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From Good Words.
A Picture.

One picture fair within my heart carry,
UnshAdowed by the weary weight OF years
And often, "a amid strange scenes tarryi
A vision OF my early youth appears.
The houses clustered on the waters border,
Clear imAged in the softly lowing stream
The trees beyond IL, set in gracious order,
The bridge, the road-deLcious In the dream
Each nook recalls fond thoughts, and memories
soften
Nv heart 70 those that stiu by them abide;
I think OTthOse that wandered with me often
OF those who now in earth lie side by side.
Long years have rolled, and other children gladly
Rove In the woods sud by the watersidei
And some who walked with me may eye them sad
ly,
And think Of other days, whose light has died.
And vet it lives, and sheds q wondrous sweetness
Around the ways, yet darkly shaded all;
NJ Making the heart, prepared in all meetness'
Like"dSrkened chamber when the orlgnt rays
fall;
A home OF beauty, where the past is cherished,
Zach common thing made radient ia the light
No CLEAN OF love or beauty that has pcrished'
But here, rclimned, IL clear 70 Inward sight'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-06-04

PART u.-How THE TRUST WAS FULPILLED.
When the combined guardians of La
grange first practised to deceive, they did
not forecast the tangled web whose pleas
ant intrcacies and sinuosities they were
presently to weave. And when Captain
calmly announced 10 his gentle confeder-
ates his intention OF writing his first letter
tn loco parentiS-to the orphaned girl
with bis left hand, explaining to her the
thereby changed chirography through the
ingenious fiction OF an accident that had
happened to his right-it was accepted
with reclamation. You see.' said the
captain, sententiously, "every man sings
ink with his left hand at about the same
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-04-19
A Remarkable Experiment at Sea.

A novel application of oil was recently
made by Capt. Belts, of the King Cenric, a
fine wooden ship of 1,94O tons, which has
recently arrived at Bombay from Liverpool
with a cargo Of coal. Common pine oil was
used in a heavy gale of wind to prevent the
sea breaking on board, and with perfect sue
cess. The gale lasted for nearly five days,
and regard with determined violence. 1t
had lasted some little time when the chief
officer, Mr.. Bowyer bethought himself of a
plan he had seen tried on some occasions
when in the Atlantic trade to prevent the
sea breaking in. He proposed to the cap
tain that the plan should be tried, and the
suggestion was followed. Mr.. Boyer go,
out two canvas clothes bags, and into each
poured two gallows of pine oil He pune
tured the bags slightly, and flung one ove
each quarter, towing them along. The eff
feet was magical. The waves no longe
broke against the poop and the side of thu
ship, but at yards and yards away where th
oil spread itself over the surface of tie WI
ter. Around the poop, in the wake of tn
vessel, was a large circuit of calm watel
The crew were thus able to repair damage
with greater ease, the ship was relieved 0
those tremendous shocks received from tn
mass of waters which poured over her quar-
ters and stern, and the danger was consider
ably lessenei. The two bags lasted tw
days, after which the worst fury of the gal
having expended itself, no more oil wa
used -Four gallons of oil, scarcely wort
9Os., perhaps sayed the King Cenric, its cal
go, and the lives of the crew.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-04-19
AnecdOte Of 0'ConnelI.

During the repeal agitation in Ireland a
gentleman connected with the. Times was
sent by that journal to report OConnells
rather reasonable speeches. One of the
first meetings the newspaper men attenden
was in Kerry. Having heard of O'ConnelPs
polite qualities, he'thought he would ask
that gentleman's permission to take ver-
batim report of the Grafton. The "Lbera.
tor" not only consented, but, in his oiliest
manner, informed the assembled audience
that until that gintleman was provided
with all writing convenences he would not
speak word" assuming an extra brogue
which was altogether unnecessary. The re-
porter was delighted. The preparations be-
gan, and were completed. The reporter
was ready. "Are you quite ready ?" asked
Dan. Quite ready" "Now, are you sure
you are entirely ready ?" 81 am certain, sir
yes" The crowd becoming excited and
impatient, O'Connell said Now, pom my
conscience, won't begin the speech until
the London gintleman is entirely ready
After waiting another moment or 80, O..
Connell advanced; eyes gistened; ear
we're all attention, and the reportal penci
arouse. O'Connell gave one more beng
nant smile on the reporter, winked at tn,
auditors, and commenced his speech in tn,
native Irish language, to the irrepressibl
horror of the reporter, and to the infinit
delight of all Kerry.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-04-19

