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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19

On the forty. fourth day Guiteau, as eoon az
he had been placed in the dock, made his usual
opening tpeech, as follows: "ln justice to the
court, to myself and to Mr.. Davidge want to
say that | was mistaken IN my remarks against
him. l received letter severely denouncihg
MIR Davidge, but on inquiry fad that Davidge
is high-toned Christian lawyer, and with.
draw any injurious remarks l made against
him. ] still maintain my opinion of Corkhlll
I an told that am right about Corkhill and
wrong about Dayidge." Mr.: Dayidge then
rose and proceeded with his address to the Jury.
He snalyzed the testimony of De. hice, MIs.
Scoville, John W. Guiteau and others as to the
eccentrlcities and peculiarities OF the prisoner
All this testimony was unimportant DIT.
Dayidge said: "The Guiteau family
Is a respectable family, q family
of tone and character. They nave
made their mark wherever they have gone.
The mistake committed by the family is in un.
dertaking to protect s,.l defend this man. All
families are liable in the course OF nature 70
produce bad men and wicked men, and bad
women and wicked women, and the course
the Roman course--that this family ought TO
uursue would be 10 denounce this wretch as
having sinned against law, against God, against
nature itself and offer him rs a sacrifice on
the altar OF his country" The prisoner mere
broke in "That Is oil said for money" Mr..
Davidge continued his review of the testimony,
speaking in the same quiet, of-hand, yet digni-
fed way, and very often reading passages Of the
testimony, while be stood much of the time so
clio e to the jurymen that he could have almost
laid his hand on them. He paid no heed 10
Guiteau's Interruptions, which were even more
frequent than on the previous day, though less
insultipg The assassin talked almost incess-
nntly almost as much as Mr.. Davidge, in fact.
When Mr.. Davidge quoted testimony which
Guiteau had eoatradicted as it fell from the
witnesses lips, GuiteNu again declared that it
was untrue. He accused Mr.. Davidge oftalk-
~ II. ,,,1 4 1t,rV, yfN hi
pocket The court room was densely crowded.
and after o woman had tainted Guiteau sug-
gcsted to the court that freeh air was needed in
the room, a suggestion which was acted upon
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19
Wasp,s Nest In a Letter. Box,

A letter-box was chosen last spring in
the Alsatian village of Schwarsbach by
a swarm of wasps as their summer resi-
dence. The wasps built their nest in.
side the metal case in such sort that
their domieile in no way interfered
with the depositing or removal of let
ters. Throughout the hot summer
months they were observed day after
day flying in and out of the ape ture
through which the villagers dropped
their letters into the pillar box. As
soon as cool weather set in the wasps
evacuated their summer quarters and
settled themselves underground for q
few months in field hard b..
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19

In giving his name as one of the
presidents of the Church of England
Funeral and Mourning Reform associa-
tion, the Archbishop of Canterbury
writes that he shall do all he can 10
promote the success of the movement.
The society aims at cheapening, simpli-
flying and Christianizing funeral cere-
monial to the discouragement of feast.
ing and treating, and the entire disuse
of Grape, scarfs, plumes and mourning
coaches
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19
Mother Shipton's Successor Starts In

Mother Shipton's Successor Starts In
Business.
The world shall come to an end--'tis true,
In 1882.
The world itself shall no longer be,
In 1888.
The world itself shall be no more,
in 1884.
The world itself shall not survive,
In 1885.
The world shall vanish into nix,
In 1885,
The world shall burn in fires from heaven,
In 1887
The world shall end as sure as fate,
In 1888.
The world shall end, if rhyme is a sign,
In 1889.
The world can't possibly come TO an end in
1890, for there is no rhyme to let it die on
But certainly to an end twill run,
In 1891.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19

Arkansas grows sorghum stalks
twenty-five feet high.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
Il LONG LINEAGE.

