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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15
Birthdays and Wedding Days.

We suppose any day is lucky on which
a happy marriage is consummated, but
the following is the old saw on this sub.
ject:
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best Of all,
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses.
Saturday no luck at all.
The parties to a marriage can select
the day Of its celebration, but it is not so
easy to choose the day of ones birth,
and yet these, too, had their meaning:
Born of Monday,
Fair in face;
Born of q Tuesday,
Full of Gods grace;
Born Of a Wednesday,
Merry and glad
Born of Thursday,
Sour and sad;
Born of q Friday,
Cody given;
Born OF a Saturday,
Work for your living;
Born Of aSunday,
Never shall want;
So there's the We. X,
And the end ont,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15
Items OF Interest.

You can't fasten your clothes with
rolling pin.
American lager beer is actually being
exported to Germany.
America exports large quantities OF
condensed milk to England.
A man is training dogs to play base
ball. They will be known as the K-nine.
The store Of man who doesn't adver-
tse looks as lonely as q sprinkling cart
on wet day.-Danteisonville Sentinel.
In New Orleans a man who put his
arm out of street-car window had 1t
broken by coming in contact with q car
passing in contrary direction. Yer
dict for the plaintiff, $7,50O.
1t has Just been found out that 9 West
ern man gained big reputation for
patriotism on the Fourth by backing his
mule against high board fence and let
ting it kick. Even his next door neigh
Dor mistook the sound for artillery firing.
Oh sea Oh mighty, mighty sea-
That gives the stomach ache to me.
That spoils my appetite for tea,
Oh deep! oh mighty. mighty deep,
gave thee what could not keep,
And DER thy waters wept weep;
oh deep!
-Neto Rapen Register.
The town of Black Diamond, CAL,
enioys the distinction of being the only
walled town on the Pacific Coast. 1t
has high, fence surrounding it, and
the only entrance is a gate, over which
Is an inscription warning the pubic OF
five.dollar fine upon any person VINO
leaves the gate open.
The laws of Mississippi forbid the
marriage of widow and her father-in-
law. Therefore Alfred Boyce, aged 60,
and Mary Boyce, aged 10, were COM
PEELED to go to Illinois to have the cere-
mony performed. He is siokly, and may
die soon. His father is alive, at the age
of 50, and Mary says she would as lief
marry him, she likes the family 30 well.
A wicked telegraph man assuming an
unsophisticated look, approached an
electric machine on exhibition in Church
street, and seemed eager to try it. The
exhibitor, glad to see the new patron,
welcomed him cordially to try, and ex-
putiated upon the machines merits in
curing diseases. The telegraph man
took hold. The figure on the dial reached
the wonted limit, passed it went on and
upward, and the pointer still kept flying
around and the crowd grew absorbed.
The machine man. losing his accustomed
front, dashed at the machine to see what
caused its inexplicable conduct, while
tho telegraph man held to his grip, as
suming an unsteady aspect and wild,
haggard expression. Armed with cop
per wire under his coat, the ends reach
ed to the wrists, he had made "cir-
cult " aud the machine was powerless to
effect him. The joke came out, to the
delight of the crowd, whose good humor
knew no bounds at the resuit.-NeD
Haven Courier.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15
VOL. VIII.
" Battle with Life. "

~ Battle Win Lie.
Bear thee up bravely,
Strong heart and true
Meet thy woes gravely,
Strive with them tool
Let them not win from thee
Tears Of regret,
Such were sin from thee,
Hope for good yet
Rouse then from dropping,
Care-laden soul I;
Mournfully STOPPING
Meath griefs control
Far DER the gloom that lies,
Sbrouding the earth,
h. from eternal tkies
Show us thy worth.
Nerve tkee yet stronger,
Resolute mind
Let care 10 longer
Heavily bind,
Rise on thy eagle wings
Gloriously fee.
Till from material things
Pure thou shalt be.
Bear ye up bravely
Soul and mind too!
Droop not 30 gravely
Bold heart and true
Clea, rays Of streaming light
Shine through the gloom,
Gods love is beaming bright
Fen round the tomb.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

Edison, the famous inventor, said to a
Chicago reporter Who asked him if he
had ever been in the western metropolis
before: eyes, / was here thirteen years
ago. had linen duster, $3.50, and a
railroad pass. I was not interviewed
then"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15
TIMELY TOPICS.

