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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
Fashion Notes.

Fringes are now so exquisitely made,
and are Sc costly, that instead of their
being manufactured to match dress
the dress is made to match the fringe.
Overskirts are longer than ever, al
most entirely concealing the under
skirts.
Wraps for spring are both sack and
mantle shapes.
Dog collars of silver and other metals,
also of shell, are worn with low necked
corsages as we'll as with high ones.
An attempt will be made to introduce
dark green, blue and brown grenadine
dresses this summer. They will come in
stripes and blocks, as will many of the
black grenadines.
The newest basques are simple shaped
cuirasses, very long. The plainness is
remedied by an abundance of trimming
Bonnets Of network of flowers, very
fine and very like natural ones, are
made in Paris for tie theater.
Coat sleeves that are very close fit.
ting aud have small, neat setting cuffs,
are favorite model for house and street
dresses.
Black grenadines checked with either
gold or silver threads are the rewest
things out in this fabric for evening
wear.
Bonnets are as various in shape as
polonaises. The brims are hardly as
faling as heretofore. New damasked
ribbons and open meshed gauzes are
much used III trimming them; flowers
are also abundantly used.
De beges - ill be worn great deal
this spring. These soft wooden goods
come in three different patterns for one
costume, viz plaid, plain and graduated
stripes, ind usually showing three shades
of brown dark, medium and light.
Silk galloon is very fashionable.
Lace is always in vogue.
|, Satin dresses are popular for dinner
reception occasions.
Fans are somewhat smaller, and are
worn at balls suspended by ribbon or
chain from the wrist.
A new style of gimp ornament lately
introduced is made in the form of the
shoulder belts worn by soldiers. They
cross the bodice and fall below the waist,
terminating with little pocket.
Cords for looping up the dresses are
more worn than during the winter
All wool camel's hair cloths show plain
and striped goods; the latter are grad.
uated from hair lines to stripes half an
inch wide.
Coarse straw and fine chip bonnets
are dyed ivory and cream tints for spring
wear. In the silks, flowers and laces for
trimming them the same yellow-white
hues prevail.
A piece of soft feather trimming, the
color of the trimming of the dress, is
worn with softening effect about the neck;
this is particularly becoming when worn
with white.
Satin ribbon slightly gathered, with
a bow in front and ornament attached,
is much worn about the neck. A
piece of real lace tied at the back of the
neck and falling in long ends is also
fashionable.
Bracelets are reduced in size.
The Ulster" is recommended as an
excellent pattern for waterproofs for
spring and linen for summer, both for
boys and girls.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
Gems Of Thought.

1t is because gold is rare that gliding
has been invented, which, without hav-
ing its solidity, has all its brilliancy.
Thus, to replace the kindness we lack,
we have devised politeness, which has
all its appearance.
Love has the tendency of pressing to-
gether all the lights-all the rays emit
ted from the beloved object by the
burning glass of fantasy--into one focus,
and making of them one radiant sun
without any spots.
Shun the inquisitive, for thou wilt be
sure to find him leaky; open ears do not
keep conscientiously what has been in
trusted to them, and q word once spoken
flies never to be recalled.
Death is the wish of some, the relief
of many, and the end of all. 1t sets the
slave at liberty, carries the banished
man home, and places all men on the
same level, insomuch that life itself were
a punishment without it.
Extreme old age is childhood; ex-
tremo wisdom is ignorance, and so it
may be called, since the man whom the
oracle pronounced the wisest of men
professed that he knew nothing; yea,
push a coward to the extreme and he
will show courage; oppress man to
the last and he will rise above oppres-
sion.
Wood burns because it has the proper
stuff for that purpose in it, and man
becomes renowned because he has the
necessary stuff in him. Renown is not
to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain.
A person may, indeed, by skillful con-
duct and various artificial means make q
sort of name for himself, but if the in
ner jewel is wanting, all is vanity and
will not last day.
He who never relaxes into sportive-
ness is wearisome companion, but be-
ware of him who jests at everything.
Such men disparage, by some ludicrous
association, all objects which are pre-
sented to their thoughts, and thereby
render themselves incapable Of any emo
ton which can either elevate or soften
them; they bring upon their moral being
an influence more whitening than the
blasts of the desert.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
United States Army Reorganization.

