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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
Detroit Free Pressings.

A Detroit tailor solemnly and earnestly
remarks that no true patriot will Try to
make suit Of clothes last him over three
months.
1t would be interesting to know just
what thoughts rush through the mind of
a man who sits down on a coil of hot
steam pipes to rest.
Senator Norwood, of Georgia, is an old
newspaper man. He killed four weekly
papers in one year, but started q fifth as
if nothing had happened.
There may have been cases where some
one was to blame for boiler explosion.
and where the engineer had not lust
inspected everything and found things al
right.
A st. Louis exchange has struck an
original idea. IT says 1t is generally
thought that either Tilden or Hayes will
be President after the fourth of March
next"
The two Pennsylvania miners who lit
their pipes and then proceeded to divide
a keg of powder were not badly mangled.
The fact was, neither one has yet been
found.
Church fairs are good things They
teach man how to preserve look of
deep humility while paying ont two dol
lars of his hard-earned money for ten
cent pincushion.
The journal of Chemistry advises all
people to eat celery when they can get it,
and onions between times. Says it quiets
your nerves But one onion eater can
rlnsettle the nerves of whole street car
load.
A hen may look serene and happy as
she sits on Il snowdrift, wings spread out
and head up, but we all know that she's
simply trying to keep up appearances,
and that there is powerful aching down
around her heels.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
Old Leather Made Into New,

On old used leather, says Scotch pa
per, there have been various schemes of
utilization. By dissolving the leather
by steam and certain acids, it is possible
to produce printing rollers for cotton
fabrics; but it seems preferable to cut
the leather in pieces, mix them with a
cementing liquid, and then squeeze the
whole into a mass of different thick :
nesses, according to the process re-
quired, such as material for making up
the soles and heels of boots and shoes.
With quantity of paste and the force
OF steam engine, shreds are made to
assume the appearance of cakes of
Enthusiastically, pancakes or pasted
stock-which are largely used in the
wholesale shoe manufacture of Massa
chusetts. There is another method in
that country of using up shayings and
scraps of leather. These are ground to
powder resembling coarse snuff. and
this powder is then mixed with certain
gums and other substances SO thorough
ly that the whole mass becomes a kind
of melted leather. In short time this
dries little, and is rolled out to the de-
sired thickness, perhaps one-twelfth of
an inch; it is now quite solid, and is
said to be entirely waterproof. There
are various processes patented for melt
ing down leather waste and producing
large sheets of artificial leather, possess
ing waterproof qualities, but we have not
space to go into any account of them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
Worth and the Hrate Duchess.

Worth is in trouble again-with a
spirited Partisan duchess this time. He
had, after full fortnia BITS consultation,
and an infinite deal of assistance on the
lady's part, designed toilet of toilets,
magnificent, unique. Not long afterward
the duchess, while at her milliner's. was
surprised rather than pleased to discover
displayed on the milliners sofa the exact
duplicate of her costume, the same
shades, the same trimmings, everything.
The milliner also patronized Worth. The
patrician, furious, sent word to M.
Worth that she did not want the dress
he returned reply that it had been or
dered and executed according to order.
and must be accepted and paid for.
Thereupon the duchess took a fearful re-
venge. She wrote to Nj. Worth 81
shall take and pay for the dress, but not
wear it. l send you this by my cook; you
will be so good as to alter the costume so
that it will fit her." And now that cook
on her day out appears in one of Worth's
most exquisite creations, and the cream
of the joke is that the blow has been eff
fectual, and Worth thinks himself dis
graced.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
One of Old Sis Suspicious,

Old ST, says the Atlanta Herald, went
to the theater to see the magician per-
formance the other night Next day we
asked him
"Did you see that man handle that
money last night"
81 did, fer fact r.
He made it come and go In all sorts
of ways?"
s. Young boss, dat mans pow'rful slick
wild silber munneyr'
"What did you think of him, 81 ?"
dat man fool'd round dar wild dat
munney tell he reused up my 'spishions,
he did,
Suspicious of what ?"
"Hit teks lots of practiss fer TO max a
haf doller pear an dis'pear in dat stile. -
"Of course"
OATS what meks me hab 'spishun
dat dat white man WIZ one time de
CASHIER oh freedmen's bank-an' 1 jess
want to bannel him few nnnnits, shos
you born"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
The Body Finders Of the Seine.

