The Elk County advocate. (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, May 30, 1878, Image 4

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    FOlt THE YOUNGJ PEOPLE.
What the Sparrow Nui.
Cbirrnp apf obirrnp tip, oblrrnp np,
What a beantif nl da; to be sure t
Jast the weather to flyi
Little mateling, good bye,
I'm off for a bright early tour.
How the warm aummer inn softly shines,
And how thankful and happy am I
That no barred eage of gold
My unfettered wings hold;
I'm a sparrow, a bird of the sky.
Mr. Bulflnch at hia morning meal,
In his gayly decked palaoe I seo
Oh, no, thank yon, my dear,
I'm in Tery great fear
Prison food with my health won't agree t
Sir Canary, yon trill it quite noat,
In yonr pretty pagoda of red j
But I'd muoh rather be
Up on high tree, quite free,
And chirruping over your head 1
WLat ? ) ou pity me out in the wind
At the mercy of storm and of rain,
And yon boast of your life
Without care, without strife,
And a mistress to ease all your pain !
Ah, you know only half of life's Joys,
I assure you, you poor little things)
In your grandeur and pride
You sit lonely; beside
Me a sparrow mate sings t
We've a wooded and spacious estate,
Where we live withoutlocks,bars,orlaws,
And our tiny brown neBt
I a haven of rest,
. Where we care not for worldly applause.
We twitter and ohatter all day,
And we're happier far so, 'tis true;
What are riches and rank
Without love? but a blank 1
Ah, 'tis I who can now pity you.
Demorest.
The Btorr of Itlusbka. "tlx; Mouse."
Some Hindoo merchautn were ehat
. ting about ,trnde and its chances, when
one remarked that there was nothing
remarkable in amassing wealth when one
started with sufficient capital, and then
went on to say that he had done pretty
woll, although he had set out with very
little. J
. "M? father," said he, "died before
my birth, and ere long designing rela
tives had despoiled my mother of all she
possessed. Sue sought shelter with a
female friend nearly as poor as herself.
In was in her house that I was born.
We lived for a long time on the charity
of others; but when I began to grow tip
my mother.notwithstaudhig her poverty,
managed to procure me a little tuition.
When I could read, write and cipher,
she said to me:
"Yoa are the soa of at ewsvitant. You
must, therefore, b$.a So sws sorue
knowledge of trv'.e. G-.' aval the
money-changer, WsiiU; tw i tsfcui r;c.
est business ma ia tow, aai I kacw
that he likes to ajTsicot" foadi to poor
young men who are the son of mer
chants and of pure race. Ask him to
give you a loan. "
I went to the money-changer, but it
was only to hear him reply with disdain
to me, the son of a merchant:
"You see that dead mouse lying there
on the ground? Well, a sharp fellow
might make a fortune with no other start
than that. Now. if I worn fn anA vnn
a round sum I fear that I should have to
wait a long time for the interest. Per
harts vou could not.
1 raised my eyes proudly to the face of
the money-changer : I take the
mouse, said I; "it is a capital that you
lend me." And, after having signed a
receipt, I went my way with the mouse,
while the old usurer laughed heartily at
the sorry figure I cut. Well, I exchang
ed the mouse for two handfuls of peas,
which the storekeeper gave me, as he
wanted it for his cat. I peeled the peas
nicely, and taking a jug of water went
outside of the city and sat down in the
shade on the roadside. Some woodcut
ters came along, very thirsty and tired,
and I politely offered them the fresh
water and peas. Each of them in retnrn
g iye me a few little fagots of wood,
which I took on my back and went and
sold in the market-place. With the
money I got for them I bought more
peas, and the next day did over again
what I had done that day. Thus I
perservered for a long time, until I had
got together a little capital. Then I
bought for three days in succession all
the wood that the men brought in.
Suddenly there came on a heavy rain
season that no one had expected, and
the conveyance of wood became impossi
ble. Then I sold the stock I had at an
advanoe and kept a few cords for myself.
With the proceeds I started a small
shop, managed my affairs discreetly, and
grew rich. Then I had a mouse of gold
manufactured, and sent to the money
changer, Visikala, as a reimbursement of
his loau. He in return gave me his
daughter in marriage, and now I am
known by the name of Mashka, or 'the
Mouse.' So you see I made a fortune
out of a little."
Ooldea Rales for the Bova and Girls.
The person who first sent these rules
to be printed says truly if any boy or
girl thinks " it would b'e hard work to
keep so many of them in mind all the
time, just think also what a happy
piaoe in wouia mate oi nome n yoa only
could."
1. Shut every door after you and
wituuui siamming it.
2. Never shout, jump or run in the
nonse.
3. Never call to persons up stairs or
in the next room; if you wisn to speak
to them, go quietly where they are.
L Always speak kindly and politely
to servants, if you would nave them do
the same to you.
6. When toll to do, or not to do, a
thing, by either parent, never ask why
yon should or should not do it.
6. Tell of your own faults and mis
doings, not of those of your brothers
and sisters.
7. Carefully clean the mud or snow
off yonr boots before entering the house.
8. Be prompt at every meal hour.
9. Never sit down at the tab le, or in
the parlor, with dirty hands or tumbled
bair.
10. Never interrupt any conversa
tion, but wait patiently your turn to
speak.
11. Never reserve your good manners
.for company, but be equally polite at
h ome and abroad.
12. Let your first, last and best
friend be your mother.
A man saw a ghost while walkiDg
along a lonely highway at midnight.
The ghost stood exactly in the middle
of the road, and the wayfarer, deciding
to investigate, poked at it with hia um
brella. The next instant he wag
knocked twenty-feet into a mud-hole.
Moral I never poke an umbrella at a
large white mule when its back is
turned.
Humanity is the peculiar character
istic of great minds; little, vicious minds
abound with anger and revenge, and are
inoapable of feeling the exact pleasure
of forgiving their enemies.
A Surviving Heroine of 1812.
There is an interestinur storv con
nected with Oedar Point, Soitnate Har
bor, Alans. The heroine is Miss Be
beooa Bates, now a bright, genial old
lady of eighty-fonr, whose memory con
tinues remarkably clear. The story,
taken from her own lips, can be depend
ed upon as thoroughly reliable. Her
fattier was uaptain Uimeon Bates; he
was light-keeper at the time, and was
the first who lit the light, in April, 1811.
