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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
Blind Tom at the Piano.

The Raleigh On. O. Sentinel gives us
the following picture in its very funny
way:
Nature plays many high old quips and
quirks; kicks up her venerable heels in
countless can-can pirouettes and whirli-
gigs; shakes her omnium- gatherum
apron-pockets, and scatterS here, there,
and everywhere, innumerable monstrosi-
ties, ridiculosities and ludicrositics; per-
petrates incompatible mad cap bothera-
tions, and mental, moral and physical
cranks, and curlicues; inficts upon
her unfortunate step-children unending
varied and higgledy- -piggled "lusus". .es.
Look where you will, what a laby
rinthine world of tangles and misfts.
Everything iumbled, lop-sided, i'll
assorted and muddlety fummixed.
Here, president with peanut ped
dler's soul; there scavenger beneath
whose ragged waistcoat throbs a hero's
heart. Here, a senator's or governor s
wife, whose rich brocades and laces en-
velope a galvanized oyster wench, or
worse; there, a smutty- -phizzed char
woman whose dingy tatters inclose the
spirit of martyr or saint. Here,
courage, gratitude, and affection
wrapped in the hide of dog; there,
| ba5eneas and brutality swaddled i'll
broadcloth and fine linen. Two-legged
donkeys braying in all our Legislative
| halls, and dining at our Delmonicos;
and their infinite superiors in every
worthy quality and qualification, MUNICH
ing coarse straw in thousand unchink-
ed country stables. Quadrupedal men
and bipedal swine. Every fellow mar
ried to the wrong wife; the mole mated
with the eagle, the hedgehog with the
swan. Pshaw, pshaw It's all blind
luck, the WITNESSES OF fate's shaken
dice.
And of all these wild and unaccount-
able freaks of our common grandy, few
are more marvellous than the one which
was exhibited at Tucker hall. A poor,
blind colored idiot, with snatches of the
inspiration of a Beethoven, and the
touch of Gottschalk. Less mind than
a good Newfoundland dog; CLEANS Of
the artist fire of Paganini or Thai.
berg. What philosopher can unfold
the mystery9 Who can read us the rid
die? The hall was jammed till corsets
became superfuous luxury. Our three
female colleges turned out their fail
young corps; preachers and gamblers
lawyers, editors and bartenders, sain
and sinner, all classes and professions
were there.
And the constant outburst of laughtel
and applause showed warmth OF ap
probation which must have been graft
flying even to the caricature on ordinar,
idiocy that elected it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
Bound to Catch the Train.

The uncertainties of life and railroad
travel were we'll illustrated at Oakland,
CAL, the principal actor being a well
known merchant of New York city, who
was about to return to his home. He
had purchased through tickets the day
before, and, moreover, had assumed the
protection on the journey of few miles
two children of friend, who were to
meet him at the Market rect station,
Oakland. He was promptly on hand at
the hour of the trains arrival, but sup
posing it would stop for some little time,
and being engaged in an animated dis
cussion with friend, he paid little at
tention to its movements. Suddenly
his friend, more observing, cried out
"Your train is moving!" and looking
hastily around, there it was, sure
enough, moving out of ths station at
considerable speed and he twenty rods
away. Although it was evidently hope.
less to pursue, he started toward the
receding cars without exchanging the
ordinary civilities of parting with his
companion, but although the time
he made is confidently supposed to have
eclipsed any former record, he fell be-
hind rapidly and had to abandon the
chase. In frantic haste he tore around
and found the station master and de.
manded the price at which engines were
customarily detailed to assist persons in
"making their connections" 1.-Two
hundred and fifty dollars" bluntly re-
marked the official. "Done - said the
New Yorker. An engine was fred an6
ran out, the belated one tumbled up the
side, and away they went like the wind
A stern chase is proverbially long one,
and this was no exception to the rule
but a dispatch sent back to Oakland
during the day announced that the traii
had been caught.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
A Sad Story.

