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labor omaIa vinel,-sHo. L.
By JUNIus.

Tho acquisition OF any sud every.
thing nnder the sun rednites labor
either labor OF the miH6 Of body.
T6is Is com mand imposed UPON, mai,. .
Says the Good Book, ssThcu shalt
face" The people Of South CArolina
to-day are in an emergency; that
emergency il, ''bread and meat. {"
There is no use in trying to deny it..
It is upon you, and we emphaticaliy
say. "Tho people must 60 to- work,
and go to work to make it this year"
Fathers must teach their children, by
precept and example. that the greut
virtue, the power and the necessity of
the times, is only to be found of tina,
which heads this article. labor onniu
rincit." The people Of South Carolina
must and should lonrn to be independ-
ent, not to be dependent upon any
other State for their meat and bread,
their hay and the fertilizers upon their
farms. It matters not where people
may live. whether on ths rich ai'uv via!
bottoms Of the Mississippi or on the
fertile soil of the grain growing
prairies of the great North west, IL line
OF policy pursued ny ihcul nc i- p;;r
sued in this State, will. would and
must bankrupt. ruin und starvs them
eventually out. Show me people
whose smoke-houses are stuffed With
bacon, and whose barns are filed with
grain, and I will show you O people
who cannot and will not be affected BY
low.priced cotton, Or high priced grain
and bacon. On the other hand, show
mo people with lean. meatless smok g.
houses and empty corn-cribs. and
will show You a miserable. discomfort
ed. poor. grumbling, good for nothing Q
set OF wretohes, whose dependent,
poverty stricken, destitute condition
can aud never will be reached or
benefited by high-priced cotton or re-
:.e7ea % the most favorable iieus
The truth is. the people have been
coppering too much on three cards
''credit, cotton and guano." To suoh
an extent have they ventured their last
bottom dollar, that they have nothing
left but Gothic structures of mules and
horses. together with their lands, and
IN nine cases out of ten, these are
pledged to some man or firm, who
have furnished them with supplies to
make their crop with. Yet, in the face
OF all this lowly poverty. embarrass-
ment and perplexity. We read and OBJ
serve IN newspapsrs--yes. newspapers.
who pretend to give rmAtion-
"that the acreage of cotton is less aud
less. and that the people are turning
their attention to the planting OF
grain"
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Among the celebrations of Tom
paine's birthday. Last Friday. that at
boston wac ay notable one, for Paine
nag more followers In that city than
nywhsrs else. They erected q build.
Ing as memorial to the great infidei,
last ycar. sndiasdicatsd 1t on Friday
TO bis memofy a regular service was
ssa. ssls 's1S ss =: and ! picture = 9;
!, EothiR ssss being oAated te, him.
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eollAd Pains, auihSstf shHtshs -.eloried
IN he,nams .fsse. .thinkas. Tia ,faiis
eiol lsssSefeises 2vouhd np.xitk Ns 6sil
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Gold, Gays the Nashville Union, is
now higher in New York than it has
been for nearly two years. aud much
attention and comment are elicited by
the symptoms it exhibits OF still fur
ther strength. While there is one
clsss os oh:s.-s.s -hc contend that
the process OF resumption under the
ACT Of Congress will diminish the pre-.
aniam. much larger number of
finanoiers-and among them are not .
few German bankers-argue that .he
recent heavy shipments OF coin, the
suspension OF tho weekly sales by the
Secretary Of tho Treasury. and the
daily absorption by this department OF
the customs receipts. have reduced the
stock of gold at command. aud Thus
caused an actual scarcity that is max
ing itself felt upon the price, and, with
similar favorable conditions. mey carry
the latter oven to 1.20. Such Is the
talk of Wall street. For several years
past. ct this season OF the year, the
average amount OF specie held by the
banks has boon 425. QUO. 900. The lsst
report shows thst the anaoant on hand
IL only 8l7. 900, 600. the loss during the
past week having been nearly q. 600. :
900. -,
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Wsdns.aaS SEssinF. IFsk 90 1875.
R.S S.s;s "a. 3 g s.,sll.:;,,

WONnSso1y N1AVk SxAk6 . S oWs r4Ut 10sO'
( Re4-siisas ss salsriss,as,
ThsHoyss of Representatives is en-
gagged in consideringa bill to fix and
reduce the salaries Of certain public
officers. II is Intended 30 go into ef.
feos'upon the expiration OF the incum-
benoy Of the present officers. 1t is
good as far as il goes. and in some di-
reotions, perhaps, goes far enough.
