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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07
A Dear ChrOnOmeter.

Meanness not infrequently resembles
the
vaulting ambition which oe'rleaps itself,
And falls on the other,
An excellent ILLUSTRATION of this o er-
leaping" is furnished by certain trans
action of John Jacob Astor with one of
his captains. The story is told by a
writer in the Boston 1TdiaSc1 ipt:
The captain had sailed six voyages to
China without chronometer, depend
ing on dead reckoning" and 'lunars;"
just starting on his seventh voyage, he
suggested to Mr.. Astor that it would be
safer to have a chronometer.
"Well, get one," said the merchant.
The captain did so, and entered its
cost in his account current. When AS
tors eyes fell upon the item he drew
his pencil through it. The captain ex-
postulated. Said Aasor: "I told you
to get one; I didn't say I'd pay for it."
The captain severed his connection
with Astor then and there, and went
into Wall street, engaged with other
owners, and before night was in COM
mand of as fine ship as ever foated in
New York's beautiful bay.
In three days she was ready for sea,
and set sail. At the same time Astor's
ship, under the command of new cap
tain, set sail also. They had race for
Hong Kong, but the captain who, as he
used to put it, had discharged John
Jacob Astor, by keeping the men at the
braces, took advantage of every puff of
wind and won by three days.
Then there was lively work. The
ship was loaded in the shortest time
possible, and before Astor's vessel,
which had arrived meantime, was half
loaded, our captain weighed anchor,
and with full cargo of tea set sail for
Sandy Hook; arrived in good time; got
his ship alongside the wharf and began
hosting out his cargo, which was sold
by auction on the spot.
This glutted the market, for the
consumption was comparatively small
in those days, and when Astor's ship
came in prices had fallen.
Two days later, as the captain was
sauntering down Broadway, he met his
former employer.
Chow much did dat chronometer
cost youl" asked the latter.
"Six hundred dollars"
"Vell," said Astor, "dat vas sbeap.
1t cost me sixty tousand dollars"
The merchant and the captain have
long since paid the reckoning, but that
chronometer is still good timekeeper
and treasured relic as WELL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07
Washing Away the Earth.

No particle of sand which goes down
into the sea ever comes back. Yet the
particles leave the surface Of the earth
every second and are carried, suspended
in the waters of moro than twenty
thousand rivers, out into the oceans.
There are more than a hundred streams,
classed on the maps as rivers, in Louis
lana alone. Each one of these has
several hundred creeks, brooks and
spring branches tributary to it. Each
brook or spring branch, with its count
lessrivulets, clasps the hillsides and drags
down the surfaces thereof-down into the
brooks--down into the creeks-downin into
the rivers-down into the ocean. And
there the atoms rest patiently; each
atom waiting for its sisters and its
cousins and its aunts still lingering in
the fields and on the hills, yet creeping
toward the gullies and thence to the
sea. This process has been going on
since the time when "the world was
without form and void;" whereby the
primeval rocks were disintegrated and
spread abroad in fertile fields; whereby
the fertile fields are slowly being washed
back into the oceans; whereby the bot
tom of the oceans is being prepared to be
elevated again to the light and to form
other fields whereon cotton and wheat
or something or otherwill grow. This
is the very apotheosis of "demnition
grind" He who originated that phrase
spoke more scientifically than he knew.
Life, animate and inanimate, is simply
grinding down of the higher parts and
the distribution thereof in the hollows.
The final outcome of earth, after millions
of years, must be something in the
nature of large billiard ball whirling
through the sky, with nothing in the
world on it except a smooth, dead sur
face
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07
Thread from Mood.

