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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
Get out Doors.

The close confinement OF all factory
work, gives the operatives pallid faces,
poor appetite, languid, miserable feel
ings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys
and urinary troubles, and all the ply.
sicians and medicine in the world can
not help them unless they get out OF
doors or use Hop Bitters, the purest
and best remedy, especially for such
cases, having abundance ofhealth, sun
shine and rosy cheeks in them. They
cost but a trif1e. See another column
Christian Record.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

The pretty sweetheart of Peoria
pugilist was the Goddess of Liberty in
Il political procession. He set out to
walk abreast of the car on which she
rooe and whip every man who made
any disrespectful comment on her. He
knocked down five offenders in the
course ofas many blocks, and then at
tempting to chastise party of four,
got a sound drubing.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

LEON BELMONT, a handsome young
person went to Minneapolis two years
ago, claiming to be a nephew of Au-
gust Belmont and the heir expcctant to
a large estate. This was fraudulent OF
course; but worse humbugery has been
exposed. Leon made love to the ho-
tel keepers daughter, and engaged to
marry her thus avoiding the payment
of board. The swindler turns out to
be a woman in trousers.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

In Russia, all the sons and -daugh-
tiers of princes inherit their title. They
are, consequently as plentiful as spar
rows. 1t is said that there is a village
where every inhabitant is a Prince or
Princess Gallizen. The title Of Prince
in Russia is about equivalent to that of
Esquire in Eng land.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

Professor Fawcett does not allow
his official work as postmaster General
of Great Britain to interfere with his
professional duties as professor of po-
1itical economy at Cambridge. He has
already arranged his lectures for the
term-and that action seems to have
disposed of the rumor that he is COM
ing to the United States to study our
postal systems. s.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

Dow PEDRO, Emperor of Brazil,
wished to test a certain railroad brake.
He had one adjusted to Il car, and
started off for trial trip. The engineer
soon saw what seemed to be a big rock
on the track ahead, and applied the
brake, stopping the train within a few
feet of the obstacle, which proved to
be of pasteboard.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

President ELIOT has sent to the pa
rents of Harvard undergraduates an in
quiry whether their sons have been ac-
customed to attend prayers home, and
requesting opinions on compulsory at
tendance in the chapel. This is pos
sible preliminary to making religious
worship voluntary at Harvard.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

A "coon-hunting party" is reported
as among the recent "social event"
in San Antonio, Tex. The participants
were five ladies, five gentlemen and a
boy. They went picnic fashion, tax
ing camping equipage with them. They
were gone two days, and reported a
"gay time, but no coons."
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

AscCIETY Of Mormon girls, having
for it's object the securing Of mono
gamic husbands, has been discovered
and broken up atSalt Lake. The men,
Der, took VOW to marry no man who
would not pledge himself to be content
with one wife Five grandaughters of
Brigham Young had joined it.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
Ponder on these Truths.

Torpid kidneys, and constipated
bowels, are the great causes of chronic
diseases.
Kidney-Wort has cured thousands.
Try it and you will add one more to
their number.
Habitual costiveness afflicts millions
of the American people. Kidney-Wort
will cure it.
Kidney-Wort has cured kidney com
plants Of thirty years standing. Try
it. Exchange.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
g. Crushed by street car.

The Rev. w. II. III. Murray will de-
liver three lectures in Bosten in No.
vember. The first will be upon Free
Trade and the National Policy Of the
Future" the second "Reminiscences
of winter in the wilderness" and the
third upon sThe Sweep of Mans Eter-
nal Existence"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

The year 1881 will be an eyentful
one for the imperial families of both
Austria and Germany, as its first three
months vii, not have elapsed before
the heirs to the thrones Of both Em-
pires have entered into the bonds Of
mafrimOnv
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18

THE recently discovered cave at
Crystal Hill. Pa, is being explored
=, with some success by DR.. Porter, of La
fayette college, in search Of evidences
of an American prehistoric man.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
COMMENTS.

