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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
The Mississippi River.

There cannot be any doubt whatever
says an exchange, that the filling up pro,
cess constantly going on along the line
of tho Mississippi furnishes the key to
the difficulty as regards the disastrous
inundations. The bed of the river is in
many places little lower than the general
level of the adjoining country. Where
the levee system has been long in use
the persistent efforts of the planters have
been successful in confining the river to
its channel, and it is only when disas-
ter occurs like that of last year that the
great river conquers tho levee builder
and takes terrible revenge for its i'm
prisonment. The difficulty increases
every year. Assuming oven that it is
possible to build levees substantial
enough to resist all floods that may rise
during the coming decade, yet il must
be remembered that these leveos will in
years become worthless and must be re-
placed by higher dykes i'll order to
counteract or rather to compensate for
the increased height of the water caused
by the raising of the river bed. When
the limit is reached, when it will be i'm
possible to raise higher dykes, then q
breach will bring irremodiablo disaster,
for the conditions of drainage will be re-
versed and the river will be higher than
tho land, rs it is now in many places.
Another very important fact bearing
on the subject of the filling up of the
river bed is, that natural deposits build
up alluvial land bordering on rivers on
a certain level, which will be the ordi-
nary OF mean level of the stream. The
tendency will be to wash this new made
surface bare OF any accumulation that
rises higher than this level, should a
flood or freshet occur. The dykiug of
of such an alluvial area would be the
surest way of preserving and increasing
its level over the water, unless division
of the channel leaves it intact.
The dyking of considerable length
of the Mississippi, which was begun
with the first settlement of the country
by the Spaniards and French, and at the
lower end of the river-the part where
the largest volume of water would neces-
sarily accumulate during periods OF
flood, and where, previoust to the dyking,
the river lad deposited considerable
portion of its load of earthly matter that
did not reach the gulf, as may be seen
from the character of the deep alluvial
plains on each side-has limited the area
of storm overflow at these parts of the
rivers course and increased the amount
of matter deposited in the river bed,
raising it, and with it the volume OF
waters it carried seaward. Every incl
the river bed is raised by deposit at any
point south of Memphis decreases the
velocity of the current and increases the
possibility of deposit, so that the ovi
really aggravates itself, and, as already
suggested, may become irremediable.
Leaving for future examination til,
other facts bearing on this all-important
question of the condition of the Missis
sippi, we find in this one alone an illus
tration of the difficulty of mans task tC
fetter and subdue the giant forces o
nature,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
A Poor Memory.

You see that large, healthy looking
lady, weighing, 1 should Judge, about
three hundred pounds, writes a Long
Branch correspondent. We used TO he'
good friends, but we are not so any
more. She has come here for several
seasons, and is always pleased with the
attention of young gentlemen, although
she is old enough to be grandmother.
l found her acquaintance an advantage
from IL o fact that she keeps an elegant
turnout, and l was sometimes the
sharer of its benefits. This fact fills
mo with regret that / should have done
anything to mar our friendship. was
promonading up and down the balcony
one evening, and, in the course of CON
veisation, she said GA lady can come
to Long Branch alono without any i'm
proprioty. 1 have come up here five
seasons now, and every gentleman 1 mot
treated me with respect" .....
Nobody could think of molesting
you, Mr.. L. Your appearance alone
would inspire respect in any man." /
replied, i'll flattering way. Oh, do
you think so, Mr.. Tomkins," she an
swcrcd, in pleased tone.
She liked that so well I Thought ]
would say something better and secure
u ride in her carriage in tho morning, so
L added "You have certain refined,
matronly look that gentleman could
tell ut once you were cultivated lady"
(She had double chin.)
L touched her vanity and was going
to work that mine. When | am with
you," L said, "you seem like mother
to me; no man could think of Offering
insult to. you any moro than to his
grandmother.
L meant that for compliment, no. in
tending to compare her to grand
mother. She suddenly stopped in our
walk, said she was quite tired, and i'm
mediately sought vacant chair near a
circle of lady acquaintancos, and left
me to pursue my walk alone.
1t is wonderful what poor memory
for faces that old dame has. l have
passed her several times since, and she
goes by me with as much indifference as
if L was stranger to her all her life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