A man applied to the Herald's Col
lege for coat Of arms, aud was asked if
any of his ancestors had been renowned
for any singular achievement. The
man paused and considered, but could
recollect nothing.
"Your Iather?" said the herald, aid
ing his memory, "your grandfather ?
Your great-grandfather
"No," returned the applicant. ~
never knew that had a great-grand-
father or grandfather"
"Of yourself asked the creator of
dignity.
II know nothing remarkable OF my
self" returned the man, "oniy being
locked up in Lu5gate prison for debt.
/ found means TO escape from All upper
window: and that, you know, is no
honor in nau : sautcheon.
"And how did yon get DOWN." said
the herald.
"Odd enough" retorted the man al
procured a cord, fixed it around the
neck OF the statue Of King Lud, on the
out side of the building, and thus let
myself down
- have it - said the herald. "No
honor Lincally descended from King
Lud and his cost of arms will do fol
you. wish many of our great mel
we're as we'll descended"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16

France enjoys the uneiiviable distinc.
ton OF having the largest national debt
in the Ord, naroeiy. f93a, 600, 900 (s4,-
go 600, 000). Before the Franco-Ger-
man war England stood at the head of
the list, her debt being 9715, COO, 900.
Gernany's debt amounts to the tritting
sum of ft6, 900, coo. Russia has ESQ.,
600, geo, q part Of which, like the whole
Of that of Germany, represents expend-
lures in tine building OF railways. and
guarantees III That connection gwen by
the Government Austro- Hungary has
debt of f352, coo. 0oJ, and Italy Of
1856, 000,eOo.
The amount of Turkeys debt can
hardly hc pucssed. Dividing ND these
debts among the various populations ol
these Countries, the Indebtedness per
calita is Iii France, e25; Great Britain,
E23 los; Russia, "a; Aussria, SO
Germany, Fl, and Italy, el3.
The debt Of the United States. less
cash in the treasury, on the Is Of Jan
uary, 1882, was 81, It's, 9oi, III, against
an aggregate OF 81, 7ai, G73.319 OH the
LIST Of July, 1866, showing decrease OF
| more than n Thousand millions Of dollars
during the intervening fifteen years and
! half. The Hour.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
4 TESrETT1.

A clerk in New Orleans dry-goods
store, while in the parlor of his resi-
dence down town, surrounded by his
family, saw the door suddenly open,
and, before he could recover from his
surprise, a man, holding an extended
pistol, lushed into the apartment, and
placing the pistol to the left breast of the
cle,k, fred, with this exclamation ::
"Ah, I've got you now, and I'll fix
you.
As good fortune would have it, the
bullet struck pair of scissors in the
clerks vest pocket, and spent its force
by breaking into three pieces, the pieces
afterward being found in the pocket.
Directly after the shot the clerk arose
and caught the assassin, but soon SUI
fered him to depart without injury. His
action in this he explained to his en-
ployes by stating that sit was all right !;
that it was vendetta, and that he would
settle the matter"
Both assassin and the ct
Sicilians.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
In Whales Month and Escaped With
His Life.

Here ] met Captain Wood, who hes
been in q whales mouth. After edging
carefully toward the matter, q friend in.
duced him to tell about it--probably for
the ten thousandth time.
:" Yes, 1 was standing in the bow Of
the koat, but with the iron in my hand, /"
said no, "locking around for his majesty.
for thought we had given him his death
blow. Suddenly up he came right ahead
OF me, and he struck the boat under
meath with his prolonged lower jaw,
knocking it out from under me, and I
fell straight ever into his mouth.
"What did you think then ?" asked q
listener, as the Captain paused.
Thought was goner," answered
tho Captain. Especially when he shu,
his mouth on me. But he was, for
tunately, in the agonies Of death, too
worried TO think OF me, and, after giving
! nae cpe savage crunch, he biowod
| tnc rpuI suf hss naoutI, covered viii
! blood ! nt orcT Bl(tlE1k out f5r Ji1s
boat"
And when they picked him up they
thought he was killed." said another
captain; "thoueh, after good while. lie
recovered, with the ugly wounds that
you see." There was scar some inches
long across Captain Woods scalp, and
great lump on his side was visible
under his coat.
What did you think when you were
In his mouth, and knew where you
we're p asked another bystander.
Thought he'd yield about eight bar.
rel" said Captain Wood, turning owe,
his quid and calmly firing at the box Of
sawdust. NANTUCKET Correspondence al
Indianapolis Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16

