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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09
Domestic Rights on the Rail. .

When one of the trains from New
York reached this city the other day, an
old gentleman got up and started for
the rear end of the car. He had gone
but few steps before the old lady who
had been sitting with him rose up with
her hands full of knitting work and fol-
lowed him down the aisle, her hands
extended. 1t was now noticed by the
passengers that the old lady had placed
her ball of yarn in his pocket. When
he got up he turned around several times
before starting, and in so doing had
wound tho yarn around him 80 that the
old lady had no choice except to follow
him, drop her knitting or see her yarn
broken. She said not a word, but a
passenger noticing what was going on
reached mp and gently taking the un.
conscious old gentleman by the ear,
turned him around so he saw what he
was doing, and the yarn was saved. By
this time the rest Of the passengers were
roaring with laughter,-Nes0 Haven
Palladium,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09
+" Graphicalities." ("

I'm saddest when I Sing Sing. State
BoaTder.
Mr.. John Frost is the author
/" Beautiful Snow"
In France there are regular schools
for the training of dogs. One teacher
has 200 pupils.
Ten men declare that they could not refuse
To put their feet in Bayard Taylor's shoes.
Does Fall River have its beginning in
the spring ?-Csncinaati Saturday
Night. Sommer near there, probably.
The camel Is a paragrapher of the
animal kingdom; he has such a funny
column, you know Yonkers Gazette.
Certainly; but donkey with healthy
bray has q funnier call'em than the
camel.
Put away the little discount
That our greenback used 10 wear.
He viii need the badge no longer.
he has climbed the golden stair.
Gone 10 meet Old Bullion.
-Ns'o Fork Graphic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09

A meddlesome old woman was sneer-
ing at a young mothers awkwalaness
with her infant, and said; II declare
a woman ought never to have 2 Dapy
upIess she kn ows how TO hoid u
/" Nor tongueeither, quietly respond
ed the young mother
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09

A consignment Of $40 sheep from
Kentucky, said to be the finest ever
raised in this country, brought eight
and seven cents pound in Massachu-
setts market recently, whereat the Bos.
ton Cultivator ex1laims: How is that,
Northern farmers !"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09
TIMELY TOPICS.

Spain Is OF more account in this world
than is geS -slly supposed. 1t took,
together with 3 colonies, $500 dis
tinctions Of all kinds at the Paris exhi-
bition, while 3 Jland and her colonies
took 2,455. "
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09

Philippus writes to the London Times
that he finds horse's shoes will by de-
grees Che being worked lightly at firstl
wear down till stratum of the hoof is
reached at whict: he ran perfectly we'll
be worked without shoes-in fact. goes
better without them.
In January, 1871, French gunner
was struck by fragment of a Prussian
shell which carried away his jaw, nose
and both eyes. The surgeons have at
last devised for him a metallic mask,
with eyes, a false nose and an art;fcial
Jaw that permits him to masticate his
food. The woman he was engaged to
when the war broke out married him,
Willie Williams was taken from the
poorhouse in Detroit, Mich. when he
was little boy, and made drudge in a
PHYSICIANS family. He was sent to
school, where he frequently complained
OF hard work at home, insufficient food,
and severe punishment. A few days ago
he went to market with five dollars to
make some purchases. He returned
with the change two dollars short, and
said, on being questioned, that he had
spent the missing money for pistol
with which to shoot himself. The ply
sician tried to take the weapon away
from him, but he ran into another room,
locked the door and committed suicide.
English photographers avoid the strain
on the sitter's eyes, which usually re-
suits in a ghastly stare, by having a
clock-face as the point to which they
are directed, the eyes being allowed to
travel slowly from the figure XII. ell
round. The rotatory movement of the
eyebaJl in adapting itself, step by step,
to the figures upon so small a circle at
such distance, is 80 excessively fine as
to cause no interference with the pho
tographic process. The eyes are excel
lently we'll defined, even to the iris, and
the pictures have a marked superiority
over those previously taken in the man.
ner in which the details of the eyes are
reproduced. The sitters have expressed
themselves as not having had any strain
upon their eyes.
Tine latest exploit Of the San Francis.
CO reporter is the alleged exposure OF
process for manufacturing hens eggs
from deleterious materials. Accor ling
to the narrative the albumen is initiated
by mixture of sulphur, carbon and
fatty matter obtained from the slaughter
houses and rendered sticky with muci.
lage. The yelk is made of blood, phos-
phate of lime, magnesia, muriate OF am
monis, oleic and margaric acids ard
colored with chrome yellow. The shells
are shaped by blow-pipe from mass
of gypsum, plaster OF Paris, carbonate
of lime and oxide of iron. After the
shells are blown the albumen is forced
in through hole in the small end and
sticks to the sides; then the yelk is
added, and after being covered with
more of the albumen mixture the hole
is sealed with cement, the complete egg
is rubbed pretty smooth and laid aside
for packing. It is asserted that many
barrels of these eggs have been shipped
eastward for consumption.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-09