himself crushed to death. ... Five colored
convicts, whose sentences aggregated seventy
four years, escaped from the Richmond peni-
tentiary by cutting the bars Of window and
lowering themselves with rope made OF
blankets. -. The trial OF the bankrupt mer-
chants Collie Brothers, Of London, was brought
to sudden close few days ago by the dis
covery that Mr.. Alexander Ooolie had alb
seconded. The lawyers for the defense an
nounced their withdrawal from the case. 49,.
About s14,0 900 Of the $4,000 recently stolen
from the treasury department at Washington
has been recovered, and Mr. Ottman, the
suspected thief, has been held for trial in
$780, 900 bail. .. ....-
The wheat crop OF Wisconsin is heavier than
usual and while rye and oats are abundant
corn is suffering from drought 80. The War
department has made now military post at
the Black Hills and one company of infantry
and two Of cavalry will occupy it. Fifteen
hundred miners are in the hills, but we're pre-
pairing to leave in obedience to the military.
The country is considered rich in gold. . The
Jacksonville ella } medical society publish a
card stating that there has not been case OF
yellow fever in that city this season ...... The
first case under the Civil Rights bill in Georgia
was commenced in Savannah tho prosecutor
being colored employee Of the post-office.
A decree will soon be published by the Span
ish authorities, ordering levy Of 100, 900 men
for tho purpose Of speedily ending the war
-Four OF the escaped Richmond convicts have
been recaptured. .....At a meeting of the
Montreal city council held to consider the
new health law which includes compulsory
vaccination, crowds OF French Canadians filled
tho gallery and surrounded the building and
making so much noise that no business could
he transacted. Volleys OF stones were thrown
i'll the windows, all the glass being broken and
two aldermen wounded. Action on the bill
was finally postponed six months. .. The
| London Post publishes a report Of serious
sculfle between the Russian and Prussiar
| frontier guards at Donbrowa, on the boundary
| line between Russia and Prussia. The affail
was provoked by the Russians, who trespassed
on German territory. Several Of the guards
were wounded ...... Tho geographical congress-
at Paris has decreod letters of distinction tc
tie Naval department and signal service bureau
at Washington e. The United States district
attorney at Omaha has brought suit agains
John 2. Baker, formerly Indian agent, to re
cover the sum of SIT, 400 due the government
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
Taking il COOlly.

To an interviewer, Henry Ward
Beecher said he did not know anything
of the serving of the notice of a new
trial in his case, further than what he
read in the papers, and added : 81 did
not come all the way tothe White noun
tains to be bothered about the affair"
"Mr. Beecher, have not your counsel
sent you word that the notice has been
served?"
"No, and I am glad they have not.
"You don't seem to be at all interested
in the matter"
"Nor am I. l feel very much like
the big Scotchman whose wife used to
beat him. He was asked why he allowed
her to beat him SO hard. He answered (:
'Oh, it amuses her and don't hurt ME. 4"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
4 WidOMer's Tribute.

The Boston Globe tells the following
as ga true story" A minister, newly
settled in one of the "waste places, ="
was walking in the village cemetery one
day, when he saw one of his parishioners
standing by the family lot" "Are
these tho graves of your children2" he
asked. "Yes," said the man, looking
about. "Here is Tom there is Bill
this is Mary /; that's the baby y and
then, pointing contentedly to a corner gay
with flowers "There lays the old
woman, all blowed out"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
Presidents Of the United States.

1t is the general belief that the present
is the first period of the history of the
United States when no ex-President was
living. This is mistake. President
died in the third year of
the administration of his successor, John
Adams. In this connection tabulated
statement of Presidents alive during
successive administrations may not be
without interest. Here it is
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
Ex-Presidrnts.


