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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
A Miners Good Fortune.

There is an italian in Nevada City
who owes fortune to drink of water.
AS the Transcript relates the incident,
he arrived at the Golden Gate in quest
of fortune and found his way to the
Sierra Butte mine, where he failed to
get employment. After receiving nu-
merous rebuffs he started to return to
the lower country again. He became
SO weary, footsore and disheartened that
he began to wish himself in sunny Italy
once more, among the vines and olives.
He grew feverish thinking of his trials
and tribulations, and stopped at spring
to moisten his parched throat. Cattle
had been that way short time before,
and with their feet stirred up the linn
pid water until it became thick with
mud. The italian scooped out the
basin and waited until the sand should
settle to the bottom, that he might
slake his thirst and bathe his brow. BY
and by the water became clear as crys-
tai, and he stopped to drink. An aston
ishing sight met his eyes. The bottom
OF the spring was strewn with bright
yellow particles that glittered in their
watery bed. With all his ignorance of
mining he knew he had found gold. He
rushed excitedly to camp where lived
some of his countrymen, and told the
story of his discovery, but they were in
credulous, saying that some miner had
stopped at the spring to drink and lost
what was found from his purse. One of
them, however, volunteered to help
prospect the claim, although he had no
confidence in developing permanent or
profitable one. The first day panned
out $l00. Since then they have worked
it constantly and on an extensive scale.
1t has paid handsomely from the first.
Last year they took out $40, 200, and
sold one-quarter interest ior $4,000
more.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
An Editors Valedictery.

The editor of New York State Jour
nal on laying down his professional Ia
bors, embraces the occasion to give ut
| terance to some sentiments which are
applicable the world over among
newspaper readers:
Having for nearly seven years been
weekly visitor at your homes, kindly
sharing the hospitality, and, we hope,
contributing somewhat to the comfort
of the same, it only remains to shake
hands all around, take an affectionate
and heart-breaking farewell, and come
no more, probably, forever.
Good bye. 1t has been spoken over
the dead lying in their coffins. 1t has
been spoken when an ocean was to roll
in between parting hearts, but it never
is spoken with such pathos and unction
as when country editor, withlthe mem
ory of his hard grubbings and his scant
comforts pressing upon him, hands his
valedictory over to the compositor, puts
the stub end of his worn out pencil into
his breeches pocket, ard shuffies his
rheumatic legs down stairs, to go no
more back forever.
We part upon the square, We pro-
claim general amnesty all round. We
expire forgiving our enemies, and shall
haunt those who obstinately refuse to
forgive us. We are bound to be for
given.
Farmers, goodbye. You are the dor
sal column of the country editors SUBJ
scription list. 1t could not stand erect
without your help. May the time soon
come when no mortgage. like great
morass in the center of pleasant mea-
dow, shall obstruct your prosperity.
Have you ever given us wood of scrimp
pattern and highly perforated cordage?
The act is forgiven. Have you ever
given us butter of most unhsllowed
favorp We hope, after little, to for.
give even this.
There is particular class OF patrons
whom every departing country editor
remembers with special gratitude. 1t is
the substantial, thoroughly steadfast,
patrons-the men who are never blown
out of favor with him by the light gusts
of i'll wind. They are the men who cash
their bills with thoroughly professional
honor and promptness. We remember
all such men in Groton with down
right and uncompromising gratitude.
We count their names with thankful
ness. They are like the brick walls which
hold this Office above the dust that
vexes the street below.
Support the new management. A
country newspaper needs friends. and
cannot afford to have enemies. Don't
get mad if something fails to suit, and
stop your patronage. Don't prattle all
over the village about the short com.
ings of the editor-co.operate with and
encourage him. Help him to get news,
and see that he has his share of your
money to do business with. Don't loaf
around his Office and steal his time.
Don't give him too much good advice.
He knows more about his business,
probably, than you do. Help, but don't
hinder. Again, goodbye.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
A Preachers Best Sermon Spoiled.

