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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-07
The Chairs of Noted Senator's.

Daniel Webster resigned his seat in
the United States Senate on July 70,
1850, says o Washington letter. His
desk is still in the senate chamber, but
which one, where its sits, and who is
the lucky Senator that has it, are Sc
crets to all the world except Captain
Bassett whom Mr.. Webster brought
here wnen mere boy, and put him in
position as page eighteen years before
he resigned. Captain Bassett has held
place in the Senate from that day
until the present, being acting assistant
sergeant-at-arms now. But to the
story of the desk As above stated the
possessor of or its number is as pro-
found secret to the Senator who sits
in it as it is to an Egyptian mummy.
Captain Bassett's reason for keeping
all knowledge of the numbers of Mr..
Webeter's, Mr.. Clay's, Mr.. Calhoun's
seats secret is that, knowing
and understanding the desire
OF ti,o average American citizen, both
male and female, for relics, he fears to
give the secret away lest the desk
would be Clipped away by piecemeal
! 10y the curious who throng the capital
! every day. There has been no change
in these desks from the day they were
brought into the capitol until now,
other than the annual coat of varnish.
Captain Bassett has a memorandum
record of their numbers and places,
which he keeps under lock and key, and
will, when he comes to shuttle off this
mortal coil, furnish to the proper per
| son all the information relative to these
desks, IN order that their history may
| be carefully preserved and handed
down to future generations rs memen-
tos of Webster and his associates in
the Senate. There are three other
desks in the Senate chamber which Gu
riosity hunters would like to be able to
see and know that they were the right
ones. These are the desks of Jefferon
Davis, of Mississippi; Stephen A.
Douglas, of Illinois, and Charles Sum-
ner, of Massachusetts. Mr.. Davis desk
occupied the SAME position in
the chamber that Mr. Beck's
does now but it is
not known to any otie except Captain
Bassett whether or not it Is the same
one. Mr.. Douglas was in the same
place as that occupied by Mr.. Pendle-
ton, and Mr.. Sumner was in the place
now occupied by Mr.. Dawes. In 1862,
when the New York Zouaves were in
the city, about twenty of them went
into the Senate chamber early in the
morning to destroy the clair and desk
that had been occupied by jefferson
Davis. Just as they were in the act
Captain Bassett put in his appear
ance. and asked them what they we're
about. They quickly told him that
they were going to des roy the seat
and desk becatise they were the one
used by jeff Davis. Captain Bassett
suggested to them that their mission
in Washington was to protect public
property, and not destroy it. They
saw the point, and Captain Bassett
proceeded so to change the number of
the desks as to bc able to say to all who
might inquire that the desks that were
used by the Senators were not now in
the same places, as they had been
changed around for the express pur-
pose of preventing them from being
mutilated by relic and! curiosity
| hunters.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-07
The Crayat.

An English trade journal gives this
account of the early days of the era
vat: In 1886 a foreign regiment ar
rived in Paris, in the dress of which
one characteristic was much admired
by the peOple-a neck-wrapper or
scarf of muslin or silk for he-Officers,
or common stuff for the men, alike
tied in bow with pendant ends, and
used by them, it is said, to support an
amulet worn as a charm against
sword cuts. Parisians speedily adopted
the novelty, styling them first Croats,
from the nationality of the regiment,
and afterward cravats.. The
rich then used embroidered, and
richly-laced cravats, such as we, find
shortly after used by CharlesI., who's
charged f20 l2s. III the last year of his
reign for a new cravat to be worn on
the birthday of his dear brother"
James ii. paid e36 los. for cravat of
Venice lace to wear on the day of his
coronation. Toward the end of the
last century the cravat was revived,
and worn of such eXtravagant size
that whole pieces were sometimes
used, and even shoulder cushions, over
which folds of stuff were draped SO
that it was as impossible for man TO
turn his head without wheeling bodily
round as for an early coach to turn
within its own length.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-07
ssCOld ~
They say that she is cold, but they say what
they do not, cannot know,
The very flowers that hang from the girdle OF

