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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Too Much for an Adventurer.

A Newport correspondent writes :
Adventures are plentiful here; and,
apropos of adventurers, the best story
l ever heard was told me the other day
about one of this class. OF good
family, and small fortune, he was set
well in the race of life, but of exceeding
beauty, an Adonis in face and figure,
and vanity and social ambition which
kept pace with each other, his small for
tune soon went, and Adonis is launched
upon life of debt and stratagem. He
has an eye for beauty, and susceptible
fancy, not heart, mind-that is entirely
absorbed with the image he sees in the
looking glass. He would like beauty,
therefore, as well as money, in the wife
he is diligently in search of. After
many attempts and failures, he comes at
last upon the paragon Of women. She
has good looks and money, or her father
has, and this father notoriously indul-
gent. My gentleman pays his devoirs.
Most young women are attracted to
Adonis. He is not fool, except in the
way of van ty, but he has skill in
keeping this out of sight for while.
This shows his wit. And 80 he makes q
decided impression upon Miss Cr9sus,
and gossips begin to say that match is
imminent. Papa Cresus, who is the
wisest man ever heard of, watches pro-
ceedings, and does not by any means
fan the fame in his daughters heart by
opposition. Instead, after taking the
accurate measurement of Adonis, he in
vites him to stay beneath his roof, while
he is in the city, and Adonis falls into
the trap with great alacrity. Bag an6
baggage ne descends upon the Cresuf
mansion and installs himself at his ease,
feeling that his troubles are over. Day
after day Miss Cresus rides and drives
with Adonis. Day after day she sees
him in every light. Andby-and-bye sh'
begins to avoid him and to wonder VIVA
on earth posse ssed papa to invite such {
vain egotist to be his guest. Then papi
comes to the rescue, and Adonis is al
skilfully invited away to fresh fields ant
pastures new, without opportunity t.
declare his sentiments even. I" HI
comes too near who comes to be de
nied." Adonis came too near. The re
cipo of cure was perfect, and Miss Cresu
to this day does not know what wis
father she has.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Adventure of a Conductor.

Conductor B. is always polite to
ladies. All conductors are polite to
ladies', particularly so when they are
young and handsome. Miss @. was
handed on board at the station as care
fully as though she was "glass-to be
handled with care" An extra seat was
turned over on the shady side of the
car, and the conductor took a seat by
her side to do the agreeable, having met
Miss @. on the train before.
Presently, as matters were going along
nicely, an old man, in his shirt sleeves,
threw himself into the seat in front,
which the conductor had unlocked and
turned over for the benefit of the par
tiss more Immediately concerned. Mr..
B. spoke up sharply
Go away from here !"
But the man didn't go.
Conductor says, still more sharply:
$50 away, or I'll make you -
But still no go, while vacant, pro-
voking smile sat upon the face of the in
truder. Whereupon, Conductor B.
grasped the old farmer by the nape OF
the neck. At the same the young lady
seized the arm of the conductor, and ex,
claimed:
"Please don't, Mr.. B. This is my
father"
Ever since Conductor B. always asks
young ladies if they are travelling alone.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17

Where 2" stammered Mr.. Carleton,
with a look OF stupefed amazement."
just in your plate" she answered,
laughing merrily.
"Very well, Annie, leave us for an in.
stant and we will join you in the draw
ing room" As the door closed behind
his wife, Mr.. Carleton came up to me
and seized me by both hands.
"Before you say one word, sir, hear
my story" cried, and then, with rapid,
feverish eloquence, 1 told him OF
my struggles, my affection for my sister,
of my sufferings at seeing her suffer,
and. finally, of the heart wringing scene
of the morning. "And this is why /
preferred to pass for thief rather than
have it known that my fathers daughter
was dying of hunger" 1 concluded,
drawing from my pocket the portion of
fowl 1 had contrived to slip from my
plate during the sumptuous repast of
which 1 had just partaken. Tears fell
from the eyes of the good lawyer as be
listened to me, and, when ] had ceased
speaking, he once more seized my hands
and exclaimed
"Good lad The sister you love so
well shall never know want again )" and
with my hand still casped in his own,
he threw open tho door Of the drawing
room, drew me in after him, and laying
his other hand ON my shoulder with
affection, he said, in voice of deep
emotion
Gentlemen, / present to you the
most honorable and worthy yourg fell
low L know, my private secretary"
There were two happy, thankful
hearts that night in their humble apart
tnnotak
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Seryian Mounted Infantry.

