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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
Fish that Fly.

An old sailor said there was nothing
on land not to be found in the sea.
There are sea cucumbers and carrots,
and many other sea vegetables that look
very much like those whose names they
bear. Some of the fish even have names
like those of land animals. There are
hog-fish, sea-horses, toad fishes and sea-
COWS. One very lovely fish is the
angel-fish. But the most Curious of all
is the hying-fish, which has broad fins
like wing.
This fish is shaped and colored some
thing like mackelel. Its back is blue
and its under parts are white. When it
flies it takes short flights from the top
of one wave to the top of another. The
flying squirrel can fly, in this way,
from high point up on tree to one
lower down. They are plentiful near
the West Indies, where the water is
warm. In the morning the sailor may
find dead fish on the deck. 1t had
seen the lights that the vessel carries
at night and flown toward them. 1t
could fly high enough to reach the ves-
sells deck, but could not fly across it.
1t may have struck boom or sail and
idiiCA uOou llOLu lllO DlOW' AlISI bulo
they grow more numerous, andyou will
see them in the daytime.
They will fly out of the water in front
of the ship in little groups, looking
like focks of swallows. Their white
sides will CLEAN like silver in the sun.
They cannot fly far, perhaps hundred
yards. After wetting their wings OIL
fins they then can fly farther on. They
look as if they enjoyed their life in the
air, but they do not always fly fol
pleasure. The dolphin, a very fierce
and fast swimming fish, hunts them IL
the water. When the poor flying -fsl
tries to escape him, the great sea-birds
the gulls and pelicans, seize them a
they fly out. They are very good t.
eat. The people in the islands abou
which they live catch them in dip net
and fry them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
DELIA'S REWARD.

eft was a scandal" the neig ghbors
said, "that Miss Della should be
obliged to take boar ders, after all she'd
been through; and heaven knows board
ers did not help body to work out her
salvation. And so much money in the
family, too, taking it by small and
large. Wasn't her Uncle Eben, over at
Dover, well.to.do, and not a chick OF
his own to care for, except the boy he
had adopted, who was no credit to him ?
1t was odd, now, that man with poor
relations should take to a stranger
when his own flesh and blood was
needy; but sometimes it does seem as
if folks had mo- feeling for others than
for their own Bith and kin. Then there
were cousins in the city, forehanded
and fashionable, who were never worth
row of pins to Della, and there was
her great-uncle Johns widow a-larking
on the continent, a-gaming at Baden
Baden, and trying the waters of every
mineral spring in the three kingdoms,
for no disease under the sun but old age
She'd been known to say that "her folks
were too iich already, and probably she
would endow some hospital with
her property" Plainly, wealthy rela-
tives were of no value to Miss
Della. To be sure, she had
never seen her great aunt-niece
since she was child, when her Uncle
John had brought her into their simple
life for months visit with her French
maid and dresses, her jewels and fallals,
which won the heart of her namksake.
Since then Uncle Johns widow has be-
of 1ol Il
young and beautiful; for, though Della
had received little gifts from time to
time across the seas for the last fifteen
years, she had neither heard nor seen
anything of the being who had inspired
her youthful imagination, and was quite
uncel tain if such person as Mrs. John
Rogerson was in the land of the living.
Dead or alive, she seemed to have made
no material difference to Delia's hum
drum life. After having nursed her
father through long sickness, Della
found that he had left a heavy mort
gage on the homestead, and her mother
and herself on the high road to the poor
house, unless they should bestir them
selves. AS her mother was already
bedridden, the stirring naturally fell
upon Della, and she advertised for
summer boarders:
"Good board in the country, by the
riverside, at seven dollars a week.
Large chambers, broad piazzas, fine
views, berries, and new milk. One
mile from the station.
Address DELLA RoGERsoN,
Croftsborough, Maine"
"Cheap enough" commented an
elderly lady, who happened upon it.
Della Rogerson-an old maid, 1 sup.
pose, obliged to look out for herself
I've a good mind to try her broad
piazzas and new milk. If 1 don't like
it, there'll be no harm done"
And SO Delia's first boarder arrived
an old lady with false front hair, brown
kwrinkled skin, faded eyes, BLACK
paca gown, and a hair trunk. Delis
ade her as welcome as if she had beer
duchess; lighted a wood fire in Mrs
Clements room, as the night wal
damp, and brought out her dainties
cup and saucer, with the fadeless OLE
roses wreathing them.
"Wonderful kind" reflected Mrs
Clement, as she combed out her wisp
Of gray hair and conAded the false from
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
What a Gentleman Is.