Miss Winnie Parks, a girl fifteen years
old, ran away from home because her
mother reproved her, and put herself
t1nder the protection of colored woman
who had been servant in the family.
1t is sad story, and fraught with sig
nificance to mothers. The bond of con-
fidence between q mother and her chill
dren cannot be too strong. There is
something terribly out of the way in our
family system when children for any
reasonable, or even unreasonable, re-
proof fly to menials and persons of low
designing character for sympathy. The
greater part of three days spent in the
hospiiable colored woman's inhospitable
coal hole, and horrible suggestions of
the murder of her parents, at length
drove thefoolish girl home. How much
has the weekly trash served out by GER
tain newspapers to the Young to do with
escapades of this sort
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
CONSUMPTIvEs, TAKE NOTICE.

Every moment of delay makes your case more hope
less and much depends the iudicious choice of a
remedy Tho amount of testimony in favor of DR..
Scheuck's Pulmonic Syr Up, cure for Consumption
far exceeds all that be brought to support the
tensions of any other medicine. See DR.. schenck's
Almanac containing the certificates of many persons Of
tie highest responsibility who have been restored to
health after being pronounced ncurable by physicians
of acknowledged ability Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup
alone has cured many these evidences will show but
the cure is often promoted by the employment of two
other remedies which Dr. Schenck provides for the pur
pose. These additional remedies are Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the timely OF
these Medicines according to directions, Dr. Schenck
certifes that most any case of Consumption may be
cured.
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his principal office
Corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia Mon
day. where all letters for advice must be addressed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
Household Words.

Along about bedtime the Detroit wife
says she'll go to bed, and her husband
yawns and goes down the hall. After
half an hour he joins her up stairs and
she sleepily inquiries:
"Did you bolt that side door9"
eyes"
"And the back doora"
eyes"
"And you fastened that cellar doorl"
eyes"
"And you put a brace under the
knob of the hall door9"
"Yes."
"Sme that all the windows are nailed
DOWN."
eyes"
"I'Il bet the window in the spare
bedroom is up"
"No, it isn't"
"Did you see if the blinds to the
pantry window were fastened2"
eyes"
"Well, put your revolver on the
chair, leave bright light, and If you
hear burglar in the room for Heaven's s
sake don't wake me up, for know ]
should scream right out"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
How the Awards will be Made at the
Centennial.

The system OF awards adopted for the
Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia is
praised by the London Times as the
first fair and thorough system yet de-
vised 1t is generally approved by ex-
hibitors and by the commissioners from
foreign countries.
First.-Awards shall be based upon
written reports attested by the sigma
lures of their authors.
Second.-Two hundred judges shall
DO appointed to make such re-
ports, e.half Of whom shall be
foreigners and one.half citizens of
the United States. They will
be selected for their known qualifca-
tions and character, and will be experts
in departments TO which they will be re-
spoctively assigned. The foreign men,
bers of this body will be appointed by
the commission OF each country and in
conformity with tho distribution and al
lotment to each, which will be hereafter
announced. The judges from the Uni
ted States will bo appointed by tho Cen
tennial commission.
Third. The sum of 81 900 will be
paid to each commissioned Judge foi
personal expenses.
Fourth. Reports and awards shall be
based upon Inherent and comparative
merit. Tho clements Of merit shall be
held to include confederation relating tc
originality, invention, discovery, utility
quality, skill, workmanship, fitness fol
the purposes intonded, adaptation Il
public wants, economy and cost.
Fifth. Each report will DO delivered
to the Centennial commission as soon Al
completed for final inward and publica
tion.
!. Sixth. awards will be finally decreet
10y tho United Stotostentenninl commits
sion, i'll compliance with tho act of Con
! gress, and will consistof diploma will
uniform bronze medal and specia
report of tho judgeson the subject o
, the award.
, Seventh. Each exhibitor will hav
tho right to reproduce and publish tn
: report awarded to hin, but the Unite,
J States Centennial commission reserve
the right to publish aud dispose of a
, reports i'll the manner L thinks best fo
public information, anl also to embod
and distribute the reports as records G
3 the exhibition.
The method of the selection and ar
, point-nent of judges IN many respect
: differs radically from the systems hitl
g erto tried in international exhibitions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
DIR. Pierce.

