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The Worthington advance., 1879-05-15
A Silver Anniversary .

Yesterday afternoon, the 10Th inst, the
Mason s. Hamlin Organ Company cclc-
brated by dinner at Young's Hotel the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the COM
menccment of .their business, which by
its own merits has grown to large pro-
portions. At the start the capacity Of
their work was two or three mclodeons
per week, the best of. which sold for
about one hundred dollars each; their
present capacity is over two hundred
cabinet organs per week, and they are
most of the time behind orders, while
their best production now command
five hundred dollars each, and in cxcep-
tional cases several times this amount
In numbering their instruments they
have reached 100000, having actually
made and sold nearly that number.
Organs Of their make have obtained an
extraordinary reputation all over the
world, and are sold in every civilized
country where the tariff is not so high as
to he prohibitory. Musicians recognize
in them distinguishing excellence in
quality of tone, the result, in large meas
urc perhaps, Of peculiar skill in oo:c.ng
reeds, an art which originated with this
company. But in every respect it has
always been principle with them to
make in each detail the best instruments
possible and to sell them as low as pos
sible. The skillful carrying out of this
policy has resulted in this great success.
=BQstQn Journal
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Both Frightened.

The following good story is told of
Americas greatest statesman: Daniel
Webster, travelling by the night stage
from Baltimore to Washington, with no
companion save the driver, contemplated
that worthy's forbidding visage with a
very uneasy mind. He had nearly reas-
oned his suspicious fears away, when they
came to the dark woods between Bladens-
burg and Washington, when Web
ster felt his courage oozing out of mis- fin
ger ends as he thought what Il fitting
place it was for murder. Suddenly the
driver turned towards him, and gruffly
demanded his name. 1t was given. Then
he wanted to know where he was going.
s'To Washington; am a SENATOR" said
Daniel, expecting his worst thoughts
were near realization. The driver grasp
ed him by the hand, saying: GLOW glad
am, mister, to hear that. I've been
properly scared for the last hour; for
when I looked at you, felt sure you
were highwayman."
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~ "a
TINE FLIES.

