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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-17
FIVE MILLION ACRES

OF LAND. consisting of every odd section in
each township, for distance of twenty miles
or beth sides OF the railroad. or one-half of the
land in belt forty miles wide, extending to
Denver City, Colorado, thus forming continu-
alton OF the belt of country which, from the
Atlantic coast westward, is found to be, in cli-
mate, soil. and every production OF nature, the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-17

BLACK & BRO.
Office on Main street one door south D.
Brady Block, Butler. Pa. (sey,. 2. 1879.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-17

JOS. 9. VANDERLIN,
Office Main street. door south of Court Honse.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-17

EERIeIss AIsNIOR,
Justice Of the Peace,
Main street, opposite PosloGiee,
jlyl6 ZELIENoPLE, PA.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-17
Kansas Farms
AND
FREE HOMES.

The Kansas Pacific Homestead
Is published by the Land Department Of the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company. to supply the
large and increasing demand for information
about KANSAS, and especially the magnificent
body Of lands granted by Congress in aid of the
construction of its road. This grant comprises
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
News and Notes for Women.

In Greenland the women paint their
faces blue and yellow.
1t is proposed to hold an exhibition in
London for the display of every kind of
art work done by women.
Several women in the city have been
arrested recently for treating their hus-
bands brutally.-NeV York Tribune.
A girl in an Iowa seminary cut all the
hair from the head of her sleeping room
mate in revenge for slight, and ha
been expelled by the faculty.
Miss Julia Hole-in-the-da daughter
of the distinguished Indian chief, was
recently married at White Earth A. gency
to John Fairbanks, white man.
Rev. Antoinctte Brown Blackwell, hav
ing reared all her children, is about to
re-enter the ministry. She was the first
woman ever ordained to preach in this
country.
Miss Abbie Colby, formerly head
nurse at the New England hospital for
women and children, has left for Onalas-
ka, Japan, where she is to labor as a
missionary.
. Madame Bestajeod, a regular author
lied Russian doctor, courageously visited
professionally 1900 women at. their
homes in the plague-infected district of
Wetlianka. .s
/ Mrs. Mary L. Carpenter, school super
intendent of rWinnebago College, H.,
has asked and obtained permission to in
clude an educational exhibit in the dis
play at the next county fair.
Miss Wordsworth, daughter of the
Bishop of Lincoln, and grand-niece of
the poet, is to be lady principal of the
college for young ladies proposed to be
established shortly at Oxford, England.
The wages ofmale and female teachers
come nearer to being equal in Colorado
than in any other State Of the Union.
Men average $4,000 per month pay,
woman $46.95-less than 50 difference,
In England thousands of women are
employed in hardware manufacturing 2
establishments, especially in the finish O.
! fine steel instruments, making car
tridges, percussion caps, files, stee
pens and the like. I..f,..
The third day of the third month il
kept as a special holiday for girls il
Japan, and every toy-shop is decorated
with large numbers of dolls or hinas
representing the Emperor and Empress
warriors, mobiles, the spirits of Sumiyosh
and Takasago, bands of musicians ant
like personages, and with all kinds o
furniture, games and ornaments to sui
the size of the dolls.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
The Horrors of Famine.

The following are extracts from letter
from the Rev. j. B. Ginsburg, mission
aIy to the Hebrews at Mogadore,
Morocco: We have passed season of
ndescribable difficulties, knisery, sick
ness and trial ever since1 returned to
my station. Hundreds, may well say
thousands, pressed to the gates for relief;
skeletons-emaciated by hunger, almost
naked, bearing traces of every possible
disease and suffering for a loaf of
bread, would be trodden down by the
crush, bruised and not unfrequently
seriously, injured sometimes a leg or
arm broken in their eagerness to be the
first to receive relief. When out of town
turned without picking up IA dying man,
woman or child, sometimes two or
three ut u time; brought back to town,
a plate ofsoup and cover were sufli
cient to bring life to the dying. More
than once have | met young man or
woman coming from the country with
no strength to finish the last quarter of
mile; with bruised head and broken
teeth from falls in the effort to get up
from the ground. The starvation was
not confined to men; cattle, camels,
horses, asses, sheep and poultry have all,
or nearly all, perished; but the dogs
have survived, and in their Unsuitable
hunger, finding no food in towns and
abandoned by their masters, who either
died or left their villages in search of
food, fed on human flesh Roaming over
the country in bands of twenty, thirty or
fifty, they sometimes even attacked any.
human being they met and devOured'
him.. Some twenty women and men
were eaten up within one mile of the
town. One day | was busy by the river
side, with the help ofmy servant, giving
assistance to Il dying young woman,
when our attention was drawn to an
Arab who was being eaten by dogs. lie
was dead before we reached him, and
we had only the painful duty of burying
the remains decently in the sand. |
must apologize for Writing about such
hideous misery to you. But, dreadful
to read, what is it to witnessp There
are cases which have come before me
that | really cannot put on paper. More
than $4,000 have in this town persisted
from hunger. There were dead or dying
lying in every street in and out of town.
The dead were buried not more than
one span deep, and the dogs soon un-
covered the earth. There is hardly q
house where there is not one sick person.
In the MIullah, OF Jewish quarter, every
house has been turned into an hospital" p"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
Lukens' "Pith and Point"