The London NeUs correspondent in
Servia says: AS we talk in the sunshine
there is patter of horses hoofs on the
timber flooring of the bridge, and to
these approaches column of cavalry of
sort. The mounts are not horses, but
diminutive rat-like ponies, with long
tails and names and longer necks. They
move with brisk pace, half walk, half
amble, and seem good for any distance,
notwithstanding the loads they carry, as
they jog along IN double file. The load
of Servian war pony-I suppose that
is correct explanation-consists, in the
first instance, of large blanket, then of
huge demi-pique Turkish saddle COW
cred with sheepskin, then with two
huge packs slung across the loins, then
with miscellaneous wallets and blankets,
and various belongings fastened on and
above the saddle, and on top of every.
thing, stuck up high above the pony's
back, full grown Servian peasant, car
rying across his thighs musket with
fixed bayonet, a sword and an odd pom
lard or two. This queer column of cav
airy forms the escort to a line of provill-
cial wagons that follow slowly in long
procession, each wagon drawn by its pa
tient team of oxen. SIS that your cav
airy 2" ask, with n fine sense of humor,
of a staff officer. No, said he, it was but
the volunteer escort of the provision
train; the pony riders are but peasant
militia unframed, and without, as you
Sc e, scrap of uniform about them.
But ragged and droll as they look, "he
continued, "they are pro tanto solu-
tion of the problem of mounted infantry
which your army meIi of western Europe
are discussing. These ponies can gGilop
like the wind under these fellows over
ground which, on an English horse, you
would rightly regard SIS impossible.
They have only got to slip their packs,
gallOp TO the front, dismount, get among
the rocks, and commence firing; and if
they had decent weapons of precision
there would be no finer skirmishers in
the world. If pressed, and quick retreat
be necessary, the ponies will come to
them with whistle, and no regular cav
airy that ever formed squadron could
get near them. Yes, suppose the bay
onets are an incumbrance; but nothing
would please these fellows better than
chance at the Turks in pell-meil ir-
regular skirmish with the white arms"
AS | hear this l think Of the 900, 600
Cossacks from whom Russia is said to be
taking the lance, and to whom she is
said to be giving the breech loading
rife, and training to act on advance duty
as mounted infantry, or perhaps rather
as mounted cavalry.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
THE MISSING RING.

Ny father had been dead month,
when one morning Mr. Maitland, our
family lawyer, one of my fathers Oldest
friends, called on NE.
"Mr. Charles" he said, after we had
shaken hands, "we have arranged your
fathers affairs, and found a purchaser
for the estate, but -
care ak outlying debts paid in full p
1 interrupted, quickly.
"They are, out, continued our kind
friend, in troubled voice, 81 grieve to
say there is hardly anything left for you
and your sister; scarcely thousand dol
lars"
I stared at him moment in dismayed
establishment.
"Ah !" he went on, " if you had only
followed my advice There were among
your fathers debts more than one that
could honestly have been cut down by
one-half. Your father had ever an open
hand and a generous heart, sir |"
+" 1 regret nothing that has been done,
Mr.. Maitland, and have but one more
question to ask you: When can hare
the thousand dollars 2"
"To morrow, if you wish it."
A few days later my sister Emneline
and bade adieu to our once happy
home-ours, alas! no longer-and de-
parted for New York.
In spite of my efforts to bear up
against the sudden adversely that had
fallen upon us, the blow nearly over
whelmed me at first. did not think so
much of myself; man can always
make his way in this world with energy
and strong will, but was troubled for
my dear sister. How should find the
means of providing for this fragile, deli
Injuries she had hitherto enjoyed
sented itself to me, fell prey for Just
one moment to utter encouragement
and despair But those of my race are
proud and strong of will, and l mentally
resolved that would fight the battle of
life SO bravely that victory must at last
crown my efforts.
Arrived i'll New York, we took mod
est apartment and furnished it with as
much comfort as our Slender resources
would allow. / made out list of all
my fathers former friends and resolved
to apply to them one after the other I'M
til l had obtained employment. Day
after day and week after week solicited,
hoped and waited. Promises without
number. expressions of interest for my
self and my sister and regret for our
bereavement were lavished upon me,
but that was all. 1t was the old story,
so well known to all those whose hard
doom condemns them to solicit aid or
sHccor from their fellows - promises
firSS. then, oblivion. We had now been
thr& months in New York, when one
morISng found that only five dollars
remained in my purse. Here, then,
was the end of all my dreams. But now
to face the cruel reality. The winter
was approaching, my sisters pale face
was growing paler day by day, and a
hacking cough begun to harass her.
Another fortnight passed, during which
L had been obliged to part with my
watch and chain and even some articles
of clothing, to procure the bare neces-
saries of life.
But, worse than all, l was at length
forced to acquaint Emmeline with our
terrible position. The poor child tried
to comfort me with tender caresses and
hopeful words, but the words died away
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
DesOIated.

