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Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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optr S%fnlosrsn.
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/ Ssliflb mso Yrinoien.
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SG9srsn al Sorbauislis Saren 90
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life at robe BAN.
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iaacan loss paa irsmmso &llot'
bauc".
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ipurete Yrincien.
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fan ita iO.itao". slenmGIis Stop.
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len. "9i er blot 6oftIoGttsrc DO;
pans fel. &eibso".
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mauitt ban bi elers pUre. Z ioal
uel 8iisnareo % Yanbsfase ii
buert Maul;io. fan ieg tGnfe ?--Tal
leg Yrinhs, fdlcs le9 alori0 Go
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-lfuloe le9 tro".
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holre iia ira at lie bisrtslist. 0er
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fo9oen % lpnrste.
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iosnit sr ies I'll Gin % Slel-iful
De ls9 tro'.
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@repcn.
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% llIbia. bare iOr at sabs paa Den
lelc Yrines, Der aIpris iaar Cor
Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30
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lille tiaars 5es nj irapIt meo at
bi9lps til.
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ne bare Nsoe paa bporoan Oct bang
iammen meo Samilisn inoen Sere.
tbi ban penoie li9 ON til 8Grtsn
% ipnrsie:
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zig uns
ga, NOT bar BET | aob 8io, ri
latte yo, ior lsa bar lise tppt %
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men I; men en- 9ob Sog fan ellrrs
ifte 9isrss Tor lihIi9-fulot lts iro.
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tst suonn noale Nar, bsriom lite
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oplat pnn e."
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uere at rauitrs". ialnt Suiruen ban
/ 5alsn % rebmsoe liot.
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IL, foriialle Spenblen. Seq rallis.
rsr elerne, lfal Ssrrsrnc pios men
lss meuer alori9 no9st Onot mtb
nit tosieoe Brat. 0st sr en- Mru /
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oct par min Gar msb. BET lammt
ct lea % laaoan bll'er pd la9tsns
ueial min lille YO9-.fan le9 iro".
"Oei or en- berlls Nro". iuareoe
Yrinoitu. zen Nrp. iom iss CAB
tlebe. bpls Den rar at iaa ior Ysn.
&c. Wen iI9tsns. fan lea iormoos.
bar S~Usubien btilsr life Roget al
ler9e opcr. ibI tltsr hpao lea fan
ltienue. bar On BET aot sanite
soht".
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CT iuGrt at aler Gem Nuc al Waa.
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bsntiie paa Stopeu. San bar IN.
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ban er--ituIoe leg tro'.
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len mso IT not Sperosm raj
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brand % 10 8ie iamt hre ,5aor
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lpues bog bet CT loslls lot at le.
pe ai".
"&i iaar o9iaa ie at Tempe Wun
Den sitter Waol9tten. vi iaar ltft
bOsr Dag 9SJ % Spfmclt cs bel
Ter i'te You al imere Dor Bua mso
Hlltnareo neen Deo Setloerne.
Wsn BET leber enooa / yano mco
at bOlos 9iust. VI eier port Nr.
bsios % Dor Den Ill Sub, nosn
ier9sr @orbsrrs NOT ior Htltm -
faIos ltG tro.
'Sa bet or caiaa Summm al
belle YiUet. lhi uosn Nrbeles / Ben
fan Inlet Wmnsifs lsue Ipffelia".
bemUrfene Hriunlsn
Suittutn fnsb M i'm Rono /
Ntmn Ill ssau paa al Raocn par
Irroia. Sptnoien latte ia itrnr Tor
Boreenom % bao iins 8Iaitu taet
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ulliat sloree. oa Nuteuius,n laa
bel ~appaitll9 no.
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bplo. fJrnet Oreitlsous. Ousn.ao
Den prfleninsoe ia en- nor s5lslte.
finite, en- lille Smettanoe, Ell Sues
gGg iamt ct uaIoi9t CAB 8ptmrlt.
Der raneiss o9laa "Siaitbteo",
Sorulissr % 8nius, men Saltr mar
Der iusen al.
Srsusn 9reb / Soft sftcr ct 9Ga,
men ltcppsoes pInoielis / 5arlsn al
SGrtsn. Der iasos / Ell u~i9opanlis
aluorlis Zone
Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

