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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Joseph and Mrs. P0tiphar.

This famous legend, says the Home
Journal, is still found among the Egyp-
tians of to-day, but in a somewhat diff
ferent form from that of the Biblical
narrative. NJ. De Lesseps, tine distin-
guished engineer and savant, who has
resided much in the East, gives tEis as
the Egyptian tradition: Potiphar was
not tender-hearted man. He impris-
oned his wife, as also Joseph, although
the lady and Joseph asserted their inno
cence. The Judge ordered an inquiry,
and the wife OF Potiphar, in her de-
fense, urged that her passion for Joseph
had been awakened by his personal
beauty, which she declared no woman
possibly could resist. Others, she said
would have done as she had, an asser-
ton she was invited to prove. On being
set at liberty she invited number of
her female friends to meet her at her
house, without informing them of the
purpose for which they were assembled.
To each guest an orange and golden
knife were given, and they were re-
quested not to cut the oranges until the
lady of the house had given them the
signal to do so, by pronouncing the
word "Now." The ladies', with their
orange in one hand and their knife in
the other, were gazing with surprise at
their hostess, when suddenly the door
opened aud Joseph made his appearance
standing ON the threshold. Now" "
cried the wife of Potiphar, but her
guests, captivated by the beauty of the
Hebrew, paid no attention to what they
wore doing, and, consequently, cuttheir
fingers. The party was called before
the judge on the following morning;
every one of the ladies, save one, hid
her wounded hand in the folds of her
garment, while the one whose hand
was unhurt declared that she had es-
capped the common fate by throwing her
knife away the moment she saw Joseph;
and, on being further pressed with
questions, declared that had she not
thrown her knife away she should have
stabbed herself to the heart, because she
could never bear to look upon the He
brew and know that she could never pos.
sess him as a husband.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
How he was Outwitted.

The story is told of an old Quaker who
lived with woman as his wife, but re-
fused to be bound by any form of mar
riage. Their relationship was known to
be perfect marriage in all but the form,
and his friends, while acknowledging
the purity of the mans ideas, were
grieved at the scandal created by his
action, as he was known to be good
man. He was, however, deaf to all re-
monstrances, although his friends pre-
sented the matterin every possible light.
At length some of the oldest and gravest
among his friends determined that the
matter ought to be settled, with or with,
out his sanction. They therefore called
on him, and, in the presence of his wife
in all but the name, they renewed their
arguments. In the course of the con-
versation they artfnlly managed to draw
from her the remark that she considered
him as her husband. Immediately
afterward they spoke to him in such a
way that he, not suspecting their inten-
tion, replied Why, L consider her
as my WIFE" "Then L pronounce you
man and wife. Those whom God hath
Joined together let no man put assun-
DER" said the oldest man in the party.
The outwitted Quaker was furiously
angry, but he had been caught beyond
question.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
The Candidate for Office.

When I walked down the street next
day the perception OF my ne " relations
with the public surprised me like the
shock of geld bath. Instead of the
cold and somewhat shy Difference habitu-
ally accorded to Independent position
and reserved manners, was everywhere
accosted with an easy and aggressive
familiarity.
Ny right hand was crushed with the
cordiality of fellows whosesnames were
unknown to me, and my ribssached with
the friendly pokes of people whose
former acquaintance had never trans
cended distant nod. Tom introduced
me to his neighbor Dick, and Dick pre-
sented his friend Harry, and Harry call
ed up his fellow citizens Ragtag and
Bobtail, and everybody wanted to know
my opinions on oil imaginable subjects
-grangers, railroads, local option, free
schools, Cuba, the next Presidency and
what not.
was seriously embarrassed at finding
myself for the first time face to face with
a constituency, but was humanely re-
lieved by Bully M'Cue, who stepped up
and whispered in my ear, confdentially:
"You can answer all them questions
most satisfactory in one word-treat !"
CA friend in need is friend indeed"
and by authority my committee man led
the constituency into the next grocery.
Then was followed by bevy of little
girls collecting for the mite society, who
pertly demanded dollar from the candi-
date.
Rejecting that little girls have fathers
who have votes, I called sweet, blush
ing maiden who was modestly hanging
back; and gave her the dollar, with pat
on the head and compliment added.
This was observed, and at the next cor
ner I was boned by maiden aunt of
one of the little girls for a contribution
to the heather, especially those whose
lot is cast in our borders.
L escaped into a friendly store, but
there the proprietor spread his stock of
silks on the counter, insisting L should
select dress for madam to wear at the
capital next winter. Only sixty-fve dol
lars the pattern. every proud to have
your name on our books" said he,
bundling up the dress and sending it off
by boy without my daring to object.
1 was next obliged to buy raw
boned, spawned, wind-broken horse to
electioneer on, because warm friend
and voter insisted on it. A burly fell
low claimed two dollars of me for load
of worm-eaten pine wood he had thrown
off at my door without saying "By your
leave" and although he knew l peculiar
ly despised that kind of fuel.
fastening homeward, I was waylaid
by disagreeable, peak-nosed elder who
had seeded and was trying to get up an
opposition meeting house to divide our
condemn him and his enterprise he now
asserts his advantage and thrusts his
greasy subscription! papeE under my
! nose with the r1ihar& "that candidates
for public favors is expected to be
LIBERAL"
fork over twenty dollars with q
groan. Yesterday ] was impressed with
the belief that the public, "through its
committee" was soliciting favor from
me to-day the boot seems to be on the
other leg" Porte Crdyon."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
On the Centennial Grounds.

