States are inferred.
Passed.
Mr.. Myers of Pennsylvania, introduced q
bill supplementary to the acts in relation to
immigration. Referred to the committee on
foreign affairs. The bill has reference espe-
cialy TO the coole trade. 1t provides that
when immigrants have entered into contract
or agreement for 9 term of service within the
United States, either for labor or for lowd OF
improper purposes, such immigration shall not
be deemed voluntary, and the United States
Consul shall not deliver the required permit or
certificate. 1t makes it penal offense for
American citizens to be engaged i'll such trade.
1t also makes the immigration of the following
classes unlawful persons who arc undergoing
sentence for feloniOus crimes other than pOliti-
cal, or whose sentences have been remitted on
account of their immigration, and women I'M
ported for the purposes of prostitution.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas introduced bill
constituting the act to place the colored persons
who enlisted in the army on the same footing
as other soldiers as to bounty and pensions.
Referred to the committee ON military affairs.
The House then went into comm ttee of the
whole ON the Post-oilice Appropriation bill.
The amounts recommended to be appropriated
are For tue general service OF the Post-ofnce
department S36, 900, SCI for steamship ser
vice, S537, 500 for official postage stamps fol
the use of the Post-office department 1885,
900 total, S37, 524 36l to be provided for al
follows By the revenues of the department
estimated at 500 14S, 1856 by an appropriation
for deficiency out of the treasury sc, S52, 705
by direct appropriations out of the treasury
| 81 ,523, 500 The total amount recommended
by this bill is less than the estimates therefor
| by S1,538,173. The decrease IL in the amount
to provide for the general service of the de
partment S936, 173, and in the amount recon-
mended for steamship service S575,OOO. Tho
items for steamship service are S50O,OOO fol
steamship service between San Francisco
Japan and China under act OF February II
1865 ; and $37, j0l for the Brazilian mail steam
ship service.
Mr.. Tyner, Of Illinois, who had charge o.
the bill, explained it, and stated that the ex
pense of the department was five per cent. les
than last year, while the increase of business
was eight to ten per cent. more.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to amend b,
adding proyiso to the railway mail transpor
tRtion item providing that no money should bt
used to increase the rate Of compensation Il
any railway company beyond that now paid
the amendment was lost.
Mr. Merriam, of New York, offered as al
amendment that no assessment for politca
purposes shall hereafter be made on post-ofhc'
clerks rejected on point of order
Mr. Smith, of Ohio, moved an amendment
| repeating the law Of 1872 for additional mai
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Ill l age of our Newest Dwarf ROuquet Astcr
W and our Catalogue of Domestic and Imported
- Seeds for 1875.
EOIDONNELEY * 60, Rochester. n. Y.
WATERS NEW SCALE PIANOS
singing tone, powerful, pure aud even.
WATERS Concerto ORG AN 5
cannot be cxcellcd IN tone or beauty; heY DEFY
competition. The Concerto step Is q fine !mi-
iniion 9t the IImmitn Voice. PRICES En-
Monthly Installnicnts received; on PianOst
800 $50; Organs, SO 10 $40; Second hnnd
p0sit. AGENTS WANTED. A Iiberni dis
Count Teachers, Minister'S Churches, Schools Lodges,
etc. Special Inducements TO the trade. illus-
trated Catalogues Nluilrd. HORACE Wa
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A FINE FARM of $50 ACRES FOR SALE.
N mile from kenton, Ohio, on the 6. ). q H. Il:
400 In Cultivation and Pasture Good House and Tenant
House, Barns Orchards, Stock, Water, Good Timber.
Will divide into two or fur Farms VIII give possession
the frat of April, $4,000 Rent for the coming Year.
Prioe. = 90 per Acre. Address,
JOHN SANI0R, Box 4. kentOu, Ohio.
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What is Paid for Bosh.

