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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
Tools Great Men Work With.

1t is not tools that make the work
man, but the trained skill and perse-
verance of the man himself. Indeed,
it is proverbial that the bad workman
never yet had good tool. Some one
asked Opie by what wonderful process
he mixed his colors. Il mix them with
my brains, SIR" was his reply. 1t is
the same with every workman who
would excel. Ferguson made marvel
GUS things-such as his wooden clock,
that accurately measured the hours-by
means of common penknife, tool in
everybody's hand; but then everybody
is not Ferguson. A pan of water and
two thermometers were the tools by
which DR.. Black discovered latent heat !;
and prism, lens and sheet of PASTE
board enabled Newton to unfold the
composition of light and origin OF color.
An eminent foreign savant once called
upon DR.. Woollaston, and requested to
be shown over his laboratories, in which
science has been enriched by so many
important discoveries, when the doctor
took him in study, and pointing to an
old tea tray, containing few watch.
glasses, test-papers, small balance and
a blow-pipe, said: There is all the
laboratory l have"
colors by closely studying butterflies
wings; he would often say that no one
knew what he owed to these tiny insects.
A blunt stick and barn-door serve
Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
Bewick first practiced drawing on the
cottage walls of his native village, which
he covered with his sketches in chalk,
and Benjamin West made his first
brushes out of the cats tail.
Ferguson laid himself down in the
fields at night in blanket, and made a
map of the heavenly bodies, by means
of thread with small beads on it,
stretched between his eyes and the stars.
Franklin first robbed the thunder cloud
of its lightning by means of a kite made
with two cross-sticks and a silk hand
kerchief.
Watt made his first model of the con-
densing steam-engine out of an old an
atomist's syringe, used to inject the ar
teries previous to dissection. Guilford
worked his first problem in mathematics
when cobbler's apprentice, upon small
scraps of leather, which he beat smooth
for the purpose, while Rittenhouse. the
astronomer, first calculated eclipses or
! his plow-handle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
Words of Wisdom.

Feeling is no criterion of right or
wrong.
Adyersity is the balance to weigh
friends.
To him that lives well every form of
life is good.
We must not look around on the uni
verse with awe, and on man with scorn.
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without
continual movement; so soon as it ceases
to hope and fear 1t ceases to exist.
Love and enmity, aversation and fear,
are notable whetters and quickners of
the spirit of life in all animals.
No man is called on to lose his own
balance for the advancement of the
world in any particular direction.
Logic helps us to strip off the outward
disguise of things, and to behold and
judge of them in their own nature.
The law of food is, that man should
eat what is good for him, at such times
and in such quantities as nature re-
quires.
An act by which we make one friend
and one enemy is losing game, because
revenge is a much stronger principle
than gratitude.
The sweetest music is not in the ora
torio, but in the human voice, when it
speaks from its instant life tones of ten
derness, truth and courage.
Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever guise it
appears, or your contempt for dishonest
] duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Euery man has his rrejudices and
every woman her bias.
Mince pie for 1880 will be composed
of the usual fourteen ingredients.
A bunch of choice ostrich feathers
was recently sold for 1887 pound.
An old dealer says business is Just now
moving in the furniture line.-PcGyu'ae.
The small boy who got slightly scalded
was only SON. n-burnt.-Ne'o York Neaos.
Chicago kills six hogs for every min.
ute of every hour of every day in the
year.
The Sultan of Turkey spends Sl0,OOO,-
600 yearly upon himself and his 800
wives.
There is one consolation in being
broke. You have nothing to lose, and
everything to gain.
A lame farmer was asked if he had
corn on his toe: "No," he said, but
I've got lots on the ear"
If Edison can render sound available
in so many ways, why doesn't he utilize
the bowling wilderness? - Saturday
Night.
Major Thornburgh, who was killed by
the Ute Indians, was one of the best
rifle shots and horsemen in the United
States Army.
$50 ends my TAIL" as the bee said to
the boy, at the same time giving him
practical illustration of how he con-
Quoted business.
