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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16
Protection for Trees,


1t is very hard to understand how the
mass of men live in this or any large
city, where everything from a wink Of
sleep to m uthful of food, must GlWays
be paid for. Bot it is much harder to
understand how women exc oat SUI
5istence; for they have far less strength,
inferior health, and generally much
lower wages. 1t is estimated that some
$4,000 women in and about this city
alone earn their own living, and thar
the number steadily Increases from year
to year. They are OF all grades, from
ser wants to fashionable modistes. book.
keeper. artists and managers. A num-
Der of them are members of intel
lectual professions, such as medicine,
journalism, lecturing, acting Not a
few of them earn good deal of money,
notably actresses, milliners and dress
makers, and often they acquire hani.
some independence. The profits Of
actresses are probably higher thsn th, se
of any other feminine calling; then
come milliners and next Gressmakers.
Lecturers have hitherto made consider
able i. oneY-Anna Dickinson cleared,
it is said, $4,000 in one year-but
recently the public has cared very little
| for them, the business having been
overdone and the quality of the lectures
| having grown very poor. A number
of women who have done very well at
it have been obliged TO retire from the
| field for lack OF patronage. Actresses,
on the contrary, command higher salt.
ries and secure more lucrative engage.
ments than ever. But t!ey must hal e
talent. some power of attraction. They
cannot, as many women believe, rus b
upon the stage without any mental en-
dowment, and get suddenly rich. Mi.
liners and modistes, after they have
gained fashionable reputation, thrive
famously; but they are necessarily few
The bulk of the sex employed as seanl-
stresses, sales women, teachers - tie
teachers who do well are exceptional
copyists, and the like, get very meager
compensation. 1t is calculated that, o.
the co. ,OC0 feminine workers, the aver
age earning is not over 81 to $3.50 8
week. How they can pay their board
or purchase food and shelter with suct
q pittance eludes comprehension. AnC
then, it should be remembered that tht
majority of them provide for others
well as themselves; for it is a genera
rule that anybody who can earn none
is sure to have dependents. Ordinarl
servants, of whom very few are Ameri
can, are said to be more comiortab
than educated and refined laborers O
native stock. They get from 80 SO to s.
a week, and have good food and lodginI
included, which is a most importan
consideration. While many America
wcmen would materially improve thei
condition by going into the kitchen, the
shrink from doing so because it seem
menial, and our born republicans hat
t. be menials. For a woman to ear
her own living is far harder than show
on the surface. To some women it
little less than tragical.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16
The Beauty Of Badness,

A great change has taken place of late
years with regard to the estimation in
which badness is held. Fifty years ago
it was viewed as serious infliction, q
misfortune to be concealed by wig or
velvet skull-cap. In some cases, no
doubt, the wig was intended to deceive,
and to give juvenile appearance to its
wearer. In the majority of cases, how
ever. the covering was so plainly arti-
fetal, that il was clearly adopted not
from a motive of vanity, but simply to
hide an unpleasant object from the ewes
OF the world. Of late years, however,
partly, it would appear. from the habit
of wearing boards having come into
fashion, badness is far more common
than it used to be. 1t may be that ma
ture furnishes to each human being a
sufficiency of what may be called hair
ointment to support an average quantity
of hair, and that when men allow their
boards to grow they do so to the detri-
ment of the natural covering of the scalp.
Certain it is that large proportion of
men with boards begin to grow bald at
an abnormally early age. Hitherto.
however, they have, when questioned.
been willing to allow that they regarded
the lack of hair as drawback to their
personal appearance. They will now be
inclined to take higher ground, for the
British Medical Journal tells us that in
lecture on badness, Professor Fournier
says: There is nothing ridiculous or
malformed about it, and it confers upon
the physiognomy an expression of wis
dom, experience and venerability. 1t
adapts itself marvelously to certain
heads, which would be detormed by
wig, and is the severe beauty represented
in sculpture by the classic head of
Eschylus." This is consolation in
deed, Henceforth let men bow before
the severely beautiful; let there be an
end of the use of unguents and oils, and
let depilatories take their place upon the
toilet table. Let the thoughtless and
giddy keep the hair on their heads, but
let all who value the possession of the
severe beauty of Eschylus get their
heads as bald as billiard bali without
an instant's delay.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16
Mothers by Proxy.