In the spring of the following year Eng
lish cruisers were numerous in Massa
chusetts Bay, and on one oooasion the
launches of an English frigate were sent
in to Soituate Harbor. They set fire to
vessels at the wharves, and towed out
two, at the same time threatening to de
stroy the town if any resistance was
offered. After this event a home guard
was formed, and detachments stationed
on Oedar and Grow points, and in front
of the village, with a brass piece. When
there was no sail in sight, the guards
were allowed to go off to their farms.
Nothing to oooasion alarm occurred
again until the following September.
Rebecca, at that time eighteen years of
age, and her sister Abigail, fourteen
rears old, and still living, were sitting
toward evening sewing with their mother.
Captain Bates and the reBt of his large
family and the guards were away. Mrs.
Bates told Rebecca it was time to put
on the kettle. As Rebecca went into
the kitchen she for the first time per
ceived an English ship of war close at
hand and lowe. ing her boats. " I knew
the ship at a glance," she said. " It was
the La Hogue. ' O Lord I' says I to my
sisten. ' the old La Hogue is riff here
again I What shall we do ? Here are
their barges coming again, and they'll
burn up our vessels just as they did
afore.' You see there are two vessels at
the wharf, loaded with flour, and we
couldn't afford to lose that in those times,
when the embargo made it so hard to
live we had to bile pumpkins all day to
get sweetening for sugar. There were
the muskets of the guards. I whs a
good mind to take those out beyond the
light-house and fire them at the barges;
I might have killed one or two, but it
would have done no good, for they
would have turned round and fired the
village. 'I'll tell you what we'll do,
daid I to my sister; 'look here, says
I, you take the drum, I'll take the fife.'
I was fond of military musio, and could
play four tunes on the fife. 'Yankee
Doodle ' was my masterpiece. I learned
on the fife which the soldiers had at
the light-house. They had a drum
there, too; so I said to her, ' You take
the drum, and I'll take the fife.' ' What
good'll that do?" says she. 'Soare
thorn,' says I. ' AU you've got to do is
to call the roll, I'll scream the fife, and
we must keep out of sight; if they see
us, they'll laugh us to scorn.' I showed
her how to handle the sticks, and we
ran down behind the cedar wood. So
we put in, as the boys say, and pretty
soon l loosed, ana L could see the men
in the barges resting on .their oars and
listening. When I looked again I saw a
nag Hying from the mast-head of the ship,
My sister began to make a speech, and I
said, ' Don't make a noise. You make
me laugh and I can't pucker my mouth'
When I. looked again I saw they had
seen the flag, and they turned about so
quick a man fell overboard, and they
picked him up by the back of his neck
and hauled him in. When they were off.
I played ' Yankee Doodle.' " Is not this
heroine, who saved two ships laden
with flour, and perhaps other valuables,
from destruction, entitled to a pension ?
She has five brothers and sisters still
living, the eldest eighty-five, and young
est seventy-one. Her grandfather was
one hundred years and one month old
at the time of his death. &'. O. W.
Benjamin, in Harper's Magazine.
The Earth Not a True Globe.
Our planet is not a true globe, be
cause of its former plastic condition
before the formation and cooling of the
surface. When the globe was soft it
was more or less yielding, and then the
rotation of the earth to which I have re
ferred tended to drive off, as it were,
the matter in the equatorial regions ;
so that the distance through the center
of the earth between the two surfaces as
far as possible removed from the poles
of rotation, or those parts of the earth
which the imaginary axis comes through,
is rather greater than the distance be
tween the two points where the axis
come3 to the surface. The reason of
that fact, and that it must have been so,
has been beautifully established by
several xperiments. That the earth
was once hotter than it is now is there
fore proved, both by the irregularities
of its surface, and by its shape as a
whole. We must not imagine, how
ever, mar, mere naa Deen but one
change. The minor irregularities are
au gradually cnanging by inner en
ergies and the action of air and water.
and it may be that even the largest
ones are young, compared with the age
of the planet 8 surface. Nor does the
change end here ; the equatorial pro
tuberance itself may but after all mark
a point in a great cycle of change, which
has compelled the earth to rotate now
about one axis aud now about another,
Mathematicians consider it highly
pro Da Die mat tne axis of tne eartn may
nave been in anoient times very diner'
ently situated to what it is at present,
and, indeed, that " it mignt nave grad
ually shifted through 10, 20, 30, .40, or
more degrees, without at any time any
perceptible sudden disturbance of either
land or water." Thus it appears that
nature prevents catastrophes by the
very hugeness of the scale on which she
works. Norman Lockyear in Good
Words.
Never Saw One of Them.
Two gentlemen from New York, one
of whom had been in California nearly
a year, and the other lust arrived, were
accidentally overheard in the following
conversation at the Butter House, Bao-
ramento. The new comer was lament
ing his condition, when he asked the
other if he had a family.
" xes, sir, i nave a wite and six
children in New York, and never saw
one of them.
After this, the couple set a few mo
ments in silenoe, and then the interro
gator again commenced :
" Were you ever blind air ?"
"No, sir."
Another lapse of time.
" Did I understand yon to Bay, air,
that yon had a wife and six children
living in New York and had never seen
one of them V
" Yes, air ; I so stated it"
Another and a long pause of silenoe.
Then the interrogator inquired :
" How can it be, bit, that yoa never
saw one of them V
MWov."waa the response, "one of
them was born after I left."
" O. ah 1" and a general laugh fol
lowed.
After that the first New Yorker was
especially distinguished aa the man who
had six children and never saw one, of
(hem.
The Warrior Wasp.
It is curious that in the Isle of France
the common bee is not to be found as a
native of the woods, while, in the Isle of
Brougham, it is common, and furnishes
an abundance of wax and honey ' This
is explained by supposing that the war
riors about whom we are about to speak
destroy the bees, and have thus pre
vented their multiplying in the island
in question. Truly, like the banditti of
whom we read in books, these wasps are
splendidly attired, altho igh not on the
spoils of those whom they have robbed.
