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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-11-24

Don't be deceived in buying old goods, the
odds and ends Of a lifetime Of
business elsewhere, which are advertised
as cheap, but come to the r. F. 8. and
get NEW goods, FRESH stock, at as
cheap price.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
The Italian Chestnut.

A writer in the Cornlbalt Augustine, in an interesting narrative ofvillage life in the Appennines, has the following &C., count of the chestnut harvest:
 Tbe chestnut harvest, which takes place in October, is the great event of the year in the Appennines, ,and furnishes 8 recreation, rather than 8 task, to all classes of the population. The schools have their annual vacation in that month, that the children may assist in it; and it s difficult to find hands for any extra household work while pleas ant gypsy life goes on under the trees. The steep woods are then alive with merry parties picking the mahogany brown nuts from among the fallen leaves and dropping them into long canvas pouches slung at the waist for the purl pose. The boughs are never shaken tt detach them, and the burrs fall singly as they ripen, ,rustling through the leaves, and breaking the forest silence with heavy thud. as they strike the ground They lie till picked up from day to day durir g the appointed time for gather ing them, which lasts a month. and is fixed by municipal proclamation-commonly from Michaelmas day, September 29th, to the feast of Saints Simon and Jude October 2Sth, but sometimes extended by special request, if the season be unI usually late, for ten days longer.
 The chestnut season, unless the yiel
 be exceptionally scanty, is q season q abundance and rejoicing through tn country, while the peasants consume tht fresh chestnuts by the sackful, no1 roasted, as they arc eaten in the cities but plainly boiled and eaten from tx
 husk. The great mass are spread ]
 the floors of the drying houses-bliI,
 desertcd-looking buildings. scatted
 through the woods for this purpose, i'd
 which in the autumn seem to smouer internally, as the smoke from there lit to extract the moisture from he fresh chestnuts escapes through althe interstices of the roof and walls pm the drying house they are taken tthe
 mill and ground into fariaaa dolce, fine meal, of pinkish color and sicklyweet flavor, which forms the staple iod of the population. From this themake pozenta or porridge, in other stric.s made from Indian meal, an aseces, round cakes baked between lestnut l caves, which are kept and drigfor the | purpose.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
The Migrations of Races. |.

In endeavoring to subject this question to brief examination, it must be pre-
 viously understood that we only refer l to those migrations which explain the distribution of existing and contempo- raneous races and peoples, and such as can be dedueed with some certainty from acknowledged facts. Neither will we consider migrations of individual races from some hypothetical ethnic center, nor those which many tribes have made that at present no longer ex- ist. Except the aborigines of Australia. every peop.e have undertaken migra- tions of greater or less extent, and many weighty reasons can be given to explain why the Australian has not ventured outside of his primitive abode. In the first place, from the character of his country, through the absence of those animals and plants which contribute to the enjoyment and prosperity, he had not raised himself to knowledge of the pleasures of living incident to an ad- vancing culture; and, in the second place, the country was itself large enough to contain the limited number of inhabi- tants, and to satisfy their simple wants. Whether the immediate neighbors of the Australian-the Papuans-have ever undertaken migrations is questionable; on account of the circumstance that they universally inhabit islands, and their dwellings built along the coast re- semble the pile-villages discovered in Central Europe, it is easier to say they did migrate than to deny it. Yet the whole question is most intimately united to another, viz, shall we consider that the ancient continent, ot which the islands of the Indian archipelago are fragments, was already peopled before its submeI genee. or were these separate islands successively occupied by expan- sion from some ecenter?-Popular Science Ao7aililg.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21