Three dray loads Of silver dollars were
lately drawn to the United States treas
ury in San Francisco. The entire value
was only $500,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

The oldest man has been gathered to
his fathers. He was a German, living
in Geluhausen, and was 148 years old
when he died. His life had been pro-
tracted struggle with poverty. He left
two sons, sixteen grandchildren and 34S
Observation-Disclosures to mourn his loss.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

The Japanese government, which is
making rapid strides towards modern
civilization, has just awakened to the
necessity OF preserving It's forests, and
stringent regulations have been passed,
which shall not only hinder the toe
rapid destruction of the forests, but
increase the area covered by woodlands.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

A huge temperance fete was held re-
Gently in the Crystal Palace, London,
under the auspices of the Band of Hope
Union, which embraces about 5000
societies, and a membership of nearly
100000. 1t is estimated that 10000
persons attended the fete, and cricket
mat,h and a balloon race were among
the attractions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

Under the new liquor law in Missis-
sippi every saloon-keeper is required to
buy of the State auditor book of cou-
pons, and everybody who takes drink
is handed one of these coupons, which
he State receives for taxes at one cent
each. If he pays for two drinks he re-
ceives an orange-colored coupon good
for two cents, if five drinks, blue cou-
pom good for five cents. >
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-15

The little republic of Switzerland has
IN army of 10000, organised in eight
divisions. There are 81, 600 infantry. 10, :
500 artillery, $500 engineers, 3, 700 sani-
tary force, and 1000 cavalry. Besides
this, which is called the elite army, there
is landwehr of 80, 600 men. What Swift
zerland does With all this military force
does not appear.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
ROPE !!

Address JOHN A.. RoEBLING'S SONS
manufacturers Trenton, N. j., or III Liberty
street, New York. Wheels and rome for con
yeying power long distances. Send for cir
GUAR Jyl9d3m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
HONOR OLD AGE.

Bow low the head, boy do reverence
to the old man as he passes along. Once
he was like You, but tho vicissitudes of
life have silvered his hair and changed the
round face to the worn visage before you.
Once bis heart beat with aspirations CO.
equal to any you have felt aspirations
crushed with disappointment, as yours are
perhaps destined to be. Once his form
stalked proudly through the gay scenes of
pleasure, the beau-ideal of grace; now the
hands of time, that withers the flowers of
yesterday. has warped his fingers and de-
stroyed his noble carriage. Once, at your
age, he had the thousand thoughts that
pass through your brain-now wishing to
accomplish something worthy in fame,
anon, imagining life a dream that the
sooner he woke from it the better. But he
has lived the dream nearly through. The
time to wake is very near at hand yet his
eye ever kindles at old deeds of daring, and
his hand takes a firmer grip of his staff. =
Bow low the head, boy, as you would, in
old age, be reverenced.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
REAL LIVE MERMAID.

There is a real live mermaid in the West
minister Aquarium, London, a specimen Of
the manatee having been recently received
from Demerara. This is the little animal
that has given rise to the prettiest legend
Of the sea- The glass tank in which it is
placed is entirely above the level of the
floor, and the water, which is fresh, as the
animal, though marine, often swims far up
rivers, is kept very clear. The depth Of
water given to the Aquarium specimen
hardly allowed of its full display in the mer-
maid position, as the tail ought to be able
to get quite free from the bottom of the
tank. One fipper slightly thrown up gives
the traditional hand looking glass, and the
gentle padding of the other when seen in
clear water gives the. hand holding the
comb. The harp introduced in some draw
ings, however, does not exist. A similar
specimen was received a few years ago al
the Geological Gardens, but could not be
kept alive, and only afforded a naturalist 0
fine opportunity for dissection, and the sub
sequent preparation of q scientific paper.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
TACT.

