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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Items of Interest.

One million six hundred thousand dol
lars worth of wood will be necessary,
according to the estimate of the build
ers, for the st. Gothard tunnel.
Baron Won Kalcbstein and number
of ex-officers of the Prussian army are
travelling through Georgia, prospecting
for location for large colony OF Ger
man artisans.
The trees at Galveston, Texas, which
were denuded of their leaves during the
late blow, are already in full leaf, and
present very springlike appearance in
their new dress.
A boy of nine and girl of eleven,
half timers at mill at Euxton, near
Preston, England, quarreled and fought,
and the girl received such injury that
she died directly afterward.
Nearly 600, 1000 persons were employed
during last year in and about the coal,
fire clay, ironstone, and shale mines of
Great Britain and Ireland, about four
fifths of whom were occupied under
ground.
| An Indian woman at Nanaimo, Brit
ish Columbia, had lent another native
$780, for which she was to receive $40
per month interest. Failing to get the
money back, she took the disapp ointment
so much to heart that she hung herself.
An Osceola (Pa.) woman went out to
hunt up her drunken husband, and found
him lying in the gutter. She gave him
several raps with piece of board before
she discovered that she was i" correct
ing" another woman's husband. She
Ii Il IN hov tho c11hIpnt
mentioned now.
Belts Life tells ofan extraordinary hand
at whist: w. T. and three friends were
playing whist. During the third game
II, NJ. s partner dealt and turned up the
ace of spades. On looking at his hand
he found the whole of the same suit. L.
M. says he has seen whist played for
more than fifty years, but never remem-
bers such circumstance happening be-
fore.
A Montgomery (Ala.) paper says ::
There is merchant il Montgomery who
has goods on his shelves bought in New
York in 1865. =. He never advertised III
his life, and prefers to keep his goods to
; seeing his name in print. We are hap
py to state, however, ladies and gentle
men, that the merchant in question is
not married man, and that there are
but few of him in this city.
A curious story was related at coro-
ner's inquest in Bath, England, the
other day. -Four boys went into field
by the side of the river Avon, and two
of them agreed to bath. One entered
the river, and was quickly drowned ;
the other intimldated his companions by
threatening to half murder them not to
say anything about the accident, and
having hidden the clothes of the drown
ed lad under a. stone, went composedly
home,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Waiting Dinner.

Nothing is more trying to the mistress
of house in any grade of life than to be
compelled to "wait dinner. for the
convenience of tardy guests, to say
nothing of the discomfort inflicted on
other visitors. The busy people of the
world are punctual people; the man
whose every moment lis worth money to
himself and the others always manages
to be in time. It is hard that such per-
sons as these should be compelled to
waste long time in waiting dinner for
the arrival of some" man or woman
whose unpunctuality is merely the result
of an impertinent want of forethought.
The proper mode Of treating such per-
sons would be to ignore them altogether.
If, when the dinner hour arrived, dinner
were served, and the drawlers were COM
PEELED by their late arrival either to go
without dinner or to sit down in the
middle of the feast--1o bringing back OF
earlier dishes allowed--this evil of care,
less lateness would soon be remedied.
$50 sorry to be late" ought to be met
by $50 sorry we couldn't wait, but glad
to have you join us at this STAGE, II
ladies would take this matter in theil
own hands, the habit of late arrival
which is a positive social nuisance
would soon be cured.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
thought he, half fainting with exhaustion

