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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Buying a Mexican Plug.

In his lecture Mark Twain tells this
story of speculation of his in Nevada.
He said bought the horse at auction !;
they called it Mexican plug" I did
not know what that was, but supposed
it was all right. The brother-i -in-law of
the auctioneer took me to one side and
said: "Now, could cheat you, but 1
won't; see you are stranger. Now,
that horse is genuine Mexican plug,
and, besides, he can outbuck anything
in the country" 1 did not know what
"bucking" was; but as 1 wanted horse
that could excel in something, I bought
him. The next afternoon l thought l
would ride him /; so brought him out,
and two men held his head and another
held him down to the ground by his
tail, and L mounted, and Just as soon as
they let go, that horse brought all his
feet together in bunch and lowered his
back and then suddenly elevated it,
throwing me some feet in the air. l
went straight up and came straight
down, and lit on the saddle, and up I
went again and still again. This time 1
lit on the neck of the animal and hung
fast. Then he rose on his hind feet and
went through with all the gymnastic
performances he knew OF, and finally
ended by throwing me up again, and
while 1 was in the air heard some one
say: "Ah, how he bucks !" So that
was "bucking." Before 1 got down
some one hit that horse, and when / got
down he was not there. Plenty of
friends gathered round to offer me sym
pathy. They always do when you want
to be alone. 1 wanted to sit down, and
/ did sit down, and 1 was SO sore and
bruised and shaken 1 put one hand on
my head, the other ON my stomach, and
if I had sixteen hands 1 could have
found places for them. One friend said:
Why, you might have known he was
nothing but Mexican plug" Yes, 1
did know it. And another: "Why, you
could see that that animal bucked. 4"
Yes, that was what bought him for.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
The Flying Bridges of the Himalaya.

A. Wilson, in his recently published
account of journey through the upper
valleys of the Himalaya, says that these
bridges are constructed of twigs, chiefly
from birch trees or bushes twisted to-
gether. Two thick ropes of these twigs,
about the size of mans thigh or little
larger, are stretched across the river at a
distance of from four to six feet from
each other, and similar rope runs be-
tween them, three or four feet lower,
being connected with the upper ropes
by more slender ropes running at an in
terval of about five feet from eacll other.
The unpleasantness of jhula is that the
passenger has no proper hold of the up
per ropes, which are too thick and rough
to be grasped by the hand, and that at
the extremities they are so far apart that
it is difficult to have any hold of both at
the same time, while danger is incurred
by the beLd or hang of the jhula, which
is much lower in the middle than at it's
ends. He has also to stoop painfully to
move along, and it is seldom safe for
him to rest his feet on the lower rope,
except where it is supported by the
transverse ends. To fall into the raging
torrent underneath would be almost de-
struction. The high winds which pre-
vail in the Himalaya during the day
make the whole structure swing about
frightfully.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Injurious Qualities of Sugar.

DR.. Gutter, in the Boston Journal of
Chemistry, suggests that the free use of
candy may be injurious to the eyes, be-
cause the injection of sugar under the
skin of frog causes blindness within
half an hour. Sugar, he says, is wanting
in nutritive qualities, though starch, the
basis of sugar, contains them in large
quantities. Dogs fed on sugar live
forty days and die of ulcers therefore
sugar largely partaken of by humans is
likely to produce similar results. Sugar,
like any aliment, will, doubtless, when
taken in excess, be injurious, but we can
see no reason for the scare proposed by
the doctor. There is 4 decided differ
ence between crude sugar injected into
the blood or tissues, and sugar digested
and assimilated. 1t is said that milk,
one of the most harmless of dietary
agents, injected as above, will cause
speedy death. Are we, therefore, to
conclude that milk is unwholesome 2
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Gypsy Wisdom.

The man who has not the whip hand
of his tongue and his temper is not fit
to go into company.
When the wind is high, move your
tent to the other side of the hedge d.
e., change your side according to cir
cumstances.
Never buy a handkerchief or choose a
wife by candlelight.
It's like a. kiss, good for nothing un-
less divided between two.
Don't ask for thing when you can t
get it.
1t is always the largest fish that falls
back into the water.
There may be adversity in large
house as well as in small one.
Keep it secret in your own heart
and nobody will know it.
Clean water never came from dirty
place.
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
There is a sweet sleep at the end of q
long road.
An ass that carries you is better than
horse that throws you off.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
At the Quebec Fire.

