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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23
CHAPTER III,

Our closing scene is five years later.
The marriage which had taken place
in that rainy night had been supple
mented by another ceremony-a happy
one this time.
The guilty man has died and has
confessed his crime. The other two
cous ms have restored the money that
the young wife should justly have.
1t is evening. Mrs. Crawford has
just told the wonderful story of her.
self and her husband to an interested
audience Of neighbors and friends.
"a natural question suggests it
SELF" say half-dozen in concert.
1.-The question as to why you were
not at the station to meet him, Clin-
ton?" says a practical man.
MY question is as to whether Guy
Crawford would have found life as
happy as lie has if Clinton had met
him ?" asks speculative one.
Providence and fate, chance and CO.
incidence, each Of these had its adj
herent in the group, and in favor Of
each there are questions asked.
Up the hill comes the manly form Of
Guy Crawford. The light of the set
ting sun shines around him. His boy
Guy runs to meet him, and the wife
and mother follows the two with q
look of which father and son may we'll
be proud.
"Hark," says Clinton, "I hear the
heart of my question beating up the
breeze"
All listen, and up the hill comes the
music of happy and honest heart
"Then to take whatever the gods may send,
Putting to scruples and doubts an end,
Is the sensible way to live, my friend"
AS the voice ceases Clinton asks,
"Is the song true?"
A natural question, dear reader, is it :?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23
At Your Service.

Scene on railway platform at Hell
del5erg- traveller to university stu
dent "Sir, you are crowding--keep
back, sir"
U. S.-fercely-"Don't you like it.
Allow me to tell you that l am at
your service at any time and place"
Traveler-benignantly-" All, in
deed, that is very kind of you. Just
carry this satchel for Inc to the hotel"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23
The SAVAGE Gnlada.

nen prize comes TO Dc Ollereu
for the biggest, ugliest, most savage
and rarest monkey, it will undOubt-
edly go to the Gelada that New York
wild beast and bird importer had in
his place. According to the authori-
ties on natural history, the Gelada
grows to be as large as man. If 80,
this specimen is only about half grown.
The dOg-faced balloon is beauty beside
him, and even the gorilla is compara-
lively amiable. The Gelada's head is
comparatively small, aft of his enOr-
nous protruding muzzlc, and looks as
if it merely held brains enough to fur
nish the malace that burns in his
wicked little eyes. Not even an alli-
gator has more openness of expression
than he, and such teeth us his not even
a lion or tiger posses. The canine
fangs are a good inch and half in
length, keenly pointed at their tips,
and their inner edges are almost as
sharp as raZors. Travellers aver that
his sprightly habit in combat is to
"spring upon his enemy and bury his
teeth in the throat, then to violently
the throat TO ribbons"
The beast looks as if he would act
in just that way, if he thought it was
the mcancst thing he could do. His
nose consists of two ugly broad nos
trils with a double tube connection up
into his head. When he wants to show
his frightful teeth he tlops his upper
lip back and doubles that nose over
upon itself. On his breast is a large
lozenge-shaped patch of skin, bare of
hair, which becomes brilliantly GRIM
son when he is very angry. 1t is al
ways rather red, for his temper is
never good. A mantle of very long
and thick black fur springs from his
neck, and falls down over his should
ers. His arms and legs are very long
and powerful, his finger and toe nails
are like an eagles claws in length and
sharpness, andhe can use either hands
or feet equally well in grabbing, tear
ing or clawing piece out of the hand
or clothing incautiously put within his
reach. lie is said to be an unconquer-
able and treacherous savage, capable
of no such thing as gratitude, atfec-
ton or good nature. What he pines
for most is fight with somebody. In
his native wilds, in the high mountains
of Abyssinia, 5000 to 10000 feet above
the level Of the sea, he revels in
combat with the regular balloons of
the country, fighting with clubs,
stones, teeth and claws, and always
coming off victorious except when
there is an overwhelming force against
him. In captivity he spends his time
plotting malicious things and lying in
wait for chances to do them.
There must be plenty Of Geladas in
Abyssinia, for the books of natural
history tell us that "they are gregarious
and generally stay up in the noun
tains, but make incursions in very
small bodies of 100 or 200 down tc
the lowlands, and do great damage tc
the fields Of the natives" But they
are exceedingly rare in captivity. In
Europe it has never been found prac.
ticable to keep one longer than twenty
days. In its wild state it lives or
snails, ,worms-tO get at which it turns
over big stOnes-and upon the CT >ps OF
the eXasperated farmers in its vicinity
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23

GAS our way lies east this morn
ing, yours lies west. You may go first.
Never cross the path of any of us again,
and be thankful in what the gods sent
you last night there was hope for yoI.
Be thankful for life this morning"
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23
THE 7ye UIg CHRLS7!n.A.S.
HENRY VAUGHAN, 1621-1695.

