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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-09-12

Mr. DAVID HANGER is employed by me
for the season to sell FERTILIZERS, and will
be glad to see his friends at my store, and Will
cali upon many Of them at their homes.
auRf.8t JAS, n, BLACKLEY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
Some Rich Americans.

The New York Star estimates the
wealth of q few rich men as follows:
W. 81. Vanderbilt, 5000, 1000, 900; Jay
Gould, 500, 900; Mackey, $50, 000,-
coo; Crocker, $5O,O0O,OOO John Rocka-
feller, of the Standard Oil company,
$i0000,000; @. P. Huntington, $780,
00O, ,0C0; D. o. Mills, 100000, 900; Sena-
tor Fair, $50, 900, 900; ex- Governor Stan
ford, $40, 900, 900; Russell Sage, $15,-
000.00j; J. r. Keene, $4,000, 900; s.
j. Tilden, $l5,000,G00; L. d. Morgan,
$40, coo, 600; Samuel Sloan, $40, ZOO, 600;
Commodore Garrison, $4,000, 900; Oy-
rus w. Field, $l0,000,000, Hugh j.
Jewett, $5,000,000; Sidney Dillon,
$5,00000O; David Dows, So, 600, 600; J.
F. DeNavarro, S5,000,000; John w
Garrett, $5,0O0,000, and W, W. Astor,
S5,000,C0 The Star adds: The real
estate of Crnsus, the Lydian king, the
richest man of antiquity, was worth
So, 500, 600, about two-thirds the value
of Vanderbilt's and his house cost
$4O0, 900, while that of Vanderbilt will
cost $4,000, 1000. The value of the late
W. B. 'Astor's real estate alone was
worth more at the time of his death
than that of any uncrowned head in
Europe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
The Fortune of the Barings.

The Earrings have been among the
most famous of English bankers. They
are of German stock. There is kind
of ecclesiastical flavor about them.
Their English founder was Bremen
pastor, settled in this country. His
grandson married the niece of an
English archbishop. One of his de-
scendants became bishop of Durham.
The money was originally made in the
rich profitable clothing business in the
west of England. Asbburton gave
title in the peerage to the chief of the
house | f Barring. 1t has been rule in
the house that when any one of them
has got a title he goes out Of
the business. Sir Francis Bar
ing, the first great banker, who,
dying in 1910. left fortune of $2,000,-
coo, and had three sons Thomas,
Alexander and Henry. Thomas sue
ceeding to the baronetcy, gave up the
business. Henry had a rather romantic
reputation rs a lucky gambler, who was
frequently able to break the bank of a
gambling table. He was the amazement
of beholders when he would sit down at
q gambling table at the Palais Royal--be-
lOI0 ouCl tuuIcS WtIC Opoa1ohCb
with piles of gold ana notes before
him. The reputation of successful
gambler was barely suited to the intense
responsibility of the finn, and Mr.. Henry
was induced to retire from the business.
Alexander Barring, often known as
" Alexander the Great" sustained and
extended the fortunes of the house. He
went to America, and the richest
banker in England married the daughter
of the richest citizen of the United
States. One of his gigantic transactions
possesses O historical importance. After
the conclusion of the great European
war he paid down a sum of e1, 100, 900,
by which France was freed from the oc-
cupation of Russian, Austrian and Ger.
man armies. "There are six great pow.
ers in Europe" said the Duo de Richie
lieu: England, France, Russia, Aus
tria, Prussia and Barring Bros" In 1886
he was made Lord Ashburton. Two ol
his sons held the title, and each success
sively retired from the business. The
head of the firm, Thomas Barring, be.
came chancellor of the exchequer in
Leld Melbourne's mia stry, and
another member, Lord Northbrook, has
been governor-general of India-Lon'
DON Society. ...
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
Raise YOur Own Fish.

