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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20
Fashion Notes.

The princesse dress model has the
back quite plain. .-....r-.
Basques and overskirts are in demand
for laundried suits.
Grenadine dresses have the skirt ap-
pended to the polonaise. .f.... ..
Afternoon, dinner and evening suits
all have the skirts trained.
Suits with vests and overhanging
jackets are made OF muslil.
Princesse dresses have gradual tap
ering off to the extremity of the train.
Oriental combinations are fashiona.
BILE.
Dress skirts of the solid shades in
linen and percale are worn with fancy
ecru overgarments.
For young ladies the new mantelette
is pretty. The back is cut round, and
extends just twelve inches below the
waist.
The mode materials for indepe dent
garments are Sicilienne silk, India cash.
mere, and Summer camel's hair cloth,
light and dark.
The Summer wraps are very hand
some, and quite novel in style and finish.
The dolman mode, that presents draper
les in place of sleeves, is preferred by
married women.
The Marie Stuart bonnet is much ad-
mired; the shape is cottage. coronet
front, and arched brim. The modified
Gainsborough is much liked, and par
ticularly by young ladies'. .
Rich grenadine dresses are trimmed
with side-pleated hounces, arranged
closely together and stitched on by ma
chine. Lace futed and bands of pas
sementerie, also bands of galloon, both
beaded and plain, are fashionable.
There are many pretty ideas in dress
garnitures. The simulated style of
trimming is one of the observed peculi-
arities of the season. For example, the
front breadth is made extremely long,
and then shirred 30 as to represent an
apron.
Misses suits are made almost exactly
like ladies' costumes, with the exception
that they are very simply trimmed.
The polonaise or princess dress is draped
with scarf, the skirt with unique is
draped, and the waist has small
basque.
Satin buttons are used; they are frail,
but when new look very handsome.
Buttons of all kinds are employed as
dress embellishments. Moulds covered
with dress fabrics are passe. Evening
toilets are often beautifed with silver
trimmings; galloons with silver threads,
tlver tassels, and fringes are used.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20

fore her, with folded arms arm, and question.

fore her, with folded arms and question
ing Spanish eyes. fgoa
"I shall not go away" said he, Gun
til you have pardoned me-"
.sHow can I ever pardon you, y flashed
out Barbara. "You have imposed upon
me, you have practiced on my creduli-
'"You asked me to help you gather
strawberries-and helped you"
"You allowed me to suppose that you
we're Squire Dallas's hired man."
"I claimed no identity, one way or
the other" pleaded Captain Severn. ct
was trying to find my way by a shortcut
across the fields to your fathers house,
and sat down under the oak tree to rest.
And when you called me came, like a
true knight of old. Now if you can con-
vict me of any serious offense in all this,
1 stand ready to abide the consequent
ces."
"You never, never, will be able to
forgive me-" sobbed Barbara, again re-
tiring behind the end of her blue sash
"Little Barbara" said Captain Sew.
ern, falling on his knees, as if it were
the most natural and conventional thing
in the world to do, "will you forgive
me. - .,-s.. 81. .,sl1ra. ...s--r .--..-,
And what could Barbara say but
"Yes?" 2 .nw Oil
Captain Severn insisted upon his
strawberry tart that evening, according
to agreement, and they ate it together,
be and Barbara, like two school-children,
out on the lawn, while Maude yawned
behind book, and Lisette acidly won-
dered what on earth Captain Severn
could find to amuse him in the chatter
of child like Barbara"
And when the red leaves of late Octo.
ber choked up the little stream beside
which they had gathered wild straw
berries, there was wedding at the
Wylde Homestead, and the bride was
not Maude the intellectual, nor the love-
ly Lisette, but little Barbara.
"Dar's no accountin' for true love, "
said old Phillis, as she stirred the we'd
ding cake. Harper's Basar.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20
Items OF Interest.
Rice is grass, native of India.
Solt ,uota, Ia obort fo,,r nor cont aa1t