A gang of Spanish carpenters are
erecting frame structure to lnclose the
space allotted to Spain for exhibition,
which is on the central avenue in the
western wing of the main building. Its
dimensions are two hundred and seventy
feet by sixty-two feet. Fronting on the
central avenue is the grand entrance,
the framework of which is nearly COM
pleted. When covered with muslin,
printed and decorated according to the
plan, it will present a fine appearance,
being composed of three arched en-
frances, each forty feet high, with the
spaces between them elaborately orna-
mented with the coat-of-arms of the
Spanish provinces and medahons OF
Columbus, Queen Isabella, "the Catho-
lic," Cortes and Pizarro the whole be-
ing surmounted by large female figure
representing Spain drawing aside cur
tain and disclosing the Western hemis-
phere. On its three other sides the
space will be entirely inclosed by glass
show cases, fifteen feet in height, each
side having an entrance of less size than
the one described. They will shortly
begin work on their pavilion, to be
erected in the rear of machinery hall,
and which is to be used as q dwelling by
detachment of military engineers,
which will be sent here by the Spanish
government to superintend the recep-
ton and custody of the exhibits. The
Spanish minister has inquired of Gov
ernor Hartranft and Mayor Stokley
whether there is any law prohibiting
this detachment while on duty here
from wearing the uniform and carrying
the arms that they do when at home.
Mayor Sto' ley has replied that he sees
no objection to the Spanish government
doing as indicated, and that he knows
of no law preventing them.
Plans have heen received from Frai1ce
for five buildings, which the French
commissioners desire to have erected on
ihe Centennial grounds for special
illustration of the trades, art manufac-
lures, government bureaus, ETC., of that
country.
British mechanics and artisans are
forming themselves into organizations
with the object of visiting the exposi-
ii in body, and making thorough
and systematic study of what they shall
see.
Among the articles sent over hele by
the Sublime Porte and entered in the
custom house for the exposition is case
Of stuffed goats. .-Phi,adelphia Times,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Another Joan.

A telegram from newspaper cores
pondent in Herzegovina states that a
Dutch lady, rich, but very eccentric,
has made her appearance in the insur-
gent ranks, mounted on a magnificent
mule. She was received with military
honors, the troops being drawn up in
battle array and presenting arms to their
mistress, who had brought with her an
ample supply of banknotes, which she
handed over to the chiefs Of the move
ment, promising further pecuniary as
sistance, by means of which she hopes to
secure the defeat of the Turks in less
than three months. She is described as
a sort of modern Joan of Arc, armed at
all points, wearing male attire and car
rying with her a Dutch flag, which floats
proudly on the breeze.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Care of the Ear.