"The essential characteristics of a
gentleman" says our American essayist,
Mr.. Mathews, "are not an outward
varnish or veneer, but inward qualities,
developed in the heart"
The drover was gentleman at heart,
and in speech al o, CT whom this anec-
dote is told. lie was driving cattle to
market one day when the snow was
deep, save on the highway. The drove
compelled lady to turn out of the
road and tread in the deep snow.
MADAM" said the drover, taking
off his hat, I" if the cattle knew as well
as what they should do, you would not
walk in the snow"
Charles Lamb tells a story of Joseph
PAIGE, London merchant, who rev
erenced womanhood in every form in
which it came before him.
81 have seen him." writes the genial
essayist, "stand bareheaded, (smile, if
you please), to servant girl while she
has been inquiring of him the way to
some street. in such posture of un-
forced civility as neither to embarrass
her in the acceptance, or himself in the
offer, of it.
81 have seen him." he continues,
"tenderly escort a market-woman whom
he had encountered in a shower, exalt.
ing his umbrella over her poor basket
of fruit that it might receive no damage,
with as much carefulness as if she had
been countess"
These anecdotes show what genuine
politeness is. 1t is kindly spirit which
expresses itself kindly to ALL OF one
who possesses it the remark is never
made, A" He can be gentleman when he
pleases." AS Mr.. Mathews says-and
We wish the boys to memorize the say,
ing-"He who can be a gentleman
when he pleases, never pleases to be
anything else."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
The Grape.

Many vine-growers, says the Cincin-
natl Gazette, experience great disap-
pointment between the budding and
ripening of their grapes. In spring the
leaves and sprays shoot forth abun.
dantly and the "blossoms appear i'll
gratifying profusion. AS summer ad-
vances the growth of the berries is at
first satisfactory, and then a reverse
commences. Some shrivel up, others
mildew and many drop off, the curculio
takes share and general deterioration
ensues. If the trunks of the vines are
large and the branches extensive these
changes are only the more remarkable.
But larger vines absolutely require to
be profusely watered, for the proper
ton of water in the skin of the grape
is evidently very considerable, and every
drop ascends through the pores of the
trunk, If the vines are near the dwell
ing waste washing water, soapsuds, etc.,
cannot be poured too profusely on the
roots. We have known young trees,
vines, etc., rescued from death by
drought by the profuse watering of their
roots. Again, the paper bag protection
to the punches is we'll worth trying
Old vine growers near this city find it
to succeed admirably. There are few
noble grape "trees" in this neighbor-
hood which rival in size and production
the famous Black Hamburg at Hampton
Court, England, but they are well cared
for by their owners, although in our
latitude it is not necessary to keep
them in glass houses. He who hath a
thriving vineyard hath a good posses
sion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
SONGS Of Birds.