A Washington dispatch says: The
United States House committee upon
military affairs have agreed upon bill
to reorganize the army. 1t does not re-
duce the present effective force of the
army, but reduces the number of in
fantry regiments from twenty-five to
twenty, and the cavalry from ten to
eight, thus reducing the number of in
fautry officers fifty-fve, and of cavalry
officers fifteen, and increases the size of
the companies and regiments. 1t does
away with the regimental organization
of the artillery, reducing the field Off
GERS of artillery seventeen. Itconsoli-
dates the quartermaster and commissary
departments into one, designated as the
department of supplies, making a large
reduction of officers. 1t provides for o
board to examine officers and for the dis
charge of all worthless and inefficient
officers, and for an examination of the
condition of retired officers. All Off
GERS who lose their places under the bill
are placed upon list of supernumera-
ries, and are permitted to lesign with
one years pay for each eight years of
service, or remain in service to perform
such duty as they may be assigned to.
Lit provides for the education of non
commissioned officers and soldiers by
the commissioned officers, and for the
promotion of non-commissioned officers
to commissioned officers. 1t abolishes
the office of judge advocate, fixes the
pay of first sergeants at $40 per month,
makes the headquarters of the general
OF the army at Washington in time of
peace, and provides that he may act az
secretary of war in the absence of the
secretary or temporary vacancy in the
Office. 1t provides that suffers and post
traders shall first be elected by coun-
Gil of the administration, approved by
the department commander and the gen
eral of the army and appointed by the
secretary of war. 1t reduces the staff of
all general officers and requires the gen
eral of the army to report reforms TO
Congress annually and to look to econo-
my in all branches of the army. The
bill is approved by the testimony of
many of the best officers of the army.
1t is reduction of about two hundred
officers, and proposes reforms which, if
adopted, will, it is claimed, add greatly
to the efficiency of the army.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
The Imperial Crown.

A detailed description of the Sim
peral state crown of Queen Victoria"
occupies nearly column in a recent
number of the Court Circular. This
crown was made in 1888 with Jewels
taken from old crowns, and others fur
nished by command of her majesty. 1t
consists of diamonds, pearls, rubies,
sapphires, and emeralds set in silver and
gold. 1t has a crimson velvet cap with
ermine border. and is lined with white
silk. 1t weighs over thirty-nine ounces,
troy. In front OF the crown, and in the
center of diamond Maltese cross, is the
famous ruby said to have been given to
Edward Prince of Wales, called the
Black Prince, by Don Pedro, king of
CASTLE, after the battle of Najera, near
Yittoria, A. d. 1867. This ruby was
worn in the helmet of Henry V. at the
battle of Agincourt, A. d. 1415. 1t is
pierced quite through, after the Eastern
custom the upper part of the piercing
being filled up by small ruby. Around
this ruby, in order to form the cross,
are seventy five brilliant diamonds.
Three other Maltese crosses, forming
the two sides and back of the crown,
have emerald centers, and contain re-
spectively 1872, 1874, and 130 brilliant
diamonds. There are numerous other
ornaments formed of precious stones,
but we will only mention the total mum,
ber of jewels in the crown: One large
ruby irregularly polished, one large
broad-spread sapphire, sixteen sap.
phires, eleven emeralds, four rubies, l..
1853 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose dia,
monds, lat table diamonds, four drop
shaped pearls, and 273 pearls.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
THE CENTENNIAL.
The Programme of the Opening Exercises
on MAY 10.

