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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26
A Possible Peril,

Mr.. Greeleys death will have the
effect, says the ". Y. Times, of establish
ing precedent which may be of some
interest at a future period. It is well
known that none of the formalities con-
nected with the late election have yet
been concluded, but that on Wednesday
next the electors chosen by the people
meet at the several State capitals to vote
for President and Vice-P President. By
usage rather than law, the electors have
always voted for the Presidential nomi-
nees of the political party in the interest
of which they were candidates. But Mr..
Greeley being dead, the electors chosen
in the States Of Georgia, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas
must exercise their individual judgments
in voting for President. Under the cir
cumstances of the present case, the mat
ter is of no Importance, since the result
cannot be changed, but the incident is
iRely to call public attention to the
dangerously indirect method by which
the President is chosen. If at any time
the person in whose name the majority
of the electors was chosen should die in
the interval between the voting day and
the day fixed for the meeting of the cleo
tors, tits easy to see that by the arts of
professional politicians acting upon a
small body of men, a notoriously unfit
person might be foisted upon the nation
as its Chief Magistrate. The only OBJ
vious and certain way to avoid the risks
which would attend such contingency
would be to vote directly for President
and Vice President, and thus pat the
succession, in case of the death of the
former before Inauguration, beyond all
question.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

EPIzooTfc.--M EDIToR - Nearly every
man has remedy for this disease, and we VIII
give free our experience. We have treated
Gonr,een horses of our own, and have known
our remedies used In many caees and In all
with quick and sure success. First keep the
horse warm, In well ventilated stable feed
on bran and soft food generally, (apples and
vegetables are good), aud give him one-half
ounce of Aliens Lung Balsam, or the contents
of a large spoon three times day this will
act lust as ON humanity, cause the horse to
throw of the mucus and thus get relief. If his
cough is hard, give occasionally drench of
Davis Pain Killer, OF ounce Pain Killer TO q
pint of warm water sweetened with molasses.
Give of this one or two swallows at a time from
the bottle. The first attack of the disease is
Bronchitis, and the drench of Pain Killer will
be of great service to Quiet and heal the 1rri-
tation. In Cincinnati, where all the horses
have been sick, we know of no treatment that
has given quicker or more sure relief. That
which Is good for man is also good for the
horse in similar affections. We advise all to
try the remedies. They can be had from most
any drug store. j. N. H. d co.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

The PEOPLES STAMP OF VALUE.-Ihe Gov
ernment endorsement, which legalizes the sale
of Plantation Bitters. is not the only stamp at-
fixed to that famous Vegetable Tonic. 1t bears,
in addition to that official sanction, the still
more valuable stamp Of public appreciation.
This inestimable voucher of its rare properties
as Tonic, Corrective and Alternative, is OF
much earlier date than the Government Gre
DENTAL for millions of sick persons had pro-
nounced the Grand Specific of the Age long
before Congress thought of taxing proprietary
medicines. 1t is unnecessary to repeat, in de-
tail, the properties of this wonderful Vegetable
Invigorant. The best reference that can be
offered to those who desire the full particulars
oil its virtues, is the General Public. Ask those
who have tried IL az remedy for dyspepsia
constipation, biliousness, intermittent tcvers
nervous debility, rheumatism, sea sickness
low spirits, or loss of vital power, what Plan
tation Bitters has done for them, and be gov
erned by the responses they make TO your in
quries.--Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

SYMPTOMS OF LIVER COMPLAINT, AND OF
SOME OF THE DISEASES PRODUCED BY IT.-A
sallow or yellow color Of skin, or yellowish-
brown spots on face and other parts of body ;
dullness and drowsiness and frequent head
ache; dizziness, bitter or bad taste in the
mouth, dryness Of throat and internal heat I;
palpitation; in many cases dry teasing
cough, with sore throat, unsteady appetite, rails
ing of food choking sensation in throat, dis
tress, heavlness, boated or full feeling about
stomach and sides, pain In sides, back or breast,
and about shoulders, collie, pain and soreness
through bowels, with heat, constipation alter
mating with frequent attacks of diarrhpa, piles,
fatulence, nervousness, codness of extreni-
ties, rush of blood to head, with symptoms of
apoplexy, numbness of limbs, especially at
night, cold chlls alternating with hot fushes,
dullness, low spirits, unsociability and gloomy
forebodings. Only few of the above symp-
toms are likely to be present at one time. All
who use DIR. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Golden Med
ical Discovery for Liver Complaint and its COM
plications are loud in its praise. Sold by all
first-class druggists. GIG.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26
A Legend of Indian Days.

