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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-20
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P. NUMAN'S
STABLE B

Peter Nufnan having purchased the livery stable
ON Eighth street the Post Office, has put In good
animals and improved rigs and hopes TO receive q
fI share OF patronage. His stable and all Its ar
rangements shall be kept in order and always be
found suitable place TO obtain promptly hrSt class
team and rig all in good style -
Just Give me trial and II these things are not
40 Bue,neas Is business, and always try to attend
10 business n you don't believe L. come and see;
iul23-tf PETER HUMAN'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-20

10 Tn0 Gr0ae C0nn0CrinR Link y
Ies main line runs from Chicago - Council
sI1 PaMsstng shFSSgh E SSst 9aMa 9a2enor Ie wss
Liberty, Iowa City. Marengo, BrooklYn, ,Qrtnnell.
Des NJ Dimes (the capital Of Iowal Stna Z Allan
dc, and Avoca: with branches from Burean
tine Wilmington, Fairfield Eidon, Belknap,
CentreVille, Princeton, Trenton, Gallatin. Came
ron, Leavenworth. Atchison, and Kansas City;
Washington 20 Sigourney, Oskaloosa ana knox-
tonsport Independent Efdon. Ottumwa, Eddy
willie, OBkaloosA Pella, Monroe. and Des Moines;
Mt. Zion to Keosauqua; Newton TO Monroei DeS
MOineS 70 and na 20 HaaS 70
road. which owns. and operates through line
from Chicago Into the state Of Kansas: -,
man Palace Cars attached, are run each waydally
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KANSAS CITY.
COUNCIL. BLUFFS, LKAvENWORTH and ArCHl-
kee and Kansas City. via the Milwaukee and
Rock Island Short Line"
The "Great Rock Island" Is magnifcently
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect and Its
What Will please you most win be the pleasure
OF enjoying your meals, while passing over the
beautiful prairies OF Illinois and Iowa, in one OF
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
meal as good as Is served In any hrst-class hotel
for seVenty-nve cents.
Appreciating the fact that a majority OF the
people prefer separate apartments for dlnerent
of.thiS line warranting t). we are pleased TO an
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are rul
COUNOIL BLUFFS, KANSAS C1TYt IA a
all Ticket Agents I'm the United States
For information not obtatnablo ae
H, n. GABLE,
q Ves President and General ManAgr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Buddha aud Buddhism.

The Buddhist religion also originated
in India, from which ii was expelled. 1t
is now the creed of most of the Mongol
nations its followers are said to be
about 300,000,000. 1t is the popular re-
ligion of China, of Thibet, and the Bur
man empire also of Japan. It:has an
immense number of sacred books in the
Sanscrit language.
4 little north of Central India, in the
seventh century before Christ, there
reigned wise and good king, whose
son, influenced by the ascetic doctrines
of Brahminism, determined to turn her
init and devote his life to meditation and
prayer, and prepare himself to make
men better and correct the prevailing
evils of the world So one night he
left his young wife, father and friends,
and became mendicant. After spend
ing years among the Brahmins he found
no true peace there. He left them and
wondered on until finally, when
seated under II tree, the true
knowledge seemed to come to him
in beatitic vision. He determined TO
teach others how they might likewise
become happy. He began to preach in
He was the original Buddha. His dis
courses compose the sacred books OF the
Buddhist He converted great numbers,
his father among the rest, and died ut
the age of so Buddhism is an eminent
ly moral religion, teaching: First, right
belief or perfect faith. Second, right
judgment or the wise application of that
faitll TO life. Third, right utterance or
perfect truth in alive say or do. Fourth,
right motives or proposing always Il
proper end and aim. Fifth, right occu-
patton or an outward life not involving
sin. Six, right obedience or faithful OBJ
Scryancc of duty. Seventh, right mem
ory or Il proper recollection of past con-
duct. Eighth, right meditation or keep.
ing the mind fixed on permanent truth.
The first five commandments OF the
Buddhista are: First. do not kill See
ond, do not steal. Third, do not com.
init adultery. Fourth, do not lie. Fifth,
do not become intoxicated
Mr.. Malcolm, Baptist missionary,
, says: - saw no intempcrance in Bur,
| mali \ man may travel from one end
| of the kingdom to the other without
money, feeding and lodging as well as
the people. | have seen thousands to-
gethor for hours on public occasions, re-
ioicing in all order, and no act OF vio-
lcncc or case of intoXication. During
my whole residence in the country |
never saw an indecent act or immodest
gesture i'll man or woman. TO love ON
| enemies, to abstain even from defensive
warfare, TO govern ourselves, to avoid
vices. reverence age, to despisc no re,
/ ligion, show no intolerance, not to per
| secutc, are the virtues of these people.
Polygamy is tolerated. but not approved
/ Monogamy is general in Ceylon, Siam
and Burmah. Women are treated bettcl
| by Buddhism than by any other Oriental
religion" Buddhism was, before Chris.
4 tianitv, the first great attempt to estah,
lish great worldwide religion. II
came from the south, but has passed
northwald, stimulating vast masses o
otherwise inert people to thought and
reflection on the greatest problem,
/ which can concern mankind. 1t is now
the popular creed in China and Japan
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
What Shall We DO With Our Daughters