she held in her hand. It represented a gambling table, at one end of which sat man, haggard, desperate, despairing, and by him child, holding out to him single gold piece, with smile in her eyes, and seemingly prayer on her lips.
 "You would know the history of that picture" he said. "Let me tell you: Years ago I was in Hamburg. The night found me beside them, losing or winning according to the fortunes of the hour. One evening the demon ill-luck pursued me. lost and lost, till I found my all was slipping from me. In the vain hope of retrieving it l went on, until I knew I was beggared. Mad 'dened, desperate, determined to put an end to my miserable fife, when some one touched my shoulder; a. child angel stood before me, and slipped into my hand a piece of gold. For my sake, she whispered. The croupier's hoarse cry warned me no time was to be lost I staked the gold and won, but turning to give her back her own she had fled. When arose from the table I had re- covered all and more, but I vowed a VOW to my unknown deliverer that I would never again hazard a dollar of the fortune I considered hers. I have never found her, Margaret. The child will never know her work, but I am not afraid to meet her, for I have kept my pledge" I.
 Harold pit was almost whisper, but something in the tone made his heart give a wild, joyous leap" have I known you all this time, and you have just found me out? It was this Harold, which separated us. dared not give my life to a man whom I had first known as 8 gambler. I supposed you still played, and 1 thought to see again the expression on your face I had seen that night would kill me. Tell me, is it true? Have you never touched card sincep"
 "Never!" he answered, solemnly "And it is to you owe it-it and life Pearl-little Pearl, can you not trust the man who has been SO long faithful to the child to be still faithful 10 the woman? My own, you will not dosm the lite that you have saved?"
 But at this juncture, Mrs. Somers, opening the door, beat a precipitate re- treat. Harold's statue has warmed into life, and pressing the lovely lips to his, he thanks God that it is his breath which has awakened it.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
Job Work
The Plot Against the Czar.

The Moscow correspondence of the London Standard gives some interesting details of the attempt to blow up the train upon which the czar was riding After referring to the discovery of the plot, the arrangement made for the safety of his majesty, and the excitement fol- lowing the explosion by which the sup elementary train was wrecked, the cor respondent says:
 When the shock was over, and they had got back their breath again, they discovered subterranean passage IJ0 feet long between the railway lines and two-storied wooden house, recently bought and furnished by Mir. Sooko- rookoff, 8 stranger from Saratoff. He and his pretty wife were known and liked in that neighborhood, and neighbors had often dropped in on them and drank cup after cup of fragrant Russian tea. The couple had assisted at the immedi- ate after-scene Of the railway accident, and had joined heartily in the uni versal expression of horror and dismay. In a very short time, however, people found out this was no common railway accident. Here was a crater thirty-feet wide and twelve feet deep. Some one had already passed along the subterran- can gallery, and found that it ended in room in the lower story of their hos pitable neighbor's house. They looked around for him, but both he and his wife were gone, and they have not been heard of since. Nothing was found in the deserted house but furniture of the simplest description, two electric bat teries in common deal boxes painted red, and five or six suits of working clothes of various sizes. One of the batteries was in an out house, its wires in communication with a second battery in corner of one of the upper rooms. From this latter spot the electric wires passed through the floor down to the ub- terranean gallery, ready at any moment to give the desired shock to the explo- sive substance laid there Everybody now remembers that Mir. Sookorookoff had lately had cellar made under his house by workmen hired in Moscow" and that good deal of earth and sand had been carted away. Mir. Sookoroo- koff was small man with reddish hair and his wife was a fair little woman with bright eyes and very intelligent face. The important question now is - was it their natural faces the neighbors looked upon, or were they painted, be wigged. and consequently at present un- recognizable?
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
How the Elephants Turned Back.

