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| The watet-works planned for the join
accommodation Of Hyde Park, Lake, an'
Pullman will have a capacity Of about Q. 900,
900 gallons day. This is no more thai
these places will use from the start, allowins
| Hyde Park 100000 Of gallons day, Pull
man 2, 900, 900 gallons day, and dividing th'
| balance between the South Parks, Soutl
! Chicago, Kensington, and Irondale. It i
| believed that daily capacity Of 10000, COZ
| gallons would not be too much, in view O.
the rapid growth of Hyde Park.
DEENEL FOUNTAIN.
The South Park Commissioners have form
ally accepted the fountain offered them fol
Drcxcl boulevard by the sons Of the latt
Francis u. Drexei, Of Philadelphia. It vii
be completed during the coming year. Henry
Manger, Of Berlin, Prussia, now in Phil
adelphia, is at work. on the fountain, which
will be Of bronze, ois2 grant base, with a
Of thirty-tive feet: The cost will be $40, 600:
The fountain will be placed i'll tile centre ot
the wide Space-l00 feet-turhing westward
in Drexcl boulevard from Fifty-first street.
between it aud Cottage Grove ay olluc, where
it will be seen from the approaches III atf di-
towards Washington Park
WARREN AVENUE,
from Oakley avenue to the railroad track.
has been kept impossible for months by the
contractor in Charge Of improving it.. Some
thing ought to be done, and that quickly.
The kobey street Improvement has been
completed. The new gravel aud macadau-
lied portion is from Lake to Harrison. A[r.
l.. n. HoIlister, the Inspector for the city,
has been Oh the ground continually, and
thinks it one OF the best streets oil tho West
Side.
TIE WESTERN INDIANA.
The route of the Chicago IL Western
Indiana Road. Us described. i'll the ordi-
nance to give it the right Of way through
Hyde Park, is to be as follows: Coll-
1nenclng at Il point where the railroad crosses
the strand ut Harbor avenue, under IN ordi-
the Board, it will run northcrly along the
east thirty-three feet OF the strand to Eighty
seventh street; thence in i nOrthwesterly
direction to 1tailroad avenue, in Sec. 81,
Township IS north, Range Is; thence north
westerly on Railroad avenue to = point at or
l,enr tic junction of Seventy-tirst street;
thence northerly OH or along Yates avenue
to Seyentieth street; thence northwestcrly
anti westerly by the most convenient route
to Sixty-eighth street; thence oii&or along
authority and permission to make curve
connection from some convenient point on
Sixty-eighth street, west OF Stony island
avenue to some convenient point on sixty
seventh street., east Of Sheridan avenue;
thence on or along Sixty-seventh street to
the west line Of the township.
THE RIVER.
Nothing has yet come of the project talked
of some time ago to stralgllten the river
between Adams and Van Buren, streets, on
the west side of the river. Representatives,
of the railroads interested say the city can
easily get the use OF their land for the
NEW SUBDIVISIONS,
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Speaking of the past successful Thomas
concert season, a local director was askcu 10
what he attributed the generous support
Chicago audiences. He answered that tia
result was due III very great degree to the
enterprise and liberality OF Mr.. W. ". kiin-
Dall, Fyho not only furnished superior pianos
at moderate prices. but who. by Introducing
the system Of monthly payments for the
same, had placed pianos III thousands Of
homes that otherwise would never have been
opened to the refining influences Of musical
culture The humblcst purchaser Is aIwaya
sure Of the most courteous treatment, and
can select from an immense stock Of the best
plano5 and otgans in America-
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SAD,