But We see no diminntion Of offices in
it, and it ough. to be supplemented by
another bill, which would largely re-
duce legislative expenses and the cost
to .the. State OF the members them
selves. This might be effected by re-
.duoing the number Of days of the
session; say to forty and making the
ger diem compensation liberal, say
from $6 to $40 day. This would save
the State the sum OF $200 for each
<s1s. s.e- se.., nrt an aggregate Of 2ao GOO
and the time allowed for tho session
would be ample for whatever good and
necessary legislation may be required.
This arrap cement would tend to ex-
olude jobs. The field would be nar-
-c@ea and f.ks Zine limited within
which Legislative rings could be formed
and operate. We were pleased to no.
tice that, upons motion to strike out
the enactipg clause of the bill ON Mon
day. Cols J. w. Livingston. of Oconee,
came to tho front to defend the OBJ
jects OF the bill. It was his first
speech Of the session. but being
simo'y, u51iieii aud 70 the point,
had q desired effect. and the
motion to strike ont was withdrawn.
He characterised the multiplication Of
Offices and the unnecessary increase in
salaries as one OF. the greatest errors
in modern lSgisiision. tending lament.
ably to The injary Of the public SER
vice. Il Was the teaching OF political
,ssonomistS. and an axiom in represen-
tative governments. that as you in
crease the fees Of oiioe. yoa create An
undue desire 10 aeopre Office; and that
ss yon thereby lessen the probabilities
OF securing honest and competent
OH ,ials. you opsu wider the doors of
fraud and corruption. To pay these
numerous officials, taxes had to be
largely increased. This was one of
the prime causes Of che depopulation
OF the older States. and unless checked,
would sSsntuaily end in their bank
ruptcy and ruin. This general princi-
pie, applicable to so many other
States. had peculiar application to
South Qareiips. owing to its extrava-
gaace and corruption in tho recent
past. The excsss Of over 2l70. Oo0 ex-
penditure above the receipts from
taxes. could only be met by the pro-
posed reduction Of salaries and all
other expenses Of the State Govern
ment. He concluded with a COM
mendatory reference to the reform
views OF the Governor. and hoped that
the Legislature would not be back.
ward to second them, but would, like
him, seek to fol6ll their pledges of re-.
trenchment and reform. As We have
said. opposition to the bill was headed
of by this sound and earnest presensa-
.tion OF the necessity of action. It was
. word in season. Yesterday, the dis.
cussion, which excites lively interest.
vas continued TO the hour OF adjourn
mens.
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A SURE TH1Ho.-In less than four
weeks the great agony will be over.
Tho ticket-holders in the last gift con-
cert Of che Public Library OF Kentucky
will know each one his own fste.
Everybody now knows that there can
be no further pos:IoIesssS... 4, 9 sse
9th OF the present month, ut 9 o'clock
A. NJ, the great Gilmore band will
open the drawing viths y burst Of
melody, and at night, when She draw.
ing 10 OVER, the band wil give their
grand, jubilee concert 60 tho ticket
holdets. tSs5ss
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TIE Hor 6USRsR Oar WAahipgion
Street Methodist ftiends had 1 de-
lightful tins St &c. iast night.. and
highly gratiaed 4 number of visitors.
1rwin's Hall was tsstily decorated with
flowers and evergreens. while tables
loaded with good thiEgs 1ere here,
there and everywhere. There wss
very general Turnout Of lsdies and
gentlemen--the former ssmincipg
over an ice cresm. salad, OF
bit of cake. while tie s!s.sSs
discussed with great gusto. roast pig,
turkey. chicken salad. oysters. boned
turkey and other substantials,5 the
prevailing idea being that the
church must be- built, and each aud
every Que felt that his particular
duty was to put eatables down, that
the sacred edific= should go mp. IN
the centre of the room, stood the vesi-
table we'll, with the Rsbecca, about
whom We have all read. On the right,
as you enter the room, is handsome
candy pyramid, donated by the pro-
prietor of tue Wheeler House, and
ballots we're freely cast by the young.
as we'll as the elderly gentlemen, to
decide who should be elected to re-
ceive it. In this particular election,
there was no limit as to ballots-you
could vote early and often" Mr.