Sebastopol has been in ruined and
dismantled condition since the close of
the Crimean war. 1t does not now con-
tain more than 5000 inhabitants, who
are scarcely able to exist upon the rem
nants of the once fourishing commerce
of the port. The life of the community
shows signs of reviving of late, some
military vessels having been constructed
on its new slips. Forts Constantine and
Catharine are still standing, badly bat
tered with cannon balls. Forts Nicholas
and Alexander and the quarantine are
completely dilapidated, some hundreds
of dwellings having been built with the
stones which once formed their ram,
parts. The principal public buildings
of the city are all destroyed. The re-
construction of the Notifications is
among the possibilities of the situation
should complications with England
ADRUa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Self.Sacrifcing.

This is true story. The happy cir
cumstances occurred on Sunday even
ing. He escorted her to and from
church, and upon arriving at her home
their discussion of the sermon and the
extreme heat suggested an invitation,
readily accepted by Charles, that they
step into the house and partaks of a
cooling glass of lemonade. She led him
to the dining-room, and there found
naughty brother Ben about to squeeze
the last lemon in the house for his own
individual benefit! Calling him aside
she induced Ben, by means of sundry
threats and promises, to dissect that
lemon and make Charlie and herself a
glass. A self'sacrifcing thought struck
her "No, Ben," said she, "put the
juice of the whole lemon into Charles
glass and bring me glass of water. He
won't notice it-there is no light in the
parlor!' %
Ben was making one good strong
lemonade, as directed, when Charlie
quietly slipped out and remarked: 81
say, Ben! put the juice of the entire
lemon in your sisters glass and bring
me some ice water-there is no light in
the parlor and she won't notice it |"
Ben's forte is in obeying orders.
With a merry twinkle in his eye he
drank the lemonade, then carried them
each a glass of water, which they drank
with much apparent relish, asking each
other, between sips, "if it was sweet
enough!" And naughty brother Ben,
with the taste of that lemonade in his
mouth, stood out in the hall and laugh
ed till his sides ached, to hear them as
sure each other that it was "just right |!
SO palatable and SO refreshing |"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Colonel BOOzer's Remarks.

At the centennial celebration of a
Western town, the chairman called
upon "our esteemed fellow citizen,
Colonel Boozer," to makea few remarks.
The colonel, who was "pretty we'll
loaded" commenced firing after the fol-
lowing style
"Fellow citizens, er hundred years
go tn Injunsw were thicker'n fury round
here
Here one of the committee, noticing
the colonels condition, shook his head
as hint for more elegant language,
which the speaker, constituting into a
denial of his assertion. turned fiercely
on his adviser and continued:
"Tell ye they were-thicker'n flies
round m'lasses cask. Why, man
couldn go out to weed his garden
'thout gettin' the seat of his breeches
stuck full of arrers -
Here, amid general roar, the colone
was persuaded to postpone the re
mainder of his speech.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
Silk Culture In Pennsylvania.