Their head, chest and body is of a re
splendant luster; now green, or, seen in
another position, blue, and glistening
with all the luster of an exquisite var
nish. Their autonnre are black, their
eyes of a brownish yellow, and their
legs partly bronze colored and partly of
a beautiful violet. They are strong and
swift of wing, and are possessed of a
terrible lance, the thrusts of which even
men cannot endure without far more
pain and inflammation than attends an
ordinary sting. The foe with whom
these magnificently-dressed warriors
have to contend is a kind of insect allied
to the cockroach, wh'ch in our kitchens
has acquired the incorrect title of "black
beetle." This insect is detested by the
inhabitants of the island, for its ravages
upon almost everything of value or deli
cacy, and is not less hated by the sailors
for its destructiveness on shipboard. It
is called Kakerlao, and is much larger
than cockroaches, which are the plague
and terror of our cooks. Imagine that
one of these great, old, odious insects is
creeping along the highway. The war
rior wasp has also been making his ex
seditions for prev abroad, when sudden
ly his eager eye catches sight of the
kakerlao hastening to home new scene of
depredation. The warrior instantly
alights, and the kakerlao stops, think'
ing, perhaps, to intimidata its adversary
by its size and iei jcious aspect.
uotli insects glance at each other,
The wasp is the first to attack, and
darts upon he other, seizing it by
the muzzle with its strong jaws, then
bending its body so as to bring its tail
under the abdomen of the kakerlac. The
lance, with its charge of poison, is deep-
plunged into the body ef the unhappy
foe, imbuing a deadly venom into its
system. Having made his thrust, the
warrior loosens the foe and soars in tri
umph a little way into the air, satisfied
of a successful issue. The kakerlao,
after a few brief convulsions, lies paral
lzed on tne ground, unable to stir a
step from the spot where it encountered
its adversary. Fully aware of this, the
vicious wasp, after taking a few turns,
as if to proclaim the downfall of the
giant kakerlao to the surrounding neigh
borhood, returns to the scene where the
conflict was fought. The kakerlao.
unable to resist the victor, and being
naturally, though a great devourer, a
very faint-hearted creature, lies immov
able, while the wasp seizes the prostrate
foe by the head, and. in a sort of tra
umphal march, drags it along the road
to its nest.
Origin of Certain Flowers.
Some of our flowers came from lands
of perpetual summer, some from conn-
tries all ice and snow, seme from islands
in the ocean. Three of our sweetest
exotics came originally from Peru; the
cameiia was carried to England in 1739.
and a few years afterward the heliotrope
ana mignonette. Several others came
from the Cape of Good Hope; a very
large caua was lound in cutanea there,
ana some or tne most Drmiant geran
iums, or pelargoniums, which are i
spurious geranium. The verbena grows
wild in Brazil, the marigold is an Afri
can flower, and a great number are from
Ohina and Japan. The little Daphne
was carried to England by Captain Ross,
from almost the farthest land he visited
toward the North Pole.
Some of these plants are quite
changed in form by cultivation, others
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uuve vuiy oecume larger ana Dngnier,
while others, despite of all the care of
florists and the shelter of hot-houses.
fall far short of the beauty and fragrance
of tke tropics. Among improved ones
is the dahlia. When brought to Europe
it was a very simple blossom, a single
circle of dark petals surrounding a mass
of yellow ones. Others, with scarlet
and orange petals were Boon after trans
planted from Mexico, but still remained
simple flowers. Long years of cultiva
tion in rich soil, with other arts of skill
ful florists, have changed it to what it
now is a round ball of beauty.
A Billion.
There are two systems of notations
The French, which advances by periods
oi three figures, and which is generally
used in this country, and the English
system, used only by Great Britain
and htr dependencies, which proceeds
oy periods of six figures. The Amen
can and the Englishman write a million
in the name way, namely a 1 with six
cyphers following it. Add three cyphers
and the Englishman calls it a thousand
millions; the American says that it is a
Pinion. The iiiugnshman says that
bilbon means a million million. The
row of figures means the same always,
there is only a difference in the
nomenclature. France, for instance, paid
uermany nve miliar lb, much to Bis
mark's astonishment and regret that he
had not made the sum larger. So there
you have three different names for the
same row of figures. As written. 1.000.
000,000 means always the same thing,
and nearly approaches the circulation
of the Jiagle, but 1 ranee calls it a mil
lard. England says it is a thousand
millions, and America names it a billion.
It is entirely a matter of choice; but
when English newspapers speaks ef
billions Americans should remember
that they refer to millions of millions,
or a row of figures with twelve cyphers,
like this: 1,000,000,000,000. Brooklyn
juagie.
He Sat with Sal.
A Nevada paper Bays : A green-looking
couple, evidently newly married,
called at a photograph gallery in Vir
ginia City and wanted their pictures
taken. Just as the artist got his plate
ready the man called him aside ana said
he wanted to ask a favor. "I was told
in Carson you took the best pictures in
the State. Now, you see Sal and I got
hitched down there last Monday ; now,
her folks go a good deal on style, and
they live in the States. They never
saw me, and if I send my mug back
East they'll be dead agin me sure. I'm
a blamed sight better than I look, and
when people oome to know me they
vote me a brick. Now what I want is to
get some good-lookin' man to sit with
Sal for a pioture. Will you stand in f
She's willin'. Them big whiskers of
yonrsll catch 'em sure and create har
mony. Yon look like a solid capitalist,
and they take me for a petty laroeny
thief." Mr. Beals enjoyed the idea im
mensely, and aat with " Sal " for the,
picture, which will doubtless carry joy
into the household of the Eastern rela
tives,
How to Keep a Flano,
Otto Brnnning. writing to the Journal
de Mutique of Paris, says: " The piano
is constructed almost exclusively of va
rious kinds of woods and metals; cloth,
skin, and felt being need in the mechan
ical portion. For this reason ntmos
pherio ohanges have a great effect on
iL. . i i -1 : i .1 i l
iuti quruuy ana aurnuuiijr vi vuo mniru-
ment, and it is necessary to protect it
from all external influences whioh might
affect the materials of whioh it is com
posed. It must be shaded from the
sun, kept out of a draught, and, above
all, guarded against sudden changes of
temperature. This latter is a most fre
quent cause of the piano getting out of
tune, and the instrument should be kept
in a temperature not lower than fifty-
four degrees and not higher than eighty-
six degrees Farhenheit. When too cold
the wood, cloth and skin swell, and the
mechanism works badly; when too warm
these materials shrink and cause clink
ing, squeaking, and other disagreeable
sounds. Moisture is the greatest enemy
of the piano, and it cannot be too care
fully guarded against. In a short time
damp will destroy every good point in
iuo uiBunment, xne tone iwiwinei
dull and flat, the wires rusty and easily
broken, the joints of the mechanism
stiff, and the hammers do not strike
with precision, and if these symptoms
are not attended to at once the piano is
irretrievably spoilt Therefore do not
put your piano in a damp ground floor
room, or between two windows, or be
tween the door and the window where
there is a through draught. Never leave
the piano open when not in use, and
above all when the room is being
cleaned. Do not put near a stove, chim
ney, or hot-air pipes. Always wipe the
keys after playing. Never pile books,
musio, or other heavy things on the top.
