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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
Handling the Reins.

Most drivers overdrive, says Mr.. Muir
ray, in his book called "The Perfect
Horse" They attempt too much, and,
in so doing, distract or hamper the
horse. Now and then you find horse
with such a vicious gait that his speed
is got from him by the most artificial
process; but such horses are fortunate
ly rare, and hence the style of manage
ment required cannot become general.
The true way is to let the horse drive
himself, the driver doing little but di-
recting him, and giving him that conf
dence which horse alone gets in him
self when he feels that guide and
friend is back of him.
The most vicious and inexcusable
style of driving is that which so many
drivers adopt, viz, wrapping the lines
around either hand, and pulling the
horse backwards with all their might
and main, so that the horse, in point OF
fact, pulls the weight back of him with
his mouth, and not with his breast.and
shoulders. This they do under the i'm
preston that such deadpull is needed
in order to steady" the horse. This
method of driving regard as radically
and superlatively wrong. 1t would tal
the ingenuity of a hundred fools to in
vent worse one. The fact is, with rar,
exceptions, there should never be an.
pull upon the horse at all. A stead.
pressure is allowable, probably advisa
BILE; but anything beyond this has n
justification in nature or reason; fo
nature suggests the utmost. possibl
freedom of action and head, body an
limbs, in order that the animal may al
tain the highest rate of speed; an
reason certainly forbids the suppositio
that by bits, and not by the breast co
lar, the holse is to draw the weight a
, tached to it.
, In speeding my horses, very seldol
? grasp the lines with both hands whe
the road is straight and free from ol
structions. The lines are rarely stea'
lily taut, but held in easy pliancy, an
used chiefly to shift the bit in the an
o malls mouth, and by this motion cor
? municate courage and confidence
: him. I find that, by this method, n
I horses break less, and go much taste
/ than when driven by men who put Il
q old-fashioned steady pull upon them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
A Visit TO an Iceberg.

A correspondent Of the Waterbury
(Conn. american, writing on board the
United States steamer Juniata, at st.
Johns, N. F., says: :,
IA large iceberg became stranded at
the mouth of the harbor, and the cap
tain wishing some of the officers to go
out with him and see it, gladly accept
ed the invitation, and as soon as our
party was made up, we started out in
the steam launch. AS we approached
the berg the air grew sensibly colder,
and we found it necessary to slip on our
overcoats. We ran along side of 1T and
measured it with our eye, which gave
us SO feet high, 100 feet broad and 400
long, and as that portion below the sur
face bears the proportion of seven to
one we can calculate the depth OF thick
ness of the berg to be 290 feet, equal to
IL, ,2OO,O 900 cubic feet, or 286, 225 tons.
The berg was melted so rapidly that
water was flowing from it in every di-
rection, preventing us from approaching
very closely to it, so we decided to go
to a smaller one and cut some ice for
our own consumption. We were very
successful, as we brought on board in
the neighborhood of half ton. About
five minutes after leaving the large berg
we heard an explosion, and looking
around saw that one end OF the berg
had burst off, and filled an area OF
about three hundred feet in length OF
the width of the berg, so we escaped
an unpleasant dampness just in time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
The Modoc Idea of the Creation.

Joaquin Miller, in his "Life Among
the Modocs," gives the following idea
of the creation of the world as that en-
tertained by the Modocs "The Great
Spirit made Mount Shasta first of all.
He pushed down snow and ice from the
sky through a hole which he made in
the blue heavens by turning a stone
round and round, till he made this
great mountain Z; then he stepped out
of the clouds on to the mountain top,
and descended and planted the trees all
around by putting his finger on the
ground. The sun melted the snow, and
the water ran down and nurtured the
trees and made the rivers. After that
he made the fish for the rivers out OF
the small end of his staff. He made
the birds by blowing some leaves which
he took up from the ground among the
trees. After that he made the beasts
out of the remainder of his stick, but
he made the grizzly bear out of the big
end, and made him master over al
others. Having done that, the Grea
Spirit converted Mount Shasta into |
wigwam, and its volcanic eruptions ar,
the outcome of the fire that he lights il
the centre of the mountain. The de
velopment of. man was later occur
renee. The daughter of the Grea
Spirit ventured too far, got astray, an
fell into the power of the grizzly bears
and she was forced to marry one c
them, and the red men were the fruit c
the marriage. These red men wer
taken under the protection OF the Grea
Spirit but the grizzlies were punishe
by being compelled to walk on fou
feet, whereas before they had Wake
on two. To this day the grizzly bei
is never slain by the red men, WI
recognize him as sort of kinsman.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OF ITS MERITS

