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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-23

Depot at foot of Main street.
Ticket Office. 2S7h Main street. one door
orth of Jefferson.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

The house of +. C. Bridgman, of No. Bar
clay street, New York, Established in 1S2S),
publishes great and interesting variety of
maps, charts, engravings, &c. The works
turned out by this firm are unsurpassed for the
clearness of their engraving and the tasteful
manner in which all their accessories are ar
ranged. Special attention is given by them to
the correctness of their maps, among which is
included the largest assortment OF popular
United States and individual State maps to be
had in any establishment in their line Ener-
getic agents are required by them to travel
through every township in the land, the in
ducement to these being that but little capital is
required, while large profits canbe made. This
firm advance their own interests by promoting
those of their agents, whom they supply with
great variety of modern works, suited to the
tastes of people generally in all sections of the
country. Ill the maps and charts published
by them are carefully printed, every line at
once catching the eye, and they are colored
with equal care. A specially just now with
this firm is a double map-a map ofthe United
States, in counties, on one side of the sheet,
and one of the whole world on the other, of a
size and at price which makes it no wonder
thousands have been sold.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
LITERARY NOTICES.

OLIVER OPTIc's MAGAZINE begins the
year with an attractive array of useful and en-
tertaining articles, and a profusion of fine pic
lures. Naturally, Oliver Optic himself leads off
with the opening chapters of a new story,
'Sea and Shore or the Tramps of a Traveller"
full of adventures; then follows Elijah Kel-
logg, with the beginning of 1.-THE Whispering
Pine; or the Graduates of Radcliffe Hall"
Miss Wheelwright continues her entertaining
"Legends of the Northland." Carl Berger
tells charming Christmas story. Mrs. E. d.
Cheney contributes the opening chapters of
"Sally Williams, the Mountain Girl" story
to run through several numbers. Then there
are instructive papers on Precious Stones,
Flower Gardening, &C. Legends of Dogs, Short
Sketches, Poetry in great variety, including
New Years Chimes, by Samnel Burnham, A
1Trappers Story, by Charles +. Adams, SC,
&c, The illustrations are numerous and ex-
celent. A candid examination of this Maga-
zine shows that it fairly takes the lead in Juve-
nile Periodical Literature. Published by Lee
& Shepard, 149 Washington street, Boston, at
$3.50 year.
ARTHUR's LADY's HOME MAGAZINE FOR
JANUARY. The "Queen of the Ladies' Maga-
zines" opens the new year with rich num-
Der. The illustrations and fashion engravings
are unusually fine. The new story, from the
German, "Sophie Mansfield" the opening
chapters of which appear in this number, is
one of more than usual interest and power.
This is followed by "Other Peoples Win
dows," by the inimitable Pipsissiway Potts /;
the "Passion-P Play at Ober-Ammergau :" " Be
tween Two Years" poem by Mrs. Hester A.
Benedict; Mrs. Horace Mann's paper on the
relation of woman to the temperance cause /;
Miss s. Jennie Jones's new story, (which is
the Heiress :" I" My Irish Girl" by Rosella
Rice; " Tender and True" by T. s. Arthur
a story for the children, by Ada NJ. Kennicott
and The Lost Child" by Irene L; 1.-THE
Home Circle" Evenings with the Poets,"
and the department of "Cuuent Literature"
will all be found specially good. Terms So a
year with reduction to clubs. A great va
riety of premiums offered for subscribers.
Published by T. S. Arthur Il Son, Philadelphia.
TUE CHILDREN's HOUR FOR JANUARY, is
on our table, and surpasses itself in pictorial
and other attractions. We only repeat what
has been said over and over again by the Press,
when we say " 1t is one OF the best maya
zines for Children in the world" "It eXcels
all other publications we have seem" "Our
little ones leap with delight as they open it."
| The 4" Children's Hour" is published by T. S.
Arthur & Son, of Philadelphia, at Sl25 a
year. 5 copies are sent for IS. Liberal prem
! ums are offered.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

II the latest reports from Japan be
correct, the social and political revolu-
tion in that country is making most re-
markable progress. The Mikado seems
to have entirely abandoned the policy
of exclusiveness and isolation which has
obtained from time immemorial, and is
mingling freely with the people-hav-
ing recently visited number of foreign
residents and found, as is alleged, great
satisfaction in the novel ASSOCIATION. 1t
is said that the government is consider
ing the policy of sending twsnty-one
young ladies, the daughters of Daimios,
to this country to ba educated-thu fol-
lowing out the policy under which two
or three hundred of the sons of the no
bility have already been placed in
American institutions of learning. A
still more significant statement is to the
effect that the Buddhist priests have
been Informed that their temples will be
closed, and they must enter the army as
soldiers, or earn their living in mechani-
cal occupations. From all these indica-
TONS it is by no means unreasonable to
anticipate that Japan, within the next
quarter of a century, will undergo a So
cial and political revolution more COM
plete and marvellous than any other OF
modern times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
KING f" VINEGAR BITTERS'
Ew MOMENTS, GOOD PEOPLE, WHILE lie "sPTAKs Ills

