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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Words of Wisdom.

Those who never retract, love them
selves better than the truth.
Half the truth may be lie, in the alb
sence of the other half.
1t is doubtful if any man could by
possibility do his noblest, or think his
deepest, without preparation of suffer
ing.
Advice which, like the snow, softly
falls, dwells the longer upon, and sinks
the deeper into the mind.
Satin's promises are like the meat that
fowlers set before birds, which is not
meant to feed them, but to take them.
If you begin by apologizing for what
cannot be defended, you will end by de-
Tending what cannot be apologized for.
The mere lapse of years is not life,
knowledge, truth, love, beanty, goodness
and faith alone can give vitality to the
mechanism of existence.
Few men know the force of habit. A
cobweb-a thread-a twine-a rope-a
cable. Venture not upon the first; the
last is nearly past human effort to sun.
der.
If you are wise man you will treat
the world as the moon treats it. Show
it only one side of yourself, seldom show
yourself too much at time, and lei
what you show be calm, cool and pol.
ished. But look at every side of the
world.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Solid Rock as a Conductor of Sound.

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says: 1t now appears from an official
statement made by Mr.. Sutro, that the
header of the Sutro tunnel was 1, 1913
feet distant from the point where it will
strike the Savage incline. The state
ment is undoubtedly correct, yet the
workmen in the Savage, at the 1000
level, are able to hear the steam drills
used in the tunnel header 80 distinctly
that all have heretofore believed the face
of the tunnel to be no further away than
three hundred feet. 1t was thought i'm
possible that the drills could be heard
to greater distance through solid rock.
At the combination shaft they now say
that they were able to hear blasts fred
in the header of the Sutro tunnel when
it was 1900 feet distant. Afterward,
when the tunnel was opposite to the
shaft, they heard nothing Of the blasts,
nor could the men at work in the tunnel
hear those fred in the shaft, and Sutro
finally sent to inquire if they had dis.
continued work. It is supposed that the
stratifcation and hardness of the rock
have much to do with the facility with
which it is traversed by sound. Hard
rock no doubt conveys sound to greater
distance than that which is decomposed
and mixed with clay. Sound would also
be likely to follow the stratifcation. OF
late the header of the Sutro tunnel has
been in much harder rock than that
through which it passed when in the
neighborhood of the combination shaft.
At that point, indeed, the ground found,
both in the shaft and tunnel, was of the
kind called "heavy," being wet, spongy
and much inclined to swell.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Superstition South of the Equator.

There are three great divisions Of the
Indian family residing in the parts of
South America which lie south of the
Equator; but though differing in Ian
guage, customs, and manners. they all
belong to the Aryan branch, and most
probably came across in numerous
migrations from Central Asia by the
Straits of Behring. With regard to
religion, they believe in two gods. The
first is called by some Pillau; by others,
Cuchauciatru, or "the great god." He
is supposed to bear the human form,
but can make himself invisible. He is
the creator of the world and author of
all that is good. The Indians never
assemble to worship him; he is sup
posed to be content with the respect
given to him in the heart of every indi-
vidual. The other god is "the spirit of
evil. known as Gualichu; to him every
sacrifice and offering is made to propiti-
ate his wicked designs. Not only do the
Pampa Indians believe in the immortal,
ity OF the soul, but also in the doctrine
of metempsychosis; hence when buryinf
their dead, they always sacrifice over tn,
grave the favorite horse of the dead man
end place bepeath the tumplps the war
yjor's arms,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Queer People at the Gaming Table.