Jos. 81. Denck, on his fsvorite instru-
ment. the piano. and Mr.. John Rawls,
with his vio'in. furnished most charm
ing music. Tonight, We understand,
there will be another ''set out" and
all who feel ON interest in the erection
OF the church should attend, and aid
even though it be bnt mite. Price.
are very reason able, aud change is
promptly made. Our thanks are re-
turned to the lady and gentiemn mea-
nagers for their kindness aud atten-
ton.
mail opens $50 A. NJ, 8 p. NJ. ;closes
II A. ~. 6 P. II. Charleston epens8
A. NJ. $50 p. NJ. closes 8 A. NJ .6P.
N. Western opens 6 A. ", / p.
NJ; closes 6, 1.80 P. N. Greenville
opens 6.45 p. H.. closes 6 A. n. VIII
mington opens 4 p. NJ; closes 10. 20
a. M. On Sunday open from Q. 30 TO
3. 80 P. M. ,........
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LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
d. G. Peixotto 4 Son-OOllsterals.
E. 81. Heinitsh-Seed Potatoes.
Crawford & Sons-Gaano,
Perry Il Slawson-Cigsrs.
Meeting Columbia Chapter.
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/. Tho Nevada LsaiSiasurs hss re-
deemed itself from the charge Of stda
pidity BY refusing 70 abolish capital
punishment. u was found that. Of .
largo number'of dssperadoes and hae.
derers ssntencsd to ton or twenty
years impfisonmsnt. only two or Thru
are nov "a jsil che rect hAsiss slthsks
escaped. OR having been pafdoned w
that tsndsr-hearsed thing. 7'.HsHsA..
tive clsmsnoy." "e'ssiass
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APPOINTMENTS IF. A. Sandland.
Jury Commissioners. Edgefield; Miles
Bennett. Jury Commissioners, BARN.
we'll; G. W. Brown. Trial Justice,
Lexington. pice J. R. Morsr. Essigpsd;
J. O. SeOrest. Probate Jadge. Iaucas-
ter, resignation accepted. y s.,,Sto+.
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500 dozen frssh eggs Just received
aud FOR sale at reduced pftee. st Hardy
2olomou's.
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dyil !, right. loblsiag 4usv ver.,
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STEREoPrIooS OR SOLAR VIEWS
AROUND THB WORLD. OF the
most pleasing entertainments ever
witnessed in this city will be given at
Parker's Hall. this evening. Professor
W. A. Smith, OF New York, comes
highly recommended by the press and
pulpit of the North where he has
travelled. This is not demoralizing
exhibition or gift enterprise humbug,
but an intensely interesting entertain
ment that will leave an Impression on
The mind that will be Of lasting benefit.
The price Of admission has been fixed
10 suit the times: 40 cents for adults,
25 cents for children. and so cents for
reserved seats. The views for might
are in Venice, Switzerland and Rome.
Reserved seats can be secured ut Ly-
Brand & Sons Music Store.
CouRr or GENERAL SESSIONS, Go.
IuMB1A, February 9.-Hon. r. B.
Carpenter, presiding.
John Raleigh-on application Of w.
D. Startling, defendant was held to bail
in the sum Of "a. 600 to keep tho peace.
Robert johnson. charged With bur.
glary and arson-verdics. guilty. This
was the individual who fired the store
Of Mr.. T. ]. Gibson. in. December
last.
On account Of the absence of some
OF the grand jurors. NO bills we're. pro,
oonrt adjourned until 10 a. r.. 70,
morrow. :
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18

There was minister deprived for in
conformity, who said to some of his
friends: "That if they deprived him,
it should cost an hundred mems lives. !"
The party understood it as if, being Il
turbulent fellow, he would have moved
sedition, and complained of him.
Whereupon being convented and apposed
upon the speech, he said His mean
ing was, that if he lost his beneice, he
would practice physic and then he
thought he should kill an hundred men
III time"
Cicero was at dinner, where there was
an ancient lady that spake of her years,
and said: "She was but forty years old. "
One that sat by Cicero rounded him in
the ear and said: "She talks of forty
years old, and she is far more, out of
question" Cicero answered him again
81 must believe her, for [ have heard
her say so any time these ten years"
There was soldier that vaunted be-
fore Julius Caesar of hurts he had re-
ceived in his face. Julius Caesar, know
ing him to be but coward, told him
You were best take heed, next time
you run away, how you look back.
One of the fathers saith "That there
is but this difference between the death
of old men and young men; that old
men go to death, and death comes to
young men.
