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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
SORE THROAT.
An Article to be Read Carefully by Every
One.

AN hrticie 10 NC heuu carefully by Every
One.
Gold manifests itself differently in diff
ferent people. In some itproduces fever
and pain in the limbs, in others catarrh,
in still others sore throats. Whatever
part of the system is weakest will be at
tackled by the cold.
large proportion of cases of deafness
comes from neglected sore throat. This
Is because of the intimate connection be-
tween the throat and the ear by means of
the eustachian tube. Hence the impor
tance OF. keeping the throat i'll q healthful
condition. The tendencies of sore throat
are to the worse and not to the better;
hence any affection of this part of the
body should receive prompt attention.
In case of ordinary sore throat, the sim
plest and best treatment is the wet pack,
using linen cloth wrung from cold
water, and over this knit or crotcheted
yarn band, four feet long and four inches
wide. Apply this two or three nights in
succe, sion, unless it is very serious
case, when the pack should be kept on
during the day. If taken off in the
morning, wash the throat in very cold
water, rub dry with coarse towel and
with the hand. This will prevent taking
more cold.
Mucous membranes have three kinds
catarrhal, croupous, and
diphtheritic. Everybody knows how
the firstappears; in the croupous liquid
is poured out which collects on the outer
surface of the mucous coat, and forms q
membrane which can be peeled off or
removed without injury to the mucous
coat beneath it. In the diphtheritic the
liquid poured out infiltrates itself into
the mucous membrane, and if forcibly
removed leaves the mucous coat raw and
sore. Diphtheria is blood poison. The
patient complains of feeling stupid; the
angle of the throat swells; there is likely
to be more or less nasal catarrh; there
appear in the throat patches looking like
dirty wash-leather, which, being re-
moved, leave a raw spot; the odor of this
exudation is offensive, but the disease is
not usually contagious unless the exuda-
tion comes in contact with the mucous
membrane of another individual. Hence
the greatest care should be taken that no
towel or drinking vessel or spoon used
by the patient touches the lips of any
other person. Group is inflammation of
the larynx and usually attacks the patient
suddenly in the night. The membrane
is formed in the larynx, is white, and
extends each way up and down. In diph-
liberia it forms in the throat and extends
downward.
The food of patient suffering from
diphtheria cannot be too nutritious and
stimulating. All physicians agree in
this. There is nothing better for the
patient than beef tea, made by putting O
pound or two Of tenderloin into o glass
can, or bottle, sealing it tightly and i'm
mersing in water, gradually raised to the
boiling point, and kept there until the
juices of the meat are extracted. GIVE
as much Of this as the patient will take.
Old sherry is also prescribed as a stimu
liant by the most devoted adherents tc
temperance principles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
A California Jury.

They have peculiar iurymen in San
Francisco. In January Chinaman
named Wah All Toong was convicted of
murder. Recently, when motion for
new trial was being argued, one of the
jurymen made an affidavit to disorderly
conduct in the jury room, in which oc-
ours the following development When
they returned to the jury room, one of
the jurors produced bottle of whisky
and several packs of cards. The jurors
played cards, some for money, all night,
during which time there was one bottle
of whisky drank. Afterwards there was
a bottle of liquor of some kind, which
affiant took to be cocktails, introduced
into the jury room and drank by the
jurors during their deliberations upon
the question of the guilt of the accused.
During the night there were two or
three bottles of liquor drank by the
jurors. In playing cards crackers were
used, with which several jurors seemed
to be abundantly supplied, as repre-
sentative of money. Money was also
used by the players. During their de-
iberations atiant was frequently insulted
and threatened with personal violence.
1t went so far that at one time affiant
was compelled to call in the deputy
sheriff for protection. Had atliant fully
understood the facts of the case and the
date when the murder was committed,
he never would have consented to the
verdict,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
Giant Trees in California.

