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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-12-07

" HEREAS, BY an Act of. Assem-
w bly, approved June 4th, 1879, en-
tilted "An act to create poor districts
and to authorize purchase Of lands aud
eie.tion Of buildings to furnish relief
and give employment TO the destitute,
poor and paup'rs in this Common
wealth." it is provided:
SEC. |. BE 1t enacted &c. That for
the purpose of furnishing relief to the
poor, destitute and paupers. giving
them employment, and carrying out
the provisions of this act, each county
of this Commonwealth is hereby
created district. to be known a
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-08-18

Of gentlemen were discussing this pc.
culiarity in the bar-room of the Collins
House, Oil City, one evening, when
the poor spellcr himself CHANGED to
come in.
"Hello2" said one of the party,
corpulent gentleman, now remotely
connected with the New York Petrol.
cum Exchange, 1--WE were just talking
about you.'
"Is that SOC" was the reply. And
what were you saying!'
"Why. some of the boys claim that
you are the worst speller in seventeen
States"
"They do. l think l can spell it
about as we'll as the average pro-
ducer."
"I'll tell you what I'll do with you,"
asid the first speaker, "I'll bet the
champagne for the party that you can't
spell water"
"All right" replied the producer, and
he proceeded to spell the word, 'w-a-t-
en-"
That's the way spell for money"
he quietly remarked, "but when l spell
it for fun sometimes use two IS"
The corpulent gentleman paid for
the wine and the silence became so
great that you could hear house fall
down,
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What We Have Noticed.

That people who wear the best cloth.
ing do not always wear the best.
That people who boast that they al
ways speak what they think, have some
mighty mean thoughts.
That the man who persister,ly neg
lec,s to live within his income will one
day be trying to live without it.
That the world is divided into two
cIasses-those who are ambitious TO
acend above mediocrity, and those who
are ambitious that everybody else shall
decend below their own mediocrity.
That the man who barriers health for
riches is never satisfied with his bar
gain.
That the man who has large prin.
cipal in the bank sometimes shows no
principle in anything else.
That honesty is the best policy-ln
fact, that all rare things are reckoned
the best.
That learning is powerful auxili Try
to the fool bent on displaying his folly.
That man and wife should not lie
yoked like oxen, hut harnessed tandem.
Tc get along smoothly one must lead
aud the other follow.
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THE HOME CIRCLE.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. woLvERroN
SOME HOMES.

A married man with a large family.
and poor manager for a wife, may
have house but no home. Home
implies a place Of rest. Rest involves
not only sleeping, but during waking
hours pleasant sights sounds, sur
roundmgs, and occupations Half OF
the saloons in New York and elsewhere
are maintained by men who have hous-
es but no rcstful homes. The barren
ness Of thousands of lives in this city
may be a fit subject for the con;cmpla-
ton and study OF our ultra.,emperance
frienos. who are always crying for pro-
hibition or total abstinence without ev-
er giving thought to the possibility
that men drink bee. use in their leisure
mements they have neither the inclina-
ton to interest themselves in aught
save tipping convivialty. The home
SO called-of thousands among US,
means wretched hole to sleep in and
a seat at crowded table. from both OF
which they hurry into the street Con-
trast this with the home of person
who has room and opportunity to cul-
tivate plants and flowers: who has
about him dom este animals IN whose
rearing he takes a lively interest; who
has some chosen pursuit to occupy his
leisure moments and and rest his brain
from the occpafion which gives him his
bread. Interest in variety of subjects
Is of itself a healthy stimulus, and there
is reason for believing the only cure for
tipping must lie in substituting his
healthy stimulus for that unhealthy eX-
citement which is found in saloons and
dram shops -Ne7o Xoyk.G,ufhif.
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An EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE.