The dental profession find It a dscouragtng
task to retain tho old fancy rates, while the
McCnesney BROS. turn out from 50 to LOO sets OF
teeth per week Of their unquesdonahly ST.
perior quality <8 hast~aat-
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pany, the other as the Belt-Line Company.
Each has capital of $40 $50 co., l under
stand, however, that the same men comprise
both companies, and that they expect to ot.t
meeting soon aud perfect consolidation
OF them.
What was $ The 9: average price paid for the
"About SIS per acre"
''Was it all cash." ..
SIT was cash down,-lnoney paid..and i'm
mediate possession of the land siyen.''
The Western Indiana combination has not
joined the consolidation of the other belt
roads, but pursues its Independent way.
Additions are . being : eons;tantly mads to its
obtaining rights Of way to lease to other rail-
roads and
BUILDING Up M-ANUFATGnISG INTERESTS.
One of its latest projects is covered by the Or
dinance now pending before the Trustees Of
Hyde Park tor q right Of way from South
Chicago, along Railroad avenue, south OF the
South Park. and then along Sixty-seyenth
street to a junction with the tracks Of the
Rock Island. At the meeting OIL Friday
evening to consider this ordinance most Of
the property interested were present, aud tue
most cordial feeling was displayed toward
it will be of the greatest. assistance
to the development Of the beautiful but in
accessible district along the shore Of Lake
Michigan between the Park and South Chi
c1E0- BESIDES aH0fulns new SUBURBAN
transportation tint is greatly needed. the
new road will be of great service TO Hyde
Park by cheapening the cost OF the coal used
in its water-works. For lack Of railroad IA
cilities, the coal burned at the WaterWorks
now costs $3.50 ton, while that used
by the Calumet Iron Is Steel Com-
.pary and other concerns on the
railroad is furnished ut Sl.S0 to
SE75 ton. The Baltimore s Ohio and the
Illinois Central have both had the chance to
build over the route now proposed for the
South Chicago& & Western Indiana. and have
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Esr0rfHsnrt journal
About 1850 o'clock Il. IN. yesterday tho cook OF
the schooner Golden, now living ut Hills wharf,
white shark. SO he reports, about twelve feet in
length, sprnn9 clear out OF tho watc= and
caught oil tho swill he throw awny and swai-
lowed it. Tho white shark Is one Ot tho tuan-
eating Species End Is very dangerous.
, 1881-08-28

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nj ,3,n',f pvSatv.o lacii5y Tor the development
~ Observation-Disclosures nnn,..,1;. anu perfect distribution
ent r,iirn,.1s 1m Ut ouC or oetWeen differ
o"' A"'4Aoaos' nefo WILL be the
Population will RAPIDLY c1ustor ahon,
such 4 centre of industry rs Ills, The M r.
| chase Of the FORSYTH farm has hocn ,n:,,ia
| The price was ST .O0, 0On nnt in hnnds NJ
but III cash, and u considerable pronorrfom II
| it has been aIreoTv mil. 1,l'e n1,rchaso1
| was Mr. Josepil +. ORD Of Nav .Inrsav .v,,n
represents the New York cnnita1ists renrn.
serted, and IS one Of the nTo1noters of f t,r
caco Raiiroai and The 1v,.star,' i1;onn :" S,,.
Road l,aya M cnnnectjon xrhefavar .rit, t,,a
| transaction. ~ "A''A ''1.7
Leaving Sheffield. fte C,,caoo nn]t r,;no
Railroad Company's trucks viii crjss t1ose @
the Western Indiana. goine Il, tfie s6,tl, trcf ri
| Calumet Lake TO Hlne Island. .or = noint -
little to rna west ff T. thencc nnrthar, r :, :,
through tie Towns Of Worth, Lyons. Cicero.
the east and 50 goes tn Lake Vie,v n ;c +,,n
I,eiief of ifs 1rmnntors fGot +}a f;5;.;as II i'ao
offered by them viii make this II mid
line OF manufactures ali around flle
CITY. Every r:ilroatl run1,inr into fshicaro
viii fo CROSSED At ieast threa I'reo tro,;,'
fer yards Will be opened. and wareliousn and
other accommodation; furnished re ,cc,lo,i
oSr c1,r,r so,,rct, M, s-r,.,,,.cr1, N
n +,,s r,,,,e,o, 1,o,t n:,1 Ur y, ~
s'9i 70 G a Iiego th belt Line lsailroau Company
W.. ~ ce GuieteHess anu coFdlallty OF It's
are arnnn~ re 1most ,,ro.oi;,o,,t - n'11ors
in the country ~ wouid ho s"an 49, r.
they would allow their names ~ ha
used. . The combination includes ai1 the
other belt projects; that have INV raiso II
d Itre, except tie Western Indiana. which
remains indepenttenr. 'Thast, niiinnces M
sire the Comnanv an c.,sv fr,ssnn. arornI
the city and across the ST. Paul and North-
western tracks. where any nther nrsn,iza- ~,
tion would ind progress difficult, if hot in-
t'O'' rn,, = RITA, sro,t
I. "a M sioch
O. qI. tne company mas been lXed at sG, QUO CO.,
Xxi ntS poneu ana deoI IS not denltly know as it.
nave old lc Tor the bonds, although not
one OF them has yet been issued. Some
11ns;Stefy 1ass;s nangs ABOUT me pefsonne! OF this
betI ~ Line company ex-senator i5arnuln.
OF lCollnectlctlt, Y. n. Jordan; the well-know1l
s.,..oNa s.,' '..'au, nil. -. =; noGflsnoeIer, G1
lunntjnncI3 as inter".t al % n,rtos va Ro!;dns .s
1hera ar ,,s as t1steu nts Rataf neS,aSs, w.
Comnanv WHO ,,o nat anmnar IN ;1s IsS InI IT, cs sio
~ ~ ~ 1Srr,.v,rw 80 49, Not@ ~'@'
a reporter nad an interview with a gentle
man who nc felt sure could, It tie would, ell
tghten him greatly on the matter.
TO se g ane OF me
in order to get verified the ruu!ors which lie
nag heafa. IL VIII DO 70 premise oy stating
that ile IS zone whom the newspaper lil;ll
Woula swear py anu Wn0se part II me inter
vleW WIS .uken uilwilln,Eiy. nau ule re-
1rad, atef ioe N oiseiosed M tne o+ kowlSage tt ne
alreaay nad' ne would nor nave oeen aple to
nave M go1ten any Information on the subject
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
WISE WORDS,

