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COUNTY OFFICERS.
President Judjre S. P. Johnson.
Additional Lav Judjre lion. Jlio. P.
Vincent.
Associate Judge .E. C. Schultze,
Jesse Nyler.
District Attorney J. K. P. Hall.
Sheriff Jicob MeOauley.
Prothonotary &c, Fred. Schnening.
Treasurer Claudius V. Gr t His.
Co. Superintendent Uul'us Lucore.
Commissioners II. Warner, Jos. W.
Taylor, Lotus V ol!tnr.
Auditors Clark Wilcox, George D.
County .Surveyor Ceo. Wnlmsley.
Messenger, and Jofetih Willioliii.
Jury Commissioner!). George Dickinsn,
ana Horace Little. .
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
Second Monday in January,
Last Monday in April.
First Monday in August.
First M'.'tiday in November.
HYDE HOUSE,
KinowAY, Ei. Co., T
W. II. SCII 11 AM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronge heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prietor, hopes, ry paying strict attention
to t tic comfort an 1 convenience of guests, to
merit a coiiiinuanco of the same.
Oct 110 lSilt).
T
MIlAVElt IIOUSjS,
RIDGWAV. PA.
D.'.VID THAYER, l'roprictor.
The undersigned having fitted up a large
and commodious hotel on the southwest
corner of Centre and Mill streets, with good
and convenient stabling attached, respect
fully solicits the patronage of his old friends
and the pul lie generally.
declS uti Ij DAVID THAYER.
K
EKSKY HOUSE,
CuNTwtvitLE, Elk Co., Pa.
II. 1$. Leach, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to
the comfort, ard convenience of gueBts, to
merit a continuance of the same.
vlnilOly.
All orders for Stoves and Hardware
will be promptly attended to as soon
as received, at the
12 67 St. MARY'S HARDWARE STORE.
'vr0RT0X iiouss'
ERIE. PA-
M. V. Jloore. (late of the llydt House)
Proprietor.
Open Day and Night
30tf.
CARDS, Blll-IIeads, Letter-Heads, Tags,
Handbill, 4c, done in a neat manner,
and at the lowkst pbicr. FOR. CASH, at
tlie Elk Advocate Printing Office.
J OU18 11. GARNER,
J PRACTICAL MACHINIST,
Can be found at his Foundry at St. Mary's
where he is ready to have all shop-work in
his line dono ou short notiee. St. Mary's;
Beniinger P. O , Elk ce., Pa. myl'68'ly
X D. PARSONS,
Manufacturer and Dealer in Boots & Shoes,
Main St., opposite Hotel,
nov27y Wacox, Pa.
YT P. C. KRUMME, M. D.,
J J, Physician and Surgeon, Ridgway Elk
Co. Pa Oilice above store of R. 5. Gillia
Office hours from 8 to 10A. M. and S to 8 P.
Jf. vlnStf.
ORDS OF WISDOM.
FOR YOUNG MEN,
On the Ruling Passion in YouA and Early
Manhood, with SELF HELP for the Erring
and unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter en
Telnpes, free of charge. Address, HOWARD
ASSOCIATION. Box P. Philadeldhia, Pa.
ENRY SOUTHER,
Atterney-at-Law
(feb29'68).
Ridgway, Pa.
ISITINQ CARDS
ed at this oVree.
NEATLY JEXflCUT-
TXECUTIONS, SUMMONS, 8UBPCB.
1 1 i nas,
'j nil. VYarrante. sc.. on hand and tnr
sale at this office
A GUESS tOR LIFE.
A volume could be filled of the strange
delusions entertained by bad men the re
markable pertinanoity and cunning they
dsrjlaved in carrying ont the whims of
their diaorderd minds. In their wild freaks
maniacs frequently evince a method in their
planning, an adroitness and coolness that
would do credit to the shrewdest sace per
son. -Wo give below a thrilling iucident
which actually occurred as related, one ol
the parties to it h&viug been a prominent
army officer :
When my regiment was mustered out of
service, I bade adieu to my old comrad s,
and to the army, and opened an effico in
the flourishing town of L . -
Aa I was starting for the supper table
on the evening of the third day after my
arrival, the office bell rang violently, and
soon the boy came in and said that a man
wanted to see the doctor.