A correspondent gives description OF
the celebrated public gaming tables at
Monte. Carlo, in Monaco. After refer
ring to the surly manner in which the
men controlling these demoralizing es-
tablishments carry on matters, and the
thievish propensities Of many OF the
players, the writer adds: There is a
queer old character who haunts the
tables, and who, although homely to the
last degree, is undoubtedly q lady of
education and refinement. She has O
passion for roulette, and it has been to
her what gin is to some, and dress to
others-absolute ruin. Her appearance
is marked, FOR she has an enormous fore
head, which bulges out in an almost
semicircular curve. Her nose is bold
snub, and her chin is large and project
ing. Size is always clad in rusty black,
dress, bonnet and shawl, and this brings
out into stronger relief the sallow-
ness Of her complexion, which indeed is
the color of an old parchment. When
she is in luck SIZE stands up in her chair
with a great roll of fve-franc pieces
balanced adroitly in her left hand, and
with her right she proceeds with won.
derful rapidity to cover some five or six
numbers with bets. Nobody touches
her bets, for I believe she would brain
theM with the rake with which she
gathers in her winnings. When she is
in bad luck, she descends to subterfuges
which must give her friends much an
guish. She waits until some player
comes with q system like her own, in
which many pieces are staked over many
numbers, and when he has covered a
portion of the table with bets, she pokes
in two or three five-franc pieces among
his, and no matter what number wins,
she insists that one of the pieces win
ming is hers. What can be done by gal
liant men under such circumstances
She has the money, and he can only
submit. If he is an Englishman, he
turns red in the face and says nothing.
If he is O Frenchmap, he shrugs his
shoulders, extends his hands, palms up.
ward, deprecatingly, and looks round
with a martyrical smile for sympathy.
This he is sure to receive from the hang
ers-on. There is another strange prac-
titioner who is on speaking terms with
this lady. think they talk over combi-
nations. He has piece of paper and a
pencil, and he studies the numbers for
hours before playing. Then he COM
mences to play single five-franc pieces
on six numbers, and it is extraordinary
how often at first he wins. If friend
drags him away after ten bets he is gen
orally heavy winner, comparatively
speaking, but if he remains longer he is
sure to lose all his original gains and his
original piece. He has an exceedingly
intelligent face, but people do not like
him for neighbor, for he is frightfully
dirty, and perfumed with garlic to de-
gree which is almost unbearnble. was
told that he had been professor ol
mathematics in an Italian university,
and was living on a small annuity, five.
sixths of which was absorbed by the
tables
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Women as Spectators.

1t would seem unnecessary to caution
women against speculation, says writer
in Harper's Bdzdr. By speculating We
mean an investment in things of uncer-
tain value on which large profits are
hoped for. But since the boldest opera
tors Mt Baden Baden are woman, and
since they do personally, but oftener by
proxy, rush into the arena of the bulls
and bears of Wall street, caution on this
subject will not be out of place. The
folly of those who dabble in lotteries,
who see the wheel of fortune revolving,
and imagine that it is loaded with bene-
fits for them, is not folly merely, but
guilt. The rasbness of those who hover
around the vortex of stock speculation is
not rashness merely, but probable per-
dition. And if it is rashness for men, ii
is for women insanity. Though women
may never seek speculation of any sort,
it will pretty certainly seek them, often
in very enticing forms. There are two
good rules which apply to speculation
l. Never borrow money to speculate
with. g. Never speculate so deeply but
that, if you loose it all, you won't feel it.
Fifteen hundred dollars of manufac.
turing stock was offered to me at par,
with an assurance that it would sell in a
month for $4,000. I believed it. had
no surplus money at the moment, and
had adopted the rule above, not tc
borrow for speculation. In month
that stock sold for $1,000. Was I wise
or foolish? Had I bought it, I should
have kept it through the intervening
years until now. A few days ago thai
stock was sold at auction for ten cents {
share-a total of one dollar.
The time when speculation is mos
rife is when money is cheap and abund
ant. And then the most dangerous form
of speculation is in city and suburban
lots. No one thing has occasioned
greater disaster to well-to-do families
than this. 1t is so respectable to owl
land, it is so solid and sure, and it won
run away. "Would to Heaven i
would" says one, "if it would onl,
leave behind what paid for it |" Th'
rule should be remembered: neve
speculate deeper than, if the loss b.
total, it will not be felt. But the bette
way is to avoid speculation altogether
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Singular Wagers.

