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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22
North Carolina Mountain villases.W

Rebecca Harding Davis has in Har-
per'S M"9d7ine an article on BY Paths
in the Mountains" from which we take
this extract: The awful solitude of the
forests is scarcely broken by them.
half of their unpainted, weather.b beaten
houses are always empty, the inmates
having apparently died, or gone farther
into these sleepy wildernesses and for
gotten to come back. The roads lead
ing to them are always over break-neck
preciplces and in scandalous repair, one
generation putting off to another the
mending of them. There is always u
deserted mica mine on neighb boring
height, shining like a fountain of silver
gushing from the rock; there is always
a stream which would give power
full yield of gold, only we folks don t
count much on them uncertain ways of
maxim a livin'."
There are always one or two families
of educated, we'll bred people. They
have little money, but they feel the need
of it less here than anywhere else in the
States. They live in roomy wooden
houses, the walls, ceilings and floors fire.
quently made of a purplish fne-grained
poplar, which no Persian carpet or tap
estry could rival in beauty; they buy
no new books, but they have used the
Olu o1eo uulll IlSy are live IrlenOS, CQoy
never saw Il Gerome or Fortuny. but
their windows open on duskJ valleys,
delicate in beauty as dream. on rush
ing waterfalls, on rainbow wells of mist
floating over dizzy heights; they dress
in homespun, and sit on wooden benches.
but knowing nothing of fashions or brio
a brac, their souls sit at case and are
quiet, and they never feel the aching
void Of an empty pocket. Our travellers
were welcomed to many u room where
trunks, the spinning wheel and the
cooking stove filled one side, and the
bed and portion of a Revolutionary
ancestor the other, where fiat-irons and
silver goblets, Shakespeare and the
blacking- brushes, amicably keep com.
pany on the mautel-shelf, but in which
the fine quick wit ana the grave courtesy
OF their hosts would have dwarfed the
StatelieSt surroundings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

Profess :sor: "What are the constitu-
ents of quartz" Student: "Pin.s." A
bland smile creeps over the class
CanlpuS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

The potato crop in Ireland is very
promising.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

The soes OF these Roots and Shoes made with two
hi,knesscs Of best sole leather with a coating Of ubber
between ii, The outer sole protect fro7 wea bs
N.nutiriCtifs R,cnt Hes-Cuitr s-ic-l EEi-sts4
mi they guaranteed 20 Uttrt0r 0hg otr soc mud.
Inquire for thl NJ OF any Boot and Shoe dealer and ,eA
no other.
HALF SOLES may he rad Of II. c. GooDrIcn, as
Chicago lis Send paper pattern of size wanted, with
20 cents stamps for mems size or y cents Tor boys
sz., AMI pair vii! be sent by mail
Ny refer nces-An Sewing A-chire Companies IN the
ltul
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22
Important to the Fair sexl

THE GREAT ENG. .,isg REMEDY, cures Iercorr-
haa (or whites Painful Menstruation liberation, Oys
Diseases Absent Menstruation, all Diseases knowa
yess Is periodical ard regulating pill sod % bS1es by a
for $500 sent by mail free of postage securely seaed
THE GItAH BIEDICINE CUs
Mechanics Block, Detroit, Mich
Wholesale Agents for u. 8. eB Pamphlets sent Tree
y N. CRITTENTON, Wholesale Agent, New forK.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22
Wetting Lead Pencils,