Never condemn friend unheard or
without letting him know his accuser
or his crime.
He who refuses justice to the de-
fenseless will make every concession to
the powerful.
We take lessons in art, literature-a
thousand things; but that high sense of
honor-man's obligation to man--is for.
gotten.
Prosperity shines on different persons
much in the same way that the sun
shines on different objects. Some it
hardens like mud, while others it soft
ems like wax.
There are treasures laid up in the
heart-treasures of charity, piety, tenn
perance and soberness. These treasures
o man takes with him beyond death,
when he leaves this world.
No life is wasted unless it ends in
sloth, dishonesty and cowardice. No
success is worthy of the name unless it
is won by honest industry and brave
breasting of the waves of fortune.
Were we to take rs much pains to be
what we ought to be as we do to
describe what we really are, we might
appear like ourselves, without being at
the trouble of any disguise at all.
There is no necessity in nature for the
alarming disasters so prevalent and the
sudden deaths so common. A healthily
constituted man or woman ought to
wear bright until threescore and ten.
Be not diverted from your duty by
any reflections the silly world may
make upon you, for their censurers are
not in your power, and consequently
should not be any part of your concern.
1t should be pointed ont with continual
earnestness that the essence Of lying is
in deception, not in words; lie may be
told by silence, by equivocation, by the
accent on a syllable, by glance of the
eye attaching peculiar significance to a
sentence.
Whenever unselfish love is the main
spring of mems actions; wherever hap
piness is placed not on what we can get
for ourselves, but what we can impart to
others; wherever we place our satisfac-
tion in gratifying our fathers and moth
ers, our brothers and sisters, our wives
and children, our neighbors and friends
we are sure to attain all the happiness
which the world can bestow.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
The Story of q Beard,

During soiree given at the Winter
palace at st. Petersburg, in the reign
OF the Gar Nicholas, some forty years
ago, the conversation happened to turn
upon luxuriant growths of hair, and
governor OF q distance province re-
marked that he had frequently noticed.
in the chief town OF his government, q
venerable Jew, whose countenance was
adorned by beard of extraordinary
length and beauty. Chow l should
like to see him." calculated a lady,
smiling .winningly at the narrator.
Your highness' least wishes are
commands" replied the governor; and
that very night he dispatched a cour-
Ter to the provincial capital with
peremptory order that the Hebrew
should be forwarded to him without
delay. On receipt Of this command
the local authorities at once caused the
Jew to be conveyed postha to st.
Petersburg. His protestations of inno-
cence were ignored. When. after trav-
cling for more than fortnight, he
reached his destination, the police Off
cials, learning from his escort that he
had been sent thither at the express
SANSA "a sAAO SO'SihOlY Illhb lao
must be criminal of the deepest dye.
Accordingly they thrust him into
dungeon, having first caused bis hair
to be clipped close and his beard shaved
off, in conformity with prison regula-
tions. By this time several weeks had
elapsed since the conversation above
alluded to had taken place, and the
lady's whim had been forgotten alike
by herself and the governor. As, there
fore, no questions were asked about the
luckless Hebrew, he remained immured
in his cell, and might have spent the
remainder of his days there had not his
relatives, wealthy traders, bestirred
themselves to obtain his release. When
they succeeded in directing official at
tention to his case, it came out, to the
infinite amusement of the Russian
court, that his beautiful beard, the
motive Of his martrydom, had long
since ceased to exist, and with it the
necessity of his further soiourn in St.
Petersburg. He was, therefore, set at
liberty, grimly congratulated upon his
" lucky escape" and solemnly warned
never to do it again"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
SUNDAY READING.
Alone with Ourselves.