A savage tribe in or about 1868 in
tested the reoesses of the Shawangunk
and adjacent mountains, and according
to the custom of the red mel, would at
times descend upon the plain and pillage
and burn the houses OF the white settlers.
On one occasion they secured the wives
of four worthy Dutch farmers, and car
ried them off to the mountains. All the
region around was speedily aroused, and
bands of farmers at once started in pur-
suit. They were q day or so behind the
savages, for the country was but sparsely
settled and communication was difficult.
They feared that the unhappy women
had already been slain, but they deter
mined ut least to punish the murderers.
At the foot of the mountain they were
fortunate enough to capture tardy
Indian and Obliged him on pain of death
to guide them to his fellows. This saw
age exhibited none of the stoicism which
story-books attribute to the red man, and
did not even have the cunning to mislead
his captors. He conveyed them up the
mountain path toward the camp of the
retreating savages.
In the meantime the latter, who, as
they supposed, had reached a place oi
safety, prepared themselves for one oi
their horrid scenes of triumph. They
decided TO burn alive the captured
women, and prepared the FACETS before
their very eyes. The four Dutch matron'
in this extremity, far from being over.
whelmed by their imminent doom, badt
each other farewell and then began tc
sing a psalm-the 137th of the collection
in use in that day in the Dutch church
The savages were pleased with the music
The novel sounds awakened their curl
osity and they delayed the murderou
deed. They encouraged the poor wome1
to sing, and these, anxious to prolons
their lives, repeated with holy fervor
which only such an occasion could awake
their song of marty rdem.
This very delay, however, proved thei
salvation. The succoring party, guided
by their voices, fastened to the spot
while the music of the four singers aidet
to prevent their steslthy footsteps from
being heard by the savages. At sigma
they sprang into the camp, and the In
dians, taken utterly by surprise, wer
slain or turned and fled into the depth
of the forest. Not wlite man was lost
The captives, who had abandoned al
hope, were saved, and the fagots, intende'
as their fiery tomb, served to light thei
homeward footsteps. 1t is further re
corded that these four women lived to
good cid age, and their descendants ar
now among the oldest families in Ulste
country,
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STRANGE WAY.-It is said that m

STRANGE WAY.-It is said that med
ical science has lately made frightful
discovery, and that one of the most emf
nent professors of Paris has submitted to
the Academy an invention of his own to
kill animals by blowing air into then
eyes. A few seconds only are required
for the operation, which, besides, causes
little suffering. Experiments, it is affirm
ed, have been made at Abort which have
succeeded perfectly. One remarkabl,
feature in this new method Of killing is
that it leaves no trace behind it, and i:
as applicable to human beings as to ami
mails. 1t is to be hoped-as no doubt il
is-that this is anoth er joke of those mad
wags, the Paris jom nalists, whose chic
object is to sell their paper, and not te
embarrass their readers with politics ol
craftsmanship, otherwise any one might
murder his friend without knowing it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