Mrs. Harriet Lewis, the authoress of
"The House of Secrets" "Lady of Kill
dare,'' etc., receives q regular salary of
$40, 900 year from Bonner, and her nus
band, Leon Lewis, author of the "Boy
Magician" a famous story of two or three
years ago, gets like amount, making an
increase of $50, 600 for the two. Silvanus
Cobb, Jr., probably the best known of the
story writers, made in one year $13, 600 by
his pen, he being, however, alarmingly
prolific. He wrote the first story that gave
the Ledger its reputation. 1t was called
&C The Gunmaker of Moscow" and made
the fortune of the paper. He is quite old
now, but his income is not less than $5, 600
per annum. g Ned Buntline = (G. G.. Jud-
SOM has made fortune and rioted it
away; but his pen is golden tipped yet. He
has true genius, and is as bright as a new
dollar all the time. His s Buffalo Bill, I it
is said, in print and on the stage, netted its
various owners over 100000. Mary
Kyle Dallas, who is filing the place
once occupied by Fanny Fern, is said to
draw a salary of $1,000. Mrs. Agnes
Fleming, Mrs. E. D. e. N. Southworth,
Horatio Alger, and Mrs. Dnpuy, "a south
ern writer of note, each average from 3d.
600 to $4,000 per annum by their literary
work.
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There is story related of Jarvis, the
distinguished. painter, to the effect that,
walking down Broadway one day, he saw
before him darK-looking foreigner bear
ing under his arm small red cedar cigar
box. He stepped Immediately into his
!" wake and whenever he met a friend
(Which was once in two or three minutes, for
the popular artist knew everybody, he
would beckon to him with wink to g fall
into line," behind. By-and-by the man
turned down one of the cross streets, follow
ed close by Jarvis and his tall At
tracted by the measured tread of so many
feet, he turned round abruptly, and, seeing
the procession that followed in his foot
steps, he exclaimed: g What for de
debbil is dis? What for you take me, eh p
What for you SO much come after me, eh ?''
Sir, exclaimed Jarvis, with an air of
profound respect. :. we saw you going to
the grave alone with the body of your dead
infant, and we took the opportunity to
offer you our sympathy, and TO follow your
baby to the tomb.'' The man explained,
in his broken manner, that the box contain
ed only cigars, and he evidence his graft
fude for the interest which had been mani
tested IN his behalf BY breaking it open
and dispensing them very literally to the
mourners seribner's Monthly.
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A Daring Feat.

We last Sunday witnessed the perform
ance of a daring feat by Miss Mossholder,
of Lebanon, one of the most cxquisiteiy
beautiful girls in this region. The false
work for the new bridge across the San
tiam is just in place, and rises some forty
feet above the water; on the top of hhis
false work is placed a single row of boards,
reaching across the river, from pier to pier;
and this young lady, on a banter, actually
walked this single little track clear across
the river and back again. The hight was
SO great, the water so turbulent, and the
passage so narrow that it actually made our
head swim to look at it, and yet the young
lady marched across it as firmly and conf
IDENTIFY as if she had been wandering quietly
through some shady grove, leaning on her
iimson weeds stalwart arm. Albany Ore
gon) Democrat.
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DEATH OF AMERICAN GIRL.
She Drops in Race at Elmira and Ex-
p1res Without a struggle.

