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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
Speech of Hon. Samuel Butler.

Hon. Samuel Butler in accepting the
nomination for State treasurer spoke
as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention. l suppose, at this time, 1
ought not to have the presumption to
inflict a speech upon my friends. L
shall not do so. L shall rather show
my appreciation of your friendship by
not detaining you. L accept the nom
ination, not out of any compliment to
myself, not as a reward for anything l
may have done in aid of the cause of
the great Republican party of Penn
sylvania, but as a compliment to one
of the most earnest and steadfast Re-
publican counties i'm our common
wealth. [Great applause For more
than 90 years the Republican party of
Chester county has been true to her
allegiance to that party elsewhere and
to the principles which underlie her
great organization. Personally l ac-
cept the nomination in the spirit in
which 1t has been rendered, whatever
may be the onerous duties and respon-
sibilities of uch a commission. ac-
cept it, however inexperienced l may
be for such trust, in hopes that /
may do something to further the prin-
ciples of party which has sustained
and upheld the true interests of this
government for the last fifteen or
twenty years. Great applause.
There was time not many years ago,
when many INDUCED the hope that the
mission of the Republican party might
at no distant day be ended. But our
hopes and expectations have been
blasted. Men may pass resolutions and
adopt platforms for parties, and declare
to the American people that such and
such are the issues at this time; but
unless they really are, declarations are
| Z vain.
THE PENDING ISSUE.
The canvas before us is not for the
purpose of making a particular man
state treasurer of Pennsylvania. 1t has
a broader and deeper significance than
| this. 1t is nothing less than a guaran-
tee to the people of this country the
| fruits of a hard-won victory lap.
plause.1 You may attempt the pas
sage of resolutions to draw the atten-
tion of men from the mercy of this
government, from the unheard of len.
| iency of those who saved the nation,
and from the magnanimous desire OF
our people to forget the last four
| long years of bloody conflict, when il
was over; but | tell you gentlemen,
that the salvation of our country is
the issue before us [applause]; we
have seen within the last three or four
months that the men who laid down
their arms during the rebellion have
not abandoned the hope ofgetting con-
troll of the government. and are striv-
ing TO accomplish by diplomacy what
they failed to gain by the sword. Zap
plause. Fellow-citizens, the mission
of the Republican party is not ended
until all the fruits of victory are gath.
ered-until all the rights of every citi.
zens are secured from Maine to the
Rio Grande [applause]; until every
dollar of debt incurred in putting down
that iniquitous rebellion is paid, and
every dollar of every promise to pay is
made convertible into coin. Ap.
plause.l Gentlemen, again L thank
you for this nomination.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Bristol is perhaps the only city in
the world that has two mayors, two
city governments, two police, ETC., and
that is taxed in two states. The line
between Tennessee and Virginia is in
the centre of Main street, and it gives
rise to many funny scenes, as for ex-
ample, the runaway couple need no
coach-and-four, but arm in arm step
across Main street and are welded.
The fugitive commits crime in Vir-
ginia, goes to the pavement on the
other side of the street, and talks de-
family to the officer on the opposite
side, who has warrant for his arrest.
A stumble or a too bold disposition
will sometimes, however, bring him
to grief. Several instances have oc-
cured of fugitives being hustled across
the line by party prepared while in
the act of holding such conversation
and they tell of o man who defiantly
perched himself on a pile of store
boxes within six feet of the line, jeer.
ing the officers on the other side, but
unfortunately for him some more law
abiding citizens tilted the boxes, and
when he reached the ground, to his
extreme modification, he found that
he was in the other State.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The Cox Aston murder in Georgia
has led to revival of public approval
of the death penalty, and the State
Senate has, by vote of about two to
one, passed bill taking away the
right of jury to recommend pris-
oner to mercy, which under the exist
ing law of the state prescribes a pen
atty of life imprisonment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
A FREE GIFT!