Mr. -, You VIII please report tnal
meeting Hall this evening" said
the city editor. and the reporter ad-
dressed said "All right" and stan ted out
for DAYS skirmlsh. the mrr,ing in
question being the only regular assign.
ment he had for the day.
The following morning the paper ap-
peared with an ordinary routine report
of the meeting and It's transactions.
The lucklesS reporter who did the work
started out for another day of sklr-
miShing. Almost the first person he
met was the Chairman of the meeting
he had reported. who greeted him with,
Hello, old man: good report you had
This morning. Best thing you've done
in good while.'
With thanks the reporter passed on,
to meet at the next corner one of the
speakers at the meeting, who came up
angrily with. "What in thunder did
you want to put my name in for9.''
why not? You were there and
spoke. didn't yous'
Yes, hut | didn't want my name to
appear
HOW WIS 10 KNOW ttldt:
a wouldn't care q picayune, only |
don want the old man to know | wa,
there -
The reporter passed on full of pity
Tor the Young man who had not the
maniness to let the old man know of
the society he was keepleg. and Stun
bled up against the Secretary of the
recent meeting.
That was a terrible report you had
in this morning he said.
Why? What was wrong?"
You didn't say anything about my
reading the minutes o! the meeting.
and You didn't mention any o: the
names of the men who presented aid
seconded the resolutions discussed
Sorry because you didn't see your
name.in the paper?'
NO, that ISM it. but like to see a
report absolutely perfect.
So they separated, and the reporter
strolliug across the Campus Martius
met a fat. good natured chap who was
A speaker at the meeting With broad |
grin of satisfaction lie gave the reporter
A handshake which 5 lid plainly: God
bless YOU. am very much Obliged
while at the time he remarked in
tone OF self-depreclation. What did
you want to mention my speech for?."
Didn't report you correctly
YES. but don't see why you wanted
% put me IN the paper for. I'm no
speaker
you made speech, didn't you?'
"Yes. but"
What are you kicking for?'
81 amt kicking, only
''You made the best speech of the
evening" said the reporter as he walk
ID away. and he heard in joyous voice
from his late companion:
No. Did though ?'-Fi'ee Press.
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THE HOUSEKEEPER

"Never too old to learn and here
are few of the things we have learned
at Our house,
That if we wish to prolong Our lives,
we should put one day between wash
ing and ironing.
That people who chew plenty of
good beef and eschew pork are sensi-
bic.
That a tough beetsteak may be
made eatable by mincing 1t pretty fine
with chopping knife, and cooking
quickly in pot with close cover,
prevent the steam from escaping.
That salt pork will be as nice nearly
IS fresh, if soaked in sweet milk and
water, equal parts.
That clabbered milk Is better than
water for freshining salt fish.
That half cup of vinegar in the
water will make an old fowl cook near
" as quick as a young one. and does
not injure the flavor in the least.
That liver should be thrown into
boiling water after being sliced thin,
and then fried in lard or dripping.
That pie crust will not be soggy if 1t
is brushed over with the white of egg
before the fruit is put in.
That piece of cork is better than
a cloth for applying brick to knives.
The .ipe cucumbers make a good
sweet pickle.
That apples which take a long while
10 bake should have a little wafer IN
the nan.
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is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
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lie EXPLAINED.

thought | might as well drop in and
see how they run a weekly down in
South Carolina, and little darky pilot
ed lie up one street and down another
until we halted before stairway over
which hung a sign of The Herald
The office was up four flights of stairs.
of course. and | had only reached the
landing of the first when hunk of CON-
position cut from some old roller whiz-
zed past my head. There was nothing
strange in that, how=ver, as all we'll
regulated offices keep half dozen of
these hunks lying around as weapons
of defense. and | pressed on. At the
head Of the second flight | looked up
and saw a man with a gun in his hands.
All weekly newspapers having any in
tiuence always keep at least one shot
gun lying around to intimidate poets.
and so | went whistling along up the
third flight. Then was certain that |
saw man, and certain that the muzzle
was looking down upon me. Some ed
itOrs stand at the head of the fourth
flight and practice at target shooting to
rest their weary brains, and l was won
derlng where the bulls eye was when
| heard click! click. and a voice call
ed out:
Stand! or you are dead man,
No man who thinks anything OF his
clothes will ever he found dead on
a stairway leading to printing Office.
| came to halt. and the voice contin-
ued:
Throw up your hands and go down
stairs, or I'll blow your brains into the
street,!
| didn't believe he would. but as /
couldn't prove it the best way was to
obey his little request. | had just got
back to the hotel when in came the ed,-
tor, the foreman and the devil and two
comps. and they all began to talk at
once. They were expecting lightning
sort of politician up those stairs at
that very time, and II he once got up he
was to open fire from a revolver and
have scalp dance over the remains of
the Heruld 1t was a mistake, and
they were deeply grieved. and we
had lemonade together. and the man
with gun shook hands again and WINS
aered:
Boy. had my finger on the trig-
ger and dead ann on your head. and
if Won had lifted one foot an inch high |
to come further up I'd have killed you
Is dead as hammer!'
After that | always sent four boys,
,ne after another, up stairs with my
ard and written declaration that I
vas not loaded.-M. Quad.
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Charges Moderate

And the closest attention given to patients Those
suffering from sore Eyes Ears sionld call on the
Doctor without delay He cures all chronic diseases
with electricity. He performs all operation in the
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willeure dyspepsia, heartburn, mala.
Ma. kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
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enriches the blood and purifes the
system; cures weakness, lack Of
energy. etc. Try a bottle.
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COOKS CORNER.