SO, stick up ivy and the bays,
And thsn restore the heathen ways,
Green will remind you of the spring,
Though this great day denies the thing;
And mor;iies the earth. and all
But your wild revels, and loose ball.
Could you wear flowers, and roses strow
Blushing upon your breasts warm snow,
That very dress your lightness will
Rebuke and wither at the i'll.
The brightness of this day we owe
Not unto music, masqDe, nor show,
Nor gallant furniture, NOR plato,
But to the hangers mean estate.
His life while here, as well as birth,
Was but q check to pomp and mirth;
And ali mans greatness you may see
Condemned by His humility.
Then leave your open house and noise,
To welcome Him with holy joys,
And the poor shepherds watchfulness:
Whom light and hymns from heaven did bless
What You abound with, cast abroad
To those that want, and ease your load,
Who empties thus will bring more i'm
But riot is both loss and sin;
Dress finely what comes not in sight, and
then you keep your Christmas right.
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23
THE CARD OF ST. NICK.

I never could exactly understand him he
has such a short, blunt way of saying things,
that sometimes it seems as though he was really
cross but actions speak SO much louder than
words, that know he must have one of the
kindest of hearts in the world. | feel some
times almost afraid to speak to him because of
that bluff way of his but 1 cannot always help
it at this time of year particularly, there are
so many questions to ask about one thing and
another, which no one can answer so well as st.
Nick, that try to get up courage and say a few
words Just to try his mood and it often hap
pens that 1 find out good deal of what
wanted to know, and that he will even be led to
talking about himself little, and in q general
way.
OF course any such personal remarks are
always of more interest to me than anything
else he could tell me, and when he warns in his
genial hearty fashion to the recital Of u story
or the recollection of some jolly adventure, i
wonder that l was ever afraid to approach him,
and in listening to his voluntary information
forget half of the childish questions i intended
to ask.
| met him the other day at the corner of
Washingt on street and Temple place, looking
at some shawls exhibited in window. l
Thought it might be fortunate occurrence for
me, as, possibly, 1 could induce him to look
about in my company and give me some sug-
gestions as to trit:ug purchases had in mind,
1t would at least be no harm to ask him.
"Umph!" said he in reply to my persuasions.
go shopping with woman? don't ask it
"People have very strange notions in regard
to my business" he continued. Nowadays
my duties are hardly what they used to be.
cannot give any such attention to details as
did when you were child. can only have a
general oversight of matters, and give hint
now and then where think it is needed.
cannot do in all things, just as l would like to ;
am. at best, only an agent, and that is what
people seem least of all to understand.
"You mustn't mind il l don't go with you
I shall be near at hand and, dare say, shall
come across you dozen times during the day.
| When you see me you will notice that am busy
| in my own way. Very likely it appears to be u
meddlesome way but make point of obey
ing instructions, always, without regard to ap-
| pearances. So excuse me now."
Saying this, St. Nick turned away after tall.
| large man wearing a sealskn coat
am not in the habit of playing the spy, but
in this instance my curiosity prompted me to
| follow him. He turned into u store, walking
near behind the tall man, and as l had an er-
rand in the same store, considered it quite
lawful for me to go in also
As entered, st. Nick had just tapped the
sealskin coat on the shoulder, and the wearer,
who was standing at the glove counter, turned
around and greeted him with
"Oh! ah How dye do?"
"Isn't it rather early?" said st. Nick.
"Why, no, said the other; ''sleighing is COM
ing right along, you see. think it looks like
snow this morning."
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23
Only a Little Cold.