A man who sells alum may not be an
alumnus of any college.
Winking at others faults soon makes
us Indifferent to our own.
Prudence and economy come in small
packages, like compressed herbs.
Merit is claim ignored by our ene-
mics and sneered at by our friends.
Poverty is one of those Inconvenience
for which there appears to be no help.
More time is wasted in conjecture than
is ever willingly spent in consummation.
The rapid growth of friendship is too
frequently precursor of its hasty over
throw.
There is more anxiety when a vessel
is overdue than when its owners note
is in the same predicament. e-
When we have wit enough to humble
ourselves in our own opinion, we cease
worrying about the worlds, 4
Fuming and fretting over probabilities
has deferred many men from attempting
that which might be possible success.
-Neao York Ne,oS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An inn-specter-A hotel ghost.
Hailstones do smashing business.
Never make light of lantern -jawed
man.
Miss-C truction-Whalebon paint,
powder, and so forth.
When the lungs are in any way affected
the pulse beats more rapidly.
The man who stuck to his colors was
the painter who sat down in one of his
paint pots.
A statue of Sir james Young Simpson
the inventor of chloroform, is about to
be placed in Westminster Abbey.
1t is estimated that the production of
iron in the United States in 1879 will
equal the exceptionally productive years
OF 1872 and 1878.
There is walking club in New York,
the members of which take long walks
through the country around the me-
tropolis every Sunday.
Tie reign of lawlessness is said to be
completely over in Deadwood, Black
Hills. There is hourishing temperance
society, and only one gambling-roOm is
left.
A meteor, foot in diameter, with a
blazing train. fell at Worthington,
NlluJ., CNploulhS Juou p,iolS
the earth with a noise that shook the
buildings. ....
A writer in London Truth says: Il
believer is an undoubted fact that fully
one-half of the beef sold rs English,
Scotch and Irish in England is in reality
American"
A bald Cincinnati woman does not
cover the bare top of her head with false
bo;, ~. Inv cnp, hinr hp, own hair pypr
it, but appears to be proud of the DIS
tinction that it gives her in public as
semblages. for she always removes her
bonnet. The effect is striking.
In Windfall, Ind, recently, a man and
his wife got to that point of disagree
ment so graphically described in g Betsy
and / Are Out They decided to sep
arate, and the assets of the partnership
were divided up until only the baby was
left, when the father said, :" If you will
leave the baby with me will give you q
good cow" The mother considered a
moment. and decided that a good COW
was worth twenty-five dollars, and the
baby-well, pretty poor property. So
| she took the cow. ' s
A hardy sailor-ValeAtine Roper--is
the only survivor of the crew of the
schooner Golden Gate, which sailed from
ago. The craft was waterlogged in IL
gale, and six sailors were Immediately
drowned, while seven lashed themselves
to the rigging. The former were luckiest,
for the others all died of starvation, one
by one, except Roper. They had nothing
to eat, save Il few raw potatoes that
hoated up from the vessels stores, and
several fish caught by hand. A cabin
boy held out longest of those who
died. Roper was eleven days without
food, and, when picked up, was II raving
maniac.
| THEN AND NOW.
Talking of the prevailing depression of the
agricultural interest, i was reading n doggerel
the other day descriptive of what used to be
| considered proper distribution of business on
a farm, and how the farming class now do
their work:
Man, to the plow;
| Wife, to the cow
| Girl, to the sow;
| Boy, to the NOW;
And your rents will be netted.
Man, tally-ho!
| Miss, piano;
Wife, silk and satin;
Boy, Greek and Latin;
And you'll be gazetted.
| London Truth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
rwc Dollars per Annum.
Rural scenery.


