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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19
The Grass Valley tcal.) Union Of the

Inc orass Saitey (Sai.l o"'o" VI 'ue
17th says:
The Legislature adjourned sine die yes
tsrday. Its history was one Of good and
evil -evil In the efforts made for much
bad legislation. but good in that such
efforts we're In the main defeated. Al 70
the dignity Of the body. the lower branch
had o II was . bear garden from frat
10 last.
II anything moro expressive could bs
remarked on the same subject in ~ few
words ws would like to hear IL. It fills
the bill.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19

The editor Of the Frossovn Croahsr
has resigned his position. and this il his
explanatory valsdictory: "Not that We
love scissors less bat rum more" The
devil will run the paper until they can
rot . better editor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19

DxApwooD FRoLIo.-At the Gem Va
risty Sunday night there was q play not
on the bills. Ida CLARK was there 10 see
the show. and she was there also for
vengeance. ~ in one end OF . handker.
chief. report says. abe had . glass.
Miss Psasley. the danssuse. came into
the same boz. and ~ soon % CLARK saw
her, she arose In wrath and whacksd the
Pssslsy over the head. This was more
than she had b~areained for, and not
approaching that kind Of bouquets she
sailed in, and those Who witnessed the
matinee say that abe literally mOppsd
the floor with her. She spread her all
ovsr the room, and but for the intsrisr.
emo Of the bystanders. would have swal.
lowed hsr.-Blaek Hls Times.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19

Today is the iOs,h anniversary Of the
battle Of Lexington.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19

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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-19
THE CITY BAKERY,
Confectionery and Candy Depot,

Ne. ~ Nsrth o Street, virsisis,
0YFKRs AN yIIGkNT AssoRT1rxNT o.
" HOLIDAY GOODS. Tor. osndies. !oEne.
Plain Cakes Of I'll kinds, descriptions ana q
signs. and ct prices 70 suit svsrybody.
A. vs import al our goods direct iron IL
East W can ofer than at.pr1ces The Ame -
charged IN Now york. md q iss than -
Francisco ntes.
o'i sissssi e CA ; .ss Z sRfssa4!.''
Proprietor CITY bakssyt
10, 81 North o stFsst, Virginia. Nsvads.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
The Sumac Business.

A Brunswick county (Va.) letter
says: Sumac abounds here in large
quantities, and it is gathered by colored
people from June to October, who sell it
to the proprietors of sumac mills at
Petersburg, where it is pulverized and
prepared for northern markets, to be
used in tanning and dying. The gather
ing OF this article has of late become so
extensive that it may be regarded as
new industry. Years ago the virtue of
Virginian sumac was very little
known, and consequently ve.y little
was gathered, but as soon as it was
found to be among the best in the
world, the demand for it has stead
lily increased-so much so that it is
likely that before long it will be culti-
vated. Last year one of the merchants
in Brunswick county shipped fifty tons
to Petersburg. A colored hand can
easily gather one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty pounds day. Saturday
is the busiest day for merchants in the
rural districts, and then colored people
can be seen coming to the stores from
morning until evening to dispose of their
sumac gathered during the week. Those
that are too poor to own oxen or horses,
carry it. 1t is nothing unusual for q
colored woman to carry forty or fifty
pounds at a time on her head a consid-
cradle distance. Since the article grows
wild, there are no restrictions in the
privilege OF gathering it, but the colored
people, in genera, ask permission tc
do SO.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
SchOOIboys and Headaches.

Professor Treichler has delivered a
lecture before the German association of
naturalists and physicians which con-
tains fact of some int rest to teachers.
He says that headache in schools decld-
edly increases, until in some schools,
and notably in Nuremberg, one-third of
the scholars suffer from it. He believes
that the cause is over intellectual exer-
tion, caused partly by the adoption of
too many subjects, but principally by
the tendency to demand night work.
The brain is then freshly taxed when its
cells are ,xhaused. We be- in to hear
the same complaint in England, espe-
cially from London schools, and are
tempted to believe that in some of them
an imperceptible but steady increase in
the amount of night work demanded has
beeu going on, which is passing a safe
limit. 1t does not hurt the quick, and
it does not hurt the stupid, but it does
hurt the boys and girls who want to
fulfill all demands, and have not quite
the quickness to do it. The usual guam
tity OF Latin, for example, to be learned
at night has within the last thirty years
more than doubled, while the pressure
from parents upon the children TO learn
it all has increased in nearly the same
proportion. The increased Gro wding OF
schools explains much, but it does nc
explain this headache. which is not su
fered by the boys in proportion 70 thei,
ill-health. -LoadQR Spectator.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Bibles With Queer Names,