The visitor was standing by the fire when
I entered. He was a tall, powerful man
a perfeet giant compard to my "five foot
six;" and his great head and bushy black
hair were well fitted to the monstrous form.
"If you are at liberty, doctor, please come
with me. It is bat a few steps, and you
will not need a carriage." . .
I put on my coat and hat and followed
him. It was my first call in- L , and I
fondly hoped it was the forerunner .of -many
others.
The man strode on. a paco ahead of mo
all tho time, notwithstanding my endcav.
ors to keep at his side, and spoke not a
word, not even answering my questions.
Stopping before a substantial looking.
residence on one of tho principal streets,
applied the latch key, and led me into a
pleasant little room on the eocond floor (a
study, I thought it), hung about with good
paintings, and elegant chromos, and lined
with books of every name.
"Take a seat, doctor ; I will step out a
moment, lake this chair by the fire. -It
is a bitter oold night."
The chair was a great unweild thing,
but exceedingly comfortable, I threw ray
feet upon the fender, and leaned back on
the cushion, very well satisfied to warm a
little before seeing my patient.
1 heard the man approach the door,
open and close it again. I supposed he had
gone out, but did not look around to see.
Indeed, I had no time, for a stout cord
was thrown over my wrists and across my
breast, and a handkerchief bound over my
mouth so quickly that I could make no
move to prevent it. When I was perfect-.
lv secure, my conductor stepped in front oi
me and looked with much interest at uiy
vain attempts to free myself.
Good stout cord, isn't it 7" be asked.
''It ha never been broken, and many a
stouter man than you has tried it. There,
now, be quiet a while and I will tell you
what I want" '
lie went to a cabinet that stood in the
eornor ol the room, and taking a long, wicked-looking
knife from one of the drawers,
ran his thumb over the edge, and felt of
the point, all the while talking in the most
common place manner immaginable.
'I have studied the art of guessing for
years,' said he. "I can guess anything ;
that is my guessing chair that you aro: sit
ting in now ; and I take great pleasure in
mparting my knowledge to others. This
is what I want sf you to night. I did in.
tend to make you guess that, but I have
thought of something better."
He bad become satisfied with edge and
point of his knife, and was pacing up and
down the room, giving me a full history of
the world, interspersed with tacts relative
to the art of guessing, at which time he al.
ways stepped in front of me.
"Did you ever study it, doctor ? I know
you bavn't I am the only one that ever
reduced it to a science. Sinee I left my
noble veterans, I have devoted my whole
time to it; and now I am about to initiate
you into its mysteries, it you are worthy."
He was standing before ma so very calm
that I did not think that he intended to
harm me ; but when I looked into bis eyes,
burning with fire of insanity, I felt my sit
uation was desperate indeed, '
"I must test you," he said. MI must see
whether you are naturally gifted or not,
before I waste much time with you. If I
remove the hankercheif will you answer my
questions f .-, t
I nodded an affirmative; aud he removed
it-. 1 '.
"Now, tor clear doctor, you are, aa entire
stranger to mt. Without the least doubt
you have often hcatd of me, but it will be
a hard task to distingu ish me my namo
from all other great men of the time. You
may gnoss it, doctor. What is it V
He had brought his face so -near to mine
that t could feel his hot breath and fancied
tnat I could feol the heat of those terrible
eyes'. The long keen blade he was holding
ovej me for what?' to take my life ill
failed
"Guess! guess I" he screamed. "If you
fail, it will be your last guess in the world.'
