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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
AbOut ScarecrOWs.

Now that the planting season is at
hand, we have no doubt that many q
farmer will rummage through his garret
to find the cast-off garments, which,
stuffed with straw, are TO be set up in
the cornfield to warn off the marauding
crow. We have never had much faith in
this artifice. Grows are possessed Of
much more wisdom than is generally
credited to them and while an immov-
able bundle of rags may drive them away
for short time, we believe that eventu.
ally they discover the humbug, as we
have seen the birds complacently pick
ing up young corn almost within tho
shadow OF as an elaborate astuffed scare
crow as ever was erected. We, however,
have heard suggested couple OF plans,
which are calculated to intimidato oven
the boldest Of these birds; and rs thoy
are easily carried out, perhaps our
farmer readers may make use OF them.
The first anil best is a suspended looking
glass. Take two small cheap mirrors,
fasten them back to back, attach n
cord to one angle, and hang them from
an elastic pole. When the glass swings
in the wind the suns rays arc ro6cctod
all over the field, even II It be large
one; and even the eldest and bravest OF
crows will depart precipitntely should
one OF its lightning flashes fall on him.
The second plan, although n terror to
crows, is especially well suited TO noldf
subjected to the inroads OF small birds
aud even chickens. 1t involves m arti
fetal hawk made from big potato and
long goose and turkey feathers. The
maker can exercise his initiative skill in
sticking the feathers into the potato &c
that they resemble the spread wings and
tail of the hawk. 1t is astonishing whnt
ferocious looking bird of prey can b'
constructed from the above simple ma
terials. 1t only remains to hang the OBJ
ject from tall bent pole, and the wint
will do the rest. The bird makes swoopl
and dashes in the most headloDg anC
threatening manner. Even the most in
quisitive of venerable hens has beel
known to hurry rapidly from its danger
Gus vicinity, while to small birds it car
ries unmixed dismay.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
At the Time of the Flood.

The opinion of those who have given
the most attention to this snhiect is that
the human race, at the time of the
deluge, occupied but q small portion of
the earth's surface, lying mostly be-
tween the Tigris and the Euphrates,
and that the flood was confined to that
region. Smiths Dictionary of the
Bible" devotes over three pages to n
critical examination of the extent of the
deluge, and oonclusively proves that
there is no evidence in Scripture for a
general flood over the whole globe and
that the astronomical, geological, and
natural history difficulties to be encoun-
tered, if we entertain such an opinion,
are so great as to render such a state on
earth impossible, unless we are pre-
pared to suppose q series of the most
stupendous miracles. The date usually
assigned to the Noahian food is 2516
B. @. The Chinese description is in
many respects singularly like the Bibli-
cal, and according to the Jesuit, NJ.
Martinius, these people compute it to
have taken place 1000 years before the
Christian era. Fah-he, with his wife,
three sons and three daughters, alone
escaped. But the story of flood that
destroyed all living things upon the
earth save one man, who thereafter peo-
Piles it, is to be found among the legends
of all nations +; and the later the tradi-
tion, the nearer it approximates in detail
to that of the deluge. The Chaldean
account of a food in the time of Xisu.
hus, as preserved in fragment OF
Berosus, agrees in almost all particulars
with that of the Bible. For the account
of the flood, as given in the Koran,
which is apparently drawn from Biblical
and Persian sources. consult Sales
"Koran." Other notices of a deluge
may be found in the Pheniciar
mythology; in the Sibylline Oracles
among the Syri ms among the Arme
mans. The Indian traditions, as We
find it in the Mahabharata, agrees mos
remarkably with the Biblical account
in the popular version as given in the
Puranas. it is so much disguised il
allegorical imagery rs to lose all re
semblance, but in the Catapat'ha
Brahmana, which is the most ancient o
all, the resemblance as referred to abov
is striking.-Sunday Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Determined to Wed.