DIR. A. l.. sCOVILL is the inventor of several
medical preparations which have become very
nopular and have been literally used. Among his
inventions are" Halls Balsam for the Lungs and
% Liverworth and Tar.n For the past ten years
better remedy has been offered to the public Read
the following letter from DE-. SCOVILL referring
oit
MEssRs. j. n. HARRIS Co.,
Gents-I make the following statement from a
perfect conviction and knowledge ef the benefits of
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM in curing the most deep
seated Pulmonary Consumption! have witno ssed
its effects on the young and the old and truly
say that is by far the best expectorant remedy
with which am acquainted. For Coughs, aud all
the early stages of Lung Complaints, believe 1T
to be certain cure and if every family would keep
it by them ready TO admnister upon the first ap,
pearance of disease about the Lungs, there would
be very few Of fatal consumption. 1t causes
the phlegm and matter to rise without Irritating
| those delicate organs (the LungsE and without
producing stpation of the bowels 1t also gives
strength to the system, steps the night-swe ats
and changes ali the morbid seCretions to a healthy
| state. Yours, respectfully, o,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

LET US CONSIDER the intro
duction of distilled spirits in the Six
teenth Century, they have been habitu-
ally prescribed as remedies. we Know
that alcohol, in all its forms, is fern'-
cious to health. knoaOing these things
and that under the system OF treatment
which includes their use, the mortality
among the sick is, and ever has been,
enormous, is it not worth while to try
the effect of remedy which combines
in their highest excellence the qualities
of Tonic, an Alternative and Regula-
tor contains no mineral bane or MUIR
derous alkaloid or alcoholic poison ;
does it's curative office without pain and
with uniform certainty? DIR. WALKER
VINEGAR BITTERs fulhlls all these con-
ditions, and is now ettecting the most
extraordinary cures in cases where every
" specific" OF the faculty has 1gnomln-
iously failed. Consider, i'll view OF
these facts, whether any sick person Is
justified by reason and common sense
III declining to test the virtues OF this
undefled and irresistible remedy
| Com,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
nr. II. Walker's CaIifOrnia VIM

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor.
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, >"What is the cause of tho
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsHn Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before. in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities OF VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to- They
are gertle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
| Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BJTTERs are Aperient, DlaPhoretio'
Carmnative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretc,
Sedative, Couuter-Irritant, SudoDtic, Altera:
tive. and Anti Bilious.
Il. II. MCDONALD d CO..
Druggists and Cen \ rts., San Francisco California.
and cor. of Washington aud Charlton SITS. n K.
Sold by all Druggists and DE- aIers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
Physicians use PERUVIAN SYRUP.-Com.

That LAMB AGAIN.-The New Orleans
Times gets off the following bustling
poetry Mary had little lamb, with
which she used to tussle, she snatched
the wool all off its back, and stuffed it
in her hustle; the lamb soon saw he
had been feeced, and in passion flew
but Mary got up on her ear and stuffed
the lamb in, too.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

TT Won have b dear friend with dis
eased lungs, beg him, as he values his life; TO
take HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND lar
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
o.-.,,,-.>u,,,ns face rouob skin. pin,

CHAppED HANDS, face, rough skin, PM
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, BY using the JUNIPER Tar soar, made
bv GAswEI,I. HAZARD Il Co., New York. Be
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made BY
us, as there are many limitations made with
common tar which are worthless.- Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