OF copy of my Medical Common Sense
Book TO any person suffering with Consump-
Voice, or Sore Throat Send name and post
office address, with two 8 cent stamps and
state your sickness. The book is elegantly
nation 1t contains, in the providence of God,
has saved many lives. The author has been
treating diseases Of the Nose. Throat. and
since 1857. Address DR.. N. b. WOLFE. Gin
einnati, Ohio. nj imlinl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Suits by the dozen against the
county of Allegheny, Pa, are brought
daily bv Pittsburgh lawyers in behalf
of the losers by the railroad riots in
that city and under the Legislative
act which compelled suits to be
brought within two years. The Su-
preme Court of the state has declared
the county liable, and the legal claims
will amount to about So, 100000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

-Ex- Representative HARRISON of
Alabama is in Washington, advising
with prominent Qepublicans about
the exodus movement of the blacks,
which, he says,will set in next autumn
with an earnestness not now dreamed
of. He says that not less than fifteen
thousand negroes will leave his dis
trict alone. The same rate from the
other districts will take one hundred
thousand from Alabama. Mr.. Haral-
son describes himself as not much of
an exodus man, and he believes that
the movement is remedy which
should be used with great caution. He
says, however, that his people are in
fatuated with the notion of going
north, and no earthly power can pre-
vent them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The town of Wiscasset, Me-, has
an assessed valuation of $564, ,552 and a
debt of $26l ,S41. The tax rate last year
was forty-seven dollars on the thousand.
This year, by onitting any provision
for the interest due after this month,
the rate is reduced to forty dollars on
the thousand, or four per centum of
the total valuation of the town.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Major Kinley of Los Angeles,
Cal, infers from recent events that he
has a secret enemy. Somebody sent
him basket of oranges, and after eat
ing one he fell seriously ill. The water
in his we'll and the meat in his cellar
were next found to contain poison.
Gne night bullet whizzed through a
window past his head. and subse-
quently charge of buckshot was sent
through his hat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Gov. Colquitt of Georgia lately
preached in Atlantas most fashionable
church, and his colored coachman, in
consequence ofthe gallery being closed,
was permitted to sit in front pew
This was the first time such thing
ever happened in that city.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Manhood: How Lost, How Restored! !
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SM - edition of DR.. Culver
SSAS~-E wells Celebrated Es-
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Impotency, Mental and Physical In
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Fits, induced by self-indulgence or
sexual extravaganza, &c.
RaJH Price, in Il sealed envelope, only
six cents.
The celebrated author, in this adj
mirable Essay, clearly demonstrates,
from thirty years successful practice,
that the alarming consequences ofself-
abuse may be radically cured without
| the dangerous use of internal medicine
or the application of the knife; point
| ing out a mode of cure at once simple,
certain, and effectual, by means of
/ which every sufferer, no matter what
his condition may be, may cure HIM
self cheaply, privately, and radically.
N9gn This Lecture should be in the
hands of every youth and every man
| in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope,
to any address, postpaid on receipt of
six cents, or two postage stamps.
Address the Publishers,
The culverwell Medical Co.,
| ~ Ann ST., New York;
| Post Office Box 4588.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The Portland (Me.) Press tells of a
greenbacker who, while denouncing
Secretary Sherman as Shylock, was
asked by a listener: "Who was Shy
lock, anyhow" The indignant ora
tor replied, in whitening tones: "Well,
if you don't know, you had better go
home and read your Bible"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The Rev. l.. Martin was not in his
Presbyterian pulpit at the appointed
fine at Missouri Vo1lo-- T-----r "a 49,
Urotner who went to the reverend gen.
tleman's house found him drunk in
his room, where he had drank pint
of whiskey all by himself. The con-
gregation was frankly informed of the
reason for the pastors absence, and he
disappeared from the place as soon as
he was sober enough to comprehend
the situation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The swiftest railroad trains are run
in England, according to a German
Government report, a speed of so
miles an hour being common between
London and Dover, London and York,
and London and Hastings. Trains go
at AZ miles an hour on one of the Bel
gian lines. The fastest in France and
Germany do not often exceed 40, and
in other European countries 30 is the
maximum.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
Republican State Ticket.

-"One-third of the voting popula-
ton of Kentucky cannot read the
ticket they vote. and $780, 900 children
in the state are growing up in igno-
rance of the mere elements of the
English language" says the Louis
vile (Ky.) Couwier-Jounal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

james McAfee, Merchant Tailor,
has just received varied and extern
sive assortment of spring and summer
goods for gents'wear.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Stationery packages at the ADvo-
CATE office for 25 cents, including
enough paper and envelopes, to last an
ordinary writer a year; also lead pencil,
blotter and pen Call and buy a pack
age
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
ESTATE NOTICE.