In his treatise on Physiology" Mr..
Hinton is quite emphatic in his effort
to make us understand that the passage
of the ear does not require clearing by
us. Nature undertakes the task, and in
a healthy ear does it perfectly. Her
means for clearing the ear is the wax,
which dries up into thin scales, and
peels off and falls away imperceptibly.
In health the passage of the ear is never
dirty, but an attempt to clean it will in
fallibly make it SO. Washing the ear
with soap and water is bad; it keeps the
wax moist, when it ought to become dry
and scaly, and makes it absorb dust.
But the most hurtful thing is the intro
duction of the corner of towel, screwed
up and twisted around. This proceed
ing irritates the passage, and presses
down the wax and fakes of skin upon
the membrane of the tympanum, pro-
ducing pain, Inflammation and deafness.
The washing should only extend to the
outer surface, as far as the fingers can
reach.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
He Missed Them.

AS a reporter passed North Hill
schoolhouse, says the Burlington Ia, }
Ha,Okeye. a studious-looking lad came
out from one of the doors with wor-
ried expression of countenance and am
bled around to the rear of the building,
closely followed by companion, who
popped from behind fence. The two
sought retired nook, where the stu
dious lad backed up against the wall,
and, reaching his hand behind him into
that department. of boys clothing that
is patched next after his knees, he drew
forth heavy buckskin NIT, and again
another. AS he readjusted his deranged
garments he WINGED trihe, and rub
bing little lower down on his anatomy.
gave vent to the remark: "They're
pretty good, Jenny, but he missed 'em
seven times"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Playing at Hanging.

While some boys were playing at
Dykehead, England, the other day, one
of them proposed that they should
shave game at Wainwright. This
was agreed to ; and the boys having
erected scaffold, which was done by
piling some stones or bricks against a
pole, rope was attached to the top of
the pole and fixed around boys neck.
The stones were then knocked from
under his feet, and he was left strug-
Cling. AS soon as his companions dis
covered the state he was in they ran
away. Fortunately their proceedings
were observed from some neighboring
houses, whence timely aid was rendered
the boy, who when taken down was in
an exhausted condition.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
, Frightened him OF.

He was on his knees to her. His face
was flushed, his eyes cleaned passion
ately into hens, he talked rapidly:
"Nothing shall separate us ever
more, my darling. For your sake I will
beard the lion in his denl L will face
death on the battlefield will skim
the seas Twill endure all hardship,
all suffering, all misery!"
He paused and looked eagerly to her,
with his whole soul quivering in his
eyes.
"Will you do all this for the sake of
my love?" said she, gazing earnestly
into the burning eyes.
"Yes, yes; thousand times yesl"
"And if we wed," continued she,
twill you get up first and build the
fire 2"
Wth shrek of despair he fed
Dan6u,y Net0s.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
The Queen of England.

Queen Victoria, in her address to the
English Parliament, speaks as follows {:
My relations with all foreign powers con-
tinue of a cordial character. The in
surrectionary movement which during
The last six months has been maintained
in the Turkish provinces of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and which the troops of
the sultan have up to the present time
been unable to repress, has excited the
attention and interest of the great Eu-
ropean powers. have considered it
my duty not to stand aloof from the
efforts now being made by the allied and
friendly governments to bring about the
pacification of the disturbed districts !;
and l have, accordingly, while respect
ing the independence of the Porte,
joined in urging on the sultan the ex-
pediency of adopting such measures of
administrative reform as may remove all
reasonable cause of discomfort on the
part of his Christian subjects.
The humane and enlightened policy
constantly pursued by this country in
putting an end to slavery within her own
dependencies and in suppressing the
slave trade throughout the world makes
it important that the action of British
national ships in the territorial waters of
foreign States should be in harmony
with the great principles. 1 have,
therefore, given directions for the issue
of a royal commission to inquire into all
treaty engagements and other interna
tional obligations bearing upon this sub
ject, and all instructions from time to
time issued to my naval officers, with a
view of ascertaining whether any steps
ought to be taken to secure for my ships
and their commanders abroad greater
power for the maintenance of tho right
of personal liberty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Worthy Emulation.