Philippus writes to the London Times
that he finds horses shoes will by de-
grees Che being worked lightly at firstl
wear down till stratum Of the hoof is
reached at whio.: he ran perfectly we'll
be worked without shoes-in fact, goes
better without them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
Episode in an Ice-Creamery.
detroit Free Press

IDeGTOlt FREQ freSS.I
There is young member OF the Detroit bar
who Is in Sackcioth and ashes, figurattyely
speaking. The monotODy OF existence in
these summer scorched days is made doubly
disagreeabIe by the memory of great mis-
take-a mistake which has turned the course
of true love awry, and, as Ii were, shattered
the hopes Of this disciple Of Kent and Black
stone.
1t all came about over dish of ice-cream-
the dish that will eventually bankrupt all the
chlvalrous Young men in America. The
young attorney, and the young lady who was
wont to admire him so much, stepped into an
ice-cream sal Don on Woodward Avenue,
Tuesday evening, and seated themselves at
one Of the little tables which are always-no
human being can tell why-provded with
three chairs, one at the end opposite the wall
and one at either side.
Now 1t SO happened that but ten minutes
before an elderly gentleman had occupied that
same table, and previous to eating his cream
which he had placed upon the chair at the
end Of the table, out Of sight. The old gen
tleman forgot to take them with him, but
when the young lady pulled out the chair,
and laid her mitts and parasol thereon, she
was so engaged ia listening to sweet accents
that she failed to notice the teeth. The
chocolate and vanilla" was ordered, and was
fast disappearing, when the young lawyer
was Mortified at the discovery on the chair.
He flushed bit and looked around to see
the teeth or course he was too well-bred TO
make his discovery known to the young lady,
thinking that she had removed her teeth to
enjoy her cream with greater zest; and when
they arose to 60 he reached over the table,
and, without looking at the chair, handed the
young lady her mitts and parasol. He then
made business Of turning his back and talk
ing to the waiter, In order to give the young
lady time to arrange the teeth in proper posi-
ton; and the two were about leaving the
place when he discovered that the teeth still
lay upon the chair
Here aras dilemma. The young lawyer
was sure that the lady had only begun wear
ing false teeth, and was about to GO away and
leave behind q sixty dollar set. But how to
call her attention to the matter yuasa problem
Finally he gently inquired II sac had not for
gotten something. The young lady thought
not.
Didn't you-didnt you leave one of your
mits on the chair?" stammered the agitated
young gentleman.
The lady pulled out the chair and disclosed
the teeth. The truth dawned upon her.
And you (bo0-hoOl thought (ob-hoo) that
tha-that these te(heelth were mine, you great
big brutet" she cried
The walk home was pursued In silence, and
the Young man hasn't been invited to call
again
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
The Count ne ChanbOrd Mt Home.
London Truth. July

