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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

There are three principal methods OF
rapidly increasing the supply of plant
food in any soil, By feeding concentra-
ted foods upon the land, as ol-cake,
cottonseed-c d-cake, etc; by the application
of barnynrd manure, and the use OF alti-
fetal fertilizers. Which of these three
methods is to be adopted in any given
case must be determined by the many
conditions and circumstances that sur
round it. 1t may be that the feeding OF
sheep with decolticated cotton-seed cake
upon q poor pasture may be the quickest
aud best method of enriching the land.
In other cases the purchase and npplica.
tion of barnvard manure may be the
most profitable. When it comes TO the
artificial fertilizers, it should be borne
in mind that their true Office is to supply
quickly one or two ingredients that may
be deficient in the soil-when these are
known their use is to be recommended
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Last August, says writer in the Hus-
ddndmaa, my men sowed few pounds
of strap-leaf turnip seed between the
rows of tobacco on piece of about two
acres. No care was taken to avoid
tramping the young plants in harvesting
the tobacco, and no attention was paid
to them afterward, except to keep off
stock. The result was 300 bushels Of
we'll grown turnips. These had piled
in heaps of about SO bushels each, and
we'll covered with earth. The tops make
excellent fodder for young cattle, and
the roots are good food for milch cows.
In this season of high-priced fodder my
turnips will prove good investment.
Hereafter I shall not be without crop
OF turnips for feeding.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
The Japanese Language.

The japanese language is "a complete
hieroglyphic system and the caligraphy
a system of drawing or painting. Every
schoolboy has to learn at least 1000 diff
ferent characters; in the elementary
schools of the government 5000 have to
be taught. A man with pretensions to
scholarship must be acquainted with
about 10000; and very learned man
with that number multiplied many times
A Japanese must devote at least ten years
persistent and earnest study to the ac
QUESTION of his own language if he de
sires to possess knowledge of it suffi
cient for the purposes of an educated
man. The mechanical art of handling
the brush so as to paint the character
with skill and rapidity occupies no small
part of a learners time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
The Biggest Hog.

A Galveston man has just returned
from visit to the interior, and tells
about conversation he overheard in a
small town. There was big fair, and
there was considerable rivalry rbout the
biggest hoe5 One lady asked another
after the awards had been made;
Did your husband OF mine get the
prize for the biggest hog?"
Neither of them got it. A strange
hog from the country got il. ."--Ne'rs
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
NO.. A..
Don't stay Late Tonight.

Tho hearth Of home is beaming
With rays of rosy light;
And lovely eyes are cleaning,
As falls the shades of night;
And while thy steps are leaving
The circles pure and bright.
A.tender voice half grieying
Says, "Don't stay late tonight"
The world in which thou movest
Is busy, brave and wide;
The world Of her thou lowest
Ia at the ingle side;
She waits for thy warm greeting;
Thy smile is her delight;
Her gentle voice entreating,
Says, "Don't stay late tonight
The world, so cold, inhuman,
viii spurn thee if thou fall;
The love Of one poor woman
Outlnsts and shames them all:
Thy children will cling round thee,
Let fate be dark or bright;
At home no shaft will wound thee,
Then "Don't stay late tonight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Making BicycIes,