The Richmond (Va.l Religious .Eer-
aid says: Brother Cuthbert Roach,
brother of the Rev. Elijah Roach, many
years ago moved ffSm Chaylotte county,
Va, to Trigg county, KY. He told me
when he went to the Little River associ-
alton, Kentucky, he heard leading
minister in that association, and very
good man, preach from the following
text: Acts ii, 40: Save yourselves
from this untoward generation The
old gentleman pronounced the word
'untoward' as if it was uncovered, and
went on to tell the audience that in the
days of the apostles the people lived in
walled cities, with towers and battle
ments for their defense; that the apostle
used the word fguratively here, to show
how defenceless was that wicked gener.
alton, without towers of strength, in
which they could enter and defend them
selves from the wrath of God. Thus it
is at the present day, said he; the sinner
is exposed and has no tower in which to
defend himself. And with many other
words did he testify and exhort, saying,
save yourselves from this untoward gen.
Grafton. AS they returned from church
Brother Roach said to the preacher:-
Did you not give a wrong interpreta-
tion to the word untoward in your text
to-day by pronouncing it inoorrectly9'-
He replied, 'Oh, no, Brother Roach, I
know I am correct, for have preached
that sermon at least twenty times at diff
ferent places, and the brethren have
told me it is the best sermon they ever
heard me preach well, we'll, says
Brother Roach, we will see what the
dictionary says as to the meaning of the
word and its pronunciation when we get
to the house. After they looked at the
dictionary the good brother, with evil
dent modification and regret, exclaimed:
Brother Roach, this is too badl You
have spoiled one of my best sermonsl 1
shall never be able to preach it again.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28

and, as he did not forbid, she walked on
by his side. Neither spoke; but after a
little, Susan tin1idly put her hand on her
husbands arm; this he permitted also,
and she felt that her offers of peace were
not despised.
Day by day she sought and made little
opportunities to show good will; not re-
ceiving direct encouragement, but not
stantly that little ground was gained.
The great wonder was that her own
sense of wrong had vanished; she found
herself beginning to think first of his
comfort and convenience; to consider
his interests, and to feel real pain when
the children incommoded him in any
way.
Early in the autumn Harry was taken
i'll, of what soon proved pneumonia. On
the second day, before Susan had real
lied that it was anything very serious,
their doctor came in, saying, 'Your hus-
band came round; he thinks had better
see the little lad There was a choking
sensation in the mothers throat; it came
to her, like flash, that she had not
wanted a doctor for the baby at first;
she had not thought her sick enough.
Harry's symptoms grew more and more
alarming, and as his mother wondered
to herself if she could stay with him
alone, good Mrs. Marshall walked
in. Mr.. Powers had found her out and
sent her. Susan understood why he
held back from any part in the nursing,
and felt that she should do the same in
his place. But that very night he said
to Mrs. Marshall, you must go to bed !;
will sit up with my wife; she will need
you in the day time And these words
once spoken, he took his part of watch.
ing and care while the child lived. we
must be all dreaming the mother
thought, as she saw the boy carried in
her husbands arms, soothed and tended,
just as his baby had been: 'what should
have done. if he had left me alonel'
The last distinct words that Harry
spoke we're: Take me up, papa 1t
was the first time either child had called
him so, and sob came from the strong
mans breast.
A few weeks later Mr.. Powers asked
his wife to go with him and see some
little stones that he had looked at, to
mark the children's graves. Before
they came to the marble works he said
suddenly, as though anxious to have it
off his mind, 4 have had the baby taken
up and buried by Harry, and I have
been looking at stone for his father:
you would like to have one.' And there
was a fine, large piece of marble set
aside for Susan's Judgment, and the two
little blocks were of the same fine, pure
vein. In whisper, as they waited to
give the final order, her husband said,
The baby had no name, but I would
like to have Susan on the stone And
thus it was.
The next year little boy was born,
and his mother named him Philip but
his father added Henry, as his part in
the naming of their only son.
Whom we bless, we love-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
LIFTING UP.