pa pa Set tror ban pilt1.
lOarsos YnrfIis mso en- @rimale.
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Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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Yrineien bopbe bsle9t GamIeie
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uoscn Sip paa 1T fiGre 8Gtfeltop,
bporira ban slorbs lllilise ucau9isr
/ ben nGrmsite Smssn oa iGopan
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Eager. btt ere ncopsnoise iur Rim.
Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30
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sreen biIisiie ameritanife Avis / @ins
neibett 80. Bris st.OOfcr @arsausen.
@eet Slae at apertere /. @ec. III.
Saislet. ReeaftSr ca 9isr.
Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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m's ! Seerrab, oil promptlis teirares.
Decorah-posten., 1878-10-30

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
The Tomb of Daniel O'COnnell.

A letter from Dublin says: The
stranger in Dublin seldom fails to pay
a visit to the tomb of Daniel O'Connell,
in the cemetery out Sackville street.
The attention paid to the graves of de-
ceased friends is a feature that is very
generally observed in Irish cemeteries.
Widows, mothers, sisters and daughters
can be seen vending their way with little
baskets of fresh flowers to the graves of
their hopes and their loves, and with
tearfu! eyes strewing over the sod or
hanging to tombstones and monuments
wreaths and garlands. In winter wreaths
of immortelles are substituted, of yell
low, pink or blue, with cross of SOL
emn black suspended. Shortly after en-
tering the gate fipger-board is observed
with the words "To thetomb of OOon-
nell" which leads to about the center of
the cemetery. Looking through the
door of the vault, the crimson coffin of
"the great agitator is visible under
canopy. The number OF pilgrims to
this tomb is credible and it is touch
ing sight to see many poor Irishman
with crownless hat raise his shabby tile
and exclaim, "Poor Dan !" The monu-
ment to O'Connell is tower ICE. feet
high, designed after the model of the
famous round towers of ireland. The
remains of his single hearted friend
"Honest Tom Steele" also lie close by.
Curran, Hogan and many other intel
lectual Irishmen are also buried here.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
0 Forget Thee 2"

"Forget theeP" II to dream by night, and
muse on thee by day;
II all the worship deep and wild lovers heart
can pay;
II prayers in absence, breathed for thee to
heavens protecting power
II winged thoughts that fit to thee, a thousand
in an hour;
II busy fancy blending thee with all my future
lot
II this thou calrst forgetting" thou indeed
shalt be forgot.
"Forget thee2" Bid the forest birds forge
their sweetest tune.
Forget thee?" Bid the sea forget to swell
Bid thirsty flowers forget to drink the ewes
refreshing dew;
Thyself forget thine own dear land, its waters
deep and blue
Forget each old familiar face, each long-re-
membered spot
When these things are forgot by thee, then
thou shalt be forgot.
Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace, still calm
and fancy free
For God forbid thy gladsome heart to grow less
glad for me
Yet while that heart is still unwon, Oh, bid no
mine to rove,
But let it keep its humble faith and uncom-
planning love.
II these, preserved for patient years, at las
avail me not,
Forget me then-but ne'er believe that thou
canst be forgot.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
Decidedly DemOraIizing.

David Doldrum dotingly desired Dol
ly Doublechin. David devoted days
decorating, doubling Dolly's devotion.
David's deeds delighted Dolly, dear
duck. David obviously dogged Dolly
daily, devouring doughnuts desperate
ly, drinking deeply, disgusting dainty,
delicate Dolly. David decided differ
ent doings, dutifully digging ditches-
dirty, difficult duty. David's doleful
demeanor depressed Dolly dreadfully,
debating dreadful dreams, disturbing
digestion, developing dyspepsia.
David drove doctor down, diagnosing
disease, directing divers doses, discreet
diet, diluted decoctions, domestic drugs.
Dolly demurred, desiring dancing,
driving, diversion. David dismissed
doctor, delightedly deyoting double de-
voirs, directly dispelling Dolly's dole
full disposition. Dolly deprecated
David's dubious demonstrations, dis
approving dillydallying. David, dainti-
ly dressed, demanded Dolly's decision,
declaring definite devotion. Dolly, de-
string delay, discussed dinners,
dancing school, Dick Digworthy's
dram drinking, diverting David's
dangerous direction. David, doughtily
determined, dissuaded Dolly's diffuse
dissertations. Dulcet dealings dis
arming Dolly, Dominic Dryasdust de.
claring David Doldrum, Dolly Double.
chin definitely doubled. .-Phiiadelphia
Bulletin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
Renaissance"

