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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Florida Oranges and AlIigators.

"For three hundred miles south from
Jacksonville, along the st. Johns River,
and still furthernorth and east" saidJay
Gould to n New Y 1ork reporter, "the coun-
try is dotted over with orange groves of
from twenty to twenty-five acres in eX-
tent. 1t takes about five years for an
orange grove to mature so as to produce
fruit for the market, but nevertheless
new groves are constantly planted, and
are looked to as a sure source ofrevenue.
When an orange grove begins to bear
fruit it apparently never wears out.
heard of one tree which bears annually
from six to eight thousand oranges,
but that is above the average"
"What is the cost of an orange grove"
Gas l said," replied Mr.. Gould, "they
vary in extent from twenty to twenty
five acres, and are worth from $4,000
to 100000. But they yield handsome
percentage. For instance, Mr.. Hart,
who lives just above me here, owns
grove of about twenty-five acres, and he
informs me that it yields him a net in
come of from $4,000 to $4,000.
SIS this interest growingY
Decidedly so, and / think that with
in the next five years Florida ought to
be able to supply the entire demand of
the United States for oranges. believe
that the sweet orange is not native of
Florida, but has TO be grated upon the
tree which bears the sour orange. On
one tree you sometimes see oranges,
lemons and lines growing together. OF
course the several fruits have been graft
ed r; but it is interesting and peculiar
! to a Northerner to see these fruits grow.
ing in a happy family on one tree. 1t
suggests horticultural paradise"
as orange growing the chief industry
of Florida?"
"By no means. Not to speak of cotton
and live oak and the like, you must not
forget the alligator" said Mr.. Gould,
smiling and evidently thinking of his
alleged alligator farm"
''But is the alligator sufficiently val
liable animal to make his cultivation re-
munerative ?"
"No; his hide is the valuable por-
tfon of him, and even that is worth COM
paratively little, though L believe they
make it into boots in England"
"But does Florida cultivate these rep
tiles"
"That is not necessary. The alligator
cultivates himself and produces quickly
and numerously. The whole swampand
river country is filled with them"
"And are they dangerous ?"
"Well," said Mr.. Gould, sit is as well
not to get in the way of their tails. ]
think they strike their victims chiefly
with their tails. Nevertheless, the eleven.
inch jaws of some of them are not at.
tractive. My son killed one which
resembled a whale on four legs. Oul
party killed over thirty of them. Wheth
er l killed any or not myself is diff
cult question for me to answer. [ saw
some live ones just before L fired, an6
some dead ones just afterward but as
several rifles went off at the same time
I cannot assume that it was my gun thai
killed an alligator. But alligator shoot
ing was not what interested me in the
South the blossoms, our wedding bios
SONS of the North, you know, were OIL
the trees, and yet the ripe, golden frui
was there too"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

"Have you been introduced to Julia
Pinch ?" she asked. "Isn't she
pretty?"
"Veryl" he said "Who is she {?
She declares 1 have met her. l am sure
I never have"
ooh, yes, by the way!" said Amy
"I remember, she did say something
about knowing you. Where can it have
been? Here she comes again; let's ask
her." and going up to her friend, Amy
put the question, to receive the same
reply.
An unpleasant idea still remained in
the coloners mind-so unpleasant that
he persistently refused to pay any re-
gard to it.
He was so charmed with this pretty
Julia he danced again and again with
her-devoted himself to her whenever
her numerous partners left her free for
moment, and was as completely her
slave as if he had known her for weeks.
He could not divest himself of that
shadowy, underlined resemblance to
some one.
Quite late in the evening she was
sitting down after dance; and as he
stood beside her, in rapt admiration OF
the sweet face down into which he was
gazing, a sudden movement of her hand
arrested his attention. Her glove had
come unbuttoned, and, as she pulled il
up her wrist, she suddenly tore it
asunder; and, annoyed by the accident,
blushed deeply as she involuntarily put
her hand to hide it.
Her sudden movement supplied the
missing link in his memory. He remem.
bered the torn glove on the red wrist o.
that awkward girl, and at the same
moment so did Julia.
She looked up, half-laughing, half
annoyed, and said:
"When we met before, 1 had tori
glove, I remember"
Impossible" said he, in his sur
prise, "that you can be"
"That awkward girl ?" she asked
eyes, indeed, I am. Are you sorry?"
The colonel never knew what answer
he made; l doubt if she did, either
But it isa suggestive fact that years after
ward 1 found in his wife's drawers
little packet labeled "That awkward
girls and, opening it, found it to con
tain solitary glove, soiled and roughl,
torn about the wrist.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Two Journeys.