In New York city there has recently
been established kind of kindergarten,
where the children of women who work
by the day are cared for during the
mothers absence. A reporter saws
something about the enterprise, as f. l.
lows:
In one room were about twenty chill
dren, varying in age from two weeks TO
five years. The older ones were playing,
while the smallest were carried about
in the arms of nurses. Though they
were poorly clad, and the little faces
bore the traces of poverty, yet they
seemed contented. TIE dark eyes and
swarthy faces of the little Italian chill.
dren present contrasted strongly with
the Blue eyes and tiaxen hair Of the
children OF Celtic origin, In an ada
cent room were about dozen cradles,
two of which were occupied. A dining
room and an office in the rear complete
the establishment.
The entire cost of conducting the
school," said Mrs. Miles. the superin-
tendent, including salaries, is abont
500 per month. The mothers of the
children leave them here at seven
O'Clock in the morning, and Gail for them
again at seven in the evening. If they
feel able to do so they pay five or ten
cents day, so they may not feel that it
is charity too keenly. AS many can
not afford to pay this, we never ask for
any fee for attending to the children.
AS the mothers cannot take their chill
dren with them in going out 10 work
they were formerly left to SHIFT for
themselves. They would naturally run
out into the street, mix with other chill
dren more degraded, and the conse.
quences may be imagined. The diff
we have no regular source of income,
but have to depend on occasional contri,
buttons"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16
Christmas FrOlIcs.

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!n
What joyful, ringing cheer,
Memory brings us, from our childhood.
While again these words we hear
Much OF gladness,
Naught OF sadness,
Comes to greet the listening ear,
Sleigh-bells jingling, fingers tingling,
In the icy morning air;
What cared we for cold December,
Or the snow-crust's binding glare?
Snow-drift treasures
Proved rare pleasures
When the lass we loved was there.
Home returning, love kept burning,
Til the happy, star-lit night;
Gathering round the cheerful fireside,
Young and old would all unite,
Apples toasting,
Chestnuts roasting
Anything to give delight.
Then the meeting and retreating,
In the weird and homely reel
While our youthful hearts kept beating
Time to love we would conceal;
Which we dared not,
Or we cared not
Yet to own, or scarce to feel.
All! those golden memories, olden,
Come with joy from youths bright stage
Fairest OF the sunlit pictures,
Painted on life's varied page!
They can never
Hearts discover
From the glories crowning age!
-.NathaH Uphdm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16
lie Smiled n Lucky Smile.

There was quite scene in the Calves
ton courthouse the other day. A young
lawyer had just finished an impassioned
appeal, and dropped, as he thought, into
his chair, but missed the chair. AS he
struck the floor there was an explosion,
as if young cannon had exploded,
creating much excitement. The prevail
ing opinion was that pistol had ex-
ploded in his hip pocket, but, upon rails.
ing him up. it was found that he had
fiattened out beautiful silk hat. 1t
seems that an old but re kless member
of the bar was to blame for the explo-
sion. When the young lawyer was
about to sit down the elder pulled the
chair away, but he had forgotten that
his own silk hat was under that very
chair. The elder lawyer laughed bo;s-
terously until he identified the mutilated
hat as his own, and then he smiled such
siekly smile that, had it been photo
graphed and sent to the Houston board
of health, they would have been fully
justified in quarantining at once. He
says that is no way for man to try on
a hat, anyhow Galveston Nesos.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16

Since 1921, it is calculated in some
lately published and carefully prepared
statistics that at least $500, 600 Germans
have emigrated, and of these 5000, 900
have gone to the United States. Be-
tween 1921 and 1880 both years inclu-
sive, the total number of emigrants was
only 5000; between 1881 and lsiO the
number reached l77,000; between l64l
and 1850. 495,OO0; between 1851 and
1867, l. l30, 1000; and between 1861 and
1870, $4,000. From 1870 to 1872. inclu-
sive again of both years, 270, 900 emf
grants left Germany, but in the seven
the whole number only amounted to
$4,000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16