The word renaissance, much used
by newspapers when discussing about
art, is thus explained by the New York
Tribune:
Renaissance is the name Of style OF
architecture which originated in Italy in
the first half of the fifteenth century,
under the influence Of the awakened en-
thusiasm for classical literature and art,
and which, in the following centuries,
wholly superseded the gothic style all
over Europe. After the fall of the
Roman empire, many western artists
retired to Constantinople, and founded
a school, the great features Of which are
the circle and dome, the round arch,
and the various details of form which
are derived from the lily, the cross, the
nimbus, and other symbols. This style
is called the Byzantine, the elimination
of which may be seen in the mosque Of
st. Sophia at Constantinople and the
church of st. Mark at Venice. The
gothic nations in the west introduced
notifications into the style of architec-
ture they found, whence arose the
Romanesque order of architecture. Be-
fore the age OF Constantine, one style
pervaded the whole empire east and
west. After period of transition, the
gothic style emerged, and reached its
elimination in the thirteenth century,
when the most beautiful buildings were
erected that the world has ever seen.
Then, after a pause-with the dwin-
ding of the old faith, the reformation.
and all the elements that made the six
teenth century period of revolution
came another great change in architec
ture, which is called the classic revi
val, or the renaissance. In Italy and
France, the architecture of the renais
sance produced its most splendid fruit.
The chief monument of the renaissance
in Italy is the church of st. Peter, and
in London the church OF st. Paul.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
County Fairs.

The fair, as pretext for bringing peo-
pie together, has for twenty years taken
the place of the ancient political mass
meetings of the North, and the barbecues
and camp-meetings of the South. ALI
the tribes of the farm districts go up to
it. Not the fancy stock raiser alone,
with his fashionable clothes, high
crowned hat, shining sulky and thor
oughbred mare. or his neighbor, the
Squire, solid and keen-eyed, in his muddy
"Jarsey," the broad back of his coat
sunburned dozen shades but their
wives and their daughters also. the store
keeper with whom they trade in the
village, the lawyer who expounds green
backs or the labor question to them in
the drug shop of an evening, the editor
of the country paper, and his young
college-bred man-of-all-work, who writes
leading articles, gums wrappers and
mails the paper by turn. Specimens of
all the farm stock join the great cara
vans monster oxen and enormous pigs,
dainty Attorneys and miniature bantams,
famous imported ewes and bulls, heavily
insured before they 60. and sent with a
corporal's guard of watchers. Then
there are marvellous cheeses and butter,
crystal jellies and homemade wines,
invariably attended by their anxious
owners, sharp dyed matrons or pretty
but loud-voiced girls.-M Y. Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
The Home and True Society.

True society begins in the home.
When two young people love each other.
and marry, they restore the picture of
the Apostolic church. They are of one
heart and one soul; neither do they say
that anything they possess is their own,
but they have all things in common.
Their mutual trust in each other, their
entire confidence in each other, draws
out all that is best in both. Love is the
angel who rolls away the stone from
the grave in which we bury our better
nature, and it comes forth. Love makes
all things new; makes new heavens
and new earth; makes all cares light,
all pain easy. 1t is the one enchant-
ment of human life which realizes For
tunio's purse and Aladdin's palace, and
turns the "Arabian Nights into mere
prose, in comparison. Think how this
old story of. love is repeated forever in
all the novels and romances and poems,
and how we never tire of reading about
it; and how, If there is to be wedding
in church, all mankind 60, just to have
look at two persons who are supposed,
at least to be in love and so supremely
happy. But this, also, is not perfect
society. 1t is too narrow, too exclusive.
1t shows the power of devotion, trust,
self-surrender, that there is in the hu-
man heart; and it is also a prophecy of
something larger that is to come. But
it is at least home, and before real
society can come, true homes must
come. AS in the sheltered nook in the
midst of the gieat sea Of ice which rolls
down from the summit of Mt. Blanc is
found little green spot, full of tender
flowers, 30, in the shelter of home, in
the warm atmosphere OF household love,
spring up the pure affections of parent
and child; father, mother, son, daugh-
ter; of brothers and sisters. Whatever
makes this insecure and divorce fire.
quent, makes of marriage not union
for life, but an experiment which may
be tried as often as we choose, and
abandoned when we like. And this cuts
up by the roots oil the dear affections
of home; leaves children orphaned, de-
stroys fatherly and motherly love, and
is virtual dissolution of society. ]
know the great difficulties of this ques-
tion, and how much wisdom is required
to solve them. But whatever weakens
the permanence of marriage tends to dis
solve society; for permanent homes are
to the social state what the little cells
are to the body. They are the CON-
mencement of organic life, the centers
from which all organization proceeds
Rev. James freeman Clarke.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
An Aeronaut's Horrible Death.

