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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
ENGLISH KINGS.

How Some OF EngIand,s Rulers Died.
william the Conqueror died from his
enormous fat, from drink, and from the
violence of his passions.
William Rufus died the death of the
poor stays that he hunted.
Henry the First died of gluttony.
henry the Second died of a broken
heart, occasioned by the bad conduct of
Richard C9ur de Lion died like the
animal from which his heart was named,
by an arrow from an archer.
John died, nobody knows how. but il
is said OF chagrin, which, we suppose, is
another term for dose Of hellebore.
Henry the Third is said to have died a
natural death.
Edward the First is likewise said to
have died of "natural sickness, which
it would puzzle all of the college oi ply
sicians to denominate.
Edward the Second was most barbar-
ousiy murdered by ruffians employed by
his own mother.
Edward the Third died of dotage, and
Richard the Second of starvation, the
very reverse of George the Fourth.
Henry the Fourth is said to have died
'of tits, caused by uneasiness," and un-
easlness in palaces in those times was q
very common complaint.
Henry the Fifth is said to have died
"of a painful affection, prematurely. +"
This is courtly phrase for getting rid
of q king.
Henry the Sixth died in prison, by
means known then only to his taller, and
known now only to Heaven.
Edward the Fifth was strangled in the
tower, by his uncle, Richard the Third.
Richard the Third was killed in battle.
Henry the Seventh wasted away as
miser ought to do, and Henry the
Eighth died of carbuncles, fat and fury,
while Edward the Sixth died of decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died of ga
broken heart" whereas she died of q
surfeit, eating too much of black pud-
ding.
Old Queen Bess is said to have died of
melancholy, from having sacrificed Essex
to his enemies.
James the First died of drinking.
Charles the First died on the scaffold,
and Charles the Second died suddenly.
it is said, of apoplexy,
William the Third died from consump-
tive habits of body, and from the STUN
bling of his horse.
Queen Anne died from her attachment
to STRONG water" Or, in other words,
from drunkenness, which the physicians
politely called the dropsy.
George the First died of drunkenness,
which his physicians as politely called
an apoplectic fit.
George the Second lied of rupture
of the heart, which the periodicals of that
day termed visitation of God.
George the Third died as he lived-a
mailman. Throughout life he was at
least a consistent monarch.
George the Fourth died of gluttony
and drunkenness.
William the Fourth died amidst the
sympathies of his subjects.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Water i'm the Moon.

In review OF Nelson's recent work on
the aspect of the moon, the ACADEMY
mentions some of the reasons for be-
heving that water cannot remain on its
surface as liquid. Day and night on
the moon are each a fortnight long. On
the night side any water would be
frozen solid. When the suns rays melt
ed this ice in a lunar morning, there
would be no liquid produced, but in
stead an invisible vapor. If we assume
that the moon has an atmosphere of a
hundreth of the density of our air, the
boiling point Of water on the moon is
forty-two and half degrees Fahrenheit.
But if Regnault's estimate be correct,
and the moons atmosphere has only a
three-hundreth of the density of our air,
the boiling point of water on the moon
is below the melting point of ice; and,
therefore, no water could make its ap-
pearance on the moons surface. There
is wide field for conjecture, h however,
as to the changes which might take
place in ice and glaciers under such
strange conditions. The notion that
the lunar surfaces may be more or less
capped with ice, seems to be gaining
favor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Gypsy Burial and BAPTISM.

