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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
Early Life of vice.president Wilson.

The New York Evening Post says:
Henry Wilson was born at Pennington,
N. H., on the sixteenth day of October,
lol2. His parents were poor, and all of
his family were of the lowest class, their
name being in fact local word on
account of their lazy and thriftless char
acter. On this account Henry dropped
the family name, and assumed that of
Wilson. Naturally, under these circum-
stances, his opportunities for early edu-
cation were limited. He had, however,
a great taste for reading, and, although
apprenticed to farmer when ten years
Old and for eleven years afterward con-
fined to the hard duties of farmers
boys life, during which he attended
school in all but eleven months, he
managed in his leisure hours to read
nearly one thousand volumes which some
local libraries provided. When his APP
premiership ended he was the owner of
yoke of oxen and six sheep, which he
sold for eighty-four dollars. GA dol
lar, he once said, would cover every
penny spent from the time was born
until L was twenty-one years of age"
at the close of his apprenticeship, in
1888, putting all his worldly goods into
a pack on his back, he walked to Natick,
Mass, the place which has since been
his residence. There he hired himself
to shoemaker, remaining for two years
learning the trade. With little money
he had saved he then returned to New
Hampshire, and studied in several
academies; but person to whom he had
lntrusted his money failed in business,
compelling him to return to Natick and
resume his trade.
Gaining something of reputation as
speechmaker in debating club, and
having through his extensive reading n
good source of information from which
to draw, he became successful rs a po-
htical orator, and in the Presidential
campaign of 1910 made more than sixty
speeches i'll favor of the Harrison ticket.
These speeches elected him to the Leg
islature, and he continued in public life
until the day of his death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

publican party and prominent candidate for
the Presidency in 1870. .. ..e .t.
John Brown, colored, was arrested near
Fort Valley Ga, in the act of attempting
to commit an outrage on highly respectable
young lady. He knocked out some Of her
teeth in the struggle, and otherwise mall
treated her. Subsequently q band of dis
guised men took him from the custody Of the
sheriff and hung him british troops have
captured two native villages in Malaga
where the British resident, Mr.. Birch, was
murdered ..... Guibord's grave has been de-
clared unconsecrated by the bishop OF Mon
treal. IA treaty OF peace, friendship mari
dnie commerce and extradition between Spain
and Santo Domingo has been signed. =. The
efforts of the Mormons to inaugurate church
in Canada meet with considerable opposition
by the people, every meeting so far having
been disturbed. :. :. Allen Gwynn, cclored,
uvlng near Huntingdon, Tenn, having learned
that Milton Roney and Frank Patterson, two
ex-penitentiary convicts, had arranged to
steal his horses, Gwynn collected posse OF
white men to watch his premises The two
outlaws came as expected, and when halted
fired on the posse, who returned the fire,
killing Roney. Patterson escaped<g. Gen.
Shermaus report Of the army Shows that
there are 1,54O officers and "a O31 enlisted
men,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
ScllOOIrOOms.

DIR. Allen McLane Hamilton, of New
York, in his essay upon the increase of
nervous diseases among schoolchildren,
discussed a subject of the gravest i'm
portance to parents, teachers and school
committees, in showing by conclusive
statements that incipient cholera or st.
Wins dance was increasing among the
schoolgirls of New York, and it might
be traced by nervous twitching of the.
hands and the muscles of the face. Also,
chronic headaches, fainting fits, epilep-
tic hysterical seizures We're more numer-
GUS than they should be, and more espe.
cially among the young girls approach
ing womanhood. The cause was un-
doubtedly over-study and anxiety of
mind produced by inability to master
the allotted studies. The diseases of
the schoolroom, it is also thought,
might possibly be alleviated by change
of construction and better attention to
color, giving it as his experience that
the whitewashed walls and blackboards
were not sufficiently cheerful for per
sons whose nerves were in a tremor from
overwork and tinidity, but especially by
reducing the number of hours required
for study.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
sCHENCk'S pULNfONIC SYRUP, FOR
THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION,
COUGHS AND COLDS.

