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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

Few of our institutions arc accomplishing
so much for the general well-being OF society
as the system of Life Assurance. Numberless
families have been saved by its inst umental-
ity from proverty and dependence. II furnish
es an incentive to and the means Tor wise
provision against the future, and the changes
which it may have in store. This system Is
yearly growing in the favor of the public, and
all classes, whether rich or poor, are more
and more disposed to avail themselves of the
advantages which It brings within their
reach. This is demonstrated by the rapidly
increasing business of some OF our leading
life insurance companies The annual state
ment of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, of 3iG and 3lS Broadway, New York,
Just published, makes an exhibit, with which
its policy holders may well be gratified, and
of which its officers have good reason to be
proud. The assets of this Company have in
creased during the last ten years from 81, ,500,-
600 to nearly $40, 900. The number OF
policies issued during the last year is S,90S,
insuring over s24,600,000. An annual divi-
dend has been declared from its divisible sur
plus OF nearly 81 100000. Such statement
as this speaks loudly in favor of the prudence
and zeal with which the business management
of this Company has been conducted. The
New York Life has age and experience, and is
well known TO be one of the soundest corpor-
ations in the country, and the efficiency of
management which has secured 1t such sue
cess in the past is sufficient warrant for the
expectation of continued prosperity in the
future.-NeW York Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
New England SuperstitiOns.

There is strange vampire supersti-
ton associated with that scourge of New
England, "quick consumption (which
differs materially from the Tartar and
Semitic legends of the vampire. In the
Semitic the ghost is a demon in the
shape of beautiful woman, that lives
among tombs and subsists on corpses.
In Tartar and European legends, the
vampire is the horror of the hving-a
demoniac musquito that, issuing from
the graves of the dead, attacks its vic
tins by night, and subsists on their
blood.
Some analogy there is between this
and the New England superstition of
quick consumption but, in the New
England version, no actual demon is
presupposed. By some strange aberra-
tion of the ordinary laws of dissolution,
the heart is supposed to retain its vitai-
ty after death, and lives on in its coffin,
drawing, by some weird, sympathetic
influence, its support from the vitality of
some living relative, who wastes into
the grave in consequence of having to
sustain two vitalities instead of one
and thus, whole families drop off one af-
ter another, with singular regularity OF
interval. The remedy is to take up the
body of the dead, and burn the organ
supposed to exercise the deadly vampire
Junction. and odd legends are afoat of
instances in which the remedy has been
successfully tried.
A second vampire superstition, very
prevalent in portions of New England,
is, that cats suck the breath of babies
and ancient grandmothers recount how
mothers, having left their babies in the
cradle, with the cat in the room, have
returned to find the baby dead, and the
cat purring innocently in the cradle
juse as if it had been guilty of nothing
contrary to law. In this there is moth
ing original. 1t is simply relic of the
days when natural history was one tan
gle of superstition; when bats and bee
ties were invested with strange instincts
of evil doing; when the owlwas ghoul
In regard to a certain species of insect
designated the earwig, a superstition
exists, which is perhaps original, ano
according to which the insect is sup
posed to have special affinity for get
ting into ones ears.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

One of the most clever of all recent
ventures in journalism is the New York
EVENING MAIL, bright, earnest, enter
tanning and cheerful. 1t has become q
very popular tea-table paper, and one of
influence as well as interest. Few pa
pers furnish to contemporaries larger
share of the good things well sa.dwhich
have welcome currency throughout the
country. Its publishers yield to the ex-
pressed desires of many friends of New
York, who do not care for daily jour-
nal, but would like weekly paper OF
the character of THE MAIL, by establish
ing weekly edition, published in quarto
form and double the size of the daily
By limiting advertising space, and omit
ting purely local news, they will be able
to print in it the cream of the cores
pondence, and literary, social and art
news, for which it is SO justly esteemed
-B0St0R AdUertiSer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