A long time ago. two hundred and l seventeen years before Christ, there was a King of Egypt, Ptolomy the l Fourth, who was returning, proud and
 victorious, from a war with his enemies. Oh his way home he passed l through Jerusalem, and there, feeling that such a mighty conqueror had a | right to go where he pleased, he en- deavored to enter the most sacred pre- cinct of the Jewish temple, the "Holy of Holies." No one among his own peo- pie could prevail upon him to give up his rash plan; but in answer to prayer by the high priest of the temple, who stood undismayed before him, the great king fell senseless to the ground.
 He did not try again to penetrate into this sacred place, but he became very much enraged against the Jewish pee pie; and, when he returned 10 Alex andria, he ordered all the Jews in the city to give up their religion and prae- tice the heathenish rites of Egypt. Only few Jews consented to do this; nearly all of them boldly refused. Then the angry king commanded that all the Jews in the country around about, as well as those in the city, should be ar rested and confined in the hippodrome, or great circus, just out of the town.
 When, after good many failures and difficulties, this had at last been done, Ptolomy prepared to carry out his great and novel plan of vengeance. This was to have these poor people trampled to death by elephants. Such perform ance in the circus would make a grand show for the heather king and his hea- then people.
 But it was not to be expected that elephants, who are good-natured crea- lures, would be willing totrample upon human beings unless they were in some way excited or enraged. Therefore great many elephants were drugged or intoxicated, and when they had then been made wild and reckless, they were let loose in the great arena of the hippo drome, where the Jews tremblingly awaited their fate.
 In rushed and stumbled the great monsters, and the Egyptian king and vast crowds of the Egyptian people sat in their seats to see what would happen to the Jews.
 But, suddenly, up rose Eleazer, an aged priest of the Jews; and lifting his hands toward heaven, he prayed for deliverance.
 Then, all at once, the elephants stop ped. They snorted and threw their trunks into the air, they ran backward and sideways in wild confusion, and then they turned. and with savage cries and tossing trunks, they plunged over thelow parapei around the arena, and ran trampling madly among the people who had come to see the show!
 The scene was a terrible one, and the punishment of the Egyptians was very great. The king sat high above all, and out of danger; but he was struck with fear, and determined no longer to pun ish people who were so miraculously defended. When at last the elephants were driven back and this awful per- formance at the circus Lad come to an end, the king let the Jews go free. And this day os their wonderful deliverance was made an annual festival among them.-& Niclt0 as.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21

An elegantly dressed gentleman walked through the crowded streets oi London the other day, followed by [ little black pig, answering to the name of Johnny, and he kept as close to his masters heels as would an affectionate dog. A recent traveller in Italy says he saw a grown pig used there to hunt birds, and he would scent, stand and flush them as well as the best-trained pointer or setter.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
A Wonderful Phenomenon

The attention of sight-seekers has for more than a year been attracted to the Kane geyser, or spouting water-well. situated in the valley of Wilson's Run, near the line of the Philadelphia and Erie railway, and four miles from Kane, Pa. It was drilled in the spring of 1878 to depth of 2,O00 feet, but, petroleum not being found in paying quantities the casing was drawn and the hole abandoned. In drilling, fresh water veins were met with 10 depth of 364 feet. which was the limit of the casing. At l,4l5 feet heavy gas vein was struck, and the gas was allowed free escape while the drilling was continued. When the well was abandoned, the fresh water flowed in, and the conflict between the water and gas commenced. The water flows into the well until the pressure of the confined gas becomes greater than the weight of the superin- cumbent water, when an expulsion takes place, and column of water and gas is thrown up to great height. This occurs at present at regular inter vals of thirteen minutes, and the spout ing continues for one and half min utes Measurements have shown the column to vary in height from los 10 l3s feet. The gas of the mixture can be readily ignited, when, after nightfall a grand spectacle is presented. The antagoI- istic clements of fire and water are so promiscnously blended that each seems to be fighting for the mastery. At one moment the flame is almost entirely ex- tinguished, only to break forth the next instant with increased energy. During sunshine the spray forms an artificial rainbow, and in winter the columns be- come encased in huge transparent ice chimneys. Httsburg Csronscle.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
Ely Philosophy.

