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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
No Statue While in Debt.

1t is rather hazardous to name a child
after or to build monument to living
man. He may not turn out as well as
was expected, and then the name and
monument will be somewhat mortifying.
But there is a village in France where
they will not build a monument to II
great man even when he is dead, unless
his debts are paid. A recent French
traveller who visited AIilly says:
A pedestal which awaits its monument
stands at the entrance of a square in
Milly village.
/ asked, "What is that p
1 was told, "It is thepedestal of Mons.
de Lamartines statue"
81 inquired, Has that statue not
been made yetl"
The question was scarcely out of my
mouth when an old peasant, with a
weazel-shaped face, came up to me and
said, with the dryness of a legal writ;
Business has not yet been settled.
Lamartine still owes money; he owes to
workmen and to farmers, and they are
waiting for all those accounts to be liqui-
dated, because it is not desirable to erect
statue to a man in debt"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
How TO Destroy Ants.

A chalk mark at least half an inch in
depth, around the upper edge of sugar
buckets, barrels, ETC., will not admit one
ant into the interior. The same mark
drawn on the edges of shelves will also
prevent the approach of an ant, as they
are not able to crawl ever the chalk. But
if they are numerous among jam and
Jelly pots, take large sponge, wet it in
cold water, squeeze it nearly dry, and
then sprinkle fine white sugar over il.
Place it ON the infested shelf, and next
morning dip it quickly and carefully into
a bowl of boiling water. 1 tried the ex-
pertinent in my jelly closet, and killed at
least hundred the first morning. Have
set the trap again, and shall continue to
do so while one ant remains. Red pep
per busted over their haunts will also de-
stroy them, but the sponge is the surest
method.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Lands Giving Out.

The inhabitants of the United States
have thought the vast territories of the
West almost boundless, and capable of
giving homes to immigrants for a cen
tury to come. 1t is startling, therefore,
to be told that the boundary for profit
able immigration is nearly reached, and
that the newcomers from Europe must
seek a home in the older States.
Gen. Hazen, in an interesting article
in the North american ReUietO ON
"The Great Middle Region of the Uni
ted States" declares that large part of
this great middle region is worthless for
cultivation, and can never support a set
tied population. 1t will not answer even
for profitable grazing. He pronounces
most Of the railroad schemes through this
region to be frauds on the public, as no
large settlements can ever be formed
along the routes. The chief difficulty
lies in the want of water. There are no
streams, springs are hard to find in dig
ging, and the water is very impure. The
soil is very fertile, but this is of no avail
while water is wanting.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
TribulatiOnS of an Editor.

The Charleston (NIo.) Courier says
Editing a newspaper is pleasant thing.
If it contains too much political matter
people won't have it; if it contains too
little, they won't have it. If the type is
too large it don't contain enough read
ing matter; if the type is too small, they
can't read it. If we have few jokes,
folks say we are nothing but rattle
heads; if we omit jokes, they say we are
old fossils; if we publish original mat
ter, they blame us for not giving them
original selections; if we publish origi-
nal selections, folks say that we are too
lazy, for giving them what they have
read in some other paper. If we give a
man complimentary notice, we are
censured for being partial if we do not
all hands say we are hog. If we speak
well of any act, folks say we dare not do
otherwise if we stay in our office and
attend to business, folks say we are too
proud to mingle with our fellows. If we
do not pay all bills promptly, folks say
we are not to be trusted if we do pay
promptly, they say We stole the money.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Destroying Insects in Frosty Weather.

1t is generally thought that severe
winter is destructive to insect life, and
SO it probably is to some extent; but by
far the greater number of our worst
garden pests get sufficiently deep down
in the earth to be out of the reach of
frost. There is, however, means of
effectually dealing with such as have
taken up their winter quarters in un-
cropped ground. On hard, frosty day
let it be broken up with pick to the
depth to which it is frozen, turning the
Jumps up as large as possible, so as to
quite open, and thereby expose the un-
der surface still further to the influence
of frost. This will not only destroy
thousands of slugs, snails, wire-worms,
and the larvae of similar pests, but it will,
at the same time, aerate and pulverize
the ground to depth that cannot be
reached by any other means, thereby
improving its condition for cropping.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
A Scarlet Fever Remedy.