Pennsylvania has eighty incorporated
county agricultural societies, .thirty-one
| of which have representation in its
State Board of Agriculture.
The difference between the man who
girdles tree and the one who entraps
Bruin in its branches is this: One bares
tree and the other trees bear.-Bos-
ton transcript.
Because a newly-married couple sit
upon opposite ends OF the sofa and throw
sleeps eyes at each other in silence, it
is no sign of fear or bashfulness. They
are simply unspeakably happy Water
loo Observer.
Switzerland has been visited this year
by II 100000 strangers, a number
which exceeds by several thousands the
average of the last four years. Of this
total one-fifth are said to be English,
Germans and Austrians; five-tenths
Russians, one-twentieth French and
Danes, three-twentieths Americans, and
other nationalities one. tenth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
The Slave of Drink.

need not dwell any longer upon the
morality-sapping effects of particular
diseases, but shall simply call to mind
the profound deterioration of moral
sense and will which is produced by the
long continued and excessive use of al
cohol and opium. There is nowhere a
more miserable specimen of degradation
of moral feeling and of impotence of
will than the debauchee who has made
himself the abject slave of either of these
pernicious eXcesses. Insensible to the
interests OF his family, to his personal
responsibilities, to the obligations of
duty, he is utterly untruthful and un-
Trustworthy. and in the worst end there
is not meanness of pretense or conduct
that he will not descend to, not lie he
will not tell, in order to gain the means
to crafty his over-ruling craving. 1t is
not merely that passion is strengthened
and will weakened by an indulgence as
a moral effect, but the alcohol or opium
which is absorbed into his blood is car
ried by it to the brain and acts injuri-
ously upon its tissues; the chemist will,
indeed, extract alcohol from the besot-
ted brain of the worst drunkard, as he
will detect morphia in the, secretions OF
a person who is taking large doses of
morphia. Seldom, therefore, is it of the
least use to preach reformation to these
people until they have been restrained
forcibly from their besetting indulgence
for long enough period to allow the
brain to get rid Of the poison and its It's
sues to regain a healthier tone. Too
often it is of little use then; the tissues
have been damaged beyond tine posi-
bility of complete restoration. More
over, observation has shown that the
drink-craving is oftentimes hereditary,
SO that taste tor the poison is ingram.
ed in the tissues, and is quickly kindled
by qualification into uncomfortable de-
sire.-Fortnightly Review.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
Forests and MeteOrOlOgy.

An important paper in Polybiblion on
this subject gives the result of observa-
tions made during the last six years
under trees and not far from the edge of
forest, and also in the plain and far
from all trees. l. Forests increase the
quantity of meteoric waters which fall
on the ground, and thus favor the
growth of springs and of underground
waters. 2. In forest region the ground
cover ofthe trees than the uncovered
ground of regions with little or no
wood. 3. The cover of the trees of a
forest diminishes to a large degree the
evaporation of the water received by the
ground, and thus contributes to the
maintenance of the moisture of the latter
and to the regularity of the flow. of
water sources. 4. The temperature in a
forest is much less unequal than in the
open, although, on the whole, it may be
little lower; but the minima are there
constantly higher. and the maXima
lower than in regions not covered with
wood. These observations have been
made in the neighborhood of Nancy, and
by the pupils of the school of Forestry of
of that city, under the direction of M.
Matthew, sub-director of the school.
On the other hand, Mr.. Fautrat, when
sub-inspector of forests at Senlis, made
during four years, but on q different
method, observations on forestial meteo-
rology which fully and completely corro-
borate in certain respects those of Mr..
Matthew. The laws which seem to fol-
low from the figures given by M. Fau
tral. as well rs an inspection of the
curves which graphically represents
them, are as follows: l. 1t rains more
abundantly, under identical circumstan-
ces, over forests than over non-wooded
ground, and most abundantly over for
ests with trees in green condition. 2.
