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Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1877-07-01
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lit bod fein redlter 8erlaB, tpenn man'a
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Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1877-07-01

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A Pathetic Tragedy.

One of those pathetic tragedies that
touch the human mind deeper than the
most vivid pictures drawn by the pens of
skillful novelists, eliminated in Ohio.
About fifteen years ago there appeared
at Shaker settlement, in that State, a
young mother with an infant daughter in
her arms. The mother had been de-
serted by one of those cold blooded vii
lains who throw aside a woman's price
less love as the plaything of day. The
Shakers adopted the mother and child.
The mother and daughter passed an un-
eventful life in their quiet Quaker home
until few months ago, when the daugh-
ter, budding into womanhood, developed
a buoyancy of spirits that disturbed the
calm Shakers, and caused a spirit of un-
easiness in the circles. This feeling
grew, and the young Shakeress evinced
determination to shun the society of
the elder members, and seek the COM
pany OF younger and more agreeable COM
panions. The elders informed the
mother that she must send her daughter
into the world. This the mother re-
fused to do. They were then turned
adrift, with few dollars in their pock-
ets.' After vainly looking for situations
where they could live together, mother
and daughter engaged room in hotel,
where they partook of deadly drug,
and both perished
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A Singular Whim.

Miss Emma Mayo, of Elizabeth, N. j.,
has had handsome coffin made in a
peculiar shape and style for her own
occupancy, enthusiastically comes to the
undertaker's and admires it. 1t is of
iron, is grained to represent oak, is six
feet in. length by twenty-four inches in
width, and in shape resembles q wood
choppers wedge, although designed to
appear in the shape Of keystone. The
lid bears raised cross extending from
the head to the lower extremity. The
interior is lined with the finest pearl col
ored satin, and there is pillow of the
same material resting Immediately be-
meath the head of the cross.
Miss Mayo says that she intends to re-
tain it until her death, and requests that
her body be laid in it beside that of her
father, in st. Johns Episcopal church
yard in Elizabeth. She is thirty years
of age, is amiable and rich, and devotes
much of her time to deeds of charity.
Her father, Edwin Mayo, owned large
property in Richmond, which is still held
by the family. Her aunt is the wife of
General Scott. Edward Mayo was
buried in mummy casket, which con-
formed as nearly as possible to the shape
OF the human form. This probably sug-
gested Miss Mayo's whim.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
An Organist Who Cannot Play.

The Albany Aryus has the following
account of queer freak: Emil Tid-
ner, of Goshen, Ind, short time since
wrote to Rev. Father Noethen for the
vacant position of organist at the Church
OF the Holy Gross. Father Noethen re-
piled, and the result of the correspond
ence was that Tidner came on at the
commencement of the present week.
Through the kindly offices of the priest
Tidner was installed in private family
near the park, whittier he moved his
luggage. A rehearsal was arranged for
at the church few evenings thereafter.
when Tidner was to make his debut as
organist. The evening came, the choir
assembled, and everything was in readi-
ness when the new organist arrived. He
was given a written score of the music
to be rehearsed, and refused it, saying
he read nothing but printed music. The
printed score was produced, but, as it
transpired, he was as ignorant of it as
the other. Finding himself exposed, he
sprang up, left the choir and church,
and disappeared. Tidner's motive in
soliciting and obtaining the position of
organist when, as it would seem, he
knew nothing of music has not trans
pired."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
The War in EurOpe.-.Our Map.

The conflict between the Russian and
the Turk has commenced, and the whole
civilized world watches the bitter death
grapple with intense interest. In order
to give our readers comprehensive idea
of the ground on which the stand of the
Turk is to be made, we have secured a
map of the scene of action from the
New York Tribune, and are confident it
will repay close study. The Russian
headquarters have been at Kischeneff,
while the Turkish forces have been
concentrated along the right bank of the
Danube, at Rustchuk, Silistria, and
other points. The boundary lines sep
arating Russia from Turkey, before and
after the Crimean war, are also indicated.
The Turkish defences are in a noun
famous country, and the coast is guard
ed by Turkish gunboats, so that it will
be no easy matter for the Russians to
enter the enemy's country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A Dead Soldiers Ring,

A touching incident has occurred in
connection with the death of Lieuten.
ant Reilly, who fell with General Gus
ter in that terrible fight on the
Little Big Horn, last year. At the
time OF the battle he wore a seal ring
with his crest cut upon it, and this, to.
gether with his clothing, his sword, his
pistols, and all his belongings was torn
from his dead body and carried away by
some one of the foe who had helped to
kill him. His mother, unable to secure
his remains, and longing for something
that had been with him to the last. tried
IN every way to recover it; she offered
immense rewards; she had fac-similes
OF the die made and sent to the different
agencies along the frontier, and she
wrote to all the commanding officers in
the Sioux country, describing it, and al
last she received official notice from. the
War department that the ring had been
found. 1t was taken from the finger Of
one of the 1900 Cheyennes who came in
for their annual supply of forgiveness
and ammunition.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10