When Susan Robinson was left Wild
ow with three small children, life SEEM
ed hardly worth striving for. But as
time wore on, her stapch womanhood
came to her aid, and she determined to
do her utmost to make home pleasant for
her lost Harry's children, and undertook
such work as she could get to provide
them food and clothes. She rented most
of her little mortgaeed house, and lived
in two rooms, having hard times and
spending many anxious nights over the
difficulty of paying the small bills neces-
sary for their maintenance.
When Philip Powers, a well-to-d do
clerk, touched by her motherliness and
destitution, proposed marriage, she put
back her natural repugnance and accept
ed him in order to better the condition
of her fatherless little ones, trusting life
would flow more smoothly.
No two persons could begin life to-
gether with less realization of what each
was to bear and forbear. The husband,
now past forty, had been bachelor,
waited on as person Of consideration
in the house where he had boarded for
fifteen years. Susan's first husband had
treated her with tenderness and consid-
Grafton, much as if she were child
Now these two had come together, one
because sweet face, made interesting
by its black surroundings, had charmed
him; the other because she wanted pro-
vision for her children. When the hard
places came, they we're the harder that
neither had any stock of experience to
draw from. Mr.. Powers had no thought
of reconstructing his habits to suit a
house with three young children in it,
Susan had no intention of keeping her
children from noisy play, or of sending
them to bed early, to suit his whims.-
If he had always spoken, and it was
done, then little change would be we'll
for him. He thought little discipline,
In the way of suppression, would be
good for the young ones.
In half year there was open warfare.
Mr.. Powers had learned to dislike, al
most to hate, his STEP children; they to
dread and dislike him; the mother to
compare her life with what it might have
been, had she struggled on alone, or,
more dangerous still, with what it would
have been, had Henry lived. And one
day, in the course of some dispute, she
said the bitter things that she had
thought. From that day they lived
over a smoldering volcano; jealous
sense of wrong on one side; self-assertion,
in spite of shame and humiliation, on
the other. Susan affected to be fighting
her children's battles, when she opposed
what she considered tyranny; her hus-
band felt that all he had tried to do
went for nothing, and that the children,
whose bread he earned, were taught to
despise him. This was not the truth;
for Susan, though she was unjust, never
said word against her husband, save
to him, or before his face; there was left
this little spark of truth and honor yet.
There were occasional truces and at
tempts at peace, until the little girl was
born; then the worst of this divided
house appeared. The father was CON
stantly on the watch, and the thousand
little nameless ways in which own pa
rentage shows itself, awakened Susan's
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
A Sunset.

Beside dusty way cottage stands,
Brown from the touch Of many changeful
years.
Winter and summer both have laid their hands
Upon its clapboards-and above it rears
A towering oak, whose branches o'ershsde
Its roof-tree with a sort of guardian look.
Behind its rocky crags, through which glade
OF somber green half hides a running brook.
The fence before is gray with clinging moss,
And here and there picket, fallen down,
Lies in the grass. The evening breezes toss
The tiger-liy, with its gorgeous crown,
Out at the hedge, where everything is bright
With hollyhocks and flowers like the sum-
With purple pansies and with daisies white,
While up the wall the bright nasturtions run.
With drowsy eyes and semi-wakeful sleep
A shaggy house dog stretches at the gate;
While in the road score or two Of sheep
And mild-eyed cattle for the master wait
The day is waning, and the parting CLEANS
or the red sun gild hilltop rock and tree;
And in the west the clouds, touched by his
beams,
With lips Of fire kiss the pulsing sea.
The song OF birds grows clearer as the night,
By deepening shadows heralds her return.
A tint of bronze creeps DER the golden light,
That but an hour ago appeared to burn.
The breeze dies down. A twilight quiet lies
Over the landscape in sweet repose.
So, with blessing over earth and skies,
Unto his rest the day serenely goes.
Thus, with his years well spent, peaceful and
calm,
A good man passes to his final sleep.
Pure in his deeds, his life has been psalm.
The seed is sown, he only waits to reap.
The tears that fall should be as gentle dew,
That is distilled above the slumb sring eaith.
His feet have gone the gates of glory through,
To be refreshed in Heavens immortal birth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28

1t may be an eminently proper thing
for man carrying cane to suddenly
give it Tremendous flourish, but the
man who has just come up behind the
cane bearer can never be induced to
look upon the proceeding as anything
but an outrage.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28

TO die and have everybody read your
age on the coffin plate T cried young
lady who had been dangerously i'll for
some days, its too much!' and she in
continently had good cry. She began
to improve from that moment.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