The degree of saturation OF the air by
moisture is greater above forests than
over non wooded ground, and much
greater over masses of Pi'1aS Sylvestris
than over masses of leaved species. 3.
The LEAKAGE and branches of leafed trees
intercept one-third, and those of resin
GUS trees the half of the rain water,
which afterward returns to the atmos-
| phere by evaporation. On the other
hand, these same leaves and branches
restrain the evaporation of the water
which reaches the ground, and that
evaporation is nearly four times less
under mass of leafed forest than in the
open, and two and one-third times only
under mass of pines. A. The laws of
the change of temperature out of and
under wood are similar to those which
result from the observations of M. Ma
thieu. The general conclusion seem to
be that forests regulate the function of
water, and exercise on the temperature,
as on the atmosphere, an effect of "pon-
deration" and equilibrium.-London
| Tjaa,oc
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
A Wonderful Georgia Parrot.

Some months ago, says correspon-
dent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat, l
met gentleman from Alabama who
related the following parrot story,
which I believe to be the best ever.
heard: Dr., of Montgomery, Ala.,
owned parrot during and after the war
that was the pride and wonder of all
Montgomery county. The doctor, like
all physicians, was frequently called out
at night by some ones "halloo" at the
front gate. Polly learned this, and one
night when the doctor answered shrill
"halloo" by coming to the door and ask
ing what was wanted, Polly answered
from bunch of rose bushes: "He hi
ha! l fool the doctor that time; hi! he!
hal" Polly received a sound thrashing
for this trick and was quite sullen for
a week or SO, when one dark, rainy night
the doctor woke up to hear some one at
the gate repeating his "halloo " fire.,
qIently. Going to the door he asked d
who was there. From the top of tall
out in fiendish glee: "Ha! ha! ha! You
can't catch Polly this time! You can't!
you can't!! you can't!!!" All the doc
tors persuasive arts were called into re-
quisition to get the parrot down from
her high perch, but she could not be de-
ceived. coaxed or flattered into doing as
he commanded OF entreatt 4 her. She
resolutely kept her perch all night in
the rain, and waited until started of
next morning on his daily found before
she ventured down.
The doctor had a little boy aged
about two years, for whom the parrot
formed q strong attachment. Warren
was the child's name, and by-and- bye he
fell sick. The parrot moped around and
appeared to be quite melancholy. AT
times, when the child was left alone fol
few moments, Polly would hop up on
the edge of the cradle, and, spreading
out her wings, she W ould vibrate them
like fans, and ask as she had heard the
waterP Baby sickp Baby hungryP PooI
babyp Polly's So o. o sorry"
Finally the child died. and the par
rot skunk away for the two days preced'
ing the funeral, and was neither seer
nor heard. On returning from the
cemetery, the family met it, waddlins
along the middle of the road, repeating
to herself in the tenderest and mos
mournful manner: "Where's little War
renp Poor baby! Baby sickp Baby
want waterP P-o-o-o-o-r baby! Polly
5000 sorry"
She was picked up and taken bacl
home, but never spoke another word un
til the day of her death, when sh
cried out, " Hawks, hawk ks" and tn
next minute was whisked away in tn.
talsns of a monstrous chicken-hawl
that had been watching for an oppor
tunity to carry her off for several hours.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23
My Lovers.

have four noble lovers,
Young and gallant, blithe and gay,
And in all the land no maiden
Hath agoodlier troupe than they!
And new princess, guarded
By knighs OF high degree,
Knew sweeter, purer homage
Than my lovers pay to me!
One OF my noble lovers
Is self-poised, thoughtful man,
Gravely gay, serenely earnest,
Strong to do, and bold to plan!
And one is sweet and sunny,
Pure as crystal, true as steel,
Witha soul responding ever
When the truth makes high appeal!
And another Of my lovers,
Bright and debonair is he,
Brave and ardent strong and tender,
And the flower of courtesy!
Last OF all, an eager student,
Upon lofty aius intent!
Manly force and gentle sweetness
In his nature rarely blent!