Don't teach them self-reliancc. 1t is
80 much easier for them to rely on some
one else.
Don't teach them how to make bread.
Their beauN might think they We're not
we'll bred.
Don't allow them to learn how to make
shirts. II is better they should not
know. Then, when they are married,
their husbands can work twenty hours
IL day to get money with which TO buy
ready-made ones, while they knit red
dogs.
Above all things, do not fail to learn
them how to wear false hair, and if your
daughter objects to bang her hair, bang
her over the head.
Do not allow them to learn how to
make their own dresses 1t is fashion
able to have 4 dressmaker.
Teach them that dollar is only 100
cents and does not amount to much.
Do not let them learn how to cook.
Should they understand the cuisine art
and know what is needed in a family,
the servant could not supply all her re-
latives with edibles
Teach them to darn their neighbors,
but not stockings.
Don't allow them to learn how to sew
on buttons. They might get needles in
their fingers.
Teach them to regard the money and
not the morals of their suitors.
Teach them none of the mysteries of
the kitchen, the dining-room and the
parlor.
Teach them that the more one lives
beyond his income the more he will
save.
Urge them to so with Incorporate
yonng men. 1t is convenient to have a
drunken husband, as the wife is enabled
to take pin money from his pocket while
he is taking drunken snooZe.
Finally, teach them that God made
them in his image, which necessitates
tight lacing. -Ne,c York. Graphic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
A Rich Puff,

A manufacturer and vender of quack
medicines wrote to friend for strong
recommendation of his (the manufac-
turer's) "Balsam." In a few days he
received the following, which we call
pretty strong:
DEAR SIR The land composing this
farm has hitherto been so poor that a
Scotchman could not get living off it,
and 50 stony that We had to slice our
potatoes and plant them edgeways; but,
hearing of your balsam, put some on
the corner of ten-acre field surrounded
by rail fence, and in the morning L
found that the rock had entirely disap-
peared a neat stone wall encircled the
field and the rails We're split into fire
wood and piled up symmetrically in my
back yard. | put half an ounce in the
middle of huckleberry swamp; in two
days it was cleared of, planted with
corn and pumpkins and row of peach
trees in full blossom through the mid
die. As an evidence of its tremendous
strength, L would say that it drew q
striking likeness of my eldest son out OF
a mill-pond; drew blister all over his
stomach; drew load of potatoes foul
miles to market and eventually drew a
prize of S97 in a lottery.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
ancient Miners Tools,

The miners in the Silver Belt mine in
Arizona recently made remarkable dis
coycry, showing that the mine was
worked ages ago. The tenfoot bonanza re-
Gently uncovered, continuing to widen
at every stroke Of the pick, left an over
hanging wall ON one side that appeared
more like loan than the ordinary wall or
vein matter of quartz ledge, and so soft
that it caved i'll such way as to obstruct
the work. They then went up above
the cave and decided TO run down on the
ledge in new.place, so us to get under
the cave, Ill order to have solid ground
to work on, and in cleaning away a
place to start in they found living on
the ore, on top of the ledge, i'll the soft
loan three feet from the surface. five
stone hammers such us are found in the
ancient ruins and abandoned mines of
the Aztecs all over the country, show
ing clearly that the Silver Belt has
been worked in prehistoric times, This
is the first and only indication that has
been found that the Belt" was ever
disturbed before the present owners UNI
covered it. One of the hammers, which
Il miner had broken i'll order to see tho
quality of the stone OF which it was
made, is of dark, tough, slaty-looking
rock, such as the ancients used in maxi
ing all their hammers and axes,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