Considerable has been said Of late con-
cerning the time, place and manner OF
the death OF Prof. LaMountaip, the
aronaut. Notwithstanding 1t has been
only about five years since his death
occurred, and Notwithstanding the fact
that his death was simply horrible to
think of and was given great publicity
at the time, scarcely any person could
remember it. This illustrates how
quickly important events even pass from
the minds of the people,
On the fourth Of July, 1873, Prof. La
Mountain made an ascension from Ionia,
Mich. The arrangements of the ropes
before the balloon started were thought
to be wrong, but the professor thought
everything was all right. There was a
tremendous crowd present. Immedi-
ately after leaving the ground the mouth
of the canvas began to flop around with
great violence. When half mile from
the earth, the balloon slipped between
the ropes and was instantly inverted
The car and its occupant dropped like a
shot. With the most terrific velocity
the unfortunate man descended, cling
ing to the basket. That he was con-
scious was evident from his struggles
He strove to raise the basket above him,
evidently hoping to use it as aparachute.
He succeeded in his object, but when
about one hundred feet high, he loosed
his hold, folded his hands and arms be-
fore his face, ,Eand, feet first, struck the
ground with dull heavy thud. Then
ensued a panic among the multitude
almost indiscribable. Women tainted
men wept, and to add to the confusion,
the canvas came flying over the crowd
like huge bird. Some one cried to
get out of the way, as it would fall with
crushing force. At this general rush
was made for safety, in which many were
injured, and some for life.
LaMountain was crushed into literal
pulp. Not sign of motion of life was
visible when his body was reached
Medical examination disclosed the fact
that hardly a whole bone was left.
Many were ground and splintered to
powder. His jaws fell upon his arms
and were pulverized. Where he struck
there was an indention made in the hard
gravel ground of several inches deep.
The corpse was laid out in the public
square and was viewed by thousands.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-26
Russian Female Duelists.

A good deal has lately been heard of
the progress of female emancipation in
Russia, but it is somewhat of novelty
to find the Russian ladies figuring in the
character of duelists, as was the case not
long since with two bellies of Petigorsk,
well-known fashionable resort on the
northern slope of the Caucasus. A
dispute arose between the rival beauties.
springing out of the attentions paid to
each in turn by handsome young cav
airy officer quartered in the neighbor-
hood. The quarrel ran SO high that one
of the Amazons at length dispatched
her maid to the other with formal
challenge, which was instantly accepted.
The belligerents met without seconds in
lonely place outside the town, each
armed with brace of loaded pistols.
Before, however, they had even taken
up their respective positions, the trem-
bling of one lady's hand caused her
pistol to explode prematurely, sending
bullet through the dress of the other,
who shrieked and fell down in swoon.
The assailant, frightened out of her wits,
flung away her weapon and rushed to
raise the supposed corpse; but her un-
grateful antagonist, recovering her SEN
ses as suddenly as she had lost them,
clutched her by the hair with one hand,
while boxing her ears with the other in
the most energetic style. The firing
having now ceased, the battle proceeded
hand to hand. Locks of hair, ribbons,
and shreds of clothing flew in every di-
rection, and but for the timely advent
of three or four policemen the affray
might have ended like the some
what similar combat of the Kilkenny
cats. The military Lothario's only re-
mark on hearing the story was, "It's
lucky they took to clawing each other
instead of me-"