Down in an extremely rural district OF
Arkansas an old man was arrested for
stealing hog. The proof was pc tive.
and court was surprised when the plea
Of not guilty was introduced. The law
yer for the defense, n man well known
Tor his trickery rather than his ability,
seemed particularly DESTROYS OF selecting
a jury that would not show partiaiity in
decision. The prosecuting attorney, q
young and inexperienced man, agreed to
every juryman selected by the defense,
and tho Judge, although he might have
thought the defense stepped over the
bounds OF judicial courtesy, said moth
ing. The arguments were concluded,
leaving In the minds OF the people no
aue.Ls ~ W lne verdict. for oil.s IL the
witnesses, man whose word NO ona
could dispute, swore that he saw the rs-
PENDANT when he stole the animal. The
jury retired, and, after a few moments,
returned verdict OF not guilty, in
exact opposition to the charge OF the
court.
When the court adjourned the Judge
approached the lawyer for the defense
and remarked:
"Look here, my friend, I never heard
Of such verdict. I cannot, as an inn
partial dissemination Of justice, allow SO
fragrant an outrage to be perpetrated on
this community. That man is as guilty
as judas, but, if you will tell me the Sc
cret of the acquittal, I'll allow the ver-
dict to pass"
"You see, Judge, some of the jury
men WAS rather young and some rather
older"
eyes, but what does that signify p
sit signifies that run in the old
mans twelve SONS on the jury. Little
Rock G0zeiis.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16

THE compositors on most of the Paris
morning journals get from 10 to II francs
per night, the pressmen only receiving
francs per night. The former come Oh
about o'clock and never leave before !
or 2 a. M, although they commonly
break off about 3 or 8 o'clock for sup
per. The evening papers pay their COM
pos;tors from 81 to 9 francs per day, and
most of the papers have their work done
by an association Of compositors, who
have their rules and their "cAamber
syndicate" for all the world as though
they were one Of the sixty official stock
brokers, with "charge" or seat cost
ing 100000 francs. However, some
ii the papers employ non-union men. A
clerical paper employs women at 6 francs
PEI day.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
A GONDOLA PROCESSION.

v. A. Crofut thus describes his ex-
pesience in Venetian gondola At 8
p'cock we started in three gondolas for
therendezvous, half mile off. Here we
tonnd innumerstble boats surrounding
the Queens private bark, which was q
clamsy, stately barge, sadly lighted up
with sort OF Chinese lantern, having
NO ropes from the deck to the top of the
short mast. There was also yellow
canopy hung round with lights, which
Seemed to be tumblers of oil suspended
IN blue mosquito netting, perhaps 100
lights in all. 1t did not make the royal
cnaft very bright, and the radiance did
not extend more than twenty or thirty
feet on either side. In few minutes
We started, and, spite Of the darkness,
Tor. as usual, the unofficial gondolas
| xgEe prohibited from carrying more than
on6 nyffs, Afid tiss.t IL oi.v,1 4. l.. - -.
as dim as FREELY, the scene was quite
impressive. There was said to be about
1900 gondolas in the crush-for crush
it literally was, the black boats jammed
tightly together and the musical gon-
doliers pushing their craft slong at the
expense of adjacent boats, or swinging
their futile paddles high in the air and
dancing in rage on the prov, and swear
ing at adjacent gondoliers, and calling
them dod-binged grandsons OF. the pest
! llsi JUs emu liz the sweet syllabies oil the
South. After going half & mile in this
way, our gondola, perhaps 100 feet from
| the royal launch, suddenly stopped in
front Of the palace, and slight form
clad in white silk throughout stepped
upon the overhansing balcony. 1t was
the young Queen, first cousin of her
husband, King Humbert. Her face was
! fairer thai inst of most Venetians, and
the chestnut lair, slightly banged
over the eyebrows, was drawn straight
! back and fixed III Il Grecian knot be-
| hind. Size bowed to the right and left.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