1 ,Of course Jack and l " embraced with
tears" after the double tragedy. Neither
of us could accuse the other, you see,
for if his pet had killed mine, mine had
proved equally fatal to his. Then and
there we forswore all future division of
interests, whether in the shape of ipets
or anything else.
Uncle Philip and Aunt Clarice Phelps
proved to be the most cheerful and con-
tented of elderly couples. 1t seems that
it is an old love affair Jack knew of it
all along, which was the reason of his
proiane laughter when he found that
they had established themselves in the
same house. They were engaged when
both were young, but quarreled. Aunt
Clarice married Mr.. Vaughan out OF
pique, while Uncle Philip remained q
bachelor for her sweet sake.
We are thoroughly reconciled now,
and stranger things have happened than
that We should be their heirs after all
turner's Bazdr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
1t Wouldn't Work.

Topnoody made up his mind to-day
that he was not going 10 be bossed any
longer by his wife, so when he went
home at noon he stalked in and called
out, impeliously: Mrs Topnoody,
Mrs. Topnoody." Mrs. r. came out of
the steaming kitchen with drop of
sweat on the end of her nose, a dishrag
tied around her head, and rolIing-pin
in her hand. "Weli, sir" she said,
"What'll You haveY' Topnoody stag
gered, but braced up. Mrs. Top
moody, ] want you to understand,
madam" and he tapped his breast
dramatically" / am the engineer of this
establishment" "Oh, you are, are
you? Well, Topnoody, l want you to
understand I"-and she looked danger
ous-"am the boiler that will blow up
and sling the engineer clear over into
the next county. Do you hear the
steam escaping, Topnoody?" Topnoody
heard it, and he meekly inquired if there
was any assistance he could render in
the housework.-SteubenuiHe Herald.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
III

1t was rather curious, | thought, that
since Aunt Clalice had left us so
abruptly we had seen nothing either of
her or of Uncle Philip, although more
than Il week had passed. Aunt Clarice
was always Out---or so the servants said
when | called; and as for her, she had
never once crossed our threshold since
that unlucky day
was Just expressing my feelings
upon the subject to Jack, with Bijou
hopping about the carpet at my feet,
when the door-hell rang, and Jane
brought in the mornings mail There
was only one letter, and that saw in
moment to be from Aunt Clarice.
High time, | think = | said. as |
tore it open. Then, in another mo-
ment, and with a shrek, Jack, look
here w
This is what Jack looked at
My DEAR MADGE-I have not seen
you for the last week because | was try
ing to make up my minds whether cr
not to he an old fool, and in such cases
the fewer witnesses one has, the better
I've decided at last whether for better
or for worse, remains to be seen. Per-
hapS Won know that Jacks Uncle Philip
Phelps and [ are old friends, and meet
ing-now and all Well, the long and
short of it is that we have made mp our
minds to be married
That is all at present from
" Your attached aunt,
"CLARICE VAUGHAN"
"P,S.-lf Master Jack and You hadn't
seen lit to turn your house into a me-
nagerie, it would't have happened. A
mutual hatret of pets was our first bond
of union"
was crying by the time Jack had
finished the letter, and even he looked
grave though there was a most exaspe.
rating twinkle in his eye.
Goodbye to on fortunes, little
woman" he said
"Oh, Jack! jack" | cried. "And
to think it was all the doing of that hate.
full dog !"
"Not at ALL" said Jack; "my dog
hadn't half as much to do with it as voul
birds. If they hadn't driven Uncle
Philip out of the house, there would
have been no room in it for Aunt Clarice
and in that case they might never have
met again"
Nonsense :" / cried. indignantly
" If it hadn't been for the dog, Aunt
Clarice would have been here safe and
sound at this minute. I've a great mind
to poison him"
Jack suddenly grew very stern. II
You do, I'll wiring the neck of yolrl
miserable bird" he said.
/ | had never seen Jack look so angry
nor anything like so angry, before, anG
for one minute / stopped short in abso
lutte terror; then But before L coult
speak there was hasty scuflle ON the
stairs, and Hero in person rushed int
the room. Bijou lifted his head ant
fluttered his wings, but he was too late
In another instant Hero had pouncet
upon the tempting plaything. Ther,
was a strangled squeak, an agonizeC
gasp, and poor Bijou had disappeared
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Grandfather Snow.


