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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12

child as he caressed her, calling her by
every pet name he had ever used, and
begging her not to cry.
Why didn't you send for me, car
ling 2" he asked.
why didn't you come ?" she re-
piled.
Because 1 was fool.
"Well, was another"
And again the kissing begun and was
carried on for some time. ....
"And slipped and hurt my ankle,
and you never came near me-"
"Poor little foot" said the colonel,
stopping over as he spoke and kissing
the pretty little foot in its dainty stock
ing and embroidered slipper as it lay
exposed on the lounge.
just at this moment the door opened
and Louise entered, amazed and delight
ed to find the colonel there, but pru-
IDENTIFY ignoring the fact of his previous
absence, and speaking as if she expected
to find him there.
"Papa is getting uneasy about you,
Mary, and has sent me up to say that if
you are not better by morning he shall
beg Colonel Delafeld to send for the
doctor to attend to your ankle"
"Oh, my ankle is all right now; Col
onel Delafield has just kissed my foot;
and on his knees, too, DECLARE" she
added, with meaning smile at Louise,
as the colonel rose from the floor.
"You spoilt child, you do you really
think can kiss the place and make it
well2' Hadn't we better have the doctor,
after all 2''
"If Won do. he shall onIy gee me
through the transom," she retorted, with
an arch smile.
But Kate thought they were getting
on dangerous ground, and declared that
if Miss Mary didn't eat some dinner
right off she'd be sick "for true," and
hurried the colonel out OF the room with
directions to send up a nice dinner, in
stead of the tea and toast which was
cooling in the passage. Closing the door
after Louise and the colonel as they
went out, she continued oracularly, ad-
dressing the shovel and tongs as she
vigorously swept up the hearth: "Some
horses goes very well in harness till you
twitches the reins or shows them the
whip, and then they cuts up like Old
Harry; and never could see the sense
of fretting men when they is going right
any more thai of fretting horses. The
colonel's done kissed your foot like you
said he should, but for the Lords sake,
honey, let him think he's done it of his
own accord, if you don't want another
hurricane. And here's your dinner
Jest in time," she said, as she threw
open the door before Mrs. Delafield
could reply to her sage counsel.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
Shaker Hospitality TO Cats.

Elder f. w. Evans, shining light at
New Lebanon, has contributed to the
Shaker an article in which he says:
"KilI the cats |" That was good sug-
gestion in former number. They are
the greatest nuisances on the premises;
have to be killed now to keep them
within bounds. Kill few more and it
will lessen the number Of cat deaths III
the future. Mother Ann Lee affirmed
that cats were mediums of evil spirits.
She enjoined her children not to play
with or fondle cats. A good rule. They
are causes of weakly children in many
households. We have no dogs, why
should we have cats The dog loves
his master or mistress. The cat loves
the house, and will return if taken away
by the removing owner. How shall we
keep the mice and rats in check2 Let
some of the readers of the Shaker an
swer. Do right, kill the cats, and "the
birds of the air" will tell subscribers
how to abate the lesser nuisances of rats
and mice,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
Caught Him at 1t.

A lady, the wife of well known New
York merchant, had occasion to ride in
the cars from the Grand Central depot.
She was timid lady, and had mortal
dread of pickpockets. She knew she
would be robbed in riding through the
tunnel. The cars were crowded. There
was but one vacant seat, which must be
shared with a gentleman who wore a
duster. AS the train entered the tunnel
the woman put guard over her pocket.
Oh, horrors she caught the hand of
her associate, and held on to it, resolved
to bring his iniquity to light. On
emerging into the sunshine she found
that she had caught hold of the gentle
mans hand, but it was in his own
pocket. She was intensely mortified,
and made ample apology. The gentle
mnn-wbo was well known lawyer
laughed the matter of, but the woman
would not be appeased; she got the ad-
dress of the gentleman, and sent her
husband to explain how it could have
happened. Inher confusion she neglect
ed to explain how che could hold the
hand of a stranger for half mile in the
dark.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
The Wealth of IRr I'll.