An interesting collection of Bibles
was recently exhibited in London, which
comprised copies of all the editions
that, because of peculiar errors of the
printers, or from some other reason,
have been known by strange names.
Among the Bibles on exhibition w5re
the following:
The GUTENBERG BIBLE.-The Ear
liest BOOK Known. Printed from
Movable Metal Types, is the Latin
Bible Issued by Gutenberg, at
Mentz, A. d. 1850.
TIE BUG BIBLE.-Was so Called from
its Rendering of Psalms xci. s.:
Afraid OF Bugs by Night" Our
Present Version reads, Terror by
Night" A. D. 1851.
THE BREECHEs BIBLE.-The Geneva
Version is that popularly Known
as the Breeches Bible, from its Rem
dering of Genesis ill.,: I: MAKING
Themselves Breeches out of Fig
leaves.) This translation of the
Scriptures-the Result of the La
bors of the English Exiles at
Geneva was the English Family
Bible During the Reign of Queen
Elizabeth and till Supplanted by
the Present Authorized Version of
King James l.
THE PLACE-MAKERs' BIBLE.-From
remarkable Typographical Error
which occurs in Matthew v: 9:
BLESSED are the Place makers" in.
stead OF Peace.makers. A. ID. 1862.
THE TREACLE EBIBLE.-From it's Ren der
ing OF Jeremiah viii. %: rs There
no Treacle instead of Balm in
GileadPn A. d. 1868.
THE RosN BIBLE.-From the same
Text, but Translated "Rosin" in
the Douai version. A. d. 1909.
THE He AND SHE BIBLEs,-From the
Respective Renderlngs of Ruth iii. :
l5-one Reading that ''She went
into the City," The other has it
that "He went" A. D. 1911.
THE WICKED BIBLE.-From the Fact
that the Negative has been Left Out
of the Seventh Commandment,
Printer was Fined $500. A. d. 1863
THE THUMB BIBLE.-Being One Inch
Square and Haitian Inch Thick, " as
Published at Aberdeen. A. ID. 1870
THE VINEGAR BIBLE.-So Named from
the Headline of the Goth Chapter o.
Luke, which reads as ''The Parable
OF the Vinegar" instead of the Vine
yard. A. ID. l7l7.
THE PRINTERS BIBLE.-We are told By
Cotton Mather that in a Bibl,
printed prior to l702, blunderins
Typographer made King David ex
claim that printers Tinstead O
Princes Prosecuted him without ,
cause" See Psalms cxix. l6l.
THE MURDERERs' BIBLE. so called from
an Error in the Sixteenth verse @
the Epistle OF Jude, the wor,
Murderers" being used instead o
"Murmurers." A. d. 1901.
THE CAXToN MEMORIAL BIBLE, :
Wholly Printed and Bound in l
hours, but only 100 copies strucI
off. A. d. 1877
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Mustard,

The seeds of two species Of mustard
(SInapis) are commonly used for culin-
ary and medicinal purposes, and are
known as black m ustard seeds and
white mustard seeds. The fur of
mustard, so extensively used as a con-
diment, is prepared from u mixture of
the two kinds, usually in the proportion
of two parts black and three parts
white. The seeds are pounded and the
husks then removed from the flour by
sitting. 1t is remarkable that the pun
gent principle for which mustard is
valued does not exist in the seeds, but
it is prod uced when the constituents of
the seeds are brought together under the
influence of water.
Internally, -four of mustard is used as
stimulant, diuretic and emetic; ex-
ternally as an irritant and rebefacient.
White mus. lard seeds are often taken in
an entire state as st mulants in dyspep-
! sia. Mustard should be mixed with
water that has been boiled and allowed
to cool. Hot water destroys its essen
tial qualities, and raw cold water might
cause it to ferment. Put the mustard in
a cup with small pinch of salt, and
mix with it very gradually sufficient
water to make it drop from the spoon
without becoming watery. The Ger.
mans have way of preparing mustard
in which much ofits pungency is modi
fed by spices. The following is an ap
proved method of preparing it: TAX
of the white and black mustard seed
ground fine, each one pound, and hal
a pound of sugar. Pour upon this mix
ture a sufficient quantity of boiiin
vinegar to make it Of the consistency G
soft dough. 1t should then be stirre
constantly with paddle tor about ha
an hour, in which time the mustard wi
swell and become much thicker. sAite
it has cooked--say about an hour-ad
one ounce of powdered cinnamon an
, haitian ounce of powdered cloves and mi
! thoroughly 1t may then be set ava
! in tightly GOV cred bottles and jars, an
if the vinegar is good it will keep an
length of time and improve with ag
Q 1t may be thinned with vinegar as il
t wanted for use. Mustard prepared
s this way is far superior to that mike
in the usual manner, Troy Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
He Wanted to Engage Board for Twenty
Years.