tII'bapL L ulL. July li,j
The princes life at Frohsdorf is Of the sim
plest kind. He gets upvery early, sometimes
at or 8, and, when he does not hunt, works
hard I'll breakfast time, or rather luncheon,
as we should say. Sometimes his morning
Is spent in writing, sometimes in reading
sometimes again ia drawing. He paints very
well Tor an amateur. His favorite authors are
Montaigne, Moiiere and Nine. De Sevigne
He has STUFFED the last with fxcelent results,
and Is one Of the neatest letterwriters III
Europe. But he can read dry books, too
Two subjects on which he is particularly
strong are Socialism and the organization OF
the German army-kingly studies assure1ly
After lunch, Whicn is served at noon. the
prince will often take a drive lin a closed car
riagel with his wife. Dinner is at G, and rarely
lasts more than three-quarters OF an hour.
At 45 coffee is 81 rived in the draWing-room,
and q humdrum evening Of piano, cards and
gossip closes the day. One evening Roger
was present, and was, OF course, requested to
play. BY and by the prince joined him in u
famous quo from the ellie du Regiment
but when they came to the passage-"O,
FFa,ce, q ma patrie." Roger found he was
singing alone. The prince had broken down,
and-to put 1T plainIy-was having, some
thing like good cry. Perhaps such tears
may be permitted toan exile.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
Horizontal Portable Engines
ALL SIZES,
From 2 Horse Power to 80 Horse
- Power.
Al Lowest Connecting Price.

having examined many locations finally Sc
lected the neighborhood Of Quantico as the
best site for the terminus on the Potomac
Accordingly they purchased there tract of
land-about seven thousand acres-eXtepding
from Quantico creek to Chapawamsic creek,
on the Potomac river. running back a distance
Of about four miles to the Telegraph road.
This tract they laid out in streets, avenues
and squares, and named it Potomac City. Mr..
Bangs was 50 confident Of the success of the
enterprise that he Immediately had erected
near the intersection OF Potomac Avenue and
the railroad large hotel. This is q concrete
building Of four stories, containing 122 rooms,
and cost S68OoO 1t is we'll arranged and
finely finished. This building, now occupied
a wonder to those who have caught sight of
1t from passing cars or steamers. The en-
closure surrounding it having once or twice
been cultivated In corn, gave 1t a still more
singular appearance hotel in a cornfield.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06

the Malays have acquired more actual civili-
zation by contact with superior races. The
Papuans have a taste for personal embellish-
rnent, but it takes such eccentric forms as the
attaching Of two boars' tusks Joined together
TO the nose. with the tips turnpd upward.
They eat many kinds Of large insects. What
they consider music is their ordinary substi
tute at festivals for Intoxicating liquors.
They are totally ignorant OF metals. and the
coast dwelIers are even unable to procure fire
for themselves. When they accidentally let
their fires go out. they have to ask a spark Of
he hill tribesmen, who produce it by friction.
Yet they divide the year into lunar months,
and have names for the consultations. One
of the tribes, the LENA, counts up to mill
ion. In the New Britain group, the Papuans
OF New Zealand have q remarkable custom,
which even the East cannot match. Girls of
six or eight years old are shut up for some
five years In cages like huge extingushers,
made of palm leaves, out Of which they are
never allowed to come till they are to be mar
riad. The cages are put in large houses, with
old women to watch them. The girls are
taken out once day, to wash, but they never
leave the house. Mr.. Wallace says that the
young ladies do not seem to suffer in health
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06