When Mr.. Penn matched himself
against Hon. Danvers Butler, to walk
from Hyde Park Corner to Hammer
smith for a wager of 100 guineas, some
body remarked to the Duchess of
Gordon that it was pity young fellow
like Penn should always be playing some
absurd prank. eyes," the old lady
retorted, sit is a pity, but why don't
you advise him better? Penn seems to
be pen that everybody cuts and no.
body mends." What would the free
spoken dame have said to couple of
clergymen running a race on Sunday for
crown side? Such thing has been
done. Soon after Swift received his
deanery, he dined on Sunday with DIR.
Raymond, of Trim, whose house was
about 200 yards from his church. The
bell had nearly done ringing for evening
service, when Swift exclaimed: Cray
mony, I'll lay you crown begin pray
ers before YOU" "Done p said the
doctor, and off they ran. Raymond
reached the doors first, and, entering
the church, made for the reading desk
at as quick a walking pace as his sense
of propriety permitted. Swift did moi
slacken speed in the least, but ran up
the aisle, passed his opponent, and,
without stopping to put on a surplice
or open the prayer book, began The
Liturgy and went on with the service
sufficiently long to win the wager,-All
the Year Round.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
A Lively Race After a Prisoner.

While the Sheriff OF Chicago was TAX
ing som prisoners to the Jail at Joliet,
the following exciting incident occurred:
Thomas Deddy, twenty years old, under
sentence of one year for burglary, sat
only two seats from Sheriff Kern, shack
led to another prisoner. Every one was
laughing, talking, and enjoying himself
or herself in the best possible fashion.
Suddenly there was a noise. Kern
looked up in time to see pair of legs
vanishing through the window. The
train was jogging along at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. Kern pulled the
bell rope. Currier aided him with such
zeal that he broke the astonished cord.
Brakes were Immediately applied, but
before the momentum of the train had
materially decreased, Mr.. Kern had
leaped from the platform and was in hot
pursuit of the flying criminal. Mr..
Mills, A. S. Trude and others joined
in the chase with "hoop-la," and
there was rare sport for few moments:
Deddy made for the canal and plunged
in. Before the swimmer had reached
the middle of the sluggish stream, MIR.
Kern stood upon the reeently-quitted
bank. He whipped out his revolver.
Kern is a remarkably accurate shot. and
Deddy knew it. "Stop |" shouted Kern,
"or I'll let drive q bullet p Up went
Deddy's hand as he amused himself in
the fashion of treading water. "Don't
shoot, Mr.. Kern, 1 think I'll come
back" He did. He turned him about
in the canal, and sheepishly struck out
for the repugnant shore. He stepped
out very wet and very depressed IN spir-
it's. The fugitive was conducted back
to the car, securely manacled, and was
lost sight of no more until he stepped
behind the walls of Joli .,rison.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18

Thew. had entered one Of the arbors

They. had entered one of the arbors
that had been improvised of cedars to
adorn the garden fetc. They had been
walking arm in arm through the grounds
for long time; for one of the earliest
guests of the evening had been Willie
Locke, and he had rushed Immediately
to Redolette's side, and had kept her to
himself all the evening. They chose to
walk in the garden rather than join in
the dance, for they had SO much to say.
And they had talked over their five
years separation and its leading events
before they went into the arbor to rest.
The last thing Redolette had said in
the walk was, $50 now, Willie, thanks
to the inspiring leader of my choice,
am ready to take some part in the
movement of my time. Nv schooling
here is ended. My little inheritance is
made secure. I am my own mistress
now. should like, if possible, to do q
little good in the world F; and the only
question with me now is, 'How shall
do it best p"
And here it was that Willie with a
sudden movement drew her into the
arbor, and said, with such an electric
NlDldoloh III Iio NOlCc to ulhu6 ueI QedTt
seem for an instant to stop to beat,
"Redolette.l"
Something so far beyond the simple
name was implied by his vital utterance
of it that she made no response.
"Since was happy" he said, +" to
guide you Alright once, let me be your
guide again. Let me tell you, Redol.
cite, my angel, my queen, how you can
do the most good in the world-how !
am sure you can do the most good"
He paused, and Redolette, whose eyes
had been tremulously cast down, lifted
her glance to his.
And before she had time to really look,
to see all he meant-before she had time
to let the question, "How ?" pass hel
beautiful red lips, he had seized her in
his strong arms, he had answered hel
once and forever:
Gas ma aUife."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
VOL. VIII.
Country Life.