The act of putting lead pencil to the
tongue. 10 wet it, just before writing
which we notice in so many people, is
one of the oddities of which it is hard
to give any reason-unless 1t began in
the days when lead pencils were poorer
than now, and was continued by ex-
ample into the next generation.
A lead pencil should never be wet. II
hardens the lead and ruins the pencil.
Ibis fact is known to newspaper men
and stenographers. But nearly every
one else does wet pencil before using
it. This fact was definitely settled by
newspaper clerk away down-East.
Being ofa mathematical taru of mind,
he ascertained by actual count that of
fifty persons who came into the office
to write an advertisement or church
notice, forty-nine wet pencil in their
mouth before using it, Now this clerk
always uses the best pencils, cherishing
a good one with something of the pride
soldier feels in his gun or sword, and
1t hurts his feelings to have his pencils
spoiled. But politeness and business
considerations require him to lend his
pencil scores of times every day. And
ofJen after it has been wet till it was
hard and brittle and refused to mark,
his feelings would overpower him.
Finally, he got some cheap pencils
and sharpened them to lend The first
person who took up the stock pencil
was man whose breath smelt OF onions
and whisky. He held the point in his
mouth and soaked it for sew eral min
utes, while he was torturing himself in
the effort to write an advertisement for
a missing bulldog.
Then a sweet looking young lady
came into the office, with kid gloves
that buttoned half the length OF her
arm. She picked up the same old pen
Gil and pressed it to her dainty lips pre-.
paratory to writing an advertisement for
a lost bracelet. The clerk would have
stayed her hand, even ut the risk of
box of the best pencils ever Faber
catered, but he was too late.
And thus that pencil passed from
mouth 10 mouth Tor week. 1t was
sucked by people of all ranks and stat
ions, and all degrees of cleanliness and
uncleanliness. But we forbear. Surely
no one who reads this will ever again
wet a lead pencil. l.--Mi,lneap lis Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

uIAuTrn Asss for the wsadsr Ass Rass.a Frs
WAN Prof Lamp chiuAsy. Big proas JWoRrH a CO.,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

HuTah! From Mexico to Maine =
II tue Great Campaign Song. PIice 35c mailed
oy music dealers, OF the Chicago Music Co.. Publishers
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

Sc In S10 per day al home. Samples worth IS free
w w "Eo Address SvIssoH L Co.. Portland Hlins
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-22

WANrED-MEN OF integrity and ability 10 sell
w Trees. es and shrubs. Permanent
Enpioyment TO good Salesm' n. Add ess D. II. PATTY
Co, kurserymen. 52I Broad Street Newark N J.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
THE NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

The American Union Telegraph Company.
which. rs the DEMOCRAT noticed few days
ago is asking from the Council for tho right
OF way through the limits OF this city, has
awaited itself OF the constitutional provision
relative TO the organization of corporations
for works Of public improvements. and
formed local company. to be called the
American Union Telegraph Company Of
Louisiana.
The company Il, We learn, ready and anx-
ious IL ~ To work. and will very shortly after
the consent III the Council Ia obtained, as
we confidently expect II will be. proceed to
push matters vigorously towards making a
connection with their wires at Chattanooga.
We regard the advent Of this new company
as a very fortunate circumstance for New Or
leans, rs II certainly heralds the dawn OF
cheap telegraphy. in which every individual
Is directly Interested. and which will be al
especial boon to newspapers, who. In these
days OF high priced paper and high telegraph
rates. are having particularly rough
time The press OF the South has
had a long and hard struggle to maintain
itself against the Determinations which
have been made against 1t In
the matter Of telegraph. ard we have no
doubt the advent OF the new company will
create competition that will not only result
In better but cheaper service. The DEMOCRAT
favors all enterprises Of this character on
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
CONGRESSIONAL FUNERALS.

Burytng Congressman seems to be about
AZ expensive a luxury as the nation can con-
venently indulge In. nowadays. Frequent
ly-all too frequently. by the way-the peo-
pie are regaled with a publication of one of
the itemlzed accounts of expenses for one of
these national wakes, and then 1t dawns upon
the thoughtful mind that the death OF a Con
aresaman Ia a great deal more of u calamity
than had hecn supposed. Not only does 30
much ability and greatness vanish from the
land. but large sums OF money have to be
spent. vast quantities Of gloves. sashea.
badges. Grape. etc, have to be purchased.
oceans Of drinkahles and mountains OF eat
aheB have to be consumed; trains of carriages
have to be hired. special railway trains to be
chartered, and 30 on until the aggregated con
sequences OF dead Congressman are
enough to extort n wall OF anguish from the
entire population of the land. Two or three
years ago we lost n Congressman from this
Stata-Hon J. Edwards Leonard OF the Fifth
District. Mr.. Leonard died In Havana. lie
was a comparative stranger In Louisiana.
having migrated hither only short
while previous. Hc was regarded M n
man Of more than average ability. however.
and enjoyed q consideration which few Lou
isiana Republicans of that timo possessed But
although young man who had had no OPP
portuIaty to acquire distinction. and had
scarcely been heard of beyond the range OF
his personal acquaintance. he Mt once sprang
into national notice 10y the act OF dying The
House of Representatives. was convuIsed with
grief Eulogies were delivered and mourners'
bands. black gloves and funeral parapher-
MALTA generally were ordered by wholesale.
Then committee was appointed to supern-
tend the transportation of the remains back
to the United States and To preside over their
interment at the home OF the deceased In
Pennsylvania. And then. In due time, the
fore the proper committee to be audited and
paid and IL. after that, there was q taxpayer
In ali the land whodidn't regret Mr.. Leonard's
death we failed to hear OF him.
According to the report of the clerk OF the
House there was expended by the govern
meat for funerals during the year ending
June 80. 1879 the sum OF Si3 500 81, and 1t
fos congressman, either. 1t cost more than
S5o0a to bury Mr.. Schleicher Of Texas. 1913 50
OF this sum went for kid gloves and silk
scarfs. Hon. A. 5. Williams called for Sl44a SO.
Hon. Rush Clark couldn't get buried for less
than s263t A., and the solemnities In the case OF
Hon. Julian Hartridge footed up S26s6 70. It
Is instructive II not agreeable to consider
some of the items In these bills-take the
case OF Mr.. Hartridge for example. where
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
THE OZAR'S DILEMMA.