Some time ago, q woman. having taken
refuge from q storm under the door of q mill
iii Imppon fAiSna), was thrown down by n
stroke of lightning, but received 10 further
injury, except that figure OF tree near by
was found perfectly impressed upon her back,
50 that the trunk, branches and leaves were
infinitely distingushabIe, the impression be-
ing Of reddish tint. Cases of n similar de-
sciiption have been several times recorded
Franklin, Tor Instance, relates that while q
man was standing at a door Of his house, &
tree opposite him was struck with lightning,
and he received the impression OF that tree
on his breast.
NJ. Oriol. who was professor Of natural phi
losophy at Bologna, in 1881, at the time the
Italian revolution broke out, In which he took
prominent part, related u like Occurrences at
the Scientific Congress Of Naples, In 1916, IL
lady Of the name of Morosa, at Lugano, was
sitting mt a window during q storm, when she
experienced q violent commotion, and soon
became aware that the figure of a flower
which stood near her at the time Was iIn-
pressed on one OF her legs, u mark which she
1925, brgantne was struck with lightning,
while at anchor in the Bay Of Amino, in the
Adratic; one of tho sailors was killed, aud
the figure Of a horseshoe, which was nailed to
the foremost, according to the custom OF sail
OrS In those parts, was found distinctly de-
lineated on his hip.
similar case Is recorded of another brig
antine at Iante, where 0 sailor was also
killed. and was found marked with the num-
Der forty-four, the very same In size as that
cut in metal, which was nailed to some part
Ut the vessel. On the ninth Of October, 1886,
u young man named Politi was killed by
lightning at Iante. Upon examination, the
exact i'm pressions Of six pieces Of gold which
he had in his belt were found on his shoulder.
Ia 1871, in tho department Of Indre-et-Loire,
two persons placed themselves under poplar
during storm. The tree was struck, and
both individuals were marked with the inn
preston of q leaf of the poplar.
Mr.. Figuier, who enumerates these cases in
an article of his in the Pfesse, endeavors to
explain the phenomenon by supposing that
the electric fluid, in striking q body, carries
off with 1t some particles OF the same, which,
IN their progress, retain the same outline, and
being In a state of ignition, Impress it on any
other combustible body they may meet on
their way. 1t Is scarcely safe to reject an ex-
PLANTATION without Offering better one; still,
we might ask how the woman Of Lappion re-
celved the impression on her back through
her clothes, which are not stated to have been
burnt through; and how the pieces Of money
contained III d belt worn at the time could be
impressed on the shoulder Of the wearer We
are evidently, as yet, in want Of information
regarding this curious phenomenon, which
appears to us well worthy Of being further
inquired into.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
FavOrife Dishes of ROYALTY.

turnips. and apple-dumpng His chief
drink was cup composed of Il quart of lem
onade TO one glass Of wine. Like Napoleon,
he ate with fierce rapidity. The tavorte dish
of George IN was thick soup Of crayfi-h.
tie liked, occasionally, as does Mr.. Samuel
Ward, liver aud bacon and tripe and onions
He latterly drank great quantities Of liquors,
especially black cherry brandy, which he took
rs tonic for digestion weakened by years of
Cnraeoa punch. Roast fowl and roast beef
his wine, which he drank from black bottle.
Queen Victoria likes eoch-t-leekie soup, a
rlch entree often cooked for her by her
daughter, Princess Christian, who is most
admirable cook, and loves port wine.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
snjrits Divorced

A divorce scene in which materiaized spir-
It's are tried and separated for eternity is de
scribed by the st. Louis Globe Democrat
The following are bits OF the correspondence
between the living and departed:
"Lizzie-TelI me ii you and Christian re-
main married in the spiritual world. as in
life, after death, and II go, what good will
mere separation do Have the spirits divorce
laws and courts, and are they similar to ours!
II. G. I'LL"
The answer came Immediately: .Dear
Brother Spirits who have been married dur
ing their earth-life remain married unless
divorced by the proper courts We have laws,
courts, justices, etc, in the spirit land, just
as you have In your world, and the processes
are the same, oftentmes tedious, especially
when publicly tried, but speedy and satisfac-
tory when obtained without publicity. You
know that left the world Of substance nine
months before he did, and although ] could
have obtained suitable divorce during his
absence from the spirit land, [ remained true
to him and waited until he arrived here.
Even then tried to love him, but could not,
and cannot. / will always look upon him as
o friend, however, and will not ask that he
attend to my wants after the divorce has been
granted, although | might make him do so,
according To- law, II | liked. Your loving sis
ter, LIZZIE HARGUE.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
Fire That Has Burned Three Months
fNorfolly Tadtar

We learn that the fire in the Dismal
Swamp Is Still raging with undated fury It
extends from the neighborhood of Suffolk to
line. 1t ~, VI course. burning in detached
spots, but an immense area Is being deyas-
tated. A good deal Of lumber, cord wood and
railroad timber have been destroyed, amount
ing to three or four thousand dollars In value,
but the greatest damage Is in the destruction
of the growing timber and the actual burning
up of soil which might be reclaimed for agri-
cultural purposes. We learn from gentle
man living In North Carolina that the fire
commenced iii Perqumans county on the
twenty-second of May, and has been burning
ever since
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
Acres of Perfume.
o" Ut FHaVs
[Roston C1ltiyator1