1t would be hard to conceive of sad
der sight than the ono which presented
itself as night closed down upon us after
the fire, says correspondent. Hun
dreds of poor families had fled with
their few pitiable savings to the Cove
Fields and the Cricket grounds, and
there were huddled down upon bits of
carpet, beds, or the bare ground, and
falling asleep, hopeless, supperless, and
exhausted. 1t is wonderful to note
what people save at such time, and
whether it is sentiment which comes to
the surface under strong excitement or
merely absence of mind, could not de.
eide. l saw cats lying securely in the
arms of frantic women who rushed past,
and house plants, canaries, bouquets of
wax and paper flowers, pictures, etc.
One little fellow whom we met looked
as if he were willing that the worst
might come, since he had a beloved and
demure old rooster safe in his arms. An
aged grandmother seemed satisfied that
an unkind fate had left her several rolls
of wall paper to begin life anew with,
and weary and discouraged-looking
man was struggling along with an arm
load of light but unwieldly stovepipe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
A Satisfactory Prayer,

The Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon tells this
story: A poor man who had large
family gave them very comfortable
living while he was in health. But he
broke his leg, and was laid up for some
weeks. AS he would be for some time
destitute of the means of grace, it was
proposed to hold prayer meeting at
his house. The meeting was led by
Deacon Brown. A loud knock at the
door interrupted the service. A tall,
lank, blue frocked youngster stood at the
door, with an OK goad in his hand, and
asked to see Deacon Brown. Father
could not attend this meeting," he said,
" but he sent his prayers, and they are
out in the cart" They were brought in,
in the shape of potatoes, beef, pork and
corn. The meeting broke up without
the benediction. 49, -
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15

away until I called him back. 1 saw
you failing and sinking, my boy. I saw
my sisters son wasting and dying of a
disease which could not be cured except
he could be lifted up from the pit into
which he had fallen. 1 saw his young
manhood-so full of native power and
goodness-bowed and"-
Stop stop !" said Paul, raising his
other hand. "I see it all. "
"And do you blame me-"
"Blame you /"
"Aye, do you blame me for the hard,
harsh remedy 1 applied2" ..---
Blame you, uncle Shall blame
you for my salvation3 Shall blame
you for my manhood's health and
strength and vigor Shall blame you
for-this2 And he let go his uncle's
hand, and drew his wondering wife to
his side. "I only pray to God that the
return of the lost wealth may not cause
may wife to love me less. 1t can never
overshadow with its bulk these other
Joys which have grown up from the
better life |"
It was oil as Uncle Betterman had
said. Lovett had gone away at his
order, having first secured the property
so that no harm could befall it-and it
had all been done that Paul might be
thrown upon his own resources, and
thus saved from the sloth that was eat
ing away his young life. And it had
worked well.
And when Paul Renford had received
back his great fortune he was true to the
promise he had made concerning the
beautiful tract of land beyond the river;
and this is the true story of how the
toile RS of the city came to be blessed
with those pleasant, healthful homes in
The Eden of Wildwood.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Where 1t Comes Fl ON,

The veal used in the New York market
all comes from Dutchess, Columbia,
Orange, and Suffolk counties, N. Y, and
from New Jersey. The best mutton is
supplied by Canada, where the sheep
are largely fed on pea meal, but great
many good sheep also come from Ken
tucky and Ohio, and few poor ones
from Texas. Hogs come from every
where that cattle are procurable, stock
raisers averring that neither can be
proftably raised, without the other, so
that the New York market gets as its
supply the widest varieties of pig, from
the smooth, round, snub-nosed Berkshire
and Suffolk-the porcine aristocracy--
down to the gaunt, feet-footed, alligator
shouted "beech NUT" acorn and rattle
snake fed hog of Indiana and Iowa. The
hog business may be deemed better
systematized, in a commercial way,
than any other branch of the meat sup
ply. Pork dealers receive hogs shipped
to them direct from different parts of
the country. have them dressed at once
by expeditions machinery, and then sell
the carcasses on Change by their repre-
sentations, on their guarantee of the
quality of the stock. Poor, me asley
hogs and boars, which fall below the
general standard of the lot so sold, are
sent down to market and there disposed
of. The rest go to the packers who
have bought them on Change, and who,
after taking out the loins, which are
sold to butchers all over town, speedily
transform them into hams, shoulders,
bacon, lard, etc., etc., SO that scarcely
an ounce of the hog is wasted. The
best pigs New York gets for local use,
fresh, come from New Jersey, where
farmers raise and kill few each for
market in cold weather.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Coral Fishing.