There Is no denying the fart that the mon
archs OF Europe are paying pretty dearly for
their titles and royal trapplnRs. and tho
worst Of 1t Ia their situation as the saying
runs, la growing no better very fast. Follow
Ing swiftly upon the heels OF the dlabolical
attempt to kill the Gar n few weeks ago on
railroad near Moscow, comes the bold
attempt to accomplish tho same purpose In
tho very palace of Alexander So far that
monarch aeems to have borne n charmed
life, and ali the most daring and Ingenious
schemes OF that most extraordinary body.
the Nihilists, have proved Intellectual for the
accom- llehment Of the dread purpose which
they openly proclaim in their secretly print
cd but widely circulated Journals.
Five times has Alexander escaped from the
fierce assaasins who have sought his life.
and It Ia not to DO wondered Mt that he
shouId seriously think OF resIgning the
reigns OF government into the hands OF hts
son. who notwithstanding the terrible or
perience OF hls father. is doubtless willing
and anxious to try his prentice hand at tho
business OF ruling. The Czar Is undoubtedly n
victim OF his own mistakes. IIe should have
either proceeded more deliberately with re-
forms In the commencement Of his reign or
elae should have followed them up to their
legitimate and Inevitable conclusion n
Representatives government. Having lib
Grated the serfs inauRurated In his empire
trial by jury. and given a great Impetus to
education. he awakened n desire among the
people for greater freedom and kndIed n
spirit OF resistance to oppression which has
n.
which demands absolute freedom from all
restriction and carries on a secret, but con
slant and dsadly warfare against the govern
ment
The object Of the Nihlists la to destroy all
existing authority, to demoish utterly every
trace Of the present methods Of government
In order to form new or ideal sort Of organi-
zatton, In which everybody ahall do precisely
as he pieases and be responsible to no one for
his acts. Their cry IL, "No law, no religion,
Mill"
In speech delivered by BakunD, the
founder of the society OF destruction. at
Berne. in 1868. he wildly denounced all exist
ing laws and religions, declared they were no
longer OF any value. and exclaimed LET u.s.
then, cast off this garm mt of law for it has
HOT oeeli Iaade according 10 our measure, ana
1t impedes our free movements. Hither with
the axe, and let us demollsh everything.
Those who come after us will know how to
rebuild an editice quite as solid as that which
we now feel trembling over our heads" The
numbers Of this society are increasing to
such an extent that they are now found even
among the nobility, and the very servants and
attendants In the Winter Palace have be-
come infected with Nihilistic doctrines.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22

The rr"pune'a funny paragraphs POSSESS
the quality Ut instigatlnR other funny para-
graphs, and the Peag,nea funny man has a
we'll defined appetite for discovering com
ments upon his own wit, As thus, In yester-
day afternoons Pic
The colored man will travel on his shane
after this. Frenehman hos discovered that
the famous Apollo Ralvidere statue was pat
termed .s otter negro model IN. q. Prayune
We fall to detect the resemblance In any of the
heely otypes, Philadelphia Bulletin
The beauty Of this arrangement Ia that an
old joke can be warmed over and made to MI
up so much OF the space devoted to wit. Of
course the average citizen fails to discover
the bumor Of either the statement or the
rejonder. but the thing looks we'll and the
presumptye moral Ia that the I'ic'a original
paragraph must have been very funny In
deed In order to provoke 90 exeruclaing
notice. And for this do we belong tn the
Mutual Admiration Society
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
THE CELEBRATION TODAY.

