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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28

O6O 600 RASPBERRY & BLACK
OOOs sOOO berry Plants to be given away.
The entire lot will be destroyed by the building Of
railroad will give them to you II you will pay for
taking mp and packing sold last season, from one
acre $6s2OO Have sold $500. 90 per have all
the leading varieties All orders received now will
receive premium OF some other kind. Look at the
prces 100 for 5Oc or $500 per 1000. Send cash and
dlress L. @. HARRISON,
Marlboro, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28

Each package contains Treatise on Catarrh and DR.
sanford's Improved Inhaling Tube. Price, s1.O0.
For sale by Druggists everywhere. WEEKS POT
TER, Boston, General Agents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28

Price 81 per bottle. Pamphlet Of 80 pages, giving
a Treatise on Catarrh, and containing innumerable
Of cures sent PREE by addressing the PropTie-
WI 'IIrrInE.InI.n 4 CO Manchester. Nh.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28

Flies are industrious.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28
CATARRH.

Noises in the Head, Nervous
Headache, Neuralgia, Earache, Deaf
ness, Sore Throat, Swollen Ton
sils, liberated Sore Throat,
Tickling Cough, BrOn-
chitis, and Bleeding
Of the Lungs
cured by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28

Travelling Agent for steadman, Brown Lyons,
Publishing House, PhiladelphiA, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
The Geography of the Future.

AS certainly as terrestrial revolutions
continue, says Popular Science Monthly,
in the course of ten thousand years
there must come an entire reversal of
polar conditions. The southern waters
must be drained off to make the oceans
of an opposite hemisphere. New lands,
enriched with the sediment of hundred
centuries, will rise up to extend the
borders of the old south continents, and
islands joining together, will expand
into mainlands. At the same time the
northern continents must be in great
part submerged, and their SUBMITS and
ranges become the bleak islands and the
bold headlands Of tempestuous ocean.
Central Asia, with its broad tablelands,
may still retain the name of continent;
but. beyond a few outlying islands,
there will be no Europe and but little of
North America left. The Atlantic wa
ters will stand five hundred feet over
Lake Superior, and will wash the base
of the Rocky mountains in all their
length. A new gulf stream may again,
as it must often have done before, flow
up the valley of the Mississippi, return
ing the deltas to the prairies, and re-
making the beds of the garden of the
world. These are no idle or impossible
fancias Not only thoy tho results
of rigorous calculation, but they accord
perfectly with the unmistakable evil
dences which the ocean has left all over
our land, of its recent work and pres
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
Why an Old Man Sinned.

The Elkton (Ky.) Witness says: We
had quite touching scene in our court
house. Old John Garner, an old, gray
headed man, was arraigned for the crime
of grand larceny-horse stealing. He
pleaded guilty, and presented himself to
the jury in n brief and touching address.
He said {:
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY-I am an
old man, and my race is nearly run.
Ibis is the first time in my life have
ever been before jury. L have never
even been n witness in magistrates g
court. l was born in 1916, and have
been Woodworking and an honest man
all my life until now. / am n stranger
to every man il this house, except his
honor who sits on that bench. He has
known me for nine years, and he will
tell you L have been an honest man and
good citizen. This jury looks like q
set of honest and intelligent men, and I
wish you to deal with me the best you
can. L read in the papers that the prison
at Frankfort is an awful place-that it is
SO crowded that one can scarcely live
there. From the accounts of that place
| suppose l could not live there long.
You see am old and feeble, and 1 ask
you to do the best you can for me.
Gentlemen, if 1 could have got work l
could have supported my family aud not
been here. But l want to tell you'll
am very poor man and have to work to
live. Well, last year the times were
very hard indeed, and L could not get
work much of the time. l am a me-
chanic, and went to Clarksville, Fair
view, and many other places, but could
not get any work. The times were very
hard, as you all know, and but few men
had money to pay for labor. travelled
around till [ spent all that had but q
bed and chair. / was tired, and out of
heart, and my family suffering for food
and clothing. heard then that could
get work in North Logan, and l sold my
kit of tools to get my family moved up
there. L paid $75 for my tools in Louis
vile, and had to sell them low. After
paying for moving, had $15 left. / got
a place for my family for a little while,
and started again for work. 1 tried hard
to find it, but could not. went back to
my family broken down in spirit, think
ing | would have to starve or beg.
Gentlemen, my little boy, about six
years old, got in my lap and put his
little arms around my neck and asked
me if the good Lord would let us starve.
L love my family as well as any man,
and could not think of their starving.
The prisoner became overwhelmed
with emotion, and, pausing for a few
moments, he pleaded for as light ver-
dict as the jury could give him. The
occasion was exceedingly solemn, The
prisoner told his story without reserva-
ton. Age and care had whitened his
locks and furrowed his brow. He had
seen better days, but he was now a
broken reed. The jury, the attorneys,
the judge and the spectators were
touched by the homely recital of the
suppliant prisoner. The jury gave him
two years in 6he penitentiary, and the
Judge. jury and lawyers then signed a
petition to the governor for his pardon.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
Be Economical.