That love laughs at difficulties the ro-
mantle story of two youthful elopers
from Alabama proves. They both be-
longed to highly respectable families,
but the brides father was unalterably
opposed to the match. Sothe lovers re-
solved to take the train for Selma, where
they hoped to be united. But on arriv-
ing at the station they found the train
gone; SO they concluded to drive on to
Manack, and thus evade pursuers. The
Tallahassee creek intervened, and was
fearfully swollen. In attempting to
cross, the coming bridegroom's two
horses were drowned, and the bride ap-
parent barely escaped a watery grave,
having twice gone beneath. But this
difficulty was surmounted, the party
reached Manack, and, after the bride
had donned the dress of kind hostess,
the happy couple took fresh start fol
Selma, where they arrived in due season.
But the young lady's age was scarcely
sixteen, and no license could be pro
cured, and ministers and justices of the
peace would not marry them. So the
young couple, nothing daunted, took the
night train for Columbus, Georgia
where no impediments arose, and they
were duly married.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
A Repentant Lion.

In the beginning OF the last century.
there was in the menagerie at Cassel a
lion that showed an astonishing degree
of tameness toward the woman who had
the care of him. This went SO far that
the woman, in order to amuse the com
pany which came to see the animal,
would often rashly place not only her
hand, but even her head, between his
tremendous jaws. She had frequently
performed this daring act without suf-
fering injury; but once, having intro
duced her head into the lions mouth,
the animal made sudden snap, and
killed her on the spot. Undoubtedly
this catastrophe was unintentional on
the part of the lion; probably at the
fatal moment the hair Of the woman's
head irritated the lions throat, and COM
PEELED him to sneeze or cough.
This supposition seems to be con-
firmed by what followed; for as soon as
the lion perceived that he had killed his
attendant the good tempered and CRATE
full animal exhibited signs OF the deep
est melancholy; laid himself down by
the ide of the dead body, which he
would not suffer to be taken away from
him; refused to take any food, and IN
few days pined himself to death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Getting the Bonanza Points.

He was not large man, says the San
Francisco Post, except in his ideas and
in the manner of his speech. His face
was as grave as the Chinese problem,
but there was quizzical cast in his left
eye, and his tongue was rich and heavy
with foreign accent, albeit as rapid as
the running waters of the river Dee.
Leaning against the frightful head of
one of the iron lions in California street,
with the general appearance of being
ready to either brace up the market or
stand from under, he voiced this idyl !:
cts fine thing to dale in stocks whin
you know ye're right. 1 get all me
points from Flood. Misther Floods a
frind O. mine. l make all me money
through him. He's kind adviser. A
few days agone I wint to me frind
Flood, and sez L: 'Misther Flood, sez
1, would be best buying few shares
of Savage? It's goin' chape, sez I, au'
the Lord knows but it'll get out O. me
rache soon.' Me frind Flood looked up
from his writin' Che was singin' a chick
for an orphan asylum) an sez he to me,
shakin' his big head betimes Don't
touch it, sez he ; divil thing is there
in the mine but wather, an it might
hurt ye, sez he. THANK ye, Misther
Flood, sez 1. Thin l wint an tuck in
700 shares. I got all me points from
Flood. 1t was goin' ct SIT. Betimes it
rose to $22, an bethought meself of
me frind Flood agin' an wint to his
Office. He was glad to see me. He was
spakin' to his chafe clerk about kapin'
the assessments from gettin' mixed wild
the dividends, bnt kindly stopped and
gave me nod and wink. Good
mornin', Misther Flood, sez I. Savage
is quare stock. It's lapin' about like q
dog wild a male O poison sez l.
Wouldn't best sell rrifie of it short {?
He looked at me kindly, an sez he
Lave it alone for awhile it's risin
like full moon, sez he, 'widout signs
of stoppin', an couldn't advise ye tc
SELL. 'Thank ye, Misther Flood, sez 1
Thin I wint an sold me Savage tc
Keene. He had trifle already, but
was friendly to take it and give the
profit of $500. 1 get all me points
from me frind Flood but don't bt
talkin' about it /; he might change hi
system some time an break me-"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
yeternn School Teachers.