When Mary Grey recovered. Mr.. Mon

When Mary Grey recovered, Mr.. Mon
tague provided for her family, and his
daughter paid for her tuition, and only
yesterday Ethel said to her cousin:
"Maud, dear, next Christmas we shall
hear my Christmas diamond sing. Pro-
fessor Park says her voice is wonderful
strong, sweet and pure, like her own
dear self"
"When she sings" said Maud, CT shall
think of that dreadful night when in
cold and darkness she sang to save
Uncle Charlie"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16

Lizards have been found imbedded in
chalk rocks, and toads have been dis
covered in wood, blocks of mar BILE, and
other situations, where, to all appear
ances. they must have been entombed
for many years. Snails and chameleons,
it has been repeatedly asserted, will live
upon air alone,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-16

The whole OF these amounts may not
be digestible, but they serve to give a
good idea of their relative value.
Condiments for Fowls.
A moderate quantity of cayenne pep
per, mustard or ginger can, with great
benefit, be added to the food of fowls to
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03

Cute SaioOn.k &c

There is a saloon-keeper in Baltimore
who is considered by the boys pretty smart.
and IL takes q waking eye 20 catch him
winking. The ether evening he was stand
ing behind his bar waiting for o customer,
when three fellows walked In and took
their stand in a row. They were all '.half
of" and had evidently spent the day on
some excursion. The saloon-keeper waited
patiently and the first n Of the row.
after a pause, said ~demurely. Three whis-
keys" The bottle and glasses were flashed
out with a clang. To the surprise OF the
man of liquors. however. the second one
in the row gently uttered Three whis-
KEYS" BEAT" thought the bartender,
and he put ont three more glasses. when
the third man simply said. ''Three whis-
keys" All this time no hand had gone
near q pocket and no chink OF silver was
heard. The bar man thought he was badly
in for a beat" and the ninth glass slid
leisurely and rather reluctantly over the
marble counter. The three men then
drank their three whiskeys each. n sitter
another. with snlemnity, while the cute
saloon keeper tapped the table n%ervously
with his knnckles. Suddenly the first cua-
TONER pulled out a twenty dollar note and
threw il down on the n well"
said the bar man, s'what can we do? I
have no change" The other remarked,
Neither have We" and reached for the
money, bnt the saloon man was too quick.
Ripping the note into two pieces he said.
smilingly, s'You take one half and I'll take
the other, and you come around in the
mesning aud pay ms." and they did.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
CARL SEIZURES SAN FRANCISCO


Carl Schurz is unquestionably one OF
the heaviest guns in the Republican
party in America. We have always re-
garded him as one Of the ablest as well
as one OF tie most sincere of the Repub-
lican leaders. His great speech in San
Francisco shows conclusively that our
Republican friends have little capital in
the present campaign. Schurz urged but
a single reason why the Republican party
should be continued in power, viz: that
to turn over the $4,000 federal offices to
new and untried hands would disarrange
the business of the Government. Ac
cording to the distinguished Secretary Of
the Interior, therefore, the Republican
party must be retained in power for all
time. When a man Of Carl Schurz's
wonderful resources as a political stump
speaker can advance no better argument
than this why Garfield should be elected
the Republican cause must be next to
hopeless. 1t cannot be denied that Mr..
Schurz made a brilliant speech, as he
always does, but it must also be admitted
that the effort was remarkably barren of
sound reasons for the continuance Of the
Republican party in control OF the adj
ministration of national affairs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
RATIFICATION ngErrNe.

Arrangements are being made for a
grand ratification meeting by the Democ-
racy of Eureka at an early day. 1t is de-
signed to be one of the grandest rallies
ever witnessed in Eastern Nevada. Dis
tinguished speakers are expected from
abroad, and all Of our local talent will
participate.
The date of the formal opening of the
campaign in Eureka has been deferred,
from the fact thar a double term of our
District Court was in session, which so
occupied a majority of the Democratic
lawyers that few OF them cared to give
any thought to politics until the profess
sional duties in hand had been discharged.
Now that the coast is clear, however,
the active work of the campaign is to be
taken hold of and prosecuted with energy
until the last vote is polled at the cleo
ton in November. The date agreed
upon for the demonstration. a list of the
speakers and other particulars will be
given in the SENTINEL either tomorrow
OF the day followmg-just as 0 o as the
necessary arrangements shall have been
completed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
NEW TO-DAY.
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

