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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
A Mathematical Prodigy.

Gilbert Miller, lad nine years old,
living at Keokuk, Iowa, has recently
exhibited most remarkable powers in
mathematics, being able to give answers
to difficult problems with scarcely any
hesitation. He is strong hearty boy,
not overly fond of school, and differs
only in this one respect from other
children of his age. His parents are
averse to any display of precocity and
will not allow him to be questioned.
But enough has already been elected to
show his wonderful faculty. He prob
ably inherits this gift from his father,
Prof. Miller, of the Keokuk Mercantile
College, who has long made specially
of rapid commercial calculations.
We here present few examples given
recently to the lad as a test. The
answers were forthcoming at once, with
out any apparent effort:
Cube IA. Answer-405,2 ,228.
Multiply 9,s76 by 7,117. Answer
Divide e7s,ss2 by 1928. Answer
2,O69.
How many times will clock tick in 9
year of 3654 days2 Answer-31,5 $751;
Find the fifteenth term of geometri
cal progression-first term FIVE, ratio
three. Answer-23, 914, ,845.
These results were found to be exactly
correct. Other questions involving diff
cult fractions were also given and an
swered, but We cannot represent them il
type. = birmingham (Lo,oa) Enter
prise.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
President POlk's Cocktails,

Judge Carpenter, of California, tells
this anecdote of James K. Folks term
of the Presidency: Polk was temper
ate but not abstinent man, of very regu-
lar habits. He rose early at the White
House, and had his servant bring, pune
tually, very large cocktail in a tall
glass, of which he drank just one. half
and left the other half for his return
from his morning walk. On this walk
he required the company of Marshall
Polk, his nephew. Young Polk was
also fond of a cocktail, though his uncle
did not know it and would not counte-
nance it. However, they would hardly
have left the house on the daily occa-
sion, when Marshall, pretending to have
forgotten something, would slip back
and drink nearly all the remaining half
of the cocktail and pour in some water.
After returning from the walk, President
Polk repaired to his chamber in brown
political study, and seizing the tumbler
gulped down the water and sediment,
and then exclaimed: "Paugh |" This
continued with regularity, and the cheat
was never found out Polk now lies be-
fore his dwelling in Nashville, inferred
in his yard, and Marshall Polk has not
been heard from since the beginning o.
the war.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
Items Of Interest.

"Green pears"-Young married folks.
A lazy cook.-One that "fritters
away her time.
Rome has 365 churches-a church for
every day in the year.
A leading physician says heat is the
sole cause of cholera infantum.
"Yon can't do that again" said pig
to boy who had cut off his tail.
Why are good resolutions like fainting
ladies because they want carrying out.
A boy says that when he eats water
melon his mouth feels as if it we're in
swimming.
Leprosy has made it's appearance in
the United States on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts.
Why is philanthropist like an old
horse Because he always stops at the
sound of woe.
Two or three centuries ago there were
hundred hospitals for lepers in Eng
land and Scotland.
"Here is your writ of attachment"
said town clerk, as he handed lover
marriage license.
"Maria, I'm almost discouraged.
How many times have told you not to
say tater, but pertater p
Monday dsbbled in stock operationsI
Tuesday owned Millions by all calculations.
Wednesday my Fifth-Avenue palace began;
Thursday drove out a spanking bay spans
Friday gave magnificent ball;
And Saturday smashed" with nothing at all.
Many a young mans fate has been
adversely settled by his persisting in
walking his sweetheart down shady
side streets when she expected to be
taken to an ice-cream saloon.
The barber is an independent chap,
and, like all strapping big fellows, can
always hold his hone.-Alta California.
Great fellow, though, for getting into
scrapes. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser: Lightning getteth over a
good deal of ground in very short space
of time." But we'll back an American
youth against the field when he fops out
of the water without stopping to comb
his hair, and legs it along the bank with
policeman two lengths beh1nd.-
Rochester Union.
The greatest eel-pond in America is on
the farm of James N. Wells, in the town
of Riverhead, Mass. 1t covers five
acres, and is now so full of eels that they
can be raked out with garden rake.
Two years ago MIR. Wells put 2,OoO
dozen of eels into the pond, intending to
have them undlsturbed for five years.
They have increased to millions. They
are fed regularly every third day on
"horse feet" peculiar shell-fish. The
eels know when they are to be fed, and
the stroke of Mr.. Wells whip against
his wagon calls thousands of them up to
dinner, although anyone else may pound
away all day without any effect. One OF
these she'll fish. fastened to strong cord
and thrown into the water, may be drawn
out in a few minutes with hundreds OF
| eels clinging to it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
Miss Lee and a Naples Landlord.