MEDICAL FAILUREs.-"T These sre our
failures" said Beau Brummeps valet, as
he was carrying a tray full of abortive
fieckties down stairs. The failures in
medicines, however, have been infinitely
more numerous than in the art of tying
crsvats. The therapeutics Of q century
ago are to great extent repudiated by
the young physicians of this generation,
and the community, still more daring in
its innovations, seem inclined to throw
all the specifics of the faculty overheard,
and to take new departure on its own
responsibility. The introduction of DIR.
Walkers California Vinegar Bitters,
about two years ago, initiated what may
be fairly called great medical sensa-
tion. Nineteen twentieths of all the
sick who tried the new remedy, approved
and recommended it. The doctors very
naturally did not agree with their pa
tients in this matter, but the popular en-
thusiasm in favor of the Bitters could
not be arrested, and we suppose that this
celebrated vegetable restorative now
commands larger sale than almost any
other proprietary medicine Of American
origin. The temperance people insist
that it has set at rest vexed question in
pharmaceutics, by demonstrating that a
peerless tonic is possible without alcohol
nay, more, that the mixing of alcohol
with the juices of medicinal vegetables,
weakens or destroys their remedial prop
critics. The general public, without en-
tering upon this question, are content to
believe that the Alternative, anti-bilious
aI.ti-dyspeptic tonic and carminative
properties of VINEGAR BITTERs render
the preparation specific for most bod
lily ailments.-[Co
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

LACoUERING BRAsswoRK.-First see
that there is no ironwork about the piece
of brass to be cleaned dip in strong
aquafortis, dry it off with hot water and
sawdust, then take and burnish the high
parts with ox-gall or beer, by rubbing it
with the burnisher till it becomes quite
bright, dry it with fine tissue paper.
The laoquering is done by giving it a
coat over with pale lacquer with fine
camel's-hair brush when cold; then heat
over Bunsen burner till you can just
touch it with the back of your hand,
brush it over again with the lacquer, and
if not high enough in color heat and
brush it over to required height.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

SAID A PARENT TO A CHILD. "Just look at
those Shoes, only bought last week; good as
new, all but the toes, which are worn through
Money thrown away, feet wet, stockings soied,
all because they were not Metal Tipped" Pa
rents, take your choice. Neat, genteel, Silver
Tipped Shoes, which never wear out at the toe,
or shses without Tips, with ragged holes and
protruding toes. Which looks the Best
Which is the Cheapest ?-COh..
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Address THE SUN, New York City

me FUREsT AND SWEETEST COD LIVER OIL
IN the world lie Hazard and Caswell's, made on
the sea.shore, from fresh, selected livers4 by
CNswELL, HAZARD 4: Co., New York. 1t is
absolutely pure and .saoeet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it TO all others. Physicians
have decided it superior to any of the other
oils in market.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

The American -igrtcuttnist, speaking about
the great merits Of CABLE SCREW WIRE
Boots and Shoes, says: A trial of these goods
for several months past, and the testimony We
have from dealers, prove this method of fasten-
ing soles to be a good Improvement; there is
no ripping, the wire holds until the sole of the
shoe is fairly worn out.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

ONE-FoURTH OF THE MORTALITY in this
country. is due to neglected Coughs. This is
a statistical fact, and it is equally true that no
Cough or Cold would ever prove fatal if the
great balsamic remedy "Hale's Honey Of Hore-
hound and Tar" were taken in the early
stages. Reflect on thls-COm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Sufferers from coughs, colds, bronchitis,
Group, influenza or whoOping cough, will find
relief in DR.. WaStar'S BalSam of " lid Cherry,
which has now bsen III use for nearly half q
century, aud still maintains Its long established
reputation as the great remedy for all diseases
of the throat, lungs and chest.-LCom.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

GIVES HIM UP.-A Boston paper says
that an heiress of that city, worth some
100000, who was engaged to marry a
poor man at home, was travelling in
Europe at the time of the fire. That
catastrophe left her in utter poverty, and
accordingly by the cable, next day, she
sent him a message of dismissal, which,
it is probably safe to say, will not be ac-
cented.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

WHEAT-FLoURC CAKEs.-Mix. at night,
four pint bowlfuls of flour or half white
one teaspoonful of salt, two
and half bowlfuls of tepid-warm milk,
one-half tumblerful of yeast. In the
morning add an egg, well beaten, also
add milk if too thick; the cakes must be
spongy. This same combination made
with the Horsford preparation" in
stead Of yeast is excellent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