LEMON CAKE-Beat one and hal
cups Of butter, three of sugar, and the
yolks of five eggs together thoroughly
Add one cup of sweet milk, four o
flour, slfted. and one teaspoonful O
soda. Crate the yellow peel from one
lemon in separate dish and squeeze
out all the JUICE no matter if some o
the pulp goes in; add lastly the we'll
beaten whites of five eggs, and bake.
Mock OYSTERS OF GREEN CORN
Crate the corn from hall dozen ear.
or better still shave off the outside and
scrape off the inside, add salt and al
low one egg to a cupful of the corn, and
-four sufficient to make a stiff batter
Have skillet ready with the bottom
covered with hot fat or butter and drop
in the batter in spoonfuls. Fry brown
turning them like griddle cakes. They
require no milk as that from the corn
is sufficient.
CREAM PIE.--One egg for one pie
or two eggs for three pies; one quart
fomilk, three eggs, reserving the whites
of two to frost the top, two thirds of a
cup of flour and one and half of SUI
gar. Pour little of the milk on the
-four gradually to wet it up free from
Jumps; add the beaten eggs, a pinch
Of salt and the residue of milk. Have
a Kettle of water boiling, over which the
pan containing the custard must be
placed. Str carefully until it boils, adj
ding lemon to taste. Meanwhile line
your pie tins with paste, allowing for
shrinkage, and bake. Beat the whites
to stiff froth, adding two tablespoon
fuls of white sugar; fill your pies and
lay the frosting over evenly with a knife
and return to the oven until a delicate
brown. If you are successful with this
recipe you will discard all other GUS
tards even though this is more trouble
until one becomes accustomed 10 it,
GRAHAM MINUTE PUDDING.-Drop
a small lump of butter into a kettle to
prevent burning. Pour in one quart of
milk, and when boiling add gradually
sufficient Graham flour to make it very
thick. Meanwhile have a cup of raj
sins cooking and just before all the
flour is put IN add them, also spoon
full of salt. Dish out in little teacups,
turn upside down in saucers, and when
THE cups are removed they are nodded.
Eat with sweetened cream.
VELVET CAKE.-A correspondent re-
Gently sent us this and we have tested
II and pronounce it excellent One lb.
sugar. do of flour, half a Id. butter, four
eggs, one teaspoon cream of tartar,
half a teaspoonful of soda, one teacup-
full of cold water, flavor with lemon.
Beat the sugar and butter to cream,
mix the cream of tartar in the flour and
sift. Dissolve The soda in the water
add to the butter and sugar the flour
and water, stirring well. Have the
whites and yolks beaten separately,
then add and beat all together few
minutes. Bake an hour. 1t makes a
nice fruit cake by adding currants and
raisins, or chocolate cake by baking
IN layers and filling with chocolate
resting.
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them
The uniform excellence of vehicles
reputation the United
and
of
EMERSON " F1SHER co. acknowledged
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF Missouri. ! G G
COUNTY OF ADAIp .. D.

