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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
An Apology.

The editor of q Western paper once
gave a notice of a ball, and happened
incidentally to mention that the dane
ing of Major Heeler's better half was
like "the cavorting of hy-bitten COW
in field of cucumbers." The fact that
the editor had not been invited to the
ball may somewhat detract from the
value of the simile, while at the same
time it accounts for his establishing the
figure. The major, accompanied by his
better half and six-shooter, called on
the editor to complain of the poetical
nature of the image. On learning that
the lady was the one he had described,
the editor besought her to raise her
veil. She did so, saying,
"Now, Sir, expect you to apollo
gize."
"Apoligize 1 should rather think ]
would" was the answer, as he seized
his hat and rapidly left the room.
The astounded major rushed to the
window: "Stop. you Sir you have not
apologized !"
"All right; I'm going to do it in a
minute %
"What do you meanP" shouted the
major, a,centuating the note of interro'
cation with pistol-bullet.
The answer was waited back from
round the next corner
"Can't you see I'm looking for that
COW p . .....
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
Sheep Raising.

The greatest sheep-raising and wool
growing countries have long been Aus
tralia, California, and Texas. In Cali
fornia, the present number of sheep is
estimated to be 100000, and the
amount of wool raised annually II, 500,-
600 pounds. More recently, New Mex
leo has become great field for the in
dustry, and stands among the very first
countries IN the world for it's enterprise
and success in this direction. As to
the amount of capital necessary, we are
unable to inform you. We may, how
ever, state that gentleman in Califor-
mia, who invested 81, ,000m the purchase
of seventeen ewes and two or three rams
of the Merino breed, is now in the an
nual receipt of S5, ZOO regular income
therefrom. As to the probability of
success" that depends so much on in
dividual characteristics, on locality, on
the chances in the selection of stock,
and on thousand other side issues,
that it is quite impracticable to prophe-
cy with regard to it. Industry, self
denial, perseverance-these qualities
will go far in stock-raising, as in any
other enterprise, if allied with judg-
ment, knowledge, and determination to
ucceed.-Erchange.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
The ChOctaW Slaves.

The Choctaw Indians and the negroes
in that territory are at lagerheads. 1t
is known that the Indians owned many
negro slaves, and that these had inter
married with the Indians. When the
slaves were liberated, Congress agreed
to give the Choctaws $300,000 for the
strip of country known as the "leased
district" provieded the Choctaws would
within two years, adopt into the nation
and make citizens about 5000 negroes,
formerly their slaves, and give forty
acres of land to each individual. The
time expired without action having been
taken, and from Council to Council the
government has extended the time.
This money, with interest, now amounts
to more than $400,000 yet so strong
is the prejudice or fear of sectionizing
and allotting their lands that they have
again refused to pass the act of adop-
ton. Every other nation of Indians
have adopted their former slaves and
given them equal right of land and an
nuities.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
A " Prize - SWindle.

A correspondent says he saw an ad-
vertisement of an association in New
York chartered by the State" As
tickets were but twenty-five cents, he
sent, and received in reply ticket, say
ing his number had drawn piano
valued at $3.50, but asking for 50 to pay
expenses and packing. He does not
know what to do. The association will
not send the goods G. o. D., but want
the 50, before doing anything. A man
who will be fooled out of his money by
any advertisement that offers to give q
gold dollar for brass penny ought to
lose his money, and has no business to
complain of the loss. The newspapers
bave done all they could to warn people
against the swindles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
" DOctOred' Barley.