THE GREAT HAIR fRoDUCER.-Hair Oils,
Pomatums and Pomades have had their day.
They belong to the musty past. Nobody that
understands the chemistry of the hair and
the philosophy of its growth thinks of using
them. Instead of clogging the pores of the
scalp with thick onguents, and thus obstluct-
ing the insensible perspiration which is es-
sential to the health of the flbers, we now tone
the surface of the head with an invigoraiiug
application which penetrates to the roots of
the hair and stimulates them in the same way
that the fertilizing agents spread over the
meadows stimulate the grass roots and cause
the blades to spring up in myrads, coating
the earth with verdure. The ihvigorant best
adapted to this purpose Is LYoN's KATHAIRoN.
1t may well he called the fertilizer of the head.
To the barren scalp it communicates vcgeta-
tive power. If the hair is dropping out or be-
coming dry and withered, it arrests the pro-
cess of dilapidation or blight. The hair thick
ems and becomes glossy and flexible under its
genial operation, and as dressing it is unap-
preached by any preparation that las yet been
laid on the toilet OF Fashion
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
symptoms of CatGrrh.

Discharge falling into throat, sometimes
proftise, watery, acrid, thick, mucous, puru-
lent, offensive, &c. In others dryn.ss, dry,
watery, weak or infamed eyes, ringing in
ears, deafness, hawking and coughing TO clear
threat, alterations, scabs from ulcers, con-
slant desire to clear nose and throat, voice
altered, nasal twang offensive breath, i'm
paired or total deprivation Of sense of smell
and taste, dizziness, indigestion, enlarged
tonsils, tickling cough, &c. Only II few of
the above symptoms are likely to be present
in any case at one time. The proprietor of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will pay $500 re-
ward for case of Catarrh which he can not
cure. Sold by Druggists at 80 cents. 512.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
A Healthy Indiyidooal.

The f0llowing is the last thing writ
ten by the late "Artemus Ward" "On-
tilsquite recent I've been healthy in
dividooal. I'm nearly 60, and yit I've
got muscle into my armes which don't
make my fists resemble the tread of o
canary bird when they fly out and hit a
man. Only few weeks ago 1 was ex-
hibitin' in East Showboygan, in a bid
in which had formly been 'oclxepied by
a pugylist-one of the fellers hits from
the shoulder and teaches the manly art
of self-defens. And he cum and said he
was goin' in free, in consequence of
prev'sly ockepyin' sed b'ldin with large
yaller dorg. He sed, 'Oh yes 1 sed,
oh no. He sed, DO you want to be
ground to powder 2 L sed, Yes. 1 do,
if there is any powder that grindest
handy when he struck me disgustin'
blow in my left eye, which caused that
concern to close for repairs; but he
didn't hurt me any. l went for him en-
ergetically. His parents lived near by,
and will simply state that fifteen min
utes after I'd gone for him his mother,
seeing the prostrate form of her son ap-
proachin' the house onto shutter, car
ried by four men, ran out of doors, keer-
fully looked him over, and sed MY
son, you've been afoul thrashin' ma
sheen. You went in the end they put
the grain in, and came out with the
straw, and then got up the thingumaiig
and let the horses trod on you, my son !!
You can imagine by this what disa-
greeable person l am when I'm angry
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

Famine has followed ON the track of
war in the fairest land of Europe, but
neither war nor famine is as destructive
as neglected or maltreated disease. Es-
sential as food to the starving, is DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs to all who
suffer dyspepsia, congestion er torpidity
of the liver, constipation or intermittent
fevers. To treat these complaints with
mineral poisons and acrid alkaloids,
while this mild and certain remedy is
within the reach of all, is little better
than moonstruck madness.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

RESURRECTION OF THE HAIR.-After forty
years of experiment, and thousand failures,
the great fact remains now, as i'll 1880, that
PHALoN's CHEMICAL HAIR lNyIGoRAToR is
the only article in existence that will stop
with absolute certainty the falling out of the
hair, produce Il new growth from the roots,
strengthen the fibers, prevent the possibility
of their decay, and preserve to the latest period
of life their flexbiIity, color and luxurance.
Is there any other hair preparation before the
world that will pllsh these objects? Let
those who have run through them all answer
the question We challenge the world to
show another article that will produce these
results, aud we guarantee that the InctgorG-
tor will, in every case, produce them. Should
yeur druggist chance TO be out of the article
he will obtain it at your request.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

1t is a rare thing that physicians give
any countenance to medicine the man
ufasture of which is secret. About the
only exception we know of is J0hnSOn's
Aa0dyae Imminent. This, we believe, all
endorse, and many of them use it in their
practice with great success.
Persons requiring purgatives or pills
should be careful what they buy. Some
pills not only cause gripping pains, but
leave the bowels in torpid, costiye
state. Parsons Purgatiee Pills will re-
hevs the bowels and cleanse the blood
without injury to the system.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