In the days when Jay Cooke was adj
vertising the charms of the great North
west in his prospectuses of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, the ''Banana Zone" was
frequently mentioned, but it appears
never to have been found. One OF the
victims of the banana delusion, however,
must have written the following dispatch
from st. Paul, which was received Fri
day, December Sth, 1882:
''The lowest range of the mercury at
the Signal Office for the last twenty-four
hours was 1876 degrees below zero,
though some private thermometers
showed 25 degrees below. At o'clock
last night the mercury stood at 7 de-
grees below. The usual exaggerated re-
ports are received of the severity of the
cold at various points, but are not be-
lieved."
A man who would not believe it was
cold in his part of the country when his
own thermometer marked twenty-five
degrees below zero must hold startling
notions as to what constitutes cold day.
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23
UNDER THE .S1NO W.
By ROBERT CoLLYER.

Ii was Christmas eve in the year fourteen,
And as ancient dalesmen used to tell,
The widest winter they ever had seen.
With the snow lying deep on moor and feH.
When Wagner John got ont his team
Sniler and Whitefoot, Duke and Gray,
With the light in his eyes of young mans
dream,
As he thought of his wedding on New Years
Day.
To Ruth, the maid with the bonnie brown hair,
And eyes of the deepest, sunniest blue,
Modest and winsomc and wondrous fair,
And true to her troth, for her heart was true.
"Thou's surely not going," shouted mine host.
"Thou'll be lost in the drift as sure as thou's
born.
Thy lass winnot want to wed wi ghost.
And that's what thoul be on Christmas morn.
cts eleven long miles fra Skipton toon,
To Blueberg hooses and Washburn dale,
"Thou had better turn back and sit thee doom,
And comfort thy heart wi a drop o good ale. y
Turn the swallows flying South,
Turn the vines against the sun,
Herds from rivers i'll the drouth,
Men must dare or nothing's done.
So what cares the lover for storm or drift,
Or peril of death ON the haggard way,
He sings to himself like lark in the lift,
And the joy in his heart turns December to
May.
But the wind from the north brings a deadly
Creeping into his heart, and the drifts are
deep.
Where the thick of the storm strikes Blueberg
hill,
He is weary and falls on pleasant sleep.
And dreams be is walking by Washburn side,
Walking with Ruth on IL summers day,
Singing that song to his bonnie bride,
His own life forever and aye.
Now read me this riddle, how Ruth should hear
That song of heart in the clutch of DOOM
It stole ON her ear, distinct and clear,
As if her lover was i'll the room.
And read me this riddle, how Ruth should
know,
As she bounds to throw open the heavy door,
That her lovcs is lost in the drifting snow
Dying OF dead on the great wild moor.
"Help help !" "Lost lost! /"
Rings through the night AZ she rushes away
Stumbling, blinded and tempest-tossed,
Straight to the drift where her lover lay.
And swift they leap after her into the night,
Into the drifts by Blueberg hill.
Pullan, Ward, Robinson, each with his light,
To find her there, holding him, white and
still.
'He was dead in the drift then,"
/ hear them say,
As listen and wonder,
Forgetting to play,
Fifty years syne come Christmas Day.
"Nay, nay, they were wed, the dalesman cried.
"By Parson Carmalt on New Years Day.
Bonnie Ruth were me great-great-grandsire's S
bride,
And Master Frankland gave her away"
"But how did she find him under the snow?'
They cried with laughter, touched with
tears.
"Nay, lads" he said softly, "we never can
know.
No, not if we live hundred years."
There's q sight o things gan
To the making o man,
Then rushed to my play
With whoop and away,
Fifty years syne come Christmas Day.
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23

EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS. of the &c.
761, 900 people in this country over ten
years of age, nearly 100000 cannot
read and 6, ,239, 900 cannot write. OF the
number who cannot write 3,019,000 are
white, of whom 2,255,000 are native
white and 100000 foreign-bon; $780,
900 are colored, all practically native
born. Taking the whole population of
what may be called the literate age, II
per cent are illiterate Cannot write); 9
per cent. of the whites and 8.7 per cent.
OF the native whites illiterate, 12 per
cent. of the foreign-born and 70 per cent.
of the blacks.
Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-23