Times flies:
But with what wings? -,
With wings Of butterflies
To joy,it clngs, :, ..,
Now here, now there. Wh9sls'te
For Joy, finds joy and dies. s &
~. a >rys az I. 4 i ( q
Time flies:
But with what wings? 80 ''u:
With wings OF bees it hics,
Who work and sing
In rich content all day, :, ~ ]
Will bear bright gold away: =
Time flies: - ~ :!t :
But with what wings?
With wings Of birds to skies
Where sunlight filings
Wide open heavens door. 49,. ,
Life! Hight! who cares for more?'
Time flies:
But with what wings?
With angel wings it tries
TO lift low things
Up from the heavy sod,
Up from carth's griefs to Ged!
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cred with some uncouth characters in.
cli4lk. He Nf1eqi6erel:hows thatIhe had
heard Of = little boy who showed tile big
children. what he could do one night. He
crept toward the blackboard, and took up
the ,crayon and made one or two of these
misshapen letters over again. Then he put
down the crayon those men were wait
ing for him outside. But the dog still held
his rags; and by gentle motions led him
on, and into i large sleeping room, with
its three little white beds where children
lay dreaming, and one little bed that was
empty. On this bed the dog bounded,
and in every way'h he knew invited, Sam.
But Sam turned away and went back to
the play-room; something seemed to de-
flight him in, the white glimmer Of; the
large roon,,l as if the spirits Of dead pleas
urcs fingered there. As he stood in the
door the moonlight now lay full on the
great white rocking-horse, .."all. saddled,
ALL bridled, all fit for fight;" and there
in front Of the empty fireplace was = lit
tic empty chair; the dog stretched HIM
self at his feet. 1t seemed so pleasant, SO
wanl, and comfortablei He was not so
much afraid of those men outside as he
had been ): the childrcn's faces looked at
him in the white light OF tho roses Oh the
gildcd trellis as if they wished him to
stay; the little head nodded and fell for
ward OH his breast.
But all this seemed exceedingly out Of
the way to Tribune; and after u willie it
apparently occurred to him that if he
could not make Sam 60 to bed; he could
go aud speak to his mistress about it; and
it was his cold nose in her hand that
woke Mrs. Dean from her uneasy slumber
In moment she was out of bed.
s:There is something wrong,' she said
to her husband. "What is the matter
i with Tribe" And before her husband was
fairly awake, she had followed the dog to
the play-roonl, and there, with the moon
light falling round him, sound asleep
Ihis head upon his breast, in the little
chair before the empty hearth, she saw
her child.
/ For one tllEob of her heart, one great
plunge, she thought the worst had come
and that now she was really crazcA But
will, another she had seized the child
and was tearing off the rags that hid tic
difference between his little white body
and his little brown face, while the child
opened his eyes droanily, and put up a
sleepy mouth to kiss her.
at is he! it is he! it is hep she cried
"Thcy have cut off his curls, they have
stained his face, but they could not hide
my little Cyr,is!'
i And although Mr.. Dean woke the ser
wants, and reused the ncighbors, anl
| unnuro.l thn ,1onn and 4l,n ,nr.;.,,, ,,nu,,o
cesstully, and never ceased rcgretting tha
those house breakers had not cracked
their last crib that night, yet Mrs. Dean
in her heart Of hearts, US she devoted her
self, every day with fresh fruition, tt
the task Of awakening his dormant intel
Egencc, could never ice; quite gratetu
enough to them for bringing back he
boy.
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mounted, he sat under the shade Of tree
and enjoyed his lunch. On remounting,
however he forgot to take the bag Of
money which he had laid on the grass,
and rode off without it. ,,.s, ,yss r.,
The dog, who perceived his forgetful-
ness, ,triedto fetch the bag; itwas too heavy
carry He then ran after his master, and
endeavored to inform him of his loss by
crying and bowling lamentably. The
merchant could not conceive what had
happened to. the dog, and so continued his
course; but when the poor animal, de-
spairing of attracting his attention, began
to bite the horses heels in order to try
and stop it, he, grew alarmed, and sup
posing he had gone mad, in crossing q
brook he looked to see if the dog would
drink. The faithful creature was, how
ever, too intent on his masters busi-
ness; he bit and barked more than eyer.
The merchant was horrified. He was sure
that the dog was mad. Much as he loved
and valued the creature, yet he could not
allow him to live in those circlstanccs; 50
he drew distol from his breast and fired
at the faithful servant. His aim was to9
sure; the poor dog fell wounded, and tile
merchant spurrcd ON his horse with a
heart full Of sorrow. Still, he never
thought OF, the money; he only tried to
console himself by repairing: ''The dog
was mad. But I had rather lost my
money than my dog, all the samc," he
said to himself, and stretched out his hand
| to gasp his treasure. It was gone.
In that instant his eyes opened, anc
he knew that he had sacrificed his sagac
ious friend to his rashness and folly. In
stantly he turned his horse, and at full
gallop made his way to the place wher,
he had lunched. He passed with half
averted eyes the scene where the TRACED,
was acted, and perceived the traces 0
blood as he proceeded. He was opprcs
sed, distracted. But in vain he looked
for his dog; he was not to be seen on th'
road. -
At tlast he arrived at the spot where he hat
left his bag of money, and cursed himsel
in the madness of despair. The poor dog
unable to follow his dear but cruel mas
ter, had determined tc cohsecratc hi
last moments to his service. All blood,
as lie was, he had crawled to the forgotten
bag, and lay there watching beside it
slowly dying. When he saw his maste,
he tried to rise; but his strength was gop
|-hc could only wag his tail in token Il
gratitic1 recognition. The vital tide W.;
chbing, and the caresscs Of his maste
could not prolong his fate for even a te,
minutes. lie tried to lick the hand tina
was now tondling him in the agonies q
regret, as if to seal forgiveness for tn
deed that had deprived him Of life. H
then cast look of Kindness on his be
loved master, ant: closed his eyes on hin
forever.
We cannot conclude this anectode of
noble dog without quoting these beaut
full lines from the Cleaner:
Of all the boastcd conquests man has made
By flood or field, the gentlcst and the best
Is in the dog, the generous dog, displayed;
For, ah! what virtues glow within his brcas
: Through life the same, through sunshine Al,
in storm;
, At once his lords protector and his guide;
Shapes to his wishes, to his wants conform:
His slave, his friend, his pastime and !,
pride!
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The notorious depredator Kate-Arrh, who
has for so many years cluded the most accom-
plished and skillfu! detectives, has been caught
lars, ask your druggist for bottle of DR.. sage's
Catarrh Remedy, admitted to be the best rem
edy for catarrh yet compounded.
A neglected cough, cold, or sore throat
which might be checked by simple remedy,
like Browns Bronchial Troches," if allowed
to progress may terminate seriously. IS cts
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-15
TraveIinx I, Extra Hax.raou.