Senator Woodin introduced bill into
the New York Legislature which pro-
vides that any teacher who shall have
been employed for mn aggregate period
OF thirty years in any free school, high
school, normal school or college in the
State, supported wholly by public
funds, mhy, upon tho application OF
such tenchcr, and with tho consent of
tho board OF education or other govern
ing body corresponding thereto employ
ing said tcnchor, or by u two-thirds vote
Of said board Of education without such
application on the part Of said teacher,
be retired from nctivo service, and shall
DO entitled thereafter during life 10 nm
annual pension. IL is further provided
that said pension shall bo paid out Of
the income OF tho United States deposit
funds. Twenty-Five years Of service
shall entitlo female teacher 10 the bone
flts Of this net Tho amount shall be
determined by tho several boards of
education, and ehnll not be loss than
ono,hnlf Of tho annual snlary received by
tho toncher nj tho time OF retirement,
and shall bo paid at tho snmo timo and
in tho anme manner M tho fnlnrics OF
tonchcrn nre pnid.
Tho bngo bnll lover bucklcss up hif
elcovca, md with despairinP and
mournful look nt tho lasi atrnight finger
goos IN for the summers fnp.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
She Was Frightened.

A petite little miss called at the st.
Louis police station very full of busi-
ness, and asked to see the captain. Cap
toin Huebler came forward, fixed his
savage and unsympathetic eye on her,
and asked what was wanted. The little
miss blushed and trembled, and said
that she wanted to have Mr.. - ar
rested.
"But what for :" asked the captain.
"'Coz I'm afraid of him. I'm afraid
he'll hurt me-"
The captain took in her diminutive
proportions deliberately, and then
asked "What should he want to hurt
you fort"
"Why, just coz - and she begun
to fdget and hunt for her handkerchief.
"Well," said the captain, "you will
have to tell me all about it if you want
me to do anything for you"
She got her handkerchief ready, stood
on one little foot, caught hold Of the
railing and begun We'll, you see,
Mr.. - used to come to see me, and
IL fell in love with him and then he
went away. Then 1 loved him so much
l wrote to him and told him he had to
come back again. And he wrote to me
and said that he thought he'd better not
come back because be could never marry
me for some reason or other, and rs he
didn't want to get very much in love
with me, which he would if he came
back, he thought he oughtn't to come
Then wrote to him again and he agreed
to come, saying that knew what the re.
suit would be. He came, and after he
had been coming to see me awhile he
told me that (something very near sob,
that he was married already. Then
told him that he shouldn't call at oul
house any more, but he wouldn't mint
me. He said he would have me, dead
or alive, and that he was getting di
vorce from his wife so that we could ge
married. 1 don't want him to come an,
more, Mr.. Captain, and want to hav'
him arrested"
The captain looked very suspiciousl.
like smiling. "What shall arrest hin
for 7" he asked. "He hasn't violates
any city ordinance"
This was a poser. She stared at tn
captain awhile, and then asked
Couldn't l have him arrested fo
threatening to kill me2 You know h
said he'd have me, dead or alive"
The captain was evidently struck wit
the ingenuity of the proposition, but h
told the sufferer that she had better G
to magistrates Office and swear out
peace warrant against Mr.. -.
She turned around slowly, and, givin
one beseeching look behind, went OF
the door.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
John Speaks for Himself.

The San Francisco Chronicle gives
the following letter on the subject of
Chinese laborers. 1t it addressed to the
good peoples of California
What we can see, you can see. What's
good. What's bad. What's right.
What's wrong. Your great government
over all the States, says to all we make
treaty with, come and pe good and We
give you protection all the same, and for
bad punish all the same. The Chinee no
like to make treaty at first, like to keep
all her peoples at home. The English
and the Americans say we shall, for We
have no right to keep by ourselves.
They fight and make us open our ports
for their peoples to trade. Then they
write in treaty we come to go to their
countries all the same as German, Irish
and French and other peoples. We
come to California and go to Australia.
In Australia they no like our habits
and customs, but they treat us all the
same as sothers. In California the Ameri-
cans treat us all the same. The politi-
Gals say we all bad and dirty that come
from China You can see? We no
drink in the saloons, nor fight with other
peoples. We keep our monies and work
cheap. There are bad Irish, but Ger
mans all same as Chinaman. There are
a great many more Chinaman than both
in California. You go to the city hall
court and see if there are more bad
Chinamen9 The great traveller captain
say the European no take us in Hong
Kong, Canton and Shanghai without
bonds. You can write and see, all
China servants there. What for the
Americans have us in their houses if We
are not clean and steal? You can see
CHoNG Wo.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
iV,om ne N. Is,is Obbs.
The Successful Physician.