Be careful when using the soft pedal
not to thump the notes. Do not allow
nve-note or other exercises of a small
compass on a piano you have any regard
lor. a leather cover should be Kept on
the instrument when not in use, an.i
removed every dav for the purpose of
dusting. A cushion of wadding or a strip
of flannel laid on the keys will help to
Keep tnetn white and preserve the pol
ish. Never leave the piano open after a
musical evening or dance. If you are
obliged to have it in a damp room, do
not place it against the wall, and raise it
from the floor by means of insulators,
and always cover it after playing. Em
ploy the best tuner you can get, and, if
a new instrument, let it be tuned every
two months during the first year, and at
least three time a year afterward. Al
ways have it tuned after a soiree if the
room has been very hot.
Words of Wisdom.
If you act with a view to praise only.
you deserve none.
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Always be as witty as you can with
your parting bow; your last speech is
the one remembered.
There is an emanation from the heart
in genuine hospitality which cannot be
described, but is immediately felt, and
puts the stranger at once at his ease,
Be careful in your speech. A word
once spoken, a ooach with four horses
cannot overtake it and bring it back. It
will do no harm for us all to remember
this.
Be charitable. Never refuse even an
animal a favor. When you see a mad
dog coming along, give him his little
bite before turning him away.
If we create imaginary wants, why do
we not create imaginary satistactionsir
It was the happier frenzy of the two to
be like the mad Athenian, who thought
all the ships that came into the harbor
to be his own, than be still tormenting
ourselves with insatiable desires.
Venerate four characters:- the Ban'
guine, who has checked volatility and
the rage for pleasure; the choleric, who
has subdued passion and pride; the
phlegmatic, emerged from indolence
and the melancholic, who has dismissed
avanoe, suspicion, and asperity.
We should always distinguish between
taste and fancy. One is a perception of
some manifestation of a principle in na
ture, the other a mere predilection for
works of war. One is founded on the
soul as seen through its outward cover
ing, the other contemplate only the
exterior dress. True taste is the love
of the sublime, the beautiful and true.
A Costly China Service.
An English paper says : A Mr.
Clark died ' recently in Australia,
leaving to his son a fortune of
thirty-five millions of dollars. The
young man must have a certain amount
of taste, at least for the fitness of dinner
things, as one of his first expenditures
was the ordering a complete service of
ohina, such as would bring the smile of
commendation from Mr. Wm. O. Prime
aud other ceramickers. Young Clark's
first direction was that in execution and
design it should be the best ever made
in England. The result is: First, a
dinner service, the ground being bleu
de rol of so gorgeous a tint that, on
contrasting it with Sevres blue, the
difference was imperceptible; the deco
ration of this service is of rich gold,
over old Vienna. Secondly, a dessert
service of pale French turquoise, re
lieved by festoons of gold oak leaves and
acorns; in the center of each plate is a
landscape exquisitely painted, while the
pieces intended for fruit, etc, are sup
ported by Cupids, and correspond with
the rest of a most delicate service.
Thirdly, a breakfast service, also of a
pale turquoise ground, decorated with
silver and gold leafage and Japanese
birds. Fourthly, a tea and coffee sev
vice; the oups of the latter resemble a
tnerveille old Sevres, and the tea service
is so rich, with its deep azure tint and
superb miniatures, that when the entire
set was exhibited to Her Majesty, she
at onoe commanded a duplicate of it.
This remarkable service, the most beau
tiful of modern porcelain, cost Mr.
Clark thirty-five thousand dollars.
What He Knew Abont Edison.
Editob Hawketh: Can you tell me
any thing about the early life of Edison,
the inventor of the phonograph ?
Alexis.
We rather think we can. From a
huge pile ot exohanges we learn that
when quite a boy, he went into the
Western Union telegraph office at De
troit, Minneapolis, Dubuque, Cincinnati.
Pittsbnrg, Louisville, Memphis, Natchez.
Cheyenne, San Francisco, Ogden, Salt
Jjake Uity, uhihuahua, Hon Madison,
Albany, Be .ton, Vioksburg, Keokuk,
Qninov, La Harpe. St. Louis. Kenton.
New V drid, Omaha, Denver, Barker's
uorners, Uieveland and JTlatbush aa
messenger aud learned talegraphv there.
but was discharged because he spent so
much time experimenting on a plan by
which ten messages could be sent both
ways on one wire at the same time, in
which he was finally successful. His
old employer then took him back and
raised his wages to eleven dollars a week
and find himself. He is now very
WAaHUw anJ A 1 L ... -
noaiiuj uiiu Buui guu ana three
aogs, vurnngton Maw key e.
According to Dr'JZ. B. Foote't Health
Monthlv. " One of the great causes of
ill-health among women and one of the
great hindrances to their full recovery
when sick is the wearing of garments,
and particularly of undergarments,
which are prejudicial to health."
It is a pleasant thing to see roses and
lilies glowing upon a young lady's
cheek, but a bad sign to Bee a man's
face break out in blossoms.
fStandlna the Teat.
