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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
A (iuinea is Scarce YeIlowor

Than the complexion of person becomes who
omits to regulate his liver when that important
gland grows neglectful of its secretive function.
forever, the stomach under such circumstances
becomes disordered, the bowels are CONSTRUCTED,
pains in the side and between the shoulder
blades are felt, the head aches, and the nervous
system shares in the general arrangement
This concatenation of evils is, however, easily
remediable with that matchless regulating tonic,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which insures the
secretion and how of healthy bile, acts gently
but effectualy upon the bowels, and removes
every symptom of nervous or digestive trouble
The result is that renewed tone is given to the
entire system the sallow, haggard appearance
of the face to which biliousness gives rise is
superseded by the glow of health, and the
frame gains in substance as well as vigor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
Diphtheria Examined.

DR.. Samuel E. Mortimer lectured in
New York upon the pathology of diph-
liberia. The symptoms that the physi-
clan is able'to note are drowsiness, slight
sore throat, swelling glands near the ul-
cerous spots, and full, fast and wiry
pulse. The tonsils are of darker red
hue than the surrounding parts of the
throat. AS the disease progresses the
ulcerous spots throw out thick, tena-
cious, pseudo membrane. Within a few
hours the patient experiences intense
nervous prostration and labored breath
ing, indicating great distress. If the
remedies remove the pseudo membrane
the patient is often too low to rally, and
dies of sheer exhaustion.
This is the case as the physician gen.
orally sees; but it is, in fact, only the
second stage. Before an infammatory
symptom appears, the patient remem-
bers that for twenty-four hours or so he
was III wonderful spirits. If the physi-
clan had been called in then, he could
have recognized the Matching mischief
and destroyed it in the egg. The dis
ease is so comparatively new that nearly
every practitioner has some remedy that
he believes to be specific. That which
the lecturer had tried with most success
is the extract of Pinus Canadensis, the
large amount Of fannie acid therein
speedily clearing the pseudo membrane
off, exposing the ulcers to local applica-
tion, and leaving nothing to fight but
prostration. Dilute sulphuric and nitro
muriatc acids operate in like manner,
and the salts that act to the best advan-
tage are those containing most acid.
The inference is that the poison, being
one that an acid neutralizes, is an alkali.
1t is in the blood, as is shown by the
unnatural deposit of the plastic lymph
aud a condition of the blood similar to
that produced by high decentralization.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

The editor of the San Francisco Post
has been shown monster orange, which
weighed three and one-half pounds and
measured in circumference twenty-four
inches. 1t was grown at Riverside, San
Bernardino county, upon the grounds of
G.. w. Garcelon. The tree which pro-
duccd it is just four years old, and had
number of other oranges besides this
one, which were but slightly smaller.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

NOTHING NEw.-There is nothing new
under the sun. A c rrespondent of the
Detroit Free Press writes that in the
Luueratiau library, in Florence, he saw
map of the world, drawn in 1410,
showing clearly the course of the Nile, its
divisions into two streams and it's con-
nection with the two great lakes, solving
the question long ago which Speke and
Burton, and Livingstone have been
working at SO diligently in the present
age.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

For ten cents we will send scientific
book of one hundred and sixty choice selections
from the poetical works of Byron, Moore and
Burns also, fifty selected popular songs and
other writings The poetry of these authors is
true to nature and the finest ever written. Des-
mond & Co., 915 Race ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

The standard of drunkenness varies
between London and Edinburgh. A wit
ness in London court recently testified
that ga man is properly drunk when he
cannot walk :" in Edinburgh, at about
the same time, a witness gave it as his
opinion that "a man hasna' enough till
he Gamma speak,"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF
Wild CHERRY.

From A. DUNKLEE, Esq, Postmaster at West Brat
teboro, VT.
'I subject to sudden colds, followed by hard
coughs tor which use the BALSAM and find it the
heel rcaaeiy for cough OF throat that
acquainted with. My family also are as much in favor
OF 1t as myself In fact We always have it in the house,
and would think OF doing without -four as your
excellent BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
We have sold Hotch's Universal Cor,

We have sold Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup for about four years, and it has steadily
gained in popularity from its first introduction
We keep all the cough remedies considered
standard" in this section. The sale of the
Universal has become greater than any, per-
haps greater than all others combined. We do
not hesitate to recommend it.
NICHOLS & LYrLE, Westbury, Cayuga Co., MY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

WHAT DAY DoEs. Take calendar.
says Washington letter, and check off
the even and uneven days. On the even
days dispatches may be expected from
Louisiana, saying that the Packard men
are hopeful and the Nichols men "much
cast down" On the uneven days the
Nichols men will be hopeful and the
Packard men least down.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
One.FOurth of the Mortality