The machinery in large factory was
working badly. vet the superintendent
could not tell what was the matter He
went from shaft to shaft, from wheel to
wheel, from pinion to pinion. He con-
suited the operatives in each depart
ment, He frightened screws, he short
ened belts, he oiled bearings. But all
n vain. At IL o'clock he said to his
men
Il am going to overhaul this machin-
cry; your wages will go on as usual, but
you need not come back until l whistle
for you"
They went away. He stopped the en-
gine, locked all the doors, and then,
alone and in silence, began to examine
every part of the factory. An hour has
passed. 1t is time to begin work
hundred men are idle and under pay.
No matter; he must find out what the
trouble is and stop it. He keeps the
engine still and the doors fast until he
has finished his examination. He finds
a defect where he least expected it
where he might not have discovered it
until it had proved fatal. One of the
massive foundation stones had settled,
and thrown everything out of plumb,
and of course slightly out of gear. This
defect was promptly remedied, and then
all worked well again. Those were
costly hours to the owners of the factory,
and yet they were profitable. BY being
alone with the machinery the superin-
tendent saved it from rack and ruin.
Our hearts are like that factory; they
are complicated; they are very liable to
get out of order. It is not easy to dis
cover what is the matter, amid the hurry
and hustle of life. with the steam up,
and our fellow-men around us. We
must take time to examine our hearts.
We must go alone, enter our closets and
smut the door. There, in consecrated
9uietness, We must "think ourselves
over. We shall find no doubt defect
where we least expected it; a pressure
OF insidious temptation upon some
cornerstone that we thought i'm
movable. A sad neglect of duty in our
day is determination Occident
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Religious News and Notes.

The receipts for the last year of the
British religious societies as reported
at the May anniversaries were $685.
600.
The sum Of S200,OO0 has been secured
toward the endowment fund for the ben
eft of the Southern Baptist theological
Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
Open air services in connection with
the Young Mems Christian Association
in Chicago are being held in different
parts of that city with great success and
excellent results.
The Free Church assembly of Scot
land has commended the revised New
Testament to the study of the people,
and sanctioned the Hymnal for use in
its churches.
Rev Q. G. McCully, of Calais, Me-, has
received a call to the First Congrega-
tional church at Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands. This is about the longest call
on record.
Bishop Stevens laid the cornerstone
OF the new building Of the Protestant
Episcopal Divinity school in Philadel-
phia. The building will be 1874 feet in
length by eighty feet in depth. 1t will
be three stories high, and will be built
of stone. The entire cost Of the build
ing, which will be ready for occupancy
early next year, will be $4,000.
The Presbyterian church at Marion,
Iowa, recently celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of the settlement of
their pastor, the Rev. Alex. S. Marshall.
The present membership is about 200,
and the building has become too small
for the largely increased congregation.
On the night previous to the celebra-
ton, ten of the members purchased and
paid $1,000 for a desirable corner lot
for new church site, and had the deed
made to the church.
The Virginia Baptist general associa-
tion met at Richmond a few days since.
The Rev. W. S. Penick, of Baltimore,
preached the sermon. All save the Sec
retary are laymen. During the year
thirty-three missionaries have been en-
ployed in the State; four new churches
have been organized three new meet
ing houses built. and 431 converts bap-
tized. About 81, 900 needed to pay the
missionaries in full was raised at the
meeting. The attendance was large,
and the meeting, which continued three
days, enthusiastic,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Fashion Npfpe.