Yesterday afternoon shortly after the
arrival of the train man entered a
hotel in this city and asked the clerk,
who stood busying himself with a pat
ent blotter, the terms upon which he
could engage board.
"Owing to the location of your room,
sir. Big demand Tor our rooms. Feed
we'll"
"I don't care so much about the eatin'
part" replied the man. I'm forty odd
year old, and have been eatin' about all
my life. It's gettin' to be an old thing
room-how much'll you charged"
Just yourself, sirP"
"Well, in a m INNER"
twenty-five dollars month, in case
you are alone"
you see, it's this way: NY wife
will be with me, but as times are pretty
tight, concluded to arrange it this
way, I'll take breakfast, my wife will
take dinner, and we'll throw up-wet or
dry-for supper. By that means we can
both get board for one price. reckon
I'm a little the best manager you ever
seed"
Fifty dollars for the two"
81 don't understand that sort of 'rith-
metic. Both together we'd only eat the
meals allowed for one person. 1t don't
hurt a bed any more for two people to
sleep on it than for one. I've got q b ID
out in the country that was presented to
my wife when we got married an I'll be
dinged if it amt just about as good as
new. It's one of those old-fashioned
beds, with high, yaller posts with knobs
on the tops as big as young pumpkins.
I'll furnish the room with this bed and
one chair. My wife can set on the floor.
I've lived in the country all my life and,
havin' made little money last year,
conclr ded to come to town and splurge
a little. Thar's woman down the
country that has all the time been
buckin' agin my wife, and to git away
with her we have concluded to board at
a hotel"
Fifty dollars per month is our lowest
rate"
How much by the yearp am goin'
into this business right"
six hundred dollars"
This is a wholesale business with
me. How much for ten years?"
"Six thousand dollars"
"That's a gettin' down to it. How
much for twenty years."
Twelve thousand dollars"
'All right. Mark me down for a
square meal right now and check it of
for twenty years"
"oee that cardP" said the clerk point
ing to the hotel maxim of persons with
out baggage are required to pay in ad-
vance.
ooh, I've got the baggage" and the
man lifted up a carpet bag.
That won't CO."
Won't you take this as security?"
No; get out of here"
But want to board here for twenty
years"
GO on away"
I'm leave your one-horse hotel, sir
but first let me show YOU" He lifted
up the carpet bag, opened it and dis
played $4,000 in government bonds.
You can stay, sir"
No; l believe not. 1t takes toe
much money to put up in this hotel
Guess I'll go al ound and put up ct q
wagon yard"
Ever since Cain gave Abel clip with
a club people have lost money by not OBJ.
serving the laws of politeness-Littlt
RocE (ArE.) Gazette.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
The BedOuin's Rebuke.

A Bedouin of true bonor-good Nebar-
Possesse horse whose fame was spread afar;
No other horse was hall so proud and strong
His feet were like the north wind swept along
In his curved neck and in his flashing eve
You saw the harbingers OF victory.
So, many came to Nebar day by day,
And longed TO take his noble horse away:
Large sums they offered, and with grace be-
sought,
But all in vain-the horse could not be bought.
With these came Daher, of another tribe,
To see il he might not the owner bribe;
Yet purposeless--no money, skill, nor breath,
Could part the owner from his horse till death.
Then Daher, who was subtle, mean and sly,
Concluded, next, some stratagem to try;
So, clothed in rags, and masked in form and
face,
He as a beggar walked with limping pace,
And, meeting Nebar with the horse one day.
He fell, and PROSTATE on the desert lay.
The ruse succeeded; for, when Nebar found
helpless man in sorrow on the ground,
He took him up ard on the noble steed
Gave him place-but what thankless deed,
For Daher shouted, laughed, and giving rein
Said, You will never see your horse again
"Take him." said Nebar, "but for mercy's
sake,
Tell no man in what way you chose to take!
Lest others, seeing what has happened to me,
Omit to do some needed charity"
Pierced by these words, the robbers keen re-
morse
Thwarted his plan, and he returned the horse,
Shame-faced and sorrowiul; then skunk way
AS if he feared the very light Of day!
Vide .AUdke.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Tho Pertis OF an Ambassador.