The Paris correspondent of the Phila-
delphia IeLcQra0h tells the following
1 must me pn the strangest, perhaps,
of all theStrange methods of gaining a
living which are in vogue in Paris, and
that is the trade of body finder. The
authorities of Paris pay ten francs re-
ward for every corpse that is discovered
IN the Seine and brought to the 1norgue,
As the wages of the poor boatmen who
ply ON the river are extremely small it
Will readily be seen that such an addi-
tion to their petty earnipSeis not to be
despised. But as bpS hoat sometimes
far down the Sei8, beyond the reach
Of the boatman employed III the upper
part of the river, these boatmen have or
ganized a regular traffic with those who
ply their vocation far down the stream,
and who, if they find body cannot well
leave their regular work to bring it To
Paris. The down stream bodies are
therefore purchased at five francs each by
the up stream bOatmen, the profits being
thus fairly divided. 1t may easily be
imagined with what care these men
watch the river for some indication of
the presence of the mortal remains OF
some poor suicide, who, if he were good
for nothing when living, is worth fully
ten francs now tha3 he is dead. These
body finders form b, valuable adjunct to
the police force, and instances Ii ave been
known of one individual bringing in tive
and three bodies in single day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
What Causes DipIlthcrla.

The originof diphtheria, said President
Chandlerof the New York board of health,
isamystery. Most New York physicians,
believe, think that the sewer gases
started it. 1t is germ disease, like
smallpox, and is communicable. 1t
often seizes robust children who, mt the
funerals of playmates, or in school or
church, are exposed to it's direct in
fiuence.
The diphtheritic poison, impregnating
the air passages of the patient, affects
the entire system. The air passage i'm
pregnation speedily changes into infam-
nation, accompanied by the formation
of membrane Fever next follows.
The poison begins to act as soon rs it
falls upon the tissues of the air passages,
but doesn't sensibly affect the patient
until two to five days later. Then he
feels great prostration, his throat is dry,
and he has pricking pains in swallowing.
The throat reddens, white membrane APP
pears in patches, and the glands swell.
In fatal cases the fever increases, the
throat inflammation spreads, and general
exhaustion follows.
The diphtheritic poison clings long to
rooms and may occasion death months
afterward. Diphtheria prefers, seeming
ly, children between one and ten the
average age of it's victims now is about
two years. Neither heat nor cold, rain
nor drought, affect it. Cleanliness and
pure air everywhere i'll a dwelling tend
to avert and mitigate it.
Where it exists no child should be
permitted to kiss strange children, par
ticularlv when they have sore throats,
or even to play with their tops. When
any child i'll family has sore throat,
the other children should be kept rigidly
apart, in dry, well ventilated rooms.
Every throat affection should be prompt
ly treated. The sick child should be
watchfully nursed in a well ventilated,
sunlit room.
Men who live on Fifth avenue are as
tonished that their children die. 1t is not
at all marvellous half of the houses there
are not fit to live in. One-half of their
owners, an confident. have never been
in their own cellars They fill their
drawing-rooms with satins and gliding,
but give no heed to the drain pipes.
Often So would have saved n loved child's
life, if seasonably spent in repairing n
defective drain pipe
A few days ago [ went into the cellar
of great brown stone house. The cur
rent of sewer gas, rushing directly mp to
the bedrooms, put out my candle, and
left me to grope my way out i'll darkness
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04