Augustus Caesar would say: "That
he wondered that Alexander feared he
should want work, having 10 more tc
conquer; as it it were not as hard mat
ter to keep as to conquer"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
An Unhappy Coroner.

He is a solemn looking boy about ten
years of age, and he wears long face as
he drops into the coroner's office and re-
marks
"Shocking murder, wasn't itl"
"What What's that" exclaims the
coroner, springing up.
Chopped her head clean off," CON
tinues the boy, carelessly.
"Where-when-wh street,"
"And she was a perfectly lady :" adds
the boy.
"Come on-half dollar-other coro-
nor-get hack" calls the coroner, get
ting into his overcoat.
81 was speaking of Marie Antoinette,
Queen of France in 1793-regular put
up job !" demurely replies the lad. "It
you want to read the particulars of the
case I'll fetch over the book"
The coroner sits down and contem-
plates the steaming end of the stick OF
cordwood protruding from the stove,
and the clock ON the desk goes ahead
with its labor of ticking time into
eternity,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
DeWdrOps of Wisdom.

Most people would succeed in small
things, if they were not troubled with
great ambitions.
1t is far easier to acquire fortune
like knave, than to expend it like q
gentleman.
Where true fortitude dwells, loyalty,
bounty, friendship and fidelity may be
found.
Never despise humble service--when
large ships run aground, little boats may
pull them off
If you are a coward, and friends COM
mend you for your courage, it isn't of
you they speak; they take you for an
other.
In seeming opposition to the natural
course of things, some men rise by their
gravity, and others sink by their levity.
Buy not, sell not, where self-respect is
bartered, for that once lost, the main
spring of honor is rllsted and decayed
1t is so ungenial to the human mind to
do nothing, that if good occupation be
not provided, men will occupy them
selves perilously, as in gaming and drink
ing.
Plain men think handsome women
want passion, and plain women think
young men want politeness; dull writer's
think all readers devoid of tlste, and
dull readers think witty writer's devoid
of brilliancy.
If you love others, they will love you
If you speak kindly to them, they will
speak kindly to you. Love is repaid
with love, and hatred with hatred.
Would you hear sweet and pleasing
echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly your
self.
Fortune and futurity are not to be
guessed at.
A wise man aims at nothing out Of his
reach.
A flow Of words is no proof of wisdom.
Begin nothing until you have con-
sidered how it is to be finished.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
English Servants.

Mr. Conway, in his last Commercial
letter, says: There is no doubt that the
English nobility have way of employ
ing servants which offers grand opportu-
mites to rogues. In most cases the out
side of the servants is the chief thing
Ii the coachman or footman is good look
ing in his livery and of the required di-
mensions his character is not inquired
into. A well-known duke recently adver-
tised for footman of exactly five feet
eleven and half inches in height, whose
sole business it would be to stand at the
back of his coach beside another of like
station. A youth, now in the employ of
lady of my acquaintance, applied for
the advertised position, and says that his
character was not asked for; he was taken
into the servants hall and measured,
and dismissed for lacking the half inch
demanded by the duke. There is pas
sion for tallness in servants, and of one
noble family at least it is rule to admit
no man servant under six feet. There
are six of these eminent personages in
their fine mansion. The English SER
wants are good looking, neat, and consti.
tutional flunkeys and tiunkeyesses They
are very shrewd, and have their class
TtlleS us well uellucu as UraueS-lln1OnS.
Downing street does not possess more
pigeon-holes and red tape than q man.
sion of the wealthy. An upper house
maid would die at the stake before she
would do bit of work that came within
the province of the under housemaid. A
swell butler would throw up his position
in the face of the Lord Chancellor him
self if he were expected to black his own
boots. There are many boys of thirteen
kept in brass buttons, and in many an
instance the sole duty of this boy is to
brush the clothes and boots of the but
Ter, the master of the house having his
own separate valet. OF course it is not
pride which has made the infexible laws
of etiquette among these servants, by
which they refuse to step out of an Off
cial groove of function. 1t is the deter
mination of their class to preserve the
conventional number of the servants re-
quired for any first-class household
They particularly dislike servants from
other countries, especially the Germans,
because if well paid and we'll treated
they will do anything requested of
them
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
A BURNINGsGAS WELL.
a Wonder of the Pennsylvania Coal IL Regions
--.I.ight for n County.