Describing the manufacture of BICYCLES
at Hartford, Conn, the Bicycle Fo,M
says: Here manufacturing may be seen
as distinguished from making thou
sands of bicycles in their various stages
and different parts may be seen, some of
them in the hands of workmen. others
in the hands OF machinery, if We may
so speak, for the machinery by which
some parts OF the bicycle is made, work
ing automatically, and with such pre-
nision and ingenuity, seems almost in
telligent. Looking through all the de-
tails, one can understand the reason so
great delay in bringing out the new
styles. Here are, for instance, in one
room, in one chest, $4,000 worth of
rubber tires, kept near the river so that
they may be flung through the window
into the water in case OF fire. In an
adjoining room are furnaces where the
wheels are baked up to q certain degree
When the tires arc stretched upon the
riUs.
Passing into aLother room one sees
dies executed in heavy blocks of steel,
some still in the process of construc-
tion. On the way to the forging-room
are to be seen So, 900 worth of broken
dies thrown aside, and in the forging
shop are the heavy ip-hammers at
work here are the dies fer forging the
heads of machines, the cranks, springs,
forks and other parts. The rims are
rolled out through accurate-grooved
steel rollers, and brazed together. The
backbone is made of strong tubular
steel, to be afterward shaped by the use
of forms and other machinery; and so
on through the 800 parts making up a
bicycle. Perhaps the most interesting
room IS where the smaller parts are
made, the nipples, lock nuts, etc; these
( being made by automatic machinery of
steel rods of octagonal circumference.
These rods are placed upon carriers
drawn automatically through machine
which cuts the threads, bores the inner
holes, shapes the head, and cuts them
off with surprising ingenuity and pre-
cision. In one room are forty similar
screw-cutting and forming machines,
all in operation, tended and operated by
three boys, working steadily like 50
many men, requiring only to be sup,
piled with bars of metal, and so they
continue their tireless work until time
of shutting down.
The factories here are equal to the
turning out of fifty bicycles per day
but all is not done without skillfui
labor; truing the wheels, back wheels
backbone and fore wheel together
making adjustable ball l-bearirgs, fitting
of all parts together, and the finishing
up of the whole machine, are instances
where the greatest skill is required
For instance, the rim of the "Specia
Columbia must be finished and. bur
nished before the spokes are put in
and the mere furnishing of the rim ant
the preparation for the nicbel-plating
requires the labor of one man and hi
machinery for the whole of one day
Space forbids our going further int,
details, but enough has been said t.
show that the manufacture of bicycle
in the United States, on large scale
is we'll established.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
The IIusbantinInu,

Give fools their gold and knaves their power,
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall
Who sows q field or trains flower
Or plants tree is more than all.
For he who blesses most is blest
And God and man shall own his worth,
Who tolls to lenve at his bequest
An added beauty in the earth.
And soon or late, to all that SOW
The time of harvest shall be given
The flowers shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
Ii not on earth at least in heaven.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Recipes.

GINGER SNAPS. One cup each OF
lard and butter, two cups Of molasses,
one cup of brown sugar, one tablespoon
full of soda, one pinch of salt Mix very
soft, and roll thin.
BENTON TEA CAKEs.-Take one pound
of -four, four ounces of butter and milk
sufficiently to make a paste; roll out very
thin and cut it into shapes, and bake or
a hot hearth or slow oven plate,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17
Sauce.

j.
What is life without its sauce?
Sauce for gander, sauce for gooseY
Little gain and much of loss
Chicken pie without its price.
Marriage is a royal dish
Than which there is none above;
Yet to taste of it who'd wish
If I has not the sauce of love?
Hope is good to feed upon;
On life's menu it ranks high;
Yet its flavor soon is gone
If its sauce grows hard and dry.
".
Tid-bits in the worlds cuisine
Woman's words are-pleasant things
If the sauce in the turreen
Is not made of bitter stings.
"
Life struggle is all through,
Yet we'll have more gain than loss,
If, no matter what we do,
We secure our share of sauce.
Caleb Dunn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Rev. Samuel Hen@us Prime, ID. D.,
in recently referring to his editorial
connection with the New York Obseiua,
said; 81 have written ON an average more
than five columns each week for forty
years, OF 10000 in all-at least 100
volumes OF 400 pages each"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

Walter Paine, the Fall River mill
treasurer, who embezzled several hun
dred thousand dollars, and is safe from
extradition in Canada, has offered him,
self for membership in Montreal Bap.
fist church. The pastor is inclined TO
think that Paine, if truly repentant,
would voluntarily return to Fail River
for punishment, and therefore his appli
cation has not yet been granted
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-17

A great deal of type-setting in Bel
gium is done 10y machinery
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23
FOR THE SENATE.

MeSsrs Editors ;--As Mr.. VIM. o Reedes has
been appointed a Clerk under the Governments
we beg you 70 announce Or. y. J. SUTTON a,
has done as much for the Republican party as
any man in it and knowing be has received
nothing but abuse We think be is entitled to
some reward for his services and therefore name
him MS a candidate for the Senate, subject to The
action af regular Republican f6isrenti0B, aad
ASSURE The public he viii receive, what he merits,
the warm support ofthe Republicans Of the coun-
ty and particularly Of
April ia, 1881. CnAFTi6O
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23
For snERlFF.