A little more than one hundred years
ago, says an exchange, some of the
wiser heads in and about Philadelphia
conceived the idea that women, girls and
boys could find useful employment for
their idle hours by initiating the indus
trious habits of other countries, where
necessity compels them to use every mo-
ment OF time and to seize every oppor.
tunity for making living, DIR. Cad.
wallader Evans, who lived near Gwynned,
He, and probably his neighbors, planted
mulberry trees, with seed obtained. from
Italy they got silkworm eggs from
France, raised the worms, and learned
to reel the silk. A letter from DR.. E.
O. Evans (the sony states that many
pounds were manufacted into clothing
for the family during the Revolutionary
war, and some sold." DIR. Benjamin
Franklin, while in England, interested
himself in this culture. His CORE
srondence with DR.. Evans is among his
letters of that period. He urged the
establishment of " filature," Us the
place was called, where reeling and
manufacturing silk was carried on, and
under his advice filature was put into
operation on Seventh street, in Phila-
delpbia, just above Arch. Why should
work so well begun hundred years
ago be now among the "lost arts " so
far as Philadelphia is concerned9 1t
would be we'll for us to begin it again.
The Centennial Exhibition will direct
attention to it, as there are many things
suggestive of the usefulness of this ele-
CANT industry and of the appropriate
ness of it to the women of the United
States. There are beautiful articles of
silk there from all parts of the world,
but the silk mills of Philadelphia are
not behind any in the beauty Of their
products. There are silks from Pater-
son, from Connecticut, from New York,
from California and Kansas. There are
cocoons and raw silk from China and
Japan, from India and Australia, and
from Brazil /; there are some also from
California and from Kansas, as well as
from France and Italy. There are also
some grown forty years ago on our OWL
soil of Pennsylvania ; and part of silk
dress whose silk was grown at Lancaster,
and worn as wedding dress by the lady
who raised it. Other lik, pieces from
hiik of Pennsylvania raising are to be
found at tho rooms of the Historical
Society and at the Philadelphia Drank
linz library.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
The Last.

Never the ratter OF baby feet upon the shining
hoore
Never the rustic of maidens' robes in the long
grim corridors
Never bold boys whistle to ring through The
silent room
Never thrill Of girlish laugh, like sun-ray III
the gloom.
Nothing to break the order that reigns in the
gilt saloon,
Through morning glimmer, or cleaning hush
or sultry haze of noon;
Nothing to break the stiffness Of the great an
cestrsl house
That lies mid its statued terraces, smootl
lawns and oaken boughs.
In the proud painted gallery the portraits hang
on the wall
You may trace the naughty smile on the lip, the
dark eyes glance in all.
Ah, lovely lady alb, gallant knight! ah, beauty
and valor free
The Last pale leaf hangs auttering upon the
moidering tree.
Ho stonned the breach at Ascalon, at C@ur dc
Lions side
He held pass in Wensleydale against Crom
well in his pride
She saved her houses honor in a day of des.
perate fight,
For her fearless frown and wooing voice made
every serf knight.
Now, shut in the dim east parlor, fragile and
Yhita and old
Tie one lone scion of their line waits till hel
hour is told
The Pickering of the dying flame just showr
in the chiseed face,
And the quiet pride of her low, sweet tones
the LAST of all her race
DO tho spirits Of the glorious past come wbis.
pering round her there ?
Do they peep from the oriel's glowing glass, OF
lean on the tapestried chair
Do they speak from the blazoned breviary that
lies at the lady's side ?
o, hido by the hearth where the mighty loge
pile in the chimney wide?
Or does there lurk in the pensive blue of tie
Mistful childless eyes
\ yeaining for what she has never known, the
sweet home paradise,
For the husbands shelter the household
warmth, the clingpg Of childish hands,
The tender fireade gladness that true woman
understands =?
Who knows? The daughters Of her house
made never lublic moan
Slrow. or wrong, cr bitterness, if they bore,
they bore alone.
Tho wild winds moan around her towers, the
snow hoaps park and chase,
And there, in stately solitude, sits the last Of
all her race.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17
An Expensive Mistake.

The proprietor of one of the numerous
cigar stores with which Detroit abounds,
SO the Free Press says, now on visit
to Philadelphia, recently wrote to his
boy clerk giving him certain instruc-
tions elativo to business matters, and
closed by telling him to Give my re-
CARDS to all the folks who come in. .
The clerk read "segars for regards
and in his reply to the proprietor he
dwelt eloquently upon the encomiumi
which had been freely bestowed on the
"segars by those to whom he had beer
industriously giving them away since hi
! receipt of the letter.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17

The officialreturns made in the United
States bureau of statistics show that dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1876,
there arrived in the United States 90
572 Chinese immigrants, of whom only
259 were females. OF this number 81,
262 arrived in San Francisco, 515 in
Oregon, and 395 in Puget sound. Dur
ing the corresponding period of 1875
the total immigration to the United
States from China was 16, 437, of whom
eighty-two were females. This shows an
increase in 1876 over 1875 of Obs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-17

Hartford fishermen have discovered
that the potato bug is good bait for
trout. 1t has always been known that
the trout is more greedy than discrimi-
mating in his diet.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tho SIX Moushs' Armisttce.
Nv Associated Press.