A butcher at Warrenton, Va, became
enraged at his horse and tied the animal
up and was saving him in two when
parties interfered, but it was too late
to save the horse.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

CRIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR Dye
stands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have
been 30 universally acknowledged that it would
be A supererogation to descant on them any
fnrtber-nothinc can beat it.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

Nearly every jeweler in London ex-
hibits in his shop window some orna'
ment said to have been owned by the
Empress Eugene.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

A Missionary, Just returned, says he
yond all price, and eificaeious beyond any other
medicine. 1t is adapted to great variety OF
special cases, and is the best pain curer III the
world.-COnt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

Fevers seldom make an attack with
out warning, and may often be thrown off by
soaking the feet in warm water, wrapping VI
warm in bed. and taking two or three OF Pdr
sons PurgdtiUe 9'ills.--Conl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
GIT SAVED MY LIFE.m
COLUMBIA, ALA, March s, 1873.

COLUMBIA, ALA, March S, 1873.
j. n. HARRIS & Co:
Dear Strs-I am taking ALIENS LUNG BALsAM for
disease of the Lungs of thirteen years standing.
have used every remedy offered and this is the
only remedy that has given me any relief. know
it saved my life last spring. At that time COM
menced using it, and received immediate relief
1t stopped on my lungs IN ten hours. You are al
perfect liberty to publish this letter, for the bene
At Of suffering humanity, and with res pect,
IIemain, Yours truly,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
A SOVEREIGN BALM

Can be found in that great and reliable :amily
medicine
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM,
BY the use Of which health and happiness is
to those afflicted with any Lung or Throat disease
such as:
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis Consumption
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

If you have Chills and Fever, or any form OF
Fever and Ague, take shallenbe berger's Antidote
and save DOCTORS bill. Every druggist has it,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

LIKE LIGHTNING are the miraculous
Cures effected with FLAaas INSTANT RELIEF.
oASSoT EXIST Il this great medicine is used.
Relief warranted. or monev refunded Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND
FAMILY LINIMENT
For sale by an Druggi 5 It's.

oSE Cold after Another, will, with many eoDsti-
tutions, securely establish the seeds OF Consump-
tion in,the system Those In need Of q remedy will
find DR.. Jaynes Expectorant always prompt, thor
oh aud ef1caciOus.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
CURES DIsEAsEsof Ms<
ENRaAT, LuNGS,nvER & BLOOD

In the wonue-frJ medicine 10 vhlcn tne aMlct
ed are above poinled for relel, the dAscoVerer
, believes he has combined IN harmony more OF
Natures most sovereign cura1ve propertes,'
which God has instilea INTO the vegetable king
dom for healing the s. ok, THAI we4 ever oeiore
combined in one medicine. The evidence OF THIS
fact is found in the - eat varie o. most oosll-
maze diseases whicnit has been found TO conquer.
Ia the cue OF BrOnchitis, $ we're
Coughs, and the early stages CT Consump,
ton, has astolished The medical faculty, and
/ eminent physicians pronounce i ne greatesI
! sevcrest Coughs, il strengthens the system ano
! pur,fies the blood. By its great and
thorough blood purifying properties, II cures all
! HumOrs from the worst Scrofuia 70 coIi-
mon ksiotCh, Piniple or Eruption.
| Mercurial disease, Mineral Poisons, and their
effects are eradicated, and vigorous health and
sound constitution established Eryslpelas,
salt Rhsnm, Fever YER sores, s5o sSanS camsrons 9s
| diseases caused by bad blood, are conquered py
This powerful, purifying and invigorating medi-
! cine. ,,,., -,
| low color of skin, or yellowish brown spots on
| face or BODY frequent headache or dizziness,
bad taste IN mouth, internal heat or chllls alter
mated with hot flushes, low spirits, and gloomy
| forebodlngs irregular appetite, and tongue coat
ca. YOU are suffering from Torpid LIVER or
SEsiIiousness.S In many cases OF Liver
Complaint" only part OF these symptoms
aIe experienced. AS remedy LOT al sueh eases
DR.. Pirrce's Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal as IL effects perfect cures, leaving the iver
stfenrthened and healthy. For the cure OF tta-
bituaI Constipation OF the BoWeis " u u
never failing remedy, ana those Mno na'e ueeu
The proprietor offers $1,000 reward Tor medl
cine that will equal for the cure OF all the dis
eases for which tits recommended T;
Sold by druggists at 81 per bottle. rrenaTeC
nv n, V. PIERCE, NJ. D., at the World's
Dispensary, at Nos; 50, s., 81 and 60 Yves
| Seneca Street, BUnalo, y. l.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23