BY attaching pump, propelled by
the wind, to we'll you can supply a
basin from fifty to seventy-fve feet in
diameter and six to eight feet deep,
with water sufficient to raise several
thousand carp or other fish. The cost
of this pond and appurtenances need
not exceed fifty dollars. The bottom
and sides need to bo cemented
thoroughly. When the basin is com
plete, place in it small quantity Of
brush or floating weeds. If you intend
to raise carp, do net place other fish of
a predatory character in the pond. The
spawning will occur during the spring
months, the female laying from $4,000
to 100000 eggs. The eggs will adhere
to whatever they touch, and will soon
hatch. The green scum OF partially
stagnant pond is fine food for the young
fish. Mud in the bottom of the pond
is beneficial. The fish will feed readily
on kitchen garden refuse, such as cab
bage, leek, lettuce, Lominy or other
substances. Water seldom becomes
too warm for these fish. During freez.
ing weather they bury themselves in
the mud at the bottom of the pond.
While in this condition they should
not be disturbed, In pond of the
given dimensions several thousand fish
have annually been taken, If weeds
and grass grow profusely about the
borders of the pond, so much bette,
for the fish. In two years time you
can have an abundant and constant
supply of sport and food, and the ad.
vantage of a pond to assist in beauti-
flying your home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
The Richest Man in Ireland.

Francis Wise, who died recently in
Dublin, was the richest man in Ireland,
leaving fortune of over $l5, 900, 900,
which he made as a brewer. He had an
investment OF over G800,000 in the gov
ernment funds, and sum to his credit
in the bank of 100000. The interest
of his English funded property would
be 924 900 year. Then his income
from land and securities in land so far
back as 1870 was estimated at ESQ, 600
year. His holdings in American Sc
cuIities, into which he bought in de-
pressed times, was at least e200, 900.
He lived in an inexpensive manner. but
was very generous to relatives and
friends, and gave freely to religious and
charitable institutions,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
Serving n Sultan.

Solomon was an oriental despot, and
out Of his self knowledge wrote, " the
heaven for height, and the earth for
depth, and the heart of kings is un-
searchable." Two anecdotes, one asso-
ciated with the late sultan of Morocco,
and the other with the present despot,
illustrate the "unsearchableness" OF a
tyrannical despet's heart.
The late sultan, having passion for
landscape gardening, surrounded q
beautiful lake with charming garden.
He was in the habit of rowing on the
lake with the ladies of his harem. One
day the boat capsized and every
person in it would have been drowned
had not tvo.men, working in the gar
den, rushed into the water at the risk
of their lives, and saved the whole
party. A European monarch would
have rewarded such services by hand
some gift or pension for life. The
sultan took different view OF the deed.
The men had seen ;their high and
mighty ruler in the undignifed position
of floundering in the water. They
had also seen the ladies of his house
hold and possibly their unveiled
faces. Such men, according to oriental
ideas, ought not to live, and he was in
capable of gratitude; SO the brute in
his nature had it's way. Immediately
the t&o gardeners who had been so un-
fortunate as to save their rulers life
were walled up in q room in palace,
While some repairs were being made in
the building, on the occasion of the
present sultan's accession, their skele.
tons were found.
The present sultan is brave enough
to lead his troops into battle. On one
occasion, when engaged with a rebel
lious tribe, his army was routed. Tho
sultan's horse had been shot under
him, and The dismounted ruler wa:
overtaken by an enemy, while running
for his life. As the man was about
striking the sultan down, Taieeb, 6
royal officer, galloped between then
| and with one blow killed the assailant
Dismounting from his horse he assisted
the sultan to mount and guided him to
place of safety. A civilized rulel
would have knighted and promoted the
brave officer on the spot, and have seer
to it that he should not want means t,
support his. new state. All the recog
milton this sultan TOOK of the brave ac
was to give his deliverer @ horse.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
TYNE Writing,