IThas transpired in a Keokuk lawsuit
that the defendant had sent his wife to
the poorhouse and married his fathers
divorced wife.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
The New York Graphic gives the'fol.
lowing table of daily risks in civilized

|
l. Boiler explosions.
2. Railway collisions.
8. Steamboat collisions.
4. Run over in Broadway.
5. Poisoned canned provisions.
6. Blundering drug clerks.
Z: Slipping on orange and banana
peels.
s. Gored by texan steer.
8. Killed somehow on the "L"
roads.
10. Poisoned by unclean copper uten-
sils at bakers.
II. Falling telegraph poles.
IL. Toy pistols.
13. Slugged or sand-bagged by street
footpads.
IA. Shot by mistake.
15. Shot on purpose.
16. Run over by locomotive.
II. Foundered on steamboat.
IS. Burned up on ditto.
10. Or in theater.
20. Mad dog.
81. Panicked to death at church OF
theater.
%. Struck by lightning.
%. Bad whisky.
"a. Falling elevators.
Is. Falling buildings.
26. Unknown chemical explosions.
81. Stabbed by drunken rowdy.
%. Head mashed by falling flower
pots from window lodges.
90. Crushed by street Car.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-10

You nay brush yeur old ooat il yoa
will. bat the saell At eampoe will
cling 10 Il still
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

PY VIRTUE or An ExKCUTION issued
II ont Of the DistSict Court Of tho second
judicial Distriet Of WashinGtoa Terri ory, hold.
Ing terms % Olympia. II Thurston Coussy. os the
sh dsy Of Dec inter, A.D. 1879. In The eass
vh-ssls !. Harris h the pisintiG. end James Ne.
Intosh and George 0asson are The defepdanto.
coWmsndirg me 70 take Into execution the pegec.
nal property Of the ssid defendsnts. and u suf.
octant psSonsl pecpsrts cannot Be- found, then
the real property Of ssiddefrndants, to saiisfy .
ludemfns Tor the sum Il Eighty and 2S-iOo
Dollar; aud. whereas there being 30 per.
sonsl property found. By virtue OF said exs-
cution. have levied upon the following Dc.
ecTibed real properly. to-wit: Lois Three enc
Seventeen . ~. B!o.k Forty.nine t4s). Lot
Your a.. tlock Fifty t5c). Lot Twenty (Hl, Blcek
Thirsy too ts3D. al in MrAieers Addition 20 the
town tnow ettsl OF sesttle. Kipg Couniy. wash.
ington Territory. and ] viii sell ths sAms %
saturday. January Siss. Iean. st The hour of Ten
O'Clock NJ. ~ the Court House door. n Seattle.
IN e.td County Of ktpG, ss puble suftto1 - the
highest bsddsr. fer cssh goo coin. ~ - much
thsresf - may sstlsfy said judsnsnt, cuots aDd
tnese@ssd oosas.
Dstsd 8 SEATTLE. in Kips County. ". =. osesm.
oef Sist. 1879.
shedd Of Kins eesnty. WaahlSgeca 1Sesllosy.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-10

A London magazine describes deaf
aud dumb debate. the subject selected
being: Was Charles justly execussd9'
The Presidsut Of the debating society
10 Mr. Dsvisou. whose picture. 'Tsmpus
FuRit,' wss one Of The sttEaesions Of the
Roysl Academy last year. They ap-
plsud, like other people. By hand clap.
ping. Loodoo costAins abOes 3,OO0
deaf nutsa. of whom aboat % pr ssnt.
sfe eoeesaitnl anpoA The rest aro vtc.
tins Of diseaso, chisay ecaries 5svss.
and lxigat = childhood.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-10

These steamers leave Victoria A moan a. tha
day advertised. Tickets are good only on the
esee.nss fos which they are purchased. ana ere
not transfsfnble,
INDUCTION IN rRHIoHr.
Hereafter the freights which. q per tssi6. have
been - psr ton. Will b charged st Is Per ton.
Prom ssd After this dstN ALL BAoaAas oS puset
oound peessneeu bv p. u. .. o. Co.'S steamers
via Victoria viii b. under custou,-house eoaI. and
VIII not b subject 70 sxaminasloa by euGton..
house authortties In eaE francisco.
oeattIs. Jaly 10. 1870.
For frsisht o. psssass apply on boa,d. OF 10
n. L. T1BDAL0.
0easRal Aeset fos PUGET Sound.
Port Townsend, ". r.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
Words of Wisdom.

