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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
Professional Criminals in England.

The Register of Habitual Criminals
in England and Wales for the years 1869
to 1876" has just been printed in the
printing works of her majesty's prison,
Brixton. The ponderous volume is
bound in black, and contains the names
of IL, 164 criminals, with all their
aliases.
A summary of the proportions of ha-
bitual criminals born in particular locali-
ties gives rather surprising results.
Stafford stands ut the head of the list,
raised to that bad eminence by thirty
criminals out of population of 1896,
which gives the rate of 1881 professional
criminals to every 1000 inhabitants.
Worcester comes next with sixty-seven
criminals out of a population of 3S, 116,
rate of 1.745 to the 200. Where the
numbers are so small the difference
might seem the result of chance, but the
returns extend over seven years. Taun-
ton comes next with twenty-seven crimi-
nails, among Is, 466 inhabitants. pro-
portion of l. 745 to the 1 200, and Ian
caster has proportion of 1.6S1 to the
1000, or twenty-nine out Of 17,245.
Manchester, Hereford, Wigan, Preston
Shrewsbury, Liverpool, Stockport, War
illSl lOu NlOuCtStcl, OHclttllUulll, DluCk-
burn, Birmingham, Bristol, Chester and
Hanlev follow close.
The metropolis, which heads the list
for number of habitual criminals, pro-
ducing .503-nearly three times as
many as Manchester, the next town on
the list-has the low proportion of .461
i'll 1000 when its habitual criminals are
compared with its total population
London thus comes out not only better
than the towns already mentioned, but
better than such places as Yarmouth,
Ipswich, Brighton, Oxford and Cam
bridge. The places which produced
more than 100 habitual criminals were
London, Manchester (630), Liverpool
(55D, Birmingham (343), Leeds (21O),
Bristol $50, Sheffield Q72), Preston
112); 4,447 of the criminals came from
towns or villages which contribute fewer
than twenty to the returns.
The habitual criminals whom ireland
contributed to the prisons in England
and Wales were 1,0S2 i'll number Those
who had been born in Scotland were
15S OF the total number of prisoners,
S,6l2 were males, 1862 females In
spite of the merciful presumption of the
law as to women acting under the direc-
tion of their husbands, the percentage OF
married female prisoners was So IL. On
the other hand, the single men were
twice as numerous as the married men
(67.2 per centum of the whole to 32, s
per centum). ).-London Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
Communication Between Ants.

Nothing is more certain than that ants
set great stor. by the larvae of ants
(whether of their own tribe or not), and
that they will carry carefully to their
nests any they can find. Sir John Lub-
book, therefore, put two glasses, the one
filled with larvae Qrom three hundred to
six hundred), and another containing
only two or three (of which, however,
any one taken away was Immediately re-
placed by another), in positions accessi-
BILE to an ants nest, and then put one of
the tribe Lasius niger to each glass,
noting on her return to the nest how
many companions each brought with it;
but all these companions on their arrival
at either glass of larvae were imprisoned
till tlee end of the experiment, so that
they might not, by their return to the
nest carrying larvae, betray in which glass
the larger number was.
The result was that in every case here
recorded-Sir John quotes the total re-
suit of all the experiments occupying
fifty hours, and the individual result of
live of the experiments occupying eight
hours, but not, of course, the individual
result of every experiment-the ant
visiting the glass with few larvae brought
either no companions or very few-the
largest number of companions ever
brought by her was three in one hour,
in which she herself made ten Journeys;
while the one visiting the glass with
many larvae never brought less than
seven compa' ions in an hours time, and
once brought sixteen companions within
that time-the remarkable fact being
that in the hour which she brought most
companions she made the fewest journeys
herself, while in the hour in which she
brought fewest companions with her she
worked singularly hard herself.
But the most final of these experiments
was the one in which Sir John reversed
the glasses, leaving the ant which had
been hitherto engaged on the small heap
with hundreds to work at. And the re-
suit was most remarkable. The ant
which had previously brought compara-
lively few companions, now brought
twenty in the two hours during which
the experiment lasted-or at the rate of
ten in the hour-while the other one,
which had hitherto brought many COM
panions with it, though it worked hard
itself, brought only one companion
throughout the two hours.
1t is clearly impossible not to infer
that each ant while working at the larger
heap communicated to its companions in
the nest either its greater need of assist
ance or the greater booty to be had,
while the other ant either communicated
its Indifference to assistance or the small
ness of the booty to be had.-London
| Spectator
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
The Funeral Baked Meats,