Tne general plan for the exercises at the
opening of the Centennial exhibition on May
10 has been agreed upon by the executive
committee. The specially invited guests will
be nearly as follows:
The President and Vice-President.
The Cabinet.
The Supreme Court.
The Senate and House OF Representatives.
The leading officers of the army and navy.
The governors Of the States and Territories
and their STATS
The Legislature OF Pennsylvania.
The board Of State supervisors.
The foreign commissioners.
The Centennial commission and the chief
subordinates.
The Centennial board of finance.
The government board of finance.
The women's Centennial executive commit
tee.
The judges of the exhibition.
The State Centennial board
The city officials of Philadelphia.
This list is subject to revision. As the exer-
cises are to be held in the open air, it will be
possible for a greater multitude to witness
them. About 1890 O'Clock A. NJ, the persons
invited having been conducted to their places,
the orchestra OF one hundred and fifty, con-
Quoted by Theodore Thomas, will play the ma
tionAl airs of all nations. The President Of
the United States will be conducted to the
ground by Governor Hartranft, with a military
escort: The following programme will then be
carried out:
1.-THE Grand March," written for the occa-
sion by Richard Wagner.
Invocation Of the Divine Blessing" origi-
nal hymn by J. G. Whittier.
Original csntata-Words by Sydney Lanier,
of Geol gia; music by Dudley Buck, Of Con-
necticut.
Brief presentations by the president of the
Centennial commission, reporting the exhibit
ton to the President of the United States
An address by the President of the United
States, which he will close by declaring the
exhibition open. Immediately the flags will
be unfured, the artillery will fire salute, the
chimes Of the tower and other great bells on
the ground will ring and the chorus Of six
hundred will render Handels " Hallelujah."
The foreign commissioners will move to their
respective assignments in the main building.
The President of the United States, escorted
by the commission aud board of finance, and
the invited guests. will enter the north doors
Of the main building aud move. accompanied
by tho music of the great organs, along the
great avenue iu such manner aa to pass by
each national commission. The proceseion
will then cross to machinery hall aud walk
down the main avenue to tho center. Then at
the signal from the President OF the United
States the enormous engine and it's thirteen
acres OF machinery will be put in motion and
the exhibition will be open to the world.
There may follow more or less formal recep-
tions iu the judges hall and the quarters of
the commission.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06

sloping roof. Rustic iron chairs stood
under the bowing branches of the elms
on the lawn, and marble Cupid, hold
ing up carved conch shell, scattering
bright rain into flower bordered basin
directly in front of the gates.
"Oh, how beautiful |" cried Rachel.
"I never saw such superb scarlet
geraniums in my life ; and what lovely
marble paved hall !"
"You like the appearance
"Oh, yes tits beautiful.
"Come in, my dear, and see how you
like the interior" said the old gentle
man, serenely.
1t was perfect, from the parlor, with
it's superb Brussels carpet and exquisite
silk hangings, to the bedroom, all in
white and pink, like the inside of a
roses heart, and the fairy conservatory,
all stocked with camelias, heliotropes,
and rare fuchias at the south end of the
house.
"It is like fairy land |" cried Rachel,
enthusiastically. "Do tell me, Uncle
Ben, who is to live here ?"
Uncle Ben turned round and faced
her.
"You, my dear"
"And Hugh, of coursea"
"To be sure !"
"But uncle" gasped little Rachel,
quite overwhelmed by this unexpected
good luck, "the other house ~
That's only little joke of mine.
This is the real home, and I give it to
you with all the more pleasure that you
were disposed to make the best of the
bad bargain you thought you were in
for. My dear, the contented mind you
possess is worth thousand houses"
And Rachel felt something warm and
wet upon her cheek, like tear, as the
old gentleman stopped to kiss her.
When Hugh came home, to find his
little wife upon the veranda, all well
coming smiles to greet bin, he ex-
claimed:
"Why. Uncle Ben. this is perfect
casket."
But none too good for the little
jewel that inhabits it," Uncle Ben an
swered.
And Hugh read in the tone that his
young wife had won the capricious old
gentleman's heart"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06
A Month I'm a Well,