Farmers have often been lndnood, by plausi
ble agent, to purchase farm Implement! whioh
have proved unsatisfactory or worthing; but
the hundred! of thousands who have bought
the Buckeye Mowers and Reapers, built by
Adrianoe, Flatt A Co., Poughkeepsie, and 165
Greenwich Street, New York, have invariably
found their highest expectations more than
realized.
Thii firm have for twenty-one years enjoyed
the reputation of turning ont from their fac
tories machines whioh in material and work
manship, aa well as in the simplicity and per
fection of their mechanical principles, were of
the highest excellence.
It is a faot, whioh should have great weight
with purohaseri, that the system of construc
tion peouliar to the Buckeye Machine is the
only one that baa remained nnohanged in
principle, while .among the many changes
made in competing machines, the only ones
that have met with any degree of saocess are
those which were copied from t ie Baokeye.
A new Single Wheel Reaper, called the
"Adhianob," has been lately added to the
productions of this firm, and when we say that
it is a worthy oompanion to the B ickeye
Mower, we have paid it the highest possible
compliment. Manufacturers who have done so
muoh to benefit and to win the confidence of
the farmer, ard the ones it is to his interest
to patronize.
flnllrlnna ftankftrv.
Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
bread, and elegant cake, crullers, waffles,
doughnuts, muffins, and griddle cakes of every
kind, are always possible to every table by
using Dooley's Yeast Powder. -
Gee. F. Rowell dc Co'e Newspaper Advertis
ing Bareaa, New York.
THE OBJECT OF ODB ESTABLISHKKWT.
Our Newspaper Advertising Bureau. No. 10
Spruce street, New York, is an establishment
intended to facilitate the convenient and sys
tematic placing of advertisements in news
papers. It is conducted upon the principles
which we conceive to be the right ones for se
curing the best results to the advertiser, the
publisher, and ourselves.
We undertake to represent American news
papers, not only the newspapers of the city of
New Y- rk and of all other American cities, re
ligious, agricultural and other claBS news
papers, but also the small oouutry journal.
We receive regularly and keep on file the news
papers of every description throughout the
land, whether issued daily, weekly or monthly.
CONFINED STRICTLY TO NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
AND TO AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.
We confine our transactions to newspapers
and do not accept or undertake the manage
ment of other classes of advertising, such as
books, sign ooaras, posters, or jod printing.
It is our hope that by adherinn toone branch
of advertising we may make ourselves masters
or it.
We also restrict onr dealings to newspapers
published within the geographical limits of
the United States and Dominion of Canada.
TEE BYBTEU OF ARRANGEMENT FOE NEWSPAPER
FILES.
We have a system of filing newspapers by an
arrangement of shelving and partitions, sepa
rate space being accorded to each, and Iabled
with the printed name of the paper it is hi'
tended to accomodate, by means of which
arrangement a stranger can find any paper he
wisheB to examine witn something like the
readiness with which he would a word in a
dictionary, a name in a directory, or a book in
a library catalogue.
THE NATURE OF THE SERVICE WHICH IT IS OCR
BUSINESS TO BENDER TO THE ADVERTISER.
We undertake to maintain an es'ablish6d
oredit with every newspaper, and to have at
hand a schedule of the charges adopted by the
publisher of each for advertis ng spaoe id itx
columns s to be able to quote those rates to an
advertiser who wishes to insert an advertise
ment in one or several, and to procure the
prompt insertion of the advertisement without
any extra cnarge ror tne service rendered,
wuicn service consists or quoting tne pno
printing or writiug as many duplicates of the
advertisement as may be required to furniuli
one to each paper to be nsed, forwarding the
copy for insertion at our own expense for pos
tage or messenger sevioe, examining the papers
to see that the advertisement appears when
an1 in a manner that it ought to, checking each
subsequent issue of the advertiement in each
paper in a book kept for that purpose, at all
timeB subject to the inspection of the adver
tiser, ana marking plainly in e acn paper
the advertisement as it appears, so that when
the advertiser comes (or sends) for the purpose
of having the files examined (to see that the
service for which his money pays has been
actually rendered), the eye mty lieht promptly
upon hiB announcement, without the labor of
searcmng a wnoie paper or page.
If errors or omisBions occur, it is our amy
to notify publishers, at our own expense for
labor, postage or messenger, and to see to it
that the publisher of the paper actually does
the specified service for which the advertiser
contracted.
THE AMOUNT OF MONET TO BE EXPENDED,
Persons who have had little experience as
advertisers often have a pretty clear under
standing of what they would like to do, but are
entir-1- ignorant or tne pronauie cost
We have made out for such a person a plan
of advertising calling for an investment of
Co.UOl). and on submitting it tor approval
found onr customer dismayed at the magnitude
of the expense, he not having ontemplated
an expenditure exceeding ft'200 or 300. In
such a case laber would have been saved, if at
the commencement of the negotiation the
question had been asked : " How much money
are yon prepared to oevote to mis aaver-
Using ?" .
THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR PATRONS A MATTER OF
PRIME IMPORTANCE.
It is a matter of prime importance to us. for
the Dnrnose of maintaining our influence with
publishers, that it shall oome to be understood
among them that our statements about the
advertising to be done, or not to be done, are
to be relied upon ; and to this end our dealing
with our advertising patrons mnst be upou
a basis or mutual oounaence ana respect.
OUR CUSTOMERS ENTITLED TO OCR BEST
SERVICES.
Whenever we are doing the advertising for
any individual or nrm, we consider mem en
titled to our best service!. If they suggest using
a paper wmcn we Know to be not tne De.-i ror
tne purpose, we aav so and give tne reasons.
we otten exDend a eood deal or urae ror verv
small advertisers, much more than the profits
on their patronage would warrant ; but as they
entrust to as what they have to disburse, and
influence in our direction the patronage of
their friends and acquaintances, we are con
tent.
OUR PROMISE.
