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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24

Over in Berlin one day recently, a
soldier bet another o large sum that he
couldn't empty quart bsttle Of cham.
pagne at one drauRht. Hsasked for half
an hour to think it over. which was
granted. When he returned he took the
champagne. drank it down and claimed
his money. He was asked why il took
him 80 long to accept the bet. "Wsll. F"
he said. II was not quito sure that I
could do it, 80 went home first and
tried it, and found ont I could do il, and
then came back"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24

All persons having business with this Office are
requested to address the RECORD PUBLISHING
COMPANY. We have no authorized Agents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

JOB WORK.
Done at the RKooRD Office in the best style
known to the art; and must be paid for on De /.
livery. unless persons having the work don Q
have standing accounts with the ONCE. No de :
| Walton from this rule.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
THE PECORD

{. delivered In Phoebe and Bulionville At %
cents per week. payable to the Carriers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
How Burns Looked.

So tar as we can form any correct
judgment, Burns was one of the
noblest-looking men of his age. Walter
Scott, at the age of fifteen, saw the poet,
and it made an enduring impression.
He describes him as follows: "His body
was strong and robust, and his appear
ance rustic, but not clownish. His man.
ners, though plain, were marked by dig
nitied simplicity. His countenance was
more massive than it appears in his por-
traits. His eyes were large and dark,
and glowed q say literally glowed)
when he spoke on any subject with feel
ing or deep interest. / never saw such
another eye in any other man, though
have seen the most distinguished char.
acters fthe age" Tle aforementioned
interview is interesting as the picture of
one great poet given by another. 1t oc-
Cured at social dinner where Scott
was merely a spectator, but he attracted
attention by replying to a question
which no other person in the room could
answer, and his reward was a smile and
an approving word from the poet. How
little did the inspired plowman imagine
that the lame boy who then attracted
his attention would reach such distinc-
tion-still less that they two would di-
vide the highest honors in the literature
of the native land.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
Common Sense in Advertising.

A model advertisement is designed to
satisfy the rational demand of prob
able customer to know what you have
got to sell. The successful advertiser.
therefore, observes three rules: First,
he aims to furnish the information
which the public wants; second, he
aims to reach that part of the public
whose wants he is prepared 10 satisfy
and third, he endeavors to make his
information as easy of acquisition by
the public as possible.
The cOmmonest and handiest thing
in the American family is the news
paper, and as nearly all shopping pro-
ceeds from the family, from its needs,
its intelligence, its tastes, its fashions,
it follows that the thoughtful and sue
cesstul advertiser approaches the family
by this means. He does not waste his
money and his time in loading his ad-
vertising gun snd shooting il off sky
ward in the streets, at all creation, on
the chance that some willing customer
may be going that way, and may be
brought down; on the contrary, he
takes account of the advertising ammu
milton which he has ON hand, and loads
and points his gun through the columns
OF some reputable newspaper at the
game he wants to hit.
Besides, knowing that newspapers are
the best means of advertising and how
to pick out the best newspapers for his
purpose, the successful advertiser fully
appreciates the importance of persistent
advertising. Mr.. Bryant used to say
that the great influence of the press
depends for one thing upon its power of
iteration. Presenting the same subject
In many forms, it finally wins attention
and acquiescence. Used in this thorough
and systematic way. the advertising
columns OF the newspapers are as useful
and essential to the merchant, as means
of telling the public what he has to sell,
as the clerks behind the counter are to
chow his goods when the people come
to examine them.-New York Euening
Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
Afghan Soldiers,

The relations between the officers and
men remind one of those existing in the
Turkish army. If an Afghan officer
drinks tea, q number of soldiers are sure
to sit around him If he smokes a
kaliana, all the soldiers gather near him
and await their turn; the kaliana hav-
ing gone the round of the privates, re-
turns again to the officer. If soldier
smokes pipe, the officer asks him to
let him have draw at it. Should a
soldier cake from the folds of his dress a
tobacco pouch, in order to put plug Of
tobacco under his tongue, the officer in
serts his finger and thumb into the pouch
also, and takes pinch of tobacco
On the other hand, should the officer
take out his own pouch, the solder
helps himself in q similar manner to hi S
tobacco. l did not observe that tni s
mutual freedom of manner had any det-
rimental effect on the discipline of the
troops. The men obeyed the commands
of their officers with docility. and never
displayed INSTRUMENTATION when sen"
fenced to be thrashed. Indeed, it is ex-
ceedingly rare that the officers employ
the lash. During the whole of my so
journ in Afghanistan l only saw the
punishment inflicted twice; on both &C
casions on men who had stolen hay from
my Unconstitutional GrOdeLOf.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
The ThunderbOIt.

The name thunderbolt, which is still
in use, even by good writers, seems to
have been introduced in consequence OF
the singular effects produced when
lightning strikes sandhil or sandy
soil. 1t bores hole often many feet in
length, which is found throughout lined
with vitrifed sand. The old notion
was that an intensely hot, solid mass,
whose path was the flash of lightning,
had buried itself out of sight, melting
the sand as it went down. 1T is quite
possible that this notion may have been
strengthened by the occasional observa-
tion of the fall of aerolites, which are
sometimes found in the holes they have
made, still exceedingly hot. And at
least many of the cases in which light
ming is said to have been seen in q per-
fectly clear sky is to !be explained in the
same way.
Another remarkable popularity. long
ago observed, is the characteristic smell
produced when lightning strikes build
ing or ship. In old times it was sup
posed to be sulphurous; nowadays we
know it to be mainly due to ozone. In
fact, all the ready modes of forming
ozone, which are as yet at the disposal
of the chemist, depend upon applica-
tions of electricity. But, besides ozone,
which is formed from the oxygen of the
air, there are often produced nitric acid.
ammonia and other compounds, derived
from the constituents of air and of aque-
GUS vapor. All these results can be pro-
duced on small scale in the labratory.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
News and Notes for Women,

Edmund Yates, the English writer,
says that the only rival to English
womanhood is American womanhood.
Miss Eliza Jane Gate was recently
elected corresponding member of the
New Hampshire historical society-the
first woman who ever received the at
honor.
The Philadelphia Herald says that the
women of that city are busily engaged in
getting up political clubs. They are
about two feet long, and only appear on
parade when the husbands of the women
come home late at night
Jennie June says that the flirting
between the young girls and young men
on Broadway and Union square, New
York, between three and six o'clock in
the afternoon, may, from the freedom
with which it is carried on in public
be without wickedness, but that it is
characterized by unspeakable vulgarity.
which conveys very bad impression TO
outsiders.
Sixteen Indian girls from the Indian
Territory, ranging from sixteen to
twenty-five years, have entered Moody's
seminary at North6eld, Mass, where
they will study for four years and then
do missionary work am ong their own
people.
A lady has been member of the Sun
day-school of the First Baptist Ichurch,
Philadelphia, sixty-tive years.
A young lady of Kingston, N. Y, be-
longing to one of the Oldest and most
aristocratic families, with fine educa-
tion, superintends a large farm, and is
quite successful in its management.
She says it is splendid exercise, aud her
health for that reason is excellent.
A young Japanese lady of sixteen,
Miss Minei Yabu, daughter of an eff
cial in the emperor's household, has ar
rived in the East fro 4 San Francisco.
She is graduate of the English school
in Toxic, and will remain three years in
America to perfect her education. She
is poet and q landscape painter, and is
described as being extremely petite.
She has light complexion, fascinating
BLACK eyes and bright, cheerful coun-
ten9nCe,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
A Postofice Romance.

Romances may be developed even in
the dull routine of business in the Gov.
ernmental department. Complaint was
made to the postoffice authorities by
gentleman that his letters to "Miss
O'Leary" were unanswered, and he
charged that they had been neglected or
missent. Word was sent to the post.
master of the village where the fair ad-
dressee resided, to Investigate. His re-
port was as follows:
Respectfully returned, with the in
formation that yesterday called upon
Miss O'Leary. and it is somewhat sim
gular fact that she informed me that she
had received all three of the letters. l
would state further that / was invited
by the lady to stay to tea, which invi-
tation / accepted, and had very fine
time, rs Miss O'Leary is very fine
young lady and is the very best of COM
pany." The complainant in the above
case was rejected lover, whose letters
the lady had received with silent con-
tempt. The sequel to the affair was the
marriage of the gallant postmaster and
the young lady abont four months ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Woman Architects.

Miss Margaret Hicks, who recently
graduated in architecture from Cornell
university, is the first woman in a col
lege to undertake this profession. There
is plenty of room for the ladies in this
branch of building, for in order to have
a useful and convenient house the plan
must be first drawn up, and surely q
woman should know how and in which
way house should be built to make it
most comfortable and to save steps.
The theme selected by Miss Hicks was
the I" Tenement House," and she seemed
unlike many of the architects who
have sent plans to New York for which
premiums are offered-to have remem-
5ered that houses must have light and
air, closets and bedrooms. -ErcIange.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
They all Paid.

The late Judge W, on a visit to
Niagara, when the car was in use on the
inclined plane, raised and lowered by
steam power, went into the starting
house to witness the descent, too timid
to go himself. After the car started,
fully impressed with the danger, he
turned to the man in charge and said !:
Suppose, sir, the rope should breakP"
The man, with a serious countenance
and single eye on business, replied I:
"Oh, they all paid before they went. ~
HGrper'S MJgdzine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
New Wool Materials.


The new camel's,hair stuffs are as
thick as lady's-cloth, but show their
weaving slightly; they are imported in
many new red-purple shades, quaint
blue and green, with olive, maroon,
and many drab shades. The fine quail
ties are So SO a yard. There are others
with mummy-cloth weaving that show
the same range of colorS, and cost $3.50
yard. The best qualities of stocking
net, known as Jersey webbing, are
forty eight inches wide, and $50. so q
yard in the stylish purple, blue, wine,
red and olive shades. Biarritz cloth is
revived again, and commends itself
from the fact that its lengthwise reps
are easily brushed clean. The Cheviots
for making the entire suits in tailor-like
fashions are similar in style and colors
to the materials chosen by gentlemen
for their business suits. Brown in the
pheasant shades prevails among these
fabrics, and is inter woven with threads
of blue, red or green in broken plaids
and checks. These are double width,
and cost from Sl.10 to 81 25 the yard.
Some are provided with larger plaid
stripe or border along the selvedge. Very
quaint colors are combined in small
checks in camel's-hair to which Gobelin
DOllSl 10 uIuuBGEcUlOI Up-
signs come in cloths of various weight
and widths, costing from S1.25 to 81 a
square; the more costly ones are two
yards square, but the smaller squares
are more effective, and are more easily
arranged in the costume. Some modistes
prefer buying the plain fabrics, and Sc
lectlng rich plaids of large size and
quaint coloring to combine with them.
Plum-colored handkerchiefs with pheas-
ant brown borders are considered very
stylish. For underskirts are Bayadere
stripes Of mixed silk and wool similar
to the cotton goods used in the spring
for lawn tennis and catching suits. In
stead of having white for the principal
color, these warmer-looking stuffs now
have b. ack alternating with red, old
gold, or blue stripes. Sometimes sal
mon stripes alternate with brown, or
else it is prune with pale blue, or yellow
with maroon red, or peacock blue with
cardinal. Three yards are sold for a
skirt and its trimmings, and the mate
rial costs from Sl.75 to SO a ward. The
plain velvets shown for dress trimming
cost from 50 to 81 yard. Heavier
qualities for making the entire dress arc
twenty-five inches wide, and S4 yard
The wide velvets, measuring three.
tourths Of a yard, and of pure silk, are
shown in all the new shades for evening
and dinner dresses. and the dark stylish
shades for costumes; these are so Il
yard. .-hG7per'S Bazdr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
A HumOrist's Devotion to an Invalid
Wife.