The total quantity of coral annually
brought up from the bottom of the Medi-
terranean sea by Italians is estimated to
average a weight of about 100000
pounds, and to represent a value of
81, $50 600. OF the above amount less
than $4,000 pounds is valuable for
jewelers. purposes. The Spaniards arc
the only rivals of the Italians in coral
fisheries. They employ about sixty
boats and obtain somewhere about 25, 900
pounds per annum which is valued at in
the neighborhood of 100000. This
coral is not so fine as the other, however,
and has its special markets. After the
coral is gathered it is sorted and that
which is considered as merchantable !"
is sent into factories where women are
employed to clean it, reassort it, class
it out according to color and make it
ready for the use of the trade. Only a
very small quantity finds sale in Italy.
More than nine-tenths is sent to foreign
markets, and the total revenue from it is
estimated to amount to 50, 600, 900 yearly.
Most of the fishermen are convicts.
Hence the proverb: "To be a coral
fisher you must be either q rogue or a
Yagabond."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Take More Care of the Mind,

If persons of both sexes would pay
more attention to the care of the mind,
our lunatic asylums would be less full
than they are now, and the health of
the body would be much better pre-
served; for, as Schiller truly says,
mental pleasure is generally attended by
animal pleasure, mental pain by animal
pain. 1t is too much the custom for peo-
pie to live in one nrrrow groove of
thought and action. They consequently
have no interest or sympathy for matters
outside their little world, and having one
support to lean on they become utterly
demoralzed when it fails them. A
change of occupation is as desirable and
beneficial for the mind as walking is ex,
ercise for the body.-Satarday Review.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
They Would Grumble.

A colonel of British regiment was,
according to the Times of India, lately
much distressed by the complaints of
his men respecting their rations. The
beef was tough and stringy, the bread
coarse and tasteless, the tea had no
strength in it, and the sugar was largely
composed of sand. The colonel,
although he was unable to arrive at any
other conclusion than that these com
plants were unfounded, at last sent for
the sergeant-major, and, confding to him
the trouble he felt at the grumbling
which went on, asked him what could be
done to stop it. Grumble about
rations," said the sergeant-major; ".why
of course they do, sir and SO they
would if you was to feed them on toast
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
His Handwriting.

The handwriting of the late Mr..
Bross, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, COR
respondent says, was terror to all COM
positors. 1t was probably the most fan
tastic chirography that ever found its
way to composing room, and no one,
not even himself, would pretend to read
it after it got dry. 1 say no one, though
there are four or five men who are en-
ployed on the Enquirer who can de-
cipher it, and for possessing this accom-
plishment they are given the STAT" of
the advertising, 1 believe. While writ
ing he always hummed in sort of sing
song way, not in words, but in tone, and
il he We're interrupted in this he would
Immediately give up work, saying that
he must write and sing or not do either.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Gold Coinage.

The total gold coinage for the month
of May, as appears from reports by DIR.
Linderman, the director of the United
States mint, was SO, 176, 100; trade dol
lar coinage, 1918, 100; subsidiary silver
coinage, 2,19O, 1O5 minor coinage,
So, ATS; total number of pieces struck,
10, 215, 634; total value of the coinage,
$5, 696, $40. This is regarded as very
large coinage. OF the amount. 8, 5,757,-
518 pieces, representing 81, ,301 $50,
were coined at Philadelphia; 2,661, 900
pieces. representing SO, ,814, 600, at San
Francisco, and 1877, 116 pieces, repre-
senting $58l, 160, at Carson. '1s0 't.'-f
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
Str0lling in the Lane.

The daisies etar the summer grass
And, with the dancing leaves at play,
Adown this lane the breezes pass,
In pleasant music, all the day.
love the sweet. sequestered plaza,
The gracious roof Of gold and green,
Where arching branches interlace,
With gimpses Of the sky between.
see the dropping roses trail
From tangled hedgerows to the ground
hear the chanting swell and fail,
or fond love lyrics, all around.
And here, adown the shady walk,
In days divine now passed away,
Entranced, listed to the talk
That ever held myeheart in sway,
In days when birds begun to sing,
Because they found the earth was fair /;
In halcyon days of happy spring,
None aught but us our joys to share.
But pleasure past is present pain
The petals of the rose are shed
The piercing thorns alone remain
live to sorrow for the dead.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15

VERY CLosE.-A wit was dreadfully
bored by a stupid fellow who persisted
III talking to him on natural history.
" There's the OYSTER" at last said the
bore what's your notion as to the idea
that the oyster is possessed of reason 2"
" l think it may be true" said the wit,
" because the oyster knows enough to
hut its mouth"
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27
BlSsOL. IiOS.