All intelligent travellers who have Wis
tied Brazil speak in the most glowing
terms OF the country, the emperor OF
which, Dom Pedro III has just paid a
flying visit to this country. Professor
Agassiz regarded it as the most produc-
tive and interesting country on the
globe, and the one in which it is the
easiest to obtain livelihood. Some who
have sailed up the Amazon declare that
a vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts
at an expense of only few pence per
bushel. These constitute valuable ar
ticle of commerce, while the oil extract
ed from them is very desirable. All the
tropical fruits are produced in Brazil
almost without cultivation. The soil in
many parts of the country will produce
twenty successive crops Of cotton, tobac-
co OF sugar cane without the application
of manure. No country in the world
approaches the land of Dom Pedro in
the variety Of its forest productions.
Professor Agassiz states that he saw one
hundred and seventeen different kinds
of valuable woods that were cut from o
piece Of land not half mile square.
They represented almost every variety
of color, and many of them were capable
of receiving high polish. One tree fur
nishes wax that is used for candles, an
other a pith that is used for food, and
still another juice which is used in the
place of intoxicating liquor. There is a
single variety Of palm from which the
natives obtain food, drink, clothing,
bedding, cordage, fishing tackle, medi-
cine, and the material they manufacture
into dwellings, weapons, harpoons, and
musical instruments. Doubtless the day
is not far distant when the valuable
woods of Brazil will be used for various
useful and ornamental purposes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
WHY She Signs.

Meath the sprea ling trees in the forest glade
Where the harebells nod in the checkered
shade,
On a bracken couch there she pouts and lies
Aud smiles as she lazily droops her eyes;
As the rock, the brook, and the dragon fly
Combine in the sweetest lullaby.
In calm July.
She sleeps-and her figure you'll Just discern
Md the tangled grass and the nodding fern =,
delicate form and fair young face,
Lips parted in exquisite grlish grace
more perfect picture you'd ne 'er defcry
Meath the rustling leaves and the summer sky
In bright July!
She sighs as she dreams in her rustic nest,
With her dimpled hand to her red lips prest ;
With her golden hair DER the fern leaves
spread
Like an aureola around her head
All gray who can tell me the reason why
This bealteous maiden in dreams should sigh
In sweet July3
BI ANOTHER AUTHOR.
Mo- qutoes and bugs and earwigs swarm,
Nig'e ants are crawling up her white arm,
Two monstrous spiders are running race
Across the bloom Of her fair young faoe
An all are drinking har rich young blood,
Delighted to light on a feast 20 good.
All this is doubtless the reason why
The besuteous maid in her dreams should 81 Oh
Insect JULY!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
A Nice Boy.

"Well, you are nice boy to send on
a message" said woman to a boy who
had lost bundle with which she had in
trusted him. The boy struck tine atti-
tude of an orator, and replied Z" Not
being a common carrier, and not having
entered into contract with you to carry
your parcel for and in consideration of
any sum, have incurred no liability,
and am liable to no penalty. If L had
undertaken to carry the parcel for my
own particular profit, my father even
would not have been responsible for its
loss (see Butler agt. Basing, 2 @. & P.
6l4), unless indeed he paid me smaller
wages because of the opportunity thus
afforded me to make small sums. On
this point l will only quote Dwight agt.
Brewster, l Pickering Miss 80. But,
rising from the law TO the equity of the
case. l have only to say"-but before he
could say it his father had yanked him
from the room.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
Indian Widows.