A recent number of the Boston Her.
aid says: Six families of gypsies are en-
camped near Yalesville, Conn. They
are under the leadership of two men
named Allen and Broadway, have a
good character for honesty from the
neighbors, and appear to be superior
kind of tribe. One of their infants died
last week, and Mr.. Church, local
undertaken, was secured to make
arrangements for the funeral. Wednes-
day evening saw company of the
gypsies gathered around an open tent,
i'll which lay the little coffin with a
candle ssat each end. Thursday noon
five wagons, to the West Meriden
cemetery. Rev. F. w. Hartman read
service at the grave and made an ad-
dress. The parents exhibited all the
natural signs of grief and affection, but
without any extravagant demonstrations.
Finding that many of the tribe were
accustomed to attend the worship of the
Church of England (more or less) when
at home iu "the old country, ;" and
several of the women expressing a
wish to have their children baptized,
Mr.. Hartman visited their camp
Friday afternoon and held a service,
which was certainly novel sight to ali
who witnessed it. On little knoll,
retired from the tents and shaded by an
oak tree, was placed a wagon seat,
covered with white and bearing
beautiful china bowl filed with water.
Around this improvised table stood the
gypsies and number of visitors, MAX
ing a company of about fifty persons.
Mr.. Hartman baptized seven children,
one of them only five days old, and ad-
dressed the elders on the practical
duties and responsibilities of parents.
The gypsies were reverent and atten-
tive, and expressed much gratitude for
the interest taken in them and their
children. Within the week the gypsy
camp has been the scene of birth and
death
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
A japanese Eating.HOHse.

The most popular of all the eating
houses of the capital is the Matsuda, on
the Ginza, at Kiobashi, This is really
an immense establishment, having ac-
commodations for two thousand GUS
toners at once. It is owned by a
wealthy woman named Matsuda Kane, by
whom it was first opened in 1873. No
rooms are let for lodging purposes, and
the patrons are mostly residents of
Toxic, though occasionally rural party
may be seen staring at the unaccustom-
ed sights about them, to the no small
amusement of their urban neighbors.
The customer is given numbered
ticket on entering, by which his ac-
count with the house is kept. A few
rooms are furnished in semi-foreign
style, but most preserve their Japanese
character, and the food is almost en-
tirely native. The "bill of fare" in
cludes some twenty different dishes,
ranging in price from five to fifteen
cents each, the charges depending
largely on the state OF the fish market.
While no meat is served, fowls are
cooked in a number of forms, and all
kinds of liquors can be obtained. The
Matsuda is opened about eight o'clock
in the morning, and closed at nine or
half past-nine in the evening. The
busiest hours are at midday and after
sunset, when the fifty attendants are
kept very active by the crowds of
hungry and thirsty patrons. To the
passer by, the restaurant looks most at
tractive at night, when the rows of Ian
terms under the caves, and the illumi-
uation of the whole building, showing
through panes of colored glass, present
a very gay appearance.-2okio (Japan)
IianeS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Reason is very light rider and is
easily shook off.
How sad sight is human happiness
to those whose thoughts can pierce
beyond an hour.
The object of art is to crystalize emo
tion into thought, and then to fix it in
form.
All pleasure is more or less imagina-
tive, and our greatest happiness arises
from delusion.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
While one finds company in himself and
his pursuits he cannot grow old, whatever
his years may be.
The severest punishment of any injury
is the consciousness of having done it;
and no one but the guilty knows the
whitening pains of repentance.
There cannot live a more unhappy
creature than an ill-natured old man,
who is neither capable of receiving
pleasures nor sensible of doing them to
others.
In youth grief comes with rush and
overflow, but it dries up, too, like the
torrent. In the winter of life it re-
mains a miserable pool, resisting all
evaporation.
A thousand wheels of labor are turned
by dear affections and kept in motion
by self-sacrifcing endurance; and the
crowds that pour forth in the morning
and return at night are daily professions
OF love and duty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
The Value of Corn as Food,