rprHn COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE
existing between the Undersigned under
tEs firm NAM Cs Minnie x David, st Carson
sgstF. Nevada. IL this day dissolved BIZ E.utIisl
sSRsslE. Sad ua.It IL slsne entitled to collect
aid receipt for all debts duo the late f-Il, and
Vii ray al GeI4s-sds against the ss'ne.
EVAN DAVID.
=. 2 TISSIB
s~-ssc G-ty. ssG. "a. Is7t-
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NOTICE or sTIrc CONN FNCED
s-krr o. NEVADA.
GovHTT CO DKAsBI.
DIaHLtsr ArNlExN1 lEEIL-

l,IssS!rT ATTORNEY tFFlCE.'
/ T. the following rsmed defendants and to
/ all owners Of. or claim.2's TO the real estate
| Ard Improvements theron. or improvements
VIXEN assessed SEP --stely hereinafter described,
known nr unknown. You arc hereby notified
| that sr..s hsve BEEN commenced in justices
| Cour. at C,rs1n Ct, IN CarsoD TOwn-h y,
orniaby County. State If Nevada. c. A. Nithsr
| ell. Justice of til Peace. by the State Of Ne
vids. Plaintiff. against zach NJ thu Defendants
hereinafter HaWel. and each of tht Il How ing
described tracts or parcel. Of land with the i'm
p-oysm-nts thereon aud improvements when
separately assessed, and all owners OF or Claim
ants ts the sane. known OK unknown. to recover
the tax ana delinquency assessed to SID de
PENDANT against said property for ths fiscal year
commencing She first ds, of January, A. D. 1875.
and en1ilg the 5lst day of December. a. n.
ls'5. snd that a summons has been duly issued
IN eaCn case. And you are further notified that
unless vow appear and answer the complaint,
nled in said cause. on or before the 2ith dav If
February a u. 1876, at 10 O'clock, 5 NJ, Judg
nient will be tax Il aE.inst Won, and the real
estate and Improvements herein described for
the amount of - lax spd drlIIquency
.pecihcd ard costs of sult-thc lands and i'm
TroveInents herein described. being situated III
Carson Township. orm>t! County, state Of
Nsysd.-
state OF Nevada Agricultural. Mining and
Ne ,rAniCsl Society land srd nous. to Wit, 81
aces, bounded north by lands Of Virginia and
Truckee Railroad Company ami :. \. Love!oy.
west by land Of c. ' Putnam, south 10y
warm Spring Road, "ast by laI.t { i. '.
Putnam. being east Of and reag Carson City.
Tax and delinquency slU5 ~.
herango, land and house to-WIt, Lot seven
il lluca twenty-SCvcn, in Sear-. I'll u.l'sun
Sears division Of CAcsy-. City. Tax and dtl!n-
Quency sSl 81.
J. 4. Bry ant land and houso ;o-,slt. III, ess;
II feet Of the north 81 feet C., BLOCK -. n Van
Wrinkle and PrOcture division ui carson City
Tax and delinquency SIS -.
Mar-hsl! willard: land aaI improvements,
+,n,rT -, Ut
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27

a. TuE ni~TFICr cOIKT OF THC

4 ILltrd Sal : 10Y IL DTslrIIt II N,vaGa, H.
IN" matter Of 6,,rEc W. CEedit. bankrupt in
bankruptcy. TLiteI Stats II An. rica Di.tr:c-
Of Nevala-ss ! warrant III banhr1itt,.y Wa
ISSUED against the estate Ct GtoE1,. W. Chedic.
If Carson City. in the county OF OIl.-hy, an
state Of Nevada, who las been adjudged i bank
mi On his own petition that the payment OF
any hts and d, liNory Of any PROV. rty l., lau.-
ing to such bankrupt. to him, or tor his u.s.,
gnt tn transfer OF any property by him ar,
forbidden by law: that meeting of the cred
Itors of the said bankrupt, IL prove their debts.
and to choose one or more assigne,s OF his es-
tate, will be held at L Court OF Bankruptcy
to lac holden at the United States District Court
Room, Carson City. Soyada. betort- +. Strother
Re istr. ON the 21th day Ct January, \. d. 1870,
AZ IL o'clock A. VI.
4. &. CLAPP.
United States Marshal and Messenger il Bark
rlptSy Cor said District. janis
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SiiEREFFS SALE,