A letter from Naples 70 the Columbia
Is. O. Register says Miss Mary Oustis
Lee, q daughter of General Robert Lee,
arrived here few days ago, in company
with some lady friends from Malta, who
registered at the Hotel Royal des Etran-
gers. It appears that during the night
of the 9th the mosquito bar around the
bed ignited accidentally from a candle
which Miss Lee had lighted. In few
moments the flames spread and caught
the lace curtains, and the room was soon
enveloped in flames, which Miss Lee
heroically endeavored to suppress, but
without success, and fearing that the
hotel might be burned she gave the
alarm of fire, which soon was heard by
some gentlemen who we're occupying
rooms on the same floor, when ex-Judge
Samuel w. Melton and Mr.. A. w.
Clark, of Columbia, s. O., were the first
who came to the rescue of Miss Lee,
and succeeding in saving her money and
valuable jewelry from the flames. The
morning following the fire Miss Lee ex-
pressed her willingness to pay all dam
ages, though the fire had occurred from
accident. The proprietor, taking ad-
vantage of the lady, demanded 1000
francs, which was a preposterous and
enormous charge of the damage. The
friends of Miss Lee at once demurred to
this charge. The American consul, Mr..
Duncan, at this place was exceedingly
kind and protested against the payment
of any such sum. The proprietor, now
being foiled in his disgraceful effort to
overcharge for damage occurring from
accident, became insolvent and spoke in
a manner which reflected upon Miss
Lee. The insult was quickly resented.
Mr.. Clark, of Columbia, s. c., struck
him over the head with an umbrella. In
few moments the proprietor was sur
rounded by number of Italians, who
were clerks, walters and attaches of the
hotel, but they were met by Judge Mel
ton, Colonel John T. Sloan, Jr., Mr..
D. A. P. Jordan, of South Carolina,
and DR.. I. B. Roberts, of Georgia, who,
by their courage and determination,
caused them to stampede and call for
the police. A large crowd soon assem-
bled about the hotel. The proprietor
was denounced by Colonel Sloan for his
conduct toward Miss Lee, and chal-
lenged him to go into the garden and
answer for the same with swords or pis-
tolls, which the proprietor declined to
accept. 1t would be we'll for Americans
to avoid this hotel when coming to
Naples.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
A Piece Of Impudence.

Professor johnson, of Middletown
University, was one day lecturing before
the students on mineralogy. He had
before him quite number of speci-
mems of various sorts to illustrate his
subject.
A roguish student, for sport, slyly
slipped a piece of brick among the
stones. The professor was taking up
the stones, one after another, and NAM
ing them.
"This,r said he, sis piece of gran
ite; this is piece of feldspar," etc.
Presently he came to the brickbat.
Without betrayjng any surprise, or even
changing his tone of voice:
This" he said, holding it up, els
piece of impudence."
There was a shout of laughter, and
the student concluded that he had made
little by that trick.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
VOL. VIII.
To-Day and Tomorrow.