The Indian Mail has the following :
In the marriage market an Indian civil
ian u ed to be reckoned as worth 9300 q
year, lead or alive. The nominal value
of Bombay civilians now bids fair to
rise yet higher, although the real value
will remain much as it was, in view of
the growing cheapness of money. Owing
to the hourishing state of their widows
fnnd, it has been proposed that e400 in
stead of $500 per annum should be the
pension granted to all ladies who come
on the fund as widows after the first of
July, 1876. This, says an Indian jour
nal, will be equal to marriage settle
ment, in the ordinary manner, of G12,-
600 in consuls-a sum which not one
man in twenty belonging to the upper
middle and professional classes is able
to settle on his wife when he marries.
A counter proposition, which is even
more liberal than the original one, is
also going round for signature, to the
effect that all the widows now on the
fund should also get the increased pen
sion, and to this amendment there is
said to be little or no opposition. As
widows on the Bombay civil fund forfeit
half their pension if they marry again,
it follows that each one of these ladies
who takes unto herself second husband
will have e200 year to help in keeping
up her new home. That sum is equal
to settlement of 96,O00 or so in con-
soils, and it is not every lady, whether
widow or maid, who can command so
useful dowry. Thus the new regula-
tion will not only raise the value Of
Bombay civil servants as husbands, but
also of the widows they leave behind
than
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
How to Make Mother Happy.

"Why, mother, how bright and cheer
full you look tonight What has hap
pened?"
81 feel very happy, my dear. because
my little boy has really tried to be good
all day. Once, when his sister Katie
teased him and he spoke quick and cross
to her, he turned round moment ter,
of his own accord, and said he was
wrong, and asked her to forgive him. 1
believe l should grow young and never
look tired or unhappy again, if, every
day, my little boy and girl were as
thoughtful, unselfsh, and loving as they
have been to-day"
Here's grand secret for you, little
ones. And now that you know how to
make mother happy, may you keep heI
face always full Of sunshine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
Young America.

The central figure was bare headed
woman with broom in her hand. She
stood on the back step, and was crying
"Georgie !"
There was no response, but anybody
who had been on the other side of a
close board fence at the foot of the gar
den might have observed two boys in
tently engaged in building q mud pie.
George" said one of the two, placing
his eye to a knothole and glancing
through to the stoop.
81 don't care" said the other.
Amt you going in9"
"Georgie /" came another call, short
and sharp, "do you hear me9"
There was no answer.
"Where is she pow2" inquired
George, putting in the filling in the pie.
{" On the stoop," replied the young
man at the knothole.
:" whats she doin p
"Ain't doin' nothin'."
George Augustus %
Still no answer.
"You needn't think you can hide
from me, young man, for 1 can see you,
and if you don't come in here at once,
I'll come out there in way that you
will know it..
Now this was an emlnently natural
statement, but hardly plausible, as hei
eyes would have had to pierce an inch
board fence to see George; and ever
were this possible, it would have re-
| quired glance in that special
direction, and not over the top of peal
tree in an almost opposite way. Ever
the boy at the knothole could hardly
| repress smile.
"Whats she doin' now2" inquired
George.
"She stands there yet."
81 won't speak to you again, George
Augustus" came the voice. "Youl
father will be home in few minutes
and 1 shall tell him all about what yor
have DONE"
Still no answer.
"Ain't you afraid2" asked the con
! scientious young man, drawing his eye
from the knothole to rest it.
"No! she won't tell pa; she never
does; she only sez so to scare me-"
Thus enlightened and reassured, the
guard covered the knothole again.
"Ain't you coming in here, young
man9" again demanded the woman, g o.
do you want me to come out there tc
you with stick2 1 won't speak to yor
again, sir!"
Is she comm ?" asked the baker.
"No!"
(Which way is she lookin' p
"She's lookin' over in the othel
yard"
"Do you hear me, say ?" came tn
call again.
No answer.
George Augustus ! do you hear you.
mother talking to you?"
Still no answer.
"Oh, you just wait, young man, til
your father comes home, and he'll make
you hear, I'll warrant ye."
"She is gone now," announced the
faithful sentinel, withdrawing from hi,
post.
"All right take hold of this crus
and pull it down on that side, and thatl
be another pie done," said the remorst
stricken George Augustus.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
He Secured Rest.