A Buffalo physician offers the following
method of treating scarlet fever, which
he asserts is reliable, and if faithfully
carried out will prevent deaths in four
fifths of the cases that might prove fatal.
Scarlet fever should be treated by ad-
ministering to adults one teaspoonful of
brewers yeast in three tablespoonfuls of
water, sweetened, three times daily; and
if the throat is much swollen gargle with
yeast, and as often as necessary they
should apply yeast mixed with corn
meal as a poultice. Continue to give
catnip tea freely for several days to keep
eruption out of the skin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
An Invitation.

At meeting of the directors of ferry
company in New York, Mr.. Cyrus P.
Smith read an editorial from the New
York Journal Of Commerce., in which
the management of the ferries during
the recent ice blockade was severely
criticised. After the reading, Mr.. Smith
offered a resolution requesting that the
writer of that article be invited to take
any position he thought best, at either
side of the ferry, and that he should
take charge of one of the boats, and
that during his stay the pilot of the boat
should take the editorial chair of the
Journal Of COmRerce. 1t was also re-
solved that a similar offer should be made
to the editorial corps generally. The
resolutions were passed unanimously,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
He Had His Revenge.

Many years ago a rich man foreclosed
a mortgage on poor man, and, with
contemptuous words and gestures, turned
the poor man into the street. The poor
man came to Chicago and became mil
lionaire; the rich man went to st. Louis
and bought a newspaper. Time at last
made all things even, and the st. Louis
journalist came to Chicago last week with
a linen duster, and by accident met his
debtor of many years ago. The latter
recognized his heartless creditor, but did
not jeer at his misery or refuse to help
him. " Smith, he said kindly, "let by
cones be bygones. will do what l eau
for you. Take this note to Mr.. Webb
and he will find you a berth en the Van
Buren street cars as driver" And Mr..
Webb did, and Smith froze nine toes,
eight fingers, two thumbs, his nose, and
both cheeks, that night. The debtor
was avenged.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
A Famous French Surgeon.

A Paris correspondent tells the follow
ing anecdote: Dupuytreu was a famous
surgeon, but brusque and unpolished
q Outrance. One day, as he re-entered
his house, he found installed in the ante
room an old priest who had long been
waiting his return. "What do you want
of mef' growled Dupuytreu. 81 wish
you to look at this" meekly replied the
priest, taking off an old wooden cravat,
which revealed upon the nape of his neck
a hideous tumor. Dupuytreu looked at
it. "You'll have to die with that" he
coolly remarked. "ThanBs, doctor, ="
simply replied the priest, replacing his
cravat; 81 am much obliged to you for
warming me, as l can prepare myself, as
well as my poor parishioners, who love
me very much" The surgeon, who was
never astonished at great things, looked
upon this'priest, who received his death
sentence unmoved, with amazement,
.-..I ..1a.a, - o. D. ,,,orrour ~ o;oli
o'clock to the Hotel Dieu, and ask for
me-" The priest was prompt. The
surgeon procured for him a special room
in the hospital, and in months time
the man went out cured. When leaving
he took out of sack thirty francs in
small change. cit is all can offer you,
DOCTOR" he said; 81 came here on foot
from r. in order to save this" The
doctor looked at the money, smiled, and,
drawing handful of gold from his
pocket, put it in the bag along with the
thirty francs, saying: st is for your
poor" and the priest went away. Some
years later the celebrated doctor, feeling
death to be near, bethought himself of
the good cure and wrote to him. He
came, and Dupuytreu received from him
the last consultations and died in his
arms.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Hints to Horse Fanciers.

If your horse is III the habit Of kick
ing, use n low board and your horse will
soon get over it.
Keep your horse fat; don't allow any
one to get lien on him.
When your horse refuses to take
up an oat, consider him as having
failed.
To make your horse very fast, tie him
with halters.
Look carefully after the bits OF your
horse, or you may soon be looking after
the bits of your wagon.
If you have the proper address you
may receive couple of lines from Il
horse, but ON no account drop line.
However well you may be attached
to your horse, you must be certain that
your horse is well attached to your car
riage.
When you tell horse to "get up"
look well TO his "get up" Some
horses get up within the buggy, but,
like deep sorrow, "leave their traces
behind"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Peaceful Times.