MOMENTS PEOPLE, "sPEAKs HIS
PIECE"
1 FIRST saw the light the bright Golden Gate,
But Eastward have travelled, it being my fate
To and relieve the Uholo aDOrH Of its Ills,
From Consumption to Dyspepsia Bad Blood or tho ChiHa
I'm DrunEnyd or 1IppL9; but pure the stream
That from the mountain beneath the suns gleam
A child may imbibe me without the least fear
For 10 such foisoas concentrated here
for oood and much good can do
cured hundreds Of ohers-WHY NOT CURE YOU
Does your stomach refuse your each meal TO digest?
Are you raoked with aheadaehe and sOindel Of rest?
Are you bilious and jaundiced, is your appetite gone?
Do YOU stretch at high noon, sunset yawn
Does your heart palpitate-ike trip ha INNER at work.
AS though Life aoouM depart at its every jerk
Come o ME-Tn relieve you of your ills,
And Withou stg0fng or cTdmming full Of ollie pills.
Nature made me for good, and much good can I do
I'm not rough with my patients I'm soothing and kind
I deal gently with all who to try me have mind,
But NEVER FAILED from the first to the last
To reieUe those who their lot with cast.
Have remittent or fever that's not
a FEMALE, has Fate made it part Of your lot
To suffer aoith pains laid on your alone
With torneas untold, and to others unknown
Why patient be- longer with such misery pray
Let my virtue heal yOu-tis the ONLY SURE
To- day. in this land, there are thousands of
Who for myself
They tried me- helped thenl they tried me more
And from the DEATHS DOOR
Other B1rrERs" po1soNs, mixed with VILE ALCOHOL,
nd % IS for and for all
They make DRUNKARDs and SCORES,
And would have swept off from the worlds happy shores
THE THOUSANDS I'VE SAVED but for MY being born,
And tits CLUTCHES THoUsANDs
Nature made me for good and much good 1 do
Tee cured hundreds Of oth9s-WHY NOT CURE YOUf
Then and the truth have told,
And OF me, MORE MILLIONS OF BOTTLES ARE SOLD
Pm the ONLY TRUE BITTERS-there of my kind.
For I'm vinegar Bitters, and such is the name
stands forth bottle which wins fresh fame
Nature made me for good, and much good can d.
I'VE HUNDREDS OF oTHERs-WHY NOT YOU
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
"In the Stumps" In California,

A correspondent writes from the
Redwood" region of Sonoma County,
in California
You can see here what probably can
be seen nowhere else in California, to
wit, town built in the stumps. After
you come down below Green Valley,
the prairie land along Russian River
gradually disappears, and is replaced
by belts of redwood, and finally the bot
tom land altogether ceases, and the
river winps down very crookedly be-
tween low redwood mountains to the
ocean. Stumptown is about ten miles
from the sea, and funny-looking town
it is, with little sbanty and mighty
stump alternately-the latter nearly as
large as the former, and about twice as
numerous. The streets dodge aboutin
a most accommodating manner, for the
respect shown to the stumps by the en-
gineers and graders is very conspicuous
The problem of finding given shan
ty by its street and number is more dis
couraging than Chinese puzzle, and it
is very bad place for a man who is
slightly bulged" to attempt to navi-
gate in after nightfall.
Most of the redwood trees are 30 enor-
nous that they have to be cut off at
height of eight or ten feet from the
ground. First, the woodpan cuts MICH
es in the tree about as high up as his
head, and then constructs scaffold on
which to stand while chopping. A skill
full chopper has two axes, one with
which to cut through the bark, which
is gritty, and would spoil his best axe,
and another wherewith to fell the tree.
1t takes very long pair of arms and. a
long-handled axe to reach across the
"scarf," and happy is that woodman
who is ambidextrous and can make a
scarf" as smooth as a saw-cut with
either hand, for he is certain of the best
wages, and he alone can cut down, with
out an assistant, the largest trees by
swinging his axe first in his right then
III his left hand, and so reaching all the
way across. After half day or SO the
great monster begins to quiver little,
away up somewhere about the region
of the sun, and at last he bows his head
for the fall.
A few miles above Stumptown,is red
wood clearing of a few acres, on which
this year there was harvested crop Of
wheat, and curious looking place it
was, with the enormous, -blackened
stumps sticking up all over it like a
burned village. These stumps must GER
tainly occupy fifth of the space, yet
the owner gathered off it about thirty
five bushels per acre. But the best use
to which these redwood lands can be put
is to let them grow up again in forests.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
A Florida Railroad.