No Person can take these Bitters accord
irfg to directions, and remain long unwell provided
their bones destroyed by mineral poison other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
Of repair
lilyspepsIa or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
1iness Sour Eructatons of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Papitaton Of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms.
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
Il has no equal and bottle will prove Letter guar
antee Of its merits than a'lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, in young old,
married or single, at the dawn Of womanhood, the
turn Of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided
influence that marked improvement is soon pereep-
tible.
For In<iammatory and Chronic Rheu-
matism and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter-
mttent Fevers Diseases OF the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, these Bitters have equal. Such Dis
eases are caused by Vitated Blood which Is generally
produced by arrangement of the Digestive Organs.
They are n Gentle Purgotive as well as
n Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit Of acting
as powerful agent in relieving Congestion or lnaam-
nation Of the Liver and Viscera Organs and IN Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter Salt
Rheum, Blotches Spots Pimpes, Pustues, Bois, Car
buncles, Ring-werms, Scad- Head, Sore Eyes, Fry
spela Itch Scurfs Discoloraons Of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature,
are literally dug up and carried out of the system in
short time by the use OF these Bitters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT.
TIERS the wonderful lnvgorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco and New forK'
ug- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS DEALERS,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Mrs. Colt, of Hartford, placed to hes
income account last year 100000, made
from profits ON revolvers. AS this lady
is said to possess $S.0O0,000. she may be
presumed not to be in what Mrs. Par
tington calls indignant circumstances p
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Persons who have become thoroughly chilled
from any cause, may lave their circulation at
once restored by taking into the stomach q
teaspoonful of Johnson's Arodyne Linin,ent,
mixed in little cold water, well sweetened.-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

COMPARISONS ARE ODIoUs."-Mrs. @.
81 really must give cook warning,
Charles. She does use such very bad
words"
Mr.. O." Really, dear What sort of
words are they 7"
Mrs. G.-"O-well---tbe same as you
usel"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Every farmer who owns good stock OF hor-
ses, cattle and sleep, and intends TO keep them
! through the winter, should get at once good
stock of Meridan's Cavalry Condition Po,oders.
One dollars worth will save at least half ton
| of hay.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

FLAGe's INSTANT RELIEF, warranted to re.
lieve all Rheumatic Affections, Sprains, Neu.
raleia, etc The best, the surest, and the quick
est remedy for all Bowel Complaints. Relel
guaranteed or the money refunded Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26
CONSUMPrIYES READ
ALIENS LING BALsAM

Would you cure that distressing Cough and bring
back that healthy vgor till lately planted cheek?
II you would DO not delay for, ere you are aware, it
lao ton lar
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

THE BROWNS AND BLACKS produced by that
sterling preparation, Or etadoro's Excelsior
Hair Dye, cannot be excelled by nature It's
tints challenge comparison with Nature inosi
favored productions, and DEFY detection
TCOm.
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UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OF ITS MERITS.
READ THE FOLLOWING;
WHAT WELL-KNOwN DRUGGISTS SAY ABOUT
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM.

READ THE FOLLOWING;
WHAT WELL-KNowN DRUGGISTS SAY ABOUT
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM.
SPnIEGFIELn> Tenn, Sept. II, 1872
Gentlemen :--Ship us six dozen ALIENS LUNG BAL
We have not bottle eft in our store. 1t
has more reputation than any Cough medicine We have
Sold ati have been in the drug business tweny
seven years we mean Just what say about the Bal
sam. very ruiS fEfn1nIrs ~, >,,,,,
Again read the Evidence from a Druegist who was
cured by Of the Balsan, and now sells il largely.
L. q. Cottrel Druggist at Marine City, Mich gan,
writes Sept. u, 1872 II am out of ALIENS LUNG
BAIsAM send me half gross soon as you can /;
would rather be out OF any other medicine In my store
The LUNG BALsAM never fails TO do good for thns
afflicted with cough"
II is harmless to the most delicate child.
II contains e. Opium In any form.
1t is sold by Medicine dealers generally
CAUTION.
Be not deceived. Gall for ALIENS LUNG BAL
SAM, and take no other.
ES1- Directions accompany each b e.
PERRY DAVIS & SON, General AGENTS.
Providence, r. !.
J.N. HARRIS q CO., Cincinnati, o.,
PRoPRIEToRs.
u15- Sold by all Medicine Dealers
FOR SALE BY
JOHN +. HENRY, New York.
GEO. G. GOODWIN d co., Boston.
JOHNSON. H0LAwAY d 90. Philadelphia.
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DR.. A. TRASK'S
MAGNETIC OINTMENT
FOR THE CURE OF
1NFLAMMAToRY DISEASES.