The Chicago Tribune says: Two of
the mills for doctoring barley with sui
phur are understood to be located, one
at Lena and the other at Sycamore. 1t
is said to be more difficult to detect
barley that has been doctored than it
was last year, as it is now steamed after
having been sulphured, which takes
away all but faint trace sf the smell.
Nevertheless, the inspectors have de-
tected several cars of the stuff, and
passed it as 'unmerchantable, and,
thus far, no appeal has been taken from
their decision. AS the inspectors will
adhere to the rule in every case, the
game will probably be soon found to be
a losing one, as far as this market is
concerned. One instance was reported
to us, which it is both a duty and a
pleasure to chronicle. A commission
man in this city, who is not a Judge of
barley, nor does he profess to be one,
received consignment of this stuff a
day or two ago, which he sold by sam
pie at $1.25 per bushel. Before the
bill was paid he discovered from out
side sources that the barley had been
sulphured, and went around to the
buyer to inform him of the fact, offer.
ing voluntarily to deduct Is cents per
bushel from the price, if that would be
satisfactory, and expressing his regret
that he had been imposed on. We be-
lieve that that barley came from the
neighborhood of Lena, Ill.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
The Drivers Story.

"Ah, sir, this is going to be hard
winter" said great burly car driver to
us the other evening; "and / saw yes
tetday what such as you don't see very
often, and hardly believe when it's told
teye. One of the men that drove on
this line nigh three years sent his little
gal to ask me to come see him, and I
laid off last evening and went.
''Now ] heard how he was sick with
consumption but didn't know how sick
untl got there.
"As sure as L live, sir there was
that fellow what one year ago was as
strong and hearty young man as you
ever saw, with his legs no bigger than
my vrist-and him lyin on the floor
and heavin and chokin all the day and
night
"He told me he hadn't sent for me
until he had to, and on looking round,
sir, [ saw there wasn't any furniture
left; and altho year ago he had his
little room fitted up comfortable-li like,
he had sold even the straw in his tick
and was lyin' on the floor. Il wouldn't
care to live, Jim,' said he (spenkin very
hoarse and troublesome-like), but for
my poor wife and children; for altho' /
am only in their way l like to see 'em
round, and L shan't trouble 'em much
longer And here he looked at his
wife and smiled when she cum up and,
takin' hold of his hand, told him not
to talk like that, but to pluck up hope
for her sake and the little ones.
"Well, it seems he hadn't had any
thing to eat that day, so gave him two
dollars Gall I had) and sent for some
bread, and bundle of straw, and, best
of all for him, 1 do believe, I got his
babies stick of candy and whistle,
and left 'om almost happy. Ny old
woman has been over to-day to take 'em
an old bedstead we amt usin', and ]
have collected eight dollars for 'em from
the drivers, and we're thinkin' of get
ting up ball, hoping to make enough
to send him to a hospital and give his
wife start. So they're not so bad of
now as they might be. But there's lots
Just like 'em, sir, lots just like 'em, ant
there's goin' to be more afore the winter
through.
"Hold on till I slow up bit, sir
There Goodnight, sir; good-aight.
And We walked away pondering on tht
terrible words of that ind-hearted man
"There's lots just like 'em. IN Y
Evening Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
Yirtnra of Tar Water.

Bishop Berkeley published work
On the Virtures of Tar Water" and
later in life-just before his death-he
published sequel, entitled Further
Thoughts on Tar Water" The common
way of making it was to put quart of
tar into a gallon of water, stir it
thoroughly, let it stand forty-eight
hours, then pour off the water. A half.
pint in the morning, on rising, and a
half pint on going to bed was the
common dose. In those days it was
almost as common to call for glass of
tar water in coffee-house as dish of
tea OF coffee. 1t was not only regarded
as sovereign remedy for many grave
diseases among men, but was much
used in treating the diseases of horses
and cattle. "I never knew" said
Bishop Berkeley, " anything so good
for the stomach as tar water it cures
indigestion and gives good appetite.
1t is an excellent medicine in an asth-
ma. 1t imparts a kindly warmth and
quick circulation to the juices, without
heating, and is, therefore, useful not
only as q pectoral and balsamic, but
also as powerful and safe deobstruent
in cachetic and hysteric cases. As it is
both heating and diuretic, it is very
good for the gravel. L believe it is to
be of great use in a dropsy, having
known it to cure a very bad anasarca
in person whose thirst, though very
extraordinary, was in short time re-
moved by the drinking of tar water. u
The bishop published his great work
" Siris; or Chain of Philosophical
Reflections and Inquiries Concerning
the Virtues of Tar Water" in the year
1774. Notwithstanding the opposition
and ridicule, of physicians, philosophers
and men of science, tar water had an
enormous success.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
Antiouity Of Man.
'iVv .n..,,.tJons of MIR. Alfred Russell