thought he, half fainting with exhaustion
and distress.
There was q large tenement house
just in the rear of the garden that must
certainly go to pieces if the fire caught
the powder. Many people were even
now in the house, darting to and fro,
carrying out goods,
eth blow up in a minute Run,
boy-run, I tell ye p screamed the
panic stricken old man; and he threw
down his pail and fled in the smoke.
:" Holpl helpl" cried Luke once
more. " There's powder here ~
He felt one of the boards giving way
under him. At the same instant q
dizziness seized him; he cried once
more:
"Help Powder Powder |"
His dress caught fire. He did not
have strength to extinguish it. But
now he heard some one answer his cry,
and saw a blanched face appear and
suddenly disappear at one of the win
dows of the tenement house, and other
voices shrieked:
"Powder Powder !"
Just as he was falling, and had thrown
up his arms in last endeavor to shield
his face from the flames, he dimly knew
that crowd of men came pouring down
into the yard, bringing hose with them,
and calling upon him to leap. He felt
the blow of the water upon his shoul-
ders, and its cold spray upon his face,
and then he sank down unconscious.
When he awoke the fire was over, and
he found himself surrounded by kindly
and gentle faces. His bravery and
faithful service at the place of danger,
and all the story of his misfortune
through the dastardly trick played upon
him by the boys of the town had been
told. This, together with the injuries
he had received, created universal
sympathy for him, and indignation al
his prosecutors.
The head selectman, learning the facts
had caused him to be conveyed to hi:
own house, and tenderly cared for. The
poor boys face and limbs were badly
burned, and he must lie q good while
under constant nursing before he could
be moved. 1t would be wonder, they
said, if he recovered without serious
| scars.
The indignation awakened in the
town against Luke's tormentors did moi
die out with its expression. Before Luke
recovered sufficiently to be carried home
the authorities had succeeded in finding
the leaders. They were arrested ant
punished, and a fruitful source of dis
grace to the community was effectually
put away. The injured farm-boy was
looked upon by the citizens as public
benefactor.- Youths Companion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Stylish but Sensible.

A plucky Iowa girl thus tells her ex-
perience in getting on in this world !:
1 am the only daughter of farmer Of
moderate means; have taught school
five years. began when sixteen years
of age. This present summer L walked
one and three-fourth miles night and
morning and taught my summer school.
Harvest came on, and we were in want
of a hired hand. Plenty could be had
at $3.50 per day, but that seemed like
loss without profit, so l donned my driv-
ing gloves and broad brimmed hat and
drove the reaper to cut eighty acres Of
grain. Besides took music lesson
once in every week. All of my young
lady friends said: "Oh, you will ruin
your hands and complexion" but for
aught see, they are as white as the day
1 closed school. Since reapingis done
I've done all the cooking for the harvest
folks. carry gold watch and chain,
and support amethyst jewelry, and
move in the best society; am considered
rather stylish, but am of that disposition
that can adapt myself to circumstances
L am well aware that "a delicate dress ani
crimped hair become me in ballroom
that modest, dress and neat fitting
gloves are designed for church, and last
but not least, that calico dress is pre-
ferable for kitchen work.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Detroit Free DRESSINGS.
1t has been ascertained that only two
Smiths will serve in the next Congress,
and neither of these are black Smiths. =

1t has been ascertained that only two
Smiths will serve in the next Congress,
and neither of these are black Smiths. =
II you should die, my own true love, .
Then, while the sun was risin', d.
I'd go out in some vacant lot
And kill myself with pizen.
1t has been decided that any railroad
conductor who kisses passenger against
her will lays the railroad company liable
for damages.
There are eighteen different patent
clothes-pins in the market, and any one
of them will make good paving for the
back yard if you get the right kind of n
hired girl.
Florida papers report an almost total
failure Of the sponge crop, while North
ern free-lunch clerks say that there are
more sponges around this fall than they
ever saw before.
1t is given for solemn fact that hired
! girl in Savannah tainted dead away be-
cause she broke a teacup. 1t may be
true. II may be that she hadn't chance
to hide the pieces.
When you see Detroit girl come ont
of store with hop, skip. and jump
and a pleased expression, you may know
that the milliner has told her she can
press her old summer hat over into 500
winter style.
A grocer on the Ohio river had to
make an assignment because some vii,
lain stole eighteen pounds of sugar and
a whole cheese from his stock. You can
get an idea from this how sensitive capi-
tai sometimes is.
One passing through Arkansas doesn't
see half as many revolvers as he would
have noticed two or three years ago. II
isn't particularly because everybody is
trying to be real good, but more because
they have found out that a good shot
gun is more to be depended on.
Two years ago millionaire named
johnson was riding on the cars in Indi
ana, and he saw Ellen Rogers sitting OF
the fence, fell in love, and the other day
they were married. Will this little
episode be carelessly forgotten by any
manageable young lady in NORTH
America?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
The Hard Times.

