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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
The Beard Question,

We read in the English papers that a
certain reverend gentleman has set him
self to attack the modern practice of
clergymen wearing the beard and mus
tache. His principal point against
these hirsute appendages is, that, while
beard and mustache interfere with dis
ti9ct utterance, impeding clear and
effective speech, both together, or even
one or the other separately obstructs the
play and expression of the mouth, and
thus hides and hinders the manifestation
of feeling"
The position taken seems to us to be
false one. The gentleman will find it
difficult to prove that the wearing of
the beard affects the utterance or i'm
pedes the speech. On the contrary, we
believe it to be demonstrable that the
muscles OF the throat are stronger where
they are protected by their natural COW
ering, and the bronchial organs are less
liable to disease. If such be the fact,
the voice, also, must necessarily be
stronger, and more capable of the varied
effects which, taken together, go to con-
stitute successful oratoIy. As to wheth-
er the beard obstructs the play of the
features or not, that is q mere matter of
individual opinion. To us, it adds to,
rather than detracts from, the expression
OF the mouth but, even if it were other
wise, it would be of less consequence
than the reverend gentleman ascribes to
1t. The mouth is by no means OF the
supreme Importance he seems to imag-
Inc. Cicero was better advised when he
declared that the eyes bear sovereign
sway in oratory. It is question, too,
whether the loss of the grave and rever-
end appearance impaired by a full
beard would be compensated by the
more perfect exhibition Of the muscles
of the mouth, even if the latter were of
the imputed consequence. A worthy
clergyman of Queen Elizabeth's time
that no act act Ufh}H of his te TeTyh mITghf be-
of the gravity of his appear
ance.' We commend this sentiment to
the consideration of the author of the
new crusade against mans natural orna-
meAt.-Alpleton'S Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
" Vive Il" Humbug!

Mr.. Barnum tells us that we like moth
ing so much as to be humbugged and
for ourselves we are disposed to think
that Mr.. Barnum is right. Certainly
there can be no question of the fact that
we constantly lend ourselves to the de-
ceptions practiced upon us by others
that we actively and often consciously
aid Others in comfortably deceiving us.
Somebody wanted to make money in
the manufacture of baseball goods few
years ago, and to that end he set about
persuading people that the game was a
national one-ahealthful manly, ,and sur
passingly agreeable pastime. Straight
way everybody put on the picturesque
cap and pantaloons that mark the base
ball player, and people by tens of thous-
ands were ready-possibly some of them
still are-to maintain the truth of the
manufacturers assertion, despite their
own and others breaks and bruises.
Skating rinks fourished for time by
reason of q like voluntary self-delusion
on the part of the Victims and the thous-
ands of wretched people who persist in
thinking themselves happy at ultra
fashionable watering places every sum
mer are countless.
We all deceive ourselves in one way
or another at somebody elses behest and
for somebody else's benefit, but we awake
from our self-delusions sometimes, and
growl or grin, lament or laugh over
them, as our humor happens to be-
Perhaps after all this willingness to
be humbugged and to help at our own
hnmbugging is fortunate thing. Ger
tainly it is so to city people. Without
it we who dwell in cities would find
life uncomfortable. The milk with which
we temper our chicoffee (if we may thus
adapt the name to the thing), does it
need our help as expert humbuggers to
make it pass muster? And the rich yell
low butter we get in the markets-we
know processes by which dealers can
deceive the very elect in the matter of
butter but our bread must be buttered,
and it is well if we can persuade our
selves. as most of us can, of the truth
fulness of the brand "Pure Orange
County" put on the package by deal
er whom we have caught in fibs innum-
erable.
After all, the milk we get from the
rascal at the door, and the butter we
buy of the man whose brands are as
truly works of fiction as any poems OF
novels ever were, are yellower and rich
er, and sweeter to the taste, than are the
unimproved" milk and butter we get
when, for certainty's sake, we run away
On a vacation and take country board in
Orange County itself, and actually sec
the cows milked and see our hosts
daughter do the churning. Let us make
the best of it then, and instead of growl.
ing, let us cry, "Vive lie" humbug !
Hearth and Home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
Tie Indian at Home,