| ELMIRA, N. Y, Oct. 2.-The famou.
trotting mare American Girl fell dead this
afternoon in the first heat of the ssfree fol
all y race, on the Elmira Driving Park
| She was driven by John L. Doty and ap
| peared at the start to be in the very besi
condition. The horses were scored num-
Der of times before they got the word. The
Girl at the first turn was well in front, but
here her driver noticed that she seemed te
be giving out and let her head loose. She
| kept staggering for an eighth of a mile,
and the quarter pole fell and died instantly
without struggle. She dropped to the
ground very easily, with her shoulder
against the fence. The incident excited a
great deal of sympathy, as the mare was a
fayefite here, and had been the chief attrac-
tion for the race to-day. A singular cir
cumstance in the matter was that from the
grand stand a rainbow could be seen,
the end of which appeared as if it fell on
the head of the dying horse. The band
played a funeral dirge as soon as the death
was made known.
American Girl was owned by VIM. Low
ell, New York, and was valued at $26, 900,
which sum had been offered for her only
last week. Ben Mace, it is said, was will
ling this morning to give $4,000 for her,
which sum was refused. She was hand
some bay, with black points, by Cassius M.
Clay, Jr, and thirteen years old. Her ra-
ces have been without number, and. when
in condition, she was slways dangerous to
the best, and not until within a few years
did she have any superior Of quite fine
form and sixteen hands high, the Girl al
ways commanded attention. For a long
time she has been troubled with spawn,
but being repeatedly fired and blistered, it
was thought that this year she was as good
as ever. The turf, in the death of the
Girl, loses one of its best performers.
The Elmira Driving Park Association
propose, should the body be left here, to
erect q 81, 900 M onument to the memory of
American Girl. There was no insurance on
the mare.
post-mortem was held on American
Girl this morning. Her lungs were found
in hyperonic or congested condition, be-
ing engorged and greatly distended with
blood, very much increased in weight and
of dark or liver color, causing suspen.
sion of respiration and instant death. The
probable cause of her death is stated to be
over exertion while apparently convalescing
from the prevailing epizootic, which is
known by veterinary surgeons as treach-
erous and uncertain disease.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Yard gave ball
recently at Newport. Il must have been a
Bill ball.-Chicago Times.
A weeping relative is narrowly like a
very drunk man being mournful, while the
inebrate is morn full.--Intsr- Ocean.
The cautious editor of the SoratogiaS
calls it " that Amsterdam aea." He thinks
Amster gives tone to the sentiment.
What we want now isto exchange photo
graphs with the boy who put porous plast-
er in his school teachers boot.--Daasbmry
Neacs. laa
Detroit Free Press The French land
lords fear Colonel Forney, believing from
his talk that he owns eighteen iron-clads
and controls Congress. 5@>a tf .aE
Ddnbury Neps: A gigantic struggle is
that which the people of this country have
been plunged into by the money question,
but there must be lull pretty soon. People
must take time to put on their fannels.
Some people think it strange that Noah
should have brought such things as snakes
over with him in the ark. But the fact of
the business is Noah was not Son of
Temperance, and brought them over IN his
boots. C0urfer-J Journal.
They are talking Of making Captain
Webb, who swan the British Channel, q
Knight of the Bath. We don't know what
better they can do for Col. Baker, the hero
of the railroad-car adventure, than to make
him, when he comes out of prison, a Knight
of the Garter.-C -Ceurier-JoUrnal.
The following howl comes out from the sty-
gian depths of the G-D-ofice, st. Louis:
The gas furnished to the people Of st.
Louis just now is SO bad that a black cat
hung to parlor chandelier by the tail will
be found an improvement upon what comes
from the burners, in the way of illumina-
tiono
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Comm Th1o' the Rye.
From the Newburyport Mass, Herald

From The Newburyport (Mass.) Herald.
A New York pictorial publishes an illus
tration of "Comin' Thro' the Rye" and
blunders into what we presume is the pop
ular misconception of the ditty, giving a
laddie and lassie meeting and kissing in a
field of grain. The lines
If aladdie meet lasse
Comm thro' the rye,
And especially the other couplet:
A'the lads they smile on me
When comm thro' the rye
Seem to imply that traversing the rye was
a habitual or common thing, but what in
the name of the Royal Agricultural Society
could be the object in tramping down a
crop of grain in that style? The song per-
haps suggests harvest scene, where both
sexes, as is the custom in Great Brit
ain, are at work leaping, and where
they would come and go through the field
indeed, but not through the rye itself, so as
to meet and kiss in it. The truth is the
rye in the case is no more grain than Rye
Beach is, it being the name of small,
shallow stream near Ayr, in Scotland,
which, having neither bridge nor ferry, was
forded by people going to and from the
market, custom allowing lad to steal a
kiss from a lass of his acquaintance whom
he met midstream. Our cotemporary will
see that this is the true explanation if he
will read Burns original ballad, in which
the first verse refers to the lass wetting her
clothes in the stream:
jennie is a wat puir bede.
Jennie's seldom dry;
She drag'lt a her petticoatie,
Comm thro' the rye.
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HORSE TALK.-The following horse talk
is, at least rational and worthy of consider
alton g Suppose you were in harness, and
| were in the wagon, had the whip and
you the traces, an ardent advocate you would
be for kindness to the irrational creation /?
Do not let the blacksmith drive the nail
into the quick when he shoes me, or burn
my fetlocks with hot file. Do not mistake
the deadeye' that nature put on my fore
leg for wart to be exterminated. Do not
cut off my tail short in fy-time. Keep the
north wind out of our stables. Care for us
at some other time than during the epizoo-
tic, so we may see your kindness is not
selfish. My dear friends our interests are
mutual. / am a silent partner in yonr bus
mess Under my sound hoof is the diamond
Of national prosperity. Beyond my nostril
the worlds progress may not go. With
thrift and wealth and comfort daily trace
neck and neck. Be kind to me, If you want
me to be useful to yon. y
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A BIG FAMILY GoING TO THE CENTEN-
NAL Joseph Long writes to the Centen-
NAL Commissioners from McAllisterville,
Pennsylvania: We are coming to the
Centennial Abraham, Calvin, David, John,
Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, James, Samuel,
Emanuel, William, myself (Joseph) and
sister Hester. You viii see there are thir-
teen of us, twelve brothers and sister.
We were all born of one father and mother
and are therefore full brothers and sister.
Our average weight is 22o pounds per man
and together we twelve brothers make the
beam kick at 9, $40 pound. We might as
well throw Het in. We arc not much on
the tail but would really like to know if
there is bigger family in these United
States and if So win be glad to meet them
at the Centennial next year. 81
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Fifteen Thousand Houses to be Sold fol
Taxes.