HOME CHEERFULNEss.-M child
goes astray, net because there is want
of prayer or virtue at home, but simply
because home lacks sunshine. A child
needs smiles as much as flowers need
sunseams. Children look little beyond
the present moment. If thing dis
pleases, they are prone to avoid it. If
home is the place where faces are sour
and words harsh, and fault-fnding is
ever in the ascendant, they will spend as
many hours as possible elsewhere. Let
every father and mother, then, try to be
happy. Let them look happy. Let
them talk to their children, especially
the little ones, in such way as to make
them happy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

,,ARTHuss HOME MAGAZINE, Contents for Ma ch.
Music-Il TrUvatOre. sophie Mausheld; by mrs.
Lydia p. Palmer. Use; by G.. Good Liie Long
Lfe. Waif; by Josephine Fuller. a Curious In.
cident other Peoples windows; by Pipsissiway
Potts. Over at Last; by Mrs Ha tie f. Bell.
unOer the SnO~; by Hester a. Benedict. Always
begin Right Which is the Heiress by $. Jennie
Jones. The Test Tor burning oils Elk in All; by
Virginia f. Townsend Finem Rcspice; by M. 4
Rockwell The Passing Years. Saturday Night.
Emmeilhc; by Majasa. Visits of Angels; by Rev.
David ID. Hudson Mothers Department-Com
fOrted by the Author of Talks with n Child "
Boys and Glrls' Treasury -Pollys Prayer by
Gerald" The GaIden ami Greenhouse The
Rose. Evenings with the Poets-W cary Chicago
by q. whittier My Beth )" by 6liss Alcott
Current Literature EDITORS Department Pub
llshed by 4. ) arthur * son, Philadelphia. 81 a
year; copies for St.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

THE PUREsT AND SWEETEST Cor
LIVER OIL in the world is Hazard &
Caswelrs, made on the sea-shore, from
fresh, selected livers, by CAswELL, HAz-
ARD S Co., New York. 1t is absolutely
pure and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi
clans have decided it superior to any o
the other oils in market.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

CoLoRING SEEDS FOR SowING.-Horti-
culturists and farmers arefully acquaint-
ed with the importance of securing the
equal distribution of seeds, whether sown
in drills or broadcast. If the seed be
unequally distributed, the result is too
small crop upon the parts of the land
that have less than their share, while
the portions that are evercrowded with
plants will also yield too little, unless
the defect is remedied by thinning out,
which process is always more or less
detrimental to the growth of the plants
that are left.
In sowing seeds that, on account of
their size and color, are undistinguish-
able from the soil, there is, in the ordinary
way, no guide for the OPERATOR who can
not see whether his work is done uni
formly or not But an inventor down
South has just taken patent for so
coloring the seed as to enable the sower
to see where it falls, thus supplying this
needed guide.
The seeds are prepared for sowing BY
first moistening them, and then rolling
| them in flour or other suitable material
until they are coated. This does not in
jure them, as the coating absorbs the
water, and speedily dries in the sun, if
the seeds are not Immediately required
for sowing.
When the seed is deposited, the coat
ing, by the absorption and retention OF
moisture, hastens and renders more GER
tain the termination.
The seeds being thus rendered visible,
| the SOwer whether SCATTERING them by
hand or planting them by a machine
may correct such faults in the work as
are made apparent. The coating will
also act as fertilizer, the value of which
will depend upon its character.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

LAST CHANCE in aid of Mercy Hospital
sl5O,O00 in 5000 cash prizes $4,000 Gold
Coin the highest prlZe. To be drawn in open
puub!ic at Omaha, 2Slh March, 1872, by sworr
Commissioners This charitable enterprise i,
sanctioned aud endorsed by the Governor and
best business men of the State. Tickets );
each, or 4 for $40. Pattee S Gardiner, Mana
gers, Omaha, Nebraska.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
Perhaps you are Coughing

as you read this notce-if so let it urge you
to the nearest druggists where Fifty Gents
laid out in a bottle of Haie's Honey of HOre-
hound and Tar, will enable you to cure your
cough in twenty-four hours.
ARE YOU IN AGONY ?--One drop of Pixies
Toothaehe Drops will kill the nerve in one
minute
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
Dyspepsia, COstivcness and Liver Conn
plaint Cured without Medicine.

l will forward to any address, on receipt Of
FIFTY CENTS, a printed prescription that will
cure any case Of Dyspepsia, Cosliveness, or
Liver Complaint, however obstinate. The
remedy is very cheap and Pleasant. The arli-
cles are kept in most fam houses, and are ca
silly obtained anywhere. Address DIR. s. N.
Thomas, Phelps, n. Y.
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Verify it Hath no Equal
CONSERVATIVES READ!

