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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT.
FOR THE STABLE, THE sTocK-YARD, AND EvEl
HOME.

FOR THE STABLE. THE sTocK-YARD, AND EVERY
HOME.
A new claim to public confidence has been
acquired by this time-honored external remedy
in consequence of it's cures of the epidemic
horse disease. which lately swept over the land.
In more than one thousand livery stables it is
now used as a specific for all the injuries and
dstempers which can be reached by an exterior
application. 1t has saved the lives of thousands
of valuable horses and other blood stock during
the year, and it is regarded by shrewd and OBJ
servant veterinary surgeons, horsemen and
cattle breeders, as indispensable to the proper
treatment of a large class of disorders and dis
abilities to which beasts of burden are liable.
Nor is it of less importance as family lini-
ment. insomuch as there is no sprain. brllise.
cut. burn. or abrasion. no pain affecting the
back. the loins. the joints. or any of the mus
cles or tendons of the human subject. that can
withstand it's healing. toning, inyigorating
effect. 1t counteracts Inflammation. and will
relax the stiff and contracted limbs of men or
animals when all other means have failed. No
stable no farm. no home ought to be without it.
The MEXICAN L1NIMENT has been in use more
than thirty years. and in all that time has never
had real rival. Notwithstanding hundreds of
liniments under so many different names have
come before the public. claiming the most Won
derful and unheard of cures. they all have
amounted to nothing. and have only involved
the propretors in loss and ruin. while the Mex
IcAN MUSTANG LINIMENT has. and is steadily
increasing in popularity and sale. The proprie-
tors take this occasion to caution the public
against all liniments claiming the same proper
| ties or results. Many of these liniments are
clear limitations in color, style. &C.. shun them
! as you would poison. They are cheat and a
| fraud,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Spectacles.

The use of yellow spectacles instead
of green or blue is proposed by recent
writer, on the hypothesis that yellow is
the ray having the least actinic or pho
tographic power. This error has orig
ieated in want of knowledge of the
fact that, of all the rays, yellow has the
most powerful action on carbon COM
pounds. Since the eye in its construc-
ton involves the use of such compounds,
it follows that the yellow ray of all 9th
ers will have the strongest action on the
eye. This agrees with our actual expe-
rience; for the yellow is by far the most
powerful light to the eye, and the uni
versal preference for green and blue
glasses is owing to the fact that these,
by shutting out the rays that act with
the greatest energy on the carbon COM
pounds of the retina, produce a milder
and less irritating action on the organ
when by disease or other cause its sensi-
tiveness is increased.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Miserable Rich Men.

A few years ago, one of the founders
of the clearinghouse of Prime, Ward
d King committed suicide at his coun-
try-seat at Astoria, n. Y. He was n re-
tired wealthy gentleman, and had every
means of making life desirable: but
the misery of unemployed money and
abilities which should have been de-
voted to philanthropy, drove him to.
self-destruction. The same statement
applies to the late Charles NJ. Leupp.
He had made great fortune i'll the
leather business, and lived uptown in
sumptuous style, possessing, among
other distinctions, one of the finest
picture galleries in the city. Yet this
man finished his course with suicide
while in the fullness of manhood, and
possessed of ability which should have
given him distinction higher than that
of mere wealth. Previous to this, one
of the heaviest business men in Ex-
change Place suddenly arrested the
course of lucrative business by a
similar use of his razor. Another capi-
talist threw himself beneath the wheels
of locomotive; while Van Auken, the
butter merchant, and David Rea, both
used the razor. Scarcely has the latter
DeGn buried Wnen q similar instance Oc-
ours in the suburbs of Brooklyn Here
an oppulent market gardener and land
speculator, named Ditmars Duryea, has
committed suicide by taking laudanum,
leaving an estate worth $4,000. OF
course he had reason for doing this.
His wife had died some time previously,
aud had bequeathed her estate, whose
value was $1,000, to other parties than
himself. Being thus neglected, he had
no resort but death, in which he buried
his troubles. Seven thousand dollars
would not be generally considered an
inducement to commit suicide; and yet
We have known rich man to be so dis
tressed by the loss of $500, that he fin
ished the matter by hanging himself.
But, at any rate, seven thousand was a
fatal sum to Ditmars Duryea. Its loss
was so great a cloud that it obscured
the glory of those possessions which
were twenty times as great, and the re-
suit is bottle of laudanum and a
coroner's inquest. 1t may be inferred
that these examples indicate what a
widespread disposition toward suicide
exists among rich men. n.-New York
Paper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
The Army GrullbIer.