Miss Jennie Broaddus, Paris muslin, pink trim
mings; pearls.
Miss Matte McAlister, black rep silk and satin
coral and gold.
Miss Bette Dennis, white muslin, Paris trim
mings diamonds.
Miss Lettie Helm, black grenadne over silk; jet.
black silk; garnet
Miss Mary owsley, broeaded Paris muslin, pink
trimmings pearls.
Miss Eliza Engleman, navy blue bunting, light
blue trimmings cameo.
Miss Kate Portman, white India linen trimmed
with lace, blue trimmings gold.
Miss Fannie Reid, muslin and lace Overskirt,
silk, cardinal trimmings; garnet
Miss Lucy Burton, black organdie with moss rose
buds, natural flowers. blue trimmings.
aiss Mary Varnon, London smoke silk with Pc
kin satin trimmings point lace; gold.
Misses Jennie and DOvie Carpenter, latest styl,
ball room costumes Of heavy silk and bourette
with Spanish nantes half cOneealing their faces
the sUARDIASs
The following married ladies contributed TO III,
dignity VI the occasion;
Mrs. J. L. Portman, rep silk; diamonds.
Mrs A. A. Mckinney, cashmere aud velvet;gold;
Mrs. W. p. Walton, black silk and velvet coral
Mrs. Ben spaulding, orgaAdie lawn over blael
silk; cameo.
Ms. owsley Evans, black rep silk, jet trim
mings; gold.
Mrs. Mary spaulding, Louisville. lavender silk
coral and gold.
Mrs. S. p. stagg brown silk and velvet, point
lace; diamonds.
Ms. seph Campbell, moon on the lake silk and
blue velvet no ornaments.
Mrs. Robert MeAlister cream-colored bunting
trimmed with black silk velvet; cameo.
Mrs. J. h. Bruce, cream-cOlored bunting, trim
med with silk velvet, white lace; cameo.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13
LOCAL NOTICES.

CnEw Jack.on's best sweet navy tobacco
TAKE your Prescriptions 10 MoRobert
a Siagg.
IcE CnrAM can he had At Busby'a OF
short notice.
A Srcr Ipr Of new Visiting Cards jus
received n this office.
PrcruRE FRAME in any style mad
cheap NJ McRoberss a Stagga
J.H&s.H sHANKs have received
splendid hot Of Clothing aud Hats.
PHyacIANs prescriptions accuraiel,
COMPOUNDED At Chenauit~ fenhys.
BusnY has iust received nice lot o
Apples, Orange, Bananas and Lemons.
LAnor stock Of Moldings and pictur,
Frames At Bottom Prices At Chenault 4
Penny'A
McRocrnrs 4 srAoo's Soda Water y
favored with pure Jruii juicrs, and can mol
he excelled.
ArrFNrIoS, FisHERNES A full stocl
81 Reels, Polee, Lines, Hooks, &c, At Che
nanli A Pennys.
Wells PERSIAN PrRFuNE "HAcKnE
TACK" j. rich and fragrant Try Il. Sold BY
Chenault n Penny. Stanford.
Soda Water favored with the finest sy-
rupe and ~ cold a. Grecnland's Icy noun
tains. 5 cents rlass Chenault A Pcnny'u
A. this i- the sca-on Tor painting yonr
houses. you can find complete stock Of
Lead. oils and colorr n Chenault a Pen.
ny~
FoR SALE. i wish 10 all my No. ! ten.
houe Engine and Threaher For particu-
lars. call on Or address me Al stanford. J.
J Duddcrar.
NOrgs and Accounts Of Anderson a Nc.
Roberts have been Transferred to W. H.
Anderson, and must he settled or warrants
will he served Al once.
J.H.&S. ~. sHAxKu are just receiving
and opening a lot Of Ladies and Chi
dren's Shoes, made by the Zeigler Bros Of
Philadelphia. Best goods made.
HAVE you Dyspepsia, are you Consiipa-
ted, have you yellow skin, Los Of AP-
petite, Head Ache, Il 40 don't fail 70
n-e SHuoH's SysrEM NrrAIIxEh II
l. guaranteed 10 relieve you, and will you
commune 70 nuutf Nheh you can NJ curel
on such terms as these. Price 10 cts. and
20 CO. Sold by Chenault a Penny, Stan
ford.
You MusT CURE THAT CouoH.-- With
Shilohs Consumption Cure you can cure
yourself II has established the fact that
Consumpiion can be cured, while for
Coughs, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
Asthma, and all diseases of Throat and
Lungs, Il Il absolutely without an equal.
Two doses will relieve your child of Group,
Il u pleasant 10 take and perfectly harm-
les 10 the Youngest child, and no mother
can afford 10 be without H. You can use
two thirds Of bottle and " what we say
!. not true We will refund the price paid.
Price 10 cts 90 cts. and 81 per bottle. II
your Lung arr sore or chest or hack lame
u@e Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by
Chcnault A Penny, Stanford.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