The editor of the Lewistown (Pa.)
Sentinel has lately received a legacy of
100000 from an old citizen of Miffiin
county, as some acknowledgment of the
benefit derived from the reading of that
newspaper. An act worthy OF emula-
ton. How different the feelings of that
"dear departed " in his new home from
those of the poor fellows who were
taken out in debt to the printer. Read
er, you may not be able to leave $40,
900 legacy to your editor, but do, do try
to get square with him.-E1ohange.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
The Old Sweet Song.

remember song whose numbers throng
As swcetly in memory's twilight hour
As the voice of the blessed in the realm Of
rest,
Or the sparkle of dew on dreaming flower.
'Tis a simple cir, but when others depart,
Like an angel whisper, it clings to my heart.
havo 'dered far under sun and star.
Hesrd the rippling music in every cline,
From the carol clear of tho gondoler
To the wondtous peal of q sacred chlme
1 have drank in the tones which bright lips
let fall
To thirsting spirts in bower and hall;
The anthems bland Of the masters grand
Have borne me aloft on their sweeping
wings;
And the thunder-rcll of the organs soul
browns not the murmur of fairy strings,
Or the shepherds pipe, whose music thrills
With the breath Of morn DER the sleeping
hills;
But none remnin like tn simple strain
Which my mother gang to my childish ears,
As nightly and oft DER my pillow soft
She gently hovered TO soothe my fears.
I can see her now with her bright head bent
In the light which the taper 30 feebly lent.
can see her now, with her fair, pure brow,
And the dark locks pushed from her temples
clear,
And the liquid rays of her tender gaze
Made eloquent by trembling tear,
As she watched the sleep that is sweet for all
Like rose leaves over my spirit fall.
And the notes still throng of that old sweet
song,
Though silent the lips that breathed them to
me,
Like the chimes go clear which mariners hear
From the eunken cities beneath the sea;
And never, ali! never can they depart
While shines my being and beats my heart.
That song, that song, that old sweet song
gather it up like golden chain,
Link by link, when to slumber 1 sink,
And link by link when wake again;
shall bear it, know, when the last deep rest
Snail fold me close to the earth's dark bre asst.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
Unusual Excitement.

The London Spectator says that the
recent terrible railway accident in Eng
land has caused unusual excitement" ="
Certainly no one can be surprised to
hear that. A more horrible instance of
slaughter has seldom been heard of.
A passenger train ran into coal train,
and injured several persons. Then an
express train crashed into the wreck,
and killed outright four or five passen-
gers, among them the eldest son of Mr..
Boucicault, the well-known author and
actor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
A Busy Life.

General Harrison Morgan, of Sandis-
field, was fined at the superior court in
Pittsfeld, Mass, January 19, and SEN
fenced to seven years imprisonment at
Charleston-ive years for forgery, and
two years for adultery. He was proved
to have three wives living. to have
eloped with fourth woman, the wife
of another man, and to have forged the
name of this woman's husband upon a
bank check, with which the fugitive
couple abstracted $175 from his bank
account.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24

Poor KIT.-Kit Carson's remains have
lain since 1868 in coyote patch, under
the shade of couple of cotton woods by
the roadside on the Arkansas (southern
Colorado), without even piece of
picket railing to protect the grave from
the wolves, or pencil mark ona shingle
for headstane, to tell the traveller that
Kit Carson sleeps beneath it,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24

wherever 1 see it, the insides are trans
parent, and see what's inside of 'em.
I've read in the epapers that two men were
lost in the walls of the Great Eastern;
and it must be spirit that told, for no.
body knows but me, until this narrative
shall be published.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
The Souls Hope.

Behold we know not anything;
I can but trust that good faith shall fall
At last--far off-at last, to all
And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream but what am 1?
An infant crying in the night
An infant crying for the light
And with no language but cry.
Tennyson.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24

remember song whose numbers throng
As sweetly in memorys twilight hour
As the voice Of the blessed IN the realm Of
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-19