But when of noble lovers
All alike are dear and true,
And her heart to choose refuses,
Pray, what can woman do?
An, my sons! for this bless ye,
Even as 1 myself am blest,
That l know not which is dearest,
That care not which is blest!
Julia Dorr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23

A hog scraping machine which has
Just been tested in Chicago worked very
satisfactorily. A hog was killed, placed
in the machine, and almost in an instant
came out with only a few odd hairs on
his head and legs. Seven hogs were
passed through the machine, and each
one came out as hairless as could be de-
sired. With few of improvements,
the machine is expected to finish of
5000 hogs in ten hours.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23

Scarcely. .ha the warm breath Of summer
died away, when coughs and colds, those avant
couriers of dangerous disease, snow them-
selves. DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup always cures
them, and most quickly too.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-11-26
. FOLLETIN.
ia NOVA DE LAMMERMOOR.
! - sa.@ 81 PoR
q SIR WALTER SCOTT.
ZRkDUCCION DIREcTA DEL INGLEs
~ g9 e PoR
JOSE PEREZ Morris.
(ooNr1NuAc1oN.)

NO me preguntes mas: no tendra
sesa suerte, replico la adivina.
Creo que sabes mas que nadie, All
sic CourtaY, 1 Squien to dice todo ESQ
No te molesto mas sobre ESQ, An
ME, contesto la sibila. Solo puedo sse,
gurarteq que tengo buena y segura mano
-Pero, Saseguras que nunca viste
al enemigo? replico su curiosa compa.
u -Tengo buena segura mano, y ma.
die ha podido evitar el cumplimiento dc
mis- pron6sticos.
Dye, percibo las pisadas de su ca.
ballo que parte, diio la otra no sue.
nan como 81 les acompanara la buena
: suerte.
-Apresuraos, grito Ia paralftica des.
sde Ia cabana, y hagamos y digamos lo
que es propio y neceaario; pues 81 el
Cad&ver no SO amortaja & tempo, hard
gestos y SO levantarA, y ESQ nos pondrd
-miedo & todas.
Ravenswood va no podia oirlas. Des.
preciabasls mayor patteg de las preocu-
paciones ordinarias de brujeria, agile.
ros vaticinios, q los cuales gu siglo )
"a pals todaYia daban tai cr6dito, que
el expresar dudas sobre ellos era equi.
tvalente no cfeey en- la existencia dc
ejndios-6 -6Tarracepos saba tambien que
,eran sospNchOsas esas creencias que to-
&ian psipdpalmept1 :ads hiposondriacol
= ~
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con pruebas fehacientes, le demos
traremos que el mismo delito que
aquf existe es ell de calumnia propa-
gada con publicidad y por escrito
que el ha cometido.
Restanos simplemente advertir,
toda vez que estamos resueitos q no
volver d ocupar la atencion p1bl:ca
en- este asunto, que q los que, como
ell Sr. Gadea 10 ha hecho reciente-
meEte, juzguen censurable nuestra
administration, los aplazamos para
el dia en- que recaiga una decision
defnitiva en- el juicio correspondent
te, en- ell que Sc han de ventilar to-
das nuestras operaciones y q los que
emprendan ell camino escabroso que
ha seguido Ell Sr. "Raya," que esta-
mos dispuestos lleyarlos ante los
Tribunales por las injurias y calum-
Mas que puedan proferir. @ ee
Entre tanto, esperamos que las
personas sensatas y desapasionadas
suspendan sus juicios hasta Ia judi
cial termination de este asunto, sin
dejarse sorprender por versiones de
personas interesadas y que como ta-
les no aprecian los hechos con IA
justicia 6 imparcialidad que espera-
mos de la rectitud de los Tribunales.