The inhabitants of the islet of Ayos
Strait, lying to the south of Lemnos, are
in a grievous state of disappointment
owing to the failure of a plan they
adopted some little time ago with view
of preventing the annual visit of the To-
Gusts, which for some years have been a
great plague to the island. Believing
that sorcery was at the root of the evil,
they confined half dozen women at the
bottom of well. The Turkish authori-
ties not approving of this proceeding in.
terfered.on behalf of the women, who
were released from the we'll after a
months imprisonment; but although
one of them died from the effects of this
treatment, the locusts were not appeas-
ed. They reappeared last summer as
usual, and devoured the crops with their
accustomed voracity. ...
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Lost.

Once on time che came to me,
Az some small star from heaven might fee
To be mortars sole delight.
A love by day, dream by night,
The sweetest thing on land or sea,
My little darling crept to me.
A trembling tender fairy thing,
Too grave to smile, too sad to sing,
Aware of earth with grieved surprise
An alien from her native skies,
A baby angel strange to see,
Ny little darling came to me.
But love and loving taught her smiles,
And life and living baby wiles-
The way to cling, to coax, to kiss,
To fill my soul with deepest bliss;
Ny heart of hearts, my life, was she,
This little love who came to me.
What words she stammered, soft and low,
No other ears but mine could know;
More gentle than cooling dove,
More fond than any voice Of love,
So shy 30 sweet, 80 tenderly,
My little darling spoke to me.
1 know not how to tell the grace
That dwelt upon her wistful face
The tinted skin, the lips pure bloom,
The clearest eyes that knew not gloom,
The hair as soft as moth wings be,
My little darling showed to me.
Alas know that all is gone,
That here sit and grieve alone,
That every fair and gracious thing
loved and lost is but sting;
Another thorn thy memory
My little darling, brings to me.
But kindly night doth pity pain;
In all my dreams she comes again;
Her precious head is on my breast
My happy arms caress her rest;
/ hear her words of tender glee;
My little darling kisses me.
All. sweet is night-too sweet, too brief
When day recalls our bitterest grief,
The hungry heart, the longing dire
That burns the soul with vain desire,
The ancient cry Of wild distress,
The Rachel-mourDing, comtortless.
Oh, God! once more that face to see
Ny little darling, como to me.
Rose Terry Cooke.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-06

If knee brsechcs come in fashion thu
largest calf Will look best.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17
Identifying Country Homes.

A writer in the April Wide-Awake-
an excellent, finely illustrated monthly
magazine ''for boys and girls''- in
structive and interesting, we should
say, to grown people as well-con-
cludes an article entitled s'Tree-Plant-
ing for Children" as follows:
s'To those who live in the country
upon farms, let me say-first, plant
your trees about your homes, then
about your farm. Learn that he who
plants a tree beauties to that extent
his home and benefits every member
of the family. A country home is
never beautiful without trees, and the
love which unites the family is robbed
of one of it's happiest modes of ex.
preston and sympathy. In the i'm.
providence that has ever ruled in our
country, in the struggle to turn all
things into wealth, may be found the
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THE FIRESIDE.
wHlTTIER'S CENTENNIAL HYMN.