A correspondent writing from Colum-
bus, beyond Omaha, on the Pacific Rail-
way, says:
AT Columbus we found Lo," the
"noble red man, the son of the forest
He was here in various forms-warriors
squaws, and pappooses, The "Pawnee
Reservation " is only twenty miles from
this town, and this explains why the In
dams are seen here in greater numbers
than in places more to the eastward.
The Indians gather around every train,
and the squaws, each with pappoose of
her own or borrowed one, good-natur-
edly solicit money. They use but few
words, but these they often repeat ::
" "Pappoose-thirty cents-give it to
her" Pappoose-thirty cents-give
it to her," The Indian appears to bet
ter advantage the farther off you view
him. "Distance lends enchantment," &c.
AS Indians appear now around rail-
road stations, they are an unwashed and
an uncombed exhibition of humanity.
Many were encamped near by, and from
these tents came those that hovered
around our train. One little Indian
girl, scarcely ten years old, had caught
up little child and tied it upon her
back, that she, too, L suppose, might call
out to the passengers, Pappoose-thir-
ty cests-give it to her." The Indians,
we find, are not held in very high esti-
nation by the people in the West, and
our conductor declares that he has been
unable to find the first man who could
tell what an Indian was good for.
The Indians have ceased to show anv
hostility to the railroads. Only once, I
believe, have they attempted to throw off
the train on these plains. Once they
tore up the track, and thus threw off a
freight train. Afterwards the old chief
who did it explained that he supposed
that if he tore up the track in one place
it would put the railroad company I'M
der the necessity Of going back and re-
laying the whole track. But when he
saw the trains running as usual the very
next day, he said, White man too much
for Indian and that he should not
trouble the trains any more. There is
one conductor on the Union Pacific who,
ABOUT three years ago, was attacked by
band of these red men, scalped and
left for dead. He had left his train-a
freight train-for a few moments, and
had gone only short distance from the
station. Fortunately he was soon found
BY his men, tenderly cared for, at length
to consciousness, and finally he
fully recovered.
Although there is now no danger from
The Indians, each train, as precaution-
Try measure, is provided with the best
arms and good supply Of ammunition.
Even this precantinnaru rnnos-,- ,,n--
will not long be found where there are
'ailroads and the activity of business
which railroads develop.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
Wedding Dresses.

A New York fashion writer says: The
wedding season is at hand and the mod
istes are busy with trouSseaua. At one
house seven dresses are ordered by a
bride, eight by another, ten by third,
and the outfit of fourth will have
twenty dresses the bridal dress of the
last is now in the loom at Lyons, and is
expected to be satin of marvellous rich
ness. In contrast to this is the refined
simplicity of dress prepared for an
artist-bride in Philadelphia. Its grace
full train of soft white faille falls in am
pie folds, unbroken by trimming, and
simply corded around the bottom the
overskirt of Malines tulle, doubled to
hide defined edge, is draped on each
side by sprays of orange blossoms. The
basque with corded edges has antique
sleeves and Malines plating, without a
shred of lace. Corsage bouquet and
chaplet of orange flowers. Long tulle
veil, the edge underlined by hem. A
very handsome dress for q church we'd
ding has a basque with puffed train
trimmed with a tablier of tulle plait-
ings and hounce of point lace that is
carried up the middle of the train and
held by trailing spray of orange how-
ers. Long revers turned toward the
back are added on the train, and an
apron trims the front.
Pearl and iLlusioa are the fashionable
colors for brides evening dresses. A
lovely pearl-colored dinner dress, made
with princesse polonaise, has alternate
hounces of thread lace and pearl silk
richly embroidered with black. The
entire costume is wrought over with
jet sprays, and Vatican spiral of white
lace, with black velvet bows, extends
from the neck to the end of the train.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
RIDGWAY, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER Il. 1872

legacy ~ demanded Charles in amaze
ment. "a dime day surely has not
produced thisY"
"No, but two dimes day has, with q
little extra deposit now and then.
think, Charles, we shall be able to ward
off starvation for time"
Charles Lynford remained out of en-
ployment for some months, but in the
spring business revived, as he had antic-
ipated, and he was once more in receipt
of his old income.
More than two-thirds of the fund was
still left, and henccforth Charles was no
less assiduous than his wife in striving
to increase it.
The little tin savings bank still stands
on the mantelpiece, and never fails to
receive daily deposit.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
Dressing for the Hair,