To-Day and Tomorrow.
When thou art by,
know not why,
love thee, but love thee not 80 deeply;
But when thou'rt gone,
And I'm alone,
marvel that held thee then 30 cheaply.
Thy smile and talk,
Thy glance, thy walk,
In vain regret picture and remember;
AS well might
Recall the light
OF June amid the darkness Of December.
All, cruel fate
That all too late
We learn the golden value Of our pleasure
That it must go
Before we know
How passing sweet it was to have our treasure
Preverse are we,
Too blind to see
that idle memories only lead to sorrow.
Enjoy to-day,
While yet you may;
Why wait until to-day becomes tomorrow?
Edmund Whitehead Hc,oson.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
"But the barns burning up" said

~ But the Darn burning up, BalQ
the squire.
$50 is he," doggedly returned the
ruffiian; "and sarved him right, for
getting me into sech scrape as this"
Some profanity there was; but the
dogs were taken off, and the man was
tied up.
"Oh, Gil, come into the house," we're
the pleasant words that came to the
young mans ears, as he stood looking at
the tramp he had shot.
"Not till your father asks me-" was
the lf.haugbty response.
"Don't be fool, Gil M lrse, Just be-
cause am," growled the old man. s'Do
as Milly tells you, now and hereafter.
Go right in. Well take care of things
for We for a while; but I reckon it'll all
be yourn one of these days."
And 80 Gilbert Morse did not 20 back
to the hostlery that night, and when, a
few months later, at the trial of the cap.
tured tramp, he was asked, care you in
any manner connected with Squire Van
Vleeck 2" he manfully responded:
"He is my father-in-law."
But nothing more was seen of the big
tramp, not relic of him, until they re.
built the great barn the following spring.
w O. Stoddard, in Hartford Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
Words of Wisdom.


The great are only great because we
are on our knees.
After crosses and losses men grow
humber and wiser.
All who know their own minds know
not their own hearts.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant,
who finds peace in his home.
The praises of others may be of use in
teaching us not what we are but what
we should be.
Do nothing in thy passion; why wilt
thou put out upon the sea while the
storm is raging.
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by standing
in our own light.
A man may say thing twice if he
says it better the second time than he
was able the first.
Good counsels observed are chains to
grace, which, neglected prove halters to
strangle undutiful children.
Our passions are like convulsive fits,
which, though they make us stronger
for the time, leave US the weaker ever
after.
Health is the only riches that a man
ought to set a value on; for without it
all men are poor, let their estates be
what they will.
Whatever you would not wish your
neighbor to do to you do it not unto him.
This is the whole law; the rest is mere
exposition of it.
"The goodness which struggles and
battles and goes down deep and scars
high, is the stuff of which heroism is
made, by which the world is salted and
kept pure. 1t is the seed which bears
fruit in martyrs and makes men nobler
than their nature-and demi-gods and
the prophets of better time"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
Presidential Summer Resorts.

A Washington letter says: Presi-
dents John Quincy Adams, Jeffer-
son, Madison and Monroe used to go
to their respective rural homes for an
''outing" during the heated term. An
drew jackson went down the Potomac
to the "rip-raps," fort on the edge of
the ocean. or rather in it, which was
begun in his day and has never yet been
finished. Polk, Fillmore and Pierce
hired summer residences on Georgetown
heights. Buchanan occupied as sum-
mer residence a house at the Soldiers
Home, and his example has been follow
ed in turn by Lincoln, johnson, Grant
and Hayes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

He stood barefooted on the seashore
in the moonlight and turned his poetic
ear to catch what the wild waves were
saying, but when a wandering crab ap-
propriated one of his toes for tooth
pick, he keeled over and let out the
other nine in a shadow dance that Just
made the gods scream.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

An interesting black worm, an inch
long, that falls to pieces on being
handled, has appeared in Colorado, and
taken to boring through the roots Of the
corn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

Herr Strousberg. the European ex-
railroad king, has offered his creditors
three cents on dollar. Their claims
amounting TO SIG, 900, 900.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22
TIMELY TOPICS.