LONDON, Oct. 1l.-A Reuters despatch
from Constantinople says: Atthe Extraor-
dinary Council, yesterday, which decided 70
grant six months armistice, strong op-
position to any armistlce was at first e1-
pressed. The Council agreed that six
months armistice as proposed by the Pow-
ers might from it's shortness, seriously en-
danger Turkey in the improbable event OF
failure of private negotiations.
The Council therefore decided that the
Porte should communicate to the Powers
the conditions on which In would consent to
six months armistice, which, In 10 Its
opinion, would have the following advanta-
ges, namely; Enable the Porte to allay the
excitement among the Mussulmans, not ex-
pose the Porte to risk of having to resume
hostilities during the inclement season, and
afford an interval which facilitate al under.
standing upon the conditions of peace and
general reforms to be introduced in the En-
pire.
The notification of the Porte's acceptance
Of the armistice in this sense will be made
to the Ambassadors to-day. 1t is believed
here that the Porte's condition will be &C.
ceptel.
''Finsncier" to-day, in leading article,
states very positively that it has reason TO
believe the Porte's acceptance of Earl Der
by's peace proposals will be announced al
most Immediately.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-12
Advanced Piutes.
From the Gold Hill New Ne

From the Gold Hill New News
Those who think the Piutes are an unpro
eressive race are rot acquainted with them
a News reporter saw five bucks in Virginia
to-day deeply engaged in game Of draw.
poker. The most curious part of it was
that the Indians used English almost ex-
clusively in conducting the game. They
asked one another TO 'ante" vuite glibly
One even attempted 10 get off the venerable
joke of Sand then you won't have SO
much,' but it was a miserable failure
Still one could see what he was driving at
"Gimme two," ''gimme foah," and the
usual Anglo Saxon expletives which always
accompany the progress of tie national
game, rose from the group. One who tried
TO fill TO flush called down curse upon
'too much d-n bobtail." They "raised''
and called" and rsked in the pot with all
the skill and ease of the white players.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-12
SeetRS fer Two.

saw yoIH-!Sh G=,rr. nan. who was
very black aui very -. y Az. ;snd he spoke
in low, IL low ,o!ce. Il, Ns. a rug gei
uurcuih. tu; kindly face, aud he was ten.
ieriy s4t c.gesu..y leading about AN old
bl. / NarlsG who he called mother. he
stopped l~to-, ny.hirs tha; interested him
AID eNNlsig,i 10 her in very curious
AID g.Aplits msnusr. His attention As
arrEsstd by lE.uilsl Cupip and PSYCHE:
"Di> is a w4i.c IT :rmy and her baby, ard
they has jus: got no clio onto en- al all to
spesk Of. and he is : k!ssin' Of her like
mischip! 10 be shuah. Use kind o glad You
can, see en-, cause ,rra'i 81 aus:e.td ike
'ssuSe they don't Say u the house till they
dresses ;heysevts. - these dc-uis seem
10 IL scarce of ,''o wa, 'Hey is mighty
pcs,.y, onlv snsy y. g Tii:e 10 be sry Ia.
ton 10 you srI ru,, lSa-Di, They oe one
ni.srt among EN- which * crying over a
handkerchief. They call him Oihellc.
Mehba his mother is dead and he can, fetch
her TO tie show, poor fellow. Everybody
aiu'; s> eoruiorT&tis aswe be. nanny, be
they ."-From Cen:znnial letter.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-12
Centennial Notes,

The Centennial commission announce:
positively rha: :Le grounds will be closed
on the 10th OF November.
Gov. Cheney and staff of New Hampshire
arrived on the grounds yesterday.
The Columbus Monument will be unveiled
to-uorrow. 1t will be attended by large
congregation of Military.
Tie cash admission Tuesday 70 the Maine
Exhibition, al so cents, were IS, ASS at .,
cents, 5: live stock, all at 25 cents, IS
Cash admission TO p. N. yesterday, at 81
cents, s., ,s5i.
But one more month vet remains for th,
Cea:
The Delaware building is being brushed
up for Delaware day.
T1e sys:em of awarding medals has n !,
proven vsrv Satisfactory