Ai the solicitation AZ many warm personal
friends 80 different sections Of The county who
claim that have made humane but prompt
aud efficient Sheriff. am Induced 20 hsk go ru-
dBrsrreni Tor The same position IN 1881, rad
viibg thankful 10 Ioy t'iow.cihzcns for their
support,
Sept o. 1882, FRANK SMITH
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FOR THE LEqIsLATURg.

The friends Of HERBERT r. MOORE recon-
mend him to the voters Of 81. Mary county az
a candidats-fur the Legislature, and endorse him
as cmineuily qualified for that position. i be
viii consent TO serve as sc trust be will, be
will be warmly supported By
March 81, lasls The Entire County.
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r0n COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

Mearre Editors .-Yuu wiilplcsse cay through
lhs coinmns % your paper chat Il Mr. ISAIAH
CANTFE n tIc 5ih District, will consent 20 Do
and Independent candidate, ipr scit iu The next
Commia3ourfs Cent. DC viii bc warmly sup
portea by gbc people Of
Nov 1850 Leonardtowu District
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roRrnE tEeIsLAruRE

Messrs Editors --You will please Announce
GEO. *. GARNER asa Democratic candidate
for a seat In the House Of Delegates at the next
and say he WILDE Warmysup-
orted by the people. Aug 20, 1880.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23
FoH COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

McssTs E3itom Pic.tse announce in thC Bgs-
eos JOSIAH IT, HANCOCK, Of Charlotte Hall
District. as Is fpn18ntf fot efst 10 our next
Com miaaiengrs Courl gnd state tiint he wili re-
cc.tc S rnniia' arpOrt from ihe
Marcia ~. 1851. Second District.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23
IN MEMoRIAM.

Departed this life at the residence of her hus-
band in ST. Inigoes' district on Tuesday even
ing, May 3lst instant, in the Goth year Of her
age, MARY R. SMITH, beloved wife Of d. b.
Smith.
Gentle hands, thy work is donei
Faithful feet, thy race is run;
Peaceful brow, thy crown is won
How brief and yet how repletc with sorrow,
are these few words They tell Of the ending Of
a life scarce begun, but TO the writer they tell
also ola life we'll spent short If measured by
years but if estimated by duties faithfully per-
formed, then log, indeed. She did her duty
while in the world and in a manner unprcten-
tious ard unassumiug. Her disposition was af-
iectionate; her manners gentle; her conversation
pure and her life innocent. Entirely unselfsh in
her nature her leisure hours were constantly
occupied in deyisng or executing some plan to
bring new and unexpected pleasure to her
friends. None who nigh, ask her a favor proper
10 be given ever met refusal. II Is a cous0lH-
lion to know she WIS an ahectionalo wife, du-
tiful daughter and loving sister.
H.A.H,
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For sHEElFF

Nearg Editors Announce b The BEAcoS
JOHN FENNICk. Of f.euuard5own asaeon.
didAtcf1r Ihe neat ShcrBalty and state that be
will bc supported by large body oCwarmly
attached ritnds and by this masses ofIhepso-
plo. Sept 0, $40.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23

Nrtsrs. Editors II JOHN SUAnRtCE wul
ranast % tetoue candidate for tie utxtSher-
iGal,y. be- Will fttitse tagrHlrr support 81 the
Dcm1cf8cr 81 sle aud disuiEi
Nos i8 1880. Wary Friend.
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ron suEplfF

We arf authrrizel % announce john Y.
BUCEfER. "a ihe Bth district asnn iuIcptniepI
democratic candidate for d. neat shtriralty
lbe however, 70 thc action Of his pmriy Ia
;hr matlf
March 2th. isst
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FOR SHERIFF

Messrs Editofs~ You viii please Say through
tie columns ofyour paper that " Mr. JAMES
n. ALVEY will consent to be candidaihfofthe
most sbcriiIalty be will be warmly supported by
Febl2. 1889. !seoaardfown District
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sherins sale.