All newspaper publishers have had
experience with men who want to aiver-
tise themselves or their business in news
papers without cost TO themselves. l.
is pitable to See the shabby meaus taey
take TO attain the end they have in view.
Men, who would teel insu}ted il they
were called dead beats, viii with bland
e1rontery ask publisher to 'pltase
mention so and 80" Gan a,lver iseLentl,
or, handing il what is realiy an adyer-
tiscment under the gui-e OF a conn
nicaiion, they will say, Here's little
item that will help you to ill up with. u
Men who do this---and there are some in
every town-call themselves honorable
and would not think Of asking O reai-es
tate owner to let them use one Of his
houses few months for nothing; nor
would they ask him to let them cultivate
nnd use part Of his farm, without ex-
pecting TO have to pay rent for it.
The advertising columns Of his paper
is to the publisher what the house or
farm is to the real-estato owner This
source OF income. Why any one should
expect the newspaper publisher to be
more generous IN squardering his sub
stance than other business men is some
thing that cannot be accounted for, ex-
cept on the supposition that some people
have an iiiotic idea that printers set up
type for the love OF the work, and that
ink and type and printing presses are
gifts from heaven to sinful men, who
publish newspapers merely for the pur-
pose of smoothing the pathway OF their
fellow men on the rugged road to tort
une, and who hope not for reward this
side Of the grave Texas .Siftiags.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
4 DIsTIsaUIsHED vIs,rOR.

At meeting of the Detroit Lime
Kiln Club the jan:tor announced the
presence of the Hon. Solo Bonlby, Of
Arkansas, whose arrival had been ,ex-
pected for several days
Sir Isaac Walpole and Waydown Be-
bee escorted the visitor into the nail in
dne style, and he was given a generous
introduction from the platform. He
then began
My fren's, I did not arrove hcah to-
night to make speech. l simply wa2t
ed to gaze on your hall, congratulate
ebery member, an go home wild Brud-
der Gardner to save hotel bill. ICaeera. !
should have jinea dis club TO y ars
ago, only dat l was led to believe dat .
man wiz q glass eye would moi be taken
in. I hev diskivsr,d my arfvv tonight,
and my applicashun has jest besn put On
file. iCheers
81 am astolislled wild do Mort.
neber saw so much land to de acre in all
my life. White folks seem TO kev plen-
ty of money, and cherry Guild family
owns from one to six dogs. / am also
highly surprised am greatly delighted
at de progress which yea pns hey made
in intelligence an eddecashpn. Yester-
day | asked Guild boy not ober 10
vars ole who diskivered America, and
he answered Abram Ljnkum qulcker'n a
wink. Applause Guild men know
when de train goes ont list as well as
white folks. Dey keep track o eclipses,
comets, ireslets Gi' o,lder excitin' news,
and dey am long ways ahead oh de
Souf on do long dictionary words
[Cheers
"Ize glad to see all dis. No thought
Of jealousy ranlles in my breast On de
contrary. May de- emblem continer
her indivisibility until the unrewarded
requisition contests the apparent relia-
bility of the gondolier. In fact, let me
say with Jefferson 'Ignis fatuus bors
de combat faux raa pas ex abrupto est
modus in rebus, and don't you ever for
! get it"
| For minute the hall was as silent as
a graveyard. Then Samuel Shinn rose
up and whooped, and cheer upon cheer
rolled up and down and could not be
suppressed until some one outside threw
turnip through the window and missed
the Rev. Penstock's head by the mill.
| ioutl mart of nh inch
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
LEGsL DEFINITION OF n "NEWS-
PAPER"

LEG5L OEFfNlION OF a ~ W. w.
PAPER"
Newspapers--says the Supreme Court
of Minnesota in recent case-are of SO
many varieties that it would be next to
impossible to give any brief definition
which would include and describe all
kinds of newspapers. We are not called
upon to incur the risk Of giving any such
definition ut this time. 1t will be suffi-
cient for all the purposes Of this case to
say that, in the ordinary understanding
OF tho word, newspaper isl publica-
ton which usually contains, among
other things, what is called the general
news, the current news, or the news Of
the day: and nothing which does not
usually contain such news, and is in
tended for general circulation, is news
paper in the ordinary sense Of the word.
Such newspaper is a publication
adapted to the general reader. Now, in
the absence Of some controlling consid-
Grafton to the contrary, the statute is to
be taken to have used the word newpa-
per in this, its ordinary sense, or sac
cording to the common or approved
usage of the language" and when the
object Of the publication Of q summons
is considered, the reasonableness Of such
o construction OF the word newspaper
a. requires the publication to be made
where it will be likely to meet the eye
Of the general reader is quite apparent
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
rHE LEHIENcY OF THE COURT.