The manufacture of thread from wood
for crochet and sewing purposes, has, it
is said, recently been started iA the mid
die of Sweden. IL is wound in balls by
machinery, either by hand or steam,
which, with the labelling, takes one min
ute and twelve seconds, and the balls are
packed up in cardboard boxes, generally
ten in box. Plenty of orders from all
parts of Sweden have come in, but as
the works are not in proper order, there
has hardly been time to complete them
all. The production gives fair promise
of success, and it is expected to be very
important for home consumption.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07
An Indian Boys LOye-Letter,

A love-letter picked up ON the floor
of o school with Hampton's views on
co-education need not inevitably shock
even pedagogic sensibilities. Written
in an unknown tongue, however, with
only the names to betray it, transla.
ton by the private interpreter, seemed
only proper precaution. If | contide
it to the gentle reader, the Indian low
ers will be neither the worse nor the
wiser, while some others may find in it
valuable suggestions for similar CORE
spondence.
NORMAL SCHOOL, February 3, 1879.
Miss - --: said | like YOU
and l want to give you letter. When
ever l give you letter, want you to
answer me soon. That's all want, and
1 will answer to you soon after. When
you give me letter, it raises me up. 1t
makes me heart-glad, sister-in. law.
When 1 talk am not saying anything
foolish. Always my heart We glad. /
want you let me know your thought. l
always like you and love you. 1 am
honest about what say, 1 always keep
in mind. / want always we smile at
each other when meet. We live happy
always. 1 think that's best way, and
you think it is and let me know. And
l say again, when 1 give letter, keep
nicely and not show to any one. II
they know it, it no good way. They
take u, away, and that is the reason
don't show it. Hear me, this all am
going to say. 1 like you, and 1 love
you. 1 won't say any more. My whole
hoart is shaking hands with you. 1 kiss
you. Your lover. -.
-HGper's Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07
The Peanut.

A large and healthy peanut
Lay cozily abed,
And it chuckled, oh, so gleefullyi
And to itself it said:
"There's great big world before me
And my mission yet to do;
And up I'll be and doing it,
Ere the sun has dried the dew.
There are greedy boys to conquer,
And hungry girls as well;
What a world of power I've hidden
Within this little shell.
Though they slay me in the battle,
Though they crush me like worm,
Though they bake and crunch my body,
If can I'llmake 'em squirm."
And the small boy grabbed that peanut
And he cracked it tween his teeth,
But when he would have swallowed it,
1t choked him cen to death;
And the peanuts work was ended
1t had fallen in the strife
1t had done its mission nobly,
Though the doing cost its life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07

Accounts from Foochow China
speak of two natives who had been
stepped up to their necks in quicklime
for counterfeiting cash." the smallest
Of Chinese coins. Both speedily died.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07

A novelty in the form of a lace pin is
golden tishing-rod and silver line
looped over the rod, with gold fish
dangling from the end,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07

It is better to be blamed for doing
your duty, than praised for not doing it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-07

of yellow blossoms she had brought in
from the woods, and as she passed the
doctor in his chair scattering rain of
them all over him, and then looking
back with a laugh that showed her
glittering teeth and frightened all the
carnation on her olive cheeks and the
luster in her eyes. Well, she was too
beautiful for anything but dreams. The
doctor must have seen what 1 thought
where 1 sat in the window. frame, for
presently he said to me: "Too brilliant
for use, is it not? AS for me, 1 prefer
What was it Miss Jane read to me to-
day ?"
, 1881-09-04