Such, my suffering friends are the letters reeeiv-
ed daily, and you doubt for moment the effica-
cy of this valuable medicine. Be in time, and take
to your home bottle of ALIENS LUNG BALsAM
You will ind in it a glorious prize, and never
falling friend in time of need
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
Thea-Nectar
Peerless Clothes Wrinaer.

BUSLN fLteSe. middle aged men and wo-
men ambitious to make a successful start in bust
ness, offered superior facilities for preparing
themselves at the sPENCERIAN BUSINESS COL
LRGE, Mil gaukee, WIS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
CAUTION

Be not deceived. Call for ALIENS LUNG BAL
SAM, and take no other.
Directions accompany each bottle.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
j. N. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, o.,
PRoPRIEIoRs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
FOR SALE MHOLEsAL.

FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY
JOHN F. HENRY, New York.
GEO. G. GOODWIN q CO., Boston.
JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY & CO, Philad elphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
Balky Horses.

Baking is serious defect in a very
useful animal, and it cannot be over
come by whipping or swearing at him.
His brain does not seem capable of en-
tertaining but one thought at time,
and the stubborn resolve not to move
seems to be uppermost in it. There
fore you must endeavor to give him
a new subject of thought, and by
so doing change the direction of his
brain.
The simple trick of putting small
quantity of earth or gravel, taken from
the roadside, upon his tongue, will
suffice to turn his attention to the new
kind of fodder offered him. Now cluch
to him, but don't strike him, and al
most before he is aware of it he walk
ing along, and soon trots as fast as il
needful. This is remedy much in ust
on the Western plains, where teamine
is employed to perform vast amoun
of labor, and balky horses are quite {
common trouble.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-09-17
Celebrated Unk Weed Remedy,

or, Oregon Rheumatic Cure; DR., D. Jayne
& Sons medicines, etc.
snence's Positive and Negative Powders
kent in stock. Also agents for the
Home Shuttle Sewing Machine,
one of the most useful pieces OF household
furniture extant. Call and examine,
r. C. HILL & SON.
Albany, june 10, 7l-i0y3
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-09-17
Facts Of Interest.

1t may be Of interest to our read
ers to learn Of the cost, earnings
and profits of American railroads.
the operations Of which ale given
for the year 1872. The total cost
of railroads is put at $3,l59, ,423,-
057. This is made up Of $685..
844, ,113 of capital stock, and 81,
511,7S,944 Of different kinds Of
Indebtedness, mostly of bonds ma
turing at distant periods. The cap
ital stock amounted to 52.15 per
cent, and the debt to Abs per
cent. of the entire cost. The esti-
mated cost per mile Of these roads
is $55,116. The gross earnings
for the year were $473, 1,O55.
Of this $132,3O9,27O, or % per
cent, was received for the carry
ing Of passengers, and $34O,931,-
1856, or 70 per cent, for the trans
portation of freight. This gave
$8,256 per mile. The rates ofeaTl-
ings to population was $11 76 per
head. The operating expenses for
the year were 1907, ,4S6,682, or 65
per cent. Of the gross receipts, leav-
ing $165, ,754,3 or IS per cent,
as net earnings. The percentage
Of gross receipts to the total cost Of
the roads was Is per cent, and Of
net earnings, So per cent. The
amount paid in dividends was $64,
AIS, ISL, or 3.91 per cent. Of the
aggregate capital stock. The bal
ance Of net earnings, $l01, 1886, ,222,
was equal to 6.7O per cent. on the
aggregate Indebtedness ofthe roads.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-09-17