Through lite's mutations l onward move, And all gradations
 Of fortune prove; To-doy, in sunlight Tomorrow, shade, l meet all changes Of none afraid. take the pleasure So freely given, In toil or leisure,
 Thanking Heaven. Whate'er tie sorrow, Whate'er the joy, No care I borrow That shall annoy. live for dnty, ~ Yet always find Flowers of beauty
 For heart and mind. Whither my pathway Daily leads, There's constant bounty For daily needs. Sometimes in sadness l walk alone; And then in gladness Forget to moan. The dark hours flying, Reveal the day; The clouds but shadow The burning ray. Be mine the power To cheer the sad, The happy spirit
 To make more glad. Oh that my words And deeds could prove To fellow mortals, That God is love. Still 10 be faithful, Gentle, true, All that is noble
 I would pursue. A grateful spirit
 To me be given, And I shall inherit A daily heaven, -E. B. Russell, in Home JourHo
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21

A Peoria woman sneezed hJaw out of place lately, and the mari men of the place have heen buyinglnuff ever since. .-Boston Commercial Ftessn.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
JOHN r. PEARCE
D A N D ELIO N
SYRUP, PILLS, RITrERs.

For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder; for Gout, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Worms, Salt Rheum, Eruptions and all skin troubles, take
 DaMdeyi0ss PiIls.
 They are anti-bilious and cathartic. The Best Family Physic known, and an excellent Dinner Pill.
 Da3sdeliOn Bitters Will give you healthy appetite; will correct Sleeplessness, Hysteria, Hemicrauia St. Vitus' Dance and Epilepsy. Will cure Dyspepsia, Debility and Nervous Prostration. They are an excellent cordial, to be taken with advans tage when any prostration occurs from over work or any other cause; while
 DG9sdeJi0ss Syrup Cannot be surpassed as . prompt and efficient remedy in all bronchial troubles. Coughs, colds and sore throat are immediately relieved, and the Syrup is consistently used with other medicines according to directions. Will cure such serious diseases as Catarrh, Influenza, Asthma, Pneumonia, Pleurisy and Consump- ton.
 These three DandeIon Medicines make a combination of Family Drugs that cannot be excelled tor efficiency and reliability. No family should be without them another hour. Sold by all druggists. Manufactured only by the eDANDELIONP PILL O., Stamford, Conn
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21

'One-third of the worlds supply of sugar is made from tects, and the con tinent of Europe annually produces l,5OO, 900 tons of it.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
E. N. HALLOCK.
MINOTT AUGUR,
CHARLES RININSLAND,
 ToNsORIAL ARTIST

And dealer in first-class Cigars and Tobacco ol all kinds.
 West street, Newtown, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1880-01-21
MANUFACTURING PROPERTY
 FOR q ALE.

Situated in the village of Sandy Hook, town of Newtown, Conn, on the Housatonic rail- road, nineteen miles from tide water, and near the proposed depot on the New York and New England railroad, now in process of con- pletion. Said property has been used as a woolen mill, but is suitably arranged for any other business. Water power never failing. Will be sold with or without machinery. For particulars inquire of
 MINOIT AUGUR, Receiver,
 Sandy Hook, Conn.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-28
la,,raster fntelligeflrer.
THURsDAY EVENING, OCT. %, 1880,
A Long Separation.

a AVu8 OCYbI 0tlVus
John and Daniel Miller discovered the
strawberry marks on their left shoulders
and rushed into each others arms a few
days ago in Elmira, after a separation of
sixty years. They were born in Adams
county, Penn nsylvania in 1916. They
were four years old when their mother was
left widow. Being destitute and in i'll
health she was unable to support herself
and children. She sent Daniel to live with
friends in Washington county. John found
a home in Westmoreland county. Daniel
grew up and became a miller. John learn
ed the blacksmith's trade. They never
saw or heard Of each other after leaving
their mother, and each supposed that
the ether was dead. More than
fifty years ago John Miller abandoned his
trade and became tollgate keeper on the
Butler turnpike in Allegheny county,
Penn. One day he went out Of the house
to collect toll of ar old gentleman who was
driving through the gate. A neighbor
stood by. He made the remark that the
traveller and the keeper looked enough
alike to be twins. This brought about
inquiries on the part of the two old men.
The traveller proved to be Daniel Miller,
Johns twin brother. He had lived for
years in Bradford only few miles
from the tollgate in another county.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-16
NEW ADKERTLSEaLENTS.
SheriT's Sale,

