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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
The Two Mill.OWners.

There were two men (about 1889,
Stickpenny Il Whewell, who owned II
sawmill near Old Town, Maine. in COM
mon. The arrangement under which
the mill was operated was that each one
had the mill all to himself during the al
ternate weeks. Stickpenny was a mean,
rusty old chap. Whewell was shrewd,
Investigating young man. The mill was
run by crude, rough kind of an under
shot wheel that gave very little power
for the amount ofwater used, so that the
water was often short. Whewell wanted
to put in a new iron spiral vent wheel
then just coming out, but Stickpenny
would have nothing to do with it. He
wasn't going to lay out money for any
"such job as that" Finally, Whewell
Stickpenny ut last agreed, "but pro-
vided you put the wheel in in your
week." So the new wheel was put in,
and Whewell. being ofa mechanical turn
of mind, experimental with it, and soon
found that by plugging up some of the
orifices the saw went through the log
faster than when they were al open. So
he plugged them up during his week,
and always pulled the plugs all out again
for Stickpenny to operate with. Soon it
began to be noticed that somehow or
other Whcwell always managed to saw
couple ut thousand feet more of lumber
in his week than ever Stickpenny could,
no matter how the pond was. Finally,
Stickpenny went down to see Whewell
about it. II .lt. uE.. .H Ier.
Says he: "Whewell, how is it that
you always manage to saw more lumber
in given time than can when my turn
comes roundP" Says Whewell: "Don't
you know how thatisp WAL, ,Pll tell YOU.
It's because you amt been treatin' of me
fairly on this matter. It's again nature.
You can't expect the mill to saw as well
for you as it does for them as do the square
thing all around" Stickpenny wouldn't
believe that and went away But still
the mill went ON turning out regularly
more lumber for Whewell than Stick
penny managed to get out oft; so finally,
the latter came around and said
"What's your billP I'll pay my share" "
He paid it, and thereafter Stickpenny
managed to saw lumber just as lively as
Whewell did. WELL" said the old
fellow, =" / always knew that the folks
around here were all ag'in me, but
never thought the Almighty was; f" and
he died without finding out the explain
alton of it all. si low I9-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

What the country wants-Summer
boarders.
Uneasy lies the man who has already
been caught at it once or twice.
Three Nevada mining towns that mad
81, 900 people now muster. all told, about
fifty. .e ... .-. a......
Hanging is capital punishment-es-
pecially when you're hanging on some
good looking girls arm.
Why is newspaper like q tooth
brushP Because every one should have
one of his own, and not be borrowing
his neighbours. ...........
A liver pad man wants us to adver-
tise him and take a pad. We don't
want liverp ad. without the money.
Saturday Might
George Eliot got $4,000 for her last
novel. We expect people would pay us
that much for our last one, too-if they
could be convinced it really was the last
one.-Burdette.
Young men who make regular visits
Sunday nights, with several sandwiched
in during the week, may properly be
said to belong to the "Press Associa-
ton. n."-Bradford Era.
"The only real bitter tears" says
some one, "are those shed in solitude"
You may bet your life that philosopher
never saw ten-year-old boy coming out
of the woodshed in company with his
father and skate-strap. -Hackeye.
Must have rained around about last
night" remarked the old farmer, as he
looked abroad in the morning. And his
little boy, whose jacket was very ragged,
said he wished that it had rained
roundabout for him. .-GriSWold.
A parishioner of Berkshire pastor
was asked what the color of the parsons
eyes was. He didn't really know, for,'
he said, "when he prays, his eyes are
shut, and when he breaches, l generally
shut NINE"
When you and I were lad and lass
A fresher hue was on the grass,
And stars were twinkling in the sky,
Because you hit me in the eye;
We quarreed then from first to last,
When you and were lad and lass.
When lad and lass were you and
You stole and ate mas custard pie,
Then in my coat the crumbs did throw
And how they licked me you well know;
Such were the things that came to pass
When you and were lad and lass.
Oil city Derrick.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
The Duke of Argyll.