Sen timto odhalenim, zemfe. Kdyz stal
jsem mad jeho cerstvym hrobem, odkud
bylo vid6ti spalene zficeDiny lesniho zam
ku, fekl jsem sam k sobe: Slad k a
j es poms star
Sv6telsky pokryv 81 ob6ma rukama
svhj oblicei, vzdychl: %, tote pfilisn
Nam jiz pfestatig tazal Sc Mafik.
Po nedlouhe pfestavce odvetil Svetel-
sky:
,Ukoncete sye desne vypravovan1. Ale
vzdyt to byli moi rodice, nichz tax
hrdznych veci jsem Sc dov6del; proto me
to tax stra5n6 dojima.'
Mafik jal Sc mluviti dale:
,Lesni zamek ted preset We vlastnictvi
jiste dosti vzdalen6 pfibuzne baronciny,
kteraz take nelenovala, Sc svoH sluzkcu v
zficeninach zamku Sc usidliti. S temito
lidmi nemel jsem nizadnych styk1, pro
to jsem Sc take nechoval k MIN nepfatel
sky. TAX jsem tedy vSeho dosahl, co SO
bylo stale Glohou meho zivota - pomstilt
isem Sc upln6: lesni zamek lezel ssuti-
mach, rod LonoviGIv zmizel Sc zemG. Ale
ia pfece nebyl stasten We SVEN move zbu
dovanem dome, We SVEN blahobytu, We
sv6 vykonane pomst6. JakkoliV jsem Sc
vzpiral te myslence, nabyvala piece ma.
de mnou vzdy mocnejsi nadvlady, totiz
mysleuka: ,Sladka jest pomstap o IL
zkostech, iakymiz mysl mole byla sklice-
ma, ktera vzdy vic a vice yzrdstaly, po-
mltim, ncbot 81 ie mGzete beztoho dobfe
pfedstaviti. Kdyz mluvilo Sc tom, ze
vojaci mali sem ma hranice byti rozlozeni
nchazel jsem Sc sam o to, ably jich n6ko-
lik bylo mn6 ubytovano, jiednak proto,
abych cd sebe odvratil vselike podezfeni,
a iednak proto, abych vystupovani voia-
kd ucinil neskodnym pro podloudniky.
JakmiIe jste sem pfibyl IA iakmile jsem
hlas Vas zaslechl, upominal mn6 bias ten
napadn6 ma bias zemfel6ho barona, ba
domnival jsem Sc poznavat iakous po.
dobu obliceje. Proto vpli2il jsem Sc
prvni noci do VaSeho pokoje a poznal
jsem Vas die fetizku, ktery jste mel zav6
seny okolo krku.'
PoKracovani.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-19

Byl to vskutku Armand.
Hrab6 byl dychtiv ma vysledek cesty
Leona Rollanda.
Sestoupil z kocaru a poodstoupil ma diva
krcky cd neho. Kdyz uslysel kroky, ia
zal sc:
Leone, iste Wy tol'
Delnik poapichal pf vsecku TIL bfe.
meme sveho hodn Rocambola k nohoum
hrabete fka:
,Zde je ten maly lupic; tentokrat ho
name A opet mu klekl ma prsa, nssa- :
dill mu ndz ma F-k vytahl satek z 1st
jeho.
,Bndes tenkrat mluvitP pravil mu.
Rocambolo chvili zarazen nahlym pfc
padnutim nabyl cestou, kterouz byl ne.
Sen, opet obvykle ducbapfitomnosti a
chladnokrevnosti sve, kteraz jej tax zfid-
ka opoustela.
Jest patrno,' pravil, ,ze jsem iejich
rukou he mne tenkrat nepusti. Merck
null niceho, zabijou mne; buduli mluvit,
zabije mne kapitau anebo mi alespon ne
da zadnych dvacet tisie frankd. S obou
stran jsem okraden.'
Kdyz toto nemile rozjimani skoneil,
nevedel 81 ami Iady ami pomoci. Vsak
nahle zalesklo se mu v kotrbe; a kdyz
Jim Leon prudce hodil K nohoum pana z
Kergazu, pravl k sobe: ,Dnes vypadal
kapitan velmi mrzut6, molina dost, ze mu
sklaplo a ze jest million ten tam. Tomu
tax, isem osizen - tim spise, az unese
divku ztrati go nj 80. A kdo vi, vra-
till Sc kdy. Hrsju 81 takto zivot pro
mic "a nic.'
Takto rozumuje dolozil Rocambolo '
mysli sve:
,Hrab6 divku uiluje. Prodamli mi
pravdu, jest to platiti draze nez kapi.
tan.... Uvidimep ~
,Budes mluvitp opakoval Leon ROLAND
kratce velitelsky. f'1k
,Nepochybne,' myslil 81 Rocambolo, IL
budu mluvit, ale "a penize = neni pro-
kvapit. -. Tito pani budou SO hodn'
stfezit mne hned zabit, oni chit pfede.
vim n6co zv4d6tT
j Ipravil hlasite odpoyidaie k otazc
d4lnikove: