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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

Congressman are deep in mining
stocks and speculation. Senator
Blaine has made $25O,OO0 and Reps
resentative Tom Ewing 5000, 900.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

1t is leap year, of course, but after
all it doesn't look very we'll for a
young lady to go home alone at 2
o'clock in the morning after sparkling
her beau.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

1t has been wisely remarked, that
trying to chew caramels with false
teeth ranks with trying to unite a
shoe string with mittens on your
hands, or to do business without adj
vertising.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

An Illinois girls toast. "The
young men of America-Their arms
our support, our arms their reward ;
fall in, men, fall in"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

Probably the largest cherry trees
in this country are grown about
Wytheville, Va. They grow there
two and three feet 10 diameter,
though the fruit is not of the best
quality.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

A physiognomist says that large
ears denote generosity, which is
probably the reason why a mule
squanders his hind legs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

How rapidly man loses all inter
est in politics and national finances
when be shuts the door on his own
thumb.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

If your son has no brains don't
send him to college. You cannot
make a palace out of a shanty by
putting French roof on it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

There are strawberry plantations
near Norfolk, Va, that covers five
hundred acres.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

MIssIsSiPpI.is the champion Gotten
State. She raised $4,000 bales
more than Texas.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

When a man falls down his TEN
per generally gets up before he does
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

No kissing by telephone for u.s.
We prefer to take the electricity d.
rect from the battery.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
VHVENDERS his Professional services in the
practice of Medicine in all its branches to
the citizens of Marietta and surrounding coun
try. Office at WIN. Roots Drug Store All
calls nromptly attended.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11
Che sNarletta gourna'.

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Marietta, Ga, Thursday Mar l L, 1880
White washers--good laundresses
WASHBURNE is the Republican
clark horse"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-03-11
Business Cards.

Post Office DRAWER No. 10. Marietta. Ga.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
Too Rough for Texas.

He was Just from New York, where
he had been on the police, but he had
left that city for some reason and went
to Galveston. The first thing he did
was to apply for a position on the Gal
weston police. He was determined
looking man with bad eye, nose like
a hawks beak, and he was built all the
way up from the ground like bank
safe.
"Do you think you can make arrests
and guard prisoners?n asked the Calves
ton chief of police.
The applicant smiled smile that
made everybody in the office feel posi-
lively uncomfortable. 1t was the kind
of smile that John Mccullough, as
Othello, smiles when, toward the last,
he begins TO see through "honest Iago.'
"Suppose you had six prisoners and
one of them was to run off; would you
leave the five and follow up the fugi-
tiveP" asked the chief of police.
"Why, no." responded the hard
faced applicant, "I'd shoot the five who
didn't try to escape, so would know
where to look for them when / got bach
with the body Of the other one"
"That's all right in New York, but i
is too rough for Texas" replied tn,
chief of police. NeaOS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
The Worlds Railroads.

There are in the world over 2O0.O
miles of railroad, nearly one-half OF
which, or $4,000 miles, are in the United
States. Europe has nearly l00, 200, and
the remainder of the world only about
25, 900 miles. There are, however, more
miles of railroad to the square mile Zone
mile of road to every forty squar miles
of area) in the United States than there
are in Europe Gone mile of road to forty
four square miles). In the United States
there is mile of railroad to every 596
people, in Europe mile TO every 3,47l
persons: which, of course, is only an
other way of saying that the European
railroads run through tar denser popu-
lations than those of the United States
but, on the other hand, the populations
of Europe do not travel as many miles
annually as do the people of the United
States; and although there are six
times as many people in Europe as in
the United States, they have only II, ,OO(
more miles of railroad.
In Asia 36, 900 people, in Africa 5000
have only mile each, while in Austral
asia there is one mile of railroad Il
every 100 square miles and l,040 peo
pie; and Canada is very little better OF
than Australasia. So that the peopl
of the United States patronize the rail
roads more than the people of any othe
AMI every other country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
The Pronunciation of co.,"

Ninety-nine out of every hundred
Northerners will say institoot instead OF
institute, dooty for duty-a perfect
rhyme to the word beauty. They will
call new and news, moo andinoos-and SO
on!through the dozens and hundreds OF
similar words. Not dictionary in the
English language authorizes this. In
student and stupid, the "u" has the
same sound as in cupid, and should not
be pronounced stoodent or stoopid, as
so many teachers are in the habit OF
sounding them.
Ifitis vulgarism.to callla door doah
as we all admit-isn't it as much OF
yulgarism to call newspaper a noos-
paper ? One vulgarism is Northern,
and the other Southern, that's the only
difference. When the London Punch
wishes to burlesque the pronunciation
OF servants, it makes them call the duke
the dook, the tutor the tooter, and a
tube toob. You never find the best
Northern speakers, such as Wendell
Phillips, George William Curtis,
| Emerson, Holmes. and men OF that
class, saying moo for new, Toosday for
Tuesday, avenoo tor avenue, or calling
a dupe doop. 1t is a fault that a
| Southerner never falls into. he has
slips enough of another kind, but he
doesn't slip on the long "u." As many
of our teachers have never had their
attention called to this, hope they
will excuse this poIice.--Soather'
Letter,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
The Ghost OF the Laburnums

1, WI, ... - l. A.,
why 40 you not Invite me 10 lhe
Lanprnums' fanF ,oo,u .houo poon
because IL IS 50 l9nely lneIe, mae:
foT that reason l sHaii Goinei salo
pretty hapnaella ralIlle. l sn"ll colie
ana keep you company lor wno.e
week. lust as soIh as / can ges aWay nt
rom me Guy; l khew you 1 anu mi mi
were noplnR' hooolhs nei 0uiiS ne"0
shsaciously' 1870. o,, pa.o
p IA II' suuTeh siayYI'y yton VIZ W., 10 LIZ,
III uuIi t: =. - ~. oota~,I,, o-
EYE oii-nIgnHu ItJ 80 "a - poSe"'y S - .t,o.o ~,
,,o oi9.,,o !, sho w LA w" '''oi' VI
ooWTae Who troi, va ~ 80 3 Eorr;obod
,oft Pan,s i3on " rrettv stmdio and The c;tv i
tbo IittSo itt orti.t stiiI sat daintiIy toun5'
inc ;nu tho tiuS-I nhntoSronb Che was coior;nn
and nS 'mI nr;dcntIU Closely th;rEino IF SOME
IL, oIsa Sho y,os not IVA thot Doo-
tn,. pL;Iio prIideneI would exantiy an
nrove of her goin9 to he I,ahnrnams
bnt sbe r,nant 10 g6 for ali that fnr &c
ioued hin, and sbe could nie;nIu saoe sne
tbat he had cares and nernIexit;ees OF Of
ruhioh ,ra; M she Irew nothinop hin anS thonnh II,
,oJa .od ,'', NJ nrnnosaI of n,arrn;rg soo,, r,e
nniu e IooIeS n S'ndiI moodiIy when fhes ssnb;ent IGo
,uoS onnnosched Rae 90 enioved lis
onnonapg m~n that She conld live with him
in tba Hack hole of Csicutta she de-
ciared to herself. but probably Philip
did not think so, ANYWAY She was 90
in@ ,@ tntha lUy Iahnrnums his home Of T,aW.
shSore S ~ ' because She felt that her love
oaUa her q rigbt to Enow what was
troublino him. ~
Ten davs later she locked her stud;o
door and steamed away to Lowshore'
and soon the denot csrri,oe had SET her
down at the door of a tiny cottage hid
in iabnrnum- -trees. N
Fannie kissed Ler affectionateIy.
.sVhot 1elightfuI annaritiEn Won
are Rae" She SAID and led her into a
ittie sitting-room,
Eyerything was very plain, and very,
verv tinv' Rae thon06ti accustomed to
snacious citv aportments: and when
Fannie had taken her hat and travelip g.
sachel, and gone to spread a lunch for
her, Rae looked around and saw thatthe
carpet was threadbare and the furni
ture extremely old-fashioned.
Suddenlya door opened, and an old
lady, leaning on cane, tottered into
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
NO %.
ThOrns ana Roses.

From morn till night Johns hammer rang,
The tale OF labor telling;
But oft he marked, with envious eye.
Squire's Hardy's cosy dwelling.
One day the squire himself came by
"My horse has lost a shoe, John,
And that's the least OF all my cares,
But cares don't come to you, John,
The lightning struck my barns last night;
My child near death is laid, John;
No! life is not what folks suppose,
IT'S not of roses made, john"
And then the squire rode sadly of,
John watched him in anazement,
And, as he watched, two faces bright
Peeped from the open easement.
He heard his wife's voice, sweet ana low,
His baby's merry laughter;
John gave his anvil such blow,
1t shook each smoky raiter.
"I would not change with SQUIRE" said he,
For all his land and m )ney;
There's thorns for him as well as me,
But not such roses bonny
Frederick e. Weatherly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
How a Great Pianist Got a Wife.

Liszt was at Prague in the autumn of
1916. The day after his arrival stranger
called upon iim and represented himself
as a brother artist in distress, having
expended all his means in an unsuccess-
full lawsuit, and solicited aid to enable
him to return to Nuremberg, his place
of residence. Liszt gave him a hearty
reception and opened his desk to get
some money, but found he possessed
only three ducats.
"You see," said the generous artist,
"that am as poor as yourself. How
ever 1 have credit, and can coin more
money with my piano. l have minia-
ture given me by the Emperor OF Aus
tria; the painting is of little value, but
the diamonds are fine; take it, sell the
diamonds and keep the money"
The stran ger refused the rich gift, but
Liszt compelled him to take IL, and he
carried it to jeweler, who, suspecting
from his miserable appearance that he
had stolen it, had him arrested and
thrown into prison. Tue stranger sent
for his generous benefactor who imme-
diately called upon the jeweier and told
him that the man was innocent, that he
had given him the diamonds.
"But who are youP" said the jew
eler.
"My name is Liszt," he replied. -.
81 know of no financier of that name, "
said the jeweler.
every possible" said Liszt.
"But do you know that these dia-
monds are worth 5000 florinsP"
80 much the better for him to whom
l gave them"
but you must be very rich to make
such presents"
"My sole fortune consists of three
ducats," said Liszt.
"Then you are fool" said the jew
eler.
"No," said Liszt. 81 have only tc
move the ends of my fingers to get as
much money as l want"
"Then you are sorcerer," said the
jeweler.
81 will show you the kind of sorcery
that employ" said Liszt.
Seeing piano in the back parlor o
the jewelers. shop, the eccentric arits
sat down to it and began to improvise q
ravishing air. A beautiful young lady
made her appearance, and at the close o
the performance exclaimed: "Bravo
Lisztw
"You know him, thenP" said the jew
eler to his daughter.
81 have never seen him BEFORE" sh
said, "but there is no one in the worlt
but Liszt who can produce such sound
from piano."
The jeweler was satisfied, the strange
was released and relieved, the report @
Liszt being in the city flew, and he wa
waited upon and feted by the mobiles
who besought him to give concert il
their city. The jeweler, seeing tn
homage that was paid to the man @
genius, was ambitious of forming al
alliance with him, and said to him:
"How do you find my daughterP"
"Adorable!" was the reply.
"What do you think of marriageP ?
continued the jeweler.
"Well enough to try it, J." said Liszt.
"What do you say to dowry {
5000. 600 of francsp" he was next asked
Il will accept it, "was the reply, San
thank you, too"
"Well, my daughter likes YOU an
you like her." said the jeweler; th
dowry is ready. Will you be my sol
in-lawp"
"Gladiy" replied List, and tt
marriage was celebrated the week 70
| lowing
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
her utterly forgetful of herself. Now

her utterly forgetful of herself. Now
some one was coming.
The door swung slowly on its tar
nished silver hinges. A quaint, bent
little figure, leaning on cane, advanced
into the room and paused beside o
handsome carved armchair which stood
before table. Lifting the cane, the
bent little old woman knocked smartly
thrice on the seat of this chair, filling
the room with a hollow sound, then, re-
Stunning her feeble walk, she passed out
of the apartment by another door.
Tremblingly, doubtingly, Rae, Curl
ously approached the chair. The blows
of the cane seemed to lave disturbed or
broken the seat, for it was awry, plainly
revealing cavity beneath. Turning
the chair to the light, Rae looked within
and saw distinctly folded paper.
as vellum. Her hands trembled as she
unfolded it and read: my last will
and testament, Paul Brudenel," and ii
dropped to the floor.
Snatching it up she ran-ran swiftly
out of the house, and flew noiselessly
and shaking to Fannie's door.
81 have found it-I have found it!'
she cried, fiinging her arms around the
amazed, white-robed figure who ad-
mitted her to Fannie's chamber.
"Found whatP Are you sickP Are
you crazyP" asked gentle Fannie Brude-
mel.
"The other will-within chair-an
old armchair in the house in the hol.
low. A ghost showed it to mel
answered Rae, holding the paper aloft
There was q knock at the chamber
door.
"Sister, what is the matter? Wha
disturbs the housep"
1t was Philips voice.
81 have found the will! Come in ant
read It'll" cried Rae, dragging him in.
She gave him the paper; she lighted
a lamp. He was forced to read. Strug
Cling for calmness as he proceeded, h,
read to the end. Yes, late, but not too
late, the precious document was found
the second will of Paul Brudenel, uncon
ditionally bequeathing all he possessed
to these two, his grandchildren.
In the exciting talk which followed
no one heard a slender cane 60 rat-tat
tat past the door, but when the blu
morning light dawned and Fannie be
stirred herself to get breakfast, she wen
first to her mothers room.
Philip" she said, coming back
uObueI HIS udu Ou6 VI ucl DtIu nlSl
again. She has been up and away.
must have slept very much more soundl
than usual; she never eluded me before
She is very much exhausted"
Philip went instantly to attend bi
mother. When, the next day, sh
seemed restored to her wonted condi
tion, and Rae had minutely told he
story, they closely questioned Mrs
Brudenel as to her visit to the house i
the hollow, and tried to discover if sh
had any knowledge of the hiding plac
of the will. But nothing could be game
from her disordered mind. She woul
only shake her head and smile.
How dare you go on such an expedi
tion to that lonely place at such an un
canny hour, RaeP" asked Philip, til
next evening, when, embraced by hi
arm, they had talked over the happ
prospect of their immediate union.
II was inspired, " she answered, laugl
| ing, but with q look of awe creeping int
her beautiful eyes. Then, as she recor
sidered that strange night, she gentl
embraced him:
"All for love, Philip. 1t was don
all for love-"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
The Faces We Meet.


Oh, the faces we meet, the faces we meet,
AT home or abroad, on the hurrying street!
Each has its history, dark or bright,
Traced SO clearly in legible light;
AS with pen of gold
Of the finest mold,
Diamond pointed
And lightly scrolled-
Some, telling that fortune hath graciously
planned
Their sketch, and wrote with her soft, white
hand
Others, where narrowing grief and care
Have left in steel their traces there -
Steel that cuts like the sharpened sword,
Slowly carving each written word,
Through anxious fears
And sorrowing tears
Each iurrowed line
Its import wears;
And we read that lite is a stern warfare,
70 battle and to do, to suffer and bear"
While others, the iron hand of sin
Branding each line and sentence in,
Leaving forever its narrowing trace,
Where once was purity, beauty and grace;
The souls deep scars
Like iron bars
Ger windows bright,
The visage mars
And we read, "Liie's wild bacchanalian
song,
Faces so old, yet so young in their years,
Where pinchng penury blights and sears,
And the bony finger oil poverty writes
What merciless misery e'er indites;
Where pain and want
And hunger gaunt,
Big Joy and beauty
And hope avaunt;
d" Lie is to Notwithstanding and cold,
Stunned and forsaken-tol and grow old.'
Oh, the faces we meet, the faces we meet,
At home or abroad, on the hurrying street!
Beautiful faces with soul-heaning eyes,
Visions Of angels that walk in disguise!
Faces glad and as gay
AS the blue skies OF May,
With no more OF care
Than the rose on the spray
Others sad, yet more sweet with submission s
soft tone,
By treading the wind-press OF sorrow alone.
Pittul faces upturned so 10 mine,
Wisttul and eager, as if to divine
Ii human charity, pity or love
Could be iound meath The dome OF the
heavens above.
Little faces so old,
Thin with hunger and cold
Faces iurrowed by toll
After perishing gold!
Oh, the heart is oft burdened with sorrow
replete,
By the tales that are read in the faces we meet!
Allie WelLington.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
Shot OF His COat-Tail,

Sometimes in the heat of battle an
incident will occur that will set the
men in an uproar of mirth when carnag
is rife all around them.
At Bull Run, when the fight was al
its widest, one of the lieutenants of a
Western regiment stepped off to get a
to fill the canteen, cannon ball tore
away the entire skirt of his coat, and
knocked him down. He got up, filled
his canteen, and as he came back the
men greeted him with yells of laughter
and he went through the war by the
title of the Bob-tailed Lieutenant"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29

Winking photographs are said to be
produced in the following manner: One
negative is taken with the sitter's eyes
open; another without change of posi-
tion, with the eyes shut. The two mega
tives are printed on opposite sides of the
paper, registering" exactly. Held be-
fore fiickering lamp. or other variable
source of light. the combined photo
graphs show rapid alterations of closed
and open eyes, the effect being that OF
rapid winking,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29

There are many reasons why children
are adapted to picnics. If the cake gets
jammed into the pickle jar, as long as
the frosting doesn't melt it makes no
difference and a trifie of leaf mold with a
few black ants scattered over the Gus
tard pie answer to nutmeg with them.
Children's palates would make good
sole taps, they are SO tough. .~~NsgO
Hapen Register
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
A Test in Pronunciation

The following list of words commonly
mispronounced was collected by Prof
fessor A. j. Hutton during his work in
Wisconsin institutes. Perhaps teachers
wi II do well to look them IN:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29

Chicago had but lO9, ,26O inhabitants
in 1861, and was then the eighth city
in the Union. 1t had 296, ,977 in 1870,
and was fifth in rank, 1t now has 495,-
900 and is fourth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
MORAL.

l have. during my wanderings, met
several people who wanted to live in a
star, where earth-born people with hu-
man appetites couldn't trouble them,
and l always found the safest place for
an earth-born man when the star born
soul started for the dinner table was be-
hind large rock. Distrust the aspiring
mortal who lives in Il plane so elevated
that he requires the use of telescope
when he wants to look down at the rest
of us. And if he ever wants to board
at your humble table, charge him SIS q
week and feed him lots of soup, or you'll
lose money on him.-BarItngton HaWk,
eye.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29

An amateur farmer sent to an agricul.
tural society to put him down on the
premium list for calf, They did SO. y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29
They Wanted to Live i'm the Stars.

Very near us sat two young people.
He wore the face of n man who shaves
three times day, and that white neck
tie had never seen the starlight before.
There was pearl powder on the shoulder
of his coat, and a tender, dreamy look in
her lovely eyes. They sat and looked
up at the stars, and they didn't care for
any solitary thing any nearer to this
earth. Mortimer" she murmured
softly, Mortimer "-Lis name appeared
to be Mortimer, though couldn't learn
whether it was his front name OF his
after name" Mortimer, DEAR" she said,
"if we could only live apart from this
busy and sordid, unsympathetic world,
in one of yon glittering orbs of golden
radiance, living apart from all else, only
for each other, forgetting the base things
of earthly life, the coarse greed of the
world and its animal instincts, that
would be our heaven, would it not,
dear?"
And Mortimer, he said that it would.
"There, heart of my own," he said, and
his voice trembled with earnestness,
my own darling Ethel, through all the
softened radiance of the day and all the
shimmering tenderness of night, our
lives would pass away in an exalted at
mosphere above the base-born wants of
earthly mOrJalS, ana ldr DeyOnu Tie cnaU-
tering crowd that lives but tor to day.
our lives, refined beyond the common
ken"
And Just then the man with the gong
came out. Mortimer, he made grab at
Ethel'S hand and plunge for the cabin
door. Ethel inst gathered her skirts
with her other hand, jumped clear over
the back of her chair and after him, and
away they went, gathering down the
cabin, upset chair, ran into a good,
sweet old Quaker lady, and banged "a bad
word out of her before she had time to
stop it; down the stairs they rushed,
coIlared IL couple of chairs at the nearest
table, feed waiter, and opened the
campaign without skirmishing. am q
man of coarse mold and an earth-borr ap-
pc ite myself, and l wouldn't live in a
star so long as l could find good hotel
in America; but long, long before
could get seats at the table for my family.
Mortimer and Ethel had eaten two blue
fish, little rare beefsteak, some corn
bread, plate of hot cakes, two boiled
eggs and a bunch of onions, and the
waiter had gone cut to toast them some
cheese.