17S9--1I97 George Wash
ton.
1797--1S0l John Adams. Geo. Washington, d. 1893.
1SO1--lS09 Thos Jefferson. John Adams.
lSO9--lSl7 James Madi- John Adams.
son. Thomas Jefferson
John Adams.
lSl7--lS25 James Monroe. Thomas jefferson.
James Madison.
John Adams, Il. 1926.
lS25--lS29 John Q.Adams Thomas Jefferson, d.1s26.
James Madison.
James Monroe.
James Madison.
1S29--1S37 Andrew jack James Monroe, d. 1881.
son. John Quincy Adams.
James Madison, Il. 1887.
ls37--1Sil Martin Van Bu- John O. Adams.
ren. Andrew Jackson
John q. Adams.
lSil--lSi5 VIII. Harrison Andrew jackson.
John Tyler. Martin Van Buren.
John Q. Adams. Il. 1913.
lsi5--1S49 James Z. Polk. Andrew Jackson, d. 1S45
Martin Van Buren,
John Tyler.
Martin Van Buren,.
ls49--ls53 Zachery Tay- John Tyler.
lorf James X. Polk, Il. 1910.
NJ. Fillmore. Martin Van Buren,
1S53--1S57 L. Pierce. NIillard Fillmore,
Martin Van Buren,.
John Tyler.
1S57-1SG1 J. buchanan. NIillard Fullmore.
Franklin Pierce.
NJ. Van Buren, d. 1862.
John Tyler, d. 1862.
1S61--1sG9 A. Linco!nt NIillard Fillmore.
A. Johnson. Franklin Pierce.
J. Buchanan, Il. 1868.
Millard Fillmore d. 1874.
Franklin Pierce, Il. 1869.
lS6o--1Sl5 U. S. Grant Andrew Johnson, d. 1875.
Died 1S4l tDied 1850. iDied 1865.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
Crops and Floods.

The damage done to the crops by the
late floods amounts in many cases to
half their value. Tho New York Herald
says: Is it not time that some well con-
sidered plan were adopted by the national
government to remedy the evil which in
most cases is the result of defective
drainage or a badly constructed system
of levees ? The increased value of the
crops would soon pay for the outlay.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

Officers and soldiers who served in
the army, physicians, surgeons, and eminent
men and women everywhere, join in recon-
mending JOinsons Anodyne Liniment to be
the best internal and external family medicine
over invented. That's our experience. Com
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

CAUTIoN!-In our changeable climate,
coughs, colds, and diseases Of the throat, lungs
and chest will always prevail. Consumption
will claim its victims. These diseases, if at
tended TO in time, can be arrested and cured.
The remedy is Or. IiistdrS Bdlsdm of Wild
Cherry Fifty cents and one dollar bottle,
large bottles much the cheaper Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

All the year round Mcridan's Caralry
Condition Po,odcrS should be given to horses
that are "kept up" To horses and cattle
that Craze in summer they should only be
given in winter and spring.-COm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19

Any one desiring recipe how to make
soap for cent pound will receive ii
gratis by addressing 1. L. Cragin & Co.,
Philadelphia, manufacturers of the just
ly celebrated Dobbins' Electric Soap. 4
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
NOrt Edward Institute. N. Y,

SWARTHNORE COLLEGE, swarihmorc,
- Delaware Co.. Penn. This Institution, under
the care of Friends, gives thorough collegiate educa,
ton to both sexes who here the OF
study, and receive the degrees. For Catalogue.
giving full particulars of study terms etc
address EDWARD IL. MAGILL, PRESIDENT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-19
DOUBLE YOUR TRADE

- PACKAGES SEED WHEAT, Circulars of Blooded
- Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, Sporting Dogs.
sent FREE for stamps. ~ p. BoYER Parkesbure, Penn.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11
Real Esfafe TRANSFERS.

Simeon Guard and wife to the heirs Of G. G.
Guard, SO 29-1OO acres, ia section %, Miami
township; also, A)S 2J-10U acres, in section 81
same townships also, i7,z acres, IN Dearborn
county, Indiana, guItcialm-$1.0 900.
Chas. Hahn and wife to Carl Weiskopf, lot IS,
in W ards addition to Madisonville-Sa50
Simon Nest to the Mount Adams and Eden
PARK Inclined Railway, lot rs by l31 feet, on
the east side of Lock street, liz feet south of
Fifth street-s5400.
Henry Grammer and wife to same, lot 20 by
100 feet, on the west side OF Kilgour street, 1l9
feet south of Fifth street-$3,s,0.
Martin Donlan to same, lot 25 by IS T-l2 feet.
on the east side Of Kilgour street, 1lGX feet
south Of Fifth street-$3,6O.
Michael Sweeny and wife to same lot rs by
81 T. IL feet, on the west side Of Baum ctreet.
1l6% feet south Of Fifth strcet-S4,55o.
Anton Stegmann and wife. per Sheriff, to
Daniel Weber, lot 81 by 1T feet, on the east
side of Orchard street, south Of Main street, in
Barrsville, Twenty fourth Ward-$1 ,133 "a.
Carrie Harvie to VIM. Ekemeyer, IL acres in
section "a, Symmss towaship-$0o.
worth, LOT 25 by 55 feet, on the north SIDE Of
Fifth street, "A feet east of Broadway-s5,UU0
Michael Judg and wife to III. w. Kohle,
lea enold IL by II 6-6 feet, on the south side
orOliver street, 269,s feet west Of John street
$780, =.
S. II. Hamilton to j. Il. French. perpetual
lease Of 4 acres, on the Carthage pike, in Lock-
land, at an annual rent Of $T2 s.. with the
privilege OF purchasing the same for u, ,eo9 10.
J. NJ. keelar and wife to W; II: Mullen, lot
80 by $50 feet on the west side of Mill street,
75 feet south Of Benson street, in Lcckland-
sl,gW.
Pape and Emit Kugemann, lot q by 100 feet,
on the south side Of Charles street, VI feet east
of East Plum street-$2, 700.
james st. John to Daniel McLaien, agree
ment to convey 1Jll9 feet front, In Millcreek
bottom, on payment of $95,vOO
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11