The grumbler, in the army, was not
such bad man after all. He grumbled
because they didn't have fresh bred /;
because they marched in the rain /; be-
cause they fought battles on Sunday !;
because the colonel wouldn't let him go
home for two weeks because his shoes
pinched his feet because the crackers
were broken up sometimes because his
night to go on guard was sure to be
rainy because the army always started
on march Just as he got his shebang
fixed. And he talked much, and some
times his intonation was very much like
what his mother had, in his boyish days,
called a whine. But he did his duty all
the same.
He would growl when he went on
guard, but he commenced his prepara-
tions when he commenced his growing.
He would swear about forced march,
but as he was limping along with stiff
joints and sore feet, if there came an
attack he would go to the front like a
prancing war horse. On long march
he was always asking with a woe-begone
expression. "Why don't the darn old
fool of a colonel make his horse gallop
What's the use of coming down to trot
on hot day like this" but he was neve,
among the stragglers.
He was in the front line, grllmbling
and growing to the effect that he ''would
be goldurned if he didn't stick right to
the tail of the colonel horse or burst his
biler," and right at the tail of the horse
he often was when men who never grum-
bled fell exhausted.
II love ,,-ara NOT of fhic t1-,,a
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Warm Feet.

A correspondent of the american
Agriculturist furnishes that paper with
the following remarks on warm feet.
which remarks are admirably calculated
for our latitude:
To go with cold feet is to undermine
the constitution, and this half the women
and the girls are doing. They have the
habit of cold feet, and the accompany
ing habit of i'll health thin home-knit
woolen stockings are not very fashiona-
BILE. Once no country girl was reckoned
tit to be married until she had knit her
pillow-case full of stockings, but it is
not 80 now. 1 do not regard that less
hand-knitting is done now than former
ly, but [ hope we shall not give mp
warm wooden stockings for winter use
until we can replace them with some
thing better. Merino or the common
"boughten white wooden stockings are
rather thin, but some of us supplement
them with an additional pair of cotton
stockings, wearing the cotton or the
wooden pair next the feet, as individuals
prefer. Cold feet are often caused, at
least, in part, by too tight elastic or
bands at the tops of the stockings, or
by tight shoes, or shoes tight in the
.''iAiSp' iOoC lllttlltJt Nllll lllt tlItll-
lation of the blood, and there cannot be
comfortable degree of warmth without
a good circulation and Rration IF the
blood. My last lesson in this matter
came from baby's experience last Sep
tember. Suddenly she contracted a
habit of having cold feet, and when l
warmed them the skin seemed hard and
inactive, suggesting the need of bath,
when bath did not seem necessary ex-
cept for the feet. At length it seemed
to me that her "ankle-ties had been
too loose, and just before we came home
from our visit young lapy cousin had
set the buttons back further, to make
the little slipper stay on better. Ever
since that change the slipper-straps had
been too tight around her ankles, es-
pecially after [ put on woolen stockings.
changed the buttons again, and her
feet no longer got cold, except in con-
sequence of the actual rigors of the
climate. Some well-informed persons
object to Congress CATERS, the elastics
are usually so firm and close about the
ankle. Only very loose CATERS are
allowable, and these may not be neces-
sary when the stockings are worn over
under-drawers. Carriers in the shape
of straps buttoning to both waist and
stockings are most sensible for women
as well as children.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Loss of Fifty Lives.

Five vessels went down near Amble,
on the Northumberland coast, our Eng
lish paper says, and all the crews have
perished. The weather was thick, rain
fell continually, and the sea ran mount
aims high. The first ship showing sig
nails of distress was found to be the
bark Father Mathew, Watson master.
She drove on shore, but before reaching
the land terrible sea engulphed her,
and she was seen no more. Half an
hour afterward another brig got among
some rocks, at Hansley, where the life
boat was launched, but as soon as she got
into the open sea she was driven on
shore like a piece of straw. Rockets
were fred, and the lifeline was ON the
point of being worked, when a heavy
sea broke over the vessel and she was
seen no more. She was the Russell,
bound for Littlehampton. The third
brig, the Ocean, from Sunderland, cap
sized near the shore. The other two
vessels were the Matchless of Whitby'
and the schooner Bracer. Both vessels
foundered in sight of land. At the time
of telegraphing no bodies had washes
ashore.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
FIying Foxes.