Rice is grass, native of India.
Salt water is about four per cent. salt.
Carrierpigeons fly thirty to forty miles
per hour.
An ounce of gold upon silver wire is
capable of being extended more than
1900 miles in length.
In child the head is equal to fifth
part, and in q full grown man to an
eighth of the height of the individual.
"My son is great mechanical ge.
MUS, said lady, speaking of her son.
"He has made fiddle out of his own
head, and he has plenty OF. wood left for
another"
Instead of sitting up nights and wear
ing the down on her cheek off on some
fellows vest, an Indiana girl has during
the last year made six hundred dollars by
cultivating broom corn.
In very large hens egg, weighing
1000 grains (rather over two and one
quarter ounces), the shell and men,
branes will weigh about 100 grains, the
white about 61O, and the yolk 900 grains.
The average weight of hens egg, shell
and contents, is about one and three
quarter ounces.
The British colonies of Australasia
have population of 1850, 900 souls; a
revenue Of $50, 900, 600; commerce of
S475, ZOO, 900 annually: herds aggregat-
ing 1000, 900 head of cattle, and 63,-
000, 900 head of sheep. Less than twen-
five years ago the colonies were penal
settlements for the convicts of England.
When migrating, birds adopt tri-
angular form of fight, because it is the
most favorable for cutting the air, and
also because the birds are thus con-
stantly supplied with fresh leader and
as the bird at the point becomes fatigued,
his place is taken by one of the other
birds, who gives way in his turn to
another, and so on through the whole
band.
The chemical principle of the suns
rays is more active, relatively to heat
and light, during the spring than at any
other period of the year. As summer
advances, this power diminishes and
luminous force increases; whilst with
the autumn both light and the chemical
heat increased. Thus the conditions of
the light of seasons vary to suit the
necessities Of vegetable life.
Must 1t not be exqu1sltely romantlc
to be on your knees before one of Ewes
lovely daughters, heaving up torrent
of delectable sentiments between her
glowing, parted lips, 1Aising roses on
her cheek by the acre, bringing tears of
ecstasy to her eyes, and at the critical
moment, when she is on the point of
swooning blissfully away into your arms,
to hear her anxious mother cry: "You,
Sal, hev you fed them ERE hogs ?"-
Chicago Com. Adu.
The term "grass widow" is said to
be corruption of "grace widow, the
former expression being merely bar
barism. "Grace widow" is the term
applied to one who becomes widow by
grace or favor, not of necessity, as by
death. It originated in the early ages
of European civilization, when divorces
we're but seldom granted. and wholly by
the Catholic Church. When such de-
cree was granted to woman, the papal
receists stated, Viduca de gratia, which,
when interpreted, is, "grace widow"
In the law of the French it would read,
VeuUe de grace, or "grace widow"
Ueuve meaning widow.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20
A Terrible Storm Cloud.

The recent tornado in the West killed
number of persons and destroyed
large amount Of property. In some To-
calities the effects of the whirlwind were
appalling. A most terrific storm struck
the farm of William Brun, a German,
about three miles south of the village OF
Darlington, suburb of Chicago. The
storm cloud was observed first by Henry
Stofel, the hired man, who was at work
near the house, advancing from the
southwest, bounding over the ground
and accompanied by an almost indescrib-
able noise. When it got within about
200 yards of the farm house, it struck
the ground with deafening noise and
seemed to rest there for a moment. 1t
then rose in the air about fifty feet, car
rying with it mass of earth, trees,
sticks and debris, and, as it approached
the house, it again descended, striking
the side CT the building, literally lifting
it up, whirling it over and over, tearing
it to pieces and scattering it in every di-
raction. The work of destruction took
place in the air, at height of about $50
feet. Stofel ran towards the house when
he saw the storm coming, taking with
him little son of Mr.. Brun, but the
tornado struck him when within about
ten rods of the house, throwing him
and the boy in opposite directions. Sto-
fel struck the ground about thirty feet
distant, on his back, and lay. there
stunned for several seconds. The first
thing he saw was the house going up,
and he was obliged to hold on to the
shrubbery with might and main to keep
from being sucked into the vortex of the
storm. 1t was over in few minutes,
and Stofel got up to see what had be-
come of Mrs. Brun and the children.
The boy who was with bim was picked
up alive, but badly hurt, in lot short
distance away. In a pasture about one
hundred rods off, one little girl was
found with her head torn from her shoul-
ders and her clothing entirely stripped
from her body, which was fearfully dis
figured. Another little girl was found
lifeless in the yard, where both the chill
dren had been playing when the storm
struck. Nearly every bone in the little
ones body was broken. Mrs. Brun was
found dead about fifty rods off in a
northeast direction from the house. She
is supposed to have been alone in the
house at the moment the storm struck,
and consequently was carried up with it
and must have suffered fearful death.
Mr.. Brun was at Plane Grove, about
four miles distant, when the storm arose,
and seeing the direction it took, started
with all speed for home, but was met
half way by neighbors who told him the
sorrowful tale of his loss. The grief of
the strong man was heartrending as he
went hither and thither through the
ruins calling for his wife and children.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