On Wednesday, says the Lynchburg
{ Va. Republican, near Skipton, Talbot
County, Maryland, a negro boy twelve
or fifteen years old, named Kirby, indus-
ed the children Of David NJ undey to visit
his honse during the absence of their
parents. While there he told little sou
of Mundey, who is four or five years old,
that they would "play hanging" and he
would show how the sheriff hung Ernest
Smith, in Easton. He placed the child
on q stool, tied rope, hitched to spike
in the ceiling, around his neck, and then
jerked the stool from under him, leaving
him hanging there, his toes just touching
the floor. Finding that he did not die.
he stripped his clothes off and beat him
with a stick, bruising and cuttinI him
severely. He also struck little sister
Of Mundey's, who ran home and told her
mother, who had returned, and upon her
arrival she found her child hanging, and
his side and body considerably lacerat-
ed. She took him down, but the child
was SO Frustrated by the choking and
whipping that he is seriously i'll.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11

A curious but bold robbery took place
just alter dark, New Years day, upon
one of the Tenth avenue (New York;
cars on it's way down town. When the
car arrived ut Fourteenth street, six
men, apparently respectable and we'll
dressed, but somewhat hilarous, entered
the car. The conductor asked for fares,
but for awhile was kept waiting, as each
Of the party tried to make the others pay.
At last the conductor became angry and
demanded his pay in sharp tone, and
then it was given to him. by this time
the car had reached some of the darker
streets, and each of the gang got up and
expressed admiration for his nearest
neighbOr's gloves, umbrella, cane, reti-
cule, or any thing else he or she might be
loosely holding in the hand, and before
the owner Of The property could recover
from the surprise the six men rushed
out OF the car, each bearing away the
booty which he had snatched from the
grasp Of the passenger. AS the thieves
lett the car the passengers rushed after
them TO the platform, in the hope OF find
ing a policeman, but not one could be
seen for several blocks, and the con-
ductor endeayored to console the passen-
gers by remarking that they were lucky
in preserving their watches and wallets
with such a bold band of desperadoes in
the car.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11
La W REPORT.
~o~-.~,

Nathan +. Williams V. The Cincinnati,
Harrison Il indianapolis Railroad Com
pany. Before Judge Force. Suit on an
indemnity mortgage given by the rail-
road company TO }. l.. Bassett, who had
purchased piece of property on Web
ster street of the railroad company.
which was covered by a trust deed to
Judge Mclean, to secure the payment of
their bonds. The condition Of the mort
gage was, that the railroad company
should hold Bassett, his heirs and as
signs, harmless from the operation of
this trust deed, and after that the mort
gage recited that the object of it was to
protect Bassett. The defendant demur.
red.
The question WAS whether the grantees
of Bassett, VINO bring this suit, had any
rights under the mortgage.
The Court held the grantees of Bassett
had a right to the condition in the mort
gage; that a purchaser was not protected
unless the grantees were protected also.
Demurrer overruled.
The City, for the use of G. NJ. Gardiner
& Co., v. Chas. Robson ct al. Before
Judge Avery. This action was brought
to recover the amount OF an assessment
for filling West Eighth street, and the
case came up on motion TO make the
Cincinnati Exposition Park Association
a party defendant. An affidavit was Ill
ed showing that Gardiner g. Co., had as
signed all their interest to the EXposi-
tion Park Association, on the 19lh of
July, 1872, shortly after the contract was
madO, but before this suit was brought.
The.assessment, however, was made by
the city payable to u. NJ. Gardiner & Co.
The question is whether the Cincinnati
Exposition Park Association must bring
suit, or whether they will be admitted
as parties in this suit.
Smith v. the Supervisor of road dis.
trict in Springfield township. Before
Judge Cox. This was proceeding to
restrain 1.-THE defendant by injunction
from removing fence and trees which
~ HITTER claimed had projected on to
fHe Dublic road, OH which the property of
the plaintiff abutted. 1t appeared that
the trees and fence had occupied the
place whore they now are for some
twenty-five or thirty years and the plain.
tiff claimed they were such permanent
improvements as showed adverse pos
session.
1t WAS held by the CourG that the
planting of trees within the line Of a
public road was not such an improve
ment, even if permanents were bar to
the public, as would constitute adverse
possession, or preven. the opening OF
the read, when the public necessity re-
quired it, to its full width. The tempo.
rary injunction heretofore granted was
accordingly dissolved.
Snow & Kumler, Tor plaintiff; Harmon
a. Durrell, for defendant.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11