General Des Pallieris. just dead, dur
ing the campaign in Cochin China had a
native servant, very intelligent, very
faithful, and very lazy. After long
days march the general was wakened at
midnight by the moaning of his servant,
who, stretched on mat at the entrance
of the tent, was sighing to himself /:
Water water water 70
The general calls out: "Hallo |!
There Quick Stir yourself !"
The servant approaches, painfully.
SECT me glass of water, and be
quick about it."
The servant departs, grumbling, but
returns speedily with it.
"Here is the water, general"
"Then drink il yourself, and let me
sleep" ~t-.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
What Cinnamon Do.

AS to the businessspirit of Chinatown,
i'll San Francisco, writer in Scr56ner'S
says Everywhere there is intense ac-
tivity. A question as to what the Chi
nese do, would not be SO easily answered
as that of "What don't they do p"
There are $500 cigarmakers who flood
the city with the cheap cigars; 1000 are
engaged in boot and shoe making. They
have driven the French from the wash
tub and the Italians from the shrimp
net. They have the entire control of the
pork market, every retail dealer in things
porcine being compelled by the force of
circumstances to buy from John, who is
inseparable from his pigtail. They
dredge the bay for fish, nothing escaping
their nets, whose meshes are as close as
those OF Sir Peters butterfly trap, and
they alright the diligent and humane
peScatoTe, who learned on the shores OF
the Mediterranean never to fish with
net through the interstices of which he
could not put his thumb, and who, with
trembling, sees his occupation going
from him. They grade the roads that
wind over our mountains, and lay the
sleepers for the new railway on the lev
els of Los Angeles. They work in the
sunny vineyards of Sonoma, and clear
the snowdrifts from the great transcon-
tinental highway at Emigrants' gap.
They polish the prismatic abalone shell
at Monterey, and work on the dumppiles
in the gold and silver mines of Nevada.
They have established woodyards in the
city, and are engaged in the contest of
pole and baskets against horse and
wagon with the Italian vegetable dealers,
in which the latter are getting decidedly
the worst of it. They are ubiquitous
and wary. That business in which
John is not engaged is unheard Of, and
that part of Nevada or California to
which John has not come may be written
down as terra irc0gnita.
Thus much generally. In particular,
the bulk of the Chinese in San Francis
co may be placed under these divisional
heads of labor
Bootmakers. observation-disclosures. 1900
Washmen. en.................... 1900
Dome tics. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IA 600
Cigsrmakers. ...................... 8 500
Clothiers and wool workers. $500
tOlSl. ZOUUU
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
Greatest Day at Any Fair.

The number of paying visitors to the
Centennial Exhibition on Pennsylvania
day is officially stated at 25l, ,463, and TO
the live stock exhibition at 5,S2S; total,
257, ,296. Including free admissions, the
number exceeded 260. 900 This number
exceeds by more than $4,000 persons
the largest single days attendance at
any international fair ever held, and the
cash receipts are more than twice as
great as those of any former day at this
or any other fair.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12

A SURPLUS. surplus of women
in Massachusetts,, or rather of women
and girls, which was 80, COO in 1870. was
last year something more than $4,000,
the whole number of males in the State
being 794 1888, and of females s57, ,629.
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
Important to AgricIilissr.sts,-
'E'ic Bismarck Cabbage.

