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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29

citizens. They then set fire to many houses.
The riot was finally put down and many of the
leaders arrested. Tho damage will exceed
100000 On the bodies of some Of the dead
rioters were found passports reading: "Peter,
open to the bearer the gates Of heaven who
has died for religion" Signed George, bishop
of San Salvador.
The widow of German lost on the steamer
Atlantic, which went ashore on the coast Of
Nova Scotia two years ago, sued the company
for damages, in London, and recovered $10,-
600. Tho crops OF Dakota, which arc about
to be gathered, are the finest for years. The
yield OF wheat will be fully twenty-five bushels
to tho acre, or about 1000, 900 bushels in the
Territory. This will be over one hundred and
fifty bushels to each inhsbitant. E. On account
Of the scarcity Of grain in Europe, there has
been heavy export Of breadstuffs from this
country, and prices have steadily advanced in
consequence. .. The American rifle team con-
tinue to add to their triumphs. Fulton won
the st. Leger sweepstakes, Coleman the rifle
association cup, at six hundred yards, making
forty-nine out Of a possible fifty. In the con-
test for the Albert prizes, Sir Henry Halford
took the first prize by scoring ninety-eight out
Of one hundred and five and Gildersleeve tho
second by scoring ninety y-two. .A gas vein
has been tapped at Scotoville, six miles from
Portsmouth, Ohio. The gas burns to height
Of fifteen feet, and it is proposed to light Ports
mouth with it. Il. The revolt in Herzegovina is
moro serious than at first reported, rs the
whole district between Mostar and the Aus
trian frontier, nearly down to Ragusa, is in
volved. .... I'm tho Parker trial in South Caro-
lima, the jury rendered a verdict of $4,000 for
the State.
England has again been subjected to heavy
rains and many of the rivers have overhowed
their banks causing considerable damage.
The Florence Journal states that Cardinal Nc
Closkey, accompanied by many American
ecclesiastics, is expected in Rome in Septem-
Der to receive his hat from the Pope. Gov.
Kellogg, OF Louisiana, has called the attention
of the attorney-generalto to the frauds committed
by the authorities in the State, and asks him
to bring the guilty ones to Justice E. ..Switzer-
land has voted $50, 900 gold to aid in participa-
ting In the Philadelphia Centennial. Returns
to the department Of agriculture at Washing
ton show that the acreage III corn throughout
the country is about eight per cent greater
than last year. ...... AS the Cincinnati fremen
were engaged in burning building the walls
fell in and buried ten Of the gallant men be-
meath the ruins. Instantly large force went
to work getting them out, and succeeded in
rescuing all Of them alive, although it is prob
able that several will die from their wounds.
Chief-Engineer Megrue was in the second
story of the building at the time, and three
hours afterward was taken from the rooms un-
conscious. The loss by fire amounts to $780,
OOO...... The military in the vicinity Of Black
Hills captured thirteen miners and four wagons
on their way to the hills.
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How. the Heron Hunts.

The gopher is great pest to the
farmers of south California. The little
animal. better known to our readers as
the prairie dog, burrows under the
ground, and makes himself at home by
following out the earth. The roof Of
his small cave is not very thick, and
through it man and beast frequently
tumble. Besides, he cats many things
which the farmer prefers that he should
let alone. The blue crane, or heron, is
the natural ally of the farmer in the
extinction of this little but troublesome
animal.
In field of alfalfa, where the mounds
thrown up by the gophers are the thick
est, may be seen the long-legged crane,
with its sharp, yellow bill, standing
guard over some fresh earth in course OF
distribution by the greatest pest, next
to the squirrel, known to the farmer.
Unlike the heron of the swamps and
marshes cf Florida, its neck is stretched
to its full length while watching its prey.
1t is generally found standing alone in
the field, as if it had deserted its kind,
and its mission was 10 act the solitary
sentinel of the meadow. Its bill is
sharp, and as the gopher, with his feet
and head pushing the soil, comes to the
surface, it is sent through him like a
dirkknife, and he is brought out as if on
a skewer. The bird seldom misses its
mark; when it does, as if disgusted with
its blunder, it spreads its wings, and,
with its long legs stretched out behind,
takes its flight for another field.
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Raspberry Vinegar.
MaggOts in His Ear.