I dared not cry out ; the knife was oo near;
I could not escape for the stroog cords
bound me to that chair I could not lift, and
raise myself aud I could not bo there,
and lose my life. What could I do ?
"It is a bard guess, and I will give you
three minutes to answer it," he said.
I summoned all ray courage, which had
never yet failed me even in the awful
hour of battle and looking him steadily
in the eye, said :
"I know you sir, ; so where is the use of
guessing ? I have seen you on the battle
field marshalling your hosts to victory. I
have seen you cut down a score of men
with your own sinsrle arm. I have seen
you put to flight a whole battallion.
know you everybody knows you. Your
name is in my mouth "
I remembered what he had said about
his veterans, and had tried this harangue
to divert Lis attention. I paused to mark
the effect.
"Yes ! -yes, doclor ! But what is it," he
reamed again. 'Thirty seconds !'
'Great Cod! What would I have not
given for a clue to that madman's fancy!
Thirty seconds, and how short a second is!
Tho kuife was raised higher, that it might
ain motion by the distance. II is body
was braced for the stroke, and his eyes on
the mark. '
"Only ten seconds more ! What is it?''
Thcrt was only one hope for me, and
that was to guoss. I felt lhat ho consider
ed himself some great man ; as he had spo
ken of veterans, some military chieftain.
I thought of our own heroes and tho name,
of many of them were upon my lips, but
I dared not utter them. It was tho great
est chinco game I had ever played. My
life depeuded on the guessing of a name. I
thought of all the European generals, but
cast them aside again auu came back to our
own side of the water.
"Twosecpndj?" screamed the lunatic.
Without a thought, almost without a
violation, I spoke a name, breathing a si.
lent piaycr that jt might be the right oue :
u2tapoleon Bonaparte."
"Ilight !" said the madman, throwing
aside his knife-and undoing tho cords that
held me; "I was mistaken in you, doctor,
you have true genius ; this is your first les
son; come at this hour every evening and
I will teach jou the beautiful art the way
to immortal fame."
As I aroso from the chair, weak and
trembling, the door opened softly and four
strong men entered and secured the maniac.
I started for home well pleasad that I had
go, through with my first guessing lesson,
and fervently hoping I should never be
called upon to take another.
Wno Got it A young lawyer was ex
amining a bankrupt as to how he had spent
his money. There were about two thou
sand dollars unaccounted for, when the
attorney put on a severe scrutiniz'ng face,
and exclaimed with much self-complacency,
"Now sir, I want you to tell this court and
jury how you used those two thousand dol
lars ?" The bankrupt put on a serio-comic
face, winked at the audiance and exclaimed :
"The lawyers got that!" The judge and
the audiance Were convulsed with laugh
ter, and the counselor was glad to let the
bankrupt go.
Heauken unto what the Hev. J. D.
Fulton, of I5o8too, says to the Scribes aud
Pharisees of Gotham. And here, says he,
is 'your' Theodore Tiiton, editor of "your
Independent, a paper that tells the young
men of America not to drink. Yet when
I dined at Delmonico,s once, great Was my
astonishment to see him unblushingly driuk
iog wine. 'What!' said I, 'are you drink
ing wine, Theodore?' 'Yes; I drink it for
the sake or my brains.' 'Then, for the
Sake of your reputation, stop.'
When Anna Dickinson was at Salt Lake
City, a crowd gathered at the hotel to ser.
eoade somebody, when a eall was made for
"Miss Dickinson." A dispute took plaee
as. to whether it was "Mis or Mister,"
when a compromise was effected by an in
dividual who shouted, 'bring it oat I"
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
A correspondent of the Boston Jowna I
writes from Marblehead ;
"The schooner Henry W. Brown, of
Marblehead, which arrived lrom the
Banks yesterday, reports the loss of two
of the hand?, under the following cir
cumstances : In a gale of last Thursday,
while on tho home trip, it blew so bard
that it became necessary to take in Fail,
In doing so tho main sheet got loose, and
ono ot the hands, John MclCacliran by
name, sprang to fasten it. As ho caught
the slack of the sheet in his hand the ves
sel gave a lurch, aud the boom drawing
the sheet tij;ht. snapped young McHach
ran overboard.