1t has been supposed, says Califor-
mia paper, that the Sierra sequoias, or
big trees of California, were confined to
o few small and isolated groves like
those known to tourists by the name of
Calaveras, Tuolumne, Merced, and Mari
posa, scattered at considerable intervals
along the western slope of the noun
tains for distance of sixty miles. 1t
was known that collection of big trees
larger than any of those in the Mari
posa and Calaveras regions exists in
Fresno county, where Thomas mill has
for several years been saving this red
wood of the Sierra to supply the mar
ket of Visalia, but it was discovered last
summer that this body of bigtree tim
Der is not properly grove, but forest
extending for not less than seventy miles
III q northwest and southeastward direc-
ton, with width in some places of ten
miles, and interrupted only by the deep
canyons which cut across the general
course of the forest, and reduce the level
to an elevation below that at which the
tree is found in wild condition, al
though when cultivated it thrives in all
our valleys.
Different persons have traced the
forest from the basin of the Tule river
in latitude thirty-six deg. and twenty
mln., across those of the Kaweah and
Kings to that of San the Joaquin. The
elevation has not been carefully mea-
sured, but is supposed to vary from
1000 to 6,000 feet. At one point, and
one only, this forest is accessible by a
wagon roa1, and this is at Thomas mill,
forty-eight miles from Visalia. Unlike
the groves further north, this forest
consists mainly and in some places al.
most exclusively of the big trees, and
there are also multitude of small ones
in all the ages of growth, some just
sprouting, and others saplings onl y two
or three feet through. The largest
standing tree as yet measured is forty
feet in diameter; charred stump-the
tree itself having disappeared-mea
sures forty-one feet across. A tree
twenty-four feet in diameter four feet
above the ground, is precisely the same
thickness sixty feet higher. A faller
trunk is hollow throughout, and the
hole Is large enough to drive a horse
and buggy seventy-two feet in it as in {
tunnel.
This forest is so extensive, the timber
is SO abundant and excellent in quality
and the demand for it is SO great in the
bare valley at the foot of the mountain
that it cannot be withheld from the axe
and the sawmill. The wood is similar
in general character to the Coast sequoia
or common red wood, straight in grain
splitting freely, even enough in grair
for furniture, and far superior to oak il
its keeping qualities in positions ex
posed to alterations of moisture. Th,
Sierra sequoia does not throw up sprouts
from it's stump as doesthe red wood, ant
can therefore be felled out more readily
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO.
6 MACHLNE must eventually supersede all
others now run wih which 1t comes IN competition
We recommend for it the highest a,rard phich ii
is in the power Of the Institute to bestow."-From
the unanimous Report of the five Judges
of the American Institute. New York, 1874
The Board of Managers unanimously APP
proved the report, and recommended for this
machine the Gold Medal Of the Institute.
The Board of Direction unanimously APP
proved this recommendation, and awarded
the Gold Medal to Wheeler & Wilson, the
only gold medal awarded for a Sewing
Machine by the American Institute fol
many years.
The austrian Official Report of the Vienno
Exposition pronounced 1t "he ma,rtI of tn,
Exposition" and added, "this universal machin,
seuS the heaviest leather harness and The fines
gauae wih truly pearl stitch"
The Grand Medal Of Progress 'vas awarde
for 1t.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
The Wales Miners,

Twenty thousand people at Merthyr-
Tydvil and Dowlais, in Wales, are now
dependent for fuel upon the coal they
can get out of the waste patches and
groupings on the mountains. A large
number of men have left for Queensland.
The coal owners have refused to meet a
deputation of ministers of the gospel who
wished to act as mediators between them
and the strikers, and it has been init
mated that none will be received until
the submission of the men. The coal
owners are determined to resist at all
costs, even if the hands stand out until
the summer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
They Saw 1t,

Some time since vessel was cast upon
the shore of Lake Michigan, and the
captain and crew We're threatened with
death at any moment. Two horsemen
were seen riding along the shore and
looking at the vessel. The captain in
voluntarily gave the sign of distress pc
culiar to secret society, and it was
answered by the strangers, who at once
turned about and, at full speed, retraced
their steps. In three hours tug and
life boat, manned entirely by members
of the society, arrived, rescued the fam.
ished crew, and secured the vessel SC
that she was afterward removed with
safety. N. B. This story will answer
for Masons, Odd Fellows, Good Temp,
lars, Rechabites, Sons of Malta, Gran
gers, OF any other secret society.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines.

We call attention to the Wheeler &
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well known company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with sewing machines, on as favor
able terms as the business will allow.
They warrant all their work, and it is a
matter of importance to the purchaser to
deal with a company whose position and
permanence give assurance that their
guaranty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the civil
lied world, for furnishing needles, thread
and other necessary supplies, and have
an established reputation, for reliability
and fair dealing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
Self.Guidanc9,

It is the assertion of scientific paper
that self guidance is the first condition
of reasonable, improbable being.
Children should learn at school how to
study alone-to discover for themselves
what they wish to know. In giving
them no initiation, in denying them
their free will, we prepare them to re-
sign themselves to the passive part i'm
posed upon the nation by governments
that take the initiative in all measures
of social interest. We thus form sub
jects for a tyrant, not citizens of re-
public.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