The wild bee o'er the prairie ..-r
Sought honey for her hive, "a.
The stream came lcaping from the rock
AS though it were alive,
While the solemn mountain frowning
Beheld its devious way, .H
And like mentor, old and stern,
Reproved the thoughtless play. -
The crimson oriole Haunted
Like lover through the glade, '.'
And paid gay homage to the flowers
In beauty's garb arrayd;
But lightly there before him
The humming-bird would rove,
While bird and bell with rapture thrilled
To meet his kiss Of love.
The beetle and the butterfly
Met on their glittering track,
The snail moved onward, slow and sure
His house upon his back;
And life to all was beautiful,
As, like the .jeweled ray,
They cleaned in natures joyance sweet
On that bright summers day.
Oh, frail and winged creatures
That perish in an hour, ..
Methinks ye are our teachers, ....
Mid all our pomp and power.
Mid all our vaunt of learning,
Mid all our pride of sway,
Be pititul, and teach us
Before ye pass away;
How to be simply happy
Amid a world so fair,
And in the confidence of trust
Accept our Fathers care.
....-.. Mrs. l.. III. Sigourney.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
Jests from Riggs Recorder"

Out of print-The letter B.
Now doth the golden butterfly over
the rural gutter fly.
The flower of the family needs careful
looking after at this season.
The days have arrived when women
who do not own and cannot borrow seal
skin sacque feel that they are just as good
as those who are able either to own OF
borrow.
His name was Wrath, and when he
asked her to be his, she curtly replied,
g. I'm more than half mind to be
Wrathy, too" And they two concluded
to become one. That is how he won
her. '''s 9'l
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
Lines to the First Fly of 1879.

% u Lines to the First Fly of 1879.
Dance on my nose with your tickling feet,
Blue bottle fly!
Sing in my ears with your buzz to greet
Me, as / lie.
You will seek me out in my dark retreat,
With an eager zeal that no screen can beat,
And try to slap you clear into the sweet,
Sweet, by-and-bye. '..J .EI
haven't seen you since Seventy eight,
-.- Little house fly;
And see you now with the bitterest hate
You can defy.
Oh, how / hate you, nobody knows,
Author Of half of my summer woes,
Oh, how prayed that you might be froze,
Villainous fly
All through the winter you did not freeze,
Not much, Mary Ann.
Now all the summer you'll do as you please,
That is your plan.
When, in the warm afternoons, we would sleep
Near us your wakefulest vigils you'll keep;
Precious is sleeping, but waking is cheap,
Sleep, man, il you can.
Oh, how wish that my two broad hands,
Spread left and right,
Stretched from the poles to Equator's bands,
Giants of might.
Some summer day in my wrath I would rise,
Sweeping all space with my hands of size,
And smash all the uncounted million of flies
Clear out of sight.
Vain are my wishes, oh, little house fly,
You're hard to mash;
Strong men may swear and women may cry,
*Teething their gnash;
But in o the house your friends you'll lug,
You'll bathe your feet in the syrup Jug,
And your cares you'll drown in the baby's mug
Cheeky and brash.
Still, precious lessons, dear little house fly,
You teach to me.
Hated or loved, you tell me that l
Happy may be.
Why should | care, when / tickle nose,
Whether its owners conduct shows
That he likes it or hates it, just so it goes
Pleasant to me.
~ This line should read: "Gnashing thcil
teeth but little poetic license was necessary
to bring in the rhyme.
burlington HaWkeyc.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22

"Angelinan cried Theodore, melo-
dramatically, "may | call you mine,
wholly minep Oh, say that | may,
dearest" "Well, let me see," answered
the saucy fair one with provoking de-
liberation; Il am hardly prepared to
capitulate unconditionally, to sign a de-
finite treaty sulrendering my autonomy
in perpetuam; but / think | should not
object to entering into amicable rela-
tions, according sou all privileges
possessed by the most favored fellows. ~
The poor fellow thought she was maxi
ing fun of him and looked hurt. But
she soon took means to reassure- him,
and treaty offensive and defensive was
impediately entered into. And sealed
Wen, rather.-BoSon TranScrtpt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22

One little hoy said to another that it
was nice to see the swallows back again /;
whereupon the other said he couldp't see
their backs they flew SO fast.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-12-20
AUTUMN,