"Another hand named Geo. Bauisdell,
seeing the condition of his shipmate,
caught the rope, and throwing over' the
line lost his footing and pitched into the
sea. The agoney of those on board may
be imagined when it is known that the
father of youtig McKaohran stood on the
vessel's deck and saw his son drowning
before his eyes and he powerless to help
him. Life bouys were thrown to the
men, striking within a foot of thorn, but
owing to the high sea they sank before
they could reach the bouys. Although
a dangerous sea was tunning, the crew
threw out a drag and tried every pi,ssi.
ble means to suocor them, but it was
useless. They sank before aid could
reach them.
"As the vessel came up the harbor with
her flag at half mast, of course quite a
crowd was attracted to learn the cause.
When tho crew landed on the what fa
brother of young McKacfuan ran up to his
fjther crying out: 'Father, where is
John? Why don't John come? The
father burst out crying, and the lookers-ou
turned awny with tears in their eyes. The
scene of the desolate father, with tears run.
ning down his checks, leading his sobbing
and heartbroken little boy from the wharf,
is ono which the spectators will never for
Ret." AN OnS2 01iY.
Sam Black, who owned a snug little
farm, was somewhat startled one day by
an offer of more than double the worth of
it in greenbacks,
"Shall you sell the farm, Samuel ?
as-ked his wifo
"Certainly I shall," said 8am, "if the
excited individuals don't back out or
prove to bo a couple of escaped lunatics,
as I hall suppose them to be."
After the bargain was made and the
money paid, one ot them took Sam and
his wife to the back part of '.he farm,
where was a small excavation in the ground,
filled up by the recent rain.
'See what you've lost and we'vo gained !"
said tho exited individual, scooping up
soino of the water in an old tin cup, and
holding it up for inspection.
Sure enough, tho oil was half an inch
thick on the top of the water.
Sam was iudignant. If he had'nt beon
a fool, as he said to his wifo, and watched
for indications, he might have died a
millionaire.
Sam's wife was bursting with laughter,
but constraining herself, she coaxed her
husband into the house, and told him the
whole story.
'You remember when I had my cough
last winter and the doctor recommended
cod li?er oil, Sam, and you brought home
a whole gallon, because you got it cheap,
and made me promise to take a. dose three
times a day ? Well, I didn't, and it stood
iu the closet until I cleaned the house,
when I threw it iuto tho hole at tho foot
of the garden."
Sam saw the joke, and pocketed the
cream of it in the 'shape of a pile of green
backs. At last accounts Sam was living in
clover, while the hunters wcte industrious
ly boring and may be yet, for al! we khow.
S"A doting mother ot a waggish boy
having bottled a lot of nice preseivcs, la
beled them, "Put up by Mrs. D ,"
Johnny, having discovered them, soon uto
the contents ot one bottle, wrote on the
bottom label, "Pnt down by Johnny D ."
ISiyGregg Harper is 124 year old ne
gro, of whom Indiana makes her boast. He
expects to be a celestial Harper.
aSylt is calculated that five out of six
letter writers wind up with "Yours truly,"
while the rest add "llespectlully Yours."
5?There are only three ways of gett
ing out of a scrape write out, back out,
t'ut the best way is to keep out.
PLOWING YITII ELEPHANTS.
Several years ago Mr P. T. Burnum
put an elephant to the plow on a piece of
land ho owned on the line of the New
York and New Haven Railioad, at Bridge
port. The duly costumed and turhaned
"Asiatic" who attended tho elophaut was
sure to be seen busily engaged in plowing
whenever n train passed by, and ere long
all the papers in tho country noticed this
new and wondcrlul feature in agriculture
in Connecticut. Thousands of persons
came from all parts of the country to see
liatnum'a elephant plow. Presidents and
secretaries of agricultural societies wrote
to Barnum to know whether tho elephant
really was a valuable addition to tho ani
mals used for farm labor; how much work
he could do ; how much food he required,
and how much he could draw.