They say that she is cold, but they say what
they do not, cannot know,
The very flowers that hang from the girdle OF
spring were growing under the snow.
Is the violet cold that it shrinks from the gaze
and the touch of the herd?
ls the song of the thrush, though it is not
permitted to fondle the bird?
They often love fondest, love surest, who
never betray the emotion.
could tell you of one whom she loves with a
passion as deep as the ocean.
1t is true that, in words, she has never con-
fessed to the feeling;
Love chooses daintier way for its choicest
and sweetest revealing.
Never once has he touched her Iips with his
own, never once caressed her hand
he might kiss and caress to his hearts con-
tent would he ",,'''
"Cold! ColdH' Did he know all her heart
as they fippantly say it,
He would leap with his might at the falsehood
to throttle and stife and slay it.
Some time he will know what to-day what he
would barter his life to be knowing
Not, perhaps, till the roses and daisies above
her are budding and blowing.
She may die with the weight of her delicate
secret upon her;
Then may God charge His angels to crown
her with Heavenly blessing and honor
So they who were made 20 be lovers, alas
they are nothing but friends;
He dare not she will not-behold, for the
want of word how it ends
Well, the case is at least no marvel, the story
is common aud old;
Mourn over it, sneer at it, which you will,
but you shall not say she is cold
--AnSon G. Chester, an our Continent.
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-aW1NE is q mocker. and stro,

WINE is mocker, and strong
drink is raging" Take Prickly Ash
Bitters. It is not beverage, bnt q
remedy for all i'll effects Of an excess
Of Intoxicating stimulants. Don't
take drink before breakfast 'just
to wake you up" because you feel
SO stupid and lanquid. You are sure
to feel worse as soon as the effect
wears Oh. Take a half wine glass Of
Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t will brighten
you up for the whole day.
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MARRIED !:

ON Thursday evening, January 5tb,
1882, atSt. Frances Xavier's Church,
by the Rev. Father Avenard, Mr..
II. L. BIOSSAT to Mrs. SALLIE
FLANNERY.
The above announces the happy
fate of the Editor Of this paper and
the problem We are just now trying
to solve is: What can the Editor
who writes so many good wishes for
other happy couples, say in his own
behalf? We might 60 into ecstacies
as the Chronicle man did on a
similar occasion, and we have no
doubt but that we feel just as he did
then, bnt We are disposed to restrain
the expression of our enthusiasm.
Anyhow, we are married and we
want everybody to know it, and II
this Editor is not happy then there
is no use talking about happiness
Whenga man feels like he was walk.
ing on 6eecy clouds, in the brightest
of sunshine, with little birds singing
all around and daisies and cowslips
pertaining the atmosphere be
breathes, then it may be safely said
that he is happy.
We could not send ourself The
usual printers fee nor could vi
drink to the long life and happiness
Of our bonnie bride and ourself, sc
perforce, We must content oursel
with the announcement OF our mar
riage aud wait for the good wishes
of the other poor Editors to whom
such good fortune seldom comes
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OUR VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

We are decidedly opposed to the
granting Of the right of way up
Front street to the Morgan road for
the following good reasons:
1st. It viii depreciate the value of
property on account of the noise and
blocking up of the street.
I'd. 1t interferes with the steam
boat trade, which the people should
foster, as it will hold in check exor-
bitant freights.
Sd. It is a franchise that no city
grants without a compensation.
4th. The property owners or ma
jority of them have petitioned the
City Council not to grant the said
right Of way.
9th. We believe large majority
of the property holders of the City
are opposed to it, and we think the
Council should respect the peoples
wishes as they derive their author,
ity from them, besides the Council
men were not elected On that issue
and have not asked for instructions
a majority seem to be determined to
take the responsibility when every
thing indicates that their conssitu,
ency are opposed to the grant.
Judge Reber, Manager of the Nat,
chez, Red River and Texas Rail
road, is here in the interest of that
road, and it looks like a majority Of
the Couacil had no encouragement
for him, when it is the road thai
will benefit our City, as it will bring
trade from the eastern part o! the
State as far as the Ouachita, and
from the western part as far as the
Sabine river.
| We will say to the Council thai
they are taking upon themselves
great responsibility, one that they
~ tua,ss,-.+ er,emi,ered for.
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GUILTY OF WRONG. Some people
have a fashion of con fusing excellent
remedies with the large mass OF
''patent medicines" and in this they
are guilty of wrong. There are
some advertised remedies fully worth
all that is asked for them, and one
at least we know of-Hop Bitters.
The writer has had occasion to use
the Bitters in Just such a climate
as we have most of the year in Bay
City, and has always found them to
be first class and reliable, doing all
that is claimed for them.-Tribune.
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NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE
Two of the Surgeons of this notable
Institute will be at No. 166 st.
Charles Street, New Orleans, La,
during the month of January 1882.
They will have with them q fine out
fit of braces and surgical appliances,
and win be prepared to treat all
kinds of Deformities. and Chronic
Diseases. such as Club Felt Hip
Disease Spinal Disease, Paralysis,
Piles and Fistula, Catarrh, Private
Diseases of the eye, Etc. For full
particulars, address National Surgi
cal Institute, Atlanta, Ga.
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SMALL /. ry.As,Llx