Success is never achieved without merit.
A man may mako a poor article and sell it
once and there being AZ, ,000, 900 people in the
United States, the sale to each one would be
enough to make q decent fortune. But an
article that holds the field year after year, and
tho sales of which increase regularly and
rapidly, must have absolute merit
DIR. X. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, occupies
our entire eighth page to-day with bis various
articles We admit it because we know the
doctor, and know or his articles. We know
him to be regularly educated physician
whose diploma hangs on the wall Of his office,
and we know that he has associated with him
several OF the most eminent practitioners in
tee country. We know that parties consult
him, by mail and in person, from all the States
in the Union every day, and that they are
fairly and honestly dealt with.
This grand result has been accomplished by
two agencics-good, reliable articles-articles
which, once introduced, work easily their own
way-and splendid business management.
They have succeeded because they ought to
have succeeded.
If YOU would patronize medicines scientif-
cally prepared by q skilled physician and
chemist, nee DIR. Pierce's family medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic
Alternative, and blood cleansing, and en- un
equaled cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seed
constitute an agreeable and reliable physics
females; Extract Of Smart Weed q magica
remedy for pain bowel complaints, and an un
| equaled linimcnt for both human and horse
flesh; while his DIR. Ssge's Catarrh Remed,
is known the world over as the greatest specific
| for catarrh and cold in the head ever givei
to the public. They are sold by druggists.
TWENTY YEARS sUFFERER.-- oUREDBY TIL
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
Dr. R. Y. Pierce:
Dear Si,'-Twenty years ago l was ship
wrecked on the Atlantic ocean, and the coli
and exposure caused a large abscess to form
on each leg, which kept continually discharg
ing was atterded by doctors in Liverpool
Havre New Orleans, Now York, and at tn
hospital on Staten Island (where the doctor
wanted to take one leg otf). Finally, afte
spending hundreds of'dollars, l was persuade
TO try your Golden Medical Discovery, an
now, in less than three months after takip
tho first bottle, am thankful to say am CON
pletely cul ed. and for the first time i'll tie
years can put my left heel to the ground al
at home nearly every evening and shall be gls
to satisfy any person of the truth O! this infol
nation, am, sir yours respectfully,
WILLIAM RYDER,
81 Jefferson street, Buffalo, n. Y.
Toledo Blade.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
Always i'm Session.

The Petersburg (Va.) haden says :
A couple of women of this city went out
into Chesterfield county to settle some
difficulty between them, and the one
who got whipped came to town and
took out a warrant against her opponent.
1t happened that just at the height OF
the fight a magistrate of Chesterfield
passed by in company with two detec,
tives to search out some important
matter. He commanded the peace, and
one of the women, seeing fit to abuse
him, he had her arrested and punished
on the spot by a good whipping.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02

Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worn, saltrheum. and other outaneors affec.
tions cured and rough skin made soft and
smooth, BY using JUNIpER TAR SOAP. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswell Hazard q
Co., New York, rs there are many limitations
made with common tar, all ofwhich are worth
less,- Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
See 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 taker
to and from the depot, free of expense. The
restaurants supplied with the best. Guest,
can live better for less money at tn, Grant
Union, than at any other first-class hotel
Stages and cars pass the hotel constantly to al
parts of the city, and to Philadelphia depot
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Raising Mushrooms.