THE ACADEMY IS UNDER THE CHARGE
Il Of the Sisters Of the Holy Gross 1t il
situated in serluded healthy lo"stfon. AM
pie grounds are sttaehed fer e~xrrrise.
The building Is spacious and provided with
modern i'm movements. 1t anorIs ample ac-
contmodatiun for q lsrge number Of ooarders.
besides the day school.
The Musical and Art Departments are con-
Quoted on the plan of st Msry's Notre Dame.
Indiana.
The Course Of Study compr ses all the
branches nf a thorough solid an I polite educa-
ton: and is such rs to render the pupils iutei-
liRent, useful and accomplished members Of
sociefy.
While st. Mary's possesses all the advantages
of q hrst-clsss educational institution, the
ch-rges are moderate.
French and German being inelnded In the
English course, form no extra charge
Pupils of all denominations received. and no
interference with their religious belief.
Attached to the Academy is q separate build
ing for little hoys. hosrders and dsy pupils.
They receive the carr and teaching which their
tender sse aud the cunhding trust OF their
pa, ents expect. No special uniform required
For circulars, etc, address Sister Superior,
as above.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03

gay apparel posed picturesquely. Mr..
Bergh, with twelve of his officers, were on
hand 10 zee that there was no cruelty to
the animals. The Superintendent Of Po-
lice and sixty men were ready to keep the
crowd in order, but after all no horses
we're allowed to enter the ring, and the
Spanisrds were not permitted to irritate
the animals with darts. The crowd went
to see blood, but no gore was split.
Endow meat Of a college.
NEW YORK. August 2.-Judge Hilton
and Mrs. A. T. Stewart have lately been
engaged in perfeciing arrangements for the
endowment Of the largest and most com
plete colleges in America. with q fund OF
between three and four million dollars.
The college is to be located at Garden City.
where the remains of the late millionaire
we're to have reposed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
Notice to Delinquent Co-Owner
T CHARLES RHEIMS:

VOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
we. the undersigned. have done the as
sessmebt work on the Black Hawk Tunnel site
and lodes for the wears 1877, ls7s, 1879. as re-
Quired by Act of Congress, entitled " An Act
20 Promote the development of the Mining
Resources of the rniied st-tes." approved
Nsrch 10. is72. upon that c.rtsin tunnel site
and lod@s. situst d in New York Csnyon, En-
reks Co. MY, Eureka. and knosn and described
"a the Black Hawk Tunnel site and lod-s. for
the ssid years required BY ssid Act. and you
are hereby noti6ed that unless You pay yonr
propa. ton If said Exp nditnre. to us. within
ninety DAYS from this date, yon will forfeit
your interest in said tunnel site and lodes.
JOHN McEE~NA,
JACOB VANnERLFIrH,
RUDOLPH I.UZINGER,
EDWARD BLUETT,
JOHN CUFF.
Eureks, Aug. .. 1870. auga-90
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
NEVADA.
A Desperate Shooting ARRAY.

T~uscARoRA, New. August "A diff
Guilty occurred this morning between W.
B. Weaver, Deputy Sheriff of this county.
and W. B. Hammond. in which the latt err
was killed and the former mortallv
wounded. The difficulty grew put Of a
zane of cards going on in the Delta sa-
loon. Hammond grew boisterons, and
when Weaver endeavored to qniet him he
drew his pistol and commenced firing. He
died q few minutes after the shooting.
Both men were very popular. and the trag-
edy has cast a gloom over the entire COM
munity.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03

The right of trial by jury. the habeas
corpns. the liberty Of the press. the free
dom OF speech. the natural rights OF per-
sons and the rights Of property must be
preserved WINFIELD Soorr HANCOCK.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03
PACIFIC COAST INTELLIGENCE.
Death Of Max northumberland
eating Chinatown-roek Pos
session or his 8Aice-A Desfrne-
tive Fire AT Red Bluff.