cinal resource. Changes of temperature, food
and water of an unaccustomcd or unwholc-
some quality, and a route that lies in the
tropics or other regions where malaria exists,
are each and all fraught with danger to one
who has been improyident enough to neglect
remedial safeguard The concurrent tcsti-
mony of many toyagxurs by land and sea es-
tabIishcs the fact that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters enables those who use it TO encounter
hazards Of the nature referred TO with imp,,-
nifty; and that as u medicine adapted To sud
den and unexpected cxigencies, it is pccu-
larry amn S Ga e xcr e
rheumatism and nervous ailments, brought
on by exposure are among the maladies to
which cmigrants, travellers and new settlers
are most subject. These and Others yield 10
the action Of the Bitters promptly and COM
pletelY.
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To be of permanent benefit medicine mus

To be of permanent benefit medicine must
reach the source of the disease. The reason
why Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup is sue.
cessful in overcoming scrofulous, syphilitic
and cruptive complaints is that it entirely
roots out those impurities which give rise lo
them. The cause Of the evil being thus re-
moved and the normal purity Of the circua
tion restored, the skin resumes its original
clearncss and sores and pimplcs disappear
Sold hv all dr71tr,rista
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CH8W
Tho Celebrated
slatchlom
Wood Tag Plug
tn PIoNsBR ToBAooo ColGPAY,
NAv Ynrk Roakn3 and N}ea ~

Everyone who thiuks Of buying an organ
should read q circular headed sUsefu1 Infor-
Organs" postal card addressed to the Nh
son & Hamlin Organ Co., will bring one free
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-15

Tie Mendclssohn Piano Co. 81 East 18th
Street, n. T., sell Pianos at Factory Prices.
Write for . catalogue.
Smoke Pogue's slttlnx Bull Durham Tobacco
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet NAVY Tobacco.
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OLIVER DlTsoN L. CO., Boston.
G. H. Dits0n Il Co., y. f.. Dit~oi, II Co.,
8Ss B'dwsy, Now-York. &2 Chestnut st., Philsd
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Observation-Disclosures.