Let the vain courtier waste his days,
Lured by the charms that wealth displays
The couch OF down, the board of costly fare;
BE his to kiss the ungraceful hand,
That waves the scepter Of command,
And rear full many palace in the air,
Whilst enjoy all unconfned,
The glowing sun, the genial wind,
And tranquil hours, to rustic toll assigned;
And prize far more, In peace and health,
Contented indigence than joyless wealth.
Not mine in Fortunes face to bend,
At Grandeur's altar to attend,
Refec. in his smile and trcmble at his frown
Nor mine fre-aspiring thought,
A wish, a sigh, a vision fraught
With Fame's bright phantom, Glory's death.
less crown!
Nectareous draugbts and viands pure
Luxuriant nature will insure;
These the cleaE Efount and fertile field
Still 10 the wearied shepherd yield.
And when repose and visions reign
Then we are equals all, the monarch and the
swain. -Lope de Vega.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Fashion Notes.

Mitts, either black or white, are to be
the rage this summer.
"Oatmeal is the latest grain IN
linen it has superseded flax.
French Isle thread gloves are long,
and have the stocking finish upon the
arm.
"Strapped shoes, with the Fr' nch
heel, are the favorite summA. c..aus-
sure.
The fashionable sacqnf us Ling
waistcoat, cut square in the Louis AIy.
style, and reverse collar.
Fine Scotch ginghams, in pretty
checks, are "the thing" for summer
washing dresses. and they are trimmed
with torchon lace.
Hats and bonnets worn in city streets
set very close to the head, the large
hats la Gainesborough are reserved
for country wear.
Lenten hats are OF black straw
trimmed with satin ribbon and flowers
or folds of gros grain silk and blacl
feathers, gold tipped.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18
Items Of Interest.

A rolling mill-a fight in the gutter.
A New York company makes gas from
water.
They who "pine" in their youth can
never look "spruce" in old age.
The man who confines himself to the
drink which is best for him is ,Oelt-
supplied.
At a recent auction sale in Paris a
Stradivarius violin, 169 years old, sold
for "a, ,2OU.
An advertisement travels and works
while the merchant is asleep and his
store is closed.
One Russian in every six was either
killed or wounded during the recent
war with Turkey.
"I came off with flying colors," as the
painter said when he fell from ladder
with palette on his thumb.
A man in New York has machine in
operation with which he proposes to light
streets and houses with electricity by
means of wires.
There was clever boy who said that
he liked "good rainy day-too rainy
to go to school, and just rainy enough
to go a-fshing."
Japan is starting national banks in
every city and town, and the staid old
Japs are struggling with such words as
"protest and discount.
Beetles and butterflies, and all sorts
of flies of silver, gold, and steel filagree,
and tipped with imitation jewels-opals,
diamonds, pearls, rubies and emeralds
are seen nestled among the bonnet
trimmings.
The arms of the thirteen original
states of the Union are represented on
panels between windows on the front OF
the building which is to give q specimen
of American architecture at the Paris
show.
ooh tell me, gentle seraph,
With those ruddy lips of thine,
Tell me fondly, tell me often,
That you're mine, forever m ne."
Then she cape cape and nodded,
Then another gape was born,
| And her very silence answered,
81 am yawn, forever yawn.'
We find in DR.. e, B. Foote's Health
| l[onthN an account of a man who, In
| one year, reduced his weight from 304
pounds to 200 pounds. A regular diet,
plenty of exercise and profuse perspira-
tion accomplished the diminution in
avoirdupois.
In the spring the husband yearneth
| For his other suit of clothes,
| And he searcheth through the garret,
And he swears and bumps his nose.
In the spring the young wifes fancy
Turneth back in wild despair,
She remembers that she traded
His old clothes for china-ware.
The mail carriers between Little Cur
rent and Sault Ste. Marie, Canada,
broke through the ice when about ten
miles east of the Spanish river, in
March, and men and dogs had sharp
struggle for life. The men, Joseph
Denomie and Frank Mezai, after getting
out of the water directed their attention
toward rescuing the dogs, which were
fastened by their harness to the tobog-
gan on which the mail bags were tied,
and which was rapidly drowning them.
Their efforts to save either dogs or mail
would have been useless but for the
sagacity of one dog, which, instead of
wasting strength in trying to get upon
the broken ice, seized the thongs by
which they were bound to the toboggan
in his teeth, and deliberately gnawed
them assuder. Both dogs, thus relieved,
swan toward the men, who helped them
ont
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18