tive Fire AT Red Bluff.
BY Telegraph to the seDrinei-l
SAN Francisco. August 2.-The friends
of Max Burckhardt, who died yesterday
from the effrcts Of morphine, deny that
it was snicide, and say that he had been in
the habit Of using the drug.
The Board Of Health to-day determined
to proceed at once to a general fumigating
II Chinatown. as a precaution against the
further spread of small pox.
Eugene L. Sullivan. the new collector OF
the port took possession Of his Office this
morning. 1t is understood that he will
make no changes at present in the person.
mel OF the office.
A fire broke ont among a lot Of light
wooden buildings at Red Bluff, Tehama
Comfy. this morning. 1t spread to the
adjoining buildings. sweeping the entire
block. The loss was about 500, 900.
Abont one-hslf the business firms burned
out were Insured.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03

The great principles OF American liberty
still are the lawful inheritance of this PEG.
pie and ever should be.~twuruLp scoTy
HAxcvsB
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-03

NEW York. August 2.-The widely-ad-
vertised Spanish bull fight came of yes
terday. and turned out to be very much Of
a farce. -Four thousand people were pres
mt. Twelve Texan steers were in the in
closure, aud . dozen swastby spsuiasds IN
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
State Grange.

The following are the officers elected by
the State Grange for the ensuing two years
W. Master, Put Darden, Fayette, Jeffer-
son county Overseer, J. s. McArthur Lau-
derdale county Lecturer, Baxter Wilson,
Holmes county; Steward, J. B. Bailey,
Newton county a. s., N. NJ. Woods, Yalo-
busha county; Chaplain, E. 2. Douglas, Co.
piah county Treasurer, III. o. Dixon, Jack
son, Kinds county Secretary, Mrs, Helen
A. Ably, Hermanville, Claiborne county
G. K, c. Nesterville, Wilkinson county
c., Mrs. Lou Darden, Jefferson county
P, Mrs. NJ. E. Macarthur, Lauderdale
county; F., Mrs. J. Smith, Lincoln coun-
ty; L. A. s., Mrs. Lou Robinson, Scott
county.
EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE-J B. Baily,
Scott county; L. f. Afford, Jackson, Kinds
county; J. F. Mcleod, Macon, Noxubee
county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Cotton Before the War
and Since

Ignorant or prejudiced writer's for
Northern journals have assumed that
because larger quantity of cotton Is
raised in the South in 1880 under
emancipation, than in 1850 under the
slave system, the former is a
more efficient system of labor.
They forget that twenty years
have made a vast difference in the pop
ulation, and in the white and black pro-
ductive force of the South. The way
to test the efficiency of the two systemG
is to compare (not. the crop of 1886
with the crop of 1860, though the latter
will suffer but little by the comparison
the rate Of progress IN cotton culture before
and since the a0ar. Such a comparison
will show that the rate of advance was
immensely greater before the war than
il has been since the war. For exam
pie: The decade from 1841 to 1850,
inclusive, increased on the ID, lac, 921
bales product of the decade of 1881 to
1910, inclusive, by 10, ISL ,903 bales, or
the increase was 1922 per cent. of crop
of previous decade The crop of the
decade from 1851 to 1860, inclusive,
increased on that of 1841 to 1850 by
Is, 781, 301 bales, or 67.73 per cent on
crop of previous decade.
We now come to the present decade
from 1870 to 1879. In comparing it
with the normal rate of increase of
cotton production before the war, we
find it is vastly behind. The increase of
the crop of this decade upon that of
1851 to 1860 is but 9,874,888, or only
1927 per cent. of crop of previous
decade. This shows that the rate of
increase of the present decade is AZ. 46
per cent. less than that of the last
decade before the war, and 5195 per
cent. less than the rate of increase of
1881 to 1850, and this with all the
appliances of fertilizers and improved
implements.
Taking the rate of increase before the
war as the basis of the estimate, the
conclusion is inevitable that under the
slave system the production of cotton
in 1880 would have reached 5000, 00O
bales instead of $500, OO0--provided
the capacities of the cotton belt would
have yielded crop of that dimension.
And the increase of other productions
for which the South is adapted, would
have been in the same proportion.
Whether emancipation has compensated
for this loss of material resources for
the comfort and enrichment of mankind,
is not the question we are considering.
It is only the questions of fact as to Its
effect upon production.