The great virtue of this medicine that IL ripens the
matter and throws IT out Of the system, purifes the
blood. and thus effects oure
SoHENcK's SEA WEED TONIC ron THE CURE OF
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, ETC.
The Tonic produces healthy action OF the stomach.
creating an appetite. forming chyle and curing the
most obstinate OF Indigestion,
SCHEHcK's MANDRAKE PILLS. FOR THE CURE OF
LIVER COMPLAINT, ETC.
These Pills are alternative, and produce healthy
action Of the liver without the DANGER they
free from oalomei yet efcacious In restoring
n healthy action of the liver.
These remedies are a certain cure for Consumption
the Pulmonio Syrup rpens the and purifiss
the blood The Mandrake Pills act upon the liver,
create healthy bile, sd all diseases Of the
liver often a cause Of Consumption. The Sea Weed
Tonic gives tone and strength to the stomach max
good DIGESTION and enables the organs to form good
blood and thus creates healthy circulation of healthy
blood. Tho combiued action of these medicines as
thus explained, will every of Consumption
taken in time, and the of the medicines
in.
Dr. Schenck Is professionally at his principal Office,
OF sixth and Arch Streets, PHILADELPHIA every
Monday where all letters for advice must be addressed
Schenck's medicines for sale by all Druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
The Apothecary's Game.

In this highly entertaining Scandina-
Wan play for the holiday season, two of
the older persons in the company are
selected, one for the apothecary and one
for the doctor. The chosen doctor then
retires to neighboring room, and the
remaining players each choose the name
of some drug or medicine necessary to
the fitting out of an apothecary's shop,
upon which the company sit down in a
ring with the exception of the apothe.
cary. The point of this game is, to re-
member well the chosen name at the
proper time, and to rise up and turn
around whenever it is pronounced, if
not, forfeit must be paid.
The doctor now makes his appearance.
After some mutual compliments between
the apothecary and the doctor, during
which the respective titles arc often re-
peated, each repetition being followed
by low bow and the turning round of
the complimented party, the doctor pro-
ceeds to the visitation of the druggist s
store, and to question the apothecary
regarding the contents of his stall, ex,
claiming: .-.-. .....r- -..s
81 dare say, Mr.. Apothecary," (bow
and turning round on the part of the
druggist "you have plenty of such and
such drug" -.E'.l.
Now in the quick pronunciation of the
different drugs and medicines, it is very
frequently the case that the party repre-
senting the medicine forgets to rise from
his seat and make his bow, as well as
his roundabout. For this failure he
must pay forfeit, and after having
undergone the atonement required. for
his forgetfulness, he can return to his
seat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
The Story of a Life.

News comes from Richmond, Va, civ
ing history of the family and antece-
dents of the beautiful and unfortunate
girl who shot herself in Fifth avenue.
New York. Her real name, it appears,
was Minnie Roane, and she belonged to
one of the most prominent families in
King William county. Her parents were
related closely to the family of Hon.
VIM. Roane, a former governor of Vir-
ginia, and her grand uncle was Judge
Of the State court of appeals and at one
time United States senator. Unfortu-
nately, her mother died while herself
and a sister, Belle, were quite Young,
and the two beautiful girls were left
without the tender care and watchful
guidance of mothers love. Six years
ago the two girls ran away from their
home, with, SO the dispatch says, the
avowed intention of leading q life of
shame. They were pursued, captured,
and brought back to their home, where
they We're placed under the closest sur
veillance. They managed to escape
again, however, and entered houses of
ill-fame in Richmond. Minnie left there
nearly. three years ago and went to st.
SoS"OIhcn'Ay SoiliS " ANcN IOth.
Her history is already known, and its
tragical climax has shocked the COM
munity. "One grief doth tread upon
another's heels, y and following the death
OF the unfortunate Minuie intelligence
comes that her sister, on learning of her
suicide, threw herself from a window in
Baltimore and was instantly killed, and
that her brother took chloroform, from
the effects of which he died. A sad and
terrible story, indeed, of blighted lives,
and willfulucss, and wrong. May not
many lipht-hearted girls draw moral
from the death of the fatally gifted sis
ters, and be warned in time from the
rock of sin, against which their fair
young lives may be shattered. Over the
faults of the dead let u draw the veil
OF forgiveness and oblivion e.:
Leaving with meekness her ain 10 her
Savior
but let her grave stand as warming for
those whose feet are inclined to stray
from the straight path.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
The Child