For the information Of our read
ers we publish below extracts from
two of our exchanges on the subject
Of smallpox, which terrible disease
has made its appearance in several
portions Of the country. Our Board
of Health, will, no doubt, take steps
in the matter to prevent it's coming
in our midst. The attention of oul
PoliceJury and also Cur Cts 6ll
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and the SAFE aho IN occard.
80 ;.a rat. -ys, "no'4 aDN
SEC. II. Be It further ordaineu,
etc, That the Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
Company is hereby given andgrant-
ed full right aud privilege of build
ing, constructing, maintaining, own
ing, working and operating double
lines or tracks of it's railway up and
down the said Front street in the
Town of Alexandria, from the head
of Jackson street down to the lower
corporate limits Of said Town, also
the right and privilege of building
and erecting such wharves and ele
vators .along the said Red River
front and at such points and places
thereon as it may deem proper and
convenient for the safe transfer of
freights and passengers, and the re-
ceiying and forwarding of property
from or to the North side Of Red
River.
Sec. III. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the grants, rights and
privileges herein and hereby given
the said Company are and they shall
be and remain upon the terms and
the conditions following, to.wit -
/. That the inside rail Of the track
or tracks up and down the said Front
street shall be at least full forty feet
from the outside line of the ban
quette or sidewalk line on said
street, 80 that the width of said
street may be kept open and main
tanned at forty feet.
2. That the said Company shall
not be permitted to leave their cars
or any of their rolling stock on any
of their lines up or down Front
street, unless at such times and pla-
ces as they may be loading or IN.
loading the same, and for this pur-
pose a just and reasonable time shall
always be allowed and granted it.
8. That the Company shall not be
permitted in any way or manner to
interfere with the free ingress and
egress, or the free passage through
the said Front street, nor shall it at
any time be permitted in any way or
manner to obstruct or interfere with
the free egress and ingress to the
Ferry landing, or to any of the Town
wharves now built or that may here
after be built along the said Front
street.
4. lnat the grace OF the Compa-
ny's track or tracks up and down the
Esaid Front street shall be at least
fifteen inches higher than the grade
of that street, and for this purpose
the Company shall have the right
and permission to use any Of the
earth remaining in the old levee be-
tween the head of Casson and Jack
son streets.
5. That the Company shall at all
times keep and maintain the streets
through which the right Of way is
herein given it, in Clearly condi-
|tion, we'll drained and in good order.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-01-11

TIE royal beauties of Europe
owe much of their personal attrac-
tiveness to the influence of Ayers
Hair Vigor, which keeps the hair
fresh and bright.
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:csslplp es iisis