"dlIllEh > .CENiENN1Au II Mn
Our fathers God! from out whoseland
The centuries tall like grains of sand, ,
We meet to-day, united, free,
And loyal to our land and Thee.
TO thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening, one.
Here where of old, by Thy design, j.
The fathers spake that word of Thine { {
Whose echo is the glad refrain ~
OF rendered bolt and falling chain,ss
To grace our festal time from all @S
The zones of each our guests wescall.
Be with MS while the new world greets
The old world, throughout all its streets,
Unwilling all the triumphs won
By art or toll beneath the sun; saasasa
And unto common good ordain
This rivalship OF hand and brain.
Thou who hast here in concord furled
The war flags of q g,.hered wor d,
Beneath our western skies fulfill
The Orient's mission of good will,
And, frightened with loves golden fleece,
Send back the argonauts of peace.
For art and labor met in truce,
For beauty made the bride of use,
We thank Thee, while withal we crave
The aastere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought or sold
Oht make Thou us, through centuries
long, s>e@ ~~.
Around our gilt Of freedom draw
The safeguards of Thy righteous law,
And. cast in some diviner mold,
Let the new cycle shame the old!
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sF.ARMeAND~HOUSEHOI.D
Belle Bonnie.

D Mr.: A. B. Allen, writing to the Gar
deners' Chronicle, says: cit is the
richest and most nutritious of all our
sweet apples. 1t is of large size,
nearly that of the Pound Sweeting,
and when ripe, of golden green color.
The juice is of such Il high flavor that
I have often seen it granulated into
sugar when the fruit was baked, as it
oozed out side of it on the dish.
''The Belle Bonnie ripens about the
first to the middle Of October, H.
though called an autumn fruit, I have
kept them in a cool upper chamber of
my house where it did not freeze, and
also in a well-aired cellar into the fol-
lowing April. Although alittle shriv-
elled so late in the spring, the fruit
still retained it's fine flavor. Simple as
you think it, there are few dishes that
the unlimited taste among. us better
,relishes than baked Belle Bonnie Ap.
pie, sliced with crumbled bread into
milk. This fruit, also, with cream
and bread-and-butter, makes a deli.
cious dessert. and is far preferable to
the best of pies, for it is equal to these
in taste, and much more easily digest
ed.
81 wish some of the London fruit
dealers would make an imI o:tation of
a few of the superior sorts of Ameri-
can Sweet Apples, for I am confident
that they would soon obtain high ia
vor among their customers. They
can begin to do this in July, together
with peaches and other fruits, in re.
frigerators. 80
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17
Broom Corn.

The Department of Agriculture pub
fishes the following: 1t is but 4 very
few years since the Importance Of the
extensive cultivation of broom corn
has attracted the attention Of either
the farmer or manufacturer, but now,
in the Northern, Western, and Middle
States it has grown into an important
industry; and there is no reason why
the Southern planter should not turn
his attention to the same subject, and
thereby awaken another manufacture
ing occupation among the people.
There is no climate in the United
States where broom corn will not grow
with more or less success; and the
mode of it's cultivation does not mate
rally differ from that of the ordinary
corn or maize. And, like all other
grain, it's successful production is de-
pendent upon the quality Of the soil,
and the care with which the soil is
cultivated.
For broom corn the land should be
plowed in the fall. This attains two
objects; the frosts of winter ameliorate
and make friable the soil; and the
work is then done, and will not be liza
BILE to the delay of planting early in
the spring. This is particularly neces-
sary in the Northern and Middle States,
where spring sowing is often delayed
by cold rains. If the ground be well
and deeply plowed in the fall, it will
supersede the necessity of blowing it
again in the spring. The ground may
then be we'll narrowed, rolled and
scored out three feet one way and two
feet the other. This is assuming that
the ground is in good fertile condition.
! If it be not, then it should be made
so before blowing in the fall, by the
application of barnyard manure. Land
cannot be made too rich for corn.
Soaring the land both ways enables
the farmer to work. it both ways by
cultivators. If the seed be dropped
with drill then it need not be scored.
About three quarts of seed will plant
an acre. AS soon as the corn is seen
above the ground, the working to keep
down the weeds should be commenced
and it must be kept clean throughout
the season.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17

One of the duties of the organist of
a church on the South side is to strike
several loud chords on the organ, at
the conclusion of the sermon, to wake
up the congregation.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17

Send to the Boston One Price Cloth
ing Store, Minneapolis, for rules for self-meas-
urement and get goods subject to examina-
ton before paying for them.