Jose 4. Canals.-Julio 4. Geigcl. .--J Jasds
j. Gorbea
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DE reputation 81 que gozaron: he
vivido en- sus tierras cuando era niiio !:
entonces podia jugarme 20 con cual-
quiera tocar la trompa de caza, pues
tenia bastante aire en- mis- pulmones '
para mi hubiera sido un nino de teta 81
famoso trompeta Marine que toc6 de.
lante de los senores del conseio 20 le
hubiera desafiado tocar Is bota y la
stlto, 6 ell cdballo y d galope g. los qalaaes.
no, el no producia mis- sonidoe, ~ s
-Pero Sqn6 tiene que yer todo ESQ
con el viejo Lord Ravenswood, amigo
mioY dijo el joven que con natural an
siedad deseaba OR 81 otro asunto de Ia
conversation Squ6 tiene que yer su me-
moria con la degeneration de Ia m1sica?
-Esto, senior, que he perdido mi
fuerza de gran tocador de tromps On
su servicio. He sido trompeta del cas-
tillo, y tenia que tocar al romper 81 dia.
a la hora de conner, cuando habia visi-
tas, y cuando guerra el senior, mas al
reunir sus soldados para ir & pelear en-
Bothwellbrigg contra los wings me obE-
GO acompaiiarle. ~
-Lo que era muy justo, puesto que
criado y vasallo suyo erals.
Isl que 10 era; mas para tocar en-
el castillo 8 cuando mas en- ell atrio (lo
una iglesia, pero no para derramar san
gre de hermanos. Ahora sabreis 10 oue
sucedio y cuanta razon tengo en- NO
querer bien q los Ravenswoods. En-
tramos en- accion en- la manana del "a
de JUNO de 1879 los tambores toca-
ban, los fusiles ensordecian, los caba-
Hos SO encabritaban. Hackstoundra-
thillet defendi6 el puesto CON mosquste.
carabina, plea, espada y lama, por 10
que 70 Vi, y q nosotros los de caballerfa
nos dieron la 6rden de atravesar elya.
do. He odiado siempre 81 paso de los
rios; considered, pues, con, que gusto
pasarfa 20 aquel en- frente dc millarss de-
hombres armados que, al lado opusstc.
noe esPefanap :. scoxzvsvAsty
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ideas pueriles que no me dominaran
no he de permitir que Ia Imagination Sc
me sobreponga d la raEon.
Et'viejo SO apoyo en- Ia azada al veI
que Sc le aproximaba ell joveD, SO pu-
so en- actitud de recibir sus .ordenes y
como este no le hablo Embellishments
ell sepultlrero comenz6 el dialogo a SD
modo. t.F.a
-Supongo que sereis un parroquia-
no de boda: estoy seguro de clio.
ID Y en- que os fundais para creerlo
as1, amigo?
-Vivo de dos ofcios, senor, replied
el viejo; el violin y la azada; siendo mi
mission aumentar la poblacion del mum
do Y disminuirla, conozco q la simple
vista la clase de parroquianos que me
llegan no en- vano tengo treinta amos
de practica.
-Pues os habeis equivocado hoy
| observe Ravenswood.
-iQue me he equivocado? exclam6
ell viejo mirandole fjamente puede
ser, pues en- la palidez de vuestra cara
10 noto ahora, hay algo que Sc parece
tanto q la muerte como al matrimonio.
Bien, bien; el pico y la pals estan d
vuestra disposition 10 mismo que el ar
co y el violin.
-Pues me hareis el favor de enterra1
decentementea q otra anciana, Alicia Gray,
que viva en- el parque de Ravenswood.