People cannot help having been born
without tact, any more than they can help
having no ear for music; but there are oc.
~casions when it is almost impossible to he
quite charitable to q tactless person. Yet
people who have no tact deserve pity.
They are almost always doing or saying
something to get themselves into disgrace.
or which does them an injury. They make
enemies where they desire friends, and get
a reputation for Miniature which they do
not deserve. They are also continually
doing other people harm, treading or
m~etaphorical corns, opening the cupboards
were family skeletons are kept, lingering
people, shaming people, saying md doing
the most awkward things, and apoligizinG
for them with q still more terrible blunt
ness. nsthere is one social boon more 10
be desired than another, it is tact for,
without tact, the career of the richest and
most beautiful is often utterly ruined.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
COMFORT FOR THE POOR

How grandly benign the first penal SEN
tence ON man. In the sioedt Of thy face
shalt thou cat bread, NTH THOU RETURN
TO THE G%RoUND"l How blessed the ne
cessity of having to labor for ones daily
food. 1t is steady, moderate work. which
gives health and years and honor and
success. And yet, perhaps, nine out of ten
Of us, are looking and laboring for the
position which shall require no labor, the
tabled Otium cum -dignitate5; forgetting
that In the evasion Of the penalty greater
judgments come. The sentence is, we must
work until ace die. That is its meaning
and intent, INT there is within it blessings
in disguise blessings in our very punish
ments greater blessings thar if we sue
coed in escaping them How incompre-
hensible, how broadly reaching is the love
OF HIM, with whom we have to do
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
ATTENTIONS AFTER MARRIAGE.

The beautiful attentions which were so
pleasing before marriage are too often for,
gotten afterwards the gifts cease or come
Only with the asking the music dies out
Oh the voice; everything is taken for
granted, and the love that, like the silver
Jet of n fountain leaped to heaven, denied
its natural outlet, ceases to flow altogether.
Then come dull, heavy, hard days, with
Two unhappy ones tied together wishing
themselves apart, and not always content
with merely wishing. This is unnatural
ana wrong What married life wants to
give 1t new tone and sweetness, is more Of
the manner as well as the spirit of the
counting time. Very much Of the pleasure
OF courtship comes from the constant at
Ientons OF the parties to each other.
lheir affection voices itself in all possible
ways. Every sentence is edged with a
compliment, and spoken in tender tones.
Every look is a confession. Every act is a
new word of the exhaustless vocabulary of
love. And it is the fact that affection con-
1esses itself continually in look and word
ana act, making the voice musical and the
hngers poetic in their touch and doing
tnat makes the experience SO beautiful.
the only Eden many woman has on earth.
Love must have expression or it will die.
1t can be kept forever beautiful and blessed
as at hrst, by giving it constant utterance
In word and act. The more it is allowed
to How out in delicate attentions and noble
service, the stronger and more satisfying
and more blessed it will be. The house
becomes home only when love drops its
heavenly mamma in it fresh every day, and
the true marriage vow is made not once
for all at the altar, but by loving words,
helpful services, and delicate attentions to
the end. st. Louis Observer.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18
GIVE YOUR CHILD A NEWSPAPER,

An exchange very appropriately says,
una q child beginning to read becomes de
iighted with a newspaper, because it reads
OF names and things which are familiar.
and 1t Will progress accordingly. A news
paper IN one yea is worth a quarters
schooling to a child. Every father must
consider that information is connected with
advancement. The mother Of n family,
oeihg one OF its heads, and having a more
immediate charge Of children. shonld her
self be instructed. A mind occupied be.
comes fortified against the ills Of life, and
is braced for any emergency. Children
amused by reading or study, are, of course.
more considerate n more easily governed.
Inc above advice is excellent-excellent
with a proviso the newspaper should be
all that so potent and influential n teacher
ought to be, otherwise the child's progress
VIII likely be in the wrong direction. How
Few Journals, alas J that we have to say It,
present that healthy pabulum, intellectu-
ally and morally, that the budding mind
should feed upon. How very few news
iapers come up to that standard of real
worth, which the true mother would desire
her hill to cultivate, and aim for. AS
newspapers arc gotten up to-day, we fear a
most careful selection would be considered
Imperative, ere the child could be allowed
70 study the contents of every department.
Before the careful eye of the parent had
sxpunged certain portions thereof, few
journals would be worthy Of such a trust.
That newspapers are powerful teachers is
zoo true. See, therefore, that they pre-
sent no morally poisonous precepts.
what we have said in regard to journals.
may De advanced with double the earnest.
ness touching books. The 'sdime novels y
have ~inoculated the young minds with the
rankest kind of poison, in thousands of
Eases, and the results have been terrible
indeed. The case of young Pomeroy. the
boy murderer, is familiar TO the world He
had fed his intellect with the so-called
popular cheap reading, for youth, and
its fruits were appalling indeed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-18