The prpuarntiona for the celebration Of the
birthday of Washington, and for the unyeil-
tng of the superb monument Of the Washing
ton Artillery have been or a character to
warrant ns In predicting such a military
display aa has not been Witnessed IN this city
since the war. In addition to our own well
disciplined and handsome corps, there will he
the Alabama State troops. under command
of Col l. x. Irwin. who arrived last evening
from Mobile and who will receive from our
citizens and soldtery most cordial greeting.
The Mobilians have ever been noted for their
warm-heartnl and houndess hospitality.
ana our citizens and troopa have frequently
been the recipients Of nnu,tesias from them
slow tn reclpfncate On this occasion
III IL, therefore, with profound hea,tinnss
that We bid orr military visitors welcome
and invite them to on hospitality.
yhe exquisite ehill and precision. az a mill
tarv body, shown by the First Alabama Regl-
ment on their Welt To this city yesterday,
suggests the Idea Of an allusion to the militia
nf this State. AZ matter of fact our militia
is a body Of recent growth. II being impossi=
BILE to form the nucleus of a popular military
Organization Till 1877 Owing to the absence
" sufficient appropriation end atimulue, the
militia organizations dragged ita slow length
along hut an impetus wac given 70 II r.
Gently hy the accession N several established
military bodies to the State service,
Since the Inauguration Of Gov Witt sttll
more decided impetus has been given, and
there ia every reason to hope that much more
consideration will be given 1t In the time TO
come. His Egcellencv has displayed not
merely personal wish to raise the standard
OF the militia service. bat by his appoint
ments has proved an earnest desire to adj
vance it. The militia power is the reppse and
safety of civil community. and II ia, there
fore the province Of State to see that 1t liz
provided for. VI would appear
that these are the nentlmenta which control
Cav. Witt. and III them he has the hearty
sympathy nf the community.
A like encouragement la given to the forma-
lion nf militia bodies throughout the State.
and with the impnlae thus given under the
care of Gov. Witt, there is little
louht that we will soon be able to compare
With any State.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
OUR LEVEEs,

| The statement Of the deputy city surveyor
! that there are between Toledano street which
IA the lower boundary 81 the Sixth District
and Carrulton nfty- ak breaks IN the levee e
| calculated to awaken among those unfamiliar
with the character NJ the breaks and the IA
pil,ty with which they may be closed TN
| necessary uneasneas. The cuts for the mpat
part are small. and are made for the most part
to enable vehicles to go out upon the hatture
In low water, for the purpose Of hauling
eand wood, etc. hut there are several noted
by Mr., blanchard In his report which are
larger than should ever he permitted. and of
that character is the gap near the brick yard
juet above Peters Avenue, which is six feet
deep by one hundred feet wide. Such break
In the sevea az that might he the cause Of very
aerous disaster. and the administrator In
charge If the leveae viii. no doubt. prevent
the recurrence Ut such gap hy Issuing strin-
gent orders against the unnecessary cutting
Or the leveea Tho city authorities have gone
vigorously to work and will In a few days
have the leveea repaired. 60 az to remove all
fears that may have been excited by the
knowledge of the riae which d coming BOOM
Ing down from the Ohio and tts tributaries.
Fortunately for ua. and for all those In this and
adjoining States whose lands are protected
by leveea which are In too many Instances
frail ami insecure, there ls no corresponding
boom or freahet from the western tributaries
Of the Mississippi, eIao there would be very
serious cause to fear ovelllows that would
result IN the moet widespread dlaastor and
suffering. It II q lamnntable tact that several
States are ny reaaon Of the culpable careless
neas and negligence Of the general govern
ment actually at the mercy Of the great ma
tional river. which may..any year he swollen
by the united waters of its eastern and west
tremendous and irresistible force. 1t Is a
shameful thing that Louisiana should be con-
etantly endangered. that her wonderfully pro-
life lowands should be every year liable to
be flooded by the water which sweeps down
upon her from the regions OF the Northwest
The State has recently done vast amount
of good work upon her evees. and It may
truly he said that nothing more could have
been done with the limited means at the com
mand Of the State engineers but In view Of
the flood coming down. and In view also Of
Wis iheheA bi0Is Auth FItss'Ni'bS W aHtsutl
rise from the western tributaries of the Mia
sissppl. we cannot be too vlgilant at NIL
points where there is cause to fear trouble
from the high water Dr. Robe. the signal
officer at this polnt is rather inclined to fear
a rise In tho Western tributaries from the
great deficiency Of rainfall In that quarter-a
deficiency which Is apt to be made w short
~. and II that should occur just AZ the time
when the Mississippi was full from the pres
ent Ohio flood. then there would be great
danger of destructive crevassaE.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
JURlEs FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS.