There In probably no man to whom tho com
mupity owes 30 much ns 10 the honest, fair
epokon physician who docs his actual duty
DO j to himself and 10 his patients. Really
Advertisement OF DR.. II. Y, Pierce, OF Buffalo,
may vol claim the readers attention. DIR.
Pierce is a type OF a class OF men who obtain
success by careful and we'll directed effort, not
attempting too mucb or creating false ideas
as to ability. The only reliable physician in
these days for complicated disorders and high
pressure living is tho specialist" tho man
who understands his one branch Of tho busi-
nees. Such in his line is DR.. Pierce. For the
benefit OF his readers he has written a Com.
mon Sense Medical Adviser" which is well
worth reading by those who need such work
With strict business honor, high professional
skill, reasonable fees, and large corps Of com
petent assistants Dr. Pierce will doubtless
make his name familiar as household words" ~
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04

CHRONIC DISEASES CURED.-In COM
munities remote from larger towns there seems
to be but two alternatives for the sick; either
TO employ the family physician or to pstronize
the patent medicine venders. Those who are
driven to this extremity, il suffering with
chronic disease, we would advise to write to
DIR. E. d. FooTE, Of 120 Lexington avenue
N. Y. DIR. F. is the roted author of Plain
Home Talk" "Medical Common Sense"
Science in Story" and other popular medical
works which have had wide circulation all
over the globe. In DR.. +. we have a physician
who has had an extensive experience in treating
the sick at distance from his Office, and,
moreover, his consultations are free. Any one
Of our readers is at liberty to consult him with
the mere outlay of postage stamp. He is said
to have patients at this moment in Germany
Great Britain, Liberia, Chinese Empire, and
the West Indies. If patent medicines can now
and then hit successfully when adopted by peo-
pie who have little knowledge of their own or
CARNATIONS or of their diseases how much
more successfully can physician, afer in-
stituting all necessary inquiries, prepare RENE
dies precisely suited to the organization and
diseases of the invalid just as tailor cuta
and fits coat to the back. In this more i'm
portant matter relating to the health and life OF
people, there is all the difference which exists
between Chatham street clothing and thai
made by first-class tailor. after taking the
| most minute measurements. DR.. FooTE is g
| recognized success in his specially.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Too Much for the Bears.

Senator Foster, who lived for many
years at Brighton, Vt, though not a
large man, had great strength. Being
in the woods one day, he saw two bear
cubs lying on the ground, with their
noses turned toward each other. He had
gun, but he wanted them alive. Plac-
ing his gun in position where he could
swing it under his arm, after he had Sc
cured his prey, he crept softly to the
sleeping animals, and suddenly grasped
each by the nose. He expected in this
manner to hold them SO firmly that they
could not squeal, but one OF them fell
from his grasp. Nothing daunted,
Jack caught him by the hind leg, Sc
cured his gun, and started for home on
the run.
The cub whose nose was free set up a
loud cry, and the old mother soon made
her appearance. Jack heard her crash.
ing through the bushes after him. 1t
was but fifty rods to the clearing, and he
bad but ten rods the start. 1t was q
case of life and death, but he wouldn't
give up the cubs. There was high log
fence Just in the edge of the clearing,
and fortunately large log lay along
side. With one tremendous bound Jack
leaped on the log. Another muscular
bound carried him over the fence into
the field. The bear was on the fence as
soon as Jack struck the ground. But
she hesitated O moment about following
him in the open field, and he sped away
SO fast that she finally turned back into
the woods, and Jack escaped.
On another occasion this Nimrod was
| l. Il
when the snow was six feet deep, and
the surface so soft that no one could
walk on it without snow shoes, pair oi
which Jack had on. A bear which had
Just awakened from his winter nap made
a dive at him. He leaped away from the
brute, but went deep into the snow, and
bruin was upon him. The battle begun
man and beast rolling over each Other
in the desperate struggle. AS often as
the bear tried to seize him with hel
teeth, or overpower him with the fata
hug, Jack would always save himself by
kicking her on the nose with the snow
shoes.
Finally, with one fierce plunge o
claws and teeth, the brute fastened upol
Jack, and failing to hold him, tore of
almost all his clothing at q single swoop
but, fortunately, Just at that moment h
hit the tip of her nose most powerful
kick. A blow on the end of the nos
causes pain SO acute as to disable bea
for time, and it had that effect in thi
case. The brute gave back little, ant
while she was wincing under the pain
Jack regained his feet and got severa
steps away. His assailant started afte
him again, but the snow was soft an
she almost buried herself at every steI
while Jack walked on the surface an
escaped.
, So his snow shoes, which rendere
him clumsy fighter, finally saved hi
life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
An Awful Story.