"Take care of the pennies" Look
well to your spending. No matter what
comes in, if more goes out, you will al
ways be poor. The art is not in making
money, but in keeping it. Little ex-
penses, like mice in barn, when they
are many, make great waste. Hair by
hair, heads get bald; straw by straw the
thatch goes off the cottage, aud drop by
drop the rain comes into the chamber.
A barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks
but drop minute. When you mean
to save, begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The ale
jug is great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretch
your legs further than your blanket will
reach, or you will soon be cold. In
clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff,
and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is
the main thing, never mind the looks.
A fool may make money; but it takes
wise man to spend it. Remember, it is
easier to build two chimneys than to
keep one going. If you give all to back
and board, there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work hard
when you are young, and you will bave
a chance to rest when you are old.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
A Specimen of Grecian Justice,

The high court of justice of Athens,
Greece, has sentenced NJ. Balassopoulos,
a former minister of ecclesiastical af-
fairs, to one year Imprisonment, depri-
walton of political rights during three
years, and to give the $4,000 he re.
ceived as bribe to the poorhouse. M.
Nikolopoulos, former minister of JUS
tice, was sentenced to ten months i'm
prisonment. The archbishop of Cepha-
lonia was fined $4,000, the archbishop
of Patras 81, 400, and the archbishop of
Messene $4,000, being double the
amounts received as bribes. All were
impeached for corruption and simony.
The history of the Investigation is as
follows: On the overthrow of the Bull
garis ministry the late opposition sought
to retaliate upon those who had ridden
roughshod over the rights of their fell
low deputies. The public prosecutor of
the court of appeals in Athens, friend
of the present first minister, petitioned
the House to inquire into the conduct of
the minister of justice and the minister
of ecclesiastical affairs with regard to
the appointment of four archbishops,
setting forth the grounds of his belief
that their practices had been corrupt.
A committee of five members was forth
with appointed to investigate the truth
of the allegations and to act as prosecu-
tors in the event of the defendants be-
ing committed for trial. Witnesses
were examined before the committee,
and the ex-ministers were arrested on
the thirteenth of November last.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
An Internal Machine.

Quite sensation was produced in the
family of a prominent merchant of
Saratoga Springs, n Y, recently. While
obtaining hod of coal from his coal bin
he discovered by mere accident, and yet
most fortunately, small tin box among
the coal. His suspicious were at once
aroused, and from the fact that the box
was blackened so as to render it almost
an impossibility to distinguish it from
the coal surrounding it, he approached it
with considerable caution, anticipating
its true nature, viz. : an Internal machine,
almost at glance. The box was care
fully removed from the hod, and the re-
mainder of the coal in the hod examined
before being placed in the stove. The
box was opened and found to contain a
large number of straws about three IL
ches in length. Each straw was filled
with powder and securely sealed at the
ends. The whole formed indeed very
dangerous contrivance, which if it had
ever reached the fire box of parlor
stove would have made very destructive
work with the inside of houEe and per-
haps destroyed the lives of more than
one member of the family. Whether
the above machine was placed in the coal
box on purpose, and with malicious in
tent, or whether it came there accident
ally, is question not yet solved.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
A Singular Trial.