On Tuesday, Register Whitney began
the sale Of Brooklyn property for the taxes
and water rates due and unpaid long past
the limit Of time allowed by law. He dis
posed of {, 900 parcels the city taking all
except six houses and lots which latter the
owners themselves bade in. Next Tuesday
the sale of the $1,000 confscated houses
and lots continues In last June the sale
was attempted, but only ruin prices could
then possibly be obtained, and fear blanch-
ing the faces of the ring, it was
postponed until the brisker season of
autumn, and in the hope that the memories
of the people. would be short. Inasmuch
as 10, 600 houses and lots have been unable
to pay the taxes assessed on them the last
year and as the taxes for the coming year
promise to be still larger, we may be sure
that the amount of property to be sold for
taxes during the next two years will be
large in Brooklyn.
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's Sarah"

Outside papers must quit publishing fc-
titious items about Detroit, or some one
will get hurt. Yesterday afternoon wom-
an with a black belt and pair of spectacles
ON entered the editorial rooms of this paper,
holding Chicago daily in her hand, and she
tive toiler, who had dropped in to see New
York exchange, and asked: lid.
g Who's Sarah 90
He replied that he had never heard of her,
when she unfolded the paper and pointed
to the following:
There is anold woman in Detroit named
Sarah who has worn one pair of stockings
right along for sixteen weeks"
"Its lie, said the old lady, land you
have got to take it back or-or-ril-r'
She finished by sliding her hand along
his shoulder until her fingers got hold of
his necktie.
"I haven't nothing to do with that he
gurgled, as he tried to pull away; "that's
Chicago paper.
''I know it, but it's lie and can prove
it,
81 know you can, madam, if it was
meant for you! don't believe you'd go
eight weeks without changing stockings"
"No, nor even six" she exclaimed, pres
sing her thumb against his " Adams APP
ple." 81 can prove that change as of
ten as anyone else"
So don't think it means you," he said,
getting his left eye on the item
eyes it does," she foamed. Amt my
name Sarah, amt oldish, and amt | a
woman?'' Oh! such lies make my blood
biler'
"Well, you want to go for some one in
Chicago 1t has nothing to do with this
paper.
ssHain't Ell? ] know better! You are
all linked in together, and presume you
read that yesterday and lated and lated, and
thought Sarah was an old fool"' f
81 never saw it before -
siBut Sarah is no foolr' she resumed.
towering above him. C You Just mark this,
you long -geared grave-stone you: If thar's
another item in the papers about Sarah
you'll never know what broke your neck!''
And she laid her fist on the table, -four
ished it under his nose, and went out say
ing: ~
"sixteen weeks! Think of the baseness
of itw---Ffee Press.
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BALD-HEADED CoNsUMPTIvEs.-Am med
ical journal published in Cleveland, address
es the following query to the profession :
g sQuery-Has any physician ever seen
or treated bald headed consumptive %
We should say that there must be, and
there must have been, bald-headed con-
sumptives; yet the fact that doubt is thrown
over the existence of such persons by a.
medical Journal would seem TO show that
they are not SO common as to come within
the knowledge of every physician. We
ourselves have not, of course, seen as many
sufferers from the malady in question as
have come under the observation of some
doctors; but we cannot at this moment
think Of any one we have seen being bald
headed. Consumption is disease that
preys upon old people as well as young and
middle-aged people, and we suppose It's
victims are subject to the ordinary laws
that regulate the growth of hair. If not,
Why net y Nesr Ysork 1si,a
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A Detroit girl picked up a new beau the
other evening at church, and when they
reached her fathers gate he accepted her
invitation to 60 in. He was perfumed to
kill, and it wasn't long before his musk
reached the back room in which tine old
folks sat. The old man was heard stub
bing around, muttering and growing, and
presently he opened the door and passed
out and walked around che house. He
came back after snuffing around for a few
minutes, and pounding on the parlor door
he inquired:
E-vangeline, where's that piece of can
dle?''
81 don't know, father; whya" she in
quired in return.
There's skunk or something or other
under the addition, and I've got to hunt
him out or we can't live here over night. !"
The young man didn't stay long after
that.
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THE LARGEST
First Class Hotel in the Territory.

