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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
The Engraver's Trap.

A few days ago an engraver in Bristol,
England, happening to look through his
shop window, observed an elderly gem
tleman, whom he recognized as an ex-
else officer, attentively scanning the out
side of his premises. After satisfying
his curiosity by an outside inspection,
he entered the shop, notebook and pen,
Gil in hand, and opened conversation
with the proprietor. Mr.. j., 1 be-
lieve?" eyes, am Mr.. j." "You
keep trap, 1 understand" "Yes.
Have you license for that trap q
"No." Down goes an entry of this can
did admission in the notebook. "Did
you have license last year ?" "No. /"
Another entry in the book. "Why did
you not take out license % 81 did
not think it was necessary" "How
many does your trap hold p Five. I"
Another memorandum. Glow many
wheels has it 2" "None !" "None
why, what sort of trap is it?" ga
mousetrap." Tableau.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
For CATARRH

INSTANTLY relieves and permanently cures this
i loahsomc disease in all Its varying stages. tpos.
scsses the soothing and healing properties Of plants,
herbs md barks In their form free from every
Gbrous contamination, and In this respect differs from
every other known remedy. In ono ehort year It has
found It's way from tho Atlantic to the Paclnc coast
and wherever known has become tho standard remedy
for the treatment OF Caarrh. The proprietors have
been waited upon by gentlemen Of national reputation
who have been cured by this remedy, and who have
at considerable expense and personal trouble. spread
the good news throughout the circles In which they
move. When you hear wealthy gentleman OF intel
lgcncc and refinement say my life to sanfords
Radical Cure" you may feel assured that 1t Is an ar
Gle of great value. and worthy to be clnssed among
the standard medical specifics OF the day.
"'rhc bencht derive from It's daily Is to IN.
HENRY WELLS. OF WELLS, FARGO & Co.
a." has cured after twelve years OF uninterrupted
GEO. W. HoUGHToN. wALrnAx.
Each package contains Or. sanford's Improved In.
haling Tube with full directions for in all cases.
Price slO0 per package. For sale by all Wholesale
and retail drisgists throughout the United States.
WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale
hsNa.r. .WtHla
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

HATCH's UNIVERSAL CoUGH SYRUP has
been in use fifteen years, and has always been
warranted to cure, and is now sold by over
5000 druggists, who say they seldom have a
bottle returned. Many of the best physi-
clans in the country prescribe it az tho best
remedy for coughs, colds and GROUP within
their knowledge. Pleasant to take, sure to
cure, and should be sold by all druggists. 1t
should be in every family especially those
with croupy children. Try it and you will
always keep it. Two sizes-50 cents and
$1.O0. Put up by d. W. Hatch & Co., James
town, ny
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
An Extended Popularity.

Each year finds Browns Bronchial Troches'
in new localities in various parts of the world.
For relieving coughs, colds and throat diseases,
the troches hsye been proved reliable. Obtain
only Browns Bronchial Troches," and do not
take any of the worthless limitations that may
be offered. Sold everywhere.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

Many people, particularly children,
suffer with the earache /; and for the benefit of
such we give sure but simple remedy. Put in
two or three drops of JobnSon's inodype Lini-
pent, stop the ear with undressed wool, bathe
the feet in warm water before going to bed.
and keep the head warm at night.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
Durano's Rheumatic Rene,

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy will
most positively cure any case of rheumatism,
gout, neuralgia or lumbago Oh the face of the
earth, no matter of how long standing. 1t lis
taken internally, the only way the disease can
be reached, and cures quickly and permanently.
Price, one dollar bottle. For sale by whole
sale and retail druggists everywhere.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
HA,rMoSpspoRr. N. Y. Feb. o5. 1851
HAMMUNUbPOHl, n
& w EawrF R0aroS
Patentees and inventors should read adj
vertisement of Edison Bros, in another column.

suspend pieces Of stick sulphur around The
neck OF children as protection against con-
tagion in epidcmics. A thorough washing
with GLENS's SULPHUR Soar has been found a
much better preventive. Sold everywhere.
Depot, Clittenton,s, No, Sixth avenue, N. Y.
Hills Hair d Whsker bye, black or brown, so ct. s
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
Sill Ahead.