A very singular trial took place in
Paris recently, the disclosures made
during which prove what along way
small sum of money judiciously applied
may be made to go. Fifteen years ago
Chaplat, grenadier of the Imperial
Guard, deserted, and being captured
soon afterward, was sent to prison to
await his trial. Before the trial came on
Ohaplat struck up an acquaintance with
another prisoner called Marechal, whom
he induced to personate him, and to ac-
cept the consequences. Marechal sue
ceeded in passing himself off as the de-
serting grenadier, and was sentenced to
five years hard labor. He spent this
time at the galleys without disclosing
the secret; but when, at the expiration
OF his sentence, he was sent to Join a
colonial depot, he made his escape. He
was, however, captured, and still passing
himself off as the grenadier Chaplet,
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment for desertion. He had been for
no less than six years in the prison of
Fontevrault before his patience was ex-
hausted; but at last he was determined
to unbosom himself, and it was found
brought before court-martial. together
with Chaplat. the real deserter, who ex-
planned to the court that when, after
being captured by the gendarmes, he
was being taken to Auxerre in company
with Marechal, who had merely been ar
rested for begging, he suggested to the
latter that they should change places.
This they did in the prison, and the re.
suit was that while Chaplat, passing as
Marechal, was discharged with eau
tion," Marechal, passing rs Chaplat, was
sentenced to five years imprisonment.
All that he seems to have received in re-
turned is the sum of about 210 francs,
which, considering he has been in prison
altogether for nearly twelve years, is al
the rate of about fourteen shillipgs per
annum. Chaplat, in the meanwhile, had
returned to his native village and had
become a respected family man, when
the disclosures of his substitute led to
arrest He has now been sentenced to
three years imprisonment, while Mare
chal is at last restored to liberty, and
will, though many people may think he
was fool for his pains, be looked upon
as hero in military circles both abroad
aud at home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
The Stewart Estate.

The bequest of one million dollars,
by Mr.. A. L. Stewart to Mr.. Henry
Hilton, we presume is, the New York
Sun says, the largest bequest ever made
i'll this country to person not related by
blood or marriage to the testator. And
now the conveyance by Mrs. Oornelia M.
Stewart, widow of Mr.. A. L. Stewart,
to Mr.. Henry Hilton, is something still
more astonishing. For the same one
million dollars THAT A. t. Stewart left
Mr.. Hilton she conveys to him all her in
terest in the real and personal property
belonging to A. T. Stewart & Co., in
Guiding all the real estate, mills, factor
les and other property, whether standing
in Mr.. Stewards name OF the name Of
the firm, used for the purposes of the
partnership. This property must
amount to many millions of dollars. 1t
does not include real estate not connect.
ed with the business and owned solely
by the deceased.
Mrs Stewart states, in the convey
ance, as one of the considerations, her
desire to eifectuate the wishes of her
late husband, that the business in which
he was engaged may be continued and
carried on, the same as if he were living.
OF course this could not be done if the
new firm had not ample capital. This is
furnished to the senior partner, Mr.
Hilton, by her conveyance.
There is no reason to doubt, says the
Sun, that the great wealth of Mr.. Stew
art will now be devoted to purposes of
real charity, as he understood it. 1t will
not be wasted or given away. 1t will go
on accumulating, in the hands of Mr..
Hilton. To quote Mr.. Hilton's own
words: " 1t is more charitable to furnish
employment to men and women than it
is to destroy their self-respect by giving
them money as to paupers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening
pills, constructed of crude, coarse and bulky
ingredients, are fast being superseded by DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar.
Coated. Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice.
Anti-Bilous Granules-the "Little Giant -
Catbartio or Multum in Pdruo physic Modern
chemical science enables DIR. Pierce to extract
from the juices Of the most valuable roots and
herbs their active medicinal principles, which,
whom worked into little pellets and granues,
scarcey larger thin mustard seed, renders
each little pellet as active and powerful as
a large pill, while they are much more palata-
BILE and pleasant in effect.
DIR. Ira A. Thayer, of Baconsburg, Ohio,
writes ~ regard your pellets as tho best
remedy for the conditions for which you pre-
scribe them Of anything have ever used, so
mild and certain in effect, and leaving the
bowels in All excellent condition. 1t seems to
mo they mnst take the place OF all other ca
thartic pills and medicines
Lyon Macomber, druggists, vermillion,
d. l., say We think they are going to sell
like hot cakes as soon as the people get &C.
quainted with them and will spoil the pill
trade, AZ those who have used them like them
much better than large pile"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
Counterfeit Money,