A lecturer on the Eastern Question
says that in 1909 the Turks first came
into contact with the Russians under
Peter the Great, and since then, owing
to the jealOusies of other nations, the
Eastern question has been political
one. In 1929 the nation which had
wrested Constantinople from Christen-
~dom and penetrated to Vienna was
brought before a court of Justice and
bound over to keep the peace. She was
kept in order by a foreign police. Five
hundred years have shown that the
Turks cannot be amalgamated with any
nation not protesting their own religion.
AEhe Bulgarians and the Hungarians
ere originally peoples just as distinct,
t have shown themselves capable of
kG nodded and Modified. In so
ing the lecturer did not refer to the
who speak French and dress in
est fashion, but to the mass. The
women are illiterate, and have
circle. Turkey must not be
~ what is seen in Constantinople.
before the foreign ambassadors
isters, they do not show their
he country is the place in which
of Turkish rule, and there the
bows down in terror. The
and merchants and productive
ion of Turkey in Europe are
ans. Christians till the ground
urks collect the profit. For all OPP
Ion in the interior there is no re-
Occasionally the magistrate
Ins to say in explanation of some
ormity greater than usual that it was
F"by mistake" but that is all. The ont
cry IN Europe after the Bulgarian
atrocities caused the government to
hang few unimportant wretches, but
those really to blame, who were the high
generals of the army, have been pro-
noted for their work. In regard to
|Deft should become of the Turks in case
II a Christian conquest. the lecturer
':sid " Let them stay and let European
Turkey be governed by the people who
lnhabit it. Turks can live among
Chrlstlans without oppression. Chris
tlans cannot live so among Turks"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A Scheme that Won't Work.

The Burlington Ha,okeye, speaking
of the scheme of shooting ramrods with
string attachments into the windows OF
burning hotels, observes This is in
deed grand idea. The only drawback
to its practical operation is that terri
fed guest standing to window, shrek
ing and bowling for help, would have
been very much surprised, and not great
ly tranquilized or reassured ON finding
himself suddenly transfxed with three
foot ramrod and coil of string And
unless the fire department is vastly bet
ter on the shoot than the police, the
probability is that not window in the
hotel would have been broken, while the
streets of st. Louis would have been
full of bowling fremen and weeping
citizens, pulling out ramrod iron of each
other"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
The Lesson of a Sneeze.

AS rule, a sneeze is the warning ma
ture gives that some part of the body is
exposed to cooler temperature than the
other parts, that the sneezer is "catch-
ing cold" Next to the warning, what
is the use of sneeze? 1t throws open
the pores of the whole body, and in
duces a gentle perspiration; in word it
throws out the cold. A child rarely
sneezes more than twice-perspiration is
readily induced in youth; an old man, on
the contrary, sneezes half dozen to a
dozen times with a loud Catalogue"
1t is harder to set him perspiring. When
one is sitting by an open window, and
finds himself sneezing, nature tells him
he is taking cold. He should get up in
stantly, walk about, and take full tum-
bier of cold water to keep up the gentle
perspiration that the sneeze set in mo-
ton. If he does this, he will not be
telling, an hour after, that he has a
"cold in his head, =" or chest, or lungs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A Fish Story.

A writer in Forest and Stream states
that while fishing in a pond few years
ago he saw a pickerel of about pound
weight leap out of the water near the
bank. toward which its head was pointed.
A few moments after, hearing great out
cry from frog, he looked again toward
the spot, and saw what appeared to be the
same pickerel, with his whole length out
of the water on the bank, and frog in
his mouth. The frog screamed out lust
lily, but the fish tipped back into the
water with its prize, of which it probably
made luscious meal. The observer sup
poses that the pickerel made the first
leap out OF the water to discover the
exact position of the frog, and at the
second Jump made sure to reach and cap
ture it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10

which the youth took, and said size ac-
cepted him as her husband, and prom
ised to be to him a faithful and affec-
tiOnate wife. The affair was over. A
certificate lay on table which nearly all
present signed, and then all went off to
a pleasant wedding breakfast (marriages
after noon not being legal in England).
On the day after the pleasant occasion
London-but this time in church
which possessed some romantic features
A few months ago a paragraph in the
papers described melancholy accident
which befell young man while out
shooting. A stray shot entered one of
his eyes and extinguished it. This gen.
man was highly educated and connected,
though without fortune, and he was only
twenty-three years of age. He was
brought to his lodging house in London,
where he lay suffering. But wealthy
and handsome young widow, on whose
estates he happened to be shooting when
the accident occurred, came and took up
her abode in the same house, in order to
nurse him. Her care was extended
through several weeks, but, alas, the
other eye sympathized with that which
had been put out, and it, too, was ex-
tinguished, leaving the youth and scholar
hopelessly and totally blind. But the
pretty widow was equal to the occasion.
She proposed to him-marriage. The
result was splendid company alighting
at the door of fashionable church in
our neighborhood; beautiful dame of
thirty, attended by her two little chill
dren, leading a blind youth of twenty
three to the altar, there to endow him
him with all her extensive worldly goods;
and the two are now enjoying their hon
eymoon on the fine estates, where the
gentleman may mediate on the ancient
sayings which declare misfortune and
fortune to be near neighbors.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
Strange Adventure with Two Bandits,