Investigators OF natural science have demonstat
ed beyond controversy. that throughout the
animal kingdom the "the survival OF the nttest, IS
the only law that vouchsafes thrift and perpetuity.
Does not the same principle govern the commercial
prosperity OF man7 An inferior cannot supersede
a superior article BY OF superior merit, Dr.
Pierce's standard Medicines have outrivaed all 9th
ers Their sale In the United states alone exceeds
one million dollars per annuD while the amount
exported foots up to seN era hundred thousand
more Robustness could ever grow to such gigantic
proportions and rest upon any other basis than that
snf mart
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forming In conjunction with perfect double track
and road-bed combination OF safeguards against
accidents which have rendered them practically I'M
possible
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ID LANK MOI ES,with otwithones emf tioS
ID tor asle ~ ths eolUAsIAs oaase-
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COLUMBIAN AND OOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY
.pirk HOGAN. from scheveningen. .

"Dirk Hogan, from Scheveningen."
"Dirk Hoganp cried SAKE. "The very
man I've been looking for But I've found
him in waylI didn't expect !"
80 it seems" said the smith, grinning.
81 needn't ask who you are you're the
Count de SAKE, who was always wanting tc
meet with stronger man than himself
Does II seem to you as II you have met with
him nowf'
"well, I rather think it does" quoth Sax
struggling his shoulders; "aud as I.promis
ed to give him my purse whenever dit
meet with him, here 1t is. And now, !
you'll come along with me, and serve a
farrier to my head quarters staff. I.promis
you that you shall never have cause to re
pent of having met with Maurice de SAKE.
And the marshal was as good as his word
st. Nicholas for April.
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From the Trumpet and Universal
ist Magazine.

'Many of our personal friends have been cured by
the PERUVIAN SYRUP, but we have one proof more
powerful than all these, and that is-OUR OWN PER-
sOSAL EXPERIENCE No authority can put this
down-hO argument can contradict II ; and no good
word shall be spared on our part until knowledge
of this blessing shall be spread broadcast among the
people,
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Golden Medical Discovery

es OF the Blood and skin as Scrofula or Kings EVIL
1umors Ulcers. Or Old Sprvs tlotches, Pimpes
and Eruptons. ly virtue OF its Pectoral properties
IL cures BrOn !.lll. @ hrO t. aud Lung Affections
lncipient CONSUMPTION lingering coughs and
Chronic aryngltis. Its ChUagugue properties rem.
der it an unequaled remedy for BilliousnesS Torpid
Liver, or "Liver Compliant !; and IT'S Tonc proper
Ties make H. equally ell.HclOgs In curing Indigestion
Loss OF b, elite, and ~ ske sla.
w. ae Ia skin IL sallJl ana coyere with blOch-
es oil pil les, or wneIe ere are scrOiuous swell
H. IS Hnt "U"ctun u lew bottles OF Golden Medl-
DisCus r. VIII tiiel an entire cure. II you feel
y, I' 49,, dUOllitateu, have sallOw color OF skin,
% ytl.oH ISL brown spLt- the face or body, fire.
qu mt hrdache or dizziness, bad taste in mouth, In
ten heat Or vhltS 8lterbuted With hot Lushes, low
spirit, and glO any forebodinEa irregu r appetite
and 'Us ~" coated, you are suffering nom Torpid
/ ycf. Or ''bll iOusness' In ma,y cases If ''Livei
an1.unt,' ony part.of these symptoms are eXpe
renced AS - remedy Tor al such cases Or, Pltrce
Golden Medical discovery has quail as II effects
perfect cures, leaving the liver strengthened anc
he.
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The WiIlowyale Post once

NOID Great chance TO make money. II you
can get gold YOU can get green
OOLD backs We need a person every
where TO take subscriptions to the largest cheapest
and best illustrated family publication Ia the world
Anv one can become successful agent. The most
elegant works OF art given free to Subscribers The
price is so low that almost everybody suhscrlbes.
one agent reports making over s't0 In week. A
lady agent reports taking over 400 subscl beIs In ten
days. All who engage make money fast You can
devote ali your time to tie business or only your
spare time You need not be away IRON home over
night You can DO II as wei MS Others Fun partic-
ulars. directions and tern ifrte Elegant ana eH
nensiye outft tree II YOU want prontahle WORK
send us YOUR address NJ once. II costs nothing tt
try the business. No who engages falls TO ma X
great pay Address "lhe lteIles Joutnaln fort
land Maine. aug. l., T7-ly
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DIR. PIERCE'S
STANDARD
REMEDIES
NATURAL SELECTION.