The only tirst-chss hstel in New York where
the Traveller can stop for $3.50 and $500 day
is the Grand Central, Broadway. Its location is
convenient to !he principal stores and places of
amusement its table and attendance such that
every one stopping there feels as though they
had got the worth Of their money.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

There can be no mistake about it,
"Matchless plug tobacco takes the lead.
Old fine cut chewers say it gives better satis-
faction and is cheaper than fine cut. You
cannot be imposed upon, as each plug has
the words "NIatchess p. T.. Co." on wooden
tag. Try it once and you will always chew it.
Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco Com
pany New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

There is gentleman who is unusually
scrupulous in regard to having his door
plate polished every morning, being de-
termined to leave an untarnished name
behind him-when he goes to his Office
down town.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01
HAMMoSDspoRT. N. Y. Feb. %, 1861.


Dear Sii'-Some three years since l was, after
long solicitation, induced BY your agent, Mr..
Davis to try bottle of your WIsTAR's BALsAM
OF WILD CHRERY which required no little per-
suasion on his part as had already tried al
most every patent medicine on the whole list,
within the last ten years. but all to no avail.
have for the past twenty years been troubled
with q consumptivc cough, and had become SO
much reduced as to be unable to sit up and had
fully given up ever finding anything to help me,
as my case was conceded by all to be settled
case of consumption, and therefore deemed to-
tally incurable. In that situation | commenced
the use of the WILD CHERRY, from which / soon
began to find some relief, and presevered in
its use until / had taken some three or four
bottles, when my health was almost fully re-
stored and for the past two years ! have en-
loved better health than l have before in
twenty years, and feel that am alone indebted
to the Balsam for my recovery and think
hazard nothing i'll saving that L owe my present
existence to it, and that it is the best medicine
l have ever known for consumptive coughs and
colds. Having known of its like beneficial
effects in other cases than my own, would
most cheertully recommend its Use to all thus
afflicted.
Very respectfully yours, Mrs. Moses ABBOT.
| hereby certify that have read the fore
going letter of Mrs. Abbot, and having lived
adjoining the farm of Mrs. Abbot over twenty
years, know the above statement contained
therein to be true. i would also state that
have used DR.. WIsrAR's BALsAM OF WILD
CHERRY myself and in my family, and believe IL
to be the best remedy for coughs and colds
have ever known. Respectfully,
GEO. s.. BRUSDAaE.
HAMMoSDsPoRT, n. Y, Feb. 25, 1861.
Mr.. s. w. FowI.E, BosToS
Dear Sir above / send you certificate Of
Mrs Moses Abbot, who, may say, was rescued
from the grave by the use of WILD CHERRY
BAIsAM, which certificate you are at liberty to
use as You may desire. Yours truly,
S. w. DAVIS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

w Al n led t Dealers our unoreatabe f' s or Earsks
w BesV Glass Lamp Chmneys, Monitor Safety
Burners Automatic ENtinyui,herS E1mp Goods. etc.
81 900 ycnr, hotel aud travelling expenses paid y
R,nd men. So prddliug. M risk. Best seang good
in the American market.
IL. II. RVBB 4 co. CINCINNATI. ONO
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New
England cure for coughs, colds and consump-
tidh. Cutler Bros. x Co. s. Boston, only genuine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

BOYS AND MIDDLE-AGED MEN TRAINED
for suece,sful start in business life at EASTMAN
tuition this country devoted to this speciality and that
gives nm Actual Business Practice. Currency and mer
tions based quotations Of New York markets, Low
aceved any week day. Refer to Patrons and Graduates
nearly every city and town; Address for particulars
and Catalogue of 1000 Graduates in Business,
II. q. EASTMAN. Ii. D., POu0HKEEPsIE n Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

Young America Press Co., sN
50 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, EsA r
cheapest and best hand and TSSsTi 81
self-inking printing presses. = sSzEY
w,fn
We . Two DOLLARS.
Tor
poLLARs. A hPLESplD Holiday PRESENT. S>>~AA~
Circulars free. Specimen pss Of po Cuts so ten eents
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-01