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b a. sale issued or q aud under the seal
OF .thc ii. n 81 JG@-yIh4 pl>trl't CySrt, IL AID
ior CFn-"y County 81. St1te OF Nevada Oh =
judgment tU.A4E'd tAer- III On me etL day y
! January, 4 D. lo''' am al't4'-t on me -N'E
nay q ddAGa'j' - =. I-'"' Il taN.r o. James
BeEt ara again. J. l. flet.t1. n = Btr.1en,
wills / sF2' = - anu L T. D:t1icr cett nd
ants. AL} n liisiE-rs 10 sand decree ana
cftrf q a'Ie' 10 H. -I-', nave ItFird upon
anu VIII t,I"'t - I'h-is sa', a. --',tl"E. ca
thursday IN I'th ia! O. fcoruAry, between
the A.'iis OF IN ana PM ''-"i AZ one
o v-orA IN u rehi lT'IeriF set ont III eaid
deere 81 5 flrtI a. an satisfy the se' "a! de
man1-, t"-''-t Cr---AsI costs n the sum Of
ID - tnt'il--' I1r IN ~" SUM Il $50 90 al-i
slr sum 81 s'.'-9 ~ Win interest on SYST 81
al tAt rae 81 t"' g = ! N'As- Per month IRON
!tin D9criAo.r A-h' IS anu On sfIo 81 a Tie
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27

Once cf sheriff Of County Of O-1nsby ISL
I hereby certify. that l received the with n
summons ON the III 3ay Of November. A. J..
$50. and r,tunI that after d3.r t.Il.rrre anI
from Information lrlit>. the defendant Eliza
bcth 4. EIrchn-r can ut b, frH-i within this
County Z Urntshy ,r i'll tlr State Of Ne1 ala.
Dated at Carson TIN Stll day rt N.veul~r
ls-5 ; T. SWIFT Sheriff
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IN TEE DISTRICT COURT or TIE

n Second J1dicial District Of she state OF
Nevada, in and for the County OF Crin.by.
HARMON II. hIECHSRR plaintiff ., FII-arErH -
KIRCnSRR defendant. Action brought in the
District Cont OF the Second Judicial District Of
the State of Nevada. Ia aud for the County u
OrHIshy. AID the Complaint fled "a said Count,
Of ormshy, in tho Office ef the Clerk % saia
District Court. The state of Nevada scuds
greeting TO tLHABEIH A. KIeCHSER defendant.
ton arc hereby required to sppear III al ac'ior
brought against y-u ey the soOvs named pain
TN n the District Court Of the SrHO-d judicial
District of the State 81 Nevala, in sn for the
County Of or1a>by, and to answer the CoElPlsiht
hIrd therein 4. copy Of which accompanies this
sum n ms within ten days exclusive of TIE
day II service after the service en- you II This
SumMons-f served within this CuSniy. or i
served out Of this County, but III this District,
within twenty days. otherwise within forty
dsys-or judgment by default will be taken
against yoH. The said sCti Il i, brought to dis
solve the be nds Of matri n ony existing between
you and the plairtif upon the alleged ground
Of wllful desertlon. And you are hereby notified
that If You fail to appear and answer the saId
Complaint IS shove required, the said plaintiff
viii apply to the Court for the relief prayed.
Given under my hand .and the seal OF
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27

the District Court Of the SeconH
Judicial District Of the state Z
Nevada, il and for the County
of ormsl'y, this 9Th day q
November. IN the year u GU.
Lord. one tlJuSAnl eight hun
drcd and sevrnty-lye.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27
ORDINANCE No. go.

A. oriIIsl.r Il relation To Dance uses AID
Hurdy-=T7r,i. HOUSES i'll Carson City.
IT, Board of Trustees Of Cat=--I City H. o.
,saIa
>S,I5.S ! hs:cr the SIKH d. Of T,b:usry.
4. II $50. i shall liz and Is hereby made uu-
lawful Tor az Esr' 81 persons. riI or copart-
ner-hIp. to Di~ IL kncp. or csrry on any dauc"
She CsrVurst- limits Of Car, II CITY
>FCT9oS =. lo- y violation of tie provisions
of she first section Of this Ordinance, any party
offending shall. uu conviction. b. punished
By fine not excs ctiIn., iiyt hundred dollars IL
gold coin of the uissd States. or 10y iInprisCn-
I,eus IL the city Jail not exceeding or hundret:
days o. by both such fine and imprisonment.
D 4 the discretion OF the Court by which such
punishment shall b imposed.
sd1r.tr.; January -. l>76.
II. 4. RICE President.
Attest. 7. J. Trw ,RTrS. City Clerk.