The Duke of Argyll now visiting
America is the eighth duke of that title.
He was born at Ardingcaple castle, Dunn
bartonshire. in 1923, and succeeded his
father i'm 1916. Before his fathers death,
and while he was Marquis of Lorne, he
took an active part in the controversy in
the Presbyterian church, and did some
literary work, publishing, among other
things, "A Letter to the Peers from a
Peers Son." a letter to the Rev. Thomas
Chalmers, d. D., on the present position
ofchurch affairs in Scotland, and an essay
entitled - Presbytery Examined He
has been a frequent speaker in the House
of Peers. He has filled enough Offices to
turn an American politician green with
envy. In 1851 he was chancellor of the
University of st. Andrews, in 1852 lord
privy seal in the cabinet of the Earl of
Aberdeen, in 1855 he held the same Office
under Lord Palmerston, in 1856 he was
postmaster general, in 1858 lord privy
seal again, in 1860 postmaster genera
again, 1861 lord privy seal again. He has
been rector of the University of Glasgow,
president of the Royal Society of Edin
burg. and secretary of state for India
Among his other offices are those of
hereditary master of the queens house
hold in Scotland, chancellor of the Uni
versity of st. Andrews, trustee of the
British Museum and hereditary sheriff
and lord lieutenant of Argyllshire. Still,
with all these honors, he walks and eats
and has hands and feet Just like other
men. In later years he has published
1.-The Reign of Law Primeval Man :"
and number of other works.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
A SIighted Girls Revenge.

Norman Spencer stole Sl7,5OO from
the Pennsylvania Oil Company, that en-
ployed him as bookkeeper, and fled to
the Southwest. The robbery was
carefully planned, and the thief7s inten-
tion was to take a new name, settle down
as planter, and marry the Titusville
girl to whom he had long been engaged.
She knew allabout this scheme, and was
to join him as soon as practicable. A
detective was sent to watch her, and
when she started Westward, after receiv-
ing a mysterious letter, he guessed she
meant to join her lover. He shadowed
her on the journey so closely that she
became aware of his watching. At
Quincy, ILL.,, she hired woman ofabout
her own size and shape'to put on heI
travelling suit, cover her face with a
veil and go to Chicago. The detective
unsuspeclingly followed the wrong wo-
man, while the real one went on to meet
the fugitive thief. Meanwhile Spencer
had bought plantation near Galveston,
Texas. and fallen in love with a neigh
boris daughter. Desiring to marry her,
he wrote TO the Titusville girl at point
on her journey that she need not come to
him. The Titusville girl was as quick
at revenge as she had been at deceiving
the detective. She at once informed the
police where Spencer was and he was
arrested
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
An Enormous Condor.

In the course of the day l had an op-
portunity of shooting Il condor; it was
so satiated with its repast on the carcass
of dead horse as to suffer me to ap-
proach within pistol shot before it eX-
tended its wings to take fight, which to
me was the signal to fire and having
loaded with an ample charge of pellets,
my aim proved eflectual and fatal.
What formidable monster did behold
in the ravine beneath me, screaming and
tapping in the last convulsive struggles
of life! 1t may be difficult to believe
that the most gigantic animal that in
habits the earth or the ocean can be
equaled by tenant of air; and tho Sc
persons who have never seen a larger
bird than our mountain eagle will
probably read with astonishment of n
species of that same bird, in the
southern hemisphere, being so large and
strong as to seize an OK with its talons,
and to lift it into the air, whence it lets
it fall to the ground in order to kill and
prey upon the carcass. But this aston
ishment must in great measure subside
when the dimensions OF the bird are
taken into consideration, and which, in
credible as they may appear, L now in
sert verbatim, from note taken down
with my own hand when the wings
were spread they measured sixteen
PAGES forty feeD in extent, from point
to point, the feathers are eight PAGES
0wenty feeD in length; and the quill
part two palms eight inches) in circum-
ference. 1t is said to have power suf-
ticient to carry off live rhinoceros. y
Temples IrduelS in Pera.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
Words of Wisdom.