The Pau Mall gazette thinks it is
worth the consideration OF those who
are wearied of the usual British sports,
such as hunting, shooting, fishing,
pigeon. and the like, whether new and
pleasing excitement might not be found
by the Introduction of flying foxes into
England. and in chasing themsin bal
looms. From an account gwen by the
Bengal Times of tame flying fox Kept
by gentleman in that district, 1t seems
that these animals are quite intelligent
enough to enter into the fun OF being
hunted. but at the same time so amiable
that they would be unlikely to turn and
rend their pursuers. The flying fox
mentioned by the Times, spends much
of the day on piece of stick hung up
in q room. He can turn somersaults,
and perform other tricks, but strongly
objects to any one reading i'll his pres
ence. and does all he can to prevent 1t
by flying to the person thus employed
and crawling on the book. He Will an
swer to his name when called by his
owner. but is always suspicious of
strangers, flying to them at once and
smelling them all over. He never bites,
though blessed with a formidable set OF
teeth. When bathed, he uses his wings
as towel. He is extremely restless,
his head and ears never being still, and
his sense of smell. as well as of hearing
seems very acute. He never shows any
desire to fly away, though he could do
so if he liked at any moment. AT nign.
he sometimes utters loud cries, when
he is Immediately visited by troop OF
friends and acquaintances-so many, IN
deed, attending the summons, that the
whole verandah is festooned with flying
| foxes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Reflections.

Though the days are lengthening,
and the sun is returning, and the sum-
mer Joy afar off is advancing, still the
cold of winter is yet to come. The
great mother of storms sings in the
north; SHOWS are yet to be piled and
drifted; bitter days are yet to come !;
the whole weight of winter is due after
the days begin to lengthen; frosts will
under the storms, through the SHOWS,
beneath the cold, under all the winter,
is nevertheless the silent deliverance
which is surely coming. You cannot
yet see the effects no flower blossoms,
no bud swells, no dew softly speaks to
you; yet along the early and late hori-
zon is a circle of crescent light eirding
the earth, and as sure as Gods decree
it is bringing summer with it, and every
day nearer. Therefore let those who
mourn in harsh troubles, and are over
whelmed in storms of adversely, know
that, though winter yet lowers, the great
cause of their troubles may nave changed
long ago. Let those who are in sorrow
remember that, as the year goes on
storming and laundering, deliverance
may be coming, though they see it not.
Your days may wear more gold in the
morning, and more at night, though the
midday is full of snow. Nor does relief
come to us at once when we repent and
turn to God. God may be gracious,
though he comes to us robed in dark
ness and clothed with storms. 1t is a
journey of release toward the spring,
when winter is coolest and darkest.
Read the year by faith and not by sight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
A Hazardous Trip.

Two men and three women made
desperate attempt to escape from Wards
Island in a light skifs The party en-
barled near the Inebriate Asylum, and
with two boards for oars, attempted to
propel their way through the floating
ice. The tide was about turning at the
time, and one of the girls becoming
frightened at the ice crushing around
them, rushed to one side of the boat,
which upset the frail craft, and pre-
cipitated the occupants into the water.
Wood swan off toward a cake OF ice, and
the three girls clung desperately to
Johnson, dragging him down with them.
Wood finally succeeded in crawling on
a cake of ice, and dragged the girl,
Mary, on with him. johnson. succeed,
ed also in getting on cake OF ice, and
the other two girls, Henrietta Smith
and Kate Reynolds, disappeared be-
meath the waves. The three others
shouted for help, and three boats put
out one by Tyler Gibson, from Mill
Rock, another by Peter Kennedy, from
the foot of Ninety-second street, and a
third by q man unknown, succeeded
with difficulty in rescuring the three
survivors from their perilous situation,
and conveyed them to the 1orkvllle
police-station in an exhausted condition.
Three other prisoners who were in the
plot to escape. waited on the shore for
the boat to return and take them on,
but on hearing the cries OF their would
be companions from the river, surren-
dered themselves.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