SOUNl1 VI hDAIR.
IN TIE circuit court of said county lime t.rr,
ss2. ne3rii, isss John VI. Grosan Dlainttff W
Jane GrOyan, defendant: '' -
AZ luis day comes plaintiff herein by his Attorney
anu appearing To the satisfaction of The corf th,
me defendant cannot be summoned I'm This ,c,i",,
Whereupon 1t Is ordered by the court that said d.
!snIaht De notified by the publication fiat nl,in
TN mas commenced suit against her In This cnnrt
Dy petition the object and general nature of which
II Is 10 OBTAIN Judgment and decree of this conrf
Iof divorce dissolYing the bonds of mnfrin onr
contracted between plainiiff on the iii
uaN oI OGtoDer, 1873. on the grounds OF ahandon
ment OF THIS plaintiff by said defendant and fIa,
uh:ess me said defendant Jane A. t;ropa,, ha anJ
appear Al this court nj the term thereon to ~.
ptenh anu holden at the Court House I'm the town Of
hirhssliie IN said county. on the 9th day of Oc,o
uer next anu, gu or before tle-sNtll Jay al sai.l
Term answer or plead TO the petition in said canse
ais same WI be taken confessed and iulsman,
pe renderet accordingly. and This ca,is. il rnn
nueu: Ana IL Is further ordered that cony her.,
ne pabiisheu according To law In tht. 'We.lf.
MMfIapnic, news paper published in Aiair comfy
STATE OF MISSOURI. 80
County of Adair, s's
\. W.J. AshOck. clerk of the cl,euIt copr, y,
.huair County aforesaid. hereby certify that M.
Is true copy OF the original order Of nuh,ia
uoh, ~ the cause therein named. as the same m
!,eafs IN my office. Witness my hand A. clerk an.i
M seal q said court Done at office in Kjrtsyi
'his isth day Of July. isSe. WI ASHLOCK
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4 Business Spell,
bradford News.l

Two or three years ago there lived
IN the lower oil country prominent
oil producer who was a VIGOROUSLY bad
speller. In letter, among other errors,
he spelled water with two is. Aparty
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Creditors and all other interested I'm the estate n
John nholy, deceased, late Of Adsir county, No.,
are hereby notified that the first day OF the next
regular term OF the Adair county Probate court 70
be held on the end Monday fn Aug. next. / shsu
make rlual settlement of said estate.
NJ II. Z. SoHN. Execu tor.
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CA RRI AGE BUILDB RS )!


the
Nearly
the which has
buildings
q
unequad produce
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
a Book Full OF N ewspaper Facts.

Tho American Newspaper Annual" for
lSSe, recently issued by n. W. Ayers & Son,
Philadelphia, contains many statistical facts
and figures that interest deeply the literary
and advertising communities. The work
contains complete list Of the newspapers
aud periodicals published In the United
states and Canada, giving their amount of
circulation, political and religious proclivi-
uss, aud everything that In any way will
prove OF service to the advertising public
II contains 637 pages of statistics and 1872
pages Of advertisements. Every county In
the Union Is briefly described, and the voting
population detailed according to the various
parties. The book is mint of information
and valuable supplement to the census re.
ports ,givingth minutest particulars of all re-
htng to the workings of that powerful
engine Of good, the press. The publishers
are the well-known advertising agents OF
Philadelphia and they spared no time or ex.
pence in compiling the volume.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
TrinIty's Organ Recital.

4 delightful organ recital was given in
Trinity Church last evening, Mr.. c. B.
hhoads officiating as conductor. Professor
.. +. Hermann of Allentown, presided at
The organ and gave some charming speci-
mems of his sltil at the key board. The
audience, over 200 in number, was more
than satisfied with the artistic manner In
which many difficult passages were rem
dsred, and every one present united In
words of praise for the Professor. The
vocal music, which was highly satisfactory,
was furnished by Mr.. c. b. Rhoads, bari
tone n. R. Benson, bass John Braunstein.
tenor Eva Crouch, soprano, and Mary
lhielman, alto. The selections given by
the choir were Cantate, Domino In G,
Dudley Buck Deus Miseratur, Rossini
rra'se fe, Verdi Art Thou Weary Emer-
Son The Lords Prayer, Thayer.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
B ES 7 FITTING
GARMENTS.

1t is conceded that the best
fitting Clothing is sold by the
Wilmington Clothing House,
Fourth and Market streets,
and this fall we have tried to
perfect every garment, and to-
daywe assert that our garments
have no superior as to fit, while
our former patrons can attest
to the quality. Just step in and
try one Of our suits or an
overcoat, and you will then
know they are better fitting
than most of the custom work
that Is made at a very low
price. We make this statement,
although we make to order suits
as low as Eighteen Dollars, but
more of our custom work is
from lhlrty to Fifty Dollars q
suit; because we are having the
finest work in our city, and our
customers are the best dressed
people on the street. just stop
long enough to look at our
suits and overcoats. and we have
no doubt you will say as others
have: at is pleasure to know
we can find such fine goods at
such low prices in our city,"
Look at our TEN DOLLAR
SUITS and our FIFTEEN
DOLLAR OVERCOAT; these
are special bargains.
JNo. w. DIEFENDoRF & Co.
Fourth and Market SITS.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
Another Case of BIInd poo,