To which Mr. Barnutn invariubly re
plied that the cost of keeping such ac
animal, to say nothing of the original cost
of from 810,000 to 30,000 for an ele
phant, would preclude the general intro
duction of elephants upon New England
farms. But then, as to how much an
elephant could draw, why he calculated
that this elephant, plowing in Bridgeport,
would draw al least 100,000 visitors dur
ing the summer to Barnum's Museum in
New York.
And no doubt it did. There never was
a better bit of out. door advertising.
But in England they are now manufac
turing large numbers of elephant plows,
which arc scut to India, for there the
animal is made serviceable in this way.
Two men guHo the plow, another man
directs tho an'mel, and tha elephant
Marches along nil day, turning up a ridge
and leaving a furrow three feet deep and
four and a half feet broad. This is deep
and sub-soil plowing with a vengeance.
TOO FO.D OF SUGAR. .
The Knoxvillo Press and ILralJ relates
the following : '
"Onr friend T likes sweet things
From the lips of a pretty maiden to a lump
of sugar, nothing comes amiss to him in
tho saccharine lino. Especially is ho fond
of sugar. Sugar in the cane, n'igr in hia
drinks, or sugar per sct finds an ardent lover
in T . Living in a picturesque ham
let, not twenty miles from Knoxvillo, he
often comes to town on business or pleasure.
On such occasions he plays havoc with
confectioner's sweet-meats, and is a mortal
foe to the samplers of sugar in the whole
sale merchant's sample rooms. On Satur
day, fricud T , being in town, called at
the store of one of our largest wholesale
firms. While engaged in tho purchase of
a liue of teas and coffees, ho noticed a sam
plo of white sugar on a sheet of letter paper,
aud thoughtlessly, by force of habit, tasted
it. Before long the sugar had dUappeered
A clerk io the employ of the firm, com.
ing into the room a few minutes afterwaids,
noticed the disappearance ol the sugar.
Aware of the peccant of T for sweets,
the clerk at once came to the conclusion
tho disappearance ot tho sugar was to be
aid at tho door or rathor ac the mouth of
tho gentleman from the country. Bciug
well acquaiutcd with T the clerk cou.
ceived a joke at his expense. Calling to
tho merchant, who was engaged conversing
with T the clerk excitedly asked him
if he had noticed that rat poison lyiog
around ?
"Bat poison, where is it?"
'Lying about here on a piece of pap3r."
'Uh what did it look like? 'said the
now Btartlcd T .
"Well, it looked like white sugar. The
fact is, it was white sugar, impregnated with
arsenic acid," quietly answered the clerk.
"Oh!, ah! hold me ! I'm . dying J I
thought it was sugar, and I eat it," shouted
the now thorotghly frigtened sugar eater.
"My gracious, it will kill you! No, it
won't either, if you don't driuk auy water
Bats cat it, and then drink water, aud bust,"
maliciously ciicd the clerk.
The sngar, together with the desire for
a drink of water, aided by the boated imag
ination of poor T - , made him thiuk he
was dying wiih tho thirst produced by the
poison, and hastily Etriding toward the door,
he shouted hoarsely:
"A doctor for God.s etke, lead me to a
doctor; I'm poisoned."
The elerk hastily ran after him, end catch
ing him before be reached the street,
between bursts of laughter' managed to re.
lie ve the scared T - from the terror
which was fast depriving him of reason.
T laughed heartily, too, after awhile,
but he don't think enough of that clerk to
spend a great deal of money on a present
for him next Christmas.
Cost of a Vo7nin of the Period, Fidly
Made Up.