In the pioneer days of Michigan one
john Weeks was arrested in town in
Washtenaw county for stealing six
sheep, and when the trial came off be-
fore Justice the respective lawyers
made the usual statements Of what they
expected to prove and disrrove. After
the lawyer for the prosecution had fin
ished, the defense arose and began
May it please the court, we expect
ed to prove by John Day that my client
was in Ohio at the time these sheep
were stolen, bat unfortunately for us the
witness is III bed with the mumps. We
expected to prove by Homer Rice that
the plaintiff here never had any sheep
stolen, but Homer has been called to
Buffalo to see his mother die. We fur.
thyr expected 70 proyc by Abraham
WiiJe tnat the plaintiff never owned
any live stock, except a yearling ca!i
and two Old geese, but Abraham is in
jul ia Detroit for drunkenness. Lastly,
your Honor, We were prepared to aud
expected TO prove by Charles Smith, the
undertaken. that instead of the plaintiff
losing six sheep he has lately mysteri-
ously acquired seven hogs and "a guinea
hen. repeat that we were prepared to
prove this, but Providence has willed
otherwise. Mr.. Smith has been called
to Grand Rapids to convict his uncle of
body -snatching, and we are thus stripped
of our defense. In this emergency We
throw ourselves upon the well known
leniency of this honorable court, trust
ing that he viii not shut his eyes to the
wonderful dispensations of Providence
that have left my client disarmed and
unprepared."
The prisoner was bound over, and got
sentence of two years.--Detsoit Free
Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-16
ADvICE TO THOSE USING GLASSES.

ADvfCE TO THOSE USING GLASSES.
Men engaged in literary pursuits
should read most by day and write most
by night. 1t is worthy of note that
reading causes more strain to the eye
than writing, and that copying work in
writing makes greater demand upon
the organ of vision than off hand compo-
stion. Twilight and a mixture OF twi-
light and artificial illumination should
be avoided for any kind of work. The
pale cobalt-blne tint is the best tiiet can
be employed when protection for the eye
frcm intense glare is sought, as in the
case Of travelling upon snow-tields in the
bright sunshlne. The green glass that
is so often adopted for this purpose is
not by any means so worthy Of conf
dence. Reading in railway travelling is
Objectionable in the highest degree fer
q very obvious reason. The oscillation
OF the carriage continually alters the
distance Of the page from the eye, and
SO calls for unceasing strain in the effort
to keep the organ in due accommoda-
ton for the ever-varying distance of the
dancing image. The exact fitting Of the
framework Of spectacles to the face and
eyes is Of more importance than is gen.
orally conceived. If the centers of the
lenses Of the spectacles do not exactly
coincide with the centers of the pupils
Of the eyes, the consequence is that the
images in The separate eyes are little
displaced from the positions which they
ought to hold, and that somewhat
painful and injurious effort has to be
made by the eye to bring those images
back into due correspondence for accu-
rate vision. An incipient sGuint is apt
to be in this way produced. Mr.. Carter
recommends that people should xsok to
the centering Of their spectacles for
themselves. This may be easily done
by standing before q looking-glass with
the spectacles in their place. II the I'll
is good one the center of the pupil
should then appear in the center Of the
rim. Fully-formed spectacles are always
10 be preferred to folding frames, be.
cause they permit Of more satisfactory
adjustment in this particular, and be
cause they are more easily kept in the
right position with regard to the eyes.
the only advantage which the pebble
enjoys over glass Tor the construction o
spectacles is the immunity which it pos
sesses against scratching and fracture
on account 81 its greater hardness. :.
lEdsabzsrssh sgsqac.
wNE~lgvgsis = u r,a - "a aIlIed. says
Ssarhst Ns,- Yorker. many If si,S
ak .a;ufs 1sft DESTROYED.