In this country is due to neglected coughs This
IS statistical fact and it is equally true that no
cough or cold would ever prove fatal if the
great balsamic remedy, "Hdle's Honey Of Ro,e-
tound and Tar" were taken in the early stages
Reflect on this. Sold by all druggists
Pixies Toothache Drops cure III one minute.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
An Experienced Traveller,

Who has tried all the principal irst-class hotels
of the United States, declares that for comfort
and excellence, combined with low rates. the
Grand Central Hotel, on Broadway, New York
leads them all. The latest reduction is from
s4.0O to $3.50 and $500 per day although the
Grand Central is the largest tirst-class hotel i'll
New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
Money in POultry-

Prof. A. Corbett of No. Warren ST., NY, has
received the Centennial and several gold medals,
also IL diplomas for his new process for hatch
ing eggs and raising poultry by means of horse
manure. This valuable discovery will give $500
yearly profit from - hens. Catalogues, circu-
lars and testimonials sent on receipt of postage.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
Important.

When YOU visit or leave New York stop at the
Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central
depot $50 elegantly furnished rooms. Best res
taurant i'll the city prices moderate. Baggage
taken to and from said depot free. Cars and
stages pass the hotel for all parts of the city,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

AsTHMA.-It is useless to describe the
tortures of spasmodic asthma. Those who have
suffered from its distressing paroxysms know
what it is. JONAS WHITCoMB's REMEDY has
never failed to afford immediate relief
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

Medical success in which every poor,
suffering man, woman and child throughout
the land is deeply Interested Collins Voltaic
Plasters. They are without price, almost, since
they cost but % cents. and alwaYs cure
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF
Wild CHERRY.

From Hos. RUFUS X. GooDENow of Maine.
81 have triod wIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD
CHERRY for an exceedingly troublesome cough The
elect was all that could be desired The use of less than
one bottle relieved entirely Among great varieties
Of medicines which have used have found none equal
WisTARs Its curative properties in cases of cough
regard as invaluable"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

Rheumatism cured at once by Durang's
rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular to Hell
phenstine Bentley. Washington, d. G.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New
ton. Cutler Bros. g. Co. g. Boston. only genuine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
CANNOT BE EXCELLED,

CHARLEsrowS, March 10, 1859.
ii. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-This is 10 certify tina ]
have used your BLOOD Prepar' lion !,
in my family for several years, and
think that, for Scrofula Cankerous
Humors or Rheumati; affections. II
cannot be excellei; and as a blo0d
purifier or sprin, medicine, it is the
best thing | h1ve ever used, and have
used almost everything. l can cheer
fully recommend it to any one in need
of sucn a IN dicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DfNSMORE,
No. 10 Russell Street.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

A positive cure for rheumatism-Du-
rangs Rheumatic Remedy Send for circular
to Helphenstine d Bentley, Washington. D. C.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

Prepared by SETH w. FOWLE &, SONS,
so Harrison Avenue, Boston, and sold by
Dealers generally. SO cts. aud 81 n bottle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

PAINTERS AND GRAINERs, send for new
prices of metallic granting tools for "wiping
out" j. j. Callow, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
WlSTAR'S BALSAM OF
Wild CHERRY.

From Il. T. QUIMBY, A. NJ, Principal of the New
Ipswich IN. H) Appleton Academy.
"For tnan fifteen years have used DIR. WIS
rAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, for Coughs
Cc|'' snd Sore Throat, to which l. in common with the
rest mankind, subject; and gives pleasure to
say that consider it the very Js, remedy with which
am acquainted"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy never
fails to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
WARP.
Mazarine Blue Glass.

For curative purposes anc timulatng the growth oi
ANIMAL and vegetable life Examined and approved l.,
General Pleasonton, and his certificate accompanying
each purchase. GLASS CUT TO EXACT SIZE, with full
direction for nse and arrangement in the sash.
For sale, Wholesale and Retail, by
Also, at si2 BENJAMIN II. SHOEMAKER.
zach per mail, FRENCH PLATE GLASS DEPo-
General Pleasonton's POS 10 2I ( Il. Fourth ST.,
Book on BLUE and SIN LIGHT PtyIr .Dpr mi.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF
Wild CHERRY.
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF
WILD CHERRY.
From r. FELLOWS, N. D.. of Hill. Nh.

From R. FELLOWS, NJ d., of Hil N II.
"Ihave made of this preparation for several years.
and it has proved to be very reliable and ecacious
the treatment of severe and long-standng Coughs.
know of patient in comfortable health who has
taken this remedy and who but for it's use consider
would not now be living"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
Recommend Il Heartily.