/ In the DEMOCRAT Of February 81 1870 was
| promulgated act No. of tean. entitled "Ar
act to fix the first terms OF the district courts
under the constitution of 1879. and to regulate
the fixing by the district Judges of s,lhses uent
| terms"
| This act takes effect twenty days after pub
lleation. under article ~ Of the constitution,
and will become operative Mach 10, 1890
The act provides:
RHe. T. BE il further ennefed ale. That The
tlrat term uf tho district court In each parish
| aud each al ternae tenn therein ehnlI be q Jury
term. AT which grand and petit jnrtes shall ha
drawn summoned and mpanelled In the
manner provided hy law on that subject
Under this section the proper officers
should proceed on the thirteenth Of March TO
draw a jury for the first Monday In April In
each parish In which the district courts meet
that day, The repeating clause of the act
repeats all laws In conflict with the act. and
consequently repeats 80 much Of the present
jury law as directs inrles to be drawn nifty
days before the first day Of the jury torn.
Section provides that juries shall he
drawn for the first term nf each district
court, In the mn,tner provided by law on that
subject. but not at The time provided by such
qured iurles to he drawn fifty .a9s before
the Nth day of April. when the act was not
passed until the middle Of February and was
approved by the Governor on the twentieth
Of February.
II this were doubtful question II would
atill be the duty Of the proper officers to draw
the jurles as above. and let the arrays be
challenged when the courts meet 90 that the
judges could pass upon the question and, IL
they set aside the juries. could order new
inries to be drawn for Immediate attendance.
As soon as the Judges fix the subsequent
terms by their orders In open court, as re-
CURED by section of the act, the proper OFF,
GERS should proceed TO draw the jnrtes for
those terms within tho fifty days interim or
not.
The above views OF this law are endorsed
by Judge Farmer, Of Ouachlta. who wrote
the bill and assisted In passing 1t through
the Legislature.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22

1t has long been a eause Of much complaint
with our travelling public that on q few Of our
street car routes the seats are almost Away 3
covered with dust. This would be sufficiently
annoying II gentlemen only were the injured
parties but the matter becomes much more
serious when ladies are subjected ~ they con
stantly are, To the same grievance
Many ladies. richly dressed and otherwise
enter car, without noticing Its dusty condi-
ton, and seat themselves, to the serious detri-
ment Of expensive>iresses. Again. at night,
many ladies and gentlemen enter the cars to
so to the theatre or opera. and even II they
notice the dusty condition Of the seats. are
compelled to use handkerehiefs MS busters, or
carry the dust about their clothing.
This is a matter which the officers OF the
street car companies owe 1t to their patrons
to look into. Surely It would not entail much
extra labor upon the drivers. II they We're
instructed to thoroughly dust down the car
seats at the end of each route. whilst wait
Ing, as they all do. the starters signal.
The Annunciation and Chippewa line. and
the Tchoupitoulas and New Levee line are
particularly spoken of as needing prompt at
tention In regard to this matter.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22

general principles, and az the company ls
asking no special or exclusive privileges. but
merely to be placed on the same footing as
other companies, and as the benefits that will
be conferred upon the public will much out
weigh the privileges granted. we trust tho
city Council and the Legislature will extend
to the company every aid and encourage
ment.
The American Union Telegraph Company
has already about 10000 miles of wire. about
5000 miles of which are now working, and
tta connection with the new French cable will
enable II to greatly reduce the price Of Euro
pnan messages.