The case of Miss Margaret Thomson,
who had her pet horse shod with golden
shoes and distributed showers of gold
among the poor of various European
towns, is in the Royal Lunatic Asylum,
Gartnaval, near Glasgow, whittier she
was taken on her arrival in Scotland
from Barcelona, Spain, having been
taken charge of there by the British
Consul. She is about forty years Of
age. On the testimony of DIR. Tannahil
she was declared unable to manage her
affairs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18

All kinds os trimmings of the material
are fashionable this season-side pleat-
ings, box pleatings. knife-blade pleat-
ings, shirings, puffs, rufies, founces,
shell and leaf trimmings, and pipings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-18

Attention should be given to airing
and watering, as the weather will admit,
and as the sun becomes warmer. Some
plants may require shading at MONDAY.
Plants that are making new growth, aud
the roots being crowded into pots, should
be repotted. Shrubs that have done
Towering, should be trimmed. Dormant
lemon verbenas, fuchsias, ETC., may be
brought from the cellar and started into
growth by moderate watering and
warmth. Look out for insects. Do not
subject roses and other plants to strong
drafts. The earth in pots should be
kept mellow.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-03
THE Eastern SIruATIoy.-k m,

The EASTERN SITUATIoN.-A cor
respondent of the Mail, writing from
Walla Walla, says: Nothing is of
such material interest, to even the
remotest localities of the Territory. "a
the construction of a railway across the
Cascade mountains. 1t is estimated
that with an average crop there will be
two million bushels of wheat raised in
this Territory east of the mountain.
this year, nearly all of which will he
FOR expectation. This amous will con.
tlnue increasing for the next FIVE wears.
whenever road direct to the Sound i.
put IN operation, at least half of all the
products of the eastern portion Of the
Territory will pass over said road, no
matter how great the improvements on
the Columbia river may be. This will
put money in circulation on the Sound
stimulate SHIP building, open a new
market for lamber, coal iron and lime.
all OF which articles are required to a
great extext throughout Eastern Wash.
ington. No two regions in any part
or the world can so materially contri-
butte to the welfare of each other "a
Eastern and Western Washington. Each
one has an unlimited extent of what the
Others requires--the two together make
perfect whole.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-03

For THE YAKIMA PLAINS Now
that the mud is dried mp pretty
thoroughly and the roads are good
again. considerable Immigration is
setting in from Seattle TO the Yakima
country ria the Snoqualmie Pass. Those
leaving here are mostly young men. un-
encumbered by families. Day before
yesterday quite party lett here to
seek their fortune ON TIE plains
Among the number were several young
mechanics, who have become disguised
with the life of hangers-on ABOUT city
for employment these dull times. A
young man by the name of Tyler, from
Tacoma, who recently sold out STA
tionery and jewelry store there, was
among them. 1t is his intention, as
we'll as the rest to 60 into stock raising
over there, commencing on small
scale at first and gradually working up
into business of larger proportions.