Prominent among 1uany brilliant marriages
the fruit10n OF the London stason was that Ut
the Hon. s1r. de Saunsarcz. the descendant OF T.
renowned Jersey y-sprung Admiral. to the dEugh-
ter Of Sir james McGarel- 1togg. Chairman oe
tho Metropolitan Boar'i OF Works. II position
office Of rTerect Of The Seine, and whoso
holder deals With sums of. money
greatvr than are disposed Of bJ any public
Tie history Of this gentictnans famtty Is worthy
OF u passing notice. One familiar with tho
career OF tho two notorious Mnruuiscs OF ucEt-
ford, Lord stcyne and Lord steyne's son.
thought the 1uttef-so welt known In Paris
in Second Etuplec dnys-was. it possible, the
more conteuptibie, inasnuch rs be was never
known to du anything for any one, whereas bis
tnthtr wns not always nntnlntiful Of tho claims
III those on his estates, anu Was willing ~
the late Right Ilotl. Sir james Weir Hogx, who,
it appeared, had beeu enabled by Lord Hertfor1
to 70 to IniA, where h.. rose TO cu>tneuce ut 1nH
large fortune, ob:ained Il seat lu Parliament and
became Chairman Of the East India tompnny-
Sir Jntaes was @ in truth, the last of the , nnbots,
OF them by Macauiuy- tie had 4 fttirg
hclptnatr. and they resolved fn be az
1as TOP of the Tnfy 1o5 ,eP 5
were tho tnlk OF tho towu. ans' tho prestige oS
their entertainments tncreased when they re-
vacated by Lurd Pa1nerston when ne changed
to Cambridge House. The eldest son entered
the Life Guards, .ltla murr!ed the, daughter or
II Wealthy fEGF S1c subsequently AERCi"peA sA&s
rrtnurkabte business aptitude which has Caused
him be elected about dozen times to his to!!st
responsible u:1icc One daughter married u mill
iouu;rc, Sir Dudley Iujor.Danks. about to be
created Peer. mad she ii mother OF a son inar~
ricd to a Dukes daughter, and OF a daughter
who is Countess Of Aberdeen. Another iauxh-
ter married Il strange ''old hunks" namett
Nc{:ureI, who lett about Il million and half Of
dollars to bis wifc's eldest bruhcr- The late Sir
James himself left Il million and 4 haif Of dol
lars. Hts serer2u younKer sous MI lucrative
nthces in Iudi41. 1t would be hard to tlnu u
fu,nily record Of more 1cmurkatlo prdspestEy-
, 1881-09-04

lucky 1el1ows:-get overtime pay, which da
not. II this association will 50 raise tho status
Of stenogrtphers us to enabe them to command
better wages !. for one, shall not regret IT,
denly incapacitated by paralysis. such
youth ns have referred to WIS teiegraphcd for
In hot haste to travel $40 miles hence to act -
my substitute ut Au Important trnl. 4Alas! hi"
counsel warmed to tho fray his courago de-
serted him, and be laid down bis pen, observing
that tho 0rutor ?" was talking .D0 words Il minute.
and neither he nor any living mun could t'tka
pointment to his cha&rined employers. und ons
which would h4rdly happen to Il duly certified
member c: the INTERNATIONAL Association: :.
as all organization. Wt undertake. Individually
study Ut one or tho most useful arts OF modern
days. which. tho more thoroughly 1t i5 known
and practiced, will be tho mQre In .reputc and
tho uetter repay its conscientious study
When students are fairly competent
welcome them us fellow iuborcrs ia itd
wide field; and by means OF its widespread
nttlia:ion be able to afford valuable advice uuu
assistance to members establishing themselves
III new localities, and Introduce them to their
fellows.
Personally am very satisfied With tho work
Of the convention, and set good ground 1ur hnpb
that in the future it will become Of the most
useful associations III this country, II IT be ot't
1t iutcrfcrcs with no cxlstenF botir, but strikes
out Il new path for itself: md, whilst protective
und conservative in Its character, it Aitn5 to
foster talent aud exnlt the standard OF efficiency
gentlemen us. unsler Misrepresentation OF ita
object have hitherto stood AlOof from it III its
inception but who will bo willing to co6perato
with 1t III its efforts to obtain 4 fair days pAT
for Il fuir days work. and to AFFORD Il fair dAy'a
work, we'll done, for fair days pny: l;e-
9pcctfully ypury, Pl4EET-
, 1881-09-04