When man is wrong and won't ad-
init it, he always gets angry.
The best part of beauty is that which
picture cannot express.
Art must anchor in nature, or it is
the sport of every breath of folly.
Conscience is the voice of the soul;
the passions are the voice of the body.
All other knowledge is hurtful to him
who has not honesty and good nature.
A merry heart doeth goc Ike medi-
cine, but a broken spirii drieth the
bones.
Let no man presume TO give advice TO
others that has not given good counsel
to himself.
Beauty and death make each other
seem purer and lovelier, like snow and
moonlight.
Hatred is so durable and so obstinate
that reconciliation on sick-bed is a
sign of death.
Some one has said OF fine and honor
able old age, that it was the childhood
of Immortality.
Circumstances form the character
but like petrifying matters, they harden
while they form.
Life is made of little things. in which
smiles and kindness given habitually arc
what win and preserve the heart and
secure comfort.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
Shocking Cruelty to Children.

Christian Schaeffer has been sent to
Jail in Philadelphia for almost starving
his two children. The story came out
through the attempt of Josephine Chris
tian, aged fourteen, to end her life by
jumping into the Delaware river. She
was rescued by a passing boat. Schaeffer
is miserly, repulsive man of thirty
five. He has lived for several years with
his two daughters in dilapidated little
shanty in Salmon street, not far from the
Bridesburg arsenal. Dirt, inches thick,
carpeted the floor. The only ventilation
was from a door and a window, three
of whose panes were stuffed with old
rags. They had no visitors or friends,
for the father allowed no intercourse
whatever with the neighbors. They
never went to school or to church. The
mans only means of livelihood was
catching stray dogs, which he would
kill and boil and render the fat. He
compelled his children to live on the
meat of the dogs he caught. From their
infancy he had taught them to use the
fat for butter, and they do not know the
taste of real butter. He made consider
able money from selling the dogs bones
and skins, but never spent cent ex-
cept for rags to cover his children's
backs or to protect them from the cold
when all three lay down at night in the
one miserable bed made ofrough boards.
At meal time their dog meat was poked
out of an old iron boiler and they sat on
boxes to eat it, The girls often contem-
plated suicide. They were put in the
hands of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
A Depraved Small Boy.

A fearful example of criminal pre-
cocity is afforded by case which re-
Gently came before the assize court of
St. Peter, in Martinique. A boy named
Emilien Dema, aged eleven, was accused
of deliberately numbering Paul Sarpon,
a child of three and half years. The
following extracts from Dema's exami-
nation will show the horrifying cold
bloodedness with which he admitted
the commission of the crime. On being
asked how he despatched his victim he
answered: Il killed him Intentionally.
got him to come and play with me.
He followed me and we played together
at first, and then l led him near the ed ge
of cliff, and pushed him over. next
jumped down after him, beat and kicked
him, bit him in the neck and finished
him off with a stone." Wishing, as he
said, to assure himself of having really
finished off" Sarpon, this young mon
ster stated that he then dragged the
body into pool of water and effectually
prevented any return of life by placing
a heavy stone on the head. The presi-
dent OF the court inquired of Dema why
he had taken the child's life, 10 which he
replied: Because hated him for hav-
ing me punished by my mother" On a
question being put as to whether he felt
no regret or pity on seeing the murdered
boy struggling in the agonies of death,
the prisoner, who seemed greatly sur
prised at such query, answered decid-
edly,. NO" and added, on being fur
ther interrogated, that not even the fear
of the police would have deferred him,
as his desire was to "kill Paul" The
child criminal, who had given his evil
dence throughout most impassively,
displayed no feeling of any kind on being
sentenced to the maximum punishment
Of twenty years. imprisonment in a
house Of correction.-GGlig,aani'S Mes
serlger.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
ThIrtY.FOur Years in Jail.