Probably the best as we'll rs the most
famous English cheese is Cheddar, the
excellence and sweetness of which de-
pends as much upon tie management of
the processes of manufacture ms upon
the quality of the material used. 1t is
made principally in Somersetshire, and
is produced in the following manner:
The evenings milk is placed in cooling
watts so that it will be brought to tenn
perature of about sixty deg. by the fol-
lowing morning, when the mornings
milk is added. and the temperature rails
ed TO about eighty deg. The large vat
which contains the milk is gently heated
in the water bath; and when the milk
reaches the last mentioned temperature.
sufficient rennet is added to cause coagu-
lation IN about forty minutes. Some
whey is added to hasten the development
Of Tactic acid, and finally, when the curd
has become sufficiently firm, it is cut
with cIlrd knives. 1t then contracts rap
idly, expressing the whey: and in about
twenty minutes it becomes quite firm,
VIXEN il is broken into small pieces by n
wire shovel breaker, and the temperature
raised to ninety-eight deg. The whey is
now drawn off, and the curd left for
about twenty minutes longer, when it
becomes n coherent, partially solid mass.
When finn enough, it is removed,
broken into thin flakes, and spread ont
to cool. After the lapse of another twen-
ty minutes, it is turned over and left
until it attains peculiar mellow and
faXy condition, well known to the expe-
rienced cheese maker. BY this time the
temperature has been reduced to about
seventy deg. The curd is now put into
a hoop and pressed gently for about fif-
teen minutes to drive out the whey, by
which too rapid fermentation is pre-
vented. 1t is then taken out, cut into
small bits by curd mill, and then salted
with one pound of salt to tifty-six pounds
of curd.
The curd is now again placed in the
hoops and kept under process for from
twenty to twenty-forr hours. 1t is then
removed and the sharp edges pared off,
after which it is turned, bandaged, and
put in the press again for a day or two
longer. The temperature at which it
goes to press is a matter of great impor-
tance, because, if too high, fermentation
with evolution OF gas is liable to take
place and make the cheese porous.
Cheddar goes to press at about sixty five
deg. While in the curing-room, which
is kept at seventy deg, the cheese is
rubbed with melted butter and turned
over daily.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
What Is Believed.

1t is said to be the belief in the Senate.
says Washington dispatch, that the
House will insist upon the observance
of the following programme for the open
ing of the certificates of the electoral
vote, especially i'll the treatment of the
doubtful ones likely to come from some
of the Southern States The House will
take the position that afterthe President of
the Senate has opened the certificates in
the presence of the two houses, without
discrimination and without other declar-
alton than the mere fact of what they
state as to the result of the elections,
there his duties end, and if will remain
for the two houses to decide what shall
be done with the conflicting certificates.
The House will resent positively the as
sumption that the president of the Senate
has any authority whatever to decide
which of two sets of conflicting certifi-
Gates shall be selected. There will be.
SO says "A prominenk Republican senator.
no appeal from the decision OF
the president of the Senate, but
when this condition of affairs is reached
representative will rise and announce :
" l object ;" whereupon the two houses
Will separate for consultation, and as soon
as decision is reached as to what shall
be done it shall be announced and further
action will be accordingly taken. He
further says:
" 1t is an erroneous opinion of Senator
Morton that an appeal will be taken from
the decision of the president OF the SEN
ate, and if not sustained by both houses
of Congress will fall. He adds that there
is no such motion to be made, and that
it would be futile to take any such posi-
ton in case of a DISAGREEMENT from the
decision of the president of the Senate at
the counting of the electoral vote"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
4 Storm OF transformers.

At ten o'clock ut night there was an
immense number of grasshoppers pass
ed over and through Washington. Mo, ,
local paper says. The night was very
dark but the choppers came butting
against the buildings, rafting against
the windows. entering the houses at the
open windows and doors, and playing
havoc with the over superstitious, for
many persons had gone to bed and were
in their first sweet sleep, as the chop
pers" commenced to rattle against the
glass of the windows and Jump about
rooms, making an internal small noise
like unto q parcel of baby ,pirits out on
their first spree. II was q strange expe-
ience for those who were awake and
took the pains to go out doors and listen
to the odd small noise that filled the air,
produced by the conclusion of their
wings and the butting OF their heads
against any obstacle IN their way. As
far as could be judged from the noise
they made, they were in great force. and
came from the north going III q southern
direction; but many thousands came to
grief Ill town, either giving out through
fatigue OF the many accidents of attempt
ng to make ii night trip without good
pilots, as the next morning thousands of
dead and manned grasshoppers were
lying about loose on the streets, in the
yards and houses. They were OF the
largest type of Rocky mountain species,
some of them measuring fully three
inches in length from "head to toe. -
They evidently came across the Mis-
souri, river, which at the place is fully
three-fourths of mile wide, and those
that did not perish kept on toward the
land of the perpetual green.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
That Policy.