The Allentown Chronicle says Prob
ably there is no other county i'll this
State, or the United States for that mat
ter, where feasting at funerals prevails
to SO great an extent as in Lehigh county.
The custom prevails also in the counties
of Berks and Southampton. When a
r.ch farmer or farmers wife dies, the
breath is scarcely out of the body before
preparations for the usual funeral feast
begin on q grand scale. Oxen are killed
and the fatted calf is brought to the
block. Fowls are slaughtered by the
hundred. The ovens and the cooking
stoves are kept busy for days, cooking,
roasting and baking. Immense supplies
of bread, pies and pastry are provided.
The neighbors generally do this work
unbidden. On the day of the funeral
the feasting commences early in the
morning and is kept up to a late hour in
the day. Half dozen tables are kept
going, and nearly all the rooms of the
house are occupied by the feasters.
Everybody who attends is supposed to
eat two or three times a day-near neigh
bors as well as those from distance.
AS many as from three hundred to six
hundred persons are feasted at one of
the grand country funerals. The horses
of attendants are also put up and fed.
Close as our farmers proverbially are it
is considered "mean " to stint on solemn
occasions like these. In fact the i'm
mediate family arc not considered at ali
in the matter. They are the "mourn-
ers, " and are at the mercy of the volunteer
attendants, who toke possession of the
house and arrange everything to suit
emselves-consulting the family, OF
course, but taking it for granted that
their most extravagant suggestions will
be approved.
Now, all this shows a great stretch OF
hospitality and iberality, but it is high
time the custom was abandoned. While
a rich family may be able to afford it one
not so rich must find it II very serious
and expensive business The custom,
we believe, prevails nowhere except in
the German districts of Pennsylvania.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
The ANONYMOUS Coward.

Did it ever occur to anonymous writers
who send scurrilous and abusive letters
to newspapers with whose opinions they
chance to differ, that they are placing
themselves in an attitude so mean as to
deserve contempt? When men have
the courage to express their sentiments
either verbally or over their own sigma
lures their views must command respect
full consideration if temperately uttered.
But when they resort to the shelter of
irresponsible vilification and the protec-
ton of the untraceable letter, they
should not forget that he is not usually
considered above the grade of brute
who seeks to drive his knife or strike
his blow under cover of darkness. The
knife may sometimes wound, the blow
occasionally smart; but unless it be from
the hand of utter degradation the pain
cannot be so. great as that of him who
has played the part of the bravado.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
CrOSs.EXaminatiOn.

The direct examination of gas filters
wifi :, the plaintiff in divorce suit tried
IN San Francisco, elicted the fact that
during five years her husband had given
her only two gowns, one hat, one pair
of shoes, and two or three pairs Of gloves; /;
hence her tears. The cross-eXamination
then opened and lasted several hours.
Judge Morrison finally lost patience.
He declared that he did not see that a
single point in favor of the defense had
been brought out by the counsel. An
experience of seven years on the bench,
he remarked, had convinced him that i'll
nine cases out of ten protracted cross
examination did more harm than good to
the side that conducted it, besides vast
ing the time of the court. The Judge
might have added that through cross
examination low-toned lawyers acquired
proficiency in legal blackguardism, es-
pecially when there is lady in the
witness chair.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