SLICED CUCUMBER PICKLES One hun
drcd cucumbcrs, eighteen onions, one and
Il half pint Of salt, quarter of Il pound of
celery seed, half a pound of mustard seed,
little red and black pepper and one pint Of
bers and ouions. Put the salt over them.
ing drain thoroughly; add the seeds and
pepper be sure to use the best Of Sub
lime Lucca Oil" mix well together, and
cover with cold cider vinegar. VIII be
ready for use in few days; keeps crispy
all winter, and is delicious.
BAKED ToMAToEs.--Onc dozen large
ripe tomatoes, finely grated bread crumbs,
seasoned with pepper and salt. Butter
Cut each tomato across. Fill each half with
crumbs with piece of butter on the top.
Put them i'll crockcry pudning. dish, which
must be we'll buttcred. Bake very slowly
thrcc.Iuartcrs Of an hour. Serve hot.
PRESERVED TOMATOES Tomatoes, ono
pint of vinegar, three and q half pounds
of sugar and one ounce each of cloves, all
spice and cinnamon. Scald and peel sever
pounds of ripe tomatoes, drain them well
boil for five minutes the vinegar, sugar and
spice (Which should be tied in muslin
bag), then put in the topatocs and boil hal
an hour; use whole spices. Keep them in
stone ia1ite iaH covered tightly.
ads, :Sag sesag bus,s.senrs. 1s cur e sate pill
'sIm o1oo,s, or ;ISE ,;,H SEcTI nk the rice well
ei'Us0u nm :H.rr or and havoring.
Stir all together, and bake >lowly three or d
four hours
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

a GoOD HINT TO Fowl RAIsERs is
afforded in the fact that all wild birds
feed their young upon animal (iuscct) food,
even it berries, buds, seeds, ETC., form the
natural diet Of the parents or adults Of the
same species.
Thus young chickens will not thrive so
well without it as they will if supplied with
animal food in some shape, earthworn S
are capita,, f--.s-- !ry young chicks. Cooked
meat, chopped up fine, with boiled rice and
Potatoes, is very nourishing and accepta,
bic, dishfor them, when young.
But mot too much of this-nor must 1t
be given too often. Otherwise they scour
from the excess OF the meat feed. a little
two or three times day will help them,
until they get to be six weeks old. by
that time they will be strong enough to
run in tho fields aud grass, where they will
gather more natural supply of this kini
of foo3, and generally, plenty of it-Am.
Poultry Yard.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23
REruRN SWEET HIRAM, RETURN.

O Hiram Ulysses, come back to your home,
For the clock on the stccplc strikes Two;
M longer with Kaisers and llospodars roam,
For YOUR subjects arc waiting for you.
oh pause not to drink Bayard Taylors best
beer,
Nor paze on the Sulan's great bed;
The suffers and whisky thieves shout-do you
hear? ,
n crorn ice haze made for your. head!
Come home, come home, conc hong!
Sweet Hiram Ulysses, come home!
Ben Butler is cooking his eye at poor Hayes;
The fraud trembes down to his shoes;
John Shermou, the brazen, stands struck Win
amaze;
Key writes lest his office he lose;
"In vain did we steal the electoral vote,
In vain did we swear truth away;
The party is dying, while you are remote,
In short-thercs the dickens to pay
Come home come home, come home!
Sweet Hiram Ulysses, come home!
There's q horse in the circus for you and Col=
The horse that you rode in the South;
The man Key stands ready to leap OH your
backs,
And there's whisky to put in yeur mouth.
Then, Hiram, King Hiram, come er the olue
wave
To the land of the free whisky ring;
We've played cut poor Hayes as our very best
And now you must trump as our king!
Then come then come, then come,
King Hiram Ulysses, come home
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

y CAROLINIAN MrHDEREr.-San Francisco,
August "a. NJ. Tullis, q wealthy farmer of
Grand Island, Sacramento County, was murder
ed, last evening, while ut work in his orchard
by unknown parties. Robbery was not the oh
icct of the murder, rs all his property remained
untouched. Mr.. Tullis was unmarried. and n
native of South Carolina.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