A Northampton lady who recently
went to st. Augustine, Florida, writes
back that the hardest part of her journ
ey was the last fifteen miles before reach
ing st. Augustine. They cut the wood
as they went through the woods, and
watsed the engine by dipping up the
water in buckets on the roadside when
they got up steam enough to get off, the
same hands ran on before to sprinkle
sand on the wooden rails, in order tc
travel the distance of fifteen miles in
four and half hours. She says she was
throughly provoked, as the road was
built by Connecticut Yankee and run
by im.-PittSburgh Chronicle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
a New NoyEL.-LiterarY and fashion

ANEW NovEL.-Literary and fashion,
able circles are on the qui Uire. They
are looking for the appearance of new
book--a romance--by i. G. Haywood,
Esq, g. member of the New York bar,
author Of Her0diaS, AntOaiuS, and SalOD,e
three poems which "were received not
only with cordiality, but with enthusi-
asni, by the press and public" "How
Will 1t End Z" is the significant title OF
the story, which is one Of surprising and
sustained interest, and one that will be
eagerly sought for by all lovers of well
written and exciting fiction. The work
is ia press and will be issued before the
holidays by the eminent publishing house
of Messrs. j. B. Lippincott & Co., Phil
adelphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

Not merely to tickle the palate, but to
infuse health and vigor into the enervat-
ed and diseased system, is the high pur-
pose and sure effect of DR.. WALKER 8
VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERs This
famous restorative creates no sudden
flash of excitement, to be succeeded by
increased debility and ten fold gloom.
1t braces the relaxed nerves and imparts
permanent tone and regularity to tie
whole animal machinery. ID spepsia,
liver complaint, physical pro.rretion
diarrhea, and in fact nearly All com
plants that are not organic, yield to its
operation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

A crow owned by farmer in Stanton,
Va, has constituted himself superintend-
ent of ths culinary department of his
masters household, and when the dogs
invade the premises, clears them out.
He destroys every frog about the we'll
allows a mouse no chance fer his life /;
drives away hawks from the poultry
and bids fair to act as the best squirrel
dog in the country. With his argus
eyes he readily spies a squirrel either
upon the fence or upon trees, and, with
natural antipathy to the whole squirrel
tribe, his shrIll, keen note is readily de-
tected by his owner, accompanied by
rapid darts up and down, and the owner
is TINS led to the game.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

The new Postmaster General of Great
Britain has been for some time trying
the system of making letter-carriers OF
small boys, who can be employed for
about 500 per week, while the Depart
ment had been paying the men S.. The
consequence can well be imagined, 1t
IS no uncommon thing to find these
youthful officials playing marbles on the
sidewalk, or riding surreptitiously on the
back springs of cabs and carriages, while
the public are waiting for their letters
at home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

THE OMAHA LEGAL ENTERPRISE, in
aid of the Mercy Hospital, at Omaha,
where the sick and destitute of all ns-
tions are cared for by the Sisters OF
Mercy, free of charge, is truly chari-
table undertaking, and is sanctioned and
endorsed by the Governor and best bust
ness men of the State. The tickets are
So each, or two for So. The drawing
takes place January 30th. The highest
prize is $4,000 in gold. Full particulars
can be had of Messrs. Pattee & Gardiner,
Managers, Omaha, Nebraska.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
Employment for Everybody.

We are prepared to give constant employment to
any person who wishes TO engage in light agree
able and fine paying business. We will pay liberal
salary by the week. and pay expenses, or allow a
commission from which any person Of common ahl
is no catch.penny humbug but is one of the most
valuable Inventions Of the age, patented in the
United states and Europe is great novelty sells
readily, and no competition. To any reponsible
wideawaSe party, who really means "hIsiness I"
and desires to inv estgate al test OF the test
chances offered TO agents. We will send full par.
tieulars and a valuable package Of samples on re.
ceipt Of scots. topay the postage. Address
o. p. HOWE q CO.,
Augusta, Me.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

We ask the attention of our friends to the
advertisement in another column of one of the
largest and most reliable toy, fancy goods and
fireworks houses in the city of New York;
B. Purdy & Co., established 1887. They are
agents for man'frs and are also large impor'
tiers. Dealers can purchase or order from this
house and save one or two profits. Those who
are about replenishlng their Christmas stock
will do well 10 note the name and address OF
this firm, and call upon them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

If your horse is lame, sore or CALLED,
you should use JohnSOn'S AnOdyne Lini-
ment; wash the part with CASTLE soap
and warm water, rub dry, with clean
cloth, then apply the Liniment, rub in
well with the hand.
Have the readers of this paper ever
used any of Parsons Pu'gatiOe Pills! il
not, why not? they are tie best family
physic. besides being the greatest anti
bilious remedy there is in this country
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
The Reported Gold Discoveries On Lake
SuneriDr.