A young man named Henry Futcher
applied to DIR. Linde in Oshkosh, Wis.
asking for relief from terrible pain in
the side of his head, which was driving
him almost to distraction. His head was
swelled, and the blood slightly oozing
out of his ear. He said he had suffered
terrible agonies, and thought the diff
Guilty was located somewhere in his ear.
The doctor examined the ear, and OBJ
served something wigglipg far in towards
acid, he inserted it in the ear, and was
surprised to see live maggot hop out.
He then injected some acid, killing the
remaining maggots, which tumbled out
where he could reach them with pincers,
and in this way he removed seven large
maggots of q peculiar kind. They We're
about half an inch long and an eighth of
an inch thick, larger at the head than at
the tail, and formed of succession of
rings. Examined under microscope,
the maggots were found to possess three
sharp horns in their heads, with which
they dug their way into the flesh. They
had dug in the ear considerably, and
were piercing the drum. In fact Futcher
had been unable to hear with that ear
for some time. The pain caused by
these animals was almost unbearable, and
yet the real cause had not been suspect
ed. The doctor has made inquiries and
searched authorities, but is unable to
find like case recorded. He supposes
that some fly or insect must have blown
in the ear. He has preserved the mag
gots in alcohol, and the seven of them
almost fill common vial.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29
Common Schools and Insanity.

We have long contended that the COM
mon school system as at present con-
Quoted has been fruitful in laying the
foundations of mental diseases which,
subsequently, have sent the poor victim
to an insane asylum. Any intelligent
person who visits primary school, and
notes the crowded condition and wit
nesses the infants, some of them scarce
ly out of their swaddling clothes, con-
ming over their lessons with wearied
look of discomfort and fretfulness, but
must conclude that it is hot bed sys-
tenn, the tendency of which is to over
tax and overload the brain. The heads
of the school department don't seem to
notice it, they are so in love with the
system. Theirs is Procrustean idea /;
they have arranged the bed and the
child must be schooled to fit it, no mat
ter how torturing the operation. Hence
there is little hope of reform in that
quarter. But we have often wondered
why medical men who know that the
heaviest per centage of juvenile patients
come to their hands with diseases en-
gendered i'll the school room, don't re-
monstrato against the system, conducted
as it is.
And as the school department and
the medical men in the various locali-
ties have neglected this imperative duty,
it has at last fallen on the superinten-
dentsof our insane asylums to sound the
note of warning. DR.. Curwen, principal
of the State lunatic asylum, Harrisburg,
read paper on medical disease before
the State Medical Society, held lately at
Pottsville, in which he charged the
present school system, by demanding
much study and taking little care OF
moral education, with greatly aiding in
producing mental diseases. And we are
pleased to learn that this view was in
dorsed by the society, and the paper
"referred to the committee on publica
ton with the request that the part il
relation to public education be sent tc
the superintendent of public instruction
for publication by him." This being {
move IN the right direction we hope that
it will be followed up by measures that
will relieve the common schools
of the commonwealth of the odium ol
being the nurseries and feeders of tho
insane asylums of the State.-DanUiHc
htelLgCncCr.
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Married Life.

An exchange takes the devotion of the
late Lady Franklin MS text whereon to
base a sermon upon the goodness and
devotion of other wives in humber and
more commonplace spheres, and the
editor concludes by saying:
Surely there are solitudes into which
men go down more terrible than any
Polar sea, and women who stand on the
bank as faithful as she who sent out
costly ships to bring back her beloved
again. Surely, too, it is time that we
Americans understood that this virtue
and sanctity of married life is not a
matter for rare dramatic exhibition, bu
the solid foundation of our strength and
hope as a people. Let us have no more
gush or tampering with it by so-called
friendship. 1t is plant best let alone,
to find its own healthy growth or to
change the figure, it is the salt just now
of our social life-which needs salt.
And if it lose it's SAVIOR, that life is thence
forth fit for nothing but to be trampled
under foot of men.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29
Round Dances Prohibited.

The Troy Times says that the Roman
Catholic clergy having directed their
people not to dance any more round
dances, some of the picnics given by
Roman Catholic societies in that city
have eschewed the Objectionable saltatory
exercise, and confined the toe tripping to
"square dances" The young people
do not take kindly to this, however, and
an effort has been made to have the in,
terdiction revoked. The managers of q
certain picnic called upon priest not
long ago, and begged permission to
include round dances in their list, ex-
planning that some of the young ladies
declared if there were no round dances
they would not attend. The clergyman
refused, and, with considerable emphasis
remarked that he wished he knew the
names Of the young ladies IN question
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A. PUNKINHEAD,
GROCERIES AND THINGS.