Property on Sixth avenue, New York,
has been injured ESQ it is claimed) to the
amount of $50, ,000,0 600 by the elevated
railroad.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

L. d. Atchison, who fell distance of
200 feet from the trapeze bar of his bal
loon at Elmwood, ILL.,, being killed In
stantly, was veteran @ronaut and aero
bat, having replaced Donaldson with
Barnum's show. Some five years ago,
while exhibiting in Kentucky, his bal
loon burst at an elevation of 1900 feet,
but he chung to the pieces and escaped
with his life, though he was badly in
jured.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

A young woman residing in the neigh
borhood Of Headley, in England, recent
ly arose in her sleep, and, taking car
wing knife from the kitchen, proceeded
to the fowl house, where she cut off the
heads of six fine cocks and hens. She
afterwards slaughtered five pet rabbits,
and wound up her somnaMbulistic ex-
ploits by mortally stabbing favorite
donkey.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

A Texas, (Mich.) girl tried to get in
to a rear window of the school-house the
other day, when the sash fell and held
her fast about the neck. Several men
across the street heard her scream, but
supposed it was children at play, and it
was ten or fifteen minutes before she
was seen and her unconscious body re-
leased. 1t were long before indications
of life was discovered, and several hours
before the child regained consciousness.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

The total area of Denmark, says an
English exchange, is 5000, 900 acres;
$500, 900 acres are under cultivation, of
which 300, 900 have been added during
the last ten years. The area is divided
into more than 200, 900 different proper
ties, of which 10000 are each owned
by different proprietor; and out of
280, 900 families not living in the towns
only 26, 900 are cottagers. It will thus
be seen that in Denmark, as in France,
the soil is divided among number of
small proprietors, and not, as in Eng
land, accumulated in a few hands.
During the last ten years an extraordi-
nary increase in the breeding of cattle
and a corresponding decrease ia the
production of grain has taken place.
Two thirds of the imports and exports
fall to the share of England and Germa-
ny, Sweden and Norway coming next.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

An electric alarm has been recently
designed which may be fixed to an
ordinary clock. 1t is so arranged that
when the hour hand of the clock touches
a button an electric circuit is completed;
the minute hand passes over the button
without effect. There is series of
holes for the different hours, into any
one of which the button can be pushed
according to the time at which the alarm
may be desired. The completion of the
electric circuit may ring bell or sundry
other alarms.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-22

Karl Piloty, the great historical
painter, recently heard from brother
artist that DR.. Trettenberg. an old ply
cician of seventy-three, Piloty's friend
for many years, had said that the at
tempts on the emperor's life were the
legitimate fruits of the emperor's mas
sacres in 1848, when he was in command
of the Prussian troops. The painter
denounces the physician, who was SEN
fenced to eight months detention in
fortress, which at his age is next thing
to sentence of death. When Piloty
appeared in court he was hooted and
Missed,
New-York tribune., 1878-05-11
COTTON MARKETS.