SOUTH Boston, Feb. z, 1870.
Mr.. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-I have taken sever al bottles
of your VEGETINE, and am convinced
i is a valuable. remedy for Dyspepsia,
Kidney Complaint and general debility
of the system.
] can heartily recommend 1t to all
suffering from the above complaints.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. MUNROE PARKER,
So Athens Street
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
The Cooks story.

Yes, my dear, it was Eliza Murphy
was her name, and she was upstairs
girl, my dear. and came with a good
character as ever yOu read, my dear,
it was singular it was spelt so poorly
by lady as lived in the Fifth avenue
and had gone to Europe for her 'elth.
But that's something don't know any
thing about, my love, for even bad
spellin' always did come hard TO me on
account of dizziness in my ed as I'm
subject to; but the character was good
| know, and it said as how Eliza was a
good worker and handy and obliging.
and very pious, and, why, bless your
art, happroves of piousness in this
wicked world where there's such need
of it-a wicked. wicked world indeed,
as you can't buy pound of beef in
without being cheated; and measure
your calico, after You fetch il home.
why it will turn out 'alf quarter short
/ gives you my word, my dear.
Well, 'owever that may be, it was of
a Monday night as Eliza brought her
box, and there she sat opposite me, as
serious as you please, with blue
wOrsted stocking to knit, when she had
nothing else to do, and her hymn-book
and Bible on the dresser.
Well, she was as neat - a new pin.
was Eliza. and we all liked her; and
there was her character, as | said, but
she 'adn't been in the house week.
my love, before things began to 90 my
sterious like and now it was napkin
and now it was a 'ankerchief, and now
it was my hapron and missus's cuffs.
but you couldn't suspect Eliza. She
was Railways the first to find out the
loss. and it was, ''Ho, dear. whatever
shall do? this is gone;" or ''Ho, dear
what will become of me, new to the
'ouse and sich things 'appening.'
And she'd think it might be the soap
tat man was thief, or maybe the ice
man wasn't honest-and though the
things did go we never laid il on Eliza.
Missus said such a good, pious person.
and so steady, she couldn't suspect.
SO we turned away the man that came
to fix the heater, and woman that did
odd scrubbing, but change didn't 'elp
us-things kept goin.'
At last, | know it was Wednesday
evening, because that was the evening
as Eliza always begged to go to meetin'
when, all of sudden, things having
been going so fast that / was quite up
set in my wits, ] heard Eliza calling
out:
''Oh, cook, cook, what have you done
with the clock 20
And / being at the refrigerator at the
time, came flying in, and ss 4:
with the clock and whatever should
l do with it, Eliza?"
Says she: "Say you We hid it to fright
en- me, cook"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Water in the Walls of New Houses.

need not call TO your mind the first
steps in building operation, and how
soon connection is made with some
abundant source of water, and that a
great deal of water is required for max
ing the mortar, etc. Let us now try TO
come 10 an estimate of this quantity of
water.
Suppose that 100, 900 bricks were used
for building, each weighing ten
pounds. A good brick can suck up
more than ten per cent. of its weight in
water, but we will put down at five
per cent. what gets into it by the ma
nipulations of the bricklayer. We will
assume that the same amount of water
is contained in the mortar, quantity
certainly mnch undersiated, although
the mortar forms only about one-fifth
f the walls; we have thus 100000
pounds Of water, equal to 1O, 200 gallons
which must have left the walls of the
house before it becomes habitable.
The two principal ways in which wet
or damp walls are injurious are: /. By
impeding ventilation and diffusion of
gases, through their pores being closed
up or narrowed by water; 2. BY dis
turbing the deuteronomy of our bodies.
Damp walls act as bodies abstracting
heat in one direction; they absorb heat
By their evaporation, and act like rooms
which have not been warmed thor
oughly; they are better conductors of
heat than dry walls, just like wet gar
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Roasting Ears in England.