There is no difficulty to him who
wills. ..... ....
An open countenance, but close
thoughts.
We live no more of our time than we
spend well.
Never mind where you work; care
more about youI work.
There is nothing so fatal to comfort
as well as to decorum, as fuss.
1t is the best proof of the virtues of a
family circle to see happy fireside.
How few faults are there seen by us
which we have not ourselves committed.
The heart is book which we ought
not to tear in our hurry to get at its con-
tents. -H1. r.. Isar a. .-.-.-.
Be not affronted at jest. Ifone throw
salt at thee, thou wilt receive no ilarm
unless thou hast sore places. ae Il
Hannah Moore said to Horace Wal
pole" If | wanted to punish an enemy
it should be by fastening on him the
trouble of constantly hating somebody"
Times of general calamity and conftl-
sion have ever been productive of the
greatest minds. The purest ore comes
from the hottest furnace the brightest
fash from the darkest cloud.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
RIDGwAY, ELK COUNTY, Pa, THURSDAY
Given back to him. SO Il seemed. from

given back to him, so it seemed, from
death. 1t was n second marriage ~
We often wonder if we could live our
lives better if we could live them over
again. Certainly Eddie and her hus-
band profited by their former mistakes.
For one thing, they spent their. second
honeymoon in home of their own.
When Eddie went down from Sweet
brier springs, in the fall, to Port Royal,
she founG lovely house made ready for
her, of which she was the unconditional
mistress. George explained, to all whom
it might concern, that the situation of
the house suited the requirements ofhis
practice better than that of the lie Roy
homestead.
1t was astonishing how easy it was to
get on with Mrs. lie Roy mere after this.
Sometimes, indeed, Eddie wondered
whether her former troubles had not
been chimeras of her brain.
AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, they were
at last entirely reconciled to their
daughters marriage. They spent the
greater part of their subsequent lives in
spelling their little grandchildren to
their hearts content.-Hdrper'S Bazdr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
Total population. 1913, ,4O7

From the above table we learn that
try than in as many in Great Britain.
Still, as will be seen, the population in
the cities of America is not as dense, and
in most cases the water is more pure
than there. In England the rule is laid
down that the mortality of healthy
city should not exceed II per l,O00 I'm
til we reach that limit in both countries
the work of the sanitarian must be re-
garded rs incomplete. = NeW Haven
I13liO7,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
VOL. TX.
Do Right.

DV
Take this motto ior your lie,
Do right!
Guard it well in every strife.
DO right
Heed its teachings in your heart,
From its rrecepts ne'er depart,
Let not evil get the start,
Do right!
Though the tempter whisper low,
DO right!
He will only prove your foe,
DO right!
Ever be where duty calls,
In the field or palace halls,
Flee from haunts where sin appals,
Do right!
Pleasure will allure the mind,
Do right!
'Tis snare to all mankind,
Do right!
Principle must help us here,
Keep our minds from doubt and fear,
Make our pathway bright and clear,
Do right!
Hattie B. .1ustin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
TIMELY TOPICS.

The statement is given that more
candy is made and eaten in the United
States than in all the rest of the world
combined. Boston manufacturers con-
sumo about 1000 tons annually, New
York about 1000 tons and Chicago does
a large business in the same field. The
exports from the United States to
Europe include "the best French
candies" .. ......... r. .r
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26

The Prussian government appears de-
termined to make sure that the army
shall not, like the French soldiery, be
permeated by the leaven of democratic
ideas. The troops stationed in Berlin
have been forbidden to read the Liberal
newspapers, and their quarters are to be
searched at regular times for the prohib-
tied journals and for other Objectionable
publications. Severe punishment is
promised those with whom such articles
are found.
There are more than million Welsh
speaking people in Great Britain. In
the Isle of Man twenty-five per cent. of
the population in 1871 understood
Manx. In the same year it was COM
puted that not more than five thousand
persons could read Irish, and no news
paper was published in that language,
whereas, in 1851 there was scarcely
county in which Irish. was not more or
less spoken. Now it is scarcely heard
except in the extreme west. Glare, Gal
way, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo and the
western islands are the strongholds of
the ancient language.
"Blind with rage" meant something
in Paris workshop one afternoon some
weeks ago. An overseer of the works,
finding that one of the men had not
finished a piece of work which was
urgently required, fell into such state
of fury as to strike him in the face.
Almost in the very act of striking, how
ever, he staggered back, shouting for
aid and complaining that he could not
see. The workmen came round him
with offers of assistance, but nothing
could be done. 1t was certain that he
mad suddenly lost the use of both his
eyes. Medical evidence showed that
some of the blood vessels behind the eye
had burst, and that the blood had flooded
the interior cavities of the eyeballs.
An aeronaut named L'Estrange re-
Gently met with an extraordinary escape
from death in Australia. In the presence
of thousands of spectators he made an
ascent from the agricultural grounds on
the st. Kilda-road, in the balloon
Aurora-the same, it is said, which was
used to convey dispatches during the
Franco Prussian war. When the balloon
had attained the great altitude of a
mile and three-quarters it suddenly col
lapsed, the gas bursting through its side;
but the parachute came into play, and,
instead of the'wreck falling like stone,
it went down in zigzag course, and
finally struck a tree. Women screamed
and tainted, some fell on their knees
with their hands clasped in prayer, while
ment domain expecting to find Il
mangled body, but to their astonishment
they discovered L'Estrange alive and
almost unhurt.
According TO the DeatScbe AY0sr1ei,,e
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
The Health Of Cities.