The reader who may wish to try mush-
room culture in small way-which he
had best do as beginning-will find
his cellar, if he dwells in the city, or any
convenient outhouse, If in the country,
a suitable place for few beds. The
material required is horse manure, which
must be sweated by gentle and careful
fermentation for week or fortnight,
until most of the rank straw aud grass is
decomposed. Turn over the mass every
two days, and by the end of about a
fortnight it will be partially fermented,
no longer offensive to smell, and in fact
sweet enough to be placed in the cellar
of q dwelling. An average depth of a
foot or eighteen inches makes good
bed, which should be about yard wide,
with its contents well packed. The
shape is immaterial. 1t is useless for
the cultivator to prepare his own spawn,
as it can be purchased very cheaply
from nurserymen, at from fifteen to
twenty-five cents pound. The quality,
however, is important. Good spawn can
be told by the minute white threads
which permeate it in all directions, and
these should not be too far developed.
A reliable dealer will have the right
kind, The spawn is first broken into
bits about one and half inches or SO in
cubic contents, care being taken that
each piece has the white threads running
through it. These fragments are plant
ed in the manure at depth of three
inches, and placed about four inches
apart. Then the bed is firmly rammed
down with spade or mallet, and about
ten inches of good loan packed hard
and smooth on top, the surface lastly be
ing covered with hay or straw. Care
should be taken that the cellar or out
house selected is sufficiently sheltered
so that constant temperature of from
fifty-ive deg. to sixty deg. Fab. il
maintained in it. The mushrooms will
appear in about six weeks, andsthe beds
will bear for from one to three 10 onths
according to the quality of spawn
strength of manure, etc. Water onl,
about once fortnight and then sparing
ly; the temperature of the water should
not be below sixty deg. Fab. -Scientif'
1neTicnn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTIsEE =.
ment In this paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25
[OLI7IC.iL.

The New York Assembly on Friday passed the
bill repeating the Gray Nuns Act.
Kentucky Judges and legislators cannot receive
free passes on railroads.
Brick Pomeroy is having hard time OF ittrying
to start = soft-money democratic newspaper in
Chicago.
If Ben Hill keeps on learning as fast as he did
between the delivery of his speech and the publ
cation Of the revised report, he will be the prize
scholar Of the Centennial year.
If the conduct Of the majority in Congress so
FAR is 10 be accepted the average capacity Of the
party for the exercise Of power, can't think Of
any one against whom we are sufficiently spi,eful
to want him on the democratic ticket for 1876
Philadelphia 7imss independently
In 1865 New England was represented in the
committees of the United States Senate by eleven
ehsirmen, and in the committees Of the House of
Representatives by nine chairmen. In 1876 she
has seven chairmea Of Senate committees and not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25

The Washington correspondent OF the
Troy Times says of the ex-Confederate
Hill: Here was man who by the grace
of his republican opponents was sallowed
to come back to Congress. and yet he as
sailed the republican party. calling them
oath breakers and Iyrants' and his
whole manner was that OF Shareholder.
cracking his whip in the faces Of lot OF
poor whites In short, it was a resur-
rection of slavery and the rebellion, which
1t was most refreshing to see. If the re-
publicans had paid him $4,000 fee to
make the speech he couldn't have earned
his money any better. That is the kind
of men who are to govern this country il
the democrats are to triumph next fall, 1t
don't matter whether it be Tilden or Hen
bricks or Hancock, the Ben Hills of the
South are the men who will really govel n
us, and they are the same old negro hat
ing set that they were 20 years ago"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25

At meeting of the County Commissioners ahd
Others, at Augusta, year since, the unoersisne co
we're chosen q committee to call meeting OF an
those interested in the of the several Jais IN
the State. In accordance with that vote, we mere
hy notify . meeting of the County CommissiGners'
Sberifs and Jailors, to be held at the Court House
Augusta, ON Wednesday, the 10Th INST, al II
O'clock in the forenoon to take into consideration
questions pertaining to the of prisoners in our
jsils. .n.
At this meeting the following topics Will be I'M
der DISCUSSION First, labor in jails second, Is it
desirable to have schools in connection with our
isils third, is it desirable to have moral and re
Goious instruction, and how given fourth, disci-
pine Of prisoners; fifth, should there be any
change in the present Jail law. and if so, what
sixth, Is uniform dress desirable
The meeting will continue two days, and on the
evening" Of the 6rst day, Rev DR.. Mason, Of Thom-
aston, viii deliver an address in the Representa-
lives Hail. on the care Of prisons and prisoners.
A full attendance is earnestly solicited.
VIM WILSON, pr;son and
h r. r. s1 f.1sss, : Jail Inspectors
January 18th, 1876.
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o single chairman of those Of the House of Rep