EDY virtue Of a writ Of Fieri Facias, issued ont
- Of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's county,
at the suit Of James II Wilson, admr. OF Joshua
Wilson, against the goods and chattels, lands
and tenements Of Hopey Daley, and to me drec-
ted, have seized and taken in execution all the
right, title, interest, claim and estate, at law
ard in equity of the said Hopey Daley in and to
the following real estate to wit One tract or
parcel of land, located in tho End election dis
trict and between the lands ofJohn w Tippett
and the heirs of Joshua Wilson, known as
Westbury Manor, containing 20
acres. more or leso. And hereby give notice
that on TUESDA Z, the l2h day Of July, 1881,
between the hours of - O'Clock, m. and 4
O'Clock, p M, I viii expose to public auction
the above described real estate, SO seized and ta-
ken in execution, to the highest bidder for cash
Ito satisfy said debt, interest and costa due and
to become due thereon.
WIN. FRANK FORD, Sheriff.
June l6, lSsl--ts.
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focal Correspondence. J
MEcnANIcsyIn1n. June 2Ot

MEcHANIcsvIpLE, June goth, Ssl
Messrs Editors -Haryest is here, and soon the
broad fields that once waved 50 bithesomely with
golden grain, will be but a sodden plain, while
the busy hum Of merry workmen as they go forth
to garner up the yellow sheayes that lie dormant
Ia the sun, recall vivid membranes Of by-gone
days when we labored under like circumstances
And, although exempt at tfrom such loils,
we feel the same old interest therein, and tender
kindly sympathy to those who are still at the
barl May each husbandmans granary be fully
stored with ripened grain and his efforts in bat
tling with the suns heated rays be amply re-
warded
Housewives generally, are swearing vengeance
over the loss of their poultry, while their hus-
bands keep up the chorus By denouncing the
dstemper which infects their horses Our Pro-
fessor's bay, we learn, has fallen victim to this
trying disease. Tuesday last our friend II. had
the misfortune to lose very valuable horse which
was occasioned by lock jaw originating from a
wound received in some unknown way. Mrs.
H., who has long been sufferer from vertigo
and typhoid pneumonia, is cow conyaescing, -
We hope she may soon be out again. Blue eyes,
of whom previous mention has been made, de-
parted some days ago for home. Young men,
refrain from tears--let not her departure afllict
you with dispair. Wicomico is but q narrow
stream, and if no opportunity for transportation
avail have faith aud, maybe, you can walk
across
Both railroads are pushing ahead alta lively
RI te, aifording some for faith in their u-
innate completion; stil we are a little skeptical
but shall say nothing TO disparage either enter
prize
The changes in the revised New Testament has
brought TO the minds Of many the following
verses in Revelation IF any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him the plaques
that are written in this book; and if any man
shall take away from the words Of the book Of
this prophecy, God shall take sway his part cut
Of the book OF life
Our popular young Dentist seems to be obtain
ing full share Of patronage.
RETsBEw.
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PROFESSIONAL

IS. HAaRts CAWALirR. ESocH % Asst
THEInlrrsigned, Attorneys ~ Lnw and So
! liriiorsi u Chancery, have, THE lei dag
january, 1880, formed a co-pnr,nershipi the
practice offhcir profession. under the namc and
style OF Canalier a Abeil. They wiiipnrijcf
on The county o 81. Mary the4djotning
i0untics.
Espocia litteniion wii.bepaiata ihe9ollee-
tiun Of claims
UnlUein dc Cour House Addrte
CAVALIER & ABELL Leoparilowu
S. Mary county Nd
u. Hsgsn,G kNLtFH,
EsocG .. AaEtL
JAMS. I4sG--tf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-23

In the Crcui, Court for ST. Mary's county, sit
ting as a Court Of Equity.
No. 5ll n. b.
NRDERED this 18Th day q Jure, 1884, that
~ the sie made aud reported by JAS. II. VII
sou, Trustee in this caIse, be rntibed and con-
frmed, unless cause 90 The contrary BE- shown on
Or before tbe End Monday Of Jolly 1881 pro-
yidcd cops Of this order ice published in the
s. Mays RrAcns, once a week for three sue
ccfsiyc weeks prior ~ the said zad Monday Of
july,
The report states that the land told fpr S2300.
]. FRANK FORD,
Clerk
True eopy--Tosti
J FRANK EoRD,
ClcFk.
June 10, 1891 ~3w
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Candidates.
FOR THE SENATE.