We promise those advertisers who entrust
their advertising patrenage to our management
that we will not allow them to be charged in
any instance any more than the publishers' sche
dule rates; that we will procure for them the
acceptance of any advantageous offer made to
tnem definitely oj any newspaper puunsuor,
advertiainar asenL or canvasser, of responsi
bilitv. Although we are unwilling to do work
without a profit, and sever offer to do so, yet
la conrormity witn tne promise umh uto,
we anmatimea find it advisable. Competitors.
anxious to gain a hearing and secure attention,
oooasionallv make offers whioh it would ad
vance the true interests of our enstomers to
accept. In such eases we hold ourselves bound
to secure the bargain offered.
Eztraot from On Nu York Time, June 11
- . an
Ton voara aeo Messrs. Geo. P. Bowell, k Co.
established their advertising agenoy in New
York city. Five years ago they ab-orbed the
business eonduoted by Mr. John Hooper, who
iha rat tn sro into this kind or enterprise.
Now they have the satisfaction of eontro ling
the most oxten-ive and complete advertising
eonneotion which has ever been secured, and
one whioh would be hardly possible in a iy
other oountry but this. They have succeeded
in wnrkin? down a complex business into so
thoroughly a systematie method that no change
m the newspaper syswrai juoid r
cape notice, while the widest information upon
ii tnr.in inUrastuiff to advertisers Is placed
readily at the disposal ox sue yuuua.
Starvation In Labrador.
A Labrador correspondent of the
Journal d9 Quebec gives a heartrend
ing account of the condition of the people
along the Labrador"ooaat. The fisher
ies failed them last fall and the
traders who give them provisions in
barter for their fish and oil abandoned
lb A Writer nnl n Ut tlm
the territory, not caring to let the
wretched people have goods on credit.
Thus before winter set in the whole
population was left to starve or subsist
nntil summer on fish offal, for crops
are impossible on that sterile shore.
Whole families have lived through the
winter on rotten, half-frozen carcasses
of seals driven ashore by the ice-flees.
Others have kept body and soul to
gether by devouring the nauseous flesh
of the black loup marin, a species of
seal whioh in prosperous times would
be shunned even by the dogs. Many
deaths have ocourred from sneer star
vation. Of five families containing
forty souls, in one settlement, only five
survive. Scurvy is epidemic. The
women haunt the shore like spectres
picking np the dead seal, while the men
ana boys eatber sc-a moss or sueii nan.
The correspondent says : " I know
several families who have eaten not
only the salted seal flesh put away for
tne winter provender of their dogs, but
even the dogs themselves. Those who
happened to have a stock of provisions
have been compelled to go on short
rations and shure with their gauut
neighbors. The people have been cut
off from the outside world since Sep
tember. When they found death starinir
them in the face it was too late to make
their wants known, for navigation had
closed and they were 2UU leagues dis
tant from Quebec without any means of
overland communication in winter.
The lieutenant-governor of Quebec, in
answer to this appeal, Has ordered a
quantity of provisions to be sent to th
coast, and clothing, medicine, etc., will
follow immediately.
Ocn. filrnnt nt the Pnrln Kxnnhltlnii.
A cable dixnaMi to New York Herald May
11th save that Gen. Grant was Disced nnon a
qnare, American platform that of the Howe
Hoale. The general in f set was weighed and for
tne nrst time in his hie "found wanting, hav
ing lost seventeen pounds by his Egyptian trip.
mother! mother!! mother!!! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Byrni
lor au aiseaseB incident to tne rena or leetn
ing in children. It relieves the ohild from pain,
owes wind oslio, regalates the bowels, ana. bv
giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to
mo moiner. it is an om ana weii-irieu remeay.
OHEW
The Celebrated
"Matohlkbs"
Wood Tag Flng
Tobaooo.
Tai Pioneeb Tobaooo OostPAin,
New York. Boston, and Chicago
Many imagine all advertised medicines to be
wortniess nostrums, ana lnaiBcnminatelv con
demn them; but is it not an injnstioe to the
tnousanas or respectable citizens wno give vol
untary evidence of benefits received, to thus
quention ana donht tueir veracity ana integrity?
t arroanK s standard scales are extensively ad
vertised. Does it necessarily follow that they
are inferior in make, and less accurate than
others ? Have they not been demonstrated to
be among the best ? Again, is it common
sense to suppose that a physician with capital
could be induced to hazard it and a hard
earned reputation upon a worthless article ?
B. V. Pierce, M. D.. of the World's Dispensary
and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., ib a pro
prietor of the most popular family medicineB
toe maraet. His refutation as a skillful
surgeon and physician has been fully eetab-
nsnea ror many years, would pnysicians ana
clergy, after having tested his medicines thor-
L : a i a: 1 1 .
UUKUIV. UI1IU) 1U UUUlUltfilUHIK luciu tu iuq m
nioted, ir tney poBsessea no merit I Tne under
signed laae pleasure in recommending ur,
fierce ana bis Family Medicines to all who
may neea tnem :
O. B. Fairohild. M. D.. Seneca. N. Y.: W.
R. Cousins. M. D.. Albia. Iowa: M. J. Mo-
Clellan, M. D.. Garrattsville. N. Y.i W. F.
Hazleton. M. D.. Hilver Lake. Kan.: F. 8.
Mtuer, M. D., Veazie, Nev.; Geo. Dixterlch, M.
mo vino street, lialtimoi-n. Aid.: J. tu
Hherrod. M. D.. Faoli, Ind.; Geo. B. Chapman,
M. D., PWttsmouth, Neb.; T. J. Casper, M. D.,
Rpringneld, Ohio; James H. Porter, M. D.,
Gorham, N. H.: D. E. Wells. M. D.. Brixtol,
N. H.; J. A. Miller. M. D., Ban Leandes, Cal.;
N. camp. si. v.. ltalaoan. Mo.: Jos. H. Burr.
M. D., W. Lafayette, Ohio; ltov. E. N. Harmon,
Elsab. Ill ; Rev. Isaac N Augustine, Shipman,
in.; nev. i nomas uiteiiiy, isenman, nan.
Ilev. L. -Weston, Bucklin, Mo.: Bev. L. A.
Dawson, Homer. I1L; Bev. W. 8. Long,
Graham, N. C; Bev. Andrew Adams, Calhoun,
Ga.; Rev. A. P. Moore. 712 Washington 8treet.