The following interesting description
of burning well in Pennsylvania has
been received by the United States Signal
Office in Washington, from Mr.. j. Cum
mings of Tarentum, one of the volunteer
observers for the signal service:
On the night of the I'd of February,
1875, I, in company with several others,
paid visit to the great gas well, situa
ted about nine miles from Tarentum and
fifteen miles south of Butler, at place
called Larden's Mill, on the farm of Mr..
William Hervey, and owned by COM
pany consisting of Messrs. William Her
vey, j. S. Vandegrift, andJ. McAllaster.
The well was tapped recently, as / learn
ed from one of the proprietors, in their
search after oil They have gone down
distance of 1,145 feet, and have Just
struck the first sand rock. The well is
located in holl wv about three hundred
feet wide, between abrupt hills. Our
party came in the vicinity of the well
about nine o'clock at night, having seen
the vast light floating in the sky on many
dark night on previous occasions thir-
teen miles distant, but when we came in
it's immediate influence and saw the
trees on either hand lit up, and their
trunks and branches silvered to their
tops by this burning torch, the scene
was beyond description. On arriving at
the ground we were met by hundreds of
people from all parts of the country who,
like ourselves, flock nightly to see this
great wonder. The first thing to strike
the visitor on arriving is the great mass
of fine white fame of intense heat and
brightness and the hollow rumbling
noise heard as the out-rushing gas plunges
into the atmosphere and lights all around
by its imposing brilliancy. The fame
of this natural torch is about forty feet
long and fifteen wide, and keeps at these
dimensions night and day with striking
regularity. Hence the light is both
regular and constant. The heat emitted
by SO large body of flame is very great.
The trees all around, at proportional
distances, are budding, and the grass
that has not been trodden down by the
throng of visitors is growing finely, and
considering that this is mid-winter, this
circumstance will give you some idea of
the great heat. [ approached within
sixty feet of the flame, and sup posed it to
be at that distance about 140 degrees.
The place has the character of a camp
meeting at night in consequence of the
mighty crowds who congregate there.
The light is grand. You can see to read
with ease quarter of mile from this
enormous gas jet, and if uninterrupted
by trees and the wind of the road read
ing could be done at the distance of
mile and a half. The noise as the gas
rushes out and is consumed is
wonderful
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Met a Fellow.

There is being who has caused more
trouble to womankind than any other.
1t is the "fellow" who is always being
"met," and thereby keeps anxious
females on the watch at windows at all
sorts of unholy hours.
How many years of her life does a
woman spend looking out of the window
for men who are overdue the Lcdger
says. / have not lived half of my three
score and ten years yet, and / am sure
| have wasted time enough in the fruit
less operation to have made myself mis-
tress of all the hieroglyphics ever dis
covered. One thing only have learn
ed, that men, like the peasant woman's
watched pot that never boils," never
comes when he is looked for; and that
hasn't done me any good; for, still,
whenever L have occasion, / invite the
influenza by sitting in q strong draught
with my eyes fixed on the furthest
point possible, with visions of hospital
ambulances and woeful kilograms before
my eyes, whenever any one from my
grandfather to my little nephew doesn't
"arrive himself" in proper time. All
woman do it. and many thanks they get
for their anxiety. You may cry your
eyes weak and your nose red, go through
all the agonies of hope deferred, become
angry, get over your anger to plunge
into the depths of woe, make sure that
you are bereaved of your best-beloved
relative, and wait in calm despair to
know the worst, and when he comes, be
he brother, husband, or son, grandfather,
uncle, or cousin, perchance q lover, he
hasn't the slightest idea of your suffer
ings, and inquiries, "Well, Polly, what's
the matterl You look solemn ~
Solemn Well, you know enough not to
fling yourself into his arms and cry,
"The sea has given up its dead" or
anything of that sort. You say "Ah"
III an offended tone, or an unnaturally
calm one, and perhaps remark that
" dinner was burnt to a crisp four hours
ago." or that you have "sat with your
bonnet on ready for the concert from
seven until nine, and wait for some ex-
planation. 1t is sometimes vouchsafed,
and then generally proves to be" Met
Il fellow"
Yes, meeting ga fellow" is reason
enough for any amount of staying out.
Who is ga fellow" wonder, that he
should outweigh wife, mother, and
sweetheart, daughter, niece, and aunt
Why should ga fellow" have such in
tiuencel No one ever sees ga fellow"
or hears his whole name. He is pever
produced. Ask after him, and you hear
that he is not the sort of fellew to be in
troduced. He is never brought home.
Apparently he is not good enough; but
he is important enough to upset a house
hold. to keen moalS WAITING 70 keen