A mysterious sect in the South Of
Wales has just been made the subject Of
comment. The world has gone past these
people, leaving them clinging to the
rocks and mountains. They are few and
scattered and meet together twice a
year-on the summer and winter solstice.
They then ascend q mountain, on the
top Of which there is a holy (rocking
stone. The procession is headed by an
aged man, who bears in mis- hand long
wand. On the top otthe wand is small
sphere with three prongs like divergent
rays issuing from 1t. When the summit
OF the mountain is reached, the people
listen to sermon from their aged leader,
and then march down again and betake
themselves to their homes among the
hills. These people say that Han Is their
founder, aud that's all they know about
him. They are supposed to be the very
last remnant Of the ancient Druids. who
still practice the rites of the nruidical
religion.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11
Why He Did not Win.

Tom Saunders of Buffalo owns little,
lazy, slow mare, that is the ridicule OF
his friends. One recent evening he and
some of his friends were talking OF
horses, when he astonished them by Of
fering to bet hundred dollars that he
could ride his mare twenty miles in an
hour. He counted out the money in a
tantalizing way, remarking that his
mare had been laughed at long enough
and he had made up his mind TO show
" hat he could do. 1t seemed like rob-
bet, but he insisted and the stake was
put into trustworthy hands. A day was
chosen for the trial, and when it came
Tom was led to the Central R1ilroad de-
pot, where the homely little 5inage WAS
found aboard baggage car. Tom had
ticketcd her to Rochester by express, and
when the train was ready to start he got
on her back triumphantly.
He said that he reckoned that he could
ride that way twenty miles All hour, nn-
less the time table lied. Away went the
train, with the referee holding his watch
and the three fellows who had joined in
the bet against the mare very sorrowful
of expression. About fifteen miles had
been run in about half an hour, and Tom
was grinning in anticipation Of easy vic
tory, when the car bumped over some
thing, and he was thrown off the mare,
by hastily applied siX-brakes. An axle
had broken, and the train was stopped
for more than an hour. And Tom was
not so ruefui over the loss of the stakes
and the failure of his trick, as he was
over his stupidity in not thinking of TAX.
ing the mare off the car and riding the
rest ofthe twenty miles, as there had
been ample time to do within the hour.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11
Hard-Boiled Eggs Are HealthfaI.

A writer in the Medical Journal, dis.
coursing on dyspepsia, says: We have
seen dyspeptics who suffered untold tor
ments with almost every kind of food,
and torments which they did tell after
some medicines given for relief. No
liquid could be taken without suffering.
Bread became burning acid. Meat and
milk were solid and liquid fires. We
have seen these same sufferers trying to
avoid food and drink, and even going to
the enema syringe for sustenance. And
we have seen their tormenis pass away,
and their hunger relieved by living upon
the white Of eggs which had been boiled
-n pubbling water for thirty minutes.
AT the end OF week we have given the
hard yolk Of the egg with the white, and
upon this diet alone>without fluid Of any
kind we have seen them begin TO gain
flesh and strength and refreshing sleep.
After weeks OF this treatment they have
been able with care to begin upon other
food. And all this, the writer adds,
without taking medicine. He says that
hard-boiled eggs are not half 80 bad aS
half.boiled ones, and ten times as easy
to digest as raw eggs, even In egg-nog.