AUGUSTA May lO-cotton guie; Mdding 9'c 0 Good or
aes' total 40 bales stock 1878 1901 bales 1871 ss3
weekly receipts S55 baes shipments So9 bae' sales 'o''
qgIst d@nT EuGn,S, 1876 rs paes' hSw
gross o bales the Continent Il 9S3 bales soc coast
p bales Es NJ. 9q eSsp Sass 8s bales gross 5
Great Britain 50? @ SaGs s,e, spnRsTs iSS bales
nos Nav iocotton quiet; Mddng loSlc Low Md
ding y lSi SCea s9Uc2s STy 10 fest BSn s5
91ss S wesy Eiy PSi Bd 5SSGP S Bales
May qa5e5a aea aB ofnsry &c. net re-
cspts S95 bales sales 100 bales stock 5,SSS pac
O1f cscA sssf Nav steady MaaTs 1911 s G,s. Iow
M$aaS 0 Ss pass eSsS sae. Sl9ay a bales.
bales ySsy EoIGBf d sss. io
eHpoTts 70 Great Britain eOaSs S09 H., s1lss
i1 Sss. SSS GAfo eo 'l2Ss Britain
SsyfE Nav quiet; MddIng loc weekly
IS bales shP%sas P6tnS rm Tao MGas SSHn ioc
cep shpments 4S By Rass I sass Sae Weekly net
cepis bOS bales shipments 636l bales sales to'a ''Vo
OIGs mSmE May lo-Coton finn auiet Mddllng 9s,s
Low Middling 9c; Good Ordinary, e4ci ne 81
5 Sass wesSy net receipts 5l0 bales exports 20
France 1909 bales coastwise l0sS Daiosi sAe'' o'ff
o!lS MEw omEAys May lO-Cotton firm; Middllnr. lQhc
aS7 hola Gross 65S bales exports Great Britain
6S9 ccastwls l0l bales sSS VUo tx net re-
eepts 1887 bales gross loose bales exports to g GrsH @
baes. coastwse 1850 bales sales, 1850 bales
NORpOLK NAV lU.-COtOn steady MiddlnH lOc net re
ceips 2Gg bales exports coast wise 400 bales saie Too
baes stock 5 bales: weekly net receipts, ZOiO baeS
exnorts coast wise 9gJ bales sales, l,lbO bales. -
PM ADRIPHIA MAY lO.-C0tiOn duh; Middlng, lO|c.
Tow Good Ordinary, Disc; net receiDs
none gross 81 bales salas 34l bales all 10 spnne stock
g7l baes weekly net receps 1856 bales gross 3sO bales
exports to Great BitAu l,Gij baes c0astwise 10 bales
sales ,77S bales spnnerS', 1914 bales - -,
NAV lO--(Ott0n firms Middhng lOci Low Mlh
ding 0c. Good ordinary. s'sci net receipts 3Sl 3a,e
exports roastNise SEA bales sales 800 bales stock Do
bales: weekly net receipts 23Ol bales gross @O"i Daes
exports cOastwise 1,232 bales sales, l,12S bales, -,
81 LOUIS MAY 1O-COttOn In fairdemand Middling lOic
Low Middng. csc. Good Ordinary. 8 "; receipts Z57
bales shipments 1873 bales sales Total S0i bales soc
bales; weekly net receipts l69S bales shipments g. 40
bales: sales, total T. 7l3 bales. ,,
WILMINGTON NAV lO-Cotton qtet and nominal unchanged
Middlng 0AC Low Mldling, J4c.; Good ordinary SCI
net receipts bales stock l062 bales weekly net receipts
4l5 bales sales, SO baea
New-York tribune., 1878-05-11
Powdered oo eranulated s,ac Cut Loaf loci STANDARD