Some idea of the magnitude OF the business
OF raising the sWeet-scented flowers for their
perfume alone may be gathered from the fact
that Europe and British India alone consume
about 100000 gallons of handkerchief perfume
yearly; that the English revenue from
French eau de cologne Of itself is $4,000 an
nually, and the total revenue of England from
other imported perfumes Is estimated at
100000 each year. There is one great per-
fume distillery at Cannes in France, which
uses yearly about 100000 pounds Of acacia
flowers, 100000 pounds OF rare flower leaves,
1000 pounds OF jasmine blossoms and 10000
pounds OF tuberose blossoms, together with
an immense quantity OF other material used
for perfume.
Victoria, In New South Wales, is q noted
place for the production of perfume yielding
plants, because such plants as the % gnonette
sweet verbena, jasmine, rose lavender, aca-
cia, heiotrope, rosemary, wall flower laurel,
orange and the sweet-scented geraniums are
sad to grow there in greater perfection than
in any other part of the world. South Austria
liza, it is believed would also he O. good place
for the growing of these perfume-producing
plants, though they are not yet cultivated
there to much extent. The value of perfumes
to countries adapted to their production may
be gathered from the following estimate OF
their growth and value per acre, rs given in
the London, England, .iou1nai Of horticulture:
An acre OF jasmine plants, S0G0J in number.
will produce 5000 pounds OF flowers valued at
$3.50; an acre of rose trees, 10000 in number,
will yield 1000 pounds Of flowers, worth 1915;
0oorange trees growing on an acre will yield,
at ten Years Of age, 5000 pounds OF flowers,
valued at $3.50; an acre OF violets, producing
$1,000 pounds of flowers, is worth $500; an
acre of cassia trees of about 300 will at three
years Of age, yield 800 pounds Of flowers,
worth $3.50; an acre OF geranium plants VIII
yield something over 1000 ounces distilled
otto, worth StG0; an acre OF lavender, giving
over $500 flowers for distillation, will yield d
value of $500.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
Redstead superst,tlon in Germany.

Having ordered a neatly-constructed single
bedstead, says correspondent OF the Lon
don Notes and Queries, with somewhat high
and ornamental sides, was surprised when
1T was brought home to find that the orna-
mentation Of one side Of the bedstead was not
repeated Oh the opposite side. 1t being. in
fact, quite plain. | expressed my surprise
and dissatisfaction to the maker, saying that
when bedstead was placed with its head
against the wall Of q room the sides, then
showing, will appear quite unlike-one orna-
mented and the other plain. At this the
maker expressed his surprise that should
be ignorant Of German custom and preju-
dice; for" says he, in Germany single bed
steads are only placed sidewse against a
wall Or partition, and only removed from this
position and placed with the head against
the wall to receive a dead BODY" And the
worthy maker assured me that nowhere in
Germany could native be induced to sleep
on a single becstead which had not its side
placed against q wall or partition. The same
objection does not hold against placing two
single bedsteads side by side, with their heads
against wall. E.#
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06

statues forming the fresco had the, appear
ance Of being sculptured from chalk rather
than marble. The cause of this was stated , @
yields an acid capable of IL ting on the mar
bic. and the rough washing it is occasionally
subject To- perforates and destroys the smooth
surface. Another agent consists OF the car
Thew yyerf. ~ opiniun that il something was
not speedily done this splendid monument,
will rapidly fall into decay. 1t was suggested
that It should undergo cleansing process
similar to CLeopatra's Needle and then be ~
durated with q colorless solution, which will
not only preserve it from further decay, but
restore the marble to its original condition.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06
A Big Eotes I'm a Carnfield.
rWachfntnn Stnrl-- Fl

One Of the effects Of the panic Of 1878 was to
and suddenl check the growth IN its infancy
Of grandly laid out city near Quantlco, in
Prince William county, in that STATE, about
thirty miles down the Potomac. Arson
Bangs and Jesse Hoyt, two we'll known New
York capitalists. thu former the advocate of
cheap transit rail and steamer routes, with
Others, about ten years ago. conceived the
idea of railroad from some point on the
Potomac to The hanawha river. They pro-
cured charter Tor such a road, and after