Boston, Mass.: Rev. I. A. Thayer, M. D., Ba-
consburg, Ohio; Rev. I. P. Profflt, Palmvra,
III : Mrs. Elizabeth A. B vd. Falls Citv. Pa.:
J. Spencer, Unon Citv. Mich. ; Geo. O. Bazzill.
nenova i'a. ; Mrs. ai. Herns, 1'almyra, Mo.;
Mrs. E. B. Daley, Metropolis, 111.; Samuel Far
mer, java. uiiio: Bisters oi unarity. at. Vin
cents Asylum, Troy, N. Y.
There is nothing so dear as chean medicine;
it is dear at any price. This is true of the
large packs of condition powder now sold.
Buy Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders and
you can't make a mistake. The large packs
are utterly woriniess.
There is no remedy in the world so valuable
to uxe In the case of sudden accident or illness
as Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. It can be
used internally and externally, and its power
is truly marvelous.
The Greatest Dlaeoverv ef the Aae Is Dr
robias oelebrated Venetian Liniment 1 SO rears before
th public and warranted to oar Diarrhea. DraesUrr .
Oolie, and spaama, taken internally j and Oroup, Ohronia
Kbenmatunn. Bar Throat, Oats, Bruleee, Old Bans.
and rams In th Limbs. Back sod Oheet, eiternallr
il naa nerar failed. Mo famili will ml without it
a Oer onoe sirin.it a fair trial. Prlea 4(1 sent. Dr.
TOBIAS1 VKNKTIAM HOR8R LINIMBNT, Is Pint
Bottle, at One Dollar, is warranted an Deri or to au
other, or NO PAY, tor the our of Oolie, Cut. Bralaee,
uio oorea. ato. bold bf all Druariau. DepotlO Park
rieoe, new York.
CLOCKS
E. INGRAM AM A- m H
(Superior in design. Not equaled
In quality, or as timekeepers.
Ask yonr Jeweler for them.
S10 to $28 sFffl
RK mad tn
r onr Ohramoa
noiare ana Ubro
ft. 1 llfi aamDleft
a X ..a i a
for SA Oenta. I11ntrar4
Oialoni frau J
H. BCFFORD'H HONK,
Bmnoa. Established 1830,
i
KILL
THE POTATO BUG
WITH
P.W.Devoe & Co's Paris Green.
i..r. "t5T "S- nee, eaaree oor. Pilton as
"ll'" N.w York. Manufacturer of Wnit
"."i1-" i rnl.n1Jn. nq t-inta aaapT roa caa.
ASTHMA. 8s CAT ARRTT
. D'- R; W . Road'. Oelebrated A.thma Rlief ie nn-
HUUuvw.r warn, nmwir ior aiioiaa ana l : Htnr rfc
elief is cuaranteed or purchaa pno refunded
Hamples ant free to anrwbo mavdaalre T. .-ai
in Is put np in two aiaed paokaaea, and retalla for
0e. aadT I1.S0. Dos. price $8.60 and 7 00 Twl JT
. F"ow win nare tne meaiolne promptly
forwarded bj retnrn mail. Addrea A. KTHRIDUB.
M avn n lailnM s ue.Lnvi as-b aa - war t.
Consumption Can Be Cured.
Prf-MON A la a euK. , i -..
CONSUMPTION and all diaee of thV L-.
and Throat. It inriorate th brain, tone np
y.uun, mekea th wak atron. and i. nlum to txke
Pnee On Dollar per bottle at Dro((iu or sent br the
. ......... ul pr10.. pampntet eootaimns
. QSl? UonuinptlM, many eertineatea
of aOTUU. ooaas, and full diraotiocs tor nain aooom
paniee eeob bottle, or will be mm fr to an addrea
OBOAR G. MQ8BB, 1 8 OoVtlendl TsSoot TYorkT
EVERETT HOUSE,
Fronting Union Square
NEW YORK.
Finest Location in the City,
Eartpsai Fla-Rtstomt UBsmrasssi
M.BMXEM th WMA VMM, iVjri.r
I Baown'i BaowoBiAi. Taoogwa, for soughs and oM
$44
CC a week At horns. Outfit, worth fK,
$00 frm. O. D. Pik Oo., Anmita.M.
nTTVQ KKT0I,VRKN. Prtee Ltt fr. Addreal
UUHO Or, WMt.ni Qua Worts, PltUhnrg, Pi
$7-
A DAT to Arente eatim.); for th. Flreeld.
Ittr, Term and irmm ft.. Anarm
flRfiAVK rSliipriSi foio!"ir fi'an. on
UalUsailll b.rln. BKATTV, WMhinaton, H.
rtii pr sjzoooBir urns. piAnne
nifl PAY. With Stcneil Ontflts. Wliat eoH
I J I VT 4 ' sells rapi11r for Wet. CU'oirnr.
fi! it UPKNOKR, 1 1 1 WMhingtOB Btwwt, Boston.
Mentli. Ajpwits wanted. 8ft best s1fr
article fn the world. One samnle free.
AcMree .1 V BWONHON. rWn.il Mlob.
ELECTRIC BELTS.
A vsrfeot stirs for premature debility. Bend for etr-
enlnr. Da L. KARR, 838 Broadway, New York.
f
YPH POH ATjTj, t
Jio Xiowest X'rlooej,
ME N ATION AIj TYPE CO,,
Catalogue, el oeote.
rniLAUAiiriua,
TAKE IT EASY.
Common-Sense Chairs
and Rockers.
VUh or Wilhiml Btadtnf fait.
For sale by ths trade. Mannfae
tured by F. A. SINCLAIR.
Mnttfille, It.Y.
Band Stamp for illustrated Price '
Lint.
Enrry Chair Stamped anal War-
rvnted.
LIGHTNING RODS FREE.
Are not to cheap aa onr Piva-Ton Waffon Scale at 950.
AU Iron and ateel. with bra beam. Delivered, freight
paid. Pro money tuked for MIX teited. Send for free
Prioe h'nt of all til ttcalee.
.TQWB OF WriVOH AMTON, Bma-hamton, W. Y.