., Thousand Years Mt Least
p1No .,'.,a,s of MIR, Alfred Russell
Wallace.
Tn an ;ssue of Vature, Mr.. Alfred
Russell Wallace indulgss in some specu-
lations on the probable antiquity of the
human species which may well startle
even those who have long since come
to the conclusion that 5000 years carry
us but a small way back to the original
homo. In fact, in Mr.. Wallaces reckon
ing. 6,OOO years are but as a day. He
begins by complaining of the timidity
of scientific men when treating of this
subject, and points out the fallacy of
always preferring the lowest estimate
in order to be son the safe side" He
declares that all the evidence tends to
show that the safe side is probably with
the large figures. He reviews the
various attempts to determine the an
tiquity of human remains or works of
art, and finds the bronzed age in Eu-
rope to have been pretty accurately fix
ed at 5000 to 1000 years ago, the stone
age of the Swiss Lake dwellings at
5000 to 1000 years "and in an indefi-
nate anterior period" The burnt brick
found sixty feet deep in the Nile allu-
vium indicates an antiquity of 10000
years another fragment at seventy-two
feet gives 10000 years. GA human
skeleton found at a depth of sixteen
feet below four buried forests super
posed upon each other, has been calcu-
lated by DIR. Dowler to have an antiqui-
ty of $4,000 years" But all these esti-
mates pale before those which Kent's
Cavern at Torquay legitimates. Here
the drip of the stalagmite is the chief
factor of our computations, giving us an
upper floor which "divides the relics of
the last two or three thousand years
from deposit full of the bones of. ex-
tinct mammalia, many of which, like
the reindeer, mammoth, and glutton,
indicate an arctic climate" Names cut
into this stalagmite more than two hun
dred years ago are still legible in other
words, where the stalagmite is twelve
feet thick and the drip still very coplous
not more than a hundredth of foot has
been deposited in two centuries-a rate
of five feet in 100000 years. Below
this, however, we have thick, much
older, and more crystalline Il. e., more
slowly formed) stalagmite, beneath
which again, Gin q solid breccia, very
different from the cave.earth, by which
he arrives at the "sum of half million
as representing the years that have prob
ably elapsed since tints of human work
manship were buried in the lowest de-
posits of Kent's Cavern. ."-NatiOn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

A STRANGE DIsEAsE.-A singular aud
unrecognized disease has just caused
the death of girl in Shoreham, Vt.
The patient was completely paralyzed
could not move her little finger-and
all her hair, including her eyebrows,
came off, thick incrustation forming
over her entire body. This was snow
white, and regularly every month would
drop off, leaving the skin white and
tender. The new incrustation, however,
returned within "a hours. All this time
the appetite remained good, and the
patient suffered very little pain. None
of the attendant physicians ever saw
or heard of such case.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

SETTLED.-The difficulty in Henry
Ward Beecher's church seems to be
drawing to an end. Not long since a
resolution was presented before bust
ness meeting of the church to drop Mr..
Theodore Tilton from the roll of mem
bership. Mr.. Beecher earnestly pro-
tested against its adoption. He had
no quarrel with Mr.. Tilton, and had
no charges to make against him OF any
other member of the church.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

PAIN IN THE EAR.-As soon as any
soreness is felt in the ear, let three or
four drops of the tincture of arnica be
poured in, and the orifce be filed with
a little cottonsto exclude the air, and in
a short time the uneasiness is forgot
ten. If the arnica is not resorted to un-
til there is actual pain, then the cure
may not be as speedy, but is just as
certain, although it may be necessary to
repeat the operation. 1t is a sure pre-.
ventive against gathering in the ear,
which is theIusual cause of earache.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