The wife of Robert j. Burdette, the
celebrated humorist of the Burlington
Ha1Okeye, has long been an invalid, and
the husbands devotion to her has been
very touching. All his writing is done
in her room and read to her before it is
sent to press. In declining an invita-
tion to attend college society reunion
recently, Mr.. Burdette wrote:
Mrs. Durdette's health-if the poor
little sufferers combination OF aches and
pains and helplesspess may be desig-
mated by such Il sarcastic appeilation-
has been steadily failing all winter, and
we have come down to this sea- girt
island to see if old ocean and its breezes
may 20 what the doctors and mountains
and prairies have failed to do. And
rene highness," in utter helplessness un-
able TO stand alone (for years she has
been unable to walk), her helpless hands
folded in her lap; she must be dressed,
carried about, cared for like baby, suf-
fering from countless pains and aches,
day and night, and l cannot leave her
even for few days. No one at Chau-
tauqua will feel the disappointment as
we do, for we had planned to go there
together. If she could go with me, |
would be glad enough to creep to Chau-
tauqua on my knees. Her life has been
a fountain Ofstrength to me. In her long
years have never seen the look of pain
out OF her eyes, and for more than half
so long have seen her sitting in patient
helplessness, and have never heard
complaining murmur from her lips
while she has served as those who only
stand and wait, never questioning and
never doubling the wisdom and good
ness of the Father whose hand has been
laid upon her so heavily. The beauti-
ful patience of her life has been con-
stant rebuke to my impatience, and in
her sutferings l have seen and known
and believe the love that knows no
fear" and the faith that knows no
doubt -
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

"The welfare OF the people Is the supreme
law" Every enc suffering from Catarrh, Hay
Fever, Catarrhal Deafness and Colds in the
head have a cure at hand in Ely's Cream
Balm. Price so cents
Three Elizabeth, N, j., Gentlemen.
MEssRs. ELY Bros:-Your " G cam Balm
differs from all other preparations, las it does all
you claim for 1t. have been cured OF Ca
ierrh OF several years standing by its use,
and my sense of smell has been restored.
For Colds in the head it works like magic.
L. Ii. SHERWOOD, at National State Bank.
My experience is similar to the above, and
would recommend the remedy.
G. 8. DAVIS, at the First National Bank.
Elys Cream Balm gave me immediate re.
lief. FRANK Q. OGDEN.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

Malt Bitters" are Blood, Brain ano
Nerve Food, peculiarly adapted to, and warm.
ly recommended by our druggists and physi
clans for General Debility, Mental and PLY.
sical Exhaustion, Fysteria, Nervousness
Sleeplessness, Emacihtion and Dropsy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

:" Yes; / am to be married, my dear
friend. The young lady is very pretty
and very clever, yet she cannot play the
pianoforte; that is her only falling"
Why, / should call that blessing. 1t
is certainly no fault" Hear me
through; she cannot play the piano
forte and yet she always insists on play
ingr'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

Portions of a mastodon of enormous
size were discovered recently in Wick
er's park, Chicago, in excavating for a
sewer. The indications are that the
huge animal perished in an ancient
marsh or quagmire, and there is hope
OF the recovery of the rest of the skele-
ton. The curved tusks are.about seven
feet long.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

"I understand that DR.. Jones is
abrosd," said Brown; sis he travelling
for his healthP' suspect" said Fogg,
"that he is travelling for his patients
health. / know one of them who has
improved on his travelling" added Fcgg,
with energy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

81 believe, after ALL" exclaimed
Peterjohn, impatieatly, "that man is
never so happy as when he is making a
fool of himself" Unjust needs respect
your superior WISDOM" replied Fred,
quickly. And great Scottl how you
must have, enjoyed yourself through
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
kansas City Times,l

Mr.. William Hadeler at the Marathon
Hotel, Wausau, after extreme suffering
with rheumatism, without any benefit
from physicians or various preparations,
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil.-WiS. Er.
chlnQe,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
ICincinnati Irish Citizen.l