!. Eco az are some complications
will have to be overcome be-
ssthe Backbone land grant can be
,fansfered to the New Orleans Pacif-
Z ic;road. The land for which a patent
is applied for lies east of the Missis
sippi, whereas the roadof applicant
lies west of the rivrr, and the grant
- was made to a road to run on the
east side! All our Congressmen "a
vor the transfer to Mr.. Wheelock' s
road.
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80 D. .J1Gs I'm .stsse IS prev
Of nealtil has resorteA e compalsstoTy
vaccination to prevent the scourge
from 5! cading. AS Bayou Sara has
direct ccmmunication not only with
Cairo, cat with all river towns in
Southern illinois along the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers, it hehooves the Po-
lice Jury Of West Feliciana and the
City Counsil of Bayou Sara to watch
the coarse of this disease and take the
necessar. precautions to prevent it's
Introduction in our midst. It may in
deed be long distance from here now,
but living, as we do, on the banks of
the river, it might be easily brought
here, and we consider the subject one
of so much Importance, that to men,
ton it, however far off this evil may
be, cannot be out of place. We might
add, too, that these remarks are sug
gested by the opinions of several of
our physicians. At any rate, "Fore-
warned is forearmed."- East Felici-
ana Sentinel.
In commenting upon the fact that
the smallpox epidemic is confined to
no one locality; that numerous cases
are reported in nearly all the princi-
pal cities of the country, and that the
scourge has appeared in rural districts
in the far West, the N. Y. Tribune re-
marks that medical science has not
yet found reason for the occasional
outbreaks of the disease, following
long periods Of almost entire exemp-
ton from it's rovages, and suggests
that perhaps the cause lies in a condi-
ton of the atmosphere favoring the
activity of its germs and rendering the
human system unusually liable to
their absorption. Cold winters have
heretofore been thought to render the
disease peculiarly virulent and conta-
gious, bnt the present winter has thus
far been remarkably mild one,
which facts are somewhat puzzling,
though the Globe Democrat calls at
tention to another fact, namely: that
lit is noticeable that the virulence of
of the disease this winter has been the
greatest where the season has been
coolest. It seems, by the by, to be
coming South, as there are cases in
Texarkana, and one or more cases have
appeared at FL Paso. - shreveport
Times.
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OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL.

ALEXANDRIA, La,
Jan. Z, 1882.
Pursuant to a called meeting the
Board Of Aldermen of the Town of
Alexandria, La, met in the Mayors
office this day at 4 o'clock P. NJ
There were present.
Jas. Andrews, Jr., Mayor,
Edouard We'll,
N. L. McGinnis,
w. O. Dammon,
W. W. Wilmington, Jr.
Absent Bernhard Mayer.
The object Of the meeting was to
take some action on the petition Of
Morgan's Louisiana Railroad and
Steamship Company asking the right
of way through certain streets Of
the Town. The following Ordinance
was introduced:
SECTION /. Be it Ordained by. the
Mayor and Town Council Of the
Town Of Alexandria, Rapides Par
ish, La, in special session convened,
on this the 10th day of December,
A. D. 1881, That the right of way
through the following named streets
in the Town Of Alexandria, be and
the same is hereby given and grant
ed unto the Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas Railroad and Steamship Com
pany, a Corporation created by the
laws of the State of Louisiana, and
to the said Company, it's successors
or assigns in perpetuity, or so long
as it shall use the same for the OBJ
Ijects and purposes hereinafter set
forth, to-wit: From the rear corpo-
rate limits or Tenth street Of said
Town through and down Casson
street, its entire length, to the Red
River front on said street; thence
from the head of Casson street up
From street to the head Of Jackson
fsst ssstta4as-1,-ras :fs, san,..-i Front
!. to the lower corp6fste NV pig | .
Town of Alexandria; hereby giving
and granting to the said Company
it's successors or assigns, the full
and perfect right and privilege q
building, constructing, owning, q
tanning, working and opera
main line or .,s-of railxs
nonr lie lines or trsa
many ssn and throz
s1Q o.,
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Jno. C.. Rogers.a.

On motion the Board adjourned to
-meeJ m speutaa eees;en On Madnes:
day, January 11th, 1882, for the pur-
pose of taking final action on the
above proposed Ordinance and pc
tition.
JAS. ANDREWS, JR.,
A. B. RACIAL, Mayor.
Secretary.
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The failures throughout the
United States in 1881 are reported
by R. G. Dun Co., as numbering
$3.50, with liabilities amounting to
$S1, l55,932. They say in their cir
cular: GAS to the proportion of fail
ures to those engaged in business,
our statistics show that 10 1875 the
failures were l in every 63 persons;
in 1877, in 70; in 1878, l in 81; in
1879, l in los; in 1880, l in l5S,
hile in 1881 the proportion was 1
140 The advantage in sss-orsof
9 year just closed over the average
j years is therefore very marked.
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TMYR RE is Offering for the next 80 days. UNPRECEDEN