The inventors of BURNETr's CoooAINE
knowing that when the loss of hair occurs it
is generally from that part of the head where
the greatest heat is necessarily generated, and
that animal fats by their nature induce heat
rather than alleviate it-turned their atten-
ton and pharmaceutical science toward vege-
table oils, as the basis of medicament to pro-
mote the growth and preserve the beauty of the
hair. The Olettm cocoS, OF CoCoANUT On, pre-
sented itself most strongly, as possessing many
properties peculiarly adapted for the purpose !;
but its odor was Objectionable, and its density
Except when exposed to heaD seemed for a
long time to defy all efforts to render it avail
able for popular use, in cooler climates. BY a
scientific selection of other ingredients, those
which will chemically combine with the oil
have been discovered. and they together have
produced compound, which is unequaliiedly
pronounced to be the best that has yet appeared.
In the form presented, this oil is permanent
~ dcodorized, and held in combination which
peculiarly adapts it for the toilet /: BURNETTs
COCAINE is unrivaled in delicacy and agreea-
bleness cooling in its nature-and possesses
such penetrating affinity for the secretions of
the skin, that il is rapidly absorbed.
Its gAxptest efficacy is best secured by per-
feet cleansing, before its application, of the hair
and scalp. under which circumstances this oil
altdyS irritation, rcinOreS all tendency to daHd-
rIf, and inrigOrdtes the action Of the cGpi!-
laries i'll the highest degree. Its effect upon
the glossincss and richness of the hair is sncl
as cannot be surpassed and il is offered to the
public in the firm belief that it only requires to
be known to supersede all other preparations
We are confident that no one who will make 9
trial of its efficacy will be willing to return tc
the use of any other preparation.
JOSEPH BURNETT & Co., Boston, mRnufac.
turers and proprietors.
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The American Newspaper Press.

In the sort of moral interregnum con-
sequent on the failure of the ballot to
give an undisputed head to the nation,
an unusual responsibility has been. cast
upon the press. 1t seems to be general
ly allowed that this responsibility has
been well borne, and that even the party
journals have on the whole, and consid-
ering what party spirit is, shown them
selves moderate reasonable and loyal to
the public good. Having drawn upon
myself the wrath, always outspoken, of
the American press, by combating the
exaggerations, as they may be now said
to have been iudicially pronounced, of
Mr.. Summers famous speech on the Ala
bama question, shall perhaps be the
less open to suspicion of partiality in
saying that unless 1 am much mistaken,
the level, both intellectual and moral, of
American Journalism has been visibly
rising during the last ten years. 1t has
fully shared that general upward ten
dency, the reality of which. notwith-
standing all the utterances of despon-
dency, 1, for one, cannot doubt. Among
the sources of its improvement 1 am in
clined to reckon the increased ascen-
dency of native over foreign writing and
management for though the fact may
be unwelcome to Europeans, the i'm
ported elements of transatlantic journal
ist have, as n rule, by no means been
the best. All this may be said without
denying that there is ground for the
complaints which are still heard !; and
room for the exertions of those who are
endeavoring to give young men the
means of training themselves more high
ly for calling which is of almost fear
full Importance in any free country, and,
above all, in country so greatly swayed
by opinion as the United States. Mae
millan'S Magazine
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
A Sense of WEAKNESS

is often felt by persons who cannot locate any
particular disease. If they work, it becomes
labor if they walk they soon tire; mental
efforts become burden, and even joys are
dimlned by the shadow of this weakness which
is cast over their lives. Recourse is had some
times to stimulants of dangerous character.
The advice of physicians to refrain from active
labor produces no happy results. Why? The
system is debilitated and needs to be built up
properly. PERUVIAN SYRUP will do this very
thing. Like the electric current, it permeates
the entire system, and harmonizing with the
corporeal functions, it raises up the enfeebled
and brings the color to the cheek again, and
hope to the Respondent. 1t does its work
promptly and well. Sold by all druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

Mr.. Marx, violoncellist of the French
opera in Paris, lately applied leech to
an inflamed eye. The creature slipped
from his fingers, entered his nostril, and
found its way to the interior of his
throat, where it fastened upon the mu-
cous membrane, notwithstanding all en-
deavors made by Mr.. Marx to discharge
it. Finally, gorged with blood, it drop
ped into the esophagus, from whence it
Vas discharged only by powerful emetics,
which occupied two days.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
Distribution of Silver Coin.