We have received from Europe Il limited
qualify "l the Bismarck Cahha &, Seed. which
prnlTccs solid head, OF cabbage. the size Of
tI" mnnih ola -four barrel and larger. These
enormous cabbagcS are raised with the nGO,l
ordinary cultivation, IN any climate, and AT
present prices. double the ordinary profit j.,
realized trom rhci: production. la trru>rlaur-
iug from these seed, great care should be-
used Ia Sivc su!ii,.irAt space for growth. \
pacNag" scmt tu any address, postpaid. on rr-
ccirt Of 30 ceut.. Three packages, SlG0.
Egh; packages $500. A sur; cure for cab
bage pests and Fine Oil Chrome size hy .
sent frtc with each package. = ALEXAN.
DER X co. sole L. 5. Agent, ElI street oppo.
site Coopers Institute, New York Please
quote this paper. Gm
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01

We have now oI hand a large assortment
ofietter heal anl note head paper, Of various
sizes. and also 81 lot Of bill head paper, blana,
cards &C., and those who desire work Cf that
kind we propose 10 do 1t for New Orleans
prices, and satisfaction guaranteed iu every
instance. We have now "A new aud vari ii
stock of type OF the latest styles, and are pre-
pared to execute small ,ls as neatly as can
be- done any where. In addition to the sup-
ply we have on hand, we have ordered some
large sized Roman, suitable tor blanks of
every description. which we propose to exc
cute wIth taste aud neaincss. II.
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
EOST. SgEsAYED OR STOLEN,

nNE BROWN MARE MULE. ABOUT
~ lji lands high. FIVE years old tins last
spring. has n black mark uear the small of
the back and extending 10 the hip, on the
right SHE. when it left it had on a large
bell put on with rope. II is supposed to
have gone up BIZ Greek. Any information
of sail mule or delivery Of the same To the
uu iersisned al hi> place. or to Wiley p. Man
gham, RayvIle, La, will be thnpkfnIly re-
ceiveo and liberaliy rewarded. Left home,
II miles souta OF Ia! Vile, last Thurs lay
evening". GEO. !. LlLES.
Iulc ..-.,ll iN-i.-ic
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
"Thc Singer Sewing Machine

To persons living in ID LII. R,YvILLE and
other points on the Eicksbnrs X Shreveport
RaIl Rua |, the undersigned j. now prepared
To sell tie Singer" Sewing Machine in
monthly imstaliments, upon the following
terms, to-wit' Firt payment, Ten Dollars /;
subsequent payments. Five Dollars per month,
unil paid fof.
gs4J4 Good Inducements offered to planters
in the country upon application TO
J. T.. BEuEN, Agent,
May l3-ijan Monr c, La
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
S2EEEsEFE..S SALE.

Wm. Z. D,ickcll State or Louisiana,
y Pau-a Of E,Ail,d.
No 80 \. ). Parish Court OF
James I. Co.,n!aa Naii,on Iat-!.
DY VIRTUE OF \ WRIT UT Fl IA
; issued from the Hon. Perish Couri, ia
and tor the Parish of Ma .i-ul and 10 rnc
directed z, Shaut Of Rirhani Parish, | lave
seized and viii oilcr for sale a, the door oi
the Courthouse, ia Rayyi.i". In on
SIw@,y, -a day er .}"rasi, 1870, &C..
tie following described properly, io-wit: an
undivided onr iour;h interest iu aud To- tie.
following lands: TrI : y. ! 81 Sec 81 and
10; No. in ) +. Ia ! Sec 81 7. y y. Il.
~ L.; all Of :. + Sec. - TIL \. Il 9 f.,
containing ;37 g1-lu0 acres >i;nHrrd IN Rich.
land Parish; also ia" following roperiy sta
atcd in Fraakhn Parish, VIZ "a certain lot OF
ground c,mm"uciug at a point on the line
dividing the Parishes oi Riyhland and Frank.
liu. 50 feet west Of the gin house on the Point
Alaybiu plantation AMI running thence west
2l0 feet 30 a. iu iTcu,ie tie gin, thence east
52O feet thence north 2l0 feet thence west
l2j feet to the initial pun! containing > acres
more or less with all buildings and improves
meats thereon.
Terms cash with benefit oC appraiSemeni
{. II. MOORE, Sheriff
nayyillr, La, Ju;y !! iS7j-
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
''#E ring $soods by Express