The frequent use of coils" "bear's
grease" ercutusine," rosemary wash
es," &c, &c, upon the hair, is practice
not to be commended. All of these oils
and greasy pomades are manufactured
from lard oil and simple lard. No
bears grease" is ever used. If it could
be procured readily, it should not be ap-
piled to the hair, as it is the most rank
and filthy of all the animal fats. There
are many persons whose hair is natur-
ally very dry and crisp, and in most
families there is want of some innocent
and agreeable wash or dressing which
may be used moderately and judicious-
ly. The mixture which may be regard
ed as the most agreeable, cleanly and
safe, is composed of cologne spirit and
pure castor oil. The following is a good
formula:
Pure fresh castor oil, OF. cologne
spirit (95 per cent?, l6 OF. The oil is
freely dissolved in the spirit, and the So
luton is clear and beautiful. 1t may
be perfumed in any way to suit the fan
cy of the purchaser.
A cheap and very good dressing is
made by dissolving four ounces of per-
fectly pure dense glycerine in twelve
ounces of rose water. Glycerine evap-
crates only at high temperatures, and
therefore under its influence the hair is
retained in a moist condition for long
time.
\ As class, the vegetable oils are bet
ter for the hair than animal oils. They
do not become rancid and offensive so
rapidly, and they are subject to differ
ent and less Objectionable chemical
changes. Olive oil and that derived
from the cocoanut have been largely en-
ployed, but they are inferior in every
respect to that from the castor-bean.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17

The meteorological records of the
Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia,
which go back to 1890, show that the
Summer which has just closed with the
month of August has been the hottest
ever known in the history of the city.
Taken together, we find an average
mean temperature for the three Summer
months of 1888 degrees, which is three
quarters of a degree, above the figures
for the Summer of 1870, which heroto-
fore enjoyed the distinction of being the
hottest known in Philadelphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
POETR Y.
t0riginal.)
FLOWERS.
DY MES. ]. ]. OWEN.


Tho lovely blossoms springing UP
In forest and in mead,
A lesson of oontentment teach,
If we but rightly read.
Each little bud, each humble grass,
Is suited with its place,
Nor ever wishes it had run
A more ambitious race.
Tho tiny violet that grows
Within the shaded doll,
Is satisfied its quiet lot
Hath been appointed we'll.
The modest daisy lifts its face
On yonder sunny hill,
And envies not the fiow'ret fair
That mods beside the rill.
A slender flower of beauty rare,
A lily of the vale,
A portion of its fragrance gives
To every passing gale.
BY scanning thus, with truthful eye,
Each lesson Of the field,
Not one we find will ever fail
A noble thought to yield.
Not one but doth some precopt teach,
To help us on our way.
And guide us upward to the lisht,
Where shines uncnding day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17

Two years ago Connecticut man re-
ceived gross insult from a neighbor
who lives quarter of mile or more
from him. After long meditation, he
has now purchased peacock and a
jackass, and anchored them in field
edjoining his neighbor's back yard. The
neighbor has advertised his house for
sale, and he is satisfied.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17

From New Zealand comes the intelli-
gence that the administration of kero-
sene has had most decided effect in the
cure of chronic rheumatism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13
Keep coolest when the Fire is
the Hottest.