The skylarks song: "Arise, arise
Oh, free glad wings awake the air;
On, on, above, the light is there;
Pass the faint clouds and know the skies.
Oh, blueness oh, deep, endless height
Oh, unveiled sum-
Oh, ecstasy of upward flight
mount 1 mount Oh, skies oh. sun I"
The sparrow's song: "Let be TO soar;
Skies blacken under night or rain;
Wild wings are weary all in vain.
Lo the fair earth, the fruitful store
And the dear sunbeams travel down,
And warm our caves,
And bring gay summer to the town,
Oh, sun oh, bloom oh, safe warm caves !"
The linnet's song: "Oh, joy Of spring
Oh, blithe surprise of life And flowers
Wake in the birthday April hours,
And WONDER and are fair, and bring
New promise of new joy to be.
Oh, hope oh, Now!
Oh, blossoms breaking on the tree
livei Oh, day oh, happy Now!"
The uight-owl's song "The flowers go dead,
Weak flowers that die for heat or cold,
That die ere even spring turns old;
And with few hours the day is sped;
The calm gray shadows chase the noon,
Night comes and dusk,
And stiffness, and the patient moon.
Oh, stiffness and oh, long, cool dusk !"
The thrush's song "Oh welded wills
Oh, loves delight She mine, 1 hers
And every little wind that stirs,
And every little brook that trills,
Makes music, and 1 answer it
With Love, love, love-
Oh, happy bough where we two sitl
I love love Oh, song oh, lovel"
The ravens song: "Waste no vain breath
On dead-born joys that fade from earth,
Nor talk of blossoming or of birth,
For all things part of DEATH
Save love, that scarce waits death to die
Spring has its graves;
Our yew-tre see the green leaves lie.
Oh, churchyard yews loh, smooth new graves
The song of the sweet nightingale,
That has all hearts in hers, and knows
The secret of all joys and woes,
And till the listening stars grow pale,
And fade into the daybreak CLEAN,
Her mingled voice
Melts grief and gladness in dream.
She doth not sorrow nor rejoice.
She sings: "Heart, rest thee and be free,
Pour thyself on the unhindering wind;
Leave the dear pain of lite behind;
Loosed heart forget thou art, and be.
Oh, pain oh, joy of life oh, love
Ny heart is these.
Oh, roses of the noon oh, stars above!
Dead, waned, still with me 1 am these"
Augusta Webster
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Make the Ground Count,

We have learned one mistake we have
made for years past, and that is cover
ing too rluch ground with too few
plants. Vacancies not only make a loss.
but are expensive every way-in prep
aration and cultivation of soil, in extra
expenses for manure, and interest and
tax on land. We are too apt to be am
bilious as to having great number of
acres planted, regardless of tha yield,
expense, etc. We will guarantee that,
as rule, persons having the least land
get the most fruit from their land in
proportion to the number of acres, and
make the most money.-Fruit Recorder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08

Careful observations have shown the
following to be about the average
growth in twelve years of several vari-
eties of hard wood when planted in
groves and cultivated: White maple
becomes one foot in diameter and thirty
feet high; ash, leaf maple or box elder,
one foot in diameter and twenty feet
high; white willow, eighteen inches in
diameter and thirty-five feet high; Lom-
hardy poplar, ten inches 10 diameter
and forty feet high; lue and white
ash, ten feet in diameter and twenty
five feet high; black walnut and butter
nut, ten inches in diameter and twenty
feet high.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08

"Here lies the youngest of twenty
nine brothers and three sisters" Such
is the inscription on the stone that
marks the last resting-place of General
Marston G. Clark, at Salem, Washing
ton county, Ind. He was brave man
and had great deal to do with the vic
tory at Tippecanoe, which made General
Harrison famous,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
)GWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1881

one-fourth of the former to three
fourths of the latter, and then quart
or more, according to the age of the
calf, fed daily, is good substitute for
the oatmeal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08

Sitting Bull is getting fat and cores
pondingly saucy. A few days in the
guard-house and short rations would do
that gentleman good.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08

Jokes on contribution boxes are
worse off than the boxes themselves,
which are never entirely empty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
A Valuable Table.

The following table will show the
number of checks OF hills contained in
an acre of ground at certain distances.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-08
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

John Skae was arrested in San Fran
cisco, drunk, the other night, and has
gone to Jail because he couldn't pay the
IS fine imposed by the court for the
offense. In 1876 he could have sold
his mining stocks for $40, 100000 butre
fused, and they slid out from under him
SO completely that s5 is beyond his call.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02

water grew lower rnd lower, and the
men were enabled 10 draw the wa
gon straight up to our fathers door.
Tom carried inc into the house,
where his mother and sisters were
anxiously waiting Cor US, and loving
hands attended to all my wants.
The baby escaped uninjured but /,
the danger and excitement over, be-
came unconscious and for weeks my
life was despaired Of. Not until a
long afterwards was ] able TO hear
Katie's story.
Mr.. Pierce had been one Of the
helpers until he saw Katie was to
be left alone. Then he determined
to stay behind too. The water rose
up so rapidly that they were oblig-
ed TO seek shelter on the roof before
help came. Here it was IN the
midst OF the danger that they came
to understand each other, and ka-
tie has since confessed to me that
the half hour spent ON the roof OF
the little house in the pouring rain,
with the food roaring around them,
was the happiest she had ever
known.
So ended the exciting episode OF
nv uneyentful life, and my grand
children never tire of listening to
the story Of the rising of the river.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Farm and Garden.