a The hard times, says the New York
Tribune, have now lasted two full years.
The extreme point of depression may OF
may not have been reached. There is
no infallible test. Former experience
teaches that the process of recovery is
not rapid one, but in the nature of
things it's commencement cannot be long
delayed. England is the country which
most nearly resembles the United States
in its methods of business and its bank
ing system. In England during the last
ninety years there have been seven or
eight periods of strongly marked depres-
sion in business, such as that through
which we are passing. In no case, how
ever, has the extrepe inaction lasted
three full years. BY the end of the
third year the exports and imports, the
revenues Of the government, and the
rate of interest have invariably begun to
mark some improvement. All the ac-
cepted authorities ON the subject OF
commercial crises have treated them as
reactions following an excess of specula-
ton. Speculation carries the prices Of
houses and lots, goods,' bonds, railroad
stocks or other commodities, to leve
at which they cannot be sustained, anC
the resulting fall is in proportion to tn,
extent of the previous .speculations ant
the abuses OF Credit by which they hav
been attended. An abuse Of credittake
place where, for instance, farmer part
with his grain for worthless railroa
mortgage, or other security, or whef
he is the victim of bad debts.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Female Labor In England.

Lord Shaftesbury calls attention to
the recently issued report of the inspec-
tors of factories, and to the painful in
formation which it contains on the sub
ject of female labor in the "black coun-
try" or in "the nail and chain district. !"
From both the nail and chain trades
there are, he says, strong representa-
tions made against the labor of women,
whether as TO numbers employed, or the
size of the articles made. The women
take the place of fathers and husbands,
while the men are idle and drunk" The
root of the evil in the "black country"
appears to be drunkenness no matter
whether the drinker be puddler, collier,
chain or nail maker. The outcry against
the colliers' and puddlers' wives working
is very great not perhaps 30 much from
their influx into the trade, but from the
fact that they work night and day, toll
and slave, and not for the price that
straightforward masters would give, but
for any price any crafty knave of mas
ter chooses to offer. In the meantime
the husband is in some public-house, at
his ease, and training his "whiffet" for
some future running on beefsteaks and
the best of good fare.
Nor is it only in the ball and chain
trade that the practice of husbands hv-
ing on their wives labor prevails. A
young woman, addressing one of the in
spectors, said: &C. say, master, wish
you would make my man do little more
work, and me less. 1 married swell, /
did," To the inquiry what she meant
by swell, the reply was why, when
I married him in the morning he had a
smart gold watch and chain, and smart
dickey, but when we came to go to bed
at night I'm blessed if he had ere shirt
on, and ever since I've had to keep him
by working in the brickyard, and not
only keep him, but find him money to
drink" And it is, it seems, growing
custom for idle, lazy young lads to look
out for skilled, industrious wives in or
der to obtain an "easy life." ,
The sanitary condition Of the shops,
the report says, is often bad. Women
work often in an advanced state of preg-
nancy, and a shocking story is told of a
girl at work in brickyard "looking ex-
ceedingly ILL.," and who to remark of
the manager, "that she did not look up
to much this morning." replied: "No
more would you if you had had child
during the night"
The report shows clearly enough that
the trades of which it speaks involves o
species of labor which women are moi
fitted TO undertake at all, which some
women undertake under compulsion from
idle fathers or husbands, and which they
occasionally pursue at times and under
conditions in which such labor must be
seriously injurious to their health
Nothing short of an absolute Legislative
prohibition of female labor in these
trades will, in fact, meet the complaints
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Philopena..

Will you eat philopena with me-!
said a young lady to me one day.
"What is philopena9". I asked, for
having recently come into the country
had never heard the word before
"You eat half of this double almond,
and eat the other" saidmy fair inform
ant. Then the one who calls 'philo-
pena to morrow, or the next time we
meet, is entitled to a present from the
other"
ate the half of the twin almond she
offered me, and the next day she Vas the
first to call philopena, and I had to
make her present. Butt was puzzled
to account for this custom, and made
many inquiries as to its meaning and
origin, but all in vain, till the. other day
| found the following explanation in a
The people of Alsace and Lorraine
were formerly under German, rule, as
they now are but while'apart of France
| they lost, in great measure, the use OF
the German language, and what they re-
tained became corrupt. 1t was an old
custom among them for young couples
to engage themselves by eating the
halves of double Almonds and then to
salute each other as "well beloved VI
each time they met. The word in Ger
man was q" vielliebchen - but having
forgotten the meaning Of this word they
gradually changed it into "philippo, .
which sounds like it, and "philippina. J.
This is now their form Of salutation.
Here it is not restricted only to those
who are betrothed but then young peo
pie here behave towards each other il
many respects as they would only be
permitted to do in Europe if they werc
" tiances."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
A Romantic Story.