In all policies of life insurance these.
among Il host of other questions, occur:
"Age of father, if living?" "Age of
mother, if living?" A man in the coun-
try who filled up an application made
his fathers age "if living one hundred
and twelve years, and his mothers one
hundred and two. The agent was
amazed at this, and fancied he had Sc
cured an excellent customer; but, feeling
somewhat dubious, he remarked that the
applicant came of a very long-liyed fami-
ly. "Oh, yon see, sir,' replied he,
my parents died many years ago, bl t
: if living would be aged as there put
down" Exactly-I understand, SAID
the agent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04

Chip straw, SO much used for bonnets
is the braided bark of willow grown in
France and Belgium. It's whiteness is
so perishable that it will change over
night, becoming the cream color gener-
ally seen.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04
The Letters at School.

One day the letters went to school,
And tried to learn each other;
They got SO isixed twas really hard
To pick out one from t'other
A went in first and went last
The rest all went between them
X, L and NJ, and N, o, P
wish you could have seen them
b, G, d, + and J, X, J.,
Soon iostled well their letters
20 ., b. tt grieve to say
''---SSSTFere very naughty letters.
OF course, ere long, they came to words
What else could be expected
Till L made D, J, c and T
Decidedly detected.
Now. through it all the Consonants
Were rudest and uncouthest,
While all the pretty Vowel girls
Were certainly the smoothest.
And simple 7 kept far from @.
With face demure and moral.
bCCulsc. ellC sdltl, VIC uIe We lNp'
SO apt to start a..quarrel !"
But spiteful p said, "Pooh for L ~
(Which made her feel quite bitter)
And, calling o, L. E, to help,
He really tried to hit her.
Cried A: "Now, Z and C, come here
If both will aid a minute,
Good p will Join in making peace,
Or else the mischief's in it,"
And smiling f, the ready spritc,
Said "Yes, and count me double"
This done, sweet peace shone DER the scene
And gone was all the trouble
Meanwhile when U and z made up,
The Constants looked about them,
And kissed the Vowels, for, you see,
They couldn't do without them
81. Nicholas.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04

In Texas all doctors are required un-
der the new law governing the practice
of medicine to appear before the county
board of examiners appointed by the dis
trict court and stand an examination in
chemistry, anatomy, physiology and ma
terta n1edico before they can collect
their bills. Any one violating this law
is liable to be indicted, fined and ilnpris-
oned.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04

The innocent blush more frequently
than the guilty; the face of the latter is
not so easily red.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-04

The total production of beet root
sugar in Europe is now estimated TO con-
siderably exceed 600, 900 tons.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01

TIE VISITING MILITARY.-The Norfolk
City Guard arrived in the city per steamer
Eliza UancoX early yesterday morning.
The City Guard number some forty-hYe
muskets, and are under the command or
Captain Z. j. White. They are accompa-
MED by the Artilery-School Band, when
comprises twenty pieces. This company IS
uuartered in the armory OF the Richmond
City Guard.
Company F, Of the First Virginia regi-
ment. will proceed to the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac depot this morn
inc at 81 O'Clock to meet Company \, OF the
Washington Light Infantry. Company A
will be the guests OF Company + during
their sojourn in the city.
The Peninsula Guards, OF Hampton, forty
four men, under command OF Captain 5. B.
Wood, arrived Yesterday morning on the
steamer Hampton. Tile officers are: First
Lieutenant, w. 7. Daugherty; Second Lieu
tenant, II. F. Ash; Junior Second Licuten-
ant, r. Ii. Watson. This company have
beautiful flag, which they have just pur-
chased at cost of SITS. The flag is a dark
blue (double) silk. On one side is the coat
of-arms of Virginia, magnitcently painted
on the silk on the other side is the following
inscription: "Peninsula Guards, of Hamp-
ton. Organized January Is, 1872 This
is also painted on the silk In white letters,
frosted. In each OF the corners is beauti-
fully-embroidered design for a corner-piece.
The dag is bound with deep yellow silk
fringe and is attached to beautiful staff,
which is surmounted with large gilt eagle.
The whole thing was made by Mr.. III. F.
Klein and Mr. L. Keiser, OF Charles City
county.
1t will be used in the parade to-day. and
will be an attractive feature in the process
sion.
Great credit is due to the manufacturers
for the taste and marked workmanship dis
pI.yed
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
Address Of welcome by Governor
Kemper--Responscs from Messrs.
Hayes, Evarts, Sherman, De-
ycus,. Thompson, Nor
can. and Eoring.