There is probably no class of men
who live more strictly according to
their means, and who more uni
formly make both ends meet at the
close of the year, than farmers. But
there are comparatively few who are
as strict in keeping their accounts as
those who are engaged IN mercan-
tile or mechanical pursuits. And
yet there is no reason why they
should not be as systematicai in re-
cording their incomes and their
outgoes as any others. As one of
the least weighty considerations, it
would afford an interesting occupa-
ton for occasional leisure moments
and an interesting matter of review
at the close of n season or Of the
year. But in an economical point
of view the advantage would be
much greater. If every one who
has a farm or garden were to put
down not only the amount of his
expenses from day to day, but sep
erately, what he expends upon a
particular crop, or upon a particu
lar field or tract of land, be it large
or small, and on the opposite side Of
the balance sheet the returns in pro-
duct and in money of what he rails
es ; and if this were done in con-
nection with every crop and each
one of his fields separately, it would
enable him at glance to determine
on what portions of his place, or on
what particular crops, he could lay
out his money and his labor to the
greatest advantage.
One of the chief hindrances. to sue
cess in any branch of business is a
want of system, and keeping an ac-
curate account of expenditures and
receipts would at once be followed
by systematic results. The present
season of the year is a good time
for each one to lay his plans in this
respect, to prepare his books, and
so to be prepared for a more sYste-
matte prosecution for the work of
the year. Those who have adopted
the plan of keeping the most min.
ute record of all their operations,
have fosnd i. to be not only a source
of great satisfaction, but of great
profit, and We recommend the plan
to all, whether their business is on
a large or small scale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Taking Cold.

This vague household word" in
dicatcs one or more Of q long, varied
train of unpleasant affections, near
ly always traceable to ono or the
of only two causes; sudden change
temperature and unequal distribu-
ton of temperature. No extremes
of heat or cold can alone effect this
result; persons frozen to death do
not stake cold during the process.
But if part Of the body be rapidly
cooled, as by evaporation rom Il wet
article of clothing, or by sitting in a
draught of air, the rest of the body
|remaing at an ordinary temperture
or if the temperature of the whole
be suddenly changed by going out
from a warm room, there is much iia-
bility of trouble There is an old
saying-"when the air comes through
a hole, say your prayres to save
your soul" and ! should think al
most any one could get "a cold"
with a spoonful of water. or the
wrist held to key hole. Singular
as it may seem, sudden warming
when cold, is more dangerous than
the reverse. Everyone has noticed
how soon the handkerchief is re-
quired on entering q heated room
on cold day. Frost bite is an
extreme illustration of this. As the
Irishman said, on picking himself
up, it was not the fall, but stopping
SO quickly that hurt him. 1t is not
the lowering of the temperature TO
the freezing point, but its subsequent
elevation that devitalizes the tissue.
This is why rubbing with snow, or.
bathing with cold water, is required
to restore safely afrozen part; the ar
rested circulation must be very grad
ally restored, or inflammation, per-
haps modification, ensues. General
precautions against taking cold are
almost self evident in the light.
There is ordinarily little, if any,
danger to be apprehehded from wet
clothes so long as exercise is kept
up, for the glow about compen-
safes for the extra cooling by evap-
Grafton Nor is a complete drench-
ing more likely to be injurious than
the wetting of one part But never
sit still wet, and in changing rub
the body dry. There is q strange
tendency, spring from fatigue, indo-
lence and indifference, to neglect
damp feet; that is to say to dry
them by the FIRE; but this process
is tedious and uncertain. / would
say especially, off with muddy boots
and sodden socks at once-dry stock
ings and slippers, after hunt, may
make just the difference of your be-
ing able to so out again or never
Take care never to check perspira-
ton; during this process the body
may be in somewhat critical con-
dition, and sudden arrest of the
function may result disastrously-
even fatally. One part of the husi-
ness Of perspiration il Ia equalize
bodily temperature, and il must
not be interfered with.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
How TO be Nobody.