1t is very comfortable in cold weather
to sit by warm fire. Many who have
the care of stock dislike to leave warm
quarters, and cling to the fireplace, let.
ting half hour after half hour pass by,
while the hungry stock are shivering
and hungering for food and water. In
thus waiting for food and water, an ami
NAL loses flesh rapidly. Brutes are the
best time keepers in the world They
know the very minute their food should
be supplied, and are disappointed if it
does not come. The good stock breeder,
therefore, should see that regularity and
promptness prevail in the care and man
ayement of stock. Their various wants
should have attention at the very min
ute daily. Ii hired men will not be
prompt in taking care of stock, if they
don't sympathize with brutes in winter,
they ought to be discharged and more
humane men employed in their places.
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A. 7. STEWART 4 CO.,
BROADWAY, 4rH Ay, 9TH AND 10TH SITS.
A LII ARE REQUESTED TO EXAMINE THE RICH
hf~ncy Mattngs: finest lot imported a. ksd Cheek,
21isc IL and 10 West Houston st.
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AsIUsE,IE y'rs.

AMUsEMEsTs.
nALY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
L.. THE COOLEST THEATRE ~ HE WORLD -
Have Balloon EVERY NIGHT at = third week..
With mef MCE'S ENANGELINE COMB.
NATION IN the great summer
ELIZA cess. "EVASGELISEW
WEATHERsBl. "Lnquestlonably a hit. t."-Herald
LIZZIE HAROLD "JolIest Of PLAYS Tribune
GEORGE KNIGHT = drsnati misf julep ''-iclsEraA
HAIRY JbsEPHS 1t kee's tine audience In contn-
NAT. GOODWIN. uous fit Of ghter sun
kC.. kC. TiIE LONE FIsHERNAN"
aud Jj STAR ARTISTS
sit still Ny Heart Now Local Hits and New Music
Sit still" Every Evening.
"EvANGELTNE" MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2.
CRAND OPERA HOUSE.
JPUoLE DONNELLY .......... Lesses snd Managers
MATINEE COOLEST HOUSE IN THE METROPOLIS.
MATINEE There Is nothing to equal It.
MATINEE RESERVED SEATS (orchestra circlel, SOC.
MATINEE The UNION SQUARE THEATRE sensation.
MATINEE SMIKE.
MATINEE FULL UNION SQUARE CAST
MATINEE All the original grand effects
MATINEE DEPARTURE OF THE YORK NAIL
TO-DAY real English Stage Coach, four splendl
TO-DAY Engish Horses. Driver. Gnard. &c. A GREA1
TO. DAY CA~r-Messrs Stoddard. Bonifacc. Lcmoyne,
AT stevenson. Parseiie. Thorn pson, Lciiugwell,
2O, LOCK Mrs wekins. Misses Bjou Heron syivesssr.
O'CLOCK Norwood &c.
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THE TURF.

GaAND TR0fTIN1 Day AT cLIFT0N PxRR. \.
III, Wednesday. June 20-purse $500, 2G class RI IL.
Gii6ers <, Henry; Gilbert ". Loysll's b. e Barney
Kelly Peter Manees b. Moscow. w. Bishops b. M Car
Ic Same day-Purse $3.50. 40 class. for which i've
first class trotters Trains enve Chambers st
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A GEO W. KELLER. AUCIIUNEER.
IN. salesroou, a3 and S1 Liberty IT..
AkIIsTIC sILvERrLATED WAKE AsD CUTLERY
To-day. and to-morrow, at IL o'clock each day,
signment Of more thHn $1,000 worth OF the best triple all
aed Waro ana cutlery portion Of o VI the
leading manufacturers Of she country.
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INSTRUCTION..
A FkENCH GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE 70 GIVE
iless0ns In French In private family Ia exchange for
Board In the country Address D. w. 6ls Broadway ~
I rsrONs GIVEN TO CHILDREN AND LADIES IN
I.eving kntting. fancy and Honiton lace. Wash
iYgt0n square, a.
DRfvATE INSTRUCTION GIVEN AT PUPILS RESI-
i dence In enmaushp. bookkeeping any OF the Eng
sh branches by experienced
Address ~, box lU0 Herald Iptown onav-
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HANDSOME AND USEFUL.
or FOUR STORY HOUSE lJD EAST 18TH ST.,
BEIWEEN I'D Av AND iRyIN0 PLACE.
Paror suits in satin, cotans aud Turkish sets
In tapestry rosewood ~ octave Pianofortc Etaceres
CABINET bookcases. Desks on Paintings Bronzss Cur
tain Clocks velvet. Brussels aud agran carpets Inlsd
Chsmber sets Bcdsteads, Dressing Cases, Washstand.
Sprinx BEDS hair Mattresses Bedding. wardrobes sun
xension Table. Dining Chairs silver Plated Ware Cut
ery other good. and wellpeservsd Household Goods
ALBERT KKAhMEk. Auctioneer N B.-tioods packed,
shipped and removed: city country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