TRINITY CHURCH. The nine great bells
which ring out the "chimes" of Trinity
Church New York, hang two hundred
and eighteen feet above the sidewalk
below. To citizens of New York and
vicinity-for in clear weather the chimes
can be heard several miles distant
these musical bells are like old friends
who bring pleasant words every day,
but come with specially gladstone greet,
ing on such occasions as Christmas and
New Years. The spire of Trinity
Church, from the street level to the ex-
treme top of the cross, is 2S4 feet
high. The visitors platform, reached
by three hundred steps, is 300 feet ahove
The ground and pretty hard climbing
is it, the last hundred feet or SO beng
up narrow winding stairway through
a darkened tower. When, however, the
visitor has recovered his spent breath,
and gazed out from the high elevation,
he is richly repaid by the magnificent
view of the city and the suburbs, and
the more distant prospect OF ocean,
rivers, mountains, and towns.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

little IdHle. Three weeks since, His
Holiness the Pope received some Amer
lean ladies and gentlemen at the Vati-
can. The audience was short, in conse-
quence of the Pope being indisposed (;
but its breyity was compensated by the
gracious manner in which His Holiness
asked each lady her name and birth
place, and made some complimentary
remark, or quoted some circumstance
having reference to the locality in which
they resided. One young lady who had
carried out all the instruction of the
master of the ceremonies, became so
dreadfully confused on being asked by
the Pope her place of birth, that she
told her age instead, replying to the
query addressed to her, "24, your Holi-
ness" and on the Pope's replying, 81
do not know that place." she answered,
"No! your Holiness, pray forgive me; /
am 29 next birthday" How charmingly
simple and touching!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
Improving Upon Nature.

They practice strange art in Japan
which is considered an improvement on
animal expression. Young puppies are
subjected to extraordinary modifying
influences soon after birth. The upper
jaw is forced up at an angle, carrying
with it the lower one, which gives the
head the slope of child's head. The
eyes, too, are singularly forced out of
their original place, SO that when the
process is completed and the bones are
permanently in new position, the dog
appears something like a weeping infant
looking up. The distortion is disgust
ing and certainly cruel process in the
eyes of anybody but japanese lady,
whose pets they are, and objects of ten
der care. One of these improved dogs
was recently brought to New York,
whether as model for artists, with a
view to providing a new favorite for
patrons of canine pets, is unknown.
Nature may be distorted by science and
by art, but never improved.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

Editors Gone. The death-roll of the
year 1872, includes the names of many
persons who acquired distinction in their
respective pursuits. journalism lost
Horace Greeley, of The Tribune, James
Gordon Bennett of The NetO York
Herald, Mr.. Spaulding of The NeO York
World, Edward A. Pollard of The Rich
mond Examiner; Thomas b. Holcombe,
editor of The Indianapolis Sentinel; the
Rev. Amasa Converse, editor of The ~
Y Christian Observer; Adolph Guer-
Quit of the French press, Joseph B. Ly-
man and VIM. F. Beers of The Tribune,
and D. orc. Townley of The Mail,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

To REMOVE INK Spots. the
spot with lard, and expose for day IN
the hot sun then wash and boil WIN
out soap. Fruit stains should also be
washed without soap.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

AS quick as a flash of lightning does CRisrA-
DoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR Dye act upon the hair,
whiskers and moustaches no chameleon tints
but the purest Raven or the most exquisite
Browns will be evolved.-Cona
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
THE Prince Imperial.

The young Prince Napoleon Eugene
Louis Jean Joseph was born on the 10Th
of March, 1856, and is therefore son of
the late Ex-Emperor of the French now
drowing toward the completion of his
seventeenth year. 1t was intended that
he should receive military education,
and while still an infant was placed i'll
the muster roll of the French Imperial
Guards as private. 1t was designed
as a compliment to the army that he
should at least nominally go through
all the gradations of the service. Be
sides receiving first-class military edu-
cation he received lessons in two or
three handicrafts, the last of which was
the setting up of types in the imperial
printing Office of Paris. The young
Prince always bore the reputation of
being intelligent, good tempered and
very much attached to his friends and
chosen companions.
The late eX-Emperor was most par
ticular and thoroughly practical reader
in his way, would not allow his spelling
accentuation, or pointing to be inter
ferred with in the least, A compositor,
who was employed in the connection of
some of the Emperor's slips of a work
he had in progress, communicated some
facts of interest. He said the young
prince was a capital compositor, that he
had case of the best mahogany cases,
a small imposing surface of slate, and
the prettiest little press in the world.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

There are 562 convicts in the Massa-
chusetts State Prison, of whom 344 are
under thirty years OF age.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23

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