There was once an awful little girl,
who had an awful way of saying aw-
full" to everything. She lived in an
awful house, in an awful street, in an
awful village, which was an awful dis
tance from g cry other awful place. She
went to an awful school, where she had
an awful teacher, who gave her awful
lessons out of awful books. Every day
she was so awful hungry that she ate an
awful amount of food, so that she looked
wful healthy. Her hat was awful small,
and her feet were awful large. She went
to an awful preacher. When she took
an awful walk, she climbed awful hills,
and when she got awful tired, she sat
down under an awful tree to rest her.
self. In summer she found the weather
awful hot, and in winter awful cold.
When it didn't rain, there was an awful
drought, and when an awful drought
was over there was an awful rain. Sc
that this awful girl was all the time in
an awful state, and if she does not gel
over saying "awful about everything
she will, by-and-bye, come to an awfu
end.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Municipal Taxes.

David A. Wells declares in a recent
paper that $2SO,0OO,0O0 a year are
raised in the country by municipal taxa
tion, and that it cost more to govern
New York in 1872 than it did to pay all
the national expenses in 1849, and in
1874 in New York the local taxes paid
were $50, 429, 900, while twenty years
previous the cost of maintaining the
general government was but $64 SIT, 900,
scarcely any more. 1t is taxes like
these, says the New York E1press,
which drive people out of the city, out
of the State and out of the country, and
one reason why so many rich Americans
go abroad is because they live hand
somely there upon about the amount
of their taxes at home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
A Grateful Father.

The Chicago Tribune says: (: A doctor
on West Adams street saved young
woman's life two months ago. When
he brought round his bill the grateful
father replied: "Take her, doctor; she
is yours; her heart beats ony for you.
Ne and the old woman will come and
live with you by-and-bye." The son OF
Esculapius said he wasn't that sort OF a
man; that he couldn't afford it; that, see
ing it was him, he would take $66.
"Sixty-six dollars |" screamed the pious
father; "why, could have buried her
for half the money"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
A Good Idea,

Some young men in Cambridge, Mass,
have formed an association whose object
is to secure the attendance of the more
respectable citizens at caucuses and
ward meetings. James Russell Lowell
has consented to serve as president.
The organization is very simple, as also
are its methods of work. A committee
of eight is appointed in each ward, and
it is their duty to notify the better class
of citizens when their attendance is de-
sired at primary meetings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Sec notice Family Bitters.
Important to Persons Visiting New York
or the Centennial.

The GRAND UNION HOTEL, New York, oppo-
site the Grand Central depot, has over $50 ele-
gantly furnished rooms. Elevator, steam, and
all modern improvements. European plan.
Carriage hire is saved, as baggage is taken
TO aud from the depot, free Of expense. The
restaurants supplied with the best. Guests
can live better for less money at the Grar
Union, than at any other irst-class hotel.
Stages and cars pass the hotel constantly to I'll
parts Of the city, and to Philadelphia depot.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04

%. Pimples on the face, rough skin
snapped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous
ifections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use of JUNIPER TAR SOAR. That
made by Oaswell, Hazard & Co., New York, is
the only kind that can be relied on, as there
are many limitations, made from common tar,
which are worthless. - Com.