An official record, recently published,
of the leading incidents in the nefarious
career of one Mr.. Anthony Matek, an
Austrian thief of considerable renown
in the Cisleithan provinces of the Dual
Realm, is not uninstructive. This per-
severing but unfortunate pilferer has
just attained the ripe age of sixty eight,
thirty-four years and eight months OF
his existence having been spent in one
or another imperial Jail, while the
monotony of his solitary confinement
has been relieved at different lines by
his receiving l6, 600 stripes with rods and
$40 blows with sticks. These latter
castigaticns were impaired to him dur
ing his term of army service. Military
regulations opposed themselves, it
seems, in violent and arbitrary manner
to his confirmed habit of seeking uncon-
sidered trifies in his comrades pockets /;
and vengeful martinets, deaf to his plea
that ''congenial eccentricity covers a
multitude OF SINS" decreed no fewer
than six several times that he should
run the gauntlet" The fact that he
has survived those terrible ordeals bears
convincing testimony to the vigor of his
constitution. The value of the articles
stolen by him is appraised in the official
register of his adventures and mishaps
as not amounting in all to 800 florins, or
one--eight years. imprisonment with
hard labor, which he had worked out
only few weeks ago-was incurred for
the annexation of the Austrian equiva-
lent to eighty cents. No sooner was he
free than he publicly relieved lady of
her purse, containing sixty cents. For
this imprudent feat he has Just been
condemned to another six years of penal
servitude, making up total ia of forty
years and eight months laborious seclu-
sion for the acquisition of an amount
representing an income for that period
of about 1915 per annum! The strictest
honesty could hardly have paid him
worse
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
Poems Of the Week.

SUNDAY.
Lie still and rest, in that serene repose
That on this holy morning comes to those
Who have been buried with the cares that
make
The sad heart weary and the tired heart ache.
Lie still and rest
Gods day of all is best.
MONDAY.
AwalIe arise! Cast off thy drowsy dreams
Red in the east, behold the morning CLEANS.
GAS Monday goes, so goes the week." DANES
say.
Refreshed, relieved, use we'll the initial day;
And see! thy neighbor
Already seeks his labor.
Another mornings banners are unfurled-
Another day looks smiling on the world;
1t beholds new laurels for thy soul to win;
Mar not its grace by slothiulness or sin,
Nor sad, away
Send il to yesterday.
WEDNESDAY.
Hallway unto the end-the weeks high noon.
The morning hours do speed away so soon!
And when the noon is reached, however
bright,
Instinctively we look toward the night.
The glow is lost
Once the meridian crost.
THURSDAY.
So well the week has sped, hast thou friend
Go spend an hour in converse. 1t will lend
New beauty to Il y labors and thy life
To pause little sometimes in the strife.
Toll soon seems rude
That has no interlude.
From feasts abstain; be temperate, and pray;
Fast if thou wilt; and yet, throughout the
day,
Neglect no labor and no duty ehirk;
Not many hours ale lett thee for thy work
And it were meet
That all should be complete.
SATURDAY.
Now with the almost finished task make
haste;
So near the night, thou hast no time to waste.
Post up accounts, and let thy souls eyes look
For flaws and errors in lies ledger-boo
When lubors cease,
How sweet the sense OF peace!
Ella " heeier, in Chicago Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
An AstOnished Professor.