81 80 ON journey far away"
He sad-and he stopped and kissed me then
cover the ocean for many day
Goodbye" and he kissed me once again.
But only few short months had fled
When again 1 answered my husbands kiss;
az could not tarry away" he said;
"There is never q md as fair as this"
Again stood by my husbands side.
81 go on journey, sweet, to-day;
Over the river the oatmen glide
Good-bye; [ shall linger long away"
'Ah, he will come back soon, | know"
said, as he stopped for the parting kiss;
"He cannot tarry, lie told me so;
There is never land 80 fair as this.
But many month and many year
Have flown since my darling went away.
Will he never come back to meet me here?
Has he found the region of perfect day?
Over the ocean he went and came;
Over the river and fingers therel
Oh, pallid boatmanl call my name
Show me the region so wondrous fair.
The ArdoSy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Fashion Fancies.

The new plush gauze comes in the
lightest and softest tints, and has a
silvery luster that is very becoming.
OldPekin striped basques are brought
out, furnished up and worn as new
striped garments, superseding the old
brocade.
Collars of white linen embroidered
with small dots to match the color in
the dress are to be WON with gingham
suits.
The shirrings at the upper part Of
dress sleeves sometimes run around the
arm and sometimes from the shoulder
to the elbow.
The black spun silk originally made
for Jerseys is used for making draper
les, and is combined with plain and
brocaded grenadines. =.
Colored sweepers are not to be worn
with long dresses this summer, and even
with short dresses creamy lace will be
preferred to any other border
Six or seven two-inch tucks set above
a side-plaited fiounce are used to trim
the skirts of white dresses, and the back
draperies are also occasionally tucked.
The scoop hats are the best of the
small shapes for summer wear. They
really protect the eyes although they
leave the cheeks and nose to be merci-
lessly tanned.
I The half-pointed basques are now
made very short, and are cut into ten OF
twelve points. Plaitings of plain satin
are set between the points, and some
times a full point Of Spanish lace is
added.
A substitute for the soft drapery al
the back of a dress skirt is a succession
of fan plaitings reaching from the edge
of the basque to the hem. These plat
ing are lined with crinoline and are stiff
in effect.
Muslin embroidered with a colo
makes the prettiest of summer dresses
They have plated underskirts, Grecial
overskirts and surplice waists, and ART
trimmed with a great many satin bow
matching the embroidery.
Side pouches and chatelaine bags fo
summer use are very dainty affairs, anC
are made of tinted satin, hand-painteC
in delicate sprays of f,wers and trim
med with futings of lace.
Elbow sleeves will continue through
the spring and summer months, not onl
for evening but for afternoon dress
With out-of-door toilets very long glove
will be worn, edged at the top with lac
ruffies,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Old as the hills The valleys between
them.
After some jocular remarks the Senate
adjourned.-N Hdccn Register.
The editor of the Oil City Derrick
claims to have a country seat. 1t is
stump.
Miss Annie L. got married, and now
they speak of her as an Annie-mated
young lady.
Soldiers are always the most adept
lovers, because they learn to present
arms and salute.
1t is peculiar how sound a man sleeps
when his wife crawls over him on her
way to the kitchen to make fire.
The maple sugar days have come, the
sweetest of the year when sugar is
down cellar made, and sold so dreadful
dear.
Since 1866 5000 divorces have been
granted in Italy, Milan being set down
for no less than 5000. Since 1870 Rome
has had 600.
1t is noticeable fact that hog has
to be killed before he is cured. This
is true of two-legged hogs as we'll as OF
quadrupeds. Boston Post.
The New York Sun says that man
with mutton-chop whiskers need have
no fears of the future. He can always
strike job as coachman.
The New York Adreytiser believes that
men would have more luck fishing If
they bought live trout and put 'em in a
bathtub and fished with sieve.
The first man to try to fast forty days
was q hero, the second an imitator, and
of subsequent ones the public simply re-
mark "The poor deluded FOOLS"
"The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music she'd"
Upon the street now caterwauls,
To earn padrone's bread.
--HdidndpOlis Herald.
Births, marriages and deaths are re-
ported by an Illinois paper under the
head of ''Hatched, Matched, Snatched." !"
But it could save type and expense by
using the words BED, Wed, Dead" /"
| instead.
Dampening! Old Triggs-" Hello,
Jones, got your feet sopping wet,
haven't you? Why don't you wear
rubbers, as 1 do? I haven't wet my
feet for six months" Jones'" Well, 1
should think you'd be ashamed to say
| So"
The New York Graphic7 has about
banished the nuisance of tall hats at the
theaters. 1t remarked that homely
women looked best in high hats, and
now all the ladies are trying to show
that they are not dependent on tall hats
for their beauty.
"Mr. Gilhooly," said diminutive
boy with handful of bills, "when are
you going to pay this bill for them
boots you got on?" "How old are you
sonny?" "Ten years old" $50 tel
your pa you have got too much curiosity
for your age."- GalreSton NeDs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Ebb and Flow.