"I am informed he continued, "that
four hundred thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two toothpicks are used by
the Cincinnati hotels every year, which
is equal to that many business cards OF
mine distributed to the public. Now
fifty dollars wouldn't buy that number
of business cards and insure their distri-
button"
Certainly not. But this inscription
on the toothpicks must be very small j
don't see how it can be read"
Nothing easier, my dear sir. You
see each agent carries small microscope
to assist people in making it out. But
that isn't the only advertising plan /
am in with. You see this piece of rag
with my card printed on it Yes; well
you probably couldn't guess what it is
for. I'll tell you. It's for doing up a
sore finger"
What has sore finger got to do
with advertising2"
"Everything, my dear sir, vcrything.
There are over n million sore fingers in
America every year. At a very moderate
expense an advertising firm in Philadel-
phia prints my cards on rags like these
and furnishes them to victims of sore
fingers free of charge, so they will use
them in preference to all others. A mil
lion of these rags are sent to all parts OF
the United States, and L am only re.
quired to pay one hundred and fifty dol
lars for the privilege of having my name
on them."
"And You paid it ?"
Certainly did. had to, in order
to prevent any other man from getting
the chance ahead of me-"
4 sore finger, then, you consider q
better advertising medium than an estah
lished and popular newspaper"
well, yes, in this case. Been tray
cling lately ?"
" Yes; made trip to Minnesota and
Iowa not long ago."
"Then you must have seen my bust.
ness card painted in black letters on q
white board and nailed to the telegraph
poles ?"
We hadn't seen anything of the
kind.
"Singular if you didn't. A man camc
along last fall and collected one hundred
dollars of Inc for mailing such board OF
every telegraph pole III the United
States. That was his contract, and
paid him the money on his affidavit tina
the work was done. But perhaps yol
wasn't noticing telegraph poles. No,
don't believe will put my advertisemen
in your paper this week. You see 1 an
advertising good deal now."
Just then man came in and collecte,
bill for sticking Punkinhead's card OF
every balloon that went up during 1874
and effected new contract for 1875
with what he called the "diving bel
supplement" agreeing to attach a car,
to all diving bells that go down in 1877
without extra charge, a compliment, q
he said, to their regular advertisers
| When he left another advertising agen
was laying before Punkinhead the grea
advantage of investing in patent stamI
to be attached to the seats Of boys pant
when they go skating. When they &c
n fall his name and business will b
neatly stamped upon the ice, so that a
who skate may read. When it comes t
judicious advertising the race of Punl1ir
heads is very numerous.
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lie Didn't Advertise in Newspapers,

No, he said, he didn't believe in ad-
vertising in the newspapers. Didn't
think it did him any good-money
thrown away.
"But don't you advertise in any way9"
we asked.
"Oh, yes," he replied. "I spend a
good deal of money in advertising.
Now, here is good thing have in
vested in to-day. 1t is toothpick with
my name and business stamped on it.
have paid man fifty dollars to have my
business card stamped on every tooth
pick used at the hotels in Cincinnati for
ono year."
"H How does he manage it2"
Easy enough. He keeps an agent
stationed at each hotel, day and night,
furnished with stamp, and when a man
steps up to take toothpick he dexterous
ly stamps one for him, and there is Oh
the toothpick:
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His Will.

Among those lost in the Schiller were
Mr.. John Suppiger and family, of Hi
nois. 1t is singular fact that just be-
fore he embarked ON the steamer Mr..
Suppiger added a codicil to his will,
leaving his property to his brothers and
sisters, the last sentence of the codicil
reading as follows "The above codicil
shall have full force and validity in case
myself, my wife Catherine, my daughter
Adeline, and my son John should have
the misfortune, all and every one of us
named, of being lost and meeting with
death on the ocean ON our trip to Eu-
rope, now about to be undertaken"
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WHAT LIGHTNING DID.-A remarka-
BILE streak of lightning visited Alton,
Me-, one evening lately. 1t entered a
house at one end, passed between a
mother and son who were sitting in a
room, into the pantry, where it pierced
holes in the top of coffee-pot, Jared a
dipper into tin water pail and soldered
them firmly together. A cat was singed
as smoothly as though she had been
shaved, without otherwise ipjuring her.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29

The relaxing power of Johnson's Ano-
dyite Lipin,ent is truly wonderful. Cases are
already numerous where bent and stiffened
limbs have been limbered and Strengthened by
it. When used for this purpose the part
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold and rub it in with the
hand. Com.
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A MAN OF A THOUSAND.