Judge By sending 35 cents with age, height
FnT color of eyes and hair, you will re-
ceive by return mail correct pic
yourself. lture of your future husband or
wife, with name and date of marriage Ad-
dress, w; Fox, Box II, Fultonville, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07


"A nice point of railroad law has
just been established. The Courts
have decided that while Railroad Com
panies are responsible for injuries done
to passengers or freights in transit,
they are not to he held for their en-
ployees. 1t is contract with q pas
senger to carry him safely over the
road, for which service, in all its bind
ing force of responsibility and per-
performance, the passenger gives q
requittal. But the employees, as SER
wants of the corporations, are supposed
to satisfy themselves of the precaution
taken by the Company against acci-
dent and to share the responsibility.
In case of accident by falling through
a bridge the Courts have held Rail-
road Company liable to the passengers
but acquitted of responsibility as to
the employees, because it could not be
shown that there were any defects III
the bridge. But when in another case
it was shown that an employe lost his
life by defects in a bridge, bad material
in its construction, or otherwise un-
safe, the company is liable to the
employe. This principle of law will
be important to the safety Of employees
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides,
with directions for using, sent on are
eipt of two cents.
DsS~ Cut out this advertisement for
reference.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

5000 A MONTH guaranteed. sl2 n day
APCCO at homemade by the industrious.
Capital not required; we will start you. Men,
women, boys and girls make money faster at
work for us than atanything else. The work
is light and pleasant, and such as anyone can
go right at. Those who are wise who see this
VIII send us their addresses and see for them
selves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is
the time. Those already at work are laying
up large sums of money. Address TRUE d
CO., Augusta, Maine nl6yl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Table and pocket cutlery at A.
Main street.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

APOO tai risked. You can give the business
atrial without expense. Thebest opportunity
should try nothing else until you see for your
self what you can do at the business we offer.
No room to explain here. You can devote
all your time or only your spare time to the
business, and make great pay for every hour
that you work. Women make as much as
men. Send for special private terms and par
ticulars, which we mail free. S. outfit free.
Don't complain of hard times while you have
such chance. Address H. HALLETT & CO.,
Portland. Maine. nl6yl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Note, letter, fooiscap, and legal
cap papers, at this office. Also a
large stock of envelopes, as low as
six ce ts for %.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Arrears of Pay, Bounty and Pensions.
We have bureau in charge of ex-
perienced lawyers and clerks, for pros
ecution all Soldiers Claims, Pay,
Bounty and Pensions. AS we charge
no fee unless successful, stamps for re-
turn postsge should be sent us.
II. S. d A. z. LACEY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

Many persons suppose this list to be
composed of CHEAP, low-priced
newspapers. The fat is quite other
wise. The Catalogue states exactly
what the papers are. When the name
of paper is printed in FULL FACE
TYPEit is in every instance the BEST
paper in the place. When printed in
CAPITALS it is the ONLY paper in
the place. When printed in Roman
letters it is neither the best nor the
only paper, but is usually a very good
one, Notwithstanding. The list gives
the population of every town and the
circulation of every paper. 1T Is
NOT A COOPERATIVE LIST. IT
Is NOT A CHEAP LIST. At the foot of
the Catalogue for each State the inn
portant towns which are not covered
by the list are enumerated. IT is AN
HONEST LIST. The rates charged for
advertising are barely one-fifth the
publishers schedule. The price for
one inch four weeks in the entire list
| is S635. The regular rates of the pa
| pers for the same space and time are
! SO, 1865. The list includes $40 news
papers, of which 1853 are issued DAILY
and SO7 WEEKLY. They are located
| in S25 different cities and towns, OF
which % are State Capitals, 32S places
of over 5000 population, and 444
| County Seats. Lists sent on applica-
ton. Address GEO. p. ROWELL &
CO.'S Newspaper Advertising Bureau
| 10 Spruce st. printing House Square)
| New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
Stung TO Death by Bees.

One of the most painful and really
horrible local incidents which has
ever been our fortune to chronicle, oc-
Cured in the German settlement, about
two miles east of this village on Tues
day of last week. Henry Schroeder, a
German farmer well known in this
village, was engaged in hauling ma
nure. He loaded the wagon, and
started the team up a slight ascent to
the field where he wished to unload.
One of the horses, it seems, possessed
baking proclivities, and manifested
them on this occasion. Instead of
continuing up the hill, he halted about
half way, and in spite of the effort of
the driver, commenced to back down
the decent, and continued until the
vicinity of several hives of bees were
reached, one of which was overturned.
The bees of course Immediately at
tackled the team, which was now will
ing, even anxious to go, and in their
efforts to escape, broke the reach
twisted the wagon in two, and with
the forward wheels ran away up the
hill, the beligerent and vindictive in
sects pursuing them. The poor brutes
maddened and nearly blinded with
pain, hoping, no doubt, to receive re
lief from their eXcruciating torture al
the hand of their master, turned and
ran to the scene of accident, and un,
fortunately despoiled four more of th,
hives, and the resentful inmates set
tied upon the poor unfortunate ami
mails in vast clond, seeming to bea
them to the ground as by a great anC
overpowering weight, and with on,
despairing, almost human cry, the,
succumed, and shortly expired. Mr.
Rchr@der and several of his neighbour
witnessed the horrible affair, but coulC
do nothinig-the team being as mucl
beyond their power to aid them a
though they Were rushing over tn
falls of the great Niagara. -Wellsvill
| Dom
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07