BABY born on Christmas is appropriately
styled holler-day gift
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14

night gown before the ruddy fireplace and praying Santa Claus for merry Christmas Fred Dielman's little children singing carols before lighted Christmas tree, the third popular card, is charming, and the others are also we'll worth looking at,
 Lee < Shepard of Boston, have this year published light poems in what they cali the ''Golden Floral" style, and very beautiful style it is Each book has @ cover, upon which are wrought the most exquisite floral designs upon a gold ground, and each one of these designs has been chosen so to be in perfect harmony and symbolism with the spirit of the poem. The edges of the cover are ornamented with heavy silk fringe, thus enhancing the beauty and finish of the book. Tennyson's "Ring Out, Wild Bells" IS one of the poems so treated The illustrations and the binding. The former are from designs by Miss L. B. Humphrey, engraved by An drew, and are so full of expression and so exquisitely wrought asto impart fresh life to the poem itself. This any of the other books of the series would make an appropri- ate Christmas or New Years gift.
 One of the most artistic of the holiday books for children is that published by Mar GUS Ward & Co.,, entitled Abroad" The designs are by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton, and an entirely original series of pictures in colors representing a trip from London to Paris and through Normandy, made by English children; and all the inter- esting sights they saw, with descriptive verses by various writers Every page has been specially designed for this work, which is as truly novel in the decoration and treat ment of color, as in idea. It is entirely within the comprehension of children, while as work of art it will be admired alike by ama- teurs and artists. For sale in this city by Judd the bOOkseller
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14
MI THODICAL.

'SWhat would you do, MT. M, if your wife died ?' asked Mrs. D. MT. M. (who is very methodical) -t'I would bury her. r."-Phil0- de1lhia Item.
 Another largest telescope in the world" has just been erected. It brings the moon so close that the man can be distinctly heard yelling ''Don't shoot ''PAiLadeiphi0 Neaos. Artists are fond of praising the ''old mas ters' in oil. There are about 8 dozen old masters in crude oil that will find it to their advantage to keep away from this city Even lamb will turn when trampled on.-Pitts- burg Tezegraz'h.
 A countryman sowing his ground, two smart fellows riding that way, one of them called to him with inso1ent air. Well, honest fellow" said he, " 'tis your business to SOW, but we reap the fruits of your la bor' To which the countryman replied, ''''Tis very likely you may, for I am sowing hemp"
 Time to die-A Respectable Cow once ap- rroached 8 Butcher with the Remark, ''Will you Kindly knock me in the Head, for already I have Lived too long ?" And why ?" asked the Butcher in Amusement, Do you Desire to Perish ?'' s'Because," replied the Con- overwhelmed by the Awful Thought that I am Boss. .''-Den0er Tribune.
 Keokuk, Iowa, man has fitted up large refrigerator for freezing and packing poultry for the eastern market. It is becoming com mon in the West to use refrigerator cars instead of shipping live poultry. When a hen is dead and frozen she isn't so likely to get out when the train stops at way station and give her owner half hours sweat in his efforts to retake her.-iSonaer0tlle Journal.
 No word spoken when they met,
 By either -sai gay
 And yet one badly smtten was,
 "Twas mentioned the next day.
 They met by nance this autumn eve.
 With neither glance nor bow
 They often came together
 freight train and
 -ArkaTsas Horse Shoe.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14
Jefferson Davis.
Anecdotes of the Early Life of the Con
 feuerate President.