Any one, writes the New York CORE
spondent of the Rochester Democrat,
who reads the papers will notice the
frequent advertisements Of type writers,
who are now becoming almost a guild.
Professional type writer's make the
business more profitable than any other
method of copying, and hence there is
q constant increase in the number of
practitioners. They are in common use
in law offices, and have become so pop
ular that they will in such places be-
come substitute for ordinary penman-
ship. The neatness and legibility of
this method prevent mistakes, and this
adds vastly to theirvalue. This is special
ly important in matter which is intended
for the printer, in which errors might
easily occur when the copy is in writing,
especially when the latter is so often
illegible. Byron found that the works
he sent in MSS. from Italy to London
suffered so much from the printers ina
bil:ty to decipher his writing, that he
had them printed in Italy merely for
the sake of correctness. A few copies
were then struck off and sent to Murray
merely as copy for the London printer.
What an enormous saving could have
been made in such an instance had the
type writer been in use Girls who are
now using the type writer find it bet
ter way of making living than the use
of the needle. Editors and clergymen
are also among its patrons, and insur-
ance companies are applying it to their
immense correspondence.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
An Old WiCe's Valentine.

The old wife stood at her garden gate
The eve of st. Valentines day;
She watched for the post, that like a Fate
Just stopped and then galoped away;
Just stopped, and then, in the waning light,
Passed over the hill and out of sight.
HeSgrandchild tugged ut her shawl and gown
And her daughter. called. sweet and clear,
Mother, comeiD, for the cakes are brown,
And the boys and father are here"
Ah, yes" she said "and the night is cold;
quite forget that I'm growing DID,"
AT breakfast lay at the fathers place
letter as white as the snow;
He looked at it with curious face,
And said, "Now want to know p'
The boys all smilod; the mother grew
Ger face and throat a crimson hue.
He opened the dainty letter then,
And 10 ! in its satiny fold
. Was painted rose, and forget-me-not,
And lilies with hearts of gold;
And, under the whole, just one sweet line
Forever. forever, thy Valentine"
He touched The note with tender care,
And he went to his sweet wife's side;.
He stroked with his hand her snow-wlite hair
And he kissed her with loving PRIDE.
Saying, with smiles and misty tears,
" Ny Valentine through fifty years.
"Oh, boys" he said, with a youthful pride,
''After fifty years of life,
Ifyou find in your home, and by your side,
-.-- n firira11d faithful wife,
Count your life lucky, as I count mine,
And Loyalty kiss your Valentine"
Mary A. Barr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16

Large red 70 sebuds in chene effects
on ground of shrimp pink are amoLg
new sateens for spring wear.
The first importations of spring silks
have moire grounds with geometric
and howered damasse designs.
Fringe or folds CT plush are used to
trim all pointed waists, except those
made for the most slender women.
Colored stones set with diamonds are
considered more fashionable than soli-
taires or onyx incrusted with the gems.
High Elizabethan collars, closely
covered with facetted pearls, are very
fashionably worn with elegant evening
toilets.
Scarfs, sashes, plated side panels
and Vatican tunics, made OF Roman
striped merveilleux, are much worn
over dresses of monochrome color.
Pink, leading color this season. is
brought out in any number OF tones and
shades-sea-shell, primrose, flesh,
shrimp, coral, geranium, laurel, peri
winkle, and, most fashionable of all,
the exquisite pink tint shading to gold,
and known in the aesthetic world by the
name of aurore or dawn.
A unique style of evening dress af-
fected by many young ladies is costume
of white nuns yelling, with black satin
sandals over black silk hose, embroi-
dered with crimson star flowers, elbow
sleeves, with very long black Suede
SAKE gloves, Understanding fraise and
bertha of old Spanish lace, and garni-
ture of artificial JacQueminot roses,
delicately perfumed.
Many ladies in New York city are
wearing velvet, silk or satin toilets, with
the long trained skirts entirely plain,
but adorning the corsage with costly
lace garniture-a bertha of point,
duchesse OF other valuable lace, with
ruf1les or turnover cuffs upon the
sleeves to correspond. Where this
fashion is adopted the fabric composing
| the dress is of O superior quality.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
FOR THE LADIES.
A. Woman of Endurance.