A double heat may melt you. II
there is an inside fire, keep the outside
cool. If you are in the midst of the
fire, do not go crazy with excitement,
and throw things "gally west" but
make every movement--every thought,
count to some advantage. Do not throw
mirror into the street and dash it to
atoms, and then carry a pan of milk
across the street to save it. Do not run
headlong through the throng without
aim or purpose, but hold yourself in
readiness to work in conjunction with
others. Try to comprehend the situa-
ton, aud listen to some leading spirit in
the crowd, thus concentrating an other.
wise futile effort.
Keep the coolest when the FIRE is the
hottest, allowing no undue excitement
to unbaiance you. 1t is easier to prac-
tice this rule than you may at FIRST i'm
agine. There is nothing like self.de-
termination. Therefore be determined
not obstinate-not unreasonably fixed,
but willing and determined to yield obe-
dience to the demands Of cool judgment.
Keep firm grasp on the governor"
aud shut off the steam when necessary,
being careful never 10 burst the boiler
Never be cold or Indifferent, but be
awake to the situation. While you
should not melt an iceberg at the touch,
you should not cool furnace with your
breath.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13

1T is hard 10 believe that we have
lived as long as we have. The child
thinks the old mans life an age; but the
old man looks back on it as q hand
breadth. Yet we cannot make ourselves
realize that it will soon be over. The
moment given US is to last forever. But
it was the same With the generations
that have lived before us. Yet where
are the busy crowds that filled the world
before we were born? They had their
days filed with as many cares and oc-
cupations as orrs Go back no fu Their
than the beginning of this county,
Where are our couutrylneu and country.
women of that day! Their life was in
them once. Some were earning for
their young families then as some are
now; some marrying; some following
the past generation to the grave. The
plowman whistled as he cut the furrow.
the sailor heaved the anchor, or dropped
it to his rough "Yo ho!" The smith
was busy at his forge. and wiped his
brow, as he rested his hammer on his
anvil gossiped with h's neighbors on the
latest news. They met at markets, and
churches, and on exchange. The fairs
had their buyers aud sellers, and their
gaping crowds to see the clown and the
giants. Men were of all kinds then as
now. Here, you had an honest fellow
that would put himself about to serve
you; yonder, one who had no thought
but to cozen you. They we're feastiug
In great mems houses, and watering !.
crust with tears in many a widows gar
retail that poor orphans had among
them. Where are they all now, Not
one of them, or hardly one, but is pale
ghost, gone forever from the light Of the
sun. Their memory has long ago faded
from among men, and no one knows
that ever they existed. They are faded
and gone like the flowers that once
pleased them 10 the sweet summer fields
and gardens of long ago. Dye sons Of
men, how all the past is swallowed up
by the black night! What think ye of
yourselves delaying to make ready for
the inevitable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13


How often do we hear, "I've been to
see friend" Ard how few ever feel
the value Of that word. When ene-
mics gather around; when sickness falls
on the heart; when the settled sadness
Of the soul, like death itself, comes
down; when the world is dark and
cheerless, then is the time to test the
value and full meaning Of the term
The heart that has been touched with
true gold, re-doubles its energies when
friend is in danger. He who turns
from suffering or distress betrays his
hypocrisy, and proves that self-interest
and not your happiness sustain him in
his adversely. Let the true friend feel
that his kindness is appreciated, and
has not been thrown away. Real fidel.
ity may be rare, but il does exist, and
its power is seen aud felt. The good,
the kind, the generous, are around us
everywhere if we would only seek them
out. There are many who would sacri.
fee wealth and fame, everything but
honor, to serve a cherished one, and
they move through the world quiet and
unrecognized, because no opportunit y
has been offered to draw them out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13

"WHILE there is so much sin and
misery in the world man has no right
to lull himself to sleep in paradise Of
self-improvement and selEeujoyment;
ia which there is but one supreme Ad-
am, one perfect specimen of humanity,
namely, himself. He ought to 60 out
TO work-6ghtit he must, wherever duty
calls him. Nay, even woman has
hardly any right, ia these days, to sit
still and dream. The life of action is no.
bier than the life of thought"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13

A youthful lover who sang aud play
cd before his young lady's house for
two mortal hours, Friday night, was
electrified after short pause by cor
dial "thank you" gracefully pronounced
by the "other fellow" who appeared at
the indow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13
OUR OLIO.