Poor GIRLs.-The working girls of
New York city, according to the Star,
are in a distressed condition, and out
OF the 1000 girls who work at the diff
ferent branches, earning on an average
from $4 to $S per week, fully 25, 900
have been thrown out OF employment,
and those who remain are working at
greatly reduced prices. A large num-
Der are being retained until the>tlose of
ihe holidays, when fully 10000 more
will be thrown cut of work.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20


which follows
clear ntelngibis aud interesting
of
carefully selected and legibly printed in its
fste The
agricultural topics regularly in this department
independent political
fights principle,
pay dsvStes its energies the of the
altogether has fear Of knaves and asks their
cattle markets to which it particular - -
published
subscriber It'll club order tohv
Sun at this rate Any who sends single dollar
THE WEEKLY
70 OF o over
IoChosof 10 discount
SUM-" New Xor City.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
FAMILY LININIENT

Is the best remedy inthe world for the following
complaints, viz Cramps in the Limbs and stom-
ach, Pains in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheu-
matism in ali it's forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia,
Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns,
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, sprains and
Bruises, chills and Fever. For Internal and Ex-
ternsl use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient
but entirely removes the cause Of the complaint.
1t penetrates and prevades the whole system re-
storing healthy action to all its parts and quicken
ing-t the blood. =.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA rs PURELY VEG
etable and All Healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS BROWN,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New York.
For sale by.sn Druggists,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

WINTER FURs.-The fashionable set
of furs for the coming winter will con-
sist of boa and muff. The boa is from
a yard and half to two yards long
seal-skin boas are made fiat, while those
of longer furs, such as fox, marten, and
lynx, are round. Fur collars are little
worn except by old ladies, invalids, and
those who are exposed to long cold
drives in the country. Muffs are of
medium size, just large enough to hold
the hands, and too small to be burden
some or clumsy-looking. To this set
those who can afford it add fur wrap,
usually of seal-skin, which is sacque-
shaped, and from twenty-five to thirty
inches long.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
DR.. 7. Walkers California Vim.

Dr. y. walker ) OdllIOrHlh WIZ"
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges ol
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor.
MA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR RlT-
TERs7" Our answer is, that they removo
the cause of disease, and the patient re.
covers his health. They are the greaS
blood purifier and life giving principle.
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities OF VINEGAR BGTrERS IN healing tho
sick of evelv disease man is heir to, They
are q ger tie Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion OF Inflammation OF
the Liver and yisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DE. WALliER's
VINEGAR BJTTERS are Apelient, Diaphoretic.
Carminatiye, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretic,
Sedative Counter Irritnnt, Sudorific, Altere
tive. and Anti-Bilious.
R. II. nIcDONALD - CO..
Druggists and Gen. cts. san Francisco. California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. n. Y.
Sold by all DrtS&isss and Draiers'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

CONSULT WOMEN" Much of the ex-
travagant risk of speculation, observes
writer in the Woman's Journal,
"would never be incurred if women
were consulted. That reckless and un-
scrupulous use of money and of credit,
which sows the wind to reap the
whirlwind, does not at all commend
itself to the conservative temper of
woman" We see now how panics and
financial eollapses may be avoided,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

For loss OF Appetite, Dyspepsia, In.
digestion, Depression of Spirits and General
Debility, in their various forms, FERRo-PHos-
PHoRATp ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAswEII.,
HAZARD g. o., New York. and sold by all drugg-
gist, is the best tonic. AS a stimulant tonic
for patients, recovering from fever or other
Sickness it has no equal. If taken during the
season it prevents fever and ague and other
intermittent fevers.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

Not long ago, two gentlemen started
from London on bicycle trip to Lands
End, distance of three hundred miles.
Their trip occupied them just one
week. They were forty-two hours and
twenty-five minutes actually upon their
vehicles. On their journey they created
quite q sensation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

A CoNsUMPTIvE CURED. - DIR. I'll.
James. while experimenting, accidentally made
a preparation of Cannabis Indica, which cured
his only child of Consumption. This remedy
is now for sale at firstclass Druggists. Try it /;
prove it for yourself. Price $3.50. Send stamp
fer circular. Craddock & Co.. proprietors, 1892
Race st., Philadelphia, Pa.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
TO
CON SLIM IBlNIN EGt