HSO4HAO4 = AOAA0AOACA0
TnDU1E devoted 70 the intereats Of Psnsloners. fol-
ders And and ther heirs; also contains inter
Price Fifty cents year-spscisl Inducements to
clubs. proper blank TO collect amount dus under
ARREARs OF PENSION BILL. furnished gratuitously tc
regular subscribers only and such claims filed In Pen
saoa oiaoe without charge: J.n9aY 91mbeE 4. snSct
CO.. Warrington, ID. O.. Lock Box 31S.
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ARAH Ono Price ClOthtNg
140Fe. Minneapolis. The
largest Wothiers, Tsiloss,
.N ,Furnishers and Hatters. In
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way to more horrible fear; for great
beast rose and was beside him with one
leap-a huge mastiff taller than himself.
For moment little Sam was paralyzed ::
the next thing would bc those white
tangsrinrhis flesh; he knew he should be
! devonred! But he could not scream. He
dared not And then the great creature
had put his two fore paws OH Sam $ shoul-
der, and was licking his face and hands
and head rs il he coaklt ltllnt have enough
Of him, till the child sank on, the robe,
wl'eh he subsidized, and lay beside him,
fwith Ibis nose ~hetween> his paws, while
Sam looked down the long length of the
hall below, and saw the swinging silver
4 lamps, the white statue in it's niche; the
'fgiow OF the >br,nze knight, the dark rich
ness OF the rugs upon the tiles, all as If
he had seen it every night of his life.
Meanwhile the dog steadily surveyed him
in the intervals of his caresses. After all.
Sam thought, the dog was not going to
hurt him; in fact, he seemed in some
way like an old friend. After all.
thought Tribune, this is no place
for little boys; they ought to be in
bed. And he proceeded to show the
child the way, going offa little, then COM
ing back, taking portion Of his rags be-
tween his teeth, and endeavoring to lead
him on. 1t was new experience to lit
tie Sam: In other places the dogs had
driven them of, but this sleepy and lazy
old fellow showed nothing but hospitality.
He followed whether he would or no.
The dog led him into large room first,
with wide windows, through which a
flood Of moonlight fell. It fell upon an
open organ with white glimmering keys.
AS Sam saw it, some idea Of singer Sit
ting there seemed to rise on his fancy
singer who had one arm around him as
she sang, and held his; head against her
shoulder. What should he know Of sihg'-
ing? Since he had seen old Hannah,
singing had been unheard. As he moved,
the blackboard caught his eye, half COW
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But what's the matter with JACKIE"
Just as she had said this, Jack advanced
toward them, and planting himself in the
middle of their path, sat down and
! whined.
| 'That is odd," said Dora. 81 never
remember him doing that before"
The other girl dcrided her fears, and
attempted to pass the dog, but he caught
her dress in his teeth, and held her so
firmly that she hardly dared to set her
self free. One more effort she made, but
Jack was resolute; so at last, seeing how
determined he was to prevent their turth
er progress, she gave up trying.
"Well, well, you stupid little brute'
she said angrily, 81 suppose we must go
| all that long way round"
So the two sisters abandoned the idea
of taking the short path through the
wood, and went home by the safe high
road. When they arrived, how grateful,
how unutterably thankful did they feel to
their little protector, whose intelligence
had been so far superior to theirs, and
saved them despite themselves. A man
had been found in the wood, shortly after
they had left, murdered and robbed, it
was conjecture'l, by the tramps who had
passed through the village in the morn
ing:
THUS Jack had preserved his mistresses
from meeting perhaps similar fate.
Their gratitude, it is needless to add, was
profound toward their little four-footed
protector, who, we are glad to hear, lived
to a good old age.
APOOR REWARD.
The last AnecdOte we shall offer is not
by any means new one, but rs many Of
our readers may be unacquainted with it,
we give it as au extraordinary and touch
ing example sf canine devotedness.
A French merchant having some money
due from correspondent, set out on
horseback on purpose to receive it. His
dog accompanied him, and after he had
settled his affairs his master fastened his
bag of money to his saddle: and rode off:
homeward.:; The dog leapediand. barked
around him joyfally. Having ridden
some way, the merchant paused to par
take of refreshments, and having dis
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-11
A Brief Biography.

Tracy was born in Smethport,
where he lived until he was twelve
years of age. At that age he was re-
garded as reserved and thoughtful in
maner, and this characteristic marked
him in after years. He was never
known to enter into any of the viii
lage sports, and at the school he at
tended he was noted as very studi-
Gus boy. Leaving home at twelve
years of age, he entered the Allegany
Divinity School, Catholic institution
in Cattaraugus county, where his eld-
est brother Rev. Michael Tracy, was
then acting as Il professor. Disregard
ing the earnest desire of his parents
that he should enter the priesthood,
as his two brothers had done, he re-
turned to Smethport in 1869, having
determined to fit himself for the legal
profession. After a brief visit to his par
ents he went to Conneautville Crow
ford county, and became a law student
in the Office of S. j. Thomas. Here
for two years his application to study
was so close that he was rarely seen
at social gathering, his acquaintance
were few, and there were not many
who did not lock upon him with
favor. From Conneautville he went
to Greenville and became connected
with the office of A. ID. Gillespie. 1t
was at this place that he made appli-
cation to be admitted to the bar,
passed fine examination and soon
after entered upon the practice of the
law, going to Mercer and connecting
himself with the Office of Griffith
Mason. He entirely lacked bushes.
talent and never prosecuted his pro
fession to the extent of having a cast
in court. His intellect was of an in
Prospective character, and he was only
happy when buried in his books.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-11
BrOckpOrt Scribbling.