A former president of New England
college, after getting seat in horse
car, noticed one of the freshmen of his
college curled up in front of him, and
exhibiting obvious signs OF vinous ex-
hilaration. A close inspection revealed
the fact that the state Of inebriety was
not hastily put on Cike hat) but had
been worn closely (like an undershirt)
for several days. For few moments
the president surveyed the undergrad
uate with an expression of mingled COM
miseration and disgust, and finally he
exclaimed, Been on drunk" The
half conscious student rallied his stray
ing senses, and with gleam of good
fellowship in his eye, somewhat un-
respectfully CALCULATED, "So-hic -
have Iw
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12

The sultan has ten servants whose
special duty is to unfold the carpets for
him when he is going to pray, ten to
take care OF his pipes and cigarettes,
two to dress his royal hair and twenty
to attend to his most noble clean shirts.
There are a multitude of other attend
ants about the palace; indeed, it is
stated that 800 families and about 1900
persons live at his majesty's expense.
He is an extrayagant housekeeper; the
annual expenditures of the palace are
mentioned as nearly $4,000, 900,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
NO. 81.
Just One Little Song, Love.

just Une Iltulc SOngs Love-
Como, sing that song l loved, love,
When all life seemed one song;
For l am stricken now, love,
My strong arm is not strong.
Then sing the song loved, love,
You know that one sweet song.
Aye, sing that one sweet song, love;
Love, just that one sweet song.
For life is none too long, love-
Oh, love is none too long.
Then just one little song, love;
Love, just one little song.
know you love the world, love;
Nor would deem you wrong.
But, when above my grave, love,
Next year the grass grows strong,
Then sing that song loved, love;
Love, just one little song.
No tears or sable garb, love;
No sighs to break your song.
But when they bid you sing, love,
And thrill the joyous throng,
Then sing the song loved, love;
Love, just one little song.
-Joaquin Miller, in the Partisan
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12

Spring brings the blossoms. Autumn brings
the truit-and also colds, etc., for which moth
ing superior to DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup has
ever been offered to the public. II always
cures. Price rs cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12

Arizona contains $4,000, 900 acres of
land, 5000, 900 Of which are surveyed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12
Some Interesting Figures.

In an interview at Chicago with
Robert p. Potter, the well-known statis-
tician, who las been appointed by Census
Superintendent Walker to have charge
of the collection of statistics concerning
the debt, wealth, and taxation of the
United States, Mr.. Potter said: The
facts which have collected give sort
of comparative view OF the growth of
the three sections of the country, and
bear especially on the economic changes
that have taken place in the past decade
in the East, West and South. In 1860
the population of the nine Eastern
sylvania) was IO,594,30O the nine
Western States Excluding Ohio), 6, ,752,-
1863; and the thirteen Southern States,
10, 0,259,0l6. BY careful estimate l find
that at the close of 1879 the population
of the Eastern States had reached A.
303, 900; that of the Southern States, A.
295, 900, and that of the w estern States,
IA, 655. 900. Thus, while the population
of the South probably increased A, 4,025,-
9s4, and that of the Eastern States :, $685.
706, the nine Western States have in
nineteen years gained 1902, ,632-an in
crease nearly equal to the aggregate in
crease of the Eastern and Southern
States in the same period. The increase
of population on the shores OF the great
lakes within the past quarter century is
without a parallel in history. have
made a series of investigations of the
manufacturing populations of the West
ern States (Obio omitted), of the thir-
teen Southern States, and of the six New
England States, including New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Having
ascertained by the census figures of
ha al g
State, the percentage of growth for each
decade was easily found out; then by
taking the average decennial growth
between 1850 and 1870 for the increase
between 1870 and 1880, l have arrived
at the following approximation:
E1sfern Tesfer1 SOufbern
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12

Number engaged
in manufactur-
ing in $780,. 696,66l 5S,947 l09,S66
Number engaged
in manufactur-
ing in l860..... 900, JOY ll3,045 l3l, 1919
Number engaged
in manuisctur-
ing in 1870. -. l,273,S0S 360,62 lS6,470
Probable numeri-
cal increase for
decade ending
1880. ........... 46l,O55 63S,Ss2 1913
Probable number
engaged in
man u featuring
in 1880. ,734 1868 994,5 25S, ,3S9
From this exhibit / find that the
manufacturing population of the nine
Western States increased from 58,947 in
in 1880, and in the Southern States from
100, 1886 to 258, 1889.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-12

SUNDAY.
Lie still and rest, in that serene repose
That on this holy morning comes TO those
Who have been buried with the cares that