The acelimatiOn of Indian corn In
England seems to have attained success
after long period of experiment and
selection. For it is nearly or quite fifty
years since VIM. Cobbett took some of
the earliest sorts then know from this
country to England, and soon had
"Cobbett's corn" in every bOdy's mouth.
Not actually in their mouth either.
That has only lately come TO pass.
Green maize, as they call our roasting
table there and they have developed
sorts that ripen in the southern counties
and yield ''green maize" further north.
An English garden writer, in treating
upon the enthusiasm with which garden
hobbies are often pursued, says: Gas
TO the Indian corn, the more il was su9-
gested that it would never do, the more
the devoted amateur persevered in grow
ing it. and faith, with work, was, IS It
always is, in due time rewarded. Who
shall paint the anxiety with which each
swelling stem was watched, the delight
with which the appearance of the plume
of male flowers on the top of the plant
was greeted, the admiration that &C
crued as the tender siiken feminine fla
ments-heralds of the coming grain
were first seen hanging over the en-
wrapping leaves! But enthusiasm
reached its eliminating point when the
fully ripened cObs rewarded the cult
vatOr, and proved that maize may Be
successfully grown even in our unsunny
climate" Why does this writer call
the produce ''cobs'' when the word
Gear" is used in the Bible? They use
the word ''eob" over there In a very
reputable sense. Their best filberts and
hardest ponies are ''cObs." They can't
use the word ''corn" for maize because
with them it is a generic term for al
sorts of grain. Other enthusiasts there
are as usefully introducing tomato cul-
ture. This berry is grown against
walls, and is trained, stopped, and gen
orally treated as We treat a choice grape
vine to induce it to yield its finest pos
sible lunches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
st. Petersburg and Moscow.

Between st. Petersburg and Moscow
there exists an antagonism of long
standing. Ever since its foundation ST.
Petersburg has srriven to be European
city, and to adopt all the products of
West European civilization. Moscow,
on the contrary, strives to be distine-
lively Russian, and affects to look down
on her younger rival a. half-easte
pGrueHH.
Abandoned by the Imperial family
and the heads of administration. she
glOries in her ancient monuments and
her ancient spirit, and boasts that she
still holds the first place in the venera-
ton and love of the Russian people.
All MOscovites are more or less imbued
with this Platonic hostility to the capt.
tai on the Neya, and love to reproach
its inhabitants-theM Ministers and other
official dignitaries not exeepted-with
gross ignorance of Russia and the true
Russian character; but when they come
to discuss the present andsfuture Of
their country, they are by no mean;
unanimous.-LOadOn Examiner
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Revcries of Josh Billings.

For ages past the philosophers hav
been crying aloud on the street korners
and hous-tOps, but the phools hay
alwuss run the world and alwuss will.
. The only spiritualism thst haz suck-
ceeded yet, il the kind IL /. haz the
most fraud in it.
Dandys are queer study: after VI
hav lOOkt one over, yu hav got the size
ov the Who'll lot.
After a man gifts to be IS years old he
kant form emmy nu habits mutch; the
best he kan do IL to steer hiz old ones.
1t il time enuf for a man to laff at his
own wit after others git thru.
There is a CRATE deal ov spekulashun
that spends its time trieing to untwist
the untwistable: this is like setting
down i'm wash tub, and trieing to lift
up the unliftable.
Heaven governs all mankind with l0
short and simple laws, and yet mankind
kant even run base ball klub, without
at least 20 edikts, and perlice offiser to
cUlOTct Iutu.
1t IL eazy enuff to play munkey. but
to play il good IL the most diffikult oy
all professions.
If you expekt to hav yure opinyuns
respekted mutch among men, you must
keep them backed up with. at least a
quarter of a millyun.
Children who are very remarkable for
what they kno at ten years old, are
generally more remarkable for what
they don't kno at twenty-five.
After man haz past the age ov
seventy, about all he kan find to talk
about, or brag on. IL that he haz got
more rumatiz to the square inch than
emmy man in the naiborhood.
The CRATE mistake that menny make,
they seem to think they waz made be-
fore the world waz, instead ov since.
The dog that will follow everybody
aint worth cuss.
Thoze people who are trieing to git to
heaven on their kreed will find out al
last that they didn't hav a thru ticket.
Natur seldom makes phool; she
simply furnishes the raw materials, and
lets the fellow finish the job to suit
himself. ssl --n-i y5~
rs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
FORGET ME NOT.

When Flora first her kingdom knew,
Went forth to call each flower that grew.
One tiny thing of snowy hue
Stood, with its crown Of glist'ning dew.
Forgotten there.
To Heaven it raised its fearful eye,
Sent out humble, timid sigh,
That wresthing with its fragrance there.
Wound upvardly a silent prayer.
Forget me not
And Heaven, blue, Dnclouded mild.
Breathed smilingly upon the child
Benedicite-from above
or Heavenly grace and constant love,
For e'er and e'er.
The foweret bowed its tiny head,
Content to rest within its bed;
The dew drop caught Heavens sparkling hue
Then faded. and the flower was blue,
Forget me not
Thus blest and christened by the hand
OF Heaven, it blooms all through the land /;
Its gentle air. wee, modest face,
Beseech for only humble grace,
Forget me not