The position of ambassador was not
always quite such safe one as it is
nova lays. Our Henry VIII. wanted
to send Bonner, the bishop, rs ambassa-
dor to France with threatening mes
sage to Francis /. Bonner objected that
it might cost him his head to utter de-
lance couched in such terms. " Ii they
harm YOU" said Henry, IN make
many French heads fall for yours y
May it please your grace" answered
Bonner, but l doubt whether any
head would fit my shoulders quite as
well as my own"
More than century later Cromwell
hanged Portuguese envoy for murder
committed in London. Apparently,
however, he was not a regular ambasSa-
dor. Possibly if he had been it would
not have made much difference. Am
bassadors and their servants were de-
clared exempt from civil pro cedure il
the reign o. Queen Anne, an act of par.
lament having been passed to that eff
! feet in consequence of u slight offered tc
the minister of the czar. Peter tht
! Great was naively astOnished because
every one concerned in the business was
not hanged. French became the recog
nized language of diplomacy about the
middle of the sever teenth century
though it had Begin to assume that posi-
tion much earlier. Crom well, with hi
usual pugnac ty,pro.ested against the us
OF French international correspondence
81 will have nothing but Latin OF Eng
lisn," said the protector. English wa
out of the question, there being proba
bly, less than 100 persons out OF tn
British isles who understood ou
tongue, but Latin, the medieval Ian
guage of diplomacy, was conceded.
was during the commonwealth that a
italian ecclesiastic, sent to Lon on on
temporary mission, bitterly exclaime
that there was only one man in this bal
barous country who could speak Latil
and he was blind. Milton was Lati
secretary at salary of E288 a yea
afterward cut down to ECO when /
required the services of an assistan
France retained its formal asctndanC
till the congress of Berlin in 1878. whe
it was decided that either English {
French might be spoken. The Englis
8 nleuipotentiaries spoke in their ow
language. Indeed, Lord Beaconsfie
cannot speak French fuently. TT
Berlin congress was held in the capt.
l of the German empire and presided ov
! by German statesman, perhaps Il
! most arrogant as well as the ablesS b
couatry has ever produced, yet no o.
ventured to claim for Germany equ
= honors with English and French--R
3 Mall Gazette.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
How Can a WOMAN Tell!

He told me his love this morning,
With his dear hand clasping mine,
And he said: "God speed the dawning
When, sweet, may call thee mine."
But my fond heart questioned softly,
Though loving him true AMI well,
Will his love outlast all changcs2
Oh! how can woman tell
When the years shall bring their trials,
And the cares and pains tweigh
The Joys in the little household,
As clouds might obscure the day,
Will the hand that has held mine fondly,
When maidenly ills betel,
As earnestly shield from sorrowr
Obi how can a woman tell
When the silvery threads are creeping
Through my tresses one by one;
When lose my youth and beauty,
As many wife has done,
will his heart be mine as truly
AS when in the flowery dell
He gave me his trusted promise
OH how can & woman tellf
1 glance at my sweetheart waiting,
His eyes they are clear and true;
al will love him" )" my heart says gladly,
az will trust him the W de world through"
I will be to him Joy and comfort,
will all other wives excel,
1 will keep him with loves sweet magic
Tnis much may a woman tell.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
TIMELY TOPICS.

A person with turn for curious
statistics has calculated that the 10000
600 barrels of beer reported by the brew
ers' congress as sold last year would
have filled canal twenty-one feet wide
and five feet deep, extending from New
York to Philadelphia, and that 1t would
take a pump throwing thirty gallons a
minute, running night and day, over
twenty-one years to pump it out. 1t was
ali swallowed, however.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

There are in the State of Texas 522
counties. OF these, at this time, 1863
are organized and sixty-two unor-
ganized. AT the last election, in 1878
l5f counties voted for governor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

When man has once forfeited the
reputation OF his integrity, he is set
fast, and nothing will then serve his
turn, neither truth nor fplsehood.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

Samuel johnson defined nonsense AS
:" boiling door with q boiled carrot. "
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-02-12
Death of Massena.
Tile Son of the Ntustrio,es F1elE
Marshal Dies an tie Poor House,
Salt La Q Tribune.l