The advertiser, having been permanently cured
Of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
vffsrars - tbs ,,Scors ~ rnro NJ o,i ,,Ho go
he will send copy of the prescription used, Cfree
OF charge) with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will find a SURE CURE
for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c,
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address, Rev. Z. A. WILSON,
la4 Penn Street, Williams burgh n. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

At an hotel table one boarder re-
marked to his neighbor: "This must
be healthy place for chickens -
Why" asked the other. "Because
1 never see any dead ones hereabouts, u
was the reply.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

Have you ague in the face ; and is it
badly swollen Have you severe pain i'll the
chest, back. or side Have you cramps or
pains in the stomach or bowels? Have you
use Jo1nson's Ano,lyne Lini,6cot Internally
[Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

Butter and cheese are almost indis-
pensable articles of food. Properly used, the
are nutritious and healthy; but an inordinat
sse of either causes indigestion and dyspepsia,
Parsons Purgdtire Pills, judiciously used
will remove both of these troHbles.-[ Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

CR1srADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE
stands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have
been 80 universally acknowledged that it would
be supererogation to discant ON them any
further-nothing can beat it.--Conl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

INFLUENZA, BRONCHITIS, cough, cold
and catarrh. yield at once to HALE's HONEY OF
H0REHoUND AND TAR.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
MAKES THE WEAK STR0NGs

The Peruvian Syrup, q Protect
ed Solution of the Protoride Of
Iron. is so combined as to hare
the character of az dJiInent. as
edSiJU digested and dSSjIniJdteG
aCith the blood as the simplest
food. 1t increases the quantity
of Natures O,UD TjtdLi=ipO
-4ge1,t. I'OD IN the blood, and
cures "0 thousand iXs," simply
buTOni1,g ap, ,InUigordti1lg and
Titalisiatg the System. The en-
a'iched and UitdJjsed blood per-
aneates eUery part of the body,
repairing damages and acdste,
searchi,,g ont morbid secle-
tiOnS, and Tearing nothing for
This as the secret of the sC0n-
de,JuJ success of this remedy ii1
curing Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plaint, DrOpsy, Chronic Diar-
rhea, BOils, Nervous Affections,
Chills and Fevers, Humors,
Loss of Constitutional VigOr,
Diseases of the Kidneys and
Bladder, Female Complaints,
and all diseases originating ilJ
u bad state of the blood, or &C
cOn,panied by debility or q tOtU
state of the system. Being free
from AJcoROt. IN any form, ats
energiSimg effects are not fot-
lOaUed by corresponding 1'edc-
ton, but are permanent, ieftJ-
sing strength, Cigor, and Bet0
life into all parts of the system,
and building up an Iron Con-
StitutiOR.
Thousands haze been changed
by the Nse of this remedy, from
qUeaE, sickIy, suffering cre0--
tures, to strong, healthy, and
hdDpy men and aCOneeie; and
a11U0Lids cannot reasonably hes
itate to giUe it u trial.
See that each bottle has PERU
WAN SYRUP bIO,c11 i's the glass.
Pamphlets Free.
SETH W. F0WLE & SONS, ProprietorS
No. Milton Place, Boston.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS GENERALLY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

FIAaa's INSTANT RELIEF has stood
twenty years test Is warranted to give i'm
mediate relief to all Rheumatic, Neuralgie,
Head, Ear and Back aches, or money refunded.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

SAMPLES FREE.-The Saturday EUeaa-
ing Post. 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia. gives
a beautiful CHRoMo to every yearly subscriber
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
AN OLD NURSE.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is THE
PRESCRIPTION OF one of the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never failing safety
and success by millions of mothers and children,
from the feeble infant Of week old to the adult.
1t corrects acidity Of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels and gives rest, health,
and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to
be the Best and Surest Remedy in the World in all
cases of DYSENTERY aud DIARRHEA IN Chill
DREN, whether it arises from Teething from
any other cause. Full directions for using will
accompany each bottle. None Genuine unless I'll e
fac smile of CURTIS PERKINS is on the outsid c
wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

PERUVIAN SYRUP for Dyspepsia and Debility.
49, Com