The Milwaukee Milling journal be-
lieves that the economic value of corn as
fodder for the human family is under
rated, and presents the following reasons
for its theory
Wheat is the dearest food consumed
by mankind, and when the comparative
value and cheapness of the different
grains is more thoroughly understood,
the singular fact will be developed that
there is as much caste in food as in the
human race that is supported by it:
Scarcity and high cost of wheat will
eventually force nations and individuals
to learn that the moral and financial
elevation of the masses depends upon
the substitution of some food material
cheaper than wheat, and bearing nearer
proportion to the reduced scale of wages
now prevalent the world over. When
the conventional necessities of life in
crease in cost laborers' wages diminish.
and suffering and discomfort ensue. The
following comparison will show that corn
as well as oats is cheaper food than
wheat Oats contain 1891 per cent.
nourishment corn, 12. 80 per cent, and
wheat, 14.06 per cent. Taking present
Boston market quotations, and each
pound of nourishment from oats at fifty
eight and one-quarter cents per bushel
costs 9.33c. from corn at sixty-seven
cents per bushel, each pound l Inc and
three-quarter cents, while from wheat at
$l.O7 per bushel each pound of nourish-
ment costs 20.61c.
The corn crop of the United States
equals the wheat crop of the civilized
world, while forty per cent. of the latter
cannot raise sufficient for their own
wants. The deficiency in the United
States wheat crop for 1876 exceeded the
entire export of 1875, while our exports
of wheat in 1875 were 10, 900, 600 bushels
less than that of 1874, showing that
wheat cannot be claimed as sole de-
pendence from the rapidly increasing
population of the world. Corn must be-
fore many years be consumed as a par
tial substitute, at least, for wheat, and
the better the quality of the grain, and
the more perfect the process of prepar-
ing it for food, the quicker will come
the enlarged demand. This is in part
confirmed by the fact that our exports of
1876 were three per cent. for our whole
crop, while for the twelve preceding
years they averaged only one per cent.
OF the corn produced.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
A Family Struck by Lightning, q

During recent thunder storm which
occurred in the night, the residence be-
longing to Mr.. Theodore Studebaker, in
Keg Greek Township, Iowa, was struck
by lightning, and every member of the
family. all of whom had retired to bed,
We're more or less injured. Mr.. Stude-
baker had his right leg badly burned
from his hip to his foot. His wife had
the left side of her face completely bis
tered by the subtle fluid. In the same
room their little son was sleeping in a
trundle bed, and at the time was living
on his back, in which position he re-
ceiyed a very severe shock, the fluid
striking him apparently ON the chin, and
running down the front of his body,
passed off from both his feet, scorching
the skin like fire as 1t went. The hired
man, who was sleeping in another apart
ment, was momentarily rendered insensi-
BILE, and for some time after conscious
ness was restored was unable to speak a
word. Not one of them was fatally
injured, and they are all recovering
rapidly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Nickuaminp Professors.

A correspondent of the New York
EUening Post writes from Easton, Pa. +,
about the University students there. He
says
The righteousness of the students dis
plays itself in the niclxnames which they
bestow upon their instructors. DIR.
March, who stands at the head of the
corps of instructors here, and is one of
the ablest Anglo-Saxon and pathological
scholars on either side of the Atlantic. is
yclept Shanghai" That the worthy
doctor is familiar with his own sobri-
quet is evident, for one of his little boys,
when asked who he was, answered: "I
am little Shanghai" The late DR.. Coffin,
whose loss is still keenly felt by the
institution, was called cold Spookie," {"
and his son Young Spookie," from an
awkward habit they had of turning up
among the students at unexpected times
and places. An anecdote is told of the
doctor which is characteristic of him, for
he was at heart modest and retiring,
even timid, man. He had missed sew
eral chickens from his roosts, and sus-
pected student who was boarding him
self in his own room. He planned a
surprise for the culprit at his meal one
u,iy , Dub bue young bllel, SeelUR n1m
coming, fastened with his ill-gotten poul-
try to his bedside, and was on his knees
in the act of concealing it when the doc
tor broke in upon him. The good doctor
beat hasty retreat, exclaiming at the
same time: "I beg thousand pardons
l did not mean to interrupt you in your
devotions !" DIR. Porter, professor of
natural sciences, friend of DR.. Leidy,
of Philadelphia, is familiarly known
among the boys as "Bugs." In many
cases this affectionate nomenclature is
formed by taking the first syllable of the
name and adding to it an &C." after the
fashion of the young ladies thus, Pro-
fessor Bloomberg is known as
"Bloomie," and tutor Diefenderfer as
"Diefe. Numerous laughable in
stances ave..occurred where some fresh
man, in his innocence and ignorance, has
accosted professor by one of these lat
ter names. 1t would be doing the stu
dents injustice to think that these names
are used out of any disrespect. This is
one of the ways the boys have of divest-
ing their instructors of the grim terrors
which invest them in the classroom.
The students, however, do not seem to
fail in recognizing the eternal fitness of
things, for now that DR.. Coffin is dead,
the old iesting name of "Spookie" is
laid aside, and you will not hear the
toughest boy among them making use
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Dom PedrO's Escape.