A new regulation has just been made
by the United States treasury depart
ment to facilitate the distribution of sill
Yer coin. Any broker depositing 81, 900
or more in national currency at the near
est government depository will receive
at his place of business the same sum in
silver coinage upon receipt of the notice
of deposit here. Hitherto the treasury
has required customers to get silver at
national repositories. The distribution
# silver coin continues without check at
the rate of a quarter of million week,
or about twelve millions year,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

= DR.. A. johnson, one of the most sue
cessful practitioners of his time, invented what
is now called JOhnSOn's Anodyne Lininent. The
great success of this article III the cure of bron-
chitis aud all diseases of throat and lungs, will
make the name of johnson not less favorably,
if less widely known, than that of Louis Ma
poleon
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
Lunatics.

An old man named Springman came
to Washington to be inaugurated as
President. He claimed to have documents
from the Louisiana returning board
showing that lie should be counted in.
He was sent to the lunatic asylum
This makes, says Washington letter, the
sixth insane person who has come here
to be inauguratedt
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
A Cough. Cold or Sore Throat

Requires immediate attention, and should be
checked. If allowed to continue, irritation of
the lungs, permanent throat affection, or
an incurable lung disease, is often the result
"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs," having di-
rect influence on the parts, give immediate re-
lief. For bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, consump
tive and throat diseases, TRooHEs are used
aLloaus ,oih good success.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

The public are hereby assured, through
the columns of this paper, that Parsons Par
gaiiue Pills contain no injurious principle. but
that they may be administered to children and
the most weak and shattered constitutions in
small doses, with great certainty Of success.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
Durang's Rheumatic Remedy never
fails to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.

Some of those philanthropists who are
and improving the health of the poor, would find
money expended in the purchase of GLENN's
SULPHUR Soar serviceable in bettering the physi-
cal condition of the latter. Depot, Crittenton's
Z Sixth avenue, New York,
Hills Hair &whisker Dye, black or browns c.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

For ten cents we will send scientific
book of one hundred and sixty choice selections
from the poetical works of Byron, Moore aid
Burns; also, fifty selected popular songs an
other writings. The poetry of these authors is
true to nature and the finest ever written. Des-
mond & Co., 9l5 Race ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
At Which HOtpIl

Experienced travellers usually know, before
leaving home, at what hotel they will stop in
a large city like New York. Others have no
place selected, and depend upon the recommen-
dations OF their friends, or select place at
random. 1t is much better to be thoroughly
posted before starting and so VIC make known
to our readers, experienced or otherwise, the
latest and lowest reduction, at the Grand Cen
tral, the largest and best hotel in New York,
which has reduced to 50. 80 and $500 per day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New
England cure for coughs, colds and consump-
ton. Cutler Bros. B. Co. g. Boston, only genuine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

A positive cure for rheumatism--Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular
to Helphenstine & Bentley Washington, D. G.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

Rheumatism cured at once by Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular TO Hell
phenstine & Bentley, Washington, d. G.
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THE
NATIONAL DISEASE.
IS 1T DURABLE?
1T CAN BE CURED.

TT can be cured. There Is no doubt about It. Tho
i immediate relief afforded by sANronD's RADICAL
may follow persistent use Of this remedy. The hard,
Is removed with few applications; the liberation
md Inflammation subdued and healed; the entire
Jiembranous Innings of the head are cleansed and
purified. Constitutionay its action 10 that OF pow.
crfu purifying agent destroying in its through
catarrhal disease.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
COLOR.

The best Liquid Color in the world and the only awarded
Centennial Prize Medal gives butter golden yellow
like butter producing better and higher
price, besides improving butter in color and
superior Annette ether
tured, aud the only fluid color that will butterm
added before hurnng pound will 1000 pounds
OF butter The best and cheapest
send on receipt Of free by once Eas. Of
Mississippi River, h. S200 h. s.. IS Farmers club
together and it. Agents Wanted Cut and preserve
MRS. d. SMITH, 327 Arch Street. Phuadslphis, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05
IF YOU HAVE CONSUMPTION, bad cold,
cough, ai:y trouble with the throat lungs try
PANCAATlC EMULSION cod LIVER OIL
ypopnosphites Of Lime aud Soda.