AFsssrs. Ediiors-The friends Of r. JOHNSON
COTTON knowing his sterling wotth and rep
resentative ability request you to announce him
as a candidate for a seat in the Senate Of Mary
land al the next election (lssl) and say, if he
will become candidate he will be warmly sup
ported by
Nov u, 1870 The People.
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lfs-1---s-l-
FOR THE SENATE.

IfJAMES II WILSON, Esqr., will consent
10 bcacandidatefo for a seat in the next Senate OF
Maryland, he will be warmly supported for the
positionby disparity and personalirendsin old
Oct2l, 1890. CHARLOTTE HALL.
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NOTICE

NUTICE
IN pursuance Of the above order, hereby
give notice that have obtained from the or.
phaus Court ofSi. hay's county, Maryland,
letters Of administration on the personal estate
Of CHARLES THOMPSON, late Of said county,
deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased are hereby notified to exhib-
IL the same with the proper vouchers attached
thereto 10 the subscriber, on or before the
2stb day OF October, 1881, they will other
wise by law be excluded from the benefits Of
the said estate. An persons indebted to the
deceascdare requested to make immediate pay
meat to the subscriber.
THOMAS F. YATES,
Administrator
April %, l89l--Gw.
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NOTICE.

ERAViNG land papers and filed notes ofnearly
y Y every traetof land III the county, viii be
pleased toad parties wishing my services as Sur
yeyor IN locating heir lines or boundaries.
can be found Ia LeonaTdtown on Tuesdays
WM. j WATIiEN
March II, lss0--tf.
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NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

Orphans Courtofst Nery'sCoanty, Set
April &c. 1881
- RDERED iiy ihe Court, That Thomas 2
~ Yates. Administrator Gt
CHARLES THOMPSON,
iateof So, Mary scouuiy, Maryland deceased,
give thenoticc required nv iaw 90 the deceased's
creditors 10 exhibit theit claims and that the
same be published once a week for SIX successive
weeks IN the ST. Maty's BkAcCF
Test: joins y ABEtL
Register Of Wills for 81. Mays county
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April %, 1897 0w
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-24
THE WESTERN FLOODS.
Quincy, ILL.,, Nearly Surrounded by
Water.
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO RAILROAD
LINES.

OurNcy. Ill. Oct 22-About thirtyhve thous-
and acres of land have been overfowed by the
break in the Warsaw and Indian Grove leyees.
There is imminent danger of crevasse at
East Hannibal, which would cut out several
railroad bridges.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-The only means of COM
munication now remaining between Quincy and
the West is the Louisville Branch of the CHI
cago, Burlington and Quincy road. This link
is also in danger of being broken. just below
the city the track is covered with from twelve
to fourteen inches of water for two miles.
Last evening at six o'clock PASSENGER traln ram
of fourteen cars with two engines was sent
from Hannibal to Quincy over this track, being
made up of Missouri, - Kansas &bTexas. Hann1-
bal, st. Joseph and Chicago and Burlington
and Quincy cars. The scene as the train pass
ed slowly over the trescherous track vast most
thrilling. The fire in the front engine was put
out, but the engine in the rear OF the long
train pushed it safely through. Trains on the
Quincy. Missouri and Pacific division OF the
Wabash have all been discontinued All the
roads on the Missouri side will suffer severely,
the water being so high that the road beds will
be washed out and bridges carried away. A
bad washout is reported on the Quincy, Mis-
souri, and Pacific, between Humphreys and
Trenton. The damage to railroads, together
with the loss of live stock, will make this Hood
in this section.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. o. A report from Hannibal
saws the Mississippi rose inches in the last "a
hours. No break has occurred in the Sny levee
in this vicinity. The levee in many places is
only few inches above the water, but still
stands firm. The break near Rockport is con-
stantly growing wider, and the water already
covers a great part of the land subject to over
flow by the break in that vicinity. Refugees
from illinois continue to arrive in great num-
bers, moving their stock and household goods.
Gangs of laborers continue to work at weak
places in the levee, and the Wabash Railroad
keeps up its effort to prevent an overflow.
The water is now 1 foot 6 inches below high
water mark, and 20 feet inches above low
Wafnr