A LESSON IN Cow MIIKING.-A mar
ket gardener had fine COW that was MIXED
week after week by hired men. He OBJ.
served that the amount Of butter he carri, d
to market weighed about pound moro on
each alternate week. He watched the men
milking, but always found that there was
no milk LETT in the tcats. He finally asked
the scotch girl who took care of the milk
if she could account for the diffcrcncc.-
"Why, yes" she says. when jim milks,
he says to the old cow, so. my pretty puley,
So But when Sam milks, he hits her on
the hip with the edge of the pail and says,
Hist, you old brutc.'"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

Hon. ii. G. Humber, Of Putnam Co.,
Geo, invested ten dollars in sheep i'll 1876,
and in two years his flock has increased to
one hundred and scvcnty.ivc, besides what
he has sold
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

ANOTHER METHOD, CALLED CATTLE
Roll Que ID. Of butter, mix with sufli-
cicnt water to make a not very stiff paste
Pare and slice rather thick, some tart ap-
pies. Roll out the paste as for pccrrst,
and spread the sliced apples to cover it !;
sprinkle on a little flour, and roll up as
tightly as possible without breaking the
paste. Cook it i'll Il steamer, or wrap in a
cloth aud boil ior'an hour. Serve by cut
ting across in thin slicts5tawith sauce of
butter and sugar.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

The test of orthodox Rcpublicanism in
the North is to have made considerable
money rs Il contractor while your wilc's re-
iativcs were being Killed in the Union army.
=B0AtntOrc Cnscttc.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23
PROOF.
WHAT Is NEEDED.
Mn. II. II, STEVENS:

MR. H r. SrEyENs:
Dear Sir-About one year since I found myself
In feeble condition irom general debility. vcges
fine WAS strongly recommended to mo by friend
who hadsbeen much benefited by It's use; Iprooursd
stored 10 health. and discontinued its sse. feel
quite confident that there is medicine superior to
pared and would cheerfully recommend it to those
who feel that they need to restoEs the to
S''NSN u. L. PETTINGILL,
Firm of S. M. Pettingh Co.,
No. 10 state Street, Boston
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23
WOMAN AND WINE,

Pop went the gay cork flying,
Sparkled the gay champagne,
BY the light Of the day that was dying,
lie filled up the goblcts again.
Let the last best toast be woman,
woman, dear woman" said he,
empty your glass, my darling,
When you drink TO your sex with me-
But she caught his strong brown fingers,
And held them tight as III fear,
And through the gathering twilight
Her loud voice fell on his car;
"Nay, ere you drink, | implore you,
By all that you hold divine,
Pledge woman in tear drops,
Rather by far than i'll wine.
"By the woes of the drunkard's mother,
by the children that beg for bread,
by the face of her whose beloved one,
Looks on the wine when It's rcd
BY the kisses changed to curses,
BY the tear more bitter than brine,
BY many fond heart broken,
Pledge no woman i'll wine.
"What has wine brought TO woman?
Nothing but tears and pain,
1t has torn from her heart her lover,
And proved her prayer in vain,
And her household goods, AL scattered,
Lie tangled up in the vine;
o. prithce pledge no woman
In the curse of so many-winc."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

eve had short cake fer tea said a lit
tie girl to ncighbors boy to whom she
was talking through the fence. so did
we," he answered, very short-so short it
didn't go ronnd.s.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

1t is aggravating to think mp a GOOD ioke
after getting to bed, and not be able to re-
call word Of it next morning.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

fs acknswledged and recommended by physioians
and apothecaries be the best purifier and cleanser
of the blood yet discovered, and thousands speak N
its oraise who have been restored TO health
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23

Queen Victoria has now given away both
of her garters-one to Bcaconsfcld and one
to Salisbury. What will she do to hold up
her stockings ~ !. ErpycSs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23
HAVE FOUND
THE RIGHT MEDICINE.