single chairman Of those of the House Of Rep
resentatives.
1t is dreadful 70 think that JEFF Davis still has
an unsatsfed vengeance. He said at Memphis
not long ago: 81 have no feeling against the
colored men. The only Indignation which feel
is against those white men who have carried them
into the position which they now occupy. Let us
have our vcngeaa ace against them, not against the
poor blacks"
We feel very much oblg TO Nh. Blaine. It's
a great thing to know what the matter is with
sick patient and his vigorous blows have spotted
the sore places which i. particularly well for us
now TO identity. We don't know-and we fancy
be does not caro--what the effect Of such speeches
as his last two or three may be upon has "chances
for the Presidency; but this /. sure, that he has
done good work in developing an amount of
treason still latent in men from the South occupy
ing seats on the door Of Congress- of which it is Of
great consequence for all loyal men to be aware.
-Con1rt11tiOg0fst.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

The position of the two parties in the
House Oh the currency question was indi-
Gated by the vote on the bill to repeal the
act declaring for resumption in 1879. On
ly six republicans and three independents
voted for the repeal, while l0i democrats.
about thirds ofthe democratic strength,
went in body for it. As manifestation
of the feeling of parties in the House this
result is very important. 1t shows tina,
the dependence Of the country for resump-
ton of specie must be upon the republic
can party. The vote on the democratic
side corresponds to the action OF
The democratic party in the elections last
fall. The infationists are in large ma
jority. In New England and New York
where the popular sentiment is in favor OF
u return to specie payments. tae demo-
cratic organs pretend that the vote on the
resumption act amounts to nothing. but
they know better when they make such
assertions. They know their party is for
imitation. but they purpose to keep back
the unwclcome truth from their readers as
long as they can.
1t appears highly probable that The pres
ent week will be devoted largely to con-
sideration OF the currency question. 1t
cannot be postponed much longer. The
discussion will be regarded with great in
lerest.. It is subject of vital importance
to the welfare OF the country. The repub-
licans In the House aided by the hard
money democrats can maintain the re-
sumption pledge and supplement it by
measures actively in favor of resumption.
but under the whip and spur Of The inha-
ton democratic majority the hard money
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Where Does II all Come From.

Pints and qmarls OF filthy Catarrhal discharges.
Where does it all come from The mucous mem
brane which lines the chambers Of the nose, and
its little pltrds, diseased, so that they draw
from the IL Oh it, liquid, aud e, posue TO the air
changes it into corruption. This Ii liquid IS
needed to hui d up the sys EN-, but it is ext cated,
and the system is weakened by he loss To cure,
gain flesh and strength ly using Dr. Pielce Col
den Medical Discovery, which also acts oirectly
upon these glands correcting them, and apply Dr..
Sage's Caiarrh Remedy with DR. Pieices Nasal
Douche, The only me hod of reaching the upper
cavities, where the discharge accumulates and
comes from. The instrument and both medicines
ian25- +& lw-eod
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25

The Indiana editors and their wives and
daughters have been upon an excursion to
see the budding of the Centennial at Phil
adelphia, and to pay flying trip to New
York and Washington. The metropolitan
dailies took up considerable space in rdi-
culing the caravan" as they called the
party, but the excursionsts were royalty
treated at Washington and returned to
Indiana rejoicing over their trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25

Down in Kentucky, the weather-wise
people have been studying the bones of
geese, and prophesy severely cold weather
before the winter closes. They say the
bones have indicated the weather for the
winter thus far with great accuracy. As
the season 81 cold is passing rapidly away
there is no necessity of borrowing trouble
on account OF representations of coming
frosts. In about six weeks we shall know
the whole story.
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democrats NAV be driven to acquiesce IN

democrats may be driven to acguiesce in
the views and plans Of the rag-baby advo-
Gates. At any rate, the situation in Con-
gress is of such a character that the action
of that body will be watched with anxiety
and with hope that the farther designs OF
the inHationists will be rs successfully
foiled as their late attempt to repeal the
resumption pledge.