Grandfather Snow came down, one day
And what do you think?
And what do you think?
He's as old as the hills, but his heart is gav.
And over the country he sped away.
His hair was as white as a cotton ball:
And what do you think?
And what do you think?
He gayly pranccd over the highest wall
For his dear old legs weren't stiff at all.
Wherever he went he raised a breeze;
And what do you think?
And what do you think?
He climbed to the tops of the tallest trees
rs cool and nimble as ever YOU please
\ train went laundering over the ground
And what do you think
And what do you think?
Old Granther after it went with a bound
Sly old fellow he made no sound
He caught the cars, and he held on tight:
And what do you think?
And what do you think?
The train had to stop III the road all night.
And couldn't go on till broad daylight
Old as he was, he stayed ont late
And what do you think:
And what do you think?
He sat on the posts Of the door-yard gate,
And danced on the fence at high old rate
But the children chccred for Grandfather still
And what do You Think
And what do you think:
He spread himself ont on the top of hill,
And they all coastcd down on'hs back witha
wl
He was none too old for Il grand go-bnng,
And what do you think;
And what do you think
To the tops Of the highest roofs he sprang
And down on the people he slid with whamg
He had no manners, It's sad to say
And what do You think
And what do you think:
For chap like him to get in the way
And trip up people by night and day
But his heart was white and pure within:
Now what do you think?
Now what do you think
To be glad and jolly is never sin.
For a long-taccl Granthcr | care not pin.
We none of us know what we should do:
Nov what 10 YOU think?
Now what do YOU think.
If we only came down for Il month on two
And coudn'j stay here the whole year through
-CGH0'Htc s. HdiG0y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Women As Bank Clerks.

Women have been employed as clerks
in the Stockholm Enskilda bank, Stock
holm, Sweden, for sixteen years, and A.
o. Wallenberg, director, writes: Since
the fourth of July, 1864, sixteen young
ladies have been engaged in the bank.
OF these there are still in the service of
the bank, eight; married and left, five;
advanced to more remunerative positions
in other institutions, two; dismissed for
inaptitude, one. OF those remaining,
three are cashiers on their own respon-
sibility, one is assistant to the keeper of
the head ledger, and four hold inferior
ositions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

A Rockland man read that one should
endeayor to draw something useful from
everything he saw, and nobly resolved to
profit by the teaching. That night,
when the moon was hidden, he essayed
to draw number of useful cordwood
sticks from his neighbol's woodpile, and
got filled so full of rock salt out of
gun that he won't be able to taste any
thing fresh for the balance of his life
ROckland Courier.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

We were i'll daily expectation Of Aunt
Clmice's arrival, the date of which was
not quite certain, as she was staying with
friends who continually urged her to
prolong her visit. After the day for her
coming to MS had been three times fixed
and as often postponed, | made up my
mind not to expect her until saw her.
Consequently L had dismissed all
thoughts of her from my mind,
was sittingat my sewing one morning
when Jane came up to tell me that lady
was i'll the parlor, who declined to send
up her name.
An agent, no doubt" / said. Il
wish you had asked her business, Jane.
But no matter; l must go down soon,
to shut mp Bijou, III any case"
So | sewed on TRANQUILITY until had
finished the piece of work on which |
was engaged, and then ran downstairs,
humming blithe little tune as L went.
/ never finished that tune, though; for
the first thing my eyes fell upon in the
hall was Aunt Clarice. Yes, Aunt Clar-
ice, sitting demurely in the hall chair,
but with no very demure expression
upon her face. On the contrary. it was
much agitated and disheveled Aunt
Clarice upon whom l looked-an Aunt
Clarice who appeared equally divided
between tears and Indignation, and who
met my astonished gaze with one full of
wrathful meaning
Dear Aunt Clarice :" ! cried. "Who
ever dreamed of seeing You to-day I?
Why i'll the world didn't YOU 90 into
the parlor, even if Jane hadn't sense
enough to take you there? That girls
blunders are really beyond ANYTHING" :"
Don't scold the girl, said Aunt Cia-
rice, grimly: "its not her fault. She
took me in there fast enough; but if peo-
pie will turn their pallors into menageries
they can hardly expect their friends to
stay in them"
"MenageIies Dear Aunt Clarice." |
cried, 81 never thought You would mind
poor Bijou too. You're as bad as Uncle
Philip"
Aunt Clarice turned slightly red, IF
that's your idea of bijou," she said"
have no more to say" and she began TO
gather up her belongings as if she medi-
tated instant fight,
" But dear Aunt Clalice," [ cried.
don't be so frightened was Just 60
ing to shut him up, for he has been ont
quite long enough" ("I should think so"
said Aunt Clarice). Z" But | never knew
that you minded birds so much"
" Birds !" said Aunt Clarice, with an in
describable intonation. (" But L do
mind birds very much - such birds as
this; birds that walk on four legs and
wag their tails and make grabs at your
ankles"
" Aunt Clarice," 1 cried, "it's Hero
that you mean-Jack's great, horrid dog.
DO you mean to say that he is in the
parlor? Oh dear! what shall do
Jack says that there is no harm in him,
but he always dances and grins at us so.
How shall we ever get him out. for
neither Jane nor dare touch him ?"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