Woul. you cure that distressing Cough and bring
back that healthy vgor till lately planted in your
cheekf If you would do not delay, for ere you are
aware II win be too late.
Aliens Lung Balsnm is your hope IL has been tried
by thousands such you who have been cured, many
in their gratitude have lent their names to us that su
fering humanity read their evidence and believe
Don't experiment with new and untred mixtures, you
cannot afford IT, but try at once this invaluable article
1t can be found in any Drug Store and at most general
stores 1t is warranted to break up the most trouble
some Cough in few hours, If not Of too long eanding
II is warranted give ontro satisfaction In all cascs Of
Lung and Throat difficulties.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

To THE UBIIC.-We know OF no remedy
equal to JACKS JN's CATARRH SNUFF and
TRooHE POWDER, for Catarrh, Asthma, Loss
of Voice, &c. Is mild, pleasant, agreeable to
use, and a sure cure. Ask your druggist for
it. or mail :}S cents to COOPER, WILSON &
Co., Philadelphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
1T Saved My Life"
Words of nj Reliable Druggist.

MARINE CRY, Mich, July 2sth 1870.
J. N. HARRIS Co.-Dedr Sirs: The Aliens Lung
Balam has arrived. would not like TO be without 1t
for 1t has saved my life. Itook bad cold and cough,
and finally consumption was seated upon me- was in
a very bad state. tried everything that recon-
mended, and spent great deal of money, and got no
help. had Aliens Lung Balsam for sale, but knew
nothing ofits merits. did not like to take II without
knowing more about 1t. had not sold a bottle. When
your agent called upon me, told him could not sell
a medicine knew nothing about. He urged me TO try
II myself. / did so, and to my grateful surprise the
tie was taken, my lungs were healed and we'll and /
speak knowingly to my friends and customers
of the good qualities of Aliens Lung Balsam
remain yours, respectfully, l.. U. CoTThELb'
5-It is harmless to the most delicate child.
10 1t contains no opium in any form.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

Durability and Pliability are both combined
in the CABLE SCREW WIRE Boots and
Shoes; oue trial will convince you-will not
rip or leak.
All bear the Patent Stamp.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

GATHER WOODS DIRT.-When going
to work in the fields near the wood lot,
take along shovel and carry home at
noon and at night load of forest loan,
or else set apart day and devote it en-
tirely to the purpose of collecting.
Woods dirt is one of the best mulches
that can be used it is one of the alb
sorbents for the stable, and as loan
and fertilizer for soil it cannot be ex-
celled. 1t is good upon all kinds of soil,
and as cheap as the air.
Leaves and loan form an excellent
material for house banking, and for COW
ering vegetables buried in the fields or
garden. Nature has designed the fallen
leaves as a shield to the tree roots against
the frost; thin coating being almost
impervious to that element, they are.
therefore, exactly fitted for the use
above mentioned. No better manure
can be used upon the garden, as it will
make the soil light and airy, and at the
same time give it the primitive qualities
of fertility.-OhiO Farmer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

AN EXTESDED POPULARITY.-Each year
finds "Broions Bronchial 1rOeheS" in new
localities in various parts of the world. Fol-
relieving Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases,
the Troches have been ttOrsd reliable,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

From Maine to California millions of chill
dren are wearing SILVER TIPPED SHOES.
Why not, they are the cheapest and never
wear through at the toe. Try them.
For Sale by all Shoe Dealers
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CuLpRES's HouR-March Number-Content