Fashion no more bloody weapons.
Armorer stay your active hand.
Rest now from your murderous labor:
Calm and tranquil is the land.
You shall beat the swords to plowshares,
Into pruning-hooks the spears,
For among the troubled nations
Peace her glorious standard rears.
Stealing over land and ocean
Like stranger from afar
Quiet is the wild commotion.
Silenced is the cry of war.
Tumult, strife, and dscord ending,
Shrinking back before her glance:
Harmony from heaven descending
As her gentle steps advance.
White-robed, she her watch is keeping.
Olive branches in her hand,
And the dogs of war are sleeping
Throughout all the weary land.
Now the nations mourning daughters
Raise no more their bitter walls:
Ships are sailing on the waters,
Commerce spreads their snowy sails.
Doves are fitting round your dwelling,
Armorer; let your labors cease
Music DER the land is swelling,
Whispering words of joy and peace.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
A Man who Always Finds Water.

Capt. John S. Godfrey of New Hamp-
shire will shortly visit California on
professional tour for the purpose of To-
eating living streams and springs of
water, and also mineral bodies of every
description. Capt. Godfrey claims no
supernatural power in the accomplish
ment of his work, but declares it to be
simply sensitive organism or powerful
current of electricity in himself, SO pow
erful as to attract him irresistibly to liv-
ing streams and mineral deposits beneath
the surface. During the late war he
located all tie wells for the use of the
my under Gen. Howard's command,
and at Hampton Falls, n. H., where
land was rendered valueless for want OF
water, he located streams which now
supply all needed demands,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18

A German named Heilman, who lived
near Evansville, In, went to that town,
became intoxicated, was placed in his
wagon by the saloon keepers, and a
neighbor hired to drive the team.
Standing upright in the wagon was
barrel of salt that Heilman had purchased
in the city and was taking home. While
driving along the road, the night being
dark, the wagon was driven over log
that lay in the road, causing it to jolt,
and overturning the barrel of salt upon
the PROSTATE form of Heilman. By
some means a hoop became detached
from the barrel, and the end of it entered
Heilman's ear. The constant jolting of
the wagon only helped to drive it in
deeper, and when they had reached
Heilman's house it was found necessary
to draw it forth by main force. Heilman
lay in the wagon, insensible from pain
and loss of blood. He was carried into
the house, and placed i'll bed, from which
he never rose alive, the wound causing
his death in about a month after the oc-
currence. The widow WAS then thrown
upon her own resources for livelihood.
The farm, with no one to look after it,
became valueless, and was sold at a sacri-
flee. BY the advice of friends she
brought suit against the parties who had
sold her husband the liquor, lying
damages at $1,000. The case, while
being tried, attracted great attention, it
being the first of the kind that has ever
been tried in Indiana, and was considered
in one way a test case. After consuming
three days in hearing the testimony and
listening to the arguments the case was
submitted to the jury, who returned a
verdict giving the widow three hundred
twenty five dollars. The advocates of
temperance consider the verdict victory
for their cause.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Fashion Notes.

The COOL fresh-looking linen lawns,
says a fashion journal, are the lowest
priced, most durable and tasteful of all
cheap fabrics. These cost from twenty
five cents to forty cents yard. The
designs are waved stripes of coral, blue,
or black. There are also many plaids
in color, and the usual dots, dashes, stars
and lozenges.
Pin-head checks cut to form bias
bands will be much used for trimming
goods of solid color. This will be
especially popular for blue and white
summer silks, brown and white, and
black with white When the dress is
made of these small checks, large blocks
are used for borders. Brown and white
check silks, trimmed with larger checks,
will make pretty travelling dresses for
brides.
New square shawls for early spring
days have plain centres, with lighter
band for borders, and are reversible.
Thus light gray shawl with dark gray
border on one side will have the other
center of dark gray with light border.
The fringe is richly tasseled.
The broad-barred Mexicaines intro
duced last summer became very popular,
and now re-appear in wider open squares
and stripes. These are of thin, wiry
silk, and are to be made up over blue,
ecru, pink, black, violet, and, indeed,
cardinal red silks, for watering-pl
dresses. These Mexicaine goods are also
shown in plaids of two colors, such as
marine blue with ecru, or mauve and
ecru or else male mink
The twilled plaid silks introduced by
exclusive modistes last summer are now
largely imported for seaside costumes
The prettiest patterns are Lavender
grounds barred with ruby, ecru Will
navy blue OF prune, pale pink with darl
brown plaids,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18
Death less Fearful than his Father.