The prettiest lawn tennis aprons are
those which have the pocket made by
turning up the hem. The smaller pock.
cts are less convenient, and, after thew
have been used few times, ugly.
Brooches that look like pins thrust
through jewels are supposed to be es-
peclally fit for summer use, because
they simulate the ornaments that child
rem make with real pins and berries.
Albatross cloth is q material which is
likely to be as popular as nuns yelling
Some of this fabric has o handsome
bordering showing quaint Persian de-
signs in bright Oriental colors of scar
let, green and gold.
India cashmeres, in soft dark gravs,
plum colors and steel blue, are in favor
for summer suits in Paris. They are
made with redingotes, which have wide
sashes of watered silk fastened at the
back under rosette, and have the ends
raised under similar rosettes.
Many of the new ombre ribbons are
bordered on one side with scalloped
bands in delicate shades of color. woven
to initiate lace. On others embossed
daisies dot the surface, and the effect
is very pretty. This ribbon is much
used for bows for the hair and belt.
Short skirts are often covered with
founces of black or white lace, except
In small space at the back, which is
covered with loops or short ends, or
plaits arranged in a fan. Tall women
drape scarf over the upper part of this
skirt, and short women wear very long
cuirass basque with it.
Pretty summer dresses are made of
batlste dAlsaco, with pattern of tiny
rosebuds and forget-me-nots, in natural
colors, thrown over dark reddish
brown background. Each width has
fancy border which is to be cut off and
used for trimming. These dresses are
cut round without any train. The white
lace balayeuse tucked inside does not
show beyond the edge. Frillings of
line white muslin simply hemmed and
trimmed with narrow lace are put
around the neck and sleeves.
As beaded bonnet crowns are now
very fashionable, and the handsomest
OF them are rather expensive, many Ia
dies who have time prefer working
their own. Tulle or silk net is used for
the foundation. The design to be used
must first be traced on transparent
paper or linen, and the net tackled over
1t, the pattern being worked in fine
cut beads of either jet, gold, amber,
emerald green, or in the delicate shades
OF heliotrope, china blue, or wholly of
pearl and crystal beads.
The Japanese style of oombing the
hair straight off the face and twisting it
into tight coils, fastened by long lew.
eled pins, is now as greatly favored by
many leaders Of fashion as the Greek
coifure, which is really becoming to
but few faces. The former style of
hair-dressing is quite as becoming to
blondes as to brunettes, though the
fashion seems to be more followed by
ladies who have dark or black hair: but |
where the face is oval and the features
regular there can be no more becoming
manner OF arranging the hair than in
this novel and unique style.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Progress in Ocean Steam Navigation.

1t took just about twenty years time
TO carry the first experiments in ocean
steam navigation to the practical success
which was emphasized when the first
Cunarder left the Mersey. As early as
1873 the Savannah, a vessel of some
three hundred tons burden, had
struggled across the Atlantic in twenty
six days. The thing could be done
that was clear, so far as the overcoming
OF physical difficulties was concerned.
But so long as a steamer, with her ter.
rible consumption of fuel and her small
capacity for cargo, took as long a time
on the voyage as well appointed
packet ship, commerce could have moth
ing to say to the matter. Brains were
at work, however, both on the Clyde
and on the Avon, and the Clyde grudged
the Avon none Of the praise that re-
suited from the first voyage OF the
Great Western from Bristol to New
York in the unprecedented short time
OF thirteen days and half. This was
in 1888, when the experimental period
OF steam navigation was drawing to
close. The day of the ship with pad
dies and the Great Western, much as
she surpassed her predecessors, was es-
sentially this--was at an end. II was
on the Clyde, and for the Cunard mail
service, that the idea of ocean steamer
was worked out. Stout, bluff-bowed
vessels they were, built with the solidity
OF frigates, and at cost which nothing
but an extravagant subsidy could justi.
fy. Well, however, they did their work,
burning coal at rate frightful, in
these more economical days, to contem-
plate; jogging out to sea deep laden in
placid indifference as, to weather /; jog
ging punctually into port with tunnels
white to the top with salt water, keep.
ing up alone for full ten years the
thread Of steam communication between
the old world and the new. Then be-
gan the inevitable competition which
led to the establishment of various
transatlantic steam companies.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
4 Bear With a Strong Head.

An enterprising and good-natured
visitor at Castle Park, few days ago, in
generosity of heart presented the bear
with bottle of beer. Bruin ascended
his throne, and after uncorking the
bottle, drank it, and appeared much
refreshed and we'll satisfied. This
amused the visitor to such an extent
that he took glass himself and gave
the bear another bottle. The perform
ance lasted about two hours, the gen
erous visitor drinking his glass each
time that his bearship put bottle of
the chop juice" under his belt. At
the expiration of the two hours it was
found that bruin had indulged in nine
teen bottles of beer, and his friend had
gotten himself on the outside Of nine
teen glasses of the foamy stuff. The
only difference to be discovered between
the two was that bruin was quiet and
doclle, and walked to the end of his
chain with his usual dignifed tread,
while the man imagined that he was
the czar of all the Russias, and was
momentarily expecting to hear an ex-
plosiye missile burst about him. He
was finally conveyed home upon a
shutter" while the bear quietly walked
his beat and looked anxiously for the
Of another fun-loving visitor
who would "set 'em up."-Hot Springs
(Ark.) Eceni,g StGr.