To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.--TU show tho ani1nus and
mean spirit which in1bues the attachees Of the
Daily Nctrs, which1nsp;rod the contemplate things
and ISLANDERS which characterized that paper
before the attempted assassination Of President
Garfield and which have been continued In Il
covert manner since, [ wish to give you TACT
which you are ut liberty to use In any way sou
rhiul best.
About three weeks after the attempt on the
life Of the President your correspondent CHANGED
to meet ono Of the reporters OF the DaaH Ne'rs
within couple of hours after his return
frou Washington, where he bad been
during tho excitement attendant upon
Guitcau's murderous assault; the President
fingered between life and death and I'LL
good citizens were wuitiu. "tthhtchn css anx-
aud while expressions OF sympathy were pour
inc in from not only all parts Of our own cotln-
trT but from ..l parts OF tho civilized world.
alike from friend and foe. The conversation
naturally turned upon tho condition 0f the pa
ticnt. The reporter maize iiEht q ene waose
mot rs badly hurt as If he hnd been shot III the
hand, that tho Administration had been using
the occurrence IL excite sympathy, ana tnal
they had played it upon the country for al 1t
was worth. ,
ally crops out through that sheet is carried into
private life, and, whatever their motive, the re-
uor1crs and editors spnre no opportunity 10
stuudcr prd abuse the noble martyr, whose on!y
crime Is that he wis nominated and elected i'll
spite Of thoir opposition
This same reporter occupies prominent ptace
in tue Chicago f'ust-Otlicc and draws Il 5alary
from this same Administration which he Inlsrcp-
Tcsents- ": II. "
, 1881-09-04
Third Discourse on Happen
ings in the American
Metropolis.
4. z. Stewards Mania for Trans
forming Churches into
Theatres.
Har1igan and Hart, Jenny Lee,
Michael Strogoft," and
John Stetson.
The Earl Of DunraVen and His Lug
gage-A Three Hundred Pounds
Esthete.
IAN Investigation Of the Dog Pound
D0g.Catching, and How to Ke-
cover Lost Pet.

S2etfol Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoEK, Sept. 1.-Monday night 1iar:-
rigan and Hart opened their new theatre on
Broadway, opposit the New York Hotel.
The late 4. T. Stewart had mania tor buy
ing III, churches and turning them into STA
blcs OF theatres, and the church turned into
I:rriean's Theatre was one OF them. 1t had
never been a success for long, and was Il ter
ror to its tenants. DAILY. when burned out
in Twenty-foErth street, took it for a season.,
and Robert Heller Of pleasant memory did 4
good business there for 4 season. but there
were reasons why it was not Il jolly place
there was graveyard at the back aud under
the house, SO that the ptoperty-lnan needing
1-orick's skull had NO need to bother until
the fourth :ct Of " Hamlet w1lel! lie ran
down cellar and ctucked one up, together
with all the bones needed Tor the First GruCc-
digger.
l remember when Heller had it, in trick
one night, where lie made a collection from
the audience of watches and rings, and,
stumbling as he ascended the steps. threw
4 lot of bogus things upon the stage, and
passed the original lot through tunnel to
his sister Hai1ee, who stood OH Il sort Of
bridge underneath was watching the or
cration Will much interest, wien she cried
out, "Oh horror! there goes 4 ring!' Down
in the black darkness it seemed impossible to
recover it, but the bold girl plunged off the
stage, and groped about, and flew to Robert
to tell him the mishap, that he might enlarge
the trick, and not go loo soon to the chatinE
dish where the ring tied to doves neck
should be waiting HIM..
When got back below Haldec had two
skulls, scapula, a clavicle, and handful
-tt.
, 1881-09-04

The Trucace CSev.) Lumber Company has q
printing office OF Its own in Il little rum OFT
frnn, the box factory; hut tusread Of pr'ntin.
newspapers. lettef-hcad3, or wedding Gurus,
it prints boarts, and run bs TWO Chinese prea.-
men, ont who feeds the piuv slabs. ant the other
who piles them tn taea Aftcr they tumbie Oue Of
tue prrss- Tno huurds IRE lnIu un tnblc sf, ~
to press against i little foot Worked ty spring.
The foot hits them kick thar sends tferu fur-
wltrtl far enough to catch tctwcca two revolving
cylinders, to tht. upper end OF which zinc plata
Is f,lstened, upon which Is cut the desit.n 10 hc
printed. The lower cylinder Is nude exceeding
thick. The well Is on top. and Eives out a iih-
erai flow OF ink, which IS distributed by-two
1u1lera tbak strEa tho plate at every revolution.
, 1881-09-04