Are not advertised as "cure als. but are specit
In the diseases for Which they are recommended.
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An Eminent Divine of Boston
says:
Another Clergyman Writes :

'I have used the PERUVIAN SYRUP for some
time past II gives me NEW NGGoR, BuOYANCY OF
SPIRITS, ELASTICITY OF MusULE."
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W. II. HAISTEAD, supt.
suIeiinieI etItsf tt, tiItlt,b, ltt. 10. ls,t.
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AT PRIVATE SALE,
The Willow Vale Estate

valuable property, lying in Franklin township,
Columbia county, Pennsylvania, on the east branch
Of Roarngcreek 1t consists OF beautiful farm Of
about
1 = o "A 9 r E 3,
on which are erected n commOdious and comforta-
BILE Dwelling House, n large Bank Born, cider Press,
and al necessary out.buildings. II has growing
upon It aburdauce Of excellent fruit has wen OF
water at both the dwelling house and barn, and is
convenient of by public roads.
ALSO.
Adjoining and being part ot the same, but viii be
sold separately If desired, about five acres OF the
above lands, whereon are erected large
CUSTOM, GR1sT AND FIGURING MILL,
with four run OF stone, Dwelling House, Saw
MIL, Dry Goods store and Dwelling House. and
other improvements, together with the water-power
and appurtenances thereto.
The WillOwvale Post once
is on the premises. II Is within easy reach OF Cata-
| wissa, Centrala, Ashland, Mount Carmel and other
| mining towns for market purposes.
| The property is bounded by lands OF Munson, and
p, Artley, and sheets, and D. Hover and others. The
two described properties win be sold separately OF
together to suit purchasers. For terms apply &c
kllas Mendenhall, X. H. Drinker or John q. Freeze
| at Bloomsbury. Penna. feb.s, TIT
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MY voyage to Europe IS Indefinitely postponed
have discovered the fountain Of Health on this side
of the Atlantic Three bottles Of PERUVIAN SYRUP
have rescued me from the fangs of the iiend Dys-
pepsia'
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Writes to a friend rs follows; az have tried the Pc
RuNIAN SYRUP, and the result fully sustains your
predictions. 1t has made a NhW MAN Of me in
fused into my system new vigOr and energy. ! am
no longer tremulous and dcbiated as when you
last saw me- but stronger, btartlcr, with larger
pacty Tor labor, mental and physical, than at any
time during the last nve years"
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w " wv Id REMICK
A CLOUD OF WITNESSES.

The following named parties are among the thou
sands who have been cured Of Catarrh by the OF
DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy:
A. F. Downs. New Geneva Pa; ID. J. Brown, St.
Joseph, Mo-; z. q. Lewis, Rutland, VT Levi Spring.
er, ette Lake, Ohio Chas. Norcrop, North Ches-
u rfeld, Me-. Milton Jones. criba, N. Y; j.. Il. Mil
Ter, Brider Station, Wyo; j. G. Merriman, LoganS-
port Ind; NJ. NJ. Post Logansport Ind. j. w. Bail
cyl fremont P H. b. Ayres, LaPorte, Ind; Jessie Nj.
Sears TT. Branch, lnd.; l.. Williams, Canton, Mo-;
W. A. Thayer. onarga, ILL.,; b. Nichols, Jr, Calves
Lusk, Mcfarland, WIS.,; johnson Williams, Helmick,
Ohio NJ A. Currey, Trenton, Tenn; j.. 6: Joslln,
Keene, N. H., A. j. Casper, Table Rock, w. Va Lew
is Anders, Gaysport, Ohio Z. II. Chase, Elkhart,
Ind; Mrs, Henry Haight, san Francisco, Cal; Mrs
L. NJ. Gallusha, Lawrencevile, N. Y W. }. Graham
Rice Baltimore Nd; Jesse NJ. Sears, Carlisle, Ind;
Dan1. b. Miller, Ft Wayne, Ind; Mrs. Minnie AT
| naise, 900 Delaney street, New York H. W. Hall
| Hastings, Mich; VIM +. Marston, Lowell, Mass;
W. R0oerts Marcopa, Ariz.; Chas. s. Delaney
Harrisburg Pa; N. C. Cole, lowell, Mass Mrs G. j
| Spurtin, Camden, Ala. Chas. Y. Kaw ,Fredericktown
| Ohio Mrs Lucy Hunter, Pennington, H.; Capt.
| Steamboat Rock, Iowa Mrs. l.. Waite, Shushan \
| j. NJ Peck, junction city, Mont; Henry Ebe, Ban
tas Cal; L. r. Cummings, Rantoul, H.; $. E. Jones
Charleston Four Corners n: Y; Geo. +. Ha l. Pueb
To- Cal; VIM. K. Bh rtrie Sterling, Pa. H. II. Ebon
GAS Penn street, rttsburg, Pa; II. iiackman, sam
Hattie PARROT, Montgomery, Ohio; l.. ledbro0S
Chatham, Ill.,; b. MCCOY Nasnpvrt, ohio W
W. Warner, North jackson, Mich; Miss Mary A
Whine, Darien Wis; John Zegler, Carlisle, Pa
| James TOmkins st. Cloud, Mimi; Enoch Duerr, Paw
nee CITY, Neo Joseph n. Miller, Xenla, Ohio (; $
Nichols, Galveston, Texas II. L. Laro, Upper Alton
| nj; John Davis. Prescott, Arlz Mrs. Nancy Graham
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ON AN.