Mud, snow and sleet. e.
--Mrs. Ella Longer has the fever.
If we have nc snow this winter
there will be dull times here, the men
ere nearly all out of the woods.
The three, mills at Brockport and
Keystone aye running, Also the grist
min ct HELEN.
I'VE could not imagine what made
Mr.. Cuneo have such smiling face
and pleasing look and be so obliging
10 hio customers for the past few
wuskn, but now we can guess. He
talks OF soon putting him in the store
and says he Is exceptionally fond of
him finding language totally made
quate to describe him. All he can say
Is just come and see him 9.r yourself
he Is q "whopper."
We think that "Swamper" is not
giving the devil his just due. We
came across him the other night and
asked where he had been for he was
coming off the mountain, but he was
taken deaf at once and not a word
could we extract, all he said was,
"what won't appear before a man
when he has no gum" .....
Nd dtuau AAtPpiS 10 oihlhS oA tuc
6hawmut railroad.
The mountain school has nc
teacher yet while all the other schools
are In session.
Vale loves good cake and ale, Vale
loves good candy, Vale loves to kiss
the girls when they are clean and
handy. ',.:
"A Brockwayville correspondent
in the Courier says the BrOckport and
Keystone firms have consolidated, we
think he made slight mistake it il
with the store only.
I'D. G. l." we did not see the Edi
tors request we will try and watch
more closely hereafter.
The hunters that are camping ou
think this a poor tracking snow. W.
think some Of them might start beal
story.
Geo. Clinton is quiet old bachelo
only going out once in a while ION tn,
sly).
Ambrose Strait came pretty nea
getting crooked the other day.
SCHMIDT Il SCHNEIDER.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-11
Execution Of Andrew Tracy at Smeth-
) port, Pa, Thursday, Dec. 4, 1879.

On Thursday last Andrew Tracy,
scholar, poet, lawyer and murderer,
died like dog, amid appalling hor.
rors, on the gallOws in the dim corri-
dor of the Smethport Jail. In all the
history of legal murders in this county
this execution has pre-eminence for
the intense ghastliness of the details
of its cOnsummatiOn.
The intellectual accomplishments of
the murderer, the social-position of his
family and the desperate efforts that
were made to save him, attracted ate
tention to his case broadly over the
country, and the story of b is GRIM
has grown to be well-worn tale. In
the cleaning of the 18th September,
1873, in a mad paroxysm of Jealous
passion, he shot his beautiful cousin
and whilom sweetheart, Mary Reilly,
to death while her foot trembled al
most on the threshold of her fathers
door. Catholics, though they loved,
their blood relationship was fatal bar
to marriage. and parental authority
intervened to prevent violation oil
the laws of their church. With the
sentiment of a poet and the concentra.
tiveness of a recluse, Tracy enshrined
the image of this girl in his heart and
wORsHIPPED HIS IDEAL
with the abandonment and fervor of q
devOtee. Love of her was the domin,
ant passion of his life, but while he
felt THAT, though for the time lost tc
him, she would never be the bride o.
another, he was sustained by the hope
that their mutual devotion would il
the end abate the firmness of Mary.
father and that way would be founC
to set aside the objections of tn,
church. Suddenly many-tongue(
rumOr associated her name with tina
of one whom both had united in con
temning as unworthy, and the dis
tracted lover brought himself to be
lieve that his idol was to be foreve
lost to him through a marriage will
his despised rival. Reckless, h
plunged into dissipation, and at
moment when his frenzy was mad
| furious with rum an untoward fate pre-
cipitated the unfortunate girl into hi
very path. On
.t' THE FATAL NIGHT
they met at the house of a mutua
friend, and with Others passed al
hour in pleasant social amusement
At the door Mary and friend parte
with Tracy and his cousin, Franl
McCabe, and hurried in the direction
of Miss Reilly's home. Trac
watched the dissolving forms of tn