BY virtue of writ of feri facts
issued out of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Elk County, and,
to me directed, l, d. G. OYSTER,
High Sheriff of said county, do hereby
give notice that will expose to public
sale or outcry at the Prothonotary's
Office, III Ridgway, at one O'Clock p.
NJ, on
MONDAY, SEPT. 20, 1880.
All the right, title and interest of
the defendant in and to certain town
lot situate on Charles street in the
Borough of st. Mary's, Elk Co., Pa.
Bounded and described as follows
Beginning at the southwest corner
of j. DIPS lot No. IL, which is also
the northwest corner of the lot being
described, thence easterly along DilPs
lot 200 feet at right angles with said
street to Luhr's land; thence southerly
parallel with said street one hundred
feet; thence westerly 200, feet along
Luhr's land to Charles street; thence
northerly along said street one hun
dred feet to the place of beginning, con-
tanning 10000 so. it., and being No. 10
on Charles street according to the
map or plan of said Borough. All of
said lot is improved; has erected
thereon 2 story frame dwelling house
2oX9O 1T. and good well of water.
Seized and taken in execution as
the property of Leonard Haas at the
suit of Charles Luhr.
TERMS OF SALE.
The following must be strictly COM
off:
/. All the bids must be paid in full
except where the plaintiffor other len
creditors become the purchaser, in
which case the costs on the writs must
be paid, as well as all liens prior to
that of the purchaser, and n duly GER
tilted list of liens shall be furnished,
including mortgage searches on the
property sold together with such lien
creditors receipt for the amount of
the proceeds of the sale, or such por-
ton thereof as he shall appear to be
entitled to.
2. All sales not settled Immediately
Will be continued until SIX O'Clock p
NJ, at which time all property not set
tied for will again be put up and sold
atthe expense and risk of the person
to whom it was first struck off, and
who, in case of deficiency at such re-
sale, shall make good the same, and in
no instance will the deed be presented
for confirmation unless the bid is actu-
ally settled for with the Sheriff as
above stated
D. G. OYSTER. Sheriff.
Sherilf's office, Ridgway, Pa,
August 81, 1880.
See Purdon's Digest, Ninth Edition,
page 440; Smiths Forms, 3S4.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-16
list Of Causes

Set down for trial at September term,
1880, commencing Monday, Septem-
Der 20.
l. L. Saltonstall, ct al, Trustees,
VS.. J. 5. Hyde, ct al. No. 64, August
term, 1867.
2. Jordan S. Neel, VS.. John Win
gart. No. 26, September term, 1873.
8. J. B. Sterley, VS.. St Marys Ind.
Fire Company, ct al. No AZ, Noyem-
ber term. 1878.
4. II. NJ. RoIfe, VS. C. r. Farley.
No. II, January term, 1879.
5. Peter Volk, VS.. Lorenzo Vogel.
No. IA, September term, 1879.
6. Zenas Webb, VS.. Frank. {. Bow
man. No. 68, September term, 1879.
I. d. A, Pontius, VS.. Conrod Moy-
er, Jr. No So, November term, 1879.
8. G.. s. Winslow, VS.. VIM. Hol-
and. No. 33, January term, 1880.
0. Fredricks, Monroe 81 Co. VS.. G..
r. Farley. No. 36, January term,
1880.
10. Chas. A. Lyon VS.. F. Y. Sorg.
No. 70, May term, 1880.
IL. The Township of Fox, VS.. John
McMackin, ct al. No Sc, May term,
1880.
FRED. SCHGNING, Pro.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-16
ESTATE NOTICE.

Estate of Mary H. Gillette late
Lof Ridgway township, Elkcounty.
deceased. Notice is hereby given
that letters of administration have
been granted to the undersigned, upon
the above named estate. All persons
indebted to the said estate are REQUEST
ed to make immediate payment. and
those having legal claims against the
same 70 present them, without delay in
proper order for settlement.
ALBERT n. GILLETTE, Admir-.