Life throbs with tides that ebb and flow.
With things that come, and things that 60
Tho mists that rise when morn is fair,
That rise and float, then melt in air,
Are not more transient in their stay
Than are the hours that speed away
For often life seems like dream
So quickly flash with glance and CLEAN,
thousand things that come and go,
And cause the tides to cbb and flow.
A sad, sweet strain that's borne along
BY breath Of wind; Il bit of song,
A few fond words when dear friends meet;
The music of laugh that's sweet;
The sympathy that prompts a sigh;
A wine,me r1ce that passes bv;
Brief joys, that stay their little while,
A kindly glance, loving smile.
These evel come and ever go,
And like the tides they ebb and flow.
\ lovely landscape, fair and bright,
One moment seen, then lost to sight,
The gorgeous clouds at set of sun,
That crown the day when it is done.
The frosty pictures on the pane.
That fade and come. and fade again;
The curling smoke that floats away;
A snow wreath on a winters day;
All these like waves that ebb and flow,
With ccaselcss throb still come and go.
IL L.LdydU,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
FOR THE FAIR Sen.
Ncatness in Women.

A woman may be handsome or re-
markably attractive in various ways
but if she is not personally neat she
cannot hope to win admiration. Fine
clothes will not conceal the slattern. A
young woman with her hair always in
disorder and her clothes hanging about
her as if suspended from a prop, is
always repulsive. Slattern is written on
her person from the crown of her head
to the soles of her feet, and if she wins
husband he will turn out, in all proba-
bility, either an idle fool OF a drunken
ruffian. The bringing up of daughters
to be able to work, talk and act like
honest, sensible young women, is the
special task OF all mothers, and in the
industrial rank there is imposed also
the prime obligation of learning to re.
spect household work for its own sake,
and the comfort and happiness it will
bring in the future.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

A remarkable incident occurred at
East Baltimore the other day during a
rain-storm. A large flock of swallows
suddenly made their appearance and
began to descend the chimney of the
residence of police officer Wolff. They
followed in such numbers that the lead
ers were driven to the base of the chin
ney, and the noise they made led Mr..
Wolff to remove the fireboards, when
the birds quickly filled the room seek
ing exit. The doors and windows were
opened and they few out. There were
thousands of birds engaged in this
strange demonstration, which lasted for
some time, when the swallows, finding
they could not make lodgment, went
off in a great black mass to seek shelter
elsewhere.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The new turban bonnet is of a low
crowned shape, setting close to the head
and covered with old gold colored satin.
1t is trimmed with scarf yard and
a half long of black Chantilly net, upon
which are embroidered tiny crescents
in gold thread. It is finished by hand.
made fringe of mingled skein silk and
gold thread two inches wide. What dis
tinguishes this bonnet from other styles
is the disposition of the scarf, which is
confined in the exact center above the
forehead by small and very finely
wrought crescent in gold filigree, having
a plume-like ornament in crimped gold
thread, which is placed upright. 1t is
two inches high and so set as to be by
no means conspicuous, seeming merely
to serve to give turban-like look to the
loose folds of the scarf. At the back
the folds of lace and the fall simulate
the arrangement of the turban ends in
Oriental style.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Weddings,