srIRRED Ur.-The last Legislature pass
ed Law requiring the Directors Of Turn
pixies 10 report 10 the County Court snnu.
ally, the condition Of the finances Of their
respective Companies, under penalty Of
not less than $40 or more than $50, the
fines TO 20 TO the County Treasury for the
benefit Of the county. All Of the Dlrec-
tors they allege from ignorance ofthe law, }
failel 10 report, and County Attorney Nil.
Ter demanded Of the County Judge to issue
warrants against them. This Judge Brown
refused TO do, alleging that under the law
he has no authority 10 do 80, unless order
ed by the County Cosrt, composed Of the
magistrates. Mr.. Miller, on the other
hand, asserts that the Judge alone has iu-
risdiction, and that he will proceed either
by mandamus 10 compel him to issue them
or LET the responsibility rect with the Coun'
" Court The matter has produced con.
siderable excitement among the Directors.
Mr.. Miller insists that the Dircctors have
been Tor twenty years, euchering the coun'
~ out Of $500 or 500 each year, In The
matter Of free tolls, In spite Of Commits
sioner s. s. McRobertf protests, and that
this anil other leakages shall be stopped.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

rHOsE MArs.-M sssrs. q. ID. flanagan
and W. 4. Leeare here delivering 10 their
subscribers the maps Of Lincoln and Gar
rard, just completed by Beers and Lana
gan. The work Is most admirably exeou.
ted, aud every body Is delighted with Them
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

A LANCASTER SLANDERKR-Of female
virtue was compelled to sign a paper con
ieasing himself willml aud malicious
liar. lie was let Oh exceedingly easy.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

THE SrArEMEsr--Of the financial con
dition Of Lincoln county, which appears on
our first page, Is encouraging.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

TAxn-Mr s.II. Baughman has gone
to collecting taxes in earnest. lie says he
Is going to clean up this district by Au-
gust 1t, and will make ~ short work Of
the other districts. Read his posters and
meet him promptly at the appointed places.
II NAV save you trouble.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

MFAN.-Those who have dear one. buri-
ed In Buffalo Cemetery, and who delight
In beauiifying their graves, complain that
unthoughied or evil disposed persons pull
the flowers planted there. We are sure
that no lady or gentleman will he guilty
u such an act. and no other class should
he allowed admission 70 it, sacred precincts.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

TIVE PRorosrrIoN-To tax the property
Of the district IS cents on the 500 to re-
build the Willow Grove school-house, was
carried last Saturday without dissenting
vote. Az majority Of the voters we're
men Of property, with no children TO edu-
cate, their action speaks exceedingly we'll.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

To Sur rHr TrNFs.-The merchant
who marks his goods to sell At profit re-
gardless q the shining hard times, and
then refuses 10 alter his figures under any
circumstances, will find his customer
seeking other plsces to parchsse. The rule
adopted by thc-e far-seeing merchants, the
Hayden Brother, is-"we price enr goods
10 suit the times. regardless Of what they
cost u.s." No wonder, then, that this
-launch old firm has the confidence ~ the
public. and that they sell 30 many goods. .
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

DoS'r M DncEIvED.-If any one tells
you that you can buy goods cheaper and
better In any town or city, in or out Of
this State, than you can in Stanford, Of the
Hayden brothers, don't be deceived, but
give the latter chance to convince you
that no house in all the land will give you
better goods OF fairer bargains in any thing.
The firm is home institution and de
series your patronage. Ladies apparel,
genilemen's goods, and chiIdren's wear;
they keep in large stock, and the firm will
not be underaold.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

THE ELEcTIox Common School
Trustees In this District, last Saturday. re-
suited in the selection Of squire W. r
Carson. John j. McRoberis and John W
Rout. who ran in the interest of 4. X
Gentry. Jr., for teacher, over those in "a
vOr Of A. A. surber. by majority ol
eight A good deal Of interest was mani
Tested toward tho close Of the polls, and
for a long time itw hard TO bet with
safety on the winning horse. Mr.. Gentry
Is a graduate Of Centre College, has had
come experience in teaching and will, nd
doubt, give entire satisfaction.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-06-13

"boy that stood on the burning deck" She
was warmly congratulated BY the few who
hsd rerained, and was put down a. the
bravest girl Of the period. ave are going
home" was not sung, but the class and ev-
cry body else acted Il in very expedi-
ti,ua mamma