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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
An Invasion of Bears.

More wild bears than have ever been
known since the swamps have been set
tied by white men are reported to in
habit the bottoms of the Mississippi
valleys this year. These carniverous
plantigrades are particularly fond of sue
culent food, and the juicy corn as it
ripens in the field is an especial object
OF affection. So strong is Bruins appe-
tite for it that the planters of Coahoma
and Tunica counties, Miss. have recently
been compelled to place guards around
their c9nfelds to protect them from
destruction. A medium, sized bear, with
an ordinary appetite, has been known to
cut down and destroy two acres of grow
ing corn in a single night. They go on
their foraging expeditions in the night
time, and entering cornfeld they squat
on their launches, shuck ain ear of corn
and proceed to masticate it with an ap.
parent relish equal to their bipedal enc.
mics. When their appetite is satisfied,
they cut off cornsalks below the ear by
the armful, and, walking erect, carry
stheir booty through fields, over fences
and into dark recesses of the swamps
and canebrakes TO their hiding-places.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
Items OF Interest.

In camp meeting near Guernevillee,
CAL, house of three stories was made
of a hollow tree, the cavity being thirteen
feet in diameter.
An apothecary asserted in large com.
pany "that all bitter things were hot
"No," replied physician, ga bitter
cold day is an exception.
Somebody painted pet Spitz dog in
Bethlehem, Penn, with alternate car.
mine and green stripes. The dog is not
yet mad, but it's owner is-very.
A marriage is probable between the
ex-prince imperial of France and the
Princess del Pillar, sister of the king OF
Spain. She is sixteen years of age.
The aggregated exports of petroleum
oil this year are 121, ,O00,0 600 against
"a, 900, 900 gallons last year. Over a
million gallons are daily exported from
New York.
One firm in New York, engaged in the
manufacture of matches, consumes per
annum 700, 900 feet of white pine lumber,
100, 600 pounds of sulphur and $50 tons
of straw board for boxes.
The Potter Journal says that the farm
ers in that part of Pennsylvania have
discovered that the thrush will not only
eat the potato bug, but that it soon sue
ceeds in exterminating that pest.
The young man whose heart stood still
every time through the long summer he
thought of ice cream at fifteen cents
plate, is now ready to lie down and die as
he smells oysters at fifty cents dish D'
the dim distance.
THE RUSSIAN LOVERS PARTING.
without thee am poor indeed,
But with thee | am rich;
Oh wouldst thou make my heart to bleed.
Beloved Tzazkoskoytch.
Tzazkoskovitch Ehihelankoff,
AZ from her arms he tore,
Burst two suspender buttons off,
Which rolled upon the floor
"Keep them" he cried in piteous tone,
And think Of Inc, my love,
Then. turned and madly fled his own
] SkObeskifraulenstoy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
A Black Hills Character.

A Black Hills paper says: One OF the
biggest, meanest and most over-bearing
fellows in the Hills is fellow called
"The Colorado Lion" He is gambler,
a swindler, robber, road agent and
a murderer, and not a week goes by that
he doesn't shoot OF stab some one, gen
orally without the slightest provocatlon.
He used to walk into hotel or dance
house. and, holding revolver in either
hand, order the crowd to "git." If any
one hesitated or showed resistance he
became a target, and was soon under
ground and forgotten. He would saun-
ter up to q band of half dozen miners
working a claim and insist to have first
staked it, and if they did not buy him
off he would out with his 1evolvers and
blaze away. He had courage and
steady hand, and Deadwood feared him
more than all the Indians in the West
He left here two weeks ago under
cloud, and it is probable that he will be
shot on sight if he returns.
Fifteen days ago, when "The Colorado
Lion" was king bee and had everything
his own way, he took q little walk up
the creek to raise q stake by blackmall-
ing miner or two. He was armed as
USual, Iuu SlOWcu away tlc uou"i
amount of whisky behind the deer-skin
shirt, and there wasn't the least doubt
in his mind that he would come back to
town with increased wealth and safe
hide. He finally halted at claim being
worked by three men, one OF whom Is
an old fireman from Chicago named Jed
Sweet. He is an undersized man, about
forty-fve years old, and a hard worker.
When the Lion halted before the trio
he roared out
"Yere, you coyotes, what ar yo
workin' my claim fur?''
They protested that they were the
original stake-drivers, but it was his
plan to claim priority of ownership, and
he continued
"This is my claim, and yere's two
revolvers what backs me Either Jump
out or buy me off! y
He had his weapons in his hands, but
that fact did not prevent the old fireman
from reaching out and knocking him
into heap by blow between the eyes.
The Lion was hardly down before the
trio disarmed him, and then kicked,
cuffed and pounded him till he was
hardly better than dead. Some friend
in town concealed him, and patched him
up as well as possible, and two days aftel
his humiliation, the defeated Lior
skulked out of Deadwood to start anew
somewhere else.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
An American Stage.COa

1t would not be difficult, in the vicinity
of New York, to make arrangements for
running a line of stage-coaches strictly
on the American plan. Any of the part
ly opened streets in the upper portion
of the island would do for a starting
place, and q rough bridge, in imitation
of those in use in the unsettled portion
of the Southwest, might he thrown over
Spuyten Duyvil creek. The route could
then be laid out along some of the least
frequented country roads, and some of
the low-lying places might be filled in
with corduroy.
Then one of our Western stage-coaches,
with six mules at full gallop, and a
driver who was accustomed to guide
them with the lines in his teeth and a
rifle in his hands, would tear along the
road, with all the clatter and bang and
wild excitement that you could get on
a road down near the Mexican border.
The mules would be of the kind that no
driver could stop between stations, and
if he could keep them in the road it
would be all that would be expected of
him.
At certain points there would be
armed men, ambushed by the roadside,
whose duty it would be to fire at the
stage as it passed, and as each of the
passengers would be required to carry a
rifle, very pretty sport could be had by
peppering the bushes as the stage
dashed along.
At other points, the stage would be
stopped, and each passenger carefully
robbed by highwaymen. This part Of
the exercises might be made very effec.
tive. The valuables taken could be re.
turned on application to the stage Office,
or they could be kept as perquisites by
the obliging attendants.
Sometimes the services Of Indians ol
Mexicans might be obtained, and an at
tack on the stage by small party oI
these would give variety to the proceed
inps
Refreshments, such as are found a
the stations on the prairie