The following tabulated statement is
compiled from the annual summary
published by the Registrar General of
England. 1t shows the death rate and
population of twenty-three of the largest
cities of Great Britain for the year 1878:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26

A man may be as pure as virgin
snowflake and as mild as a May morn
ing, but he will get wild Just the same
when his Office boy dips the mucilage-
brush in the inkstand.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
Song and Summer.

tJVhS se's.
Whilst the golden hand of morn '.i
Scatters roses over the sky;
And the south wind, nearly born,
wandcrs fun OF odor by; .. ...
sing-for summer speedeth fastf
Sing--and every pleasure share
Soon, alas, the wirltry blast .
Strips the woodland bare,
H1. 0 Sweet bird, .. ..Hr M
Strips the woodland bare ....-
Sing, and make the morn thy friend
Circle round each happy tree
Where thy brother mates attend,
Full of Joyous liberty
Speed thy wing from spray to spray
Teach the world thy merry song;
Swiftly summer glides away
Pleasure lasts not long, ....
Sweet bird,
Pleasure lasts not long!
Charles S,rain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26

Total population ...8 8,373,953 Av. 244
We publish below table giving the
death rate and population in twenty
three cities in the United States, which
correspond as near as possible in size
with those given in the English table
above. .. l. -0....
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26
A. BRAVE MAN.

The heroic part taken by the engineer, B.
F. Pritchcard, in the accident on the Pitts
burg division of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, between Confluence and Cumber-
land, on Wednesday, the 18th inst, deserves
to be imm0rtalized. He saw just ahead a
large piece of rock that had rolled down the
side of the mountain on to the track. Quick
as thought he sprang from his seat, without
relaxing his hold on the throttle, jammed it
shut, and put on the air brakes. The next
instant the engine went crashing and grind
ing over the track, and turned over and
over. When the train men and passengers
reached the battered wreck which had mo-
ment before been piece of machinery, the
form of the brave engineer was found stand
ing erect, as if his engine was running
smoothly over the rails One hand was
grasping the throttle and the other the haD-
die of the air brake valve with a clutch that
could not be loosed. His lips were pressed
closely together and his face wore a deter
mined but anxious look, and penetrating
his side was the polished handle of the re-
verse bar. The engine in turning over had
pressed him against the bar and he had died
at his post of duty. That the engineer s
action was successful in putting on the air
brakes is known, for it saved the train from
wreck and it's sleeping freight from death.
Whether he succeeded in throwing back the
reverse bar is not known, for though it was
not reversed when the crash was over it
might have been before. 1t is probable
that he saw that all he could do in the brief
moment between the discovery and the col
lision was to close the throttle and hold the
air valve open long enough to insure the
patent brakes a full supply of condensed air.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26

On the morning of August I'd, 1854, AL
bort G. Hankinson, sixteen years old, left
his father house, New Market street, above
Poplar, Philadelphia, and from that time
nothing was heard of him until the 10th
inst, when a ring at the or bell of 936
Lawrence street, Philadelphia. was answered.
Upon the steps stood tall, stout man, who
inquired for William w. Hankinson. He
met Mrs. Hankinson, his mother, but she
did not know him, and neither did his
father. When it was found out who he
was, there was great rejoicing in that house
over the son who had been lost to his rela-
tives for twenty five years. The long-lost
son is well and hearty, and weighs 200
pounds. he travelled with a DR.. Caven-
augh through the South and West, trading
with the Indians. During the war he was
Missouri cavalryman, serving in the Union
arnau
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26