: To 1hl 3:dI1dy d CdGtd11
CHICAGO, Sept. 3--Is there a law In Chicago
against tho sale of spoiled meats and poultry?
Twice hare we been imposed upon in this way.
Prevented By Illness from attending to our own
marketing, we we're obliged to send our little
1{-year-old maid, givIn: her minute directions.
One dealer sent us Sprung "a chicken, which
appeared fair at first glance. The cook ozoi1ed
q second Joint to tempt our capricious appetite
One taste was sufficient to slcken us OF spring ~
chicken for awhile. On examining the un-
cooked remainder we were lisgusted to find it
covered with Shiny substance resembling, the
white of an egg, a1u the flesh was SO unsound IS
, 1881-09-04

piceNst. Goods

! cost thousands. The play with which the
! parture in tie way Of characters, but strictly
! :ldhcres i'll Incident to the old standby. the
Mulligan Family, whose ''Guards,'' and
= l'icEic,' and Candidate" have built the
| new theatre
Mr.. Marrigan writes his own pieces, and
| if he would only give Us less 11arrigan and
put more Hart iu his work The Ma jor y
would be great success. Tony Hart IS
equally as good All actUr-hut lie has not the
opportunity Harrigan kindly extends to him
self
THE ESGL1s1! 80"
The next theatrical event Of the week WIS
the reGntree Of Miss Jenny Lee as 10 in
s'Dleak House, 1t is twelve years since the
lady played Cdrli'1c in 1.-The Black Croo6.''
In that time she has made a study u the
wretc;led strcet-boy of London. married all
actor named Bennett. and played JU coll
tinuous!y for I'LL those intervening years.
This husband put together her play
from fragments Of "Elelk House anti
pieces Of his inner consciousness. The re-
suit is something truly awful. The author
plays Bucket, and the verdict OF the house
was *hang him i'll a vel].'' The play is
clumsy. tnillteresting, and dreary beyond
description. Tie haggard, dying, homeless
street Waif 1oiters OIL with Ills broom, and
wandcrs otf. 4 MAN comes and goes OH the
scene, but when llc is Oh Jenny Lee shows
what IN actress she is. Ladies Wept and
men blew their noses Synonymous opera
tiQns). The houses are not good. Ancri
cans will not sit ont vile play. Interpreted
by !, miserable company. for the sake Of 2
few minutes good character acting, 10"
has :iot had that part, Incorporated in
decent piece. She will have to if she stays
i'll America
Dickens. for stage purposes, should be
of lis novels ruins all the plays made out of
them. The marvellous description lie gave
of each character. as it stepped upon
the scenes enables an, actor to
present 4 strong1y-nlarkeu parsonage
in appearance and nannerisnl, but the dia'og
becomes rn0notOnous on the stage and TIC
action is never sufficiently clear to be inter-
esting.
gland this week OF Samuel Morley, the oriri-
nal Of Chut1bt17n7. lie ought to go i'll and
give the S,lagsby III ''Jo" Il few lessons in
the department that attracted the sharp eyes
OF Dickens and created those peculiar char
actcrS i'll his novels.
"M1ClI.AEL sTR0GoFF."
After lots Of talk, and hard feeling, ami
work, one OF the - Strogoif series has been
produced. Stetson. the Rostoniau manager,
opened his reconstructed Booths" with
tile ColyilIe version Wednesday night The
lobby and veStibule have undergone many
bcautifying changes: the stage has been re-
stored to its original proportions; inside it is
about the same; a charming copy Of the
C0n,4die Humane was executed on the pro-
scenium above the curtain; this has been re-
moved, and an arrangement Of red puffS in
tersectod with bands of gray and hung with
Il ;%r1%p. T>rj
, 1881-09-04

struggling legs aud fierce, joyful barks:
"Sloppy'' was restored to a large circle of
Skycs and terriers who soothe my declining
gates n. Ii. f.
, 1881-09-04