The Emperor of Brazil had very
narrow escape recently. He was stand
ing ON the track at Kings Bridge,
Dublin, waiting for the train which
would take him to Killarney. He did
not happen to be watching the move
ments of the locomotives and suddenly his
imperial majesty was struck by train =
OF thought which caused him to recol-
lect that he had ten minutes to spare.
He quickly inquired of those about him
whether there was any place he could
see in that time. The royal hospital
was suggested, and the Emperor
started off and dashed through the
buildinGin few minutes. He returned
after this crowning feat just in time to
take his place in the train. He there
fore narrowly escaped losing the train.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30

Mr. Lester, of Providence, r. l., says
that when he was boy ten or twelve
years of age. he was one day standing
in Market square with his grandfather,
when four Irishmen came up, one of
whom asked the distance to Pawtucket.
He was told by the old gentleman that
it was about four miles. "Well, faith, :"
said Pat, in a mock tone of encourage
ment to his three tired companions,
"that's not bad at all-only mile
apiece for u.s." "Whom do you want
to see in Pawtucket?" inquired Mr..
Lester, senior. "Be iabers, was the
quick reply, :" want to see meself there
the most OF anybody p
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Promise and Performance.

The proprietors of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters promise nothing in behalf of this famous
tonic and regulating elixir which it will not
perform. No prosecutions irreconcilable with
common sense are made in reference to it, but
evidence Of the most positive nature has been
accumulating for over quarter of century
in its behalf, which proves to be a reliable
preventive and curative of malarial diseases
and efficient and genial tonic and general cor
rective, and specially valuable in cases where
the bowels, liver, stomach or urinary organs
are affected. Debility, the source from whence
so many bodily evils spring. is entirely reme-
died by the invigorative action of the Bitters,
which arrests premature decay and repairs
losses of nervous and muscular power while
improving the appetite and rendering digestion
eaBy,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30

Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their Endorsement to the use of the Graef-
enberg- -Marshall's Catholicon for all female
complaints. The weak and debilitated find won
derful relief from constant use Of this valu-
able remedy. Sold by all druggists. $1.5O per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co.,
New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Caution tn the Public.

We understand there are unprincipled grocers
and dealers who palm off ON unwary purchasers
yeast powder in bulk or loose for the genuine
Dooleys Yeast Powder. For the protection of
housekeepers and the public generally, we are
authorized to state that the genuine Dooley's
fuse to take it except in cans, securely labeled.
The facsimile signature of Dooley Brother,
the manufacturers, is plainly printed on each
label
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30

Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup has been put
to six years test in our trade, with the fol-
lowing result It gives the best Of satisfaction
to all of our customers and they testify to shat
satisfaction by buying far more of it than any
other cough remedy, although we keep in stock
large number Of that class of me licines in
fact all that have been heretofore considered
most salable. SLAUGHTER & WELLS,
Wayerly N Y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30

Kendalls SPAWN Cure, discovered by DR..
derful discovery, as it cures all blemishes and
removes the bunch without blistering. II is
now sold by dealers throughout the country or
sent to any address on receipt of one dollar.
Send address for circular giving proof Of it's
wonderful effects and list Of agents, etc.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30
Ponds Extract,

=. Ponds Extract,
the peoples remedy. 1t not only affords imme-
diate relief from pain, but is permanent cure
for many disorders. Book at druggists.
Sold by Druggists,
That wonderful bilious remedy, Quirk's Irish
Tea. It costs only 25 cts. q package
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-30

ESTABLISHED 80 YEARS. Always cures. Always
ready. Always handy. Has failed. Thirty
millions hare tested IT, Tn whole world approves the
glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest Lniment
in existence 25 cents bottle. The Mustang Eminent
cures when nothing else will
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE vENDERs.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-26
Come Now and Let Us Reason Together.