The June report of the Agricultural De-
,,ortment shows that the acreage of oats has
decreased about four per cent. The general
average is 81, against 103 last year. The
oond;t;on is unfavorable in nearly all sec
.;o,s of the Union. The decrease in the
acreage Of rye is about four per cent; New
ENGLAND is full; New York is only 80, and
ponnsvlvania 8s. Barley is low; the gen.
ora, average is s5, while in 1878 it was luz.
Corn is back ward, owing to drought. In
t;va or six localities the seed did not germi-
n.te The condition of clover is very low
al, over the country, except in the New
ENGLAND States and those bordering on the
Gnlf of Mexico. The prospects for good
.ron Of fruits is gloomy. The late frosts
were fatal in many regions. There will De
short crop of apples; the average is low.
Except in New England, the crop in all che
Atlantic States is fair. In the Gulf States
~ Yield will be only half of q full crop.
p.acbas suffered most from the frosts Of
nv Tn the Eastern States, and particular
- =, those where the culture is speciality,
The crop is represented as good, but in the
Atlantic States, south of Virginia il is
failure; and that is the case in the states
bordering on the Ohio river except N
- localities. California will have full
CROP. The condition of cotton ana "nsA'
was heretofore published.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26
,wn indicate that this organization was ef.

town indicate that this organization was ef-
fected not unwisely nor untimely.
In other places the people demand of the
Presbyterian Church aggressive efforts to
supply them with its privileges. One of the
greatest obstacles to progress is the unbe-
lief and apathy Of most excellent Presby-
terians in other parts Of the State, who, Ma
thaniel- like, ask, 'sCan any good come ont
of the country which they have SO long de-
spised ?" Every year the growing import
adce Of the seacost is more and more appar-
ent. Episcopalians are among the most
forward to erect chapels at the watering
places and find abundant funds. Univer-
salists, too, have enclosed at Goodluck, in
Ocean county, a handsome brick edifice,
with tower, by general contributions to the
Murray fund. 1t will cost probably $6, 600.
Their example may well stimulate us to
greater zeal and offerings.
Sabbath schools in New Jersey begin to
discover that their is ample room in their
own State for part of their contributions
Copies of the last annual report of the
Committee on Church Extention to the
Synod of New Jersey will be mailed to any
one upon application to P. 0. Box so, Cam
den, N. ]. Important changes occurred at
the spring meeting of the Presbyteries;
some churches experience serious difficult
ties, others rejoice in spiritual prosperity,
aud speedily existing vacancies will again
be supplied.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26
MILLYILLE.
A large schooner is being built at the
shipyard near the Main street bridge.


Petitions are in circulation in Philadel-
phia asking for the pardon of John 8. Nor.
ton, the dishonest president of the Market
Street Railway, upon the ground that he
was believer in Spiritualism, and SO men,
tally unsound and irresponsible. tits stated
in the petition that his acquittal would have
been asked upon the same ground, if he had
not expressly refused to admit the plea
His obstinacy on that point was greatly to
his credit. 1t may be taken for granted
that he knew his opinions respecting Spirit
ualism had nothing to do with his criminal
appropriation of the railway assets; nor
would such defence have availed him at
all with jury of the least intelligence. If
it comes to be understood that all esprit
ualists" detected in dishonesty are to be ac-
quilted, there will be great, though by no
means creditable, accession to the ranks of
such believers
West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26
The dwelling house of Mr.. J F. Reynolds

The dwelling house of Mr.. j /. F. Reynolds,
near Jonesboro, Ca, was destroyed by fire,
on June 23d, and in it were burned his
daughter and sister-in-law, girls of 13 and
16 years of age. The fire originated in
their room, which was locked on the inside.
They were so blinded or bewildered that
they could not open the door, although the
father of one of the girls, who had been
awakened by the roaring flames, called to
them and tried to break the door in. He
then went to save his wife, and barely sue
ceeded in getting her out. He was very
badly burned, and it is feared fatally. The
girls bodies were literally charred. The
fire is supposed to have been accidental
Everything was total loss.