The reports of gold discoveries on the
north shore Of Lake Superior are con-
frmed from various sources, though it
appears probable that some of the stories
in relation to the richness of the deposits
have been xaggerated-that, for in
stance, of gold-bearing quartz worth
$4,000 ton. On the western end and
north shore of Lake Shebandowen,
which is reached by about forty-eight
miles of travel over splendid Govern
ment road from the shores of Lake Supe-
rior, we'll defined veins of gold-bearing
quartz, much OF which is decomposed, have
been found and traced for several miles
These veins contain, in addition to free
gold, galena, very pure silver glance,
and iron pyrites. The sand in the
streams of this region has been found to
contain gold, but whether in paying
quantities has not yet been ascertsined.
The silver mining in the region of
Thunder Bay continues immensely pro-
ductive. At Silver Islet the quantity of
the silver daily dug out is only limited
by the force the operators are able to
employ, and the supply appears to be
inexhaustible. Other mines in that re-
gion are yielding finely. The lands in
which silver or gold have been found
extend back from the lake from fifty to
one hundred miles. One man has pur-
chased 10000 acres from the Canadian
Government at one dollar an acre. The
total population in the neighborhood OF
tie mines is about 500; but IN the spring
there will doubtless by an immense rush
Of fCrtuua-aeE knrS tn fheaa rama rL O hla
gold and silver fields, The country is
wild and broken, with but little timber,
or soil capable of cultivation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
Nothing Like It! 1t StandS Alone I

Such is the verdict of the medical world and
the public, on Hales Honey of Horehound
and Tar. Coughs, Colds Influenza, all irrita-
tions of the organs Of speech and respiration,
vanish under its influence, like togs before the
sunlight.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure Toothache in
one minute. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

THE PUREsT AND SWEETEST CoD-
Liver On in the world is Hazard &
Caswells, made on the sea-shore, from
fresh, selected livers, by CAswELL, HAz-
AND & Co., New York. 1t is absolutely
pure md saoeet. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any oi
the other oils in market.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

A gentleman who was recently mar
ried, engaged special car for himself
and bride, beautifully fitted up inside,
and divided into bedroom, drawing
room and kitchen, which was to be at
tached to every train, as they journeyed
on their way, en- route for San Francisco.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

The Prince of Wales was installed
Grand Master of the Masons of England,
a short time since, on the occasion of the
retirement of the Earl of Zetland from
the Office. The Prince delivered a very
pleasing address subsequently, in the
course of which he referred in feeling
terms to the memory of his uncle, the
late Duke of Sussex, as a member and
Master of the fraternity.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

In another part of our paper we pub
lish description of maps, charts, &c!
manufactured by E. G. Bridgman, No.
Barclay street, New York. Agents and
canvassers generally will find something
to their advantage by perusing the arti'
Gle referred to.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

For an Irritated Throat, Cough or
Cold, "Brown's Bronchial 7rocheS" are Of
fered with the fullest confidence in their
efficacy. They maintain the good repu-
tation they have justly acquired.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
To ConSunptiveS,,

The advertiser, having been permanently cured
OF that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire 1t,
he will send copy of the prescription used, free Of
charged with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will find SURE CURE
FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &C. Par.
ties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
26i South Third ST.. Williamsburgh, n. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

To THE PUBuo.-We know of no remedy
equal to JAoKsoE's CATARRH SNUFF and
TRooHE POWDER, for Catarrh, Asthma, Loss
of Voice, &c. Is mild, pleasant, agreeable to
use, and sure cure. Ask your druggist for
it. or mail 30 cents to COOPER, WILSON &
Co., Philadelphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

Collins & Co.'s Cast Steel Pl0i0s only IS each Fol
information how TO obtain them address
COLLINS & CO.,
2l2 Water street, New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04

First-class Railroad Bonds are the best
for investments. Write to CHARLES w.
HAssLER, No. Wall Street, New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
TO TIE AFFLICTED.

TO TIE AFFLICTED.
If your Druggist is out of the Salvc and neglects
to keep supplied send scventy.ve cents as directed
below, and receive n box by return mail.
Put up in Large Boxes at so cents each
(ncarly three times large rs the box represented
nbove). Prepared by MISS c. SAWYER, and
put up by l.. M. ROBBINS, Wholesale
and Retail Druggist, Rockland, Me,
a Trial Box sent free BY mail on receipt of seventy.
five cents, by l.. NJ. ROBBINS, Rockland, Me-
THIS VALUABLE SALVE Is SOLD By
ALL DEALENS IL MEDICINES.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
A BOOK FOR THE ACE.

Woman from Fourteen to Forty--her Duties, her
Dangers, and her Diseases; involving the laws of
physical developments and personal beauty, with
important advice and suggestions. Price rs cents,
sent by mail. Address DR. s. g. PRATT, No. 6l5
Broadway, n. Y.