The Philadelphia and Erie railroad
company make the following exhibit
of business for the month of June,
1879:
Gross earnings ,5i5, y
Gross 2O0, 1872 SO
1VvG cal L12 "a
Net earnings six months oflS79 S34S IL, 81
Net earnings six months of 1S7s....... 3l7 s2l ,i3
III
This is a gratifying exhibit and
shows there is steady increase in the
freight traffic of the road. All the lines
of the Pennsylvania railroad company
east of Pittsburg show an increase in
net earnings for six months of $780,
75S, and, and all lines west of Pitts
burg and Erie for the six months of
1879 show deficiency in meeting liza
bilities of S205, 1852, being a gain over
the same period in 1878 of $43, SIC.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-07
BL ADDER &
KIDNEYS.

For debility, Loss of Memory, Indis-
position to Exertion or Business,
Shortness of Breath, Troubled with
Thoughts of Disease, Dimness of Wis
ion, Pain in the Back, Chest and
Head, Rush of Blood to the Head,
Pale Countenance and Dry Skin.
If these symptoms are allowed to go
On, very frequently Epileptic Fits and
Consumption follow. When the con-
stitution becomes affected it requires
the aid ofan invigorating medicine to
strengthen and tone up the system
which
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-06
r~TisSeIphia Tnstltute.
T%rApnEnA. Auguss5 5, ls7g.

" H. 6N
Eisua IAalnsnoE.
The third County Teachers institute
Uss OrEali1ed Il 10 O'Clock a. y, With
Ptoi. J. C. Hefvey e Instructor. The
we're sixteen tearsers presenta q themOrn.
.~iagseaion- Il vas not originally desiE
eli TO organize before the afternoon, bat
"a there EeR 50 many teachers present, Il
AS thOukht better to organize in the
fore paHt Of the day andpTePare Tor work.
The exercises oil the morning session
consisted Of . lecture from Pr0L. HeEvey
on tie beuehts 70 Be derived rom Inst.
,nte EOtk. the kind Of work that Ts most
beneficial. and giving . proSr1nme OF the
manner and order IN which he expected
10 ronduct the exercises
After The lecture the subject Of teaching
the alphabet etc, with charts was taken
up and the manner Of teaching exempi'
fed BY Prof. Henryina regular eAs drill
Nextsueoeededsshort spelling exercisein
words Of similar pronunciation, but OF dill
ieTent meaning.
Recess tOl;3 !. Y.
Afternoon session, present tWenty-one
ie4cherG Erst-ExeEriSeS in elementary
Sounds Second-CIass drill in local
Geography, beginning with this county,
Third-U. $. History from the discovery
Of America to the Revolutionary War,
Fourth-Fundamental rules and pind'
pies Of Arithmetic. Ffth-Ehglish Gram
mar a embraced underline headof 0rthog'
raphy. d.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-06

INSTEAD Of striking for eight ::hours'
work at 10 hours pay, as the Chicago
furniture workers have Just been doing. a
little handful Of furniture workers in st.
Louis, the leading mer among whom are
socialists, organiEedla last autumn a co-opeta-
tive association. They scraped together
in December last about 5000, the savings
Of months, and began work. The order
book was open to every man and a secTe-
tary allotted jobs to each workingman by
the piece, with arbitration provided in
case Of disputes. The society has now 10
workmen, it began with 60; the 5000
cash has swollen 70 $1,000; the establish.
ment owned by the association contains an
outfit OF the best woodworking machine-
~ in ST. Louis, put up by the voluntary
labor OF the men, and it is full Of small
devices, Yentilating fans, benches for lunch,
ETC, provided by the men for their own
comfort, and the machinery stops fifteen
minutes for lunch in each half day. The
men are Industrious, defective workman.
ship is locked from q mans pay, and this
establishment, owned by capisalist-WOrk-
men, whose profits in six months have
been 700 per cent, is fast u~nderselling
rival establishments in other cities. Such
socialism pays; but it does not long leave
a man a socialist. The last men to want a
division Of property in ST. Louis would be
the members of the Furniture Workers
Association"