Why do people so frequently say to Dr.
 Pierce: " l suppose your Golden Medical Dis covery cures everything ?" Because it has been the practice of knavish charlatans to man1fac- ture worthless nostrums and attempt to dupe the ignorant and credulous by recommending them to cure every form of disease. To such an extent has this been practiced that it is no won der that many have acquired prejudices against all dvtrtised remedies. But Dr. Pierce does not advertise his standard preparations as " crre-alls," does not claim that they will per- form miracles, but simply publishes the fact that they have been developed specifics for certain forms of disease for which he recom- mends them, after having tested their efficacy in many hundred cases with the most gratifying success. It is & fact known to every well in- formed physician that many single remedies possess several different properties. Quinine
 for instance, has tonic quality, which sug- gests it's use in cases of debility an anti-peri- odic. by which it is efficacious in ague and febrifuge property, which renders it efficacious in cases of fever. The result of it's administra- ton will also vary with the quantity given and the circumstances under wbich 1t Is employed
 So likewise, the Golden Medical Discovery pos sesses both pectoral and alternative, or blood cleansing properties of the highest order. By reason of these two prominent properties it cures two classes of diseases. First, those of the respiratory organs, as throat, bronchial and lung affections, chronic coughs and asthma, and second, diseases of the blood and glandular system, ill which affections all skillful physi- cal.s employ alteratives, as in cases of blotches
 eruptions, ulcers, sSellings tumors, abscesses and in torpor of the liver or biliousness. '' While its use is, by it's combination of proper ties, suggested in cases of pulmonary consump- tion, yet you need not take it expecting it will cure you if your lungs are half consumed nor because it is recommended as 8 blood medicine would it's proprietor advise you to take it ex- pecting it to cure cancer. It will not perform miracles, but it will cure many grave forms of
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-26
The Electoral Question.

Conflicting statements having recently been published in regard to the action of the United States Senate committee in counting the electoral votes, inquiry was made in authoritative quarters, a Washington dispatch says, and it was positively ascertained that, although some of these publications contain de- tached portions of several of the many propositions which have been discussed, none of them embrace any complete plan that has been agreed to, or is likely to be agreed to, by either the Senate com mittee or the House committee. A mem Der of the joint committee, besides au- thorizing the foregoing statement, says Various published propositions have been discussed freely by the committees, and portions of them may, perhaps, be agreed to, but only in connection with other and much more important propo- sitions, which as yet have not even been hinted at in tic public press." He add ed: "All publications up to the present time purporting to give the results of the committees deliberations are unau- thorized, and may mislead the public in regard to what is being done or is likely to be done. Neither committee has yet formally agreed upon any plan; their joint sessions are being held for the purpose of freely interchanging opinions, with view of arriving, if possible, at some agreement, and there is hope that some satisfactory agreement will be reached" "
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-26
Business Depression in New York.

The Journal of Commerce publishes it's annual statement of the foreign com merce of the port, and the editor, com menting upon the past year, says :: There has not been a season for many years when the want of confidence has been so widespread, and has 80 com pletely permeated all classes and condi- tions of society. Real estate has so lit tie marketable value that large pro- portion of first mortgages could not be forcibly collected if the holders desired. The most staple articles of produce, next in permanent value to the soil itself, have been low in price without exciting any fever of speculation. The great ma jority of textile fabrics, and general merchandise of every description, have hung like dead weights on dropping market. The rise in the raw material gave an upward turn to silk goods, but without producing any visible excite ment; and the inviting fields of the world are now beckoning to commercial enterprise with their waving harvests, and fail utterly to call forth as of old time the quick response of the busy reapers. The heart and courage have gone out of business circles. There was time last fall when the spirit of trade seemed about to revive, and it is com monly believed that if the results of the election had been settled, as at first an- nounced, there would have been at least partial return of the old activity.