The rich autumna shadows fall:
The first brown leaf wheels slowly down;
And al! along the orchard wall
The MOSES gather deeper brown.
Through all the rounded golden hours
No sound steals i'll from village street;
Alone the chimes from distant towers
Float hourly through my still retreat.
Across the vale, the rugged hills
Are starting from their summer gloom,
And bursting heather glows and fills
Their skyward curves with purple bloom
Again with Autumn comes t.e time
When YOU and would cross the yalc,
And reach the mountain foot, and climb
I'LL star, renew he evening tale.
i wander still where nature haunts
Her secret places seldom sought,
But even nature something wants
! subtle something, deeply wrought.
And here alone sit, and now
lhy voice IS hushed; but those dear eyes
hat flushed beneath thy brave boy-broW
Are haunting me as daylight dies.
The sun slopes slowly TO his rest,
This soft September afternoon
Till all the color leaves the west,
And sleeps tho world in twilight gloom
J.S.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-12-20
Another Deluge Coming.
aa The louisville lonrier.J Journa

= s1Ili lit lJDuleAHIe 134tllsl- n oGt 11l.
\ Belgian professor has published 4
work entitled 'sPeorodicite des Grand
Deluges Resultant du Movement 1;radu-
q de la Terrc,n in which he warns us
that We MAY be on the lookout Tor anoth-
er deluge Of the world Atcertain re9u-
larly recurring intervals. he maintains,
the waters Of one hemisphere are sudden
IL precipnated across tic equator and
flood the other. The last ot these de-
luges which always flow from north to
south, OF from south TO north, was tnat
OF Noah's time, which was from the
north. Hence the explanation OF the great
preponderance OF water in the southern
hemisphere, and OF the general southern
trend of NORTH and South America, At
rica and many minor penlnsulas. The
next of these dcluges will flow from the
south to the north. The course, he argues,
IS the alternate increase and decrease IN
the lce-caps at the poles, and the conse-
quent change Of the earth's equilibrium,
Since PAS the South Pole has been con-
tinually charging, while the North Pole
has been proportionally diminishing, TO-
day the diameter OF the southern glacier
being about 5000 miles and that Of the
northern 800 When these two glaciers
shall have arrived at thelr maximum and
minimum extension, then will the earth
tilt over and be submerged by another
great food, the fifteenth Of the kind that
has occurred. In view Of this impending
and somewhat serious probability, the
question arises: What are We going TO
do abput if2 IF no one can offer a better
suggestion, would it not he advisable that
each OF us resolve himself into his own
ark by wearing night and day one of
Paul Boynton's rubber swimming cos
tunes.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-12-20
IL ABOUT IEADVILI.E.
inct History OF the Wonderful New
Mining Town.

l.
me ii mining uissrlets Of our great West
s to nous for cities that, mushroom like,
bis lsrrown up almost IN q night. Leaf
,reta1 n Colorado, Is one # the most re-
means de of these urban miracles Two
can go the place was notin existence.
ls' 1st Of August, 1S0, there were SIX
'falllgs upon the present site. On the
lor laa January, ISIS, the population was
Al rencd at 800. \ year later the town
nd nuation was perfected, and Leadville
enisSesents the amazing spectacle of Il
The 'ontaining 10000 Inhabitants, 10
alled D the heart et a mountainous dis
gFad.aalerc few months ago there was
gfsaa- but barren solitudes.
lioH' first discovery OF carbonate ores
'ns .,de on the south side OF California
"a 7 = Icrabout one and half miles above
49, lie, in 1876, in what is now known
Rock mine. The ore was found in
)undance, but OF low grade. carry
'ntr arge percentage Of lead with a
ahns atlvcly small amount of silver.
n;ng ter this, prospecting began in a
/, IL 4 ming north and resulted III the
j ,1,re.ry of the Adelaide, Camp Bird
= - mines, together with the Wolf
e..tsl Strayhorsc Gulch. Other mines
- NJ so opened from time to time, un-
! ~, -. district became one OF the most
~, !, ~ worked IN the whole country.
= ~ ville's earliest settler was one Mr..
:, ,'s y. whose first experiences Oh the now
Y ';oo town were Of d depressing kind.
p.'. Nv. temporary tells Us Two years
e's' 9th of May. there came to Lead
nan with i shirt on his back and
MI Nh ,ents in his pocket. lie came on
: the way Of Mosquito Pass, and
"l', e first night III Leadville behind
aan Inn On the night two years ago the
59sa ~ ootman found q few piles Of brush,
co :" stumps and half-burned trees,
ios.N human besides himself slept
t"p hit in what IS now known as the
the Leadville. II was as lonely
:. derness Of stunted mountain pines
q thal from cold barren soil, between
81 ace'wlders and craggy rocks, could
Tuilef made. The name of the lonely
! denD who slept that night IN this lone
ierness was Mr.. George Albert
4 bls He was the first settler. His
Tullef the first white woman at Lead
the q
tie 70 irst public house in Leadville was
lily eaaDn the 18th Of June, 1877, and
on shed and thrown open to the
ne q 4 the Fourth Of July, nineteen
| VII ser. The builder was Mr.. Harris,
eat 7 tho founder of the town, was also
70 anu 7 public benefactor. He performed
he dalAbor Of constructing It's new
appst eotertainment, from the founda-
ptaln the teDf. The dimensions Of the
gweke ten feet in width by twelve
y ~ height story and a half.
gwen at Noor served as dining room,
aD ,,itchen, baggage room, parlor, re-
| dla room, etc, and the second, or at
Wei u1od princlpalty for lodging
Office !. 1t offered accommodation for
took 'eepeeD at time. For the con-
of8uests the day was divided
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-12-20