The present style of church weddings
says a New York letter, does not admit
of bridemaids and groomsmen entering
the church arm and arm. The groom
chooses his best man and his ushers,
generally six in number. The ushers
are in attendance early and seat the
guests. When the hour for the service
arrives the clergyman takes his place at
the altar, followed by the groom and his
best man. The organist starts the
" Wedding March," and the ushers, two
and two, enter the church door and walk
up the aisle followed by the bride
maids. Then comes the bride on the
arm of her father OF whoever is to give
her away. Upon reaching the altar the
ushers take places at the right and left ;
the bridemaids also move to the right
and left, standing next to the altar rail
and little forward of the ushers. The
central place is occupied by the bride
and groom, who meet at the altar The
service over, the newly married people
turn from the altar and leave the church
by the middle aisle, bridemaids and
ushers following in reverse order.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Population of the West,

At the beginning of the century the
population of the great West, which is
now about 20,000,000, was little more
than $4,000. The following interesting
table shows the growth of that popula-
tion:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Per cent. 0

That table is very interesting one.
1t is one of the most remarkable features
in this remarkable age.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Four Years of Industrial Progress.

The following interesting statistics
are taken from a treasury department
statement of the financial and economic
transactions of the United States dur
ing the past four years:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The Medical and Surgical Repsrter
publishes from a medical contributor a
very interesting and suggestive account
of man who was an habitual periodical
drinker, accustomed to get upon two
or three weeks drinking spree every six
or eight weeks, and who insisted upon
being bled freely from the arm at the
end of his spree as means of "sober-
ing up" At one of these bleedings an
attendant holding the vessel to receive
the blood "was struck by the odor of
the blood being so strongly alcoholic.
and concluding to see for himself if it
was alcohol in the blood, he set the ves-
sci containing the blood aside for a
couple of hours, when there was found
floating upon the coagulated blood a
liquid resembling alcohol, and which
burned with the Characteristic flame of
alcohol" "This is additional and sig
nifcant evidence" says the National
Temperance Adoocate, Gas to the in
utility of alcohol as food. Not only has
alcohol no food value, but it is so for
eign to the human body as to work
therein serious arrangement of its nor
NAL functions"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Colonel Roberts, the inventor of the
nitry- -glycerine torpedo named after him,
who died in Western Pennsylvania re-
Gently, left an estate valued at about
S2,OOO,000, to be divided among his
nephews and nieces, to the exclusion of
his own children, whose mother had
sued for a divorce on the ground of in
compatibility of temper. All the per-
sonal estate was devised to Owen NJ.
Roberts, nephew. The colonel had
been urged by his brother and legal ad-
wiser to modify his will and had express
ed an intention to do So but the con-
summation was prevented by his death.
Here was a chance for some costly liti-
cation, and it would have been improved
had not the dictates of common sense
prevailed. The parties interested got
together, and in view OF Colonel Roberts s
declaration previous to his death made
an equitable division of the estate among
themselves. 1t was decidedly wise
conclusion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Giovanni Bettocchio, a master sad
dler of Turin, having been summoned
to Nice by business engagements, took
with him his only daughter, an intelli-
gent child of seven, whose fondness for
music prompted her father to purchase
seats in the theater for the performance
which terminated so tragically. He
secured places in the front row of the
gallery, and was occupying them with
his little girl when the alarm of firerang
through the house. Snatching the child
up in his arms, he endeavored, and sue
cessfully, to break through the panic
stricken crowd to the gallery door; but
during the struggle the girl was torn
from his grasp. By an almost super
human effort he contrived to re-enter
the gallery, by that time plunged in all
but total darkness, and while cropping
about among the oyerthrown seats,
caught hold of little girl insensible
from fright whom he carried out into
the street, fully believing her to be his
own daughter. She proved, however,
to be strange child. Hastily setting
her down upon the pavement he dts.
perately fought his way for the second
time into the burning theater, fro m
which he never again emerged alive. His
charred corpse was found two days lat 81
among the ruins Of the gallery stairs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The American inventor always man.
ages to come to time when he is needed.
The laws passed within the last few
years to prevent body snatching have
failed to accomplish the desired end,
and a number of patents have been
issued recently that will operate much
more effectually than any laws on this
subject. One of the patents is for a
clock that gives loud alarm if any at
tempt is made to open the grave in
which it is deposited. Another pro-
vides for the sudden explosion of a
dynamite bomb whenever the burglars
move the coffin. The last patent, re-
marks an exchange, should be gener-
ally applied. The friends of deceased
persons could slumber in much greater
security if they knew that the first body
snatcher who attempted to disturb the
remains of loved one would be blown
to atoms.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