DR.. Trask was engaged for twenty years in
a course OF experiments upon the medical prop
critics and power Of vegetables, separate and
combined. AT the age of seventy years he sue
ceeded in presenting to the world, as the result
of his experiments u combination of Vegetable
extracts the power of which in removing dis
eases is unequaled in the annals OF Medicine.
His discovery consists in a combina-
tlon of these powerful Vegetable Extracts with
Electricity or Magnetism In the form of an ONT
ment.
Certain, IL is, that ihe remarkable a,tis and nd
unprecedented success WHICH has attended its
application in tho cure Of diseases, stamps II at
once as the greatest discovery of the age, ana
calls for trial and close inv stigation OF Its
nc never Calls, while there remains suf.
feient life TO restore natural and healthy &C,
ton to the capillary vessels Of the body, and
equalize the circulation OF the olood. by TINS
means controlling power. 10 gained over the
most malignant forms of disease, which cannot
be obtained from any other remedy.
such Ia the power of this cOmbfna.
ston, that it penetrates 10 every portion OF
the human frame: every hone and muscle, vein,
nerve and ligament is searched ont and made
sensible OF its purifying and meaning I'M Ilhuehce.
Hence it copes as readily with internal as ex-
ternal disease.
Numerous instances are on record
where this remedy has restored health to pa;
internal remedies failed to produce any effect.
Such has frequently been the case In lnfamma-
ton of the Bowels. go
disease where the Magnetic Ointment can be OBJ
tanned.
For Inffammatory. Rheumatism
this Ointment is the most complete remedy ever
prepared. For Diphtheria or Putrid Sore Throat
1t Is unrivaled.
In ninety-nfne cases ont of q
hundred. 1t will afford entire relief to the worst
cases of Nervous Headache In thirty minutes.
For Nervous Diseases TINS medicine ID
OF immense value.
Affections of the Spine, rheumatism,
Lameness. liberated Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Pleurisy, Group. Collie Cholera Morb9s, Agne IN
the Face or Breast, Burns, Scald Head, Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Infamed Eyes, Fever
Sores Sores. ETC.. will be Immediately relieved
by the use Of DR.. Trask's Magnetic Ointment.
D. RANSOM, SoN s. Co., Propr's, Buffalo, N. Y.
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1000 Reward is offered by the proprietor of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discover for q
medicine that will equal 1t in the cure of Bron-
chitis, severe Coughs, and the early stages OF
Consumption. 612.
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l. yosr hope. II has been tried by thousands such
you who nave he cured many, in their gratitude,
have lent their names TO that suffering hufnant
can read their evidences and believe Don't experiment
with new aad untried mxtures-ynu not afford it
but try once this invaluable article. II warranted
to break up the troublesome Cough in few hours
II not of too long standing. II is warrHnted TO give
rutre satisfaction in all OF Lung Throat diff
cultes. As an ExpectOrant, II has no equal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Ask your grocer for Dooley's Yeast Powder,
the best Baking Powder for preparing Biscuits,
Rolls, Bread, Griddle Cakes, Wafiles, sc. De-
pot 60 New st., N. Y. At retail by all grocers
--TCom
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Medical Blunders.

MORMON SECRETS sent free. Address AN
DREW HENLEY, Omaha, Nebraska.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-26

Fixes Toothac Drops cule Toothache IL
one minute. Sold by all Druggists at rs cents
-tCom.