The other afternoon, while the mana
ger of French provincial theater was
sitting on the terrace in front of the Cafe
des Varieties, in Paris, talking with the
proprietor, he was surprised by the ap-
proacb of handsome, elegantly dressed
young woman, who said TO him: " Sir,
[ see by your ring that you are married
man. I also am married, and must
speak with you. Come with me-" The
manager, ,astonished but curious, obeyed;
and following the fair unknown into her
coupe, was driven away. 81 am not an
adventuress," said the young woman;
81 have money" Cat the same time
showing 5000 francs). But it is essen
tial that you should aid me in escaping
from my father and husband, who make
me very unhappy" She continued In
this strain till the coupe reached the Pont
des Arts, when she suddenly cried out:
&C. am about to commit crime" and
| jumping from the carriage. ran to the
parapet of the bridge, and mounted it,
in order to plunge into the river. The
police fortunately seized her in time to
prevent this. A crowd Immediately col
lected, but the manager said to the
gendarmes, with great presence of mind:
"This lady is my wife, who is merely
suffering from a little alteration of mind
and wished to frighten me-" The lady
was released, and getting into the coupe
with her new friend, they returned to
the Cafe des Varieties. The young lady,
during the return drive, did not say a
word. When the cafe was reached, she
gave her fathers address, who of course
was at once sent for, and took his daugh-
ter home. She belonged to one of the
most fashionable families in Paris, and
her parents are of high rank. She was
laboring under an attack of hysteria,
which rendered her, for the time being,
| inaana
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
The Small Boys Diary.

A correspondent of the Jewish McSSen-
ger says: The small boy sharpened his
pencil and wrote the adventures of the
day. The diary was passed around, and
we admired the graphic description of
sea life couched in sentences like these:
"June 18th, Very Ruff. June 14th,
Ruffer to-day. June 10th, To-day we
went ninety-one nots. 1t is still very
ruff. June 18th, There were not many
at dinner to-day, and 1 liked the plums.
June 10Th, 1 didn't keep diary yester-
day. Ma said it was the plums. Ninety
fonr nots today"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
At the Stile.

The leaves are growing ruddy as the sun be-
gins to dip,
The birds are twitt'ring forth their even
song;
Little Lucy sits expectant with her finger at
her lip;
What makes her sister Alice stay SO long?
There are butterflies and dragon-flies all
ready to be chased,
There are daisy chains to weave, there are
blackberries to taste;
Why not play about the meadows for a
while?
Why linger, linger, linger at the stile?
Impatient little Lucy is a simple-witted mite
Her sweetheart days are future Joys, tits
clear;
Why should Harry keep his arm around her
sisters waist so tight?
Why make her blush by whispering in hel
ear?
The sun will soon be setting-Lucy does moi
love the dark
She does not love the silent bats that fit across
the park
Since he met her, Alice might have walk'd
mile
Why linger linger, linger at the stile7
This dialogue, small Lucy, which seems
tedious as you tary,
TO Alice is g rather serious thing;
For it means that she and Harry have thi,
evening vow'd to marry
1t means cake, lace veil, and wedding
ring
And when little bridemaiden, uncommonl,
like you,
Comes into churcn 30 trippingly, all dress'd il
white and blue,
You'll discover, as you reach the middl,
aisle,
Why they 1inger'd, linger'd, hnger'd a
the stle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
Lying for Luck.