A soar place-up in the clouds.
A prickly pear-two porcupines.
Relative beauty pretty cousin.
The May of life blooms only once.
The fear Of i'll exceeds the i'll we fear.
Children are the tomorrow of socie-
ty.
Romautic--a young lady drowned in
tears.
To know how to wait is the secret of
success.
Counting after marriage-apply for
divorce.
To remove stains from character
get rich.
Study the past if you would divine
the future.
What lady is fond of giving? Jen-
ME Rosity.
A wise traveller never despises his
own country.
Aim high; but not SO high as not to
hit anything.
A singular fact-to. day will be yes
terday tomorrow.
Innocence is like polished armor, it
adorns aud it defends.
Reprove thy friend privately, and
commend him publicly.
Men blame themselves only for the
purpose of being praised.
Lies are hiltless swords, which cut
the hands that WELD them.
An uncomfortable death is not al
ways prelude 10 eternal woe.
Voltaire defines the happy man as
the one who considers himself so.
Unlike the sun, intellectual lumina-
ries shine brightest after they set.
II thou art a master, be sometimes
blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
A friend is being that is willing to
bear with us in all our faults and fail.
ings.
|. He who receives good turn should
never forget it; be vino does one should
never remember it.
He that walks upright'y before God,
will walk honorably among men; and is
safe in every place and condition.
A tired-out editor says that the SER
mons of a neighboriug clergyman re-
mind him very forcibly of eternity.
A young explorer in the country
thinks the humming birds have sharp
way of presenting bills for the morning
dews
A Minnesota journal says a man was
atelv carried forty feet by the light
aing and set down uniujured. Perhaps
electricity can be utilized for big bun
dies yet.
The hardest thing in the world for
a little man to learn is that people don't
give themselves the trouble to think |
about his littleness. This is equally
true in its moral application.
A wife having lost her husband was
inconsolable for his death. "Leave me
to my grief" she cried, sobbing, ''you
know the extreme sensibility of my
nerves; a mere nothing upsets them"
- ~s~----
How often do we hear, "I've been to
see a friend" Ard how few ever feel
the value Of that word. When ene-
mics gather around; when sickness falls
on the heart; when the settled sadness
of the soul, like death itself, comes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13

A wife having lost her husband was
inconsolable for his death. "Leave me
to my grief" she cried, sobbing, ''you
know the extreme sensibility of my
nerves; a mere nothing upsets them"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-13

DBWe have the best selected stock in
River Falls Special attention has been
paid to the purchase and selection of this
stock, and we are confident we shall be
able to suit all who may favor US with their
patronage in both quality and prices. -y,sa
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-27
stes; Iss,s from cast lron.

Wonders arc multiplying on every hand, in the
fields OF invention a. well as OF discovery, anu In
no department of life do mans wits seem to be
more alert and active in the continuance Of rev
methods for ehespepnilg and faltltatsng the pro-
duetion OF iron, stpel. and tools and machinery
man,,fsetar,G f,o,,. thcU,. Ressemcr was laughed
nj, whep he proposed his pneumatic method of
conv trtMg rSY material into steel rails, but tl
success Of the invention was soon manifest har-
ron's lhuecsA fof copvenlAg eASt isqn tpols into
steel is wonderful operation. II is dape ~ this
way Iools arc eass Of iron Into The proper
slape and aye rlaced in the ordinary revolving
DRUM fur the removal Of the adhering sand and
tho roughncss of tho casting. They are then
packed closely in iron boxes, closely imbeddcd IN
| clay where they are subjected 10 the action 81
oxide of iron and certain chemicals, by which lhc
| iron is dccarbanlaed. ln these boxes they art
| subjected TO an anncaling heat for several days
after which they are put into u retort capable o
containing ton Of tools, and are treated to al
application of gasoline and other carbonaceou
materials, which completes the process ant
makes them ready for tempcring and polishing
| The quality of such tools has been thoroughly
tested, and Professor Newbcrry, of the HetieoA .
,sstison. ass IN .Se 10 'ss Isssacs he ssy. wit III
tailots slsean oast IN shape. Iaade maileabie IN
then converted by tho Barron process, have Gu
Florence silk 70 nicely rs to prove the edge pc
feet; then with the same shears, have cut
J sheets Of tin and untempered steel; returning
fthc silk have found the edge wholly nnimpaire'
> and this after repetition of more than twen'
} times"