Mr.. Thomas Lewis, 60 Butler street,
informs us that for seven years he was
afflicted with that dreadful malady,
Sciatica, and being induced to try St.
Jacobs Oil, found almost immediate
relief therefrom, and is now perfectly
oIIrad
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

A Brattleboro (Vt.) farmer has picked
and sold IL 900 ears of sweet corn this
season from hall an acre.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

VEGETINE will regulate the bowels to healthy
action, by stimulating the secretions, cleans
ing and purifying the blood OF poisonous
humors, and. in healthtul and natural man.
ner, expels all impurities w:cLout weakening
t1,aI I<.J.,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
The largest lathe in the world has ins

The largest lathe in the world has lust
been erected at st. Chamond steel
works, in the department OF the Loire,
France, where it will be employed in
the turning of one hundred-ton guns.
The lathe was made at the Whitworth
works, in England.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

There are always two classes of men
among our acquaintance whom we
never trust. The first consists of those
whom we don't know enough about,
and the second of those whom we know
too much about.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

California raises as many acres Of
wheat as Great Britain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

Arc You Not I'm Good HesIth7
II the Liver is the source OF your trouble,
you can find an absolute remedy in DIR. SAN.
FoRD's LIVER INvIGoRAToR, the only vegeta.
BILE cathartic which acts directly on the Liver.
Cures all Bilious diseases. For Book address
DE. SANFORD, 1872 Broadway, New York.
The voltaic Belt Ce.. EIershell, dich.s
Will send their Electro Votaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their adver.
tisement in this paper headed, "on 30 DaJs'
Trial"
Get Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

The horse population of the United
States is 9 5000
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

Happiness and prosperity are SO indissolubly
linked with good health, that all those suffer.
ing with Hoarseness, Coughs, Colds, etc.,
should try DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup and be
cured. Price % cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
Vegetine.
More TO Me than Cold.

WALPoLg, Mass, March 7, $780,
Mn. H. r. STEVENS:
1 wish to inform you what VEGETINE has done
for me. have been troubled with Erysipeas
Humor for moro than thirty years, in my limbs and
other parts of my body, and have been great suf-
terer. commenced taking VEGETINE one yeas ago
llst August and can truly say it has done for
lue than any other medicn". 1 seem TO be perfect
ly free from this humor and eau recommend it to
every one. Would not be without this medicine
IT'S more 10 me than gold and feel it will prove
bit essing to others 1t has to me.
Yours, most respectfully,
MRS. DAVID CLARK.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30
PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., PhIIa.

the best In the World. II is absolutely pure II Is the
best for Medicinal Purposes II is the best Tor Baking and
all Family Uses. Sold by all Druggists and Grocers
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-18

Meloy's ranch, dead drunk. He cared
for him, and that finished his days
work.
A NEW nsthed of saluting ladies' on
the street has lately been adopted by
the nobbiest swell gentlemen OF tender
wears. II is done In one time ana fouf
motions. The hat, by right hand
grasp. is lifted from the head, brought
forward on a line with the nose. and
then suddenly lowered TO the pit oil tne
stomach; then, as suddenly, the nat is
returned to its place, following the same
angular route. The head, at the same
time, must be bobbed forward about
three inches, and Immediately sprung
back to its original position. The beauty
and perfection OF this salutation depend
upon the rapidity OF the execution OF its
movements. 1t is know as the Darwin
Jerk" because hand organ monkeys put
on and take oil their little caps with the
same celebrity OF motion.
TsE German Benevolent Society cell
ebrated its Thirty third anniversary,
Yesterday, by grand ball at Turner
Hall, in the evening. This organization
has generally turned out in parade, but
il invariably rained on that day and II
won the appellaton OF the Umbrella
Society" from that fact. The rain seem
ing almost certain to come, 1t was decld-
ed not to parade this year, the first fall-
ure so to do since the organization oil the
society. OH why did it not turn out
and bring on the much needed rainY