A GOOD STORY TELLER. The New
York S0a's st. Paul, Minnesota cor
respondent Wandering Minstrel, in
late issue ofthat metropolitan journal,
says:
In Minnesota it is SO cold that even
st. Paul freezes up. The people out
there warm their hands by lump of
ice. 1t is an awful cold place. There
was a friend of mine out there last
winter: he went to chase bear, but
the bear chased him. He wasn't
afraid, only he climbed a tree to get
out of the way, leaving his gun on the
ground. The bear longed for a savory
mess, and not knowing that he chewed
tobacco and drank rum he did picket
duty around that tree until my friend
drew forth his whisky flask from his
breast and poured it down on the gun.
The whisky troze in one solid streak
from the flask to the gun, and my
friend took hold Of that frozen streak
of whisky and drew his gun up hand
over hand, and shot the bear. For
the truth of this, | refer you to st,
Paul, Minnesota.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-09-17
Latest News.

On the 18th, the juryin the cases OF
VIM. Bumpheah and Benz. Welch,
members Of the Boatd Of Works,
Jersey City, charged with corruption
in Office, returned a verdict Of guilty.
A gentleman direct from Labrador
on the 18th, gives information about
the effects of the recent storm on that
coast. AT Indian Tickle six persons
were killed by the falling buildings.
Six squarerigged vessels off the harbor
were lost with their crews. The fish
ermen lost all their codliver oil, OF
which they had accumulated large
and rich quantity.
kilograms from Shreveport to the
12thstate that eighteen deaths occurred
from yellow fever there on that day,
and the disease, which is of malig-
nant type. is on the increase. Whole
families are down with it, and all the
nurses worn out.
The following telegram, from the
Mayor of Shreveport, was received by
Senator West on the 13h: Our peo-
pie were panic-stricktn. All who
could leave have left. The poor are
nearly all on our hands. There is no
money in the city treasury, and all
pecuniary aid will be thankfully re-
ceived. The fever cases are increas-
ing"
At the city of Yankton, Dakota
Territory, on the evening ofthe 18th,
Gen. Edwin S. McCook, Secretary of
Dakota Territory, and ?. p. Winter
mute, banker of that city, got into
an alteration in a billiard room in the
st. Charles Hotel, when McCook chas-
tised Wintermute. The latter subse-
quently procured a revolver, and later
in the evening met McCook at o rail-
road meeting which was being held at
lie hotel, and shot him in the left
breast, the wound proving fatal, Nc
Cook dying at 7 O'Clock this morning.
Wintermute was arrested.
The Philadelphia wool market Is
active, but not quotably higher. Cal
ifornia fine and medium at 30935c.
California coarse, 2S933c.
Kennyan, Cox & Co., bankers and
brokers, Wall street, New York, sus-
pended on the 18th. Daniel Drew was
a special partner in the house, it is
said, and rumor has it, that the failure
of the firm was caused by operations
of Drew.
The N. Y. World Of the 18th admits
that its announcement Of The day be-
fore, of the death of Mrs. Holiday was
erroneous, and says she is convalescent.
This mornings adyices from her resi-
dence, confirms the statement that she
has been very iii, but DR.. Sayre pro-
nounced her condition improved. The
principal difficulty seems to be nerv-
Gus depression and melancholy, con-
sequent on the sudden death Of her
Countess de Pourtales.
A book kept by the United States
District Attorney in New York con
talns the names of nearly five hundred
of that city who had to pay
from $4,000 to $lO6,OOO 10 compro-
mise suits brought against them by
Custom III HOuse- Detectives.