1t Is easy to be nobody, and we
will tell YOU how TO do ii
Go to the drinking-saloon TO spend
your leisure hours. You need not
drink much now; just little beer
or some other drink. In the mean
time play dominoes, checkers, or
something else to kill time, so that
you viii be sure not to read any use
ful book. If you read anything let
it be the dime novels of the day
thus 90 on keeping your stomach
full, and you head empty, and your
self playing time-killing games, and
in a short time You'll be nobody,
unless you should turn out to be
drpnkard, or professional gambler,
either of wh!aE is worse than no.
body. There are any number of
young men hanging about saloons
just ready to graduate and be no.
bodies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Illinois.

SPRIycFIELD, Ill, February TO-
In 1879 Illinois produced one-fifth
OF all the corn grown in the United
States, and according to the latest
advices the crop of 1880 viii bear
about the same proportion to the
corn crop of the country. The val
ue of the hogs marketed in 1880 was
So, ,137 900; in 1879 it was s16,640,
600. The value ofthe cattle in 1880
was 81, ,026,0O0; in 1879 it was s16-
Isl 900.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Efforts 10 Lynch n Murderer.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, February IT,
A great effort was made last night
to lynch Fish and John Poe, in the
Jail at Winchester. They are oharg-
ed with the murder of yeung Eaker,
last week. A crowd of men board
ed the train at Tallahoma to go to
Winchester, hut the conductor held
the train. Fears are entertained
that they will he repeated tonight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02

Mr.. Montgomery Blair says in a
recent letter to a Missouri friend.
sLee told my father in the room in
which write this note, when my
father, at Lincoln's request. offered
him the command of our army, that
he was utterly opposed to secession
it as anarchy-and said
if he owned every slave in the coun-
try he would freely surrender them
rather that see the Union dissolved,
and yet he took up arms for the
cause he himself had pronounced
Illegal and rpinous, because his rel
atives and friends were involved in
it.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
How it was Done.

"How do you manage" said a
lady to her friend, Ito appear SO
happy and good natured all the
time 2"
Il always have Parker's Ginger
Tonic handy" was the reply, ''and
thus easily keep myself and family
in good health. When / am well 1
always feel good natured." Read
about it in another column. I. 16.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Maine News.

Hop Bitters, which are advertised
in our columns, are sure cure for
ague, biliousness and kidney COM
plants. Those who use them say
they cannot be too highly recon-
mended. Those afflicted should
give them a fair trial, and will be-
come thereby enthusiastic in the
praise oftheir curative qualities
Portland Argus.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02

Governor Murray, of Utah, says
"Polygamic slavery is worse than ne
gro slavery. Under the laws OF
Utah man, the next day after nat
uralization, may marry as many
wives as ho chooses, and then they
may all vote. Hemay, for instance,
marry a Chinese girl twelve years
old, who hasn't been in the country
a month, and the act will entitie
her to vote
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
a Girl Looses Her Foot.

SrUEEEviLLE, O., February 1G.-
Last night a Pittsburgh twelve-year
old girl. Vena Arthurs, had a part OF
one of her feet taken off by "a Pan.
handle train, at South street cross
ing. She was standing on the side
walk touching cars as they passed,
and not thinking of the consequen-
ces, put her foot on the rail with the
above result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Hancock ana Grant.

WASHINGTON, February 17.-Gen-
eral Hancock and General Grant
have decided to be present at the
Inauguration of General Garfield. a
grand reception will he rendered
both of these distinguished gentle
men. second only to tina. Of the Pres
ideDt-eleot
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-03-02
Senator Conkltng.

CLEVELAND, O., February IT,
Senator GOnklipg arrived at Mentor
about the middle Of the afternoon
yesterday. The through train stop
ped for him. He went directly to
General Garfield's house, where he
was warmly received. The greetings
were friendly on both sides. After
lunch was served General Garfield
took Senator Conkling into a room
up stairs, where, according to spe-
cial to the Herald, the two were clos
eted for several hours. Senator
Conkling took the midnight train
for the East again.