6. That the Company shall not be
permitted to run their engines or
cars through the limits of the Cor
poration Of Alexandria at . greater
speed than six (6) miles per hour.
7.aThat the Company shall have
the right and permission to accept
or reject the rights and privileges
herein granted it within sixty (60)
days from the date OF the adoption
of this Ordinance, and no longer time
shall be given it.
s. That the said Company shall
and they are hereby required to
complete their road through the
streets through which the right Of
way is herein granted, and it shall
establish its depots and repair shops
on or at the head Of Casson street,
within the term Of twelve months
from the adoption 81 this Ordinance,
otherwise and 10 default of which all
the rights and the privileges herein
and hereby granted the said Compa-
ny shall be null and void and Of no
effect whatever.
The following petition from citi-
zens Of Front street, was presented
to the Board by Councilman Nc
Ginnis:-
ALEXANDRIA. La,
Jan. Z, 1897
To the Mayor and Council of the City Of
Alexandria -
GENrLEMEN-We, the undersign.
ed. property holders on Front street,
City Of Alexandria, respectfully re-
Fquest that your Honorable Body will
withhold your consent to the right
of way to the Morgan Railroad, on
Front street, as it will be injurious
to our property, and that fit should
be granted We think your body
should require a compensation suffi
cient to cover all damages that may
be sustained, say Fifty Thousand
Dollars.
John J. Ferguson,
l. Carl A. Schnack,
rrR Baynard,
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-GUITEAU's New Year reception
really excelled that of most Of the high
officials in Washington, and it is some
what difficult to say whether he or
Arthur received the most visitors.
Despite the fact that the Jail where be
is confined is an out-of-the-way place,
di6icultto reach and requiring a wea-
~ tread Of mile through the sleet
and snow, there was a constant throng
of callers. More than 800 persons Wis
tied the cell and conversed with the
prisoner and fully as many were turned
away. It is a lamentable evidence OF
the morbid feeling that prevails in
some sections of the country, to learn
that two-thirds of the visitors who
came to shake hands with the assassin
we're ladies, evidently of respectable
ity and social standing.
>~->->~A.-O~e~--~-~-
Dus =, ~, - = r. m
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The Jeanette shipwrecked suf-
erers will doubtless receive all man
ner Of possible hospitality in Siberia
but their journey to Yakoutsk, prob
ably q thousand miles from the
mouth Of the Lena, will give them
good idea Of that inhospitabls
country, scarcely less terriable in it's
desolation than the Arctic wastes
they left behind, except the prospect
of deliveranee, as they traverse its
dreary wastes. They will have q
good idea of what Siberia must be
without such a prospsct-to the
Russians whose Emperors and police
spies have been sending there for
hundreds of years. Some OF the
best blood Of Russia, the sort that
made the best colonists of this new
world, has gone there in years to
freezs out it's life in helpless submis-
sion. Perhaps is one reason why
the Russians who are sent there now
are chiefly of another type, as now
Rtry can go on deporting it's lead.
geatriots without leaving the
70 o8kind behind. The presen,
hardly vill show every kindness
out gmen, but they car
.selii9 country Of exile
q aipwrecM sympathy fol
Wy soIks who can
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EVERYBODY is praisiug the Kid
Gloves sold by "Big'' Heyman as
"the best value for the money" ever
offered in this market.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-01-11

THE committee of the "Garfield
Memorial Hospital" have received
a bill of exchange for $500 from the
Khedive Of Egypt.
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Application for rates to clubs shonld 4.
made only to the Office of the Csmnanv
in New Orleans.
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-Ex- SENATOR Dorsey will be pro
secuted first for his connection in
the Star Route frauds.
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-CYnus W. Fidld says that sic
fund for President Garfield's family
amounted to $36l8ei 70, of which
s361,67o Is was psld for $s11, 900 in
United States 4 per cent esssissisxaaaszse
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> n 4 49,
Tag following appofffSsszsst5'
che N. o. Pacific arc announce =
Geo. L. Sands, Superintendent; NJ
r. Spellman, Coau eial Agent h.
B. Wheelock, LAM Agalt, and tdf.
Morse, Division Superintendent
\ having charge oF the line from
Shreveport to New Orleans, " 'h
headquarters at Alexandria.
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Write for information or send orders 70
NJ. A. DAUPHIN.
New Orleans, La.