A CONSUMPTIVE CURED. - When death was
hourly expected from Consumption, all remedies
having failed accident led to discovery whereby DR..
H. JAMES cured his only child with preparation OF
Cnabis Idica. lie gives recipe free receipt Of
two stamps to pay expenses. There is not n single
symptom of Consumption that II does not dssipate-
Night Sweas, Irritation of the Nerves. Difficult Expec
toratiOn, Sharp Palms in the Lungs, Nausea at the
Stomach, Inacton of the Bowels and Wasting of the
Muscles. Address CRADDOCK 4 CO., 1O32 Race
Street, Philadelphia Pa, giving name of this paper.
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Within the whole range of tonic and
Alternative medicines known, mono is entitled to
more consideration than the Peruvian Syrup.
In all cases Of enfeeblcd or deblitated consti-
tutions it is tho very remedy needed. The
most positive proof Of this can be adduced.-
npsa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29

A crowd of "horsemen" and others
daily throng the stores in country and town
for S'te,iddn's CdUdlry Condition POWDERS.
They understand that horses cannot be kept in
good condition without them, and with them
can be on much less quantity of grain Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29

Dobbins' Electric Soap (made by Ora
gin & Co., Philadelphia contains moth
ing but the purest material, and does the
work quickly, but without impairing the
finest fabric. Try it without fail.
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the advertisers must be simply immense,
for it is supposed that not one in fifty
ever thinks of applying to that source
for redress. s.-NelO York Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29

MURDER SUNDAY.-Sunday, July IS,
1875, will be known as "Murder Sun
day" throughout the United States,
more murders having taken place on
that day than any other thus far in the
year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29
| GEO. p. ROWELL g. Co.

sEsz S<a> OF the PrCtIiest Cards you ever saw
IL EA with your handsomely printed on
E-A RI them, sent postpaid, upon receipt of 20
e>,2 Av7 cents. Your friends will all want them
- when they yours. Address,
w. O. CANNON, I6 knee'and Street, Boston, Mass.
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Dr. j. walkers CALIFORNIA fll'
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma.
tive herbs found on the lower ranges OF
tie 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 the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERS7" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a lif5-gi7lDg principle,
a perfect Renovator ana Invigoratoi
Of the system. Mover before IN tho
bistoIy of the world lac g medicine been
compounded possessing tie yorosgkable
Quslities Of VINsGAs BJTTz "a u E0&lin5 She
Riok Of e7sry disease men is aaiS %. They
sra sentls Pnrgs5iv5 40 Eell g. IoDio,
relieving Congestion o. Jr1s1aGlsi1ol OF
the Liver and Visoagsl 0rGaus IL Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DE-. w AEEEE'5
VINBaAs BITTgss are ApsrienE, hspaoyatlcs
Csrminative, Nutritious, Lastavs, Di1Te5lo,
Sedative, Counter -IrriJant SaGOIl1o, Altera-
tiys, and Anti -Biiious.
II. III. MCDONALD d. CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco, California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y
Sold by NIL Druggists md Dealers
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) TUuIluS CT bUIIeF ITUTI VUdTI Ut H'IiK
Can be made anywhere, by any one No chuTnng
quired. Receipt sent for % cents. Address,
p. o. Box i7ii, Philadelphia Pa
, 1875-12-31
1tTtS1 srOcka. ....
saS TEsscrseo. De.:. a1.-TIe following quotations
REAL, ESTATE.