As a young man named Ragan, from
San Felipe, Texas, was riding along the
road few miles beyond Castroville, two
men rode up to him from the brush by
the roadside and demanded his money.
Both had their faces masked, but did
not present their revolvers, which they
carried in sight, simply saying, as they
told him to hold, that they didn't think
it necessary to draw on him, as he was SO
young. He had $40 in his pocket, and a
considerable sum in his boots. The last
mentioned the robbers failed to find, but
took the $40. They then invited the
young man to step into the brush and
lunch with them, which he, thinking it
safest to humor them, did, although his
appetite was none of the most ravenous.
About 100 yards from the road the men
had good lunch spread, which they be-
took OF heartily, keeping their faces
masked, however. After the lunch the
robbers returned 81 to their victim and
told him he could go. He didn't wait
for second bidding.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10

The japanese say we are reversed.
They call our penmanship "crab writing
because they say it goes backward. "
The lines in our books cross the page
like crawfish, instead of going down
ward properly" In japanese stable
we find the horses flank where we look
for his head. japanese screws screw
the other way. Their locks thrust to the
left, ours to the right. The baby toys
OF the Aryan race squeak when squeezed;
the Turanian gimcracks emit noise when
they are pulled apart. A Caucasian to
iniure his enemy kills him; a Japanese
kills himself to spite his foe. Which
race is left-handedp Which has the
negative, which the positive, of truth I
What is truth? What is down, what il
up?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
DOmesticated BuffalOes.

James Mckay has six buffaloes on his
grazing farm at Long Lake in Manitoba; (;
two OF these are calves brought in from
the West last fall; the others are older.
some of them full grown. They feed
with cattle during the winter, accompany
them to the river for water every day,
and are the first among the herd to enter
the warm stables for shelter at night.
The buffaloes, from natural instinct, are
conscious of an approaching storm some
time before felt, and retire to comforts
able quarters in the stable sometimes an
hour or two before the storm arises.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10

NJ. Blanc, the celebrated gambler of
Monte Carlo, pays the prince of Monaco,
who owns the property which he EN-.
plooys, e50, 900 per annum, and yet in
spite OF the vast sums which he spends
in addition in improving the attractions
OF the place, he has am assed fortune of
over $50, 900, 900. Much of his income.
however, he derives from legitimate
trade, as he controls nearly all the indus
tries of the place.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
VOL. VII.
Forgive Her! No. Never.

Well, dominic, thank you for comm
They told you 1 spose, l was wild
When found that a store-keepin' felar
Had just run away with my child;
My baby, my motherless Nancy
She's a baby, you see, to me, now,
And to think she would cheat her old father
"When was it ?" you ask me- "and how ?"
Well long about hayin she told me-
Her apron half over her check
That lad from the town came courtin',
might she see him ?' tried not to speak,
But couldn't keep still, an told her
I'd shoot him as quick as hound
If he ever come near her to court her
When me and my gun was around.
She looked kind O pitiful at me;
"Oh father, I've promised" she said,
And leftme. Along through the orchard
l saw the bent-down yaller head
l saw her go wanderin further
l knew well enough where she went
For her mother lies buried off yonder-
The way that her footsteps was bent.
An she come when the dew was fallin',
A-pNst me with never a word
But out at her own little window
A pitiful sobbin heard.
Well. after that, all through the summer
She seemed sort solemn and shy.
She said nothin more of her lover,
And nothin' about him said l.
Last night, when the milkin' was over,
An l sat by the stoop all alone,
Little Nancy came softly beside me,
And took my old hand in her own.
Her face was as red as the roses,
l know now she tried to confess
That her mind was made up to the weddin'
But she hadn't the courage, I guess.
Well, sir, when | called in the mornin',
No sleepy 'Ies, father" heard;
opened the door of her chamber,
And pillow and blanket want stirred.
All her poor little duds she had taken
There want such wonderful sight
And shabby and faded old pictur'
OF me and her mother in white.
She LEFT me this scrap of paper
She's married by this time, you see.
g You married her?" Well sir, how dare you
Come over here talkin' to me?
- Forgive hor?' No. never no, never!
" She wants me to bless her ?" The Jade,
. She's waitin' ont yonder?" No matter,
She must lie in the bed she has made.
I'll neyer-no, never-forgive her.
Who's comm? Oh! Nancy my child
All, me she is like her dead mother
Well, parson, we've &c. reconciled.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
Az Ice MACHINE. An ice machine j,

AZ Ice MACHINE. An ice machine in
Dallas, Texas, just completed, produces
ice cakes thirty feet long and six feet
wide, weighing from 10000 to l.. 1000
pounds each. They are formed by freez-
ing hne rain or spray after the manner
OF an lciele. When the operation is
completed, the bottom and sides of the
cake are thawed loose from the inclined
plane, and the cake slides out upon a
platform, where it is cut into chunks six
1TS 1eet square. -Four cakes day are frozen.
The works cost $4,000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10

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