Anecdotes of the Early Life of the Con-
 federate President.
 correspondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, writing from Galena, H., says: Four men sat down to B game of cards at the military post in Prairie du Chien in 1884. The game was 5cent ante "draw poker, fayorite amusement among Gen. Taylor s officers at that time. One of the young gen. tlemen was a United States officer, a lieuten- ant then stationed at that point, and his name was Jefferson Davis. the individual wAo sub sequently became president of the southern confederacy. The name of the second gen item ln was Capt. w. A. Warren, now & resident of Bellevue, Jackson county, Ia, the third, John Lorrain. then assistant paymaster in the employ of the Hudson Bay Fur company, at present an honored citizen of Galena, and the fourth, gentleman by the name of liar rison southerner, and noted in early days as duellist. During the progress of the game Harrison detected Davis cheating by skillfully secreting cards up his coat sleeve. Hot words passed ~between the two men, which resulted in Harrison skipping Davis square in the face with the back of his hand. The latter failed to resent the terrible insult in any way, and was berated by his friends and fellow officers for his cowardice, Davis' failure to challenge Harrison was probably owing to the fact that the latter was a dead shot with pistol at 20 paces, and had as much dare devil courage in his nature as any other cut throat in the land. JeeHrson DAVIS was frequently in Galena during his period of duty at Prairie du Chien and was we'll &C., quainted with many of our early settlers. Among the number was the late Reddin Ben nett, with whom he was especially intimate. It was customary for him to come down to Galena every two or three weeks and spend his time while here drinking rum and mo lasses, of which he wes very fond. He could hold and stand up under more liquor than any other man in the West, at that time, and during his frolics with his friend Bennett, who was 8 '1ikely drinker'' (although one of the most honorable of mem, he invariably laid the latter out, and anyone else who saw fit to ttackle" him. When Davis ran away with Gen. Taylor's lovely daughter, he came in rickety conveyance as far as Bnrt's mill, in Grant county, Wis, owned by the father of Hon. Charles s. Burt of Dubuque, la, and who is now living in the town of Dunleith this county Mir. Burt, knowing the young lieutenant well and strongly sympathizing with him in his love affair loaned him fleet horse and buggy, with which Davis drove to Galena with his lady love, and was married in the office of the late Justice Cormick, who was Methodist exhorter as we'll as a mag istrate Gen. Taylor was an enemy of Davis for depriving him of his daughter until the gallant charge of his son in law at Monterey when he rode up to him in the field, and { grasping him by the hand, forgave him, and enthusiastically complimented him for his bravery.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14

Fortunes have been made in the recent great oil speculation, but fortunes have also been lost. Facts on the gloomy side of the speculation are coming to light every day. Defalcations, insanity and suicide are among tho results of the reckless gambling. Philadelphia papor gives some instances of those who were 'cleaned out" as follows
 One old Warren county farmer put $2,50O, the savings of a lifetime, and $500 of bor- rowed money in oil and lost it all. wealthy Crawford county widow, we'll up in years contributed $15,OOO. A Venango county belle and heiress lost her jewels and most of her wardrobe in tho shuttle, and poor shop girl in town of the same county put her all, $2O0, in the whirlpool, and in her desperate endeavor to save 1t sank an equal amount of her employers money. She has fled to house of ill fame at Dayton, Ohio, and although her employer knows her whereabouts he refrains from prosecution She had been highly respected. doluded young farmers son near Edenburg, in that county, mortgaged his house to it's full value and with the proceeds and several years earnings margined oil at $1.25 and lost it all Instances like these will go on multiplying for weeks and yet the half will never be told.
 Minneapolis is what might properly be called growing place. Last year $G, 900, GOO were invested in new buildings, and the city increased some 12,000 in population. This year $S, 900, 900 has been spent in building and probably 15, GOO souls added to the popu- lation. A classification of Minneapolis build ing statistics for the year now closing shows that over g., GOO, GOO were invested in private residences, and nearly ss2, GOO, 900 in brick and stone business blocks. Nearly $1 ,SOO,- 900 were invested in mills and manufacto. ries, and about S25O, 900 in churches and schools. The great milling interests of Minneapolis are increasing in importance every year, while the rapid development of the northwest has called out the greatest activity in the lumber interest. The railroads centering in the city are pressing on to the remoteSt sections of the north and west, and already pass through thousands of miles of grain fields, the product of which finds it's way to Minneapolis, to be ground there or handled for shipment by the power ful wheat syndicate whose headquarters are in Minneapolis. These railroads are in them selves source of great wealth to Minneapo- lis. One of them has expended $1,500OO0 within the city limits this year, and another has built immeuse repair shops, which g i've employment to 800 mechanics.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14

The most important matter before the Alabama Legislature is the question of abol- ishing the "crop lien law" ," which gives those advancing money to raise 8 crop certain preferences over other creditors. It is urged that the practical effect of the law Is to put numbers of negroes almost absolutely into the hands of merchants and to encourage shiftlessness, while upon the other hand it is claimed that if merchants did not aid negroes in this way landlords would oppress them, and that they would in many cases be unable to raise crops at all