The advantage of living in country
50 vast that no crop can be q failure in
all parts Of it is illustrated by late re-
ports from the wheat fields. Cool
headed men in Minnesota are predict
ing a large yield of the best quality,
owing to the reserves of moisture
stored in the soil at an unusual depth,
while from Ohio word comes that the
crop of 1881, contrary to premature re-
ports, is likely to be above the average
and may be the largest ever harvested
in the State. So far as Kansas is con-
cernetl the Leavenworth Times frankly
admits that the wheat crop of that State
will undoubtedly fall very much below
the average. According to that journal
there has been no little unwarranted
boastipg of an enormous yield, but it is
more honest and better policy to face
disagreeable fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-09

PREPARATIONS TOR TEE RACES AROUND IOwA
CIsCLR MKT wsRK
TIE Capital c. Gle c uo is now busy at work
preparing for series OF Interesting races. The
racing VIII be around Iowa Circle, commencing
about tive O'Clock NJ, on the 18th Instant A
grand staLd is 20 BE- erected 10 the west of the
circle. II VIII accommodate 500 people. A
police force VIII be on hand 10 preserve order.
Tie track around the circle IS one fourth or a
mile, ard about thirty feet wide. The concrete
is not the best foundation for good time.
WheelIen are expected here On the day OF the
races from NOEfClk, Philadelphia, Rlclm0ad
baltimore aid other points. Before proceeding
10 the circle, the cub and Other riders viii
assemble at the rooms OF the former, OF llth
street, and take up the march from there
There vii be six races altogether. Two CT The
races viii be open 10 all c0mers four can only
be participated ia by members OF the cluo and
one vi be race FOR DO! 5 on wooden c,cles
The PTlZ5s Will be gold aud silver med AIS For
the TWO fTee-1Or- all races an entrance fee OF 50
cents is charged. The following is fdl snm
mary OF the several events in their regu ar
order: one mile, Gree for ally fourth mile
dash, (c,ub mtmter5 onlt:) five mile race (club
members oD1y:) one nj c race for boys on
wooden mact1res; one mile, (for club members
oDiN:) anu three miles, Tree Tor all The Is b.
the day for The races. TAILS on Saturday. The
NEXT day the Wheelmen OF the City aud their
visitors Will make two runs" one OF which
VIII Include the soldiers Home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-09
Transfers OF Real Estate.

DEEDS in fee nave been recorded as follows
George ". Samson ct al, executors, to Wm. Il
Paltellc lot =, So 423 81 766 81. David Mes5ar
to Milton W. Holland. lots aud 6. block 5. TX,
Efhngl AN Place; $50. James and Crictcn len
trustees, 60 j. ID. Ashton, lot 81 OF sao o. "a
l39; s.. jos. W. Parker To Lillian 2. 3 trnayu
pt. let 6, So l26; 8. C. n. ITO TO SarIu =,
Tholn, lots 4. and As In SUP. OF so 81: s..
Louis e. H0otee 10 Ben amIn Carter, slu. OF c,
SO. 1874; SbzI. e. t. Cantleld 10 Cha5. A Prea,
t'ss. lot Is OF pts. lots 5, and :, In sub OF so
PA: =. ChdS. A. Prtn ISIS To L iatce A. a..
held same property; s.. W. B. Weoo ct al.
trustees, To ". d. baum, pU So f5J: = Z
GoTCon 10 j. w. Dean, pit TO- sd 5Z3; 81 o0O
Caroline &. Pell to james Lowndc5 lot Is and
PIT. IA, res. b; s.. Mary Q casey 70 J. E.
Fltcn, lois 5. TO- % and rs, block, u; 81 TO 90.
block ~; TO 5. block 10; ana l TO g. block -
sue. of MT Peasant; s.. Charles f. E. Rlcu-
aTdson 10 David L. Dunn1gan. lots l ana 2, sue.
90. 500; S6i4 40. Horace l. Durgtn TO Eleanor
4. Ct' ateT, lot 10. block OF Howard Univer-
sity 1886. Elizabeth Walsh to Luther A Swa--
zeIl, Trustee, lot 20. So. 3d.; s..