CHILDREN's HoUR-March Number-Contents.-T
sick kitten.-Nettie's Lesson. Qllustrated); by
Madgc Carol The Star; by $. Jennie Jones. The
Little Nursling; by Clio Stanley. The White Owl
j. Counses for the Young. The Face in the Glass
ullustrated); by Hester A. Benedict. The Stolen Ap
pie; by Mary Il, About Mountains; by Aunt Lizzie
The most magnificent Park in the World by L. b. d
Adventures OF Kitty Whitefoot; by Pearl Peveril
Drunkard Michaels Boy by Annie l.. Muzzey. The
Dead Robin. Hermit Grabs, illustrated; by L. b
ID. Rich and Poor; by Mary IL. Plummer. The Bottle
of Oil. New Years Day in three Places Published
In Philadelphia, by 7. 5. Arthur & Son. Sl2j year
aaspi tor~
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LITERARY NOTICES.

THE CELTIC WEEKLY.-Such is the title of q new
story paper Just at hand. 1t contains no less than
Sertn original serials, besides ftnished stories,
humorous rketches poetry and host of excellent
reading. There are no advertisements. The CeLtic
Weekly is Illustrated and from the evidence of the
first number we are inclined to the belief that the
paper will be emlnently successful. Inc price ID
six cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
In the Middle RegiOn Of Western Iowa,
JOHN B. CALHOUN, Land Commissioner,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

HUNTING. Trapping, and Fishing made
L L easy. Best Book Is pages so engraving. Only
20 cents postpaid. Send for Catalogues of Books ETC.
Address, G. S. RILEY, Holland, n. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

5O.We advise all to send so cents for the Journal
HrMTFP, CAambersburg Pa.
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70 CONSUMPTlVES.

The advertiser having been permanently cured OF
that dread disease, Consumption, by simple remedy
is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the
means of To all who desire it. he will send
cspy of the prescription used free of charged with
the directions for preparing and using the same, which
they will find SURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION, AsTH
MA BRONCHITIS, &c. Parties wishing the prescription
will please address -, ,,,- CO..
Rev. EDWARD 4. WILSON,
2Gi South Third ST., Williamsburgh n.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.!

Al Employment for one or two agents in every
y town and village, except in the Western States
or what those that see, will have. They all say
hsy cannot keep house without IL. Agents make
Do1sy. for ladies as well as gentlemen, the work is
agreeable ahd respectabe. Address -
y. L. PRATT, D3 South Canal St., Chicago, III.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

Best and Oldest Family Medicine, San.
tords Ltrer purely Vegetable caartic
and Tonicfor Dyspepsia Constipation Debility, Sick
headache Billions Attacks and all arrangements oI
Liver Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist Tor it,
BetpdTe Qf limitations.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14

You can obtain weekly report of the
New York Money Market by enclosing
stamp to CHARLES w. HAssLER, No. I
Wall Street, New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-14
From Mrs. ELIZABETH CooNBs, Eruns,cick.


Miss SAWYER: l received your letter last even.
ing, and was very glad you concluded 10 let me
take your Salve. think can do well with it, and
as he cannot get along rithout IL. He hns tried
everything else and has never found anything that
healed his leg that Salyc Of yours, and we have
both found it to be all, and eren more than you
recommend tito be. We have had it in the family
five or six years. and have used 1t for everything,
and can truly say ice hare aerer Jound its cqudt.
nse 1t for n weak back, and it acts like charm.
Mr.. Coombs has had FeoeT Sore on his leg tur
thirty years, and ,could be cripple to-day. iThe
had not found a remedy in yoilr S0lre. 1t keeps
it healed, and takes out the Inflammation. proud
flesh and swelling, and does for him all that he can
ask. l can recommend 1t for a good many things
that you have not, for use it for everything.
consider it invaluable in family. II you can put
this testimony together and it can be OF any ser
vice to you, you are welcome. -
Yours, &c, ELIZABETH COOMDS.
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TO THE AFFLICTED.

If your Druggist is out of the Salve, and neglects
to keep supplied, send scventyfivc cents as directed
below, and receive \ box by return mail.
Put up in Boxes at so cents each. Prepared
by MISS C. SAWYER, and put up by L. M.
ROBBINS, Wholesale and Retail Drug
gist, Rockland, Me. y Trial Box sent free
6y mail receipt of seventy-ive cents, by l.. Nj.
ROBBINS, Rockand, Ne.
THIS VALUABLE SALVE Is SOLD DY ALL
DEALERS IN MEDICINES