Proper Decora1n1.
ID the Edit1r Of 1ns Chicago Tribute
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.--Thc Chicago organ Of tho
star-route ring is very anxious that Gcu- Arthur
should assume tho Office Of President This
morning 1t presents the opinion Of Judge j. n.
WilEon, Of Washington, an attorney of tho star
route thieves, to tho effect that Gen. Arthur
should ut once assume the functions Of the Of
tic. OF President with prOpGr dccorunl.
Does this not show that it is these stnr-route
thieves. whose crookcdncsS tho Garfield Cabinet
urc exposing and will punish, who are foremost
in cu(jinE On t;eu. Arthur to assume tdo fuac-
tons OF tho office OF President:
Judge Wilson's suggestion about proper de-
corutn y is a singing rebuke to tho iMpetuou5
Stalwurts who, wien it seemed President Gar
field could live but few days, rushed to tho
side Of Gen. Arthur with the intcution OF having
him take the oath OF Office III New York the
moment President Garfield should die. one Of
whom was our Senator, John i. LoFau, who left
Chicago precip!tntely for New YORK. nbout TWO
weeks since, when it was thought President
Garfield was about dying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26

the week TINS far $500 head same time LIST week ssoO
head consigned through. market dau ara plcss
shade lower buyer. and selers spaIt ssss OF ~ ~
SO 30 Pair % Good clipped - 1905 go one load Sognqn
Thin at t3 so Western lambs, Fair 10 Good, soato %
lot Extra 10 at ~ MARKET closed WIN
continued tendency and number OF loads
HOCs-Reoeips to-day, b.S65 head total Tor the week hA
far 10000 head for time last week. sOo hcah con-
signed through b cars good demand aud prices SHADE
higher sales Of Good 90 Choice Workers At - 20 %
Light do g. aOdS6 Is: Good Medium 90 1890 - ,sl
Heavy &C 5Od$6 co Mixed Lots Fair IN Good - 3GSo ~
Pfg.-NOthnR doing best grades disposed ~.
CHICAGO, April 25.-HOGs-Recelpts, $4,000 hefdi snip,
mens 5000 head Common 10 Good Mixed PACKING - W
dS6 Shipping 40 1895 90 Light, s. 90dSG 10.
CArTIK-in & i've demand and prices have afFFhc@l
receipts, 1900 head shipments, 1000 head Comuion 20
Choice Shipping, 81 75aS sockers and Feeders - ~"
81 IS.
sHEEPInacve and lower receipts, 500 head Common 10
Good 81 SOFAS ~. ,-,.. 49,,
ST LoIS April 25-HoGs-F Firm and active Workers ana
BamoreS 81 S0aSG Is MIXED Packing, 8 soeth; C1o9aco
Fancy 81 1896 30; Pigs, S5G$J 80 receipts '-VV
head silpments l. 200 head -
Cattle Receipts 900 head; shipmcnts, 100 hcad oI
small uainir Light Ia Fair Native steers which SOIL y.
shade better prices demand urgent; E1uortTr@ - inw
80 10: Cool - 1885 IS Common a. Melluu -
ass S.-rs - 750S5 80 Bute her StrTr - O1
Sockrr~ and Feeders - GAS; Cows ana heiei7'
~ SOaSf 80 Com Fed Texans. ~ HNdSi 30 49, g..
SiI Sr-I1Hcr. CLIPPED Sheep only wanted nov Ialr ="
Choice sold 81 $3.50 80 receipts 200 head shipments
bend.