BY nm immense practice, extending through q
period of wears, having within that time ttcAlcu
many thousand cases OF those di-cnsca rcculHrW 10
woman | have been enabled 10 perfect most
potcnt and agreeable medicine that meets the IN
dicatons presented by that class OF diseases WIN
positive certainty and eNacIness.
To designate this natural specific compound,
hnyp named il
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
Wheat from High Latitudcs.

There was brought into the city of
Winnipeg, in Manitoba, last fall, half
bushel of wheat, said to have been grown
fifteen hundred miles north of that
point. The bearer was half breed In
dian, who had come from the far north
to Winnipeg to trade, and the grain was
brought with him to exchange for other
commodities. 1t was regarded at the
time as quite curiosity, and was passed
around from one to another for trial in
the spring in that locality. A few grains
of it fell into the hands of a gentleman
from Minnesota, who was in that city at
the time, and was brought home with
him on his return. At our solicitation
it has been presented to Professor Lacy
of the State Agricultural College, who
has laid it away till time for seeding,
when he will give it the most careful
culture, and endeavor to prove whether
there is any virtue in it or not. The
berry is very plump and bright, and we
suppose from the very high latitude in
which it was grown must be hard enough
to satisfy the most fastidious miller.
Whether the distance north of Winnipeg
was precisely 1,5G0 miles we cannot say
but from all that could be cleaned from
the Indian it was raised long distance
to the north-probably nearer the pole
than any wheat that has ever reached
Minnesota before.-St. Paul (lftnn. J
Pioneer Press,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
A Scheminc Woman.

The number of women who live by
their wits in New York, says the Herald
of that city, is very large, and is daily
growing larger. Some of these women
are really very industrious and very
clever in their peculiar line; one, now
residing in elegant style uptown, has
acquired quite little fortune by trading
in her influence" She has large
circle of acquaintance among moneyed
men, and has also a ready perception, a
glib tongue and keen, instructive knowl-
edge of human nature. These qualities
she is turning to the utmost pecuniary
account. She is a married woman,
though her husband is a nenentity,
practically speaking, and keeps house up
town. There in the evenings she re-
ceives calls from numerous bankers,
brokers and others, whom she elegantly
and pleasantly entertains, and mean
while "talks them" into, wheedles or
coaxes or argues them into favorable
notice of any scheme she may have at
the time pecuniary interest in. She
does a paying business in this line, as
she never undertakes any hut q big
scheme and a plausible scheme, and
when once she undertakes it does her
"level best " to carry it through. Not
long ago the lady talked up mine, got
most of the stock subscribed through
her own exertions and took her pay in
the shape of an extensive roll of green
backs, for it is characteristic of this per-
sonage that she will never take "com-
missions" She demands SO much money
down and generally, having proved that
she is worth it, gets it. By her earnings
in this line. SUB rosa, of course, she
makes the major part of the family in
come and clothes herself and her daugh-
ers in excellent style. The lady is
widely known by Wall street and Broad
street magnates and is held in high es-
TEEN with them, as she is considered
equally shrewd and "square."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
Fraud i'm Bank Bills.

The United States treasurer is advised
OF constantly increasing attempts by per-
sons in various sections of the country
to cheat the government and innocent
people by practicing what is known as
the "piecing process" whereby a given
number of currency notes of like de.
nomination are cut in pieces and so
pasted together as to give an increased
number. The manipulators generally
take ten notes, aud by cutting and adroit
piecing make eleven, thereby gaining
one at the expense of the other ten. OF
course the diminished notes get into the
hands of innocent holders, and when
sent to the treasury department for re-
demption they are at once detected by
the treasury experts and thrown out.
The regulations for redeeming mutilated
currency do not admit of the redemption
of anything except in single piece con-
tanning at least one-half of the original,
which makes it still harder for those into
whose hands these nicely pasted frag-
ments fall.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
How Good is Done.