commended by the leading physicians throughout
the country. As spring medicine for purifying the
bio H. and for rheumatism, Neuralgia Scrofula
has NJ equal Ask yonr druggist for it, ask your ply
sciln about il. WM w. bartlett & co. Manufac
turin, Chemists, 50 High Street Boston, Mass.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-05

Sold by all Druggists. Price 25 cents. Sent by mail
receipt of IS cents for rs for SIX 81 IS
twelve. carefully wrapped and warranted, by WEEKS
POTTER, Proprictors, Boston, Mass.
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fNANA LG6LIh D I0IUNIGAL KGJISII
OF THE
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

is the only complete Pictorial History of the Centennial
published. A IN lnn1th pin,rlml 1,000larye engrav
ig', III my OF tltn bong ~ bv 2)S inches Agents
.:u:,,ni. a lr.s'. Agency Department,
FRANK LGSLtE'S Pu3L!SHINi HOUSE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTH
ERN h. II.
GOING WEST.


Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
800 p. M, Erie LILO a. m, COnneaut 2:22
Ashtabula 2.55 a. m, Madison 3.32 a. m, Paines-
vile 4:eO g. m, Cleveland 5:15 a. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
l&35 a. m, Erie 3:50 a. m, Ashtabula 4:5S,
Painesville $40, and arrives at Cleveland at
6:35 a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at B:O5 a. m, Amboy. GIL, Kingsville 6;2l, Ash
tabula 6:33, SaybrOok 6:43, Geneva 6:5S, Paines-
vile 7:2S, and arrives at Cleveland S:45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:55 a. m,
Erie lQ:l5, COnneaut ll:i7, Amboy -. Kings
Vile ll:33, Ashtabula l1:s5 pm, SaybrOok ll:56
Geneva 1905 PainesVille I2:39, and arrives
at Cleveland at 200 p. m.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo l2:40 D. m,
Erie S:55, Ashtabula 5:l5, gainesville 6:0e, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:O5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:3Oa m,
RalnesV1lle e:2O, Ashtabula 800, Conneeut9.S,
Erie l0:O, and arrives at Buffalo at Los p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at ll:l5 a. M, Painesville l2:27, Ge-
neva l:07 p. m, SaybrOOk LIS. Ashtabula l:30,
kingsville La, Amboy l:54. Conneaut 2:02
Erie 3:lO Buffalo 700 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 2:45 p. m, Painesville 3:3I Ashtabuia
4:ls, Erie SIS, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at $50 P. m, Painesville5:j9, Geneva 6:38, Say
brook 6:4S, Ashtabula 100 Kingsville le T:I3, Am
boy 7:23 and arrives at Conneaut at 7:30 D. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1880 p. m. Painesville 1l:20, Ashtabula l2:C
a. m, Erie Lao and arrives at Buffalo at 900 q.
m.
1A-The Pacific Express will stop at Girard,
Conneaut, Geneva and Willoughby daily.
The Special N. Y. Express on Saturdays, and
Chicago Express on Sundays only, will stop
at all Stations for which they may have pas
sengers.
nATrains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
So in Advance
w hole Number 1853.

tured. Victims of neuralgia were
forced to drink and forget their ms
cry when hot poultices failed to
bring relief, since opium was to be
had only at fancy prices. Bromine
was unattainable, and all anodvnes
so wholly out of reach that few peo-
pie ever even sighed for them. The
medical department sent botanizing
parties prospecting through the
country in search of roots and herbs
which might be of medical value,
and appealed to the people of the
Oonfederacy to collect and prepare
such simples as slippery elm, sarsa-
Parilla, blackberry root, ginseng, etc.
nero teas were used in the hospitals
oy surgeons who for'years had ridi-
culed them as old wives remedies.
but who how turned to them in me-
cessity, for lack of more efficient
medicines. Southern women trod
on bare floors, cutting the carpets
which had covered them into blank
cts for sick soldiers. Linen sheets
and Undertaking were torn into
bandsges, and private stores were
freely used for the sick and dying.
Once, during the seven days fight
around Richmond, public worship
was suspended on Sunday and the
members of the churches worked all
gay long in their Iecture-rooms, ma
KING sand bags for the fortifcations
ana rolling bandages and scraping
lint for the wounded.