The Bankers association of New York
city prepared list of the counterfeit
bills now in circulation. The associa-
ton has denounced in strong terms the
inetficiency of the Secret Service de-
partment. For many months past not
an arrest has been made for counterfeit
ing, although the "queer" makers have
been working hard. The counterfeit
money now circulating is of various de-
nuulnations, and is not confined to the
banks of any city or State. The follow
ing is list of the bills now being passed
upon the public:
New York City.-First National, $50;
Central National bank, 800; CONNER.
cial, 800, $40, S5; City Bank, $780, Shoe
and Leather, $40 Tradesman's, s, 800;
State of New York, $40 and 50; Market,
800, $40, 81; Merchants, $40, $40, $5;
Mechanics, $40, $40, So; First National,
$40, 50; Ninth, 800, 50; Marine, $40, 80;
st. Nicholas, 81; New York Banking AS
seciation, 800.
New York State.-First National of
Palmyra, $50, $2 Tioga, Oswego, $50;
First, Elmira, 500; City, Utica, 800;
First, Utica, $40; Oneida, $40; City
National, Albany, $40; Fireman's and
Merchants, Buffalo, $40; Central Ma
tional of Cherry Valley; First National,
Lockport Exchange, Lockport, $40;
Farmers, Malone, $40; Highland, New
burgh, $40.
Westchester. - National, Peekskill,
SO, 81; City Bank, Poughkeepsie, $40;
Farmers and Manufacturers $40; First
National, $40; First National, Pough-
keepsie, so; First National, Red Hook,
80; Flour City National bank, Roches-
ter, SO; Central, $40; Syracuse, $40;
Mutual, Troy, $40; First, Whitehall,
80; Union, Kinderhook, 50.
Pennsylvania. First National, Phila-
delphia, 80; Third, $40; Sixth, 50;
Lebanon, $50.
New Jersey. First National, of Plain
field, SO.
Ohio. - First National, Cincinnati.
500; Fourth, 500; First, Canton, So;
First, Dayton, $5.
Illinois. National, Chicago, S.,
500; Merchants National Bank, Chicago,
$40, So; Traders National, So; Third,
So; First, So; First, Canton, $5; First,
Aurora, So; First, Paxton, So; First,
Peru, S..
Rhode Island. d.-First National, New
port, 80; First National, Providence, 50;
Rogers Williams bank, 81.
Connecticut.-First National, Port
land, So; Jewett City National, $5, 80.
Massachusetts, National, Bos-
ton, $40, $50; Commercial National, Bed
ford, $50.
On the $500 greenbacks the ears on
Adams picture are not at all plain. The
$5O's are not we'll engraved, and the
paper is stiff and oily and darker than
the genuine, while many of the $5's are
coarsely engraved.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
Cannot Understand 1t.

A Michigan lady sends this note to the
Chicago ITibune. "Are the ballroom
dresses illustrated in fashion papers
correct representations of the same as
worn by ladies attending balls. etc., in
our large cities If so, how do those
not endowed by kind nature with the
correct form, you know, manage to keep
up their end of the fashion lever Do
they have 'busts made to order, paint
ed, grooved and warranted to fit And
why is it Gf fact) that respectable
ladies, while attending balls, parties,
ETC., are licensed to exhibit themselves
there half naked, when, ii they should
present themselves in the same shape in
ordinary society, they would be classed
among the demimonde L ask for in
formation, as I do not move in the
higher circles, and am not posted"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
A Surprise Party.