A paper published in Oswego tells this
story: A boy who lives in the extreme
western part of the city spent nearly all
afternoon and evening out in the snow,
playing with a neighboring boy-rolling
III snow-banks, etc.-with the careless
ness and disregard of clothes common to
high-lifed boys. They played till after
dark, and when thislad came to go home
his clothes were nearly soaked through.
He had been severely punished few
days previous for coming home in that
condition, and was told that if he came
home i'll that shape again he would be
whipped within an inch of his life. He
knew that his father would be as good
as his word, and as he thought the mat
ter over, he made up his mind that he
would stay out till after the folks had
gone to bed, and then crawlinto neigh
bor's wOod-house and stay through the
night, and he carried out his plan. Some
time during the night the owner of the
house was awakened by noise sound
ing something like groaps; he listened
and again heard the sound, which
seemed to come from the woodshed, but
which he thought was probably a stray
dog The noise continuing, he finally
got up, partly dressed himself, took a
light, and on going into the shed dis
covered the boy crouched i'll one corner,
partly covered with some old rags of
carpeting or something Of that sort, and
insensible with cold. He carried him
into the house, sent for his family, and
after several hours of incessant labor the
boy revived. Upon being inquired of
why he went into the woodshed, he said
it was because he was afraid to go home.
That family must be ruled with a severe
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-18

ERTIsING.-Newspaper advertising
may be compared to a vigilant and
watchful salesman, who not only invites
public, into its private walks and ways,
an d its effectiveness must depend largely
on the skill employed in presenting the
merits of any article to the public eye SO
as to produce the best results,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-02
Is Temperate Drinking Safe .

At certain town meeting in Pennsylva.
MIA the question came up, whether any
persons should be licensed to sell rum
The clergyman, the deacon, the physician,
strange as it may now appear, all favored
it. One man only spoke against it, because
of the mischief it did. The question was
about to be put, when there arose from
one corner of the room miserable woman.
Size was thinly clad, and her appearance
indicated the utmost wretchedness, and
that her mortal career was almost closed.
After moments silence, and all eyes
being fixed upon her, she stretched her
attenuated body to its utmost hight, and
then her long arms to their greatest length,
and raising her voice to shrill pitch, she
called to all to look upon her.
"Yesr' she said, "look upon me, and
then hear me. All that the last speaker
has said relative to temperate drinking, as
being the father of drunkenness, is true.
All practice, all experience, declares its
truth. All drinking Of alcoholic poison, as
beverage in health, is ercsss. Look upon
me! You all know me, or once did. You
all know l was once the mistress of the
best farm in the town; you ali know, too,
l had one of the best-the most devoted Of
husbands. You all know had fine, noble
hearted, industrious boys. Where are they
now? Doctor, where are they now? You
all know. You all know they lie in row.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-02

side by side, in yonder church yard; all
every one of them filling the druukard's
grave! They were all taught to believe
that temperate drinking was safe-that ex-
cess alone ought to be avoided; and they
never acknowledged excess. They quoted
you, and you, and you, pointing with her
shred of a finger to the minister, deacon,
and DOCTOR as authority. They thought
themselves safe under such teachers. But
saw the gradual change coming over my
family and it's prospects, with dismay and
horror felt we were all to be overwhelm-
ed in one common ruin. l tried to ward
off the blow; l tried to break the spell,
the delusive spell, in which the idea of the
benefits of temperate drinking had involv-
ed my husband and sons. l begged, |
prayed; but the odds were against me.
The minister said the poison that was
destroying my husband and boys was a
good creature of God; the deacon who sits
under the pulpit there and took our farm
to pay his rum bills, sold them the poison;
the doctor said little was good, and the
excess only ought to be avoided. My poor
husband and my dear boys fell into the
snare, and they could not escape; and one
after another were conveyed to the sorrow
full grave of the drunkard. Now look at
me again. You probably see me for the
last time. My sands have almost run.
have dragged my exhausted frame from my
present home-your poor-house-to warn
you all; to warn you, deacon to warn you,
false teacher of Gods word.' And with
her arms flung high, and her tall form
stretched to its utmost, and her voice rails
ed to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed,
- shall soon stand before the Judgment
seat of God. l shall meet you there, false
guides, and be witness against you all ~
The miserable woman vanished. A dead
silence pervaded the assembly; the minis
ter, the deacon and physician hung their
heads; and when the president of the meet
ing put the question, "Shall any licenses
be granted for the sale of spurious liquors."
the unanimous response was, "No ~
Memoir Of Geo. N. Briggs, late En- Coz. Of
Mass
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