deaed at the sight of great city. l know
not how one can stand upon the dome of
st. Paul's, and not feel knocking at brain
and heart all the riddles of human life
and destiny.
Such notes there are below there
Peers chariot and costermonger's cart,
how much alike! Palace and hovel
dwarfed, from this airy distance, to the
same proportions! Millionaire and beg.
gar boy, they creep on yonder, much alike !!
Ihe roar of the great city family rises.
You are in its very center. Every street
radlating from st. Puul'S is crushed and
thronged. Il is not the ronr of London
only 1t is the murmur of the world. No
sound OF the war or peace, no change in
Slate or Kingdom, but minglcs its echoes
with the sounds of London. No misfor-
tune or fraud, or failure at the worlds end,
but repeats itself in the streets below you.
No disaster by flood or fire but sobs its
sad story ut your feet. No ship goes down
In the farthest seas, but the moaning wind
and the plunging waters tell of it here at
last. No blight falls on the vintages and
harvests OF men in Europe, Asia, or Amer
ica, that the cry of distress vibrates not
along the granite masses of London's
hearts !-Church Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

FRIGHTENED. Mrs. Helen Hunt, in
"A Colorado Road" one of her sketches
in the Atlantic Monthly, tells how she was
amused by the actions of Il dog that had
never seen woman.
A half mile farther on we came upon
the camp of the men who were build
ing the road. Camp is IN elastic word.
In this case it meant merely II small pine
grove, two big fires, and some piles Of
blankets. Here the road ceased. AS we
halted, three dogs came bounding towards
us, barking most furiously. One of them
stopped suddenly, put her tail between
her legs, and with II pitiful yelp of terror
turned and fled.
| walked slowly after her; she would
look back over her shoulder, turn, make
one or two lunges at me, barking shrilly,
then with the same yelp of terror run
swiftly away; at last she grew brave
enough to keep her face towards me, but
continually backed away, alternating hel
bark of defiance with her yelp of terror in
way which was irresistbly ludicrous
We were utterly perplexed by her behav-
ior until her master, as soon as he coulC
speak for laughing, explained it.
" Yer see, that ere dogs never seen 1
woman afore! She was reared in til,
woods, an hain't never took her no
where's, an thet's jest the fact ont; she
dunno what to make of woman"
1t grew droller and droller. The othe
dogs were our good friends at once
leaped about us, snutfed u.s. and licked ou1
hands as we spoke to them. Poor Bow
ser hung back and barked furiously witt
warning and menance whenever pette(
one of the other dogs, but if l took /
step nearer her, she howled and fled il
the most abject way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

TIE FGEND TWINS DIARY.-January,-
Am born. Didn't want to be. Object
Immediately as loud as | can, Younger
brother born seven minutes later. Looks
like II fool, but may improve rs he meIIows
with age.
February.-Catch cold. Give it to
younger brother. He's sicklier than
am. Very nearly settles him.
March, Catch Il rash. Pass it on to
the other cove. Pretty well winds up his
clock.
April.-They've christened us. Tn
Augustus and he's AeXanAer. ID MT h(
look an ass OF II Alexander. I'll kick hin
when he sleeps.
May.-Got the nettle rash. lIooray
Sos he. Only worse.
June.-.They don't think they'll be able
to rear him. He's to have cod-liycr oil
Can't help laughing.
July.-lle's been squalling awful. NursC
says it's his nasty temper. know it's ;
pin, but I'm not going to say so.
August.-We've got Il new nurse who
talks to tall soldier, and leaves perambu
Iator basking in the sun. Alexander's 20
blister on his nose. They don't know
what it is, and they're going to give him
a powder,
September.-Tve given him the scar
latina. He seems resigned, I've naile,
his feeding bottle.
October-I've got new game now
poking Noah's wife into his ear when tn
nurse amt looking.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