Having secured lease for long term of
years of this large and commodious house,
have renovated, refurnished and embel-
lshed its roomy parlors and elegant suits
of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
pared to continue to improve and keep it
on first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the delicacies of the season. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
able 322.
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Inappropriate Hymns,

lFrom the Rev. Edwin M. Longs History of Hymns
and their Authors.nJ
Utter rthoughtlessness is sometimes man
ifested in the announcement of unsuitable
hymns. On a bright Sabbath morning a
pastor gave out the expressive evening
hymn commencing:
.s Saviour breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seai.n
During the preaching Of a farewell ser
mon by a clergyman, the people were SO
melted down with emotion, and the speaker
was so much affected that he was scarcely
able to proceed. Calling upon ministerial
brother to close the service. the latter an
nounced the hymn:
Jesus we lift oRr souls TO Thee,
Thy Holy Spirit breathe,
And let this little infent be
Baptized into Thy DEATH
In some churches ehoirs are permitted to
sing their own voluntaries with which to
close the service. At the funeral Of dis
tingnished gentleman of Massachusetts,,
the singers sang of their own accord:
Believing we rejoice
To zee the enrsc removed
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BRlc-A-BRAc.

The name of Cardinal McC Closky's church
in Rome, freed from all telegraphic and ty-
biographical obscurities, is "Santa Maria
Supra Minervam y" curious mingling of
Christian and heather nomenclature. Some
of the old Roman churches are built upon
the remains of heather temples, whose
names are frequently embodied in the new
ones.
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EvE-ANaEL1cAL CORNER.

Queen Isabella still owes 500, 900, hut shelt
doesn't worry over it,. 'asF ss71''5 f2z ss1s
Mrs. Grants face is said to have "beauti-
full motherhood - in it. 5 .ss a,
Woodruff is airing her absurdities to
small audiences in Wisconsin. 2d y
"Narrow guage skirts is the Western
expression for tied back dresses.
tits 500 fine to hold a Wisconsin girl by
the neck and kiss her on the ear.
1t is said we are soon to see ladies in cos
tunes ornamented with devices of immense
birds, animals and huge keys, taken from
different epochs.
Susan B. Anthony says that any of the
grasshoppers she met in Kansas would be
better judges of woman suffrage than the
present Supreme Court of the United
States.
Sixteen Chinese women were sold at
auction ia California the other day, only
Chinese being allowed to bid. The highest
price bid was $S, and one was sold for sixty
five cents
Iowa women don't believe in dreams, but
let one of them dream that she saw her
husband with his arm around the widow
Smith and she'll sulk around for half a
day.
Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Morse are living
together in Brooklyn. A party of Ply
month neonle Iatelv Maid tbau, a xr;s;k an6
presented them with purse of $500. All
the children but one, Alice, have gone to
Tilton. rs&
A Partisan lady has introduced new
fashion. The stuffing Of her chairs, sofas,
and even carriage evshions is composed of
aromatic herbs, which emit delicate per-
fume. This is the most scentsible fashion
yet introduced. And comes from Asia. ae