Sunday morning, just AS the sun
was rising over the mountains, the
spirit OF him who once called &C unit
Massena, left its body of clay. He
died at the poor house, with M one
but attending nurses and two little
boys to wipe away the cold sweat
Of death.
Our readers are entirely familiar
with the unfortunate events which
have accompanied the advent of this
son of Field Marshal Massena's into
America, and they need not be bnt
briefly recounted. He occupied a
high position in Europe in different
capacities, bat when tho ssfavorite
child OF victory" as Napoleon sur
named his father, lost favor with
the sovereign on account of his ra-
pacity and erncIty. The family lost
its high position in the aristocracy
OF tie world, and Massena, who was
but yet boy, was compelled to
make his own future. He received
a magnificent education and enter
ed monastery. Subsequently ho
was at the head of the lnquisition
of Rome, where his natural instincts
OF cruelty servc,! him well. Becom-
ing dissatisfied with Roman Cathol-
lcIsm, he left the church and start
cd on lcctnring tour through
England, where he met his wife.
lie is described rs being in that
land one of the most fastidious of
men. Coming to America "a series
OF disasters oetcli him, which soured
his temper to snch an extent that
he becaue cruel in the extreme, and
the trcemasous were compcllcd to
refuse him recognition and to OK
tend an aiding hand to his wife.
who Is now a menial on First East
street. His stay in this city has
been one of misery, and so low did
his circumstances become, that ho
was compelled To beg and finally
seek refuge in poor house, where
he died OF dropsy. He seems to have
inherited all the instincts of his IL
lnstrions father, of whom it has been
said: "i1is private character was
stained by ilnputations of mcanncss
and raracity, which took definite
form i'll series Of accusations
brought against him by the inhabi-
t"nts Of Marseilles. Napoleon call
ed him Il 'rohber,' and offered him
IA present of 81 100000 francs if ho
would discontinue his pcculations.
He paid little attention TO disci-
pline or to the comfort of his troops
by whom he was cordially disliked.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-02-12
WINSTON, N. G, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY X 1880

Even the physicians are not allow
ed to see them. When it is neces
sary to call IA doctor for the tsaritsa
the windows are all darkeneJ, and
he is obliged to feel her pulse
through piece of gauze, so as not
to touch her bare hand! Even
chance encounters were severely
punished. In 1914. two chamber
lains, Dashkof ard Buturlin, on
suddenly turning corner in one
of the interior courts of the palace,
met the carriage OF the Tsaritsa
Natalis, who was apin2 to prayers
at a convent. Their colleagues
succeeded In getting out of the way.
Dashkof and Butur!in were arrest
ed. examined and deprived OF their
offices, but as an encounter wss
proved to be purely fortuitous a, d
unavoidable, they were in a few
days restored to their rank. And
yet this was during the reign of
Alexis, who was far less strict than
his predecessors.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-02-12
Starving Ireland.

4 Horroming Recount Of the Suffer
ings on the Emerald Isle--.A Prince
ly Donation 6u the New York Her
aid.
NEW YORK, Feb. A Herald
special from Dublin give a tabular
statement showing the severity Of
distress in Ireland in villages, towns
and counties. 1t says: livery
day reveals new horrors in the cats
l"gnc of suffering. The outlook
for the coming months is gloumicr
than any prediction has get painted
it. No language can describe tho
appalling privatiors aud utter dcs-
titution which prevail. 1t is i'm
possible to ovcrdraw the situation,
SO rapidly DO matters become worse.
What might have been an exasger-
alton yesterday will Tomorrow be
an underestimate. Three hundred
thousand people are slowly starving,
and can only be kept alive by sn-
perhuman effort on the part of their
ISlio ioS-tiSdlultS, - O'Illc vi ttleul
are living on one meal day Of
tnrnips or meal, and thousands
more are consuming their last po-
tatoes Local efforts are becoming
feeble. The people arc looking to
the world tor succor." In an edi-
torial referring TO the distress the
same paper says: "Thc Herald,
in making this appeal to the be-
nevo,eI.t, deems it fitting to set an
example which vii! be taken as
proof of its sincerity. The Herald
therefore opens to-day subsurip-
ton for the Irish relief, heading it
with the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars. 1t solicits other peo.
pc to give IN proportion to their
Willingness and their means. 1t
will receive subscriptions for any
amount down 20 25 cents, carefully
publishing the name and residence
Of every subscriber, and when de-
sired, the place of his former resi- =.
dence in Ireland, that tho people
relieved may know to whom they
are indebted"