me louisiana State Lottery lightning struek
SCUM " Washington, ID. C., on Tuesday, $aO. .OOOis
0wynn Harris and Joseph Beisler, CAPTAIN of
an oyster schooner, held a NTH of a ticket
Wnicn pald $4,000. Five others, F, s. skid.
Alfred Redmyer, engineer BeItIno,1no 1oad;
rot9nhc road; MIR. Lathrop, a fireman on said
n,i aoaei MI Lewis, conductor Of anioe wagon and
san.'.nS snvsnSr man whose name was not learned.
one OF which realized $4,000 Lewis Redmva,,
ana Lathrop get y. 900 each and the other two
October 13, 1882. "'P"0''edh'
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
DINNnR FoR raR rRIsoNERs.
An Effbrt Made 90 Give Them Treat
on Christmas Day.


An Rafbrt Made 60 Give Them q Treat
on Christmas Day.
The GAzEgTB yesterday suggested that
the good citizens Of New Castle county give
Christmas dinner to the prisoners In New
Castle jail, aud to-day the following letter
was received from the editor Of the New
Castle Star, which shows that that gentle
man has taken hold Of thu matter with
laudable eaTnestness. N&E
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE dear
Sir In the next number of the Star we will
issue an appeal to the people for q subscrip-
ton to furnish a Christmas dinner TO the
poor, unfortunate and unhappy prisoners In
OUR jail. write to beg your cooperation,
through your most excellent paper, so that
our appeal may go 10 all the peoble of VIII
mington and include New Castle county
| need not speak OF the righteousness of this
little enterprise, and Of the good that may
be accomplished by extending little moral
sympathy TO this unfortunate class OF
citizens, whose '-hands are against every
mans, and every mans hands against
theirs."
have not yet learned the exact number
ofprisoners IN our jail, but believe there are
about 81; $l00 or $3.50 Will give them all n
good dinner. II you viii mention this mat
ter for us, please state that all subscriptions
may be sent to the New Castle Star, and the
names Of the donors will be published In
that paper with the amount OF their sub
seriptions. The fund thus received will be
handed to o committee of New Castle
gentlemen, Of which Mayor Black will be
chairman.
Money or provisions will be thankfully
received. Hoping you viii aid US In this
work, l am Respectfully yours,
JosEPH g. WHITE,
Editor Star.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
CLOTHING.
ALMOST UPON US.

The holidays always leave
us with the dull season on our
hands, and we must do our
best to reduce our stock while
we have customers. Some one
once said that Nothing is
cheap at half-price if you don't
want it, +" but if you do want it,
how then : So it is with cloth
ing we want to sell il. and do
SO. fyou have any idea of
making a purchase bear in
mind that we don't take cost
into consideration Just now,
but have made such reductions
in every department as will
convince you that we are in
earnest. Our entire stock is
still in splendid condition. The
breaks and sizes have been
filled up, and we can still
please you a little better than
ever, especially in price.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-14
COMMISSIONERS ASK ED FOR.
Land to be Condemned for the use of th
b. & .. Railroad.

b. & .. Railroad.
Levi Bird, Eco, counsel for the Baltimore
n Ohio Railroad Company, this morning
asked the court to appoint commission 10
condemn the properties OF the following
persons in order to give the new railroad the
required right Of way.
Wilmington-Andrew Hughes, Thomas
Taylor.
Brandywine hundred-Benjamin Elliott,
J. Cloud Elliott, Isaac Elliott.
ChristiaDa huudrcd-Emanuel Murry,
James Brown, William p Richardson,
Nicholas fanny, James McMakin, Patrick
Ksebon, Frank Little, G. j Green, Stephen
W. Cloud, William A. Fisher, Francis r.
Wild, Patrick Bonner, William Forrest, j.
y. Traynor, Sophia Nicholas, Robert Cot
tinghRm, John Sereth, Thomas Green, Allen
G. Harley, Thomas Curry, Laurence Woll,
James McGowan, and heirs of Mary NJ
Patterson.
The commissioners were not appointed up
10 noon. In nearly all cases the following
gentlemen will be selected to condemn the
properties : L. 7. Bellah, w. T. Porter,
Joseph L. Carpenter, r. L. Armstrong and
J. W. Hawkins.