LoNDoN.-All roads lead to London. us
once all roads led 10 Rome. Here all the
worlds balances are struck at last, anC
here the vibrations of human life and pro-
gress from five continents quiver ant
tremble.
stood upon the dome of Wren, mar
bic mountain reared into the sky, solid as
The hills, and yet vibrating TO every pass
ing cart and omnibus upon the thronged
streets below. The day was glorious with
sunshine. For you must not believe the
nonsense that puts London under the per.
pelual fog. The sky woul have done no dis
honor 10 Colorado. And as for as the eye
could reach swept away to the misty hori
zon The roofs and domes and towers of
the great City of the World.
They may talk of Paris as they will
They may praise, as l have praised, tn,
glorious capital of the North Edinburgh
on her throne of crags. They may tel
you of Venice and her wave-washed pal
aces, of Naples and her sapphire bay, o
the great discrowned Lady of King
doms herself, in all her ancient splen
dor, OF in her pathetic decay. But here
from the Dome of the Golden Gross,
where Nelson's bones and Wellington
rest beneath your feet, sweeps around ant
away the worlds one city of our day.
The roar of London rises faint to YOU
cais, Il multitudino S, indistiuguishabl
mass Of mingled sound You are alone
You are above it all. 1t comes to you II
the sounds of the great world ascend t.
heaven. Every human passion is in II
and every human pain. God only can dis
tinguish between the laughter and tn
tears, tho curses and the prayers, tn
groans of the vanquished, the shouts c
the viotors.
know not how one can help being ID
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

DINING COMFORTABLY Most people
are aware, even without any scientific
knowledge, that the mind has Il most d.
rect influence on the stomach, that the
stomach reacts upon the mind, and that the
Two linked mystcriously together, act and
react upon each other with unfailinp Ger
tainly. Digestion thus obviously to n
great extent will depend on the state Of
mind in which we sit down to Il meal. II
is not sufficient always merely to set the
bread-winncr down to Il GOOD dinner +
he has been hard ut work, battling during
the day with the perplexities and Difficult
tier inSeparablc from daily life, in what
ever calling, his meal, if it is to do him al
the good it should, must be Il Cheerful
one; and it is as much part of II lovin!
wltes duty to meet him with smiles ant
pleasant words as it is to give him hi
soup hot and his meat cooked to Il turn.
Nay, although disappointment in tn
quality of the viands-a tough steak,
tepid roll may check much more than
thought the process of digestion, eveI
when spirits are good and appetite keen
it will not be so prejudicial to the health
full assimilation of food as will be dolorou
tales of domestic cares or the announce
ment of bad news, Whatever trials an
sorrows have to be faced, dinner time an
the time Immediately succeeding it is nc
the time to grapple with them, or dive
upon the means by which they are to
surmounted.
Again, highly animated discussions. laps
ing often into yirulent arguments, ar
distinctly prcjudicial at meal time; fo
temper, if rnflied, will retard digestion a
fatally as dampenod spirits will. In
word, there is no by-way to health NOR
directly useful and generally worth stick
ing to than that by which We can hav
our meals in peace and comfort, if not i
absolute gayety.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

READ AND REFLECr.-The young me.
chanic of the present day should be an
earnest reader. Whether learning trade,
operating 4 machine, or drafting designs
for the builder, he should be a lover of
useful books. They will make him a
broader and happier man, giving him con-
tinually fresh themes for thought and
pleasing topics for meditation. Books are
to the mini what food is to the body.
They fill and strengthen it. They add
vim, force and vitality to its every func-
ton. They furnish that life-blood which
is the handspring of all action, and bene-
fit their admirer in manifold ways. Dc
not, then, neglect so rich boon. But
read much and read carefully.
We cannot all be rich, or great, or pow.
crful; but we can all build for ourselves
inviting palaces of wisdom, where the
noblest and best of every age may come
through the silent but immortal agency o.
books, to store our minds with the rares
samples of our genius. These choice leg
acies, too, will stand by us, and remain tC
us when trades, fortunes and friends fail