The Springfield (MAss.) Republican
tells this story of surprise party A
married man left home the other day,
stating that he would be gone all night.
His wife dispatched messenger to a
gentleman friend, who came to pass the
evening, and late at night they drove out
to distant hotel, returning carly in IL,
morning. About half way home the
team they were driving oollided with an
other, and when the occupants of both
got out to disentangle the horses, the oc-
cupants OF the other carriage were found
to be the husband who had gone to
Salem son business" accompanied by a
woman. Little was said on either side.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
Important to Persons Visiting New York
or the Centennial,

The GRAND UNION HOTEL, New York, oppo-
cite the Grand Central depot, has over $50 ele-
gantly furnished rooms. Elevator, steam, and
all modern improvements. European plan.
Carriage hire is saved, as baggage is taken
to and from tho depot, free Of expense. The
restaurants supplied with the bost Guests
can live better for less money at the Grand
Union, than at any other frst-class hotel.
Stages and cars pass the hotel constantly to all
parts Of the city, and to Philadelphia depot. y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
So LATE.-AHoung gentleman in Now

So LATE.-Ayoung gentleman in New
York lately made an evening call upon
young lady, and got rather shabbily
treated. 1t was getting along toward
nine o'clock, when the young lady in
quired the time of the evening, "Five
minutes to nine, was the reply. "How
long will it take you to go home 2"
Five minutes, 1 should judge"
" Then," said the young lady, if you
start now, you will get home at just nine
O'clock"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27

WHERE TO GET IT.-The first day
Artemus Ward entered Toledo, travel
worn and seedy, he said to an editor
who was on the street: "Mister, where
could 1 get square meal for twenty
five cents 2" He was told. "I say,
mister" said he, "where could 1 get
the twenty-five cents2"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
A Domestic Tragedy.
CHAPTER /,

With fierce energy she strobe to the
window, dashed back the rattling blind
and peered into the inky darkness. But
her burning glances failed to pierce the
pall-like blackness that enshrouded the
deserted streets. Tearing up the hall
register and detaching the pedal from a
sewing machine, she laid them on a
hassock and resumed her weary watch.
The storm without ragged with wild fury,
driving the sleet across Charles river
with voice and velocity that was appall-
ing. The night waned and she sat wan
and haggard.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27

Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worm, saltrheum, and other cutanoous affec-
tions cured, and rough skin mado soft and
smooth, by using JUMPER TAR SOAR. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard q
Co., New York, as their are many limitations
made with common tar, all Of which are worth
lass Io,n
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
CHAPTER II.

An abandoned looking man, with a
crimson nose, tattered Ulster and fearful
assures in his trousers, was waltzing
with uncertain strides through one Of
the grand avenues of the Lower Port.
Ever and anon the graceless man would
mutter to himself +: I-hic-wouder-
iftheoldwoman'sup 2" Bracing himself
he reached home, and was trying to pick
the door lock with an empty flask, when
the door was opened from within. Then
there came wild cry for mercy, heard
high above the horrid, raging elements,
waking up two policemen, and-then all
was quiet,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27

John s. Payne, colored, and native
OF Richmond, Va, has been elected
governor of Liberia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-27
---ASTH Ma

FINHE subscribers are manufacturers and proprie-
i tors OF DR.. II. W. Reads Celebrated Asthma Re-
lief which is undoubtedly the best Asthma Remedy
yet discovered. Instant relief j. guaranteed pur-
chase price refunded. We put up The medicine in
boxes of three sizes, which retail for 25c. sic and
81. Persons renting retail price will have the
medicine promptly forwarded by mail, postpaid.
Also samples sent free to any who may desire.
Prices per doz 81. 75 So 80 and ST. co; gross price,
SIS; $780, s72. Wholesale agents: John f. Henry
Curran Co., n. Y; John u. Park & Sons Cincin-
natl, Ohio; Richardson X Co.. St. Louis, Mo; Lord,
Smith Co., Chicago, Ill. q. G. Goodwin x Co.,
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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-05-25
8 10 8 FEET In DIAEIBEE R,

LIVER DISEASE and Indi-
gestiOu prevail tOa gEeAteTe X
teut than probably any other
malagiy, and relief 10 always
amNfOusly sought amer. III
the LiveTis Regu 'sted in ms
action, health is almost in
v ariably secured. IndiEes-
tiOn or want Of action in the
Liver, ean-es Headache, Con-
sift alton. Iaundire. RSfn in
the shoulders, Cough, pizzt-