A child has right to ask fquestions
and to be fairly answered; not to be
snubbed as if he were guilty of an i'm
pertinence, nor ignored as though his
desire for information were of no con-
sequence, nor mislaid as if it did not
signify whether true or false impressions
were made upon his mind. He has a
right to be taught everything which he
desires to learn, and to be made certain,
when asked-for information is withheld,
that it is only deferred till he is older
and better prepared to receive it. An
swering a child s questions is sowing
the seeds of its future character.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

Two lovers at Wilmington, ILL.,, have
fallen out. The girl was about to marry
another young man,. when her former
suitor replevined sewing machine that
he had givtn her. She responded by
sting him for the value of meals eaton
at her house, and now he has sued her
for time oceiipied in counting her.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

Burnett's Cocoaine, for promoting the
growth Of, and beautifying the hair, and rem
derng it dark and glossy The Cocoaine
bolds, in liquid FORM large proportion OF
dcodnrzed cOcoanut oil, prepared expressly
for the purpose. No other compound pos
cult the various conditions OF the human hair
Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

To the weak, the worn and the weary,
the editor of the Boston Recorder says: 1--WE
can most unhesitatingly recommend the Peru
Wan Syrup, 3 protected solution of the pro-
toxide Of iron, to all the weak, the worn, and
the weary having richly experienced its benc-
fits. 1t possesses all the qualities claimed for
it by its proprietors. Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

q Butter and cheese are almost indis-
pensable articles OF food Properly used,
they are nutritious and healthy but an in
ordinate use Of either causes indigestion and
dyspepsia. Parsons Purgdtiue Pills, judi
ciously used, will remove both Of these
troubles Com
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

Why should any ono buy q soap half
resin or clay, when Dobbins' Electric
Soap tmade by Cragin & Co., Phila. is
for saleG 1t costs but q trife more,
and will go five times ss far. Try it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

Have you ague in the face and is it
badly swollen1 Have you severe pain in the
chest, back or side2 Have you cramps or
pains in the stomach or bowels? Have you
bilious collie or severe gripping pains? II 80,
use Johnson's Anodyne Liniment internally.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
ment In this paper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
COME AND SEE;

These Rich Prairles Near million for sale
the SolI City aud St. Paul R. r. aud the McCiregor
Sni Missouri River r r. Several large tracts for
who the land likes ii. Apply 20
DAVIDSON ~ CAe.KfNS,
Sibicy, Oscegln Co., Iowa.
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The Effect of q Little Letter,
From the Detroit Free Press.

The other evening Detroit joker slipped
little pink love letter into the pocket of a
staid citizen as they were riding on the
street-car. Of course the old citizen S
wife made dive for his overcoat pockets
as she passed through the hall, and when
she had digested the love letter she deter
mind to commit suicide. While going W
the stairs after her bonnet she got mad
and changed her mind. Walking into the
room where he sat before cheerful fire,
she exclaimed:
Loves you better than her own life ehI
"Who--whatl' he inquired.
"And she wants to know how that bald
headed wife of yours gets along eh"
II really-I can't"
"And she wants $50 to buy her set Of
furs, does shell"
"Why, Mary-why, what are you talk
ing about?"
"Ohlit's come out-I've got the proofs!' p
she shouted, making dash for his hair
The worthy man has sworn the mos
solemn oaths to his innocence; offered tC
let her employ detective to shadow him
accounted for every hour of his absence
during the last year. and furnished fifty
theories in regard to the letter. and yet
the wife coldly remarks that she is staying
there solely on the childrens' account.
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VAN DEUSEN'S
Worm CONNECTIONS

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Taking the Risk,
From the VckS6urg Herald.