ISnELLrHlE NAGEISG PArER FIR MARX
ING CLoInlSG WITHOUT A PREPARATION -
Lwc.,o2 Lay the ILdelib'e Paper upon
the article Ia be marked. and place over i &
piece "i thin writing paper upon which writr
wi;I common lead pencil, or any smooth
r"nt l. the marking is pressed with hot
H'i.irru. ~ otherwise heated for few SEE.
II = It can be washed Immediately with ho,
water "ud soap as usual. Warranted lot TO
ialr or spread in the cloth. A package sent,
postpaid, on receipt cf b cents. two for SO
cents. Address B. ALEXANDER &, co.
Sole l. ). Agents Slh street opposite Cooper
lu,tlruI" New York. AGENTS wanted, send for
'rEn-S. P.case quote This paper. ON
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
Nisl;REFE"S SALE.

Mary Jordan Powc, Husband. Ct 81
". No III
Jesse W Hill.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of RicLiand,
/ l,h District CONT
BY virtue Of an crlcr of seizure and sale.
i>,"rd from the l!uu"FaJle ! Ilh Di>iric, Cour,
IN and for the Pag!>h ani stale afoIrsaid. aud
10 M" directed. in tin" above styled and num-
hcrrh suit. ] hay" seized, aut viii offer for
sale 10 the las; aud hi.he,, bidder. 4. the door
Of Tie cuuu house iu the town of RayvIlle.
La. within the hours prescribed hy law, on
Saturday, the lSt dav of July, 1876,
Ire following described properly, ,o-wit:-
The y. Of " OF y v :. the y Of + ;
Of y V !, the y of " Of y f. !. the 5 !
q: " OF y W !, Sec. Is, I. -, y, r. 6 F.. .,
containing lG1 acres, more or less
Tern a.! >alc-twciyc months credit with
"ut the benefit of aprgaiscmenr, purchaser To
-ivr bond with approved >rcuniy. and mort
gag retained on the properly. Cost, cash.
{. II. MOORE, Sheriff.
Eayvilc, Ii, June ~, lS16-tr.
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01
SzaEEsEFH"S SAFE.

William Stewart State of Louisiana,
~. M. 6.7 Parish of kichland,
{. " Wood Parish Court
DY VIRTUE o. \ WRIT OF Fl. FA..
- issurI iron i!.r Honorable Pari,h Cour
in aud for the Parish ani STAT af,rc,lid
in the above styled aud numbered SUIT, and
to me- directed, i have seized and will offer for
sale 10 tlr- last AMI highest bidder, NJ the ,Iucr
Of the CouriLou>c ia RayVillr LA, Wi,uin the
hours paascri1rd by law, on
Satnrd0y, the l5ih dag of JHy, 1876.
the following described p'oPrr;y. io.Wj; One
Black il"r.e. Trra> Of saIc cd.h, wiki b,rc
ii, Of appraiSemen:.
C. II. MOORE. Sh..iG
EayvilIc, La - Iuly /, lS7G.-.;i
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01

CorToS BoLLs MIR. llearsey, at the S,i-
yers plantation, one mile North of RayviIle.
has bolls in his field. He brought us a bloom
june l9th, but IN the multiplicity of business
and crowd Of matter, We overlooked the mat
ter aud forgot to mention it in oar last isspc -
Others brought in blooms last week, but no,
being the first, they declined having the fac,
mentioned. Crops are doing fine at present,
though we are needing little rain in this
immedin,e ncigllloIi,saSA
Richland beacon., 1876-07-01

We direct special attention to the advertise
ment Of Mr.. b. II. McLemore, in another
column of to-day's paper. Mr.. McLemore is
well known as a live business man, who will
give hisIus,omers coed trades. and will keep
on hand such articles as they need. He has
Temoved to the house heretofore occupied by
Capt. ID. A. Campbell. where he will be-
pleased to see all who wish to buy for the
CASH; he proposcs to sell no other way.