The Piano-Harp Cabinet Organ is y
new. invention, combining three and
one-half octaves of pianoforte, or OF
an instrument with tones between those
of the piano and the harp with
the organ. 1t is beautiful instrument,
costing but little more than the organ.
The Mason & Hamlin Organ Go. arc
not able to manufacture it rapidly
enough to supply the demand.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

ELECTRICITY IS LIFE.-All nervous dis
orders, chronic diseases of the chest, head,
liver, stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and
pains, nervous and general debility, ETC.,
quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing Volta
Electric Belts and Bands. Valuable book free,
by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.-COm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

Ar LAST "A remedy that not
Is but cures consumption, as well as
ids, bronchitis, sore throat, infu-
The remedy to which we allude is
S Balsam of Wild Cherry, prepared
Fowle & Sons, Boston. Fifty cents
lar bottle, large bottles much the
pom.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women.

By r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, N. Y.
Knowing that you are subject to great
amount of suffering, that delcacy on your part
has strong tendency to prolong, and the
longer it is neglected the more you have to en-
dure and the more difficult of cure your case
becomes, l, as physician, who is daily con-
suited by scores of your sex, desire to say to
you that I am constantly meeting with those
who have been treated for their ailments for
months without being benefited in the least,
until they have become perfectly discouraged
aAd have almost made up their minds never to
take another dose of medicine nor be tortured
by any further treatment. They had rath er
die and have their sufferings ended than to
live and suffer as they have They say they
are worn out by suffering and are only made
worse by treatment. OF anything more dis
couraglng, we certainly cannot conceive, and
were there no more successful mode of treating
such difficulties than that, the principles Of
which teach the reducing and depicting of the
vital forces of the system, when the indications
dictate treatment directly the reverse of the
one adopted for them, their cases would be de-
plorable indeed, But, lady sufferers, there is a
better and far more successful plan of treat
ment for you one more in harmony with the
laws and requirements of your system. A
harsh irritating caustic treatment and strong
medicines which will never cure yon. If you
would use rational MEANS such as common
sense should dictate to every intelligent lady,
take such medicines as embody the very best
invlSofating tonics and nervines, compounded
with special reference to your delicate system.
Such happy combination you will find in my
Favorite Prescription, which has received the
loudest praise from thousands of your sex.
Those lanquid, tiresome sensations causing
you to feel scarcely able to be on yonr feet OF
ascend flight of stairs that continual drain
that is sapping from your systems all your for
mer elasticity, and driving the blood from your
cheeks that continual strain upon your vital
forces that renders you irritable and fretful,
may all be overcome and subdued by per
seyering use of that marvellous remedy. .Irregu-
larities and obstructions to the proper work
ings of your system are relieved by this
mild and safe means, while periodical pains
the existence of which is sure indication OF
serious disease that should not be neglected
readily yield to it, and if its use is kept up for
reasonable length of time the special cause o.
these pains is permanently removed. Further
light on these subjects may be obtained from
my pamphlet on diseases peculiar to your sex
sent on receipt of two stamps My Favorit,
Prescription is sold by druggists. Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

ich contain antimony, quinine
], should be avoided, as severe
bs would be their only result. The
lest, and best pills are Parsons
|r Anti- Bilious Pills.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

attended with difficulty of breath
there will be a cough, if this irrita-
healed, and the effort to raise will
j to the fire. Aliens Lung Balsam
allay the pain and irritated parts,
|ugh, and pr vent what would be
b. 1t is making cures of diseased
were considered incurable. For
bedicine dealers.-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08
Six Millions,

About two years ago, DIR. J. Walker,
an old and prominent physician of Cali
fornia, discovered, by actual experience
upon his own system, a medicine which
NAV honestly be termed ga boon to
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

DEATHS BY CoNsUAIPTIoN.-It is esti-
mated that 1OO 900 die yearly in the United
States with consumption. When consumption
first appears there is pain in the chest and
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

If you want the best Elastic Truss for rup-
ture, write to Pomeroy & Co., 744 B'dway, N. Y.
Com,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

1t is better to be late than never at a
church.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

A Baltimore beggar has retired from
business with a fortune of $4,000.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

Dr. j. Walkers California tin-
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from inc ma
tive herbs found on the lower rane es Oh
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Calii.F-
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
rERs7" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
cuyers his health. They are the great
Etood purifier and life giving principle,
O perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
sompounoed possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BlTTBRs i'll healing the
tck of every disease man is heir to. They
are q gentle Purgatiye as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation x
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretie,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter -Irritant, Sudoritc, Altera-
i've. and Anti-Bilious.
r. II. MCDONALD &; CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. N. Y
Sold py all Druggists and Dealers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-08

BURNETrs CoooAINE is the best and
cheapest hair dressing in the world.-Com.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14
LATEST TELEGRANEs.