Powdered oc Granulated. 9ac Cut Loaf loci STANDARD
"a"
TALLow-Heavy sales 10000 ID at 7isS7hc
TEA-SteadY, but quiet
T0BACCO~Ken,ucEy moderately active, stil and steady
sales 400 hhds 32al2 seed Leaf quiet sales ~ Ssse
New Eng and 1876, l925c 6l5 de-, PennsyNana- 70
7a20c; Is do Wisconsin 1915 &c; 81 do Oio 1870 SCI
$50 bales Havana S0c. a$l 10. -
WHISKEY-Lower; sales 100 bbs, 81 %.
WHALEBONE-Q Quiet nOminally unchanged -,
WOOI-Flecces continue du unchanged, tone easy new
Spring California fairly active though a lower priees west
Texas better demand, owing TO reduced ngues sew
Spring Texas sold In small way other WOODS rather s1 a
$4,000 n Fleece part Ohio 81 od38c 10000 XX above
do, 4Oc $500 Unwashed Feeces, sci 5000 ID ana 10y
bales Fail california; l5a2Oc 10000 ID do l5c; 10000
oil Spring do l5d27e: 80 bags Colorado 90 20 2e 9UVV
200 bafes Old New spring California; 100000 ID hAA
Western Texas 900 10 Eastern " bags and 35OO 10
Pulled WOOls-au on private terms.
New-York tribune., 1878-05-11
THE STATE OF TRADE.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL May lOThe circular Of the Liverpool Cotton
ssi night SAYS; "The market opened quietly bat during
the last two there has been an f
the demand has been fair with more animation Prices are
business steady prices Futures IN the early part OF the
week e e I'd Ina above those last ThHrsdsy
LIVERPOOL May l0A leading grain circular saws Dur
the more hopeful view Of the political situation
SgcIE q sSseG Gnod Cd To
Or, with an extremely limited demand on inc SPOT dsins
being merely retail at barely Tuesdays curronces Maize
Tss TSs0 n %Ss Gny a8a At this
Wfs a TsG q @ Sd @ per- b nd p
beng in larger supply the quay there some pressure
70 IfyfnFoo Sf SRS Nay iSrSTEEasera ddl West
e. R Long sS dn cSs az 2s ad Snort & ca
GR5 dur y ss e Sa f,,S, ssogGs.s Ss Sa
1886 Prime Mes: ST az y 79 ami adP~s @ S wsSss
Spirits dull 29. ROsiD-c0mmon dull at o., Fine
dull GsOSs Sa steady "a s g. e Lard S
spring dun 4 10 COR SdI SS MStd spss SGT d Gn al al % 3D.
New. dqIl al 256d. Cotton Seed on-YelOw American
LIVERPOOL May lO-l2.aO p Cotton steady Middlng
Upands 5a MddlinG Orleans d sales Of the day 5000
sep Dae go Bales 1850 bales A@e1sah
n 1apds Io% ddna @ eaua Nav ana june delivery
Upsnds Low Middhng clause, august and September de-
por took CoC bales sgeSu9Io5s took 5000 bales total
1000 bSes American $4,000 bales; actual export 5000
baes amount Of Cotton ahost. 26 900 bales American
ners 900 Daes American sales OF the week $4,000 bales
The Of Wheat for the past three days were 0OOO
qrs, all American. o.----- 80, -
OF American Bacon 20 ia. Cwt for Long
Clear Mddes and 26 for Short Clear Middles Taow SsSd
Cwt
LIVERPOOL 1872 m.-BTeadstuhs dun Corn 20 Sd.
95Gd per or Mixed Flour % Cd e26 sd.
Der bb for Western Canal Wheat Id. ll5d GENITAL
Tor average California White; lad Qi2 for California CLUB
81 lgd. d 10 sd for Red Western Spring. .
LIvYRPooI, May lO-2:l5 D. m.-Upands Cotton, Low Mid
aim clause Nav and delivery 5s Upands Low Mid
ding clause July and August delivery 5asd CPahds 10"
Middling clause, August ana september delivery Oisgd
LYERPoOi- May 1913 D. m.-Ihe sales OF cotton today
included bales American FuturesUpahds Low 1ld
ding clause and July delivery, 5issd Upands Low
Middlng clause Julv and August delivery o. Ihe market
for Yarns and Fabrics at Manchester - bteady .,,
LIVERPOOL, May l0-f:30 p m-u piands cotton Low bu
ding ciauss August and september delivery td uDapds
L0wAddng clause, shipped April sail 50s2d OpAhIs 10"
Mdding clause shipped November and december san
IVERPooL, May 1O-5 futuies strong pianos
Low Middlng clause. MAY delivery. 6Egd ugiand. Low
MIddlnC clause and June delivery planas Low
MIddlng clause, une and July delivery, 6elazd UPshds
Low MdGng clause september and OCTOBER deVeiJ Osz
also, 6isd. -. ,.-..,,0. o. a
2s8d per TalOw, 37l6d. per cwt INA. ..o -.
LONDON May 10Evening Calcutta inseed 4tod you per
quarter -, -. a.. a,o n.,.
AETWEsP May 1o.-PetrOleum 2eis francs for nno pale
Amencan - go.
BREMES May lo-LArd closed at SO marks per ITO d.