Aunt Clarice had relaxed slightly
when she found that had nothing to do
with Hero's presence in the parlor, and
now she began to laugh
Don't trouble yourself about getting
him out" she said. He is safe enough
there, for I shut the door upon him. He
kept quiet until Jane had gone, but as
soon as | was left quite alone and un-
protected, he foundered out from under
the very sofa that [ was sitting upon,
and danced and grinned' at me, until /
fairly took to my heels. Now I'll go up
stairs and take my things off,"
Jack only laughed when / complained
to him of Hero's escapade, said that as
my pet had the run of his study it was
only fair that his should have the run of
the rest of the house. He positively re-
fused to chain him, ri even to keep him
in the yard or cellar, as L implored him
to do, if only on Aunt Clarice's account.
No, no" he said, my relations have
had their turn it is time that yours
took their share now"
OF course when Hero had once found
his way upstairs, there was an end of
everything. Nothing would induce him
to stay down after that. 1t is my belief
that he had found out some way of
worming himself through keyholes for
no amount of locking and barring would
keep him out. The worst of it was he
took a violent liking to Aunt Clarice.
Or rather / am inclined to think that
he found her irresistibly feasible,
and was deep and artful enough to pre-
tend firm confidence in her fondness
and admiration for him At all events.
wherever Aunt Clalice was, Hero was
sure to be somewhere near. If she sat
down upon a sofa Hero wliggled ont
from under it: if she entered Il room
Hero bounced at her from behind the
door; nay, he even secreted himself
under her bed at night, for the ex.
press purpose of coming out in the
small hours and wakening her by the
contact of his cold nose and his warm
wet tongue. After she had twice aroused
the whole household by her wild shrielis
at these uncanny visits. Aunt ClaricC
mildly but firmly announced her deter
mination.
My dear Madge," she said, 81 an
very fond of you; | am fond of Jack
too: but really man who keeps such {
wild beast about his house is fit only
for Bedlam. 1 can't expect you to turl
him out for me, so | have decided tl
3 turn myself out for him. I am no
quite ready to go home yet, so I have
taken board for few weeks where
shall be quite comfortable"
! Jack only laughed, and said. :" Tit TO
tat when he heard of Aunt Clalice'
! departure. He laughed still more when
/ on comparing notes, we found that sh,
and Uncle Philip were inhabitants of tn
same boarding-house in Ninth street
curious coincidence, certainly, but no
worth going into Mysteries about. 1
really seemed rs if Jack would never ge
over it. Every now and then, durin,
the whole evening, he would suddenl
/ throw himself back, kick up his heels il
the most undignified manner, and roal
When asked him his reason for sucl
behavior, he would say only. ''Uncl
Philip and Aunt Carice,-ho no! hol
And for days the mention of either nam
would bring a most absurd and diaboli
cal grin to his face, which was hand
some enough one in general.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

bodily down the gaping red throat, and
Hero was on his back, kicking convul-
sively, while I rushed screaming from
the room
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

Navy ehaplains receive $4,000 year,
$500 additional for each five years of ser
vice, and at sixty-two they are retired
with $4,000 for life.