The st. Louis Globe has absorbed
the st. Louis Democrat.
President Grant is going TO the
Bunker Hill centennial, escorted by
the 9Th Maryland regiment and ma
rine band.
Base ball began in st. Louis
on the 9th, the Browns of that CITY
and the Whites of Chicago playing
their first game, 10 for the former
and not one for the latter. And
now Chicago hangs its head in bit
ter humiliation.
Washington, May IO.-Miss Car
oline M. Crane, of this city, one of
those lost by the Schiller disaster.
was 9 neice of the wife of Senator
Edmunds, Of VT, with whom she
passed the winter in this city. She
was 3 highly accomplished young
lady, and was on her way to Europe
to spend two years with the family
of Minister March TO study Art in
Italy.
Miss Moody, daughter of the
American revivalist who is preach-
ing in London, not sharing her
fathers views, went to the play,
and coming down late to breakfast
next morning, was greeted with,
"Well, child of Sstan!" TO which
she calmly responded, "Good morn.
ing, paper"
The democratic state treasurer of
Georgia is reported TO have stolen a
million dollars. He is a genuine
high toned native southern demo-
crat.
Verres Nicholas Smith, it appears,
agreed 10 embrace the Catholic re-
ligion in order to get q chance to
hug Ida Greeley the rest of their
happy lives. &
J.W. Douglass, Z. S. commission
err of internal revenue, was remoy-
ed on the 9th, without any previous
notice, or expression of dissatisfac.
ton, and ex-senator, d. d. Pratt,
Of Indians, appointed to thst Office.
Mr.. Douglas appears to have made
a good officer, and there is no doubt
that Mr.. Pratt is excellently Quail.
fed for the position. The change
has probably been made at tho re.
quest Of Secretary BristOW.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14
AEaW Needed.

We believe that Kansas has al
ready u law for the protection of all
Kinds of wild game. during the sea-
son of breeding and incubation In
addition to this we should have one
for the protection of the fish in our
streams, and no one should be al
lowed, nder penalty, to catch or
kill fish while spawning. Millions
of fish are destroyed every spring
by this &c useless practice, and If it
streams will he completely depopu-
lated Of fish. Besides protecting
the GslF and preventing such a
wholesale slaughter of the inno-
cents thtsre are reasons of sanitary
nature why such law should be
passed. 1t is asserted by scientific
men that the eating of fish while
spawning is productive of q certain
kind of disease, and such thing
does not seem unreasonable. No
one would think OF eating an old
hen when setting, or an animal
while with young, nor would we
think of eating fish while in a cor
responding condition. - Chetopa
Advance.
Right. The Kansas rivers and
creeks, though narrow, are stocked
with very large fish, and would af-
ford fine sport with hook and line,
year after year, if it were not for
the reckless use of nets, which
scoop them out by the bushel at all
seasons. If this net business is not
stopped, few years more will near
Iy destroy the fishes, for the streams
are to narrow for fair part of them
to escape the meshes. We hope
the next legislature will enact q
stringent law TO regulate this FISH
net business, and the beat way to
regulate il is to abolish it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14
STATE MEMS.

Gov. Osborn and wife have gone on
q trip to California.
The Topeka butchers close at noon
every day, until the next morning.
Howard City, the seat of she new
county, Elk, has paper, the Censori-
al, published by w. E. DouI.
Messrs. Donnell, Lawson Sc Co., IFS
cal agents of Kansas in New York,
says the Commonwealth, have written
to the Sinking Fund Commissioners
that z per cent. bonds of this State
cannot DO bought at less than 81 % and
accrued interest. The plethora of
money in the commercial centres is SO
great, and there is so large a demand
Tor secure channels of investments,
that the holders OF unquestioned Sc
curitiess like those of Kansas, are re-
luctant to part with them upon any
reasonable terms.
When q man can step to his front
door and count q dozen prairie fires in
full blast, he can safely conclude that
the country is going to the devil, at the
rate OF forty miles per hour.-Eldora-
do Tunes.
LeaVenworth parties talk of starting
factory TO make "cenrripetal motive
power" machines, a new invention, by
which it is claimed that friction is al
most done away with.
AT Doniphan, one night last week,
= railrosd watchman named Harris,
shot at two men whom he thought
were robbing freight car and killed
one of them. They turned ont % be
two brothers from Canada, who were
hard up, and simply sought to sleep in
the empty car.