Mr. H R. STEVENS. !s~2.- '
Dear Sir,-My only object In giving you This tesu-
rnonial is to spread valuable Information. Having
, beon Badly afflicted with Salt Rhoum. and tho Whole
surface Of MY skin being cayered with pimples and
eruptions, many Of which caused mo great pain and
annoyance, and knowing'ft to be a blood disease,
took many of che advertised blood preparations.
among which any quantity Of SarsaparillS, With.
gut obtaining any boneat dnth comn,sncd taking
the VEoErNE; ind befshe Bhad completed the nrst
bottle saw that had got tho right medicine. Cop
sequently follawed on with it until bad takon
seyen bottles, when was brondupced . we'll man;
and my skin is smooth and entirely FREQ from pin-
ples and eruptons. have never enjoyed good
health before, and attribute it all to the use OF
VEaEriNE. To benefit those afflicted with Rhep-
,natism, I will mako mention also ofthe VEGETINE's
wonderful power of curing mo OF this acute COM
plant. of which have suffered 20 intensely.
G. ii. TUCKER,
Pass Agent Mich. c. r. r
No 60 Washington Street. Boston. 1,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-23
KEEPS SHIRTS

A hEnndoubtcdly the best and cheapest made,
~ they are not only manufactured of tho
pest material, best Wamsutta muslin. with
lhrec-Py all Linen bosoms--but they are guar
r"n.eeu 10 ht' We sell both the complete and
partly-made, at 6 for Sc. A set of cold n,o,oJ
buttons with each box of the partly made.
July IL % 20
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TRAGEDY From THE ECLIrSE.-In the dark
pain OF the late eclipse across Texas, llG miles
III width, there were thousands of ignorant pco.
pie, both white and black, who had not heard
that anything peculiar was about to happen
iany OF these people the eclipse surprised ot
work in their fields. Many ludcrous scenes are
reported. Especially on the plantation of Uni
ted States Senator Coke, near Waco, was it that
the negroes went to praying, believing yeriIy
the day of judgment had come
terrible tragedy in johnson county NAV bc
set down to the eclipse Epram Miller, col
orcd. with his family of wife and four children
hvcd near Buchanan in that county vbitbcr
he hai removed from Tennessee six months 400
On the morning Of the eclipse he said he had
hcard tho world was coming TO an end that eve
nihg, and II so he intended to be so sound aslecn
The trumpet of the Angel Gabriel could not
awaken him. When the eclipse commenced and
the darkness OF totality came on he ran from the
held to his house with hatchct in his hand
lie was followed by negro woman named Nam
cy Ellison, who also thought the world was
coming to an end. AS she got to the house Mil
Ter wife rushed ont under the same dclusion,
ana looking up at the beautiful corona of light
hlrouhd tue black moon, screamed 'comc sweet
charlot " at the same time rushing across n cot
<on field wringing her hands In the mean
tine, Miller wishing to take his ten year old bov
WIN hlm to the other side Of Jordan, raised his
hh'chcl and split his son 5 head cpcn Leaving
ihc latter weltering in his blood and struooliuS
III The last throes of death, the father on n lad
der, asccndcd to the top of the house JIc,c
WIN Il new razor, hc cut his throat from car to
car, and fell to the ground a corpsc. His tvo !
niue daughters escaped by hiding under n he'd
-----------. . .-.--
1t Is aggravating TO think up GOOD oke
after getting to bed, and not be able to 70.
call word Of it next morning.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER, \
WAsuISGTos, Dec. 20-l A. M. }

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE THE CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WAsmSGToS, Dec. 20-l A. NJ.
Indications.
For Friday in the South Atlantic States, rising fol-
lowed by stationary and falling barometer northeast
winds. cloudy followed by rainy weather. will pro
vail
For the East Gulf States, northeast to southeast
winds. warmer. cloudy and rainy weather, with fall
ing barometer.
For the West Gulf States northeast. backing brisk
northwest winds. falling barometer, cloudy and rainy
weather. followed by rising barometer and clearing
weather.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. casterly Winds
warmer. cloudy weather. falling barometer.
For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri val
leys, southcrly and variable Winds warmer, partly
cloudy weather. falling barometer, followed by snow.
For the lake region, south and west winds. falling
barometer, warmer, cloudy weather, occasional
or rain.
For the Middle Atlantic States and New England,
northwest to southwest winds, cooler, followed by
warmer clear partly cloudy weather, rising. fol-
lowed by stationary and falling barometer.
The rivers will continue slowly falling.
Cautionary signals continue at Indianola, Calves
ton and Port Eads.