This following Instruments wiTu 6led for record
Thursday. Dec. %:
CITY PROPERTY. . ....-
The rrcpscs No. 100 Indiana ut. dated De-. oo$ l10oo
WapJ;,Etntl st. III # " Of prartur,, st, Ii I, III.
divided I; ut .axIs!l: IT, dated Dee 12,ftf
The premises M. 10la Michigan ~. dasesl
N.t,a.l, av, 2t4 Il u nf Thlrty-auyrutlt ~, cf,
a;slia.1 II. dated Dec. 10. .....,...... s,uJQ
Burlington At, tlI It II Of Ltqhrrnsh Ft.rf,
o1xON,S II, with buildings, dated Dec. !':. 1,''t
Wetstrr ay, j cor Fremont NJ. n |, 4tx12sft.
with improvements dated Dec. -. .... p,0h
Tcar4nna 1t. q " cor riAc Il, II (, or'5 II, da-
ted Dec, ,23....................... G,se'
Hickory 81, :; It 4 w Of pecrng ST. II, 2'1lM
II, ,l1tcI Feb, 10, sH...................... III
Fultrn 1t, n VI cor Curtis II, 4 {, 20 ss-1o01lIo
Il, tiateA Jnuai, 1a!9.. 2oas
Wabash Av, III Il = Of Thirts-fourth st. s!le
iii rear, I3s'Btt Itatel ner. 2+,.:....:..... 6fd
Shnrtioir ~, 11l 4 II u ut Thtrty-thtrd Ut, VT,
4i1l43 II, dated doc. ". l.lH
or coCAr.HousE.
Drr.rl boulevard, IS It . af Urook At, " f. .
4.xlGo IT, with building dated Dec. 4a ..,-.S 80
Arnold st, III fin II FHty-nnth tt, Q I. G1i35
1t. aIte Ucs. t5.....: l,bo
1ual,yllard Nv, VI II , IT rorty.accuntl ST: VT,
1g.1tt5 II. with .14x125 ii 1car tho above,
dated Dec. 30. .s....... ...-....'.,.... S,V
Wentworth ~, III It n Of Hlx!s.hrst 1t, 1,
auaxlt! II, Lated Sept. ..h.............-... b,5l
Wentworth ~, It's II Il Of a!xty-arst At, ",
3th1ll. II, dated Hurt. .2O.....-........... 6.61
Sub i1jt OF fnt IS, al.1 Iotn ~ 10 81 and a 10
81 uf Lots 10 ~ III Brighton, dated Dec ~ 6.0'
Forty...tnc lotH III Z Y NC 4 NV u ut sw \ Bee.
1,aS, H. dalti Drc. .3J.............--.... H,7u
, 1875-12-31

75F Tnfnin5n In nfldl6
A " 80 A
NEW foHk.
NEW fDnr, Dec. .3o.-DEEsEn--lleeetpss $50. tahking
l5au for tue three aaTr aKainst tass %esk; !to
meaGrc receipts Fea a1oni.y ctlaleh te1lers 70 NJ
vance prices tic, bn The market WAS e1sremey Gull
ana offerings Mcsc bafcy ciosea on ~" FAt.A "ao
fancy natVc htecta aou ~ 1lNt@!4tr; uuuannA ~. ~
good q lux" i1Ac, SeFy fotMon ~ ollaty - "a
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1tSae; eoua9 o. III !oaus q. sat nus " ~ Az
wstglt fey p:ira hoiday beevcs anca3mmoniy n mne
quarry. a. i3esi ht noiHc neas7 a,tt ,a T. antn
siauRntel!nE .taua tMs "erk nsiaeo ~ 'Ao 'o"s'
nnw UNDRESSING tne ea1t!e uatAG, ar.o ., IN ,,-
nnkIr asn tt n ~. 80; sct Iii, s.st focra
LIT uaata 90 t, ~ ~ Iii III liz it. ~. 1nr Ints
~" ~ ~, Ht1sas, .,,n"s mi nr,in.rv ILas,fn.
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r.Ts W,riasn n is n 6we: fair to strictly primo
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, 1875-12-31

Hpssiat Di<rateAts Ia 9As Chicago FTftsHs.
NEW YuHk, Dec. I.-daAls-WheaS-N qu1et
And nru, sales OF as ooo bu u psceo fur REJECTED
spring; VIC a$l.20 for uuRradsd spring: 5I.o741oa
for No. Ghirago; $l.lo Sill for No. Milwaukee
tl.14ta1.9l for No. J Chiesgot 3l.n3l.31 for no.
Northwestern Sl.91t1i .23 for No. AIwsukss VIE
ts1,s2 for No. spEing; 3l.lo4t.so for nsw saa oiu
winter rod Westsrn; tl.tsalA6 for do ainbef "esi-
etp and Il 80 for Wits Wea&eFu. 4ys qutet 1t
Go fpt Ws.tsru; 93s9,o for RtAts aud vQo Tor
Caaada In boud. barley dull and unchanged Corn
~ bsttsr, flt inquiry; sslss nf 1900 hu At WA
bike for new Neatsrn tal1ad md ys1lox, md 12kQ