Unfortunately not ono woman in n hundred, sub
jcciei to the whims OF nm American climate possess
ca that basis and starting point of real beauty-a
pure and clear complexion.
What nature has thus denied, art must lie called
upon TO furnish
1t can be done; 1t Is donc daily. Prof. W. Z.
Hnsnn placed beauty within the reach of every un-
blessed daughter OF Eve when he discovered that
surprising article known in fnshionnblec circles rs the
true c'rei If beauty, and called
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Women rs Chemists.

Disagreeable and even dangerous as
some kinds of laboratory work are, it
must be said in general that chemical
manipulation as now conducted in labo-
ratOries of instruction is comparatively
cleanly, and the work is such that it
does not place in jeopardy clothing or
health to any great extent. Modern
laboratories are pleasant rooms well
ventilated, and the furnaces with their
glowing fierce heats nave disappeared,
having been supplanted by the gas
furnaces, much more convenient and
effective. Methods of analysis have
been wonderfully simplified, and the
apparatus is most skillfully constructed.
so as to save labor and expense. 1t
must be conceded that the mind of
woman is perhaps as well adapted to
comprehend chemical principles as that
OF the other sex, and as the necessary
experimental work is now in no special
way Objectionable, why should not wo-
men who have natural tastes for the
study engage in it? They may not be
fitted for technical work in industrial
Laboratories, but for instructors i'm the
principles of science in schools there
are no special obstacles to success. The
way is now open for women, as in
many of our best schools classes of girls
have been formed for laboratory in
struction, and the number in attend
ancs is constantly increasing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Valuable Literary Treasures.

The manuscript of Washington s fare
well address is in possession of the ne W
Lenox Library in New York. Mr.. Len
OK purchased it for 81 90, very small
price compared with what it would now
sell for. This library contains many
other very rare treasures among which
is superb copy of the Mazarin Bible,
printed at Mentz by Gutenberg, and
compiled in 1455, the first book printed
with movable type, and still, singular
to say, one of the noblest typographical
monuments in existence. There are
only two copies on this continent, the
other soon to be sold by the executors
of the late George Brinley, of Hartford.
The last copies sold at the Perkins sale
in London, June 6, 1873, brought for
the one on vellum, s17 900; that on pa
per, s13, $50.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
The Bear Flag" In California.

Mr.. John 5. Hittel, the Historian OF
the Society of California Pioneers, has
recently been engaged in ascertaining
the real historical facts connected with
the hoisting of the Bear Flag" at So
nOma, California, in 1916, about which
there has heretofore been some cOntro-
versy. In his report to the Society he
says:
capt. J. c. Fremont, at the head of
an exploring expedition sent ont by the
United States Government, having en-
tered California without leave of the
Mexican Government, was encamped at
Mount Gabilan, in February, 1916.
when 4 dispute arose between him and
native Californian, about horse
which the latter claimed as stolen. Ere
mont refused to surrender the horse,
and defied the Mexican authorities, who
had no troops that could safely attack
the American Rifiemen. This defiance
provoked very angry feeling among
the native Callfornians, some of whom
said that the Government ought to
drive all the Americans out of the coun-
try. This language repeated, convert
ed into threat, and represented to
come from high officials, alarmed the
American residents. On the 9Th of
June, Lieut.. Acre, on his way to Som
oma 10 get some horses, which, accord
ing to rumOr, ne said cOnfidentially.
were to be used by the troops in ex-
pelling the Americans. This rumor,
accepted aS true, seemed to demand i'm
mediate action; so messengers were
sent out to the Americans in the vi
cinity of the fort, and at 4 meeting held
there on the 9Th, they determined to
resist and to anticipate the enemy.
They sent message to Fremont, then
encamped about thirty miles off to the
nOrthward, requesting him to join his
forces with theirs become their COM
mander, and declare war against Mexi-
co. He rejected their invitation, but
expressed sympathy with their purpo-
seS, and promised TO remain in the vi
cinity, so that he might be of some SER
vice 10 them. The settlers then organ
lied themselves under the command of
Ezekial Merritt as Captain, and rode to
Sonoma, the only town and military
post of Mexico, north of the Golden
Gate. Merritt, with thirty-two men,
took Sonoma by surprise, and met with
no resistance; but as there were num-
Der Of native Californians in the neigh
borhood, he considered it prudent to
send Genl. Commandant VI. G. Vallejo,
Colonel Victor Prudon, Capt. Salvador
Vallejo, and j. p. Leese, (brother-in-
law to the Vallejos, and an American,
who refused to join the rebels to SUIT
ter's Fort as prisoners, Merritt taking
charge of the escort. After his depart
ure, William B. Ide succeeded to the
command at Sonoma.
They had thus started revolution.
and it was necessary TO have a flag.
Mrs. John Sears supplied the muslin,
and VIM. Todd was the artist. He
started by painting single star, in imi-
tation of the Lone Star of Texas, when
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
A Century of Cold Weather