PATCH
Latest Article
out and 40 beat
Money Making
Article in tho
World. Free Samples to
Azents for 3 cent stamp
BLUE
tornnstace. 4.BTiae&l.0.
7 Broadway New York
HOSPHO-NUTRITINE.
The beat vitalizing Tonlo,
Relieving Mental and FbTSlcal
PROSTRATION,
ITBRVOUSNBSS, DBBIKJTiV
FIMALB WEATCHBSS.
And all impairments of Srala
and Nerve System.
All Dranuie, Depot. U Flatt St.. If. X.
TRA OK MARK.
DR. BECKER'S
CELEBRATED
EYE BALSAM
IS A SURE CURE
For IS FLA MED.WEAKETES
STYES and SURE l.YiTLIDS. .
SOLD BY ALL DRUGOI8TS.
DKPOT, O BOAVEHY, N. .
TST BY MAIL l'Olt 3jo
KILL
THE POTATO BUGS
AND SAVE THE POTATOES,
MURK DEATH to the Color . do PoUto Bni la only
to bs taftd br tbs ne ol Paris Grn. Prof. Oook inq
others f at tnat all otber remedin hare fittled. FN
TLUAI. E1UTOH OP TMK "SUN."
DM DC DADIC HDCCVl
I Ullk I MlllfJ UlleWkll '
Mad h F. W. Dhtm A Co.. can hm ralisd on forth
extermination of the Potato Bug and Cotton Worm. .
uircuiar on in naa ox cans ureen aininouiea irs on
application.
F. W. DEVOE & CO'S
MIXED PAINTS
For the oonvanienoe and economy of con nun-ten of
PAINT the well known house of F. V. DKVUK de
CO. now prepare
PAINTS READY FOR USE
FOR FARMERS and MANUFACTURERS.
Thar are uniform in shade, and the colon can alwayi
be matobel. Any one oan paint with them. No need of
a painter to mil it ior von. iNoneeaof a nryer or oiner
ingredient. The paint is ready for immediate applica
tion San ( titr aamnU nfLrrin ftnnwinar tliffnrant phadea.
They have rery superior eovt-rina; propeities and do not, .
line me an-canea patent. puniB( ooomiu mnior wir,
benzine or alkali. These Paint are in Iomd Form
and are sold in Gallon Cans and. Barrels. They are also
pnt up in sin til cans of one to nve pounds.
F. VV. DEVOE & CO.
Manufacturers and Imporle-s of Colore, Wh'te Lead,
7, no While, Vrnihe and Artl tn'M'term! . I ORNKR
FUI.TON AND WILLIAM STRRKT8 (OLD 1)1)1 OH
OHUROII (JORNKR), NF.W YOrlK CITY. ,
RED CHEEK FILLS!
Price per Box,
Try them. Samples free
AT ALL DRUGGISTS.
Snt Ay mail on receipt of price.
If yon are weak, languid, disci ined for any eirrtion :
If yonr fond dis ftree with iou ;
It yonr flesh is flabhj, and yonr complexion sallow:
If yna ie in a ma I rial dis riot:
If iron worn down with the oare of children: -If
yon have cot the blues :
If ron have lieut lata, hours, and lired oontrarr to tha t
laws of health:
It yoa ued bract- jr and toning np: .
TakaUEU IIKbK PII.T.S.
EXTRA BED CHEEK PILLS
Prlrr, 81.00,
If yon hare led a fust life:
If you have abused instead of need nature's gift:
If you feel old before your time:
If life ha beooma a burden, and von have arloAm
loreDoainajs:
11 your nanas treraoie. ana yonr eyes nave grown aim i
Th EXTRA UttUl'HKKK F1L.L.M will make
you young again 1
IlegemuB fc Cs., A sent a for New York City.,
special Agent wanted for every t wn.
Address, DOCTOR FALK, '
203 Broadway, New Vorh.
Tho Jaunty "Cutaway Jacket."
TM it style of
Coat or Sacqua
will have great fa
vor this season for
Street or Housb
It will be popular
in Pique, Cloth
L.Ik or Cambric.
It is appropriate
as part of a Suit
made of the same
goods, or of mate
rial to be worn as
a general garment.
All sizes for 1-3"
-t: it:
feaaca VS 11 lkT.
Pat. with Cloih f
Model, 30 cents. r
Smith's) Lars INSTRUCTION BOOK"
coftUlu eutadratU orU'r an mall FuMse PUtM and Lt4i
Toilet artlcltM. Lturei a frinklnaj,M ay Umt. fr.U, vu
U Mill U say SiMi-m upna rrri).t of tea WliU (' S tUmjjsi).
TH K ( U.UriifcTE, jia it r cit iivm
l by woiu-ii. '" l premium at lb CenUoaUl
Es'tfttilUMi. Il - tt" ir.ioiipUt and atfit articla g
lavdr ea bftv. turning madiaf. marohUrj', glove
kirctcli.at, ttc-t " " BP"1 ,l- Thooiand. art bsjtug
Mid, a-iving- the great. iaiitacllaat at eoly 50 omi
(., post paid.
Rift flEEPlH Wsw)llriY.tIwpfm,e
Dill UrrCnasndthUPattrBlWi.a
C.BU. OR il "Darner and "Pattern" and
"Smiths Illustrated Pattern Bazaar"
forOne Year-fciiixutprvid.for ONB DOLLAR
Peatage stamps taken aa t'an.
Addr.. A. BURDsTTK SMITH. BdlSer.
P. O. Sox BOSS, New York City.
oanaai-wooa
A pasUrr. mM) for all dleailn of .th Kid.
VHmJmm m.nA 114... - - . ,U maJ i. Ik .
steal l'.Bl&inta. It nave, prodaea slekas.,
certain and pMdi3u Ujatloo, It Is laatUaneraedln .
all tbar rmdle. Sixty aprd sort (aCsls or tk
oaf. other audtala c do this.
B.wrmiw laaltalUBa. lor, awla to It era
win. in bar bon egered i so ar o aanies .
ou, aaaaiac pile, eU.
DOMOAO D1CH Y ;.' mmu Ha) Co.
W atMiatein tMI aTa.i-.lwo. tH ml all dru
tor. a tor erlr ) frr m I M mm
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