Walking in the early morning at a
small station in northwest India, the
writer, on passing shrubbery, observed
a man stealthily moving in the bushes.
The intruder was asked what he wanted,
when he replied :"rsThe Seth is dead. -
This Seth was the principal man in the
native city adjoining the station, and a
merchant universally known in the COM
mercial world on account of his great
riches. Forgetting, in his surprise at
the announcement, that the reply was
scarcely an adequate one to his question,
the writer took his walk, and, on return
ing, expressed his establishment to the
servants that they had not told him the
Seth was ill, mentioning the catastrophe
he had learned from the trespasser. One
of the servants having happened, on his
way from the city that very morning, to
have seen the Seth hearty and well, ii
was decided on all hands that the in
formation was incorrect. Thereupon
one present remarked:
"The man who told your honor was
probably dyer"
CA dyer |" cried the writer: "but
why should a dyer tell falsehoods?"
"He was probably lying for luck, u
was the answer; and then it was related
that when vat has been prepared for q
dye, some anxiety is felt as to whether il
it will turn out well-and the blue dye
was said to be the most ticklisb land
that during this doubt the dyers go out
telling falsehoods, in the hopes that, il
they are believed, the vat will turn out
well. Further inquiries were made after
ward, and the facts were found to be
correct; and, indeed, illusions to the
custom were subsequently pointed out
in native poetry. A lover would, per.
haps, be made to address his mistress in
some such mad hyperbole as this
"You deceived me, it may be, lest the
blue vat of heaven, jealous of the heaven
of your face, should wish to spoil itself.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04
InnOcuOus Matches.

The Figaro told a thrilling story the
other day about wicked cook who tried
to poison whole family by boiling a
box of matches in the soup. Stung by
remorse, she confessed her crime as
soon as the soup was eaten, and a doctor
was summoned post-haste. He found
the family well, but quite alarmed.
"Did you use government matches, "
he inquired of the weeping culprit.
"Yes, sir" was the reply. ." Then
there is no danger, whatever; there is
not'enough phosphorus on whole box
of their matches to poison fly"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-04

WILL CONTINUE" Yes, purity tuff
times" replied Detroit bootblack, the
other day, and Bill says they is to be
still tuffer afore spring. I'd go on the
stage this winter, but I hain't no good
clothes. I'd like to git to be cashier in
bank, but l hain't high enough. I've
thought some of being lawyer, but
they say that lawyers lie so. 1 guess, if
the weather holds bad, I'll go to holdin'
an Office of some kind in the city hall.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1875-10-17
iTUNCIOS DITRRSOS.
Don AdoLo Sanchez Coto,yMeEo, JMes
de p,imeya issstancia INFERNO de Hu-
macao q su DiShstO. em

POr 81 presente cito, lamo emplazo todos losque
se cream con derecho oponerse Ia 7aprobacon del
convenio ceebrado en- Ia Juna que tuvo efeco entire
los quebrados Sree Carreras Dumond los acreedo-
res que ella concurreron, consistendo aquel en- re-
br sstcs como dacion pago total de sus acreencas
e active, quedapdo sin ulterior rasponsabilidad los
dendores, sin que Sc entienda que ell convenio pro-
duce quita; habiendo propuesto el acreedor D. Doin
20 Oms haeerse cargo de todas Las existencias sin
cepeion de haber alguno Responsible como deudor
propo del pasiyo, la condcion precsa de que sea
81 page en- ia sigulente fcrma Integro los credtos
de d. Domingo Anglanda d. Francisco Rios aten-
dida la nauraleza pryilegiada de los aismos, a an
yeinte por ciento pagaderas ano plazo las demas
acrsencias sendo de cargo de Oms pago de las cos
tas de la quiebra Ell de los gastos de la misma como
aqueres demas. La oppsicion deberan formularla
ante este Juzgado dentro del t6rmno de ocho dias al
guientes al de la Junta apercibdos de 1ue transcur
ridO dcho termino sin haberse presentado aquela Sc
acOrdara la aprobacon proeediendo 6sta de derecho
pues as 10 tengo mandade por auto de esta fecha en-
los de quiebra de los citados Carreras Dumond
Dado en- Humacao once de Octubre de mil ocho-
centos setenta cinco.-Adolfo Sanchez.-Por man
dado de s. Sa Jose Celestin0 Schroder 1-3