Living in town in New Hampshire
is an Amazon, not in the sense of ap-
parent masculinity, but in actual
strength and agility, and her enterprise
is equal to her endurance. It was re-
ported in the papers OF the county that
she picked and marketed 400 quarts of
blueberries the last season. She as
sured the writer that the quantity was
much larger than reported. These ber.
ries she carried on foot two miles to the
village and peddled them out to the
residents. Recently she wheeled o
wheelbarrow two and one-half miles
over a rough and hilly road, and re.
turned with it, trundling home two
good-sized pigs. She performed feat a
few weeks since that few men would care
to undertake, yet she accomplished it
without ado or difficulty. Having pur-
chased at the village an outside DWELL
ing-house door, one and one-half inches
thick, she placed it on her back and
carried it in that manner to her home,
distance of two long miles. Yet she
is slender in form, and agile and elastic
as deer. She is often seen walking'in
the street engaged in knitting, her
fingers and feet moving as if in visor.
ous competition with each other. When
not incumbered, in passing.to and from
the village, she frequently strikes into
a run, sometimes maintaining it up the
steepest hills and for most of the dis
tance. Occasionally she essays journeys
of ten or fifteen miles on foot into the
neighboring towns, if not at cor.
responding speed, yet at one surprising
to people with ordinary powers of loco
motion. Boston Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16
Fashion Notes.
Bonnets grow a little smaller.

Bonnets grow little smaller.
The rage for old gold is On the wane.
The name for new sateens is sati-
nette. -.
Percales show pretty cobweb pat
terms.
The capote, of good size, is the CON-
ing bonnet.
Shrimp pink and shell pink will be
much worn.
Peacock feather embroideries enjoy
high favor.
Tiny landscapes appear as figures on
some of the new printed cotton goods.
Broad moire sashes are seen upon
many stylish winter cloaks and visites.
The new organdie muslins are woven
in large plaids, bars and stripes of pure
colors.
Dark ball dresses, lighted only by a
bunch of bright flowers, are worn in
London.
Scotch ginghams show tie same
heather mixtures that appear in the new
cheviots,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16

those ubiquitous sheets do not find
their way frequently, but when 1 saw
1 came"
Marguerite looked up into his brave
face for an instant, then softly moved
away from him and said, with her old
despair creeping slowly into face and
voice:
CT sent you away when I was strong
and we'll. You come back to find me
MANNED and helpless. / cannot accept
the noble sacri6ce-it shames me SO.
I am unworthy of you n
"You are still Lietchen, my darling T.
he answered, drawing her back into his
strong, loving arms.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16

Mr.. Mulhall, of theS tatistical Society
of London, estimates the amount earned
by commerce, manufactures, mining,
agriculture, carrying, and banking in
Europe in 1880 at 97, ,683, 900, 900, show.
ing an increase for Great Britain of
1887, 900, 900, against el, ,2l8, 900, 600 for
the rest OF Europe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-16

Thomas Il. Henry (colored) has been
admitted to practice in the courts of
Pennsylvania. This is the first case of
the admission Of colored lawyer in
Philadelphia,
The Republican journal., 1882-01-12
How to Become CeLtenarian.

DR.. Charles S. Minot of Boston, lee
tured at Cooper Institute last evening on
"The Phenomena Of Old Age" He said
that the body Of man was at the begin
ming but single cell, so small that it had
to be looked at with "a microscope. This
cell had the power Of dividing itself into
two cells, and these again divided them
selves, making four, and so on to the full
growth of the man, when the power of
the cells to multiply ceased. The power
of the original cells to feed and multiply
was enormous, but that power gradually
diminished from the first. Thus it was
seen that death began with the very be-
ginning of existence. After the cells had
lost their power to multiply they began
to feed on one another. Their number
gradually diminished, and that was why
old people are thin. The time that this
cell power was maintained varied in diff
ferent persons, and could be prolonged
or shortened according to the habits of
the individual He believed that this
power could be kept up in all healthy
persons for 100 years, provided none of
the laws of nature were violated. How
to enable the vital power to be kept up
could be told in one word That word
was sObriety. \. Y. Sun.
The Republican journal., 1882-01-12
Wanting.