A DAY cHEERFuLLY SPENT DESPITE THE
CLOUDY WEATHER-VIsIT OF TIE PRE-
sIDENT1AL PARTY TO THE FAIR
cRoUNDStTHE. PROCEEDINGS THERE-A
LUNCH AT THE LADIES DINlNG-ROoM-
VIEW FTHE CITY TAKEN-EECEPTIoN
Ar THE EXECUTIVE MANSION LAST
NIGHT-BRILLIANT AFFAIR-TIiE PRO-
GPAMME TO BE OBSERVED TO-DAY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01

SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS. will
be generally suspended to-day. The State,
city. and Government offices; the Tobacco
Exchange, Corn and Flour Exchange. and
the banks, will be closed.
The post-otice will only be open from 9
O'Clock A. NJ. to 10 O'Clock A. M. There
will be only one collection from the " star
boxes" and no mail will be delivered. The
public are requested to deposit no mail
matter in the boxes to-day, as it will not be
collected before tomorrow. .
The First and Second Markets Will be
cIosed at 10 O'Clock this morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01

THg LEE MoDELs.-The exhibition OF the
models for the equestrian statue OF Lee III
the Senate chamber is attracting great at
tention, and those who fail to see them Will
miss rare opportunity Of at the same time
seeing some fne specimens OF art and max.
ing small contribution TO the grand object
OF honoring LeeI
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
WEATHER REPORT.

ISrrCATloHS FOR To-DAY.-For the Mid
SIlc Atlantic States. colder, clearing weather,
northwest winds, and rising barometer.
For The South Atlantic and East Gun
States. clearer or partly cloudy weather,
norihcrly winds, stationary or higher pres
sure and temperature.
For the West Gulf States, cloudy, RAINY
weather, stationary temperature, falling ba-
romclcr. and southcasicrly winds.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley,
clear or partly cloudy weather. cold north
west shifting 10 warmer southeasterly
winds. and rising followed by stationary or
falling barometer.
Cautionary signals continue at Cape Hat
tcras. Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry, Norfolk,
Cape May. Atlantic City, Barnegat, Sandy
Hook, New York, New Harens New Lon
don, Newport. Woods Hole, Boston.
Thstcher's Island, ana Portland.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01

The WEATHER YESTERDAY was cloudy
and threatening until the evening, when II
cleared off.
THERMOMETER YESTERDAY A. NJ, o6;
Q 4. NJ. 6G: noon, GI; Z. NJ. 60; (.
81, e3 midnight. 50.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
THE STATE FAIR.
Second Days Exhibition.

4 FEW ADDITIONS IN SOME oF iif' DE-
PARTMENTS-PRENlt tMS-foILI IL
KACFS-rHoGRAMME FOR THURSDAY, &c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
......NONEMHEk |, lS'''

st-7v.r CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
,s,Aysi,p THAN THE COMBINED C1RCU-
L>gloN,uF ALL THE OTHER DAILY SE"S-
raTERS OF THE CITY
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the lifc-members
OF the Society will be held tonight at the
Senate chamber at o'clock, at which time
a President and Vice-President and four
members of the Executive Committee will
be elected.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01

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