i Alicia Gray La ciega Alicia
exclam6 el sepulturero; Use ha muerto
al fin? Els un aviso mas de que me
prepare 70 10 mismo. Me acuerdo
cuando Habbis Gray Ia trajo q esta tie
rra, era una hermosa muchacha on
aquella 6poca que nos miraba todos
por encima del hombro. Supongo que
habria decade de su orgullo. De ve-
ras que ha muerto
-Murio aver, dijo Ravonswood; he
manifestado deseos de ser enterrada
aqui, al lado de su marido; supongc
que sabreis don9e yace,
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% Donde yace2 pregunt6 el sepul-
turero con professional dignidad s6 don
de yace cada cuerpo que SO haya ente-
rrado aqui. Pero, i hablabais de Ia
tumba para ella ? Dios nos asista no
hay tumba ordinaria alguna en- que
pueda estar ella 81 es verdad 10 que sc
decia de Alicia; y 81 profundizo seis
pies, y le hago una sepultura de cal y
canto, no le servirfa para NADIA, pues en-
breve vendrian sus companeras las bru-
jas sacarla de su GAIA; pero sea de
seis 6 de tres pies la excavation, Iqui6n
ha de pagar el trabajoP
-Lo pagare 20, buen amigo; paga-
re ese demas gastos razonables.
-Abrir ell noyo, tocar la campana,
pagar un jornal, darme & mi algo para
sufragar algunos gastos de aguardiente,
ETC., vendra costando ell total de un en-
tierro decente sobre diez y seis libras
escocesas.
-Ahi teneis el dinero, le dijo Ravens
wood, y algo mas. Cuidado con bus
car la tumba que he dicho.
-Debeis ser uno de sus parientes
ingleses, dijo el guardian de los muer-
tos he dido decir que ella Sc case con
quien le era muy inferior en- nacimien-
to razon ten1amos en- mortifcarla
cuando viva, como la hay para darle,
ahora que esta muerta, buena sepultu-
ra, pues ESQ os honra q vos mds que
ella. Uno puede dejar q sus parientes
abandonados cuando viven para que sc
manejen por si mismos; pero es accion
contra natura dejarlos enterrar como
perros cuando precisamente ell descr6.
ditto recae sobre los parientes. ! Que
sabe ell cadaver como le entierran
--Supongo que tampoco hallareis
bien que los parientes SO abandonen
cuaudo Sc casan, dijo Ravenswood
quien empezaba 4 gustar Ia limitacion
fisntropica del sepulsnrero.
El viejole miro astutamente con sus oil
tos azulosoa yss sonri6 como aihVbiera
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entendido la indirecta pero en- seguida
continue con So acostumbrada gravedad.
Il Matrimoniosl SQai6n habia de
descuidarlos, y menos 20 que deseo pro-
duzcan m1ertos para Ia terra? Segu-
ramente deben celebrarse con toda ale
'gr1a, con buena mesa, con muchos ami
gos, y sobre todo con muchos instru-
mentos musicales y cuando no los ha-
va buenos, con violines y gaitas que
son los mas faciles de acompanar.
La presencia del violin, anadi6 Ra-
venswood, basta para reemplazarlos q
todos. ~
Sin duda, replico el viejo miran-
dole, 81 es bien tocado. Pero ALA, diio
como para zanzibar de conversation, es-
ia la tumba de Gray, de que hablasteis;
es la tercera de aqueilas de piedra que
Sc ven debajo de una perteneciente &
los Ravenswoods, familia que tiene aqui
muchos antepasados y servidores aun-
que no es este un panteon principal.
Ell diablo que SO los lleve todos ellos.
-Parece que no son santos de vues-
ira devotion, djo el j6ven, no muy sa.
tisfecho de la middleton que habia
echado el viejo a su familia.
No Sc quien pueda quererlos; GUAM
do tenian tierras y poder eran muy ma
los jofes; y ahora que han doblado la
cabeza, pocos son los que SO cuidan de
que la levanten.
II De verasl exclamo Ravenswood ;
nunca he dido que esa desgraciada fa-
milia mereciera la voluntad de sus ve-
cinos. Comprendo que So pobreza ac-
tual. 81 ese es motive de desprecio -. ;.
No digo 20 tanto podeis crserme :
81 menos 20 me creo mas despreciable
por ser pobre nj mas respectable porque
viviese en- un castillo se1orial. Psro
respecto los Ravenswoods he conocido
4 tres generaeiones de e}los & cual peor.
-Paes 70 crei que habian gozado de
muy buena reputation en- 81 pals, diio
su deaeeadieata,