The other day a colored resident of
Vicksburg found bottle of whisky in the
suburbs of the city, and hating pedes-
trian, inquired:
Oats whisky, amt it?"
Smells like it, and l guess it is, was
the reply.
And dere amt no pizen in it?"
Well, there may bel can't tell. /
shouldn't want to drink it"
IF dere was pizen l would be dead
niger, eh?"
You would"
And if dere wasn't any pizen I'd be
wastin' pint of good whisky?"
Yes"
The finder turned the bottle over and
over, smelled of the contents three or foul
times, and finally made ready to drink
saying:
"Dere's heaps of pizenl layin' around
loose, but dere's also heaps OBJ niggers in
Vicksburg, and Use going to tip UP dc
bottle an run de chances!"
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OFFICIAL BROKERAGE SYSTEM.
Il. Editors Personal knowledge of the
Dent & Page Traffic in Federal
Appointments.

WIlkes's Spirit Of the Times, OFT ..
In the spring of 1869 Mr.. Wilkes was
apprised by a confidential letter from
Washington that Cen Grant had chosen
him for United States minister to Mexico,
and that in a few days his appointment
would be proclaimed. On the day follow.
ing this communication, Mr.. Page, of the
firm OF Dent Il Page, lawyers. of Wash
ington, came to this city, and applied to the
treasurer OF the Lower California company,
in which Mr.. Wilkes was largely interested,
for q fee, in order to aid Mr.. Wilkes in
making sure Of the Mexican mission; and
for this service the said Page 4 Dent were
willing to take money and stock in the
Lower California company. When, how
ever, this communication was made to Mr..
Wilkes, he promptly refused to entertain it,
and even declined to have an interview
with Mr.. Page. This overture from Page
Il Dent was made on Friday; on the next
day Page returned to Washington, where,
doubtless, he made his report on Sunday
to the parties who had sent him, and the
result was that, on the next day, Monday,
the name of Mr.. Wilkes was removed from
the diplomatic slate. and an unthought of
person appointed in his place.
~ ohOAS NihO dAbOAholu NCu. OIabt
seemed to have taken the notion to make
amends to Mr.. Wilkes for this transaction.
and a new notification was received by
Wilkes that he had been chosen for the
Chinese mission, whereupon Page appear
81 here, in manner as before Mr. Wilkes
treated this overture, however, precisely
as he had the first, by paying no attention
to it, whereupon he received no further
signs from Washington upon the subject.
Shortly after this Mr.. Wilkes went to
Europe on pleasure trip, and while in
Paris, in the middle of July, Mr.. Arson
Buringame, minister from China, came to
, Mr.. Wilkes room, at the Grand Hotel, &C
companied by the other friends, to congrat-
ulate him upon the unmistakable news,
which had just then been received, that
Gen. Grant had chosen him for the Chi
nese mission. Mr. Wilkes, however, quick.
ly cooled the enthusiasm of his friends by
remarking that he must take the liberty OF
doubling the consummation Of Gen. Grant s
complimentary intentions, as he had left no
one behind him in the United States to
deal with Dent & Page, His judgm ent
proved to be correct, for soon afterward
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

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- Silver Medal awarded by the franklin Institute
of Pennsylvania at their late Exhibition, 1874 to
the manufacturers, for Hover's Chemical Writing
EIil
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ESTABLISHED 1881.
HoVer's Ink Mandatory,

Ofcc 4l6 Race Street.. Philadelphia.
JOSEPH K. HOVER & Co., Manufacturers
A Silver Medal and Seven First Premiums awarded
by the american Institute, New York.
The Manufacturers of HovER's INKS with the ex-
perienCe of the last third OF century, have pro-
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cial public, known as
HoVERS CHEMICAL WRITING FLUID.
Its qualities AREA freely flowing Ink, without
being pale watery, depositing no sediment, does
not blur the opposite page, will not corrode the
pen; its color is a greenish blue, which changes
gradually to deep and permanent black AS
evidence thereof, samples are furnished free at
our office 1t has been; extensively introduced
throughout the s., and is at present used by
many of the Departments at Washington. and also
by the principal Public and Private Institutions OF
the country The names of which would be too
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All the varieties of Writing Inks and Fluids are
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