Her beautiful, luxuriant blonde hair is
worth if it bo a wig from fifty to two
hundred dollars ; if it be a switch, from
ten to one hundred dollar; if it be curio,
from ten to fifty dollars.
Her pure white brow, her dark, arched,
eyebrows, cost from four dollars to four
hundred.
Her large, liquid eyes ore worth a dollar
Her white face and neck (when enam
eled) are procured at a price ranging from
fifteen Jollnisto thirty-five dollars.
The glowing rose and virgin lily of her
cheek tost everywhere, with the Variou
soaps, cosmetics, etc., five dollars.
Her fautless, gleaming ivories, if false,
cost her from twenty. five to two hundred
dollars.
Her ruby lips are woith about twenty,
five cents.
Her round, plump chteks, if plumpers,
cost five dollars.
Her swelling bosom is gotten up, if
pads, for one or two dollars ; if respirators,
for five dollars to ten dollars ; if balm and
developers, for fourteen dollars-
Her Grecian bend is worth anywhere
from nothio" to ten dollars.
Keepinu Potatoes. It is a bad plan
to place potatoes against the damp walls of
a cellar, or to put them in large, deep bins,
where they will be likely to guther mois
ture. If bics are used, the bottom should
be made of straps, with small spaces left
between, to admit ait. Barrels or open
poxes are also good, as well as convenient
vessels, in which to keep potatoes, and
whenever it is neccsary to look over and
pick out decayed tubers, it is more easily
done than when a large number of bnshels
are placed in one heap or bin. Cellars in
which potatoes are kept should not be too
light, because it will, as every farmer knows,
make them tuin green, and injure their
flavor and value. IIcart and Home.
Did you ever notice how the weeds get
ready for winter? The perennial ones such
as Pocks, Thistles and D&nde'.ions, etc.,
from this year's seeds hare-grown into neat
little plants with a rosette of leaves which
lays close to the ground. In this condition
they look very innocent, but just lift one of
them and see what a root it has. With
out making any show about it, it. has been
laying in an underground store of food, and
as soon as warm weather comes, it will puU
with astonishing vigor. It docs no good to
cut their heads off with a hoc at this time,
tor the leaves have done their work Noth
ing short of uprooting will be certain to
destroy them.
C&yTho billiardist Carme,whoiS now irt
New Orleans, places twelve balls in a line,
nearly touching each other, across oue
end of the table and striking them one by
one iu succession, all of them going round
the table twice, so that nearly all of them
are iu motion at the saute time, running
hither and thither over the table in differ.
ent directions, crossing and recrossing
each other so swiftly as to bewilder the
eye, and yet not one touches tho other, but
each tall swinging round in its own par-
particular orbit, like the stars, until at last
all of them nestle lovingly together in one
corner of the table, so that a hat may oover
them ail. Another shot of his is to place
eight balls in a similar position as; descri
bed above, and make them move betweeu
twelve bottles on tho table without touch
ing cither the bottles or each other.
0i7A lawyer, when ho first domiciled in
Detroit, was s? poor that ho described his
poverty as follows: "When I first went to
Detroit I was iu perfect fairs ; the smallest
hole iu my shirt was the one I stuck my
head through, and I had to have my only
bhirt washed by the dozen, for it was twelve
pieces. And now the case is reversed ; my
clients haven't any shirts, and I have
trunk full.
8SyA temperance lecturer, descanting
on the superior virtue of the cold water.
remarked: "When the world had be
oome so corrupt that tho Loid could do
nothing with it, he was obliged to uive it
thorough sousing iu cold water." "Ytt,"
replied a toper present, ''but it killed
every critter on the face of the eafili."
An ugly old bachelor, about town, whom
no woman wftuld have, boiut? ralied on his
matrimonial prospects with, "Dou't despair
there is aa good fish iu the sea as ever was
canght, you know," is said to have replied :
"Yes I k'Dow -but ' somehow it seems tv
mo that they dou't bite u they used to."