You know the touching lyric of Long
fellow, which he has called "The Arrow
and the Song" 1t is so familiar that it
looks like an affectation to quote it, but
L must indulge myself once more by re-
peating its sweet lines:
~ shot an srrow in the air;
lt fell to farth, | knew not where;
For SO swiftly it flew the sight
C5u'd not follow, in It's fight.
breathed song into the air;
IT fell on earth knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
Tnst it can follow the Fl ght OF socg?
ng, long sfterwa' d. in an oak
l)und the arrow, st II unbroke;
AID the song, from beginning to end.
found again in the he art of frieId"
This is exquisite. But you observe that
both the arrow and the song were found
just as they had been sent out. The
poet has not told, and no poet can fully
tell, of the impulses that are given, the
changes that are wrought, and the work
of self-sacrlfce and devotion that is sug-
gested, by fitting word dropped at tue
right moment into a human soul; and
among the many pleasant surprises that
are in store for us in the upper world
will be the discovery that efforts put
forth by us, and which we supposed to
be so feeble as to be well-nigh worthless,
have been, under God, the germs from
which rich harvests of good have resulted
to multitudes whom we have never seen.
Nm. NJ. Taylor,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
A Remarkable Duel.

A correspondent in the South writes
Once in while duels are fought in
which lady is q purely incidental
cause. Such q duel took place in South
Carolina, in 1858, between Messrs. John
Dunorant and J. d. Legare. These
gentlemen were devoted friends.
Legare was attentive to young lady of
beauty and worth in the upper part OF
the State. The two friends went to the
village where she lived to get some
shooting. They were, of cours, fre-
quent visitors at her fathers no, ..
One day tegare imagined that he de-
tected q sudden coldness on the part Of
the young lady and the family
towards himself. In questioning his
friend Us to the probable cause of it, he
asked him if he had ever made any re-
marks about him to any of the family,
Dunorant replied that he had said
nothing of consequence that on one
occasion he had been asked if Legare
ever drank, and had answered that he
sometimes did. Legare at once attribu-
ted the change, real or supposed, in the
behavior of the lady to this statement or
admission on the part of his friend. A
prolonged discussion ensued. Dunor-
ant was disposed to be conciliatory,
while Legare was very much atigered.
The issue between them was finally
narrowed down to demand on the part
of Legare that Dunorant put in writing
precisely what he had said to the father
Of the lady. Dunorant declined to do
this. He contended that the demand
was an implied insult. Legare persist
ed, and, upon Dunorant's remaining
firm, sent him challenge. Dunorant
promptly accepted it, and the details of
q meeting were arranged. Dunorant
was a very poor shot with the pistol.
It is said that on tbe evening before the
duel he went out to practice, and
literally could not hit barn door. Le-
gare was capital shot. From the very
first, however, Dunorant contended
that he would kill Legare at the first
fire. He never modified his assertion,
but said all the time 81 will kill him
when draw the trigger p
When the men were on the ground a
curious thing occurred. When the Sec
ond who was to give the word called, care
you ready, gentlemen p Dunorant re-
sponded IN firm, steady, tone "No." I"
He then drew small pen-knife from
his pocket, opened it deliberately, ond,
fixing his eyes squarely on Legare,
walked toward him. When he had
traversed only thirds of the inter-
vening distance he stopped, and, reach
ing down, cut off a small twig that
stood between him and his opponent.
He then returned to his position, shut
his knife carefully, and returned it to
his pocket, Without taking his ewes
off of Legare, he announced Ready"
and said to his second, " I am going to
kill him." The men being in position,
the command "Fire one-two-three!'
rang out upon the air. A ring of smoke
sprang from the nipple of each pistol,
and Legare dropped dead in his tracks.
Dunorant stood for moment as if he
were carved in stone, and, then drop
ping his arm slowly, turned to his
second unhurt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
Sea Serpents.

The gigantic whale captured in Febru-
ary last in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy,
has been subjected to critical examina-
ton by Professor Capellini, who, in a
report lately published, states it as his
opinion that the whale is of species
hitherto unknown to science, and he has
named it Baloena torentena, in allusion
to the locality of its capture. This un-
looked-for discovery of new species of
huge marine animal, taken in connection
with the alleged appearance OF another
"monster a short time later, and in
the same neighborhood, as vouched for
by the officers of the royal yacht Os-
borne, is regarded as strong argument
in favor of the existence of unknown
huge marine living objects, such as are
popularly indicated by the name OF "sea-
serpent"