Under the mighty headlands the wavelets laugh
and leap,
The sunny breeze blows over the trees. soft as an
Infants sleep;
The butterflies over the covered hill hutter in
may dance
The viewless lark in the deep blue arc sings to
the radiance
And all below and all above
Is sweet as nope and pure as love;
But, all" sighed the maiden, the sunshine is
din,
And the gladness is wearsome. wanting him !"
Under the mighty headland the mighter rollers
crash
As they break asunder in foam and thunder, and
their crests in Omlnous flash
Clean in the steel gray distance; and the winds
IN furious sweep
Waken the waves in their deepest caves, and the
voice of the angry deep
Rolls full and far, over sand and Scar,
In the glory and grandeur of Natures war
But alb" sighed the maiden, 1.-THE glory is grim,
The grandeur is ominous wanting him"
Over the mighty headland, over the heavlng Sea,
From the sullen shroud of the lowering cloud tie
rain falls ceaselessly.
Sobblng with wings wet laden, the wild west wind
walls on,
And our hearts sink low as its tale of woe, to its
dreary monotone
And the embers grow gray on the lonely hearth.
And the dull night closes on tired earth
And all sighed the maiden, las day died dim,
So do my hours pass, wanting him ~
The laugh that welcomes the sunshine rim gs false
for the chime it knew;
There is something dull in the beautiful, that is
not watched By two;
The sad sweet cadence of Autumn, needs the ring
of the soothing voice,
Unless one is there her mirth to share, can the
houshold JOY rejoice
For the chords of life ajar must be,
Unless one hand held the master key;
And all said the maiden. the nectar ma brim,
But for me is no loving cup, wanting him !
All the Year Round
The Republican journal., 1882-01-12
Congressional Nativity.
ONE CURIOUS FACTS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL d.
RECTORY.

SOME CURIOUS FACTS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL d.
RECTORY.
The Congressional Directory, edited
by Ben. Pe7ley Poore, corrected to
December 81, contains some curious
facts in relation to the members of the
two houses. OF the seventy-six Senators,
five are of foreign birth, viz: Jones of
Florida, Sewell Of New Jersey, and Fair
of Nevada, were born in Ireland; Jones
of Nevada, and Beck of Kentucky, in
England. Of course either of these gen
tlemen being peers are eligible to the
office of President pro TEN of the Sen
ate, but in the event of the death of
the Vice President there is a question
whether they could discharge the du-
ties of President, the constitution re-
curing that the President shall be a
natlve-born citizen. The youngest SEN
ators are Messrs. German AZ, Miller 43,
Plumb 81, and Hall, IS; the oldest
Messrs. Morrill, II, Lapham 81, Anthony
and d. Davis &C, Dawes and Sawyer Is,
Salisbury ga, Conger and Hampton So
Some OF the elder Senators withhold their
age from the directory. Edmunds, who
looks like and is recognized as the sage
of the Senate, W i'll be 54on February lst
next. Maine, Delaware and South Caro-
lima, are the only States that have b full
native delegation in Congress, and Ar
kansas, Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Nevada and
Colorado have neither a Representative
born in the State. Of Representatives
the birthplace of twenty two is not given
and fifteen are of foreign birth. The
contrast between the nativity and legisla-
tive representation is somewhat singular
New England with representation of
% has AZ of her sons in the House; New
York has 33 Representatives and Sc d em-
bers born in that State; Pennsylvania has
q and 80; Ohio, 20 and 81; while Illinois
having - Representatives, has bat 2 sons
in the House; Michigan and Iowa have
but each out of 9 Representatives. OF
the 2O6 American born whose places of
birth are given, 1853 are of Northern birth,
from the Pacific coast, and but AZ were
born in the South. Wash. Cor. Boston
Globe.
The Republican journal., 1882-01-12
The Conductors Way.

A too inqulsitive passenger was asking
conductor how he managed to build a
house and buy a fast horse out of his $50
a month. The answer was one of the
frankest
"You see," said this noble man, "some-
times we get way passenger who pays
quarter or half dollar for his fare.
Well, we flip the money up--heads for
the conductor, tails for the company"
But" persisted this investigator after
truth, sometimes it must turn up tails.
What do you do then ~
"Oh' replied the conductor, with an in
etfable contempt, "then we flip it up
again"
SO that passenger went home and sold
out his railroad shares.