You have seen those chaps whose
handkerchiefs are always full Of scents2
Such men often have no sense in
their heads and very lew cents in their
pockets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-18
10Th
POPULAR DRAWING OF TIE
Commonwealth Distribution 90.

ct Mscsuley's Theatre, in tho Gig. of Louis
occasion GRAND CONCERT will be given
holders ofe ticket or part of s:i2ket entitled 10
admission free.
The Diawirg will be supervised By men OF
und2ubtoi character aId standing and tlcRet
holders, agents snd cluD arc respectfully re-
gusstei 20 send on representatives, with proper
CrCdGGlisIs, 10 exsuiae into Inc Drawing
ANEW EEA IN THE HISTORY OF
LOTTERIES.
Erery ticket hoiitr can be Ais oDn supervisor.
Call o.. bis n1nber and 500 j: placed in the
wheel.
The Management. csi;: a:ention to tie grand
opportunity presented Of obtaining for only 81,
any of
THE FOLLOWING PRIZES:
p.ize. $50 600 100 prizes S!OU each $40, COG
prize-.. 10 U0) 300 prizes 80 esch 1O,GJ0
lpr;Zs..... 6GU 600 prizes - each 1900
l.00O prizes II each lOCG0
70 prizos 81 Coo each $lUeD
- prizes 50J osch 10000
9prizos $40 esch. Approx. r5izSs ....s2. zoo s0o
9p;izes 100 cach 800
| $50 prizes. S112.4OO
Whole tickets 81; half tickets 81; u tickets
$50; IS tickets 500. All sppiica!ions for club
rs!es should bo made to Tho homo market Re-
nit by pos:otlice money order, registered letter
bank dru.. or express.
Full list Of drawing published in Louisville
Courier. .Jou:0ai and New fcfH uorald, aud
mailed to ssl ticket holders For tickets aud inCcr
or T. j. on.uertord, sec!'y., Ccurier.I journal
Building Louisville, Ay. ,--eold
II. B.-Ai;or July 3l.! Drawings wall occur
monthly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-18
TCIan Amenities.

Special contracts will be rlsde with Yesrly 3D.
Ynrtisers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-18
FISH ssEAEiissS.

NOTICE. FISH.
900 packages OF POTOMAC FISH ior sslo by
s. j. REED.
Tho fab ara first class, and arc SIS fOlows, viz
FAMILY ROE HERRING, in barrels, hal!
barrels and kits.
SHAD. in barrels, half barrels and kits.
NO. | POTOMAC HERRING, in bblar hali
bbls and kits.
lie siso oirsrs for sale one fac BAY HORSE,
also one Buggy ami harness, C:rrisgc sad Hsr,
mesa, snd Cart ant Harness. This horse is we'll
broke, is fro drive: and suitable for family.
io1i Il Fairfax straGt.
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DOTOMAC HERRING.
eszk9UEBlES ANzs EkssUeRs

= BRODERS & CO.,
Eghc!osglo Dealers s2d Jo65cra in
e3ROUEEIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR,
SALT AND FISH.
4 ful! linc OF celebrated pure, old Thiskeys,
Ersndcs, Gin, Rum, &c, Massey 6 Co.'S Phiia-
du!pha and G.ego:ts Baltimore Alss, ard Borg
ger s. Eugers Lager Bcc., in casks or bottles
Agents for James s. Weich Best Family
Flour, Jamea s. Kirk q Co.'S. Standard Soaps,
Dupont s. Cos Sporting and Blasting Gun.
powder, srd Baltimore and Potomac River
S.elmerg.
Orders promptly attended te, ard conaign.
uen:s solicited. no. ii King street,
oct 2G-tf hlcxardris, Va.