;nters vary much in severity
In 1755. the season was so mild tha' 'l'
navigation of the Hudson River re-
manned omen the whole year. During
that wear Colonel Dunbar's regimeh'
reached Albany by water.
The winters of I74O-4l, 1764-65, l7's-
30 and 1saO-2l, formed the four most
severe in one hundred years, ana 'he
onIv ones during which the North river
could be crossed on the solid Ice. on
the 25th of January, 1881, the tner-
mometer fell to seven degrees below
zero. and lower than any former Isil
recorded. During January, 1863, IL ieil
IN ak below zero. Mr.. james Bogart-
in his day an old Knickerbocker-re.
lated that when he was boy, he ana
his uncle were the first persons ever
known to cross the East river on the Ice
at or near He'll Gate.
Sunday, January A, 1888, was tne
"coldest day known at Albany lor tne
last half century," In General van
Rensselaer's mansion, "The Patroon's,'
the mercury fell to thirty-two degrees
below zero. At his sons at half-past
seven A. NJ, it stood at thirty-two de-
urees. This was a most severe day. Al
Boston the mercury stood fifteen de-
erees below zero; at Portsmouth al
twenty; at New Haven it was twenty
three; at Hartford Twenty-Five; al
Goshen, n. Y, thirty-two; at Newark'
N. j., seven, and at Philadelphia three
below zero.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

James Lynch was Mayor Of Galway
ireland, in 1913. He had made several
voyages to Spain, and on one occasion
brought home with him the son of a
respectable Spanish merchant, named
Gomez. Walter Lynch, the only son
of the Mayor of Galway, was engaged
to beautiful young lady of good family
and fortune. Preparatory to the nup-
tials the Mayor gave splendid enter
tainment, at which young Lynch fam
cied his intended bride viewed his
Spanish friend with too much regard.
He accused his beloved Agnes of un-
faithfulness to him, and she, irritated
at his injustice, disdained to deny the
charge, and they parted in anger. On
the following night, while Walter
Lynch slowly passed the residence of
Agnes, he observed young Gomez
leave the house, he having been invited
by her father to spend that evening
with him. In the madress of jealousy
Lynch rushed on his unsuspecting
friend who fled to solitary quarter Of
the town near the shore, Lynch main
tanned the pursuit till his victim had
nearly reached the waters edge. when
he overlook. and stabbed him to the
heart, and threw the body into the sea
which cast it back again on the shore
where he was found and recognized the
next morning.
The wretched murderer surrendered
himself, and his father being chief
magistrate of the town, entrusted with
the power of life and death, found
himself obliged to condemn his son to
death. On the night preceding his
execution his mother went to the heads
of her family and prevailed on them to
attempt rescue, The morning of the
execution an immense crowd had assem-
bled, who cried loudly for mercy to the
culprit. The Mayor exhorted them to
submit to the law; but, finding them
determined on rescue, he, by desper-
ate victory, overcame parental feelings
and, finding that his efforts to accom-
plish the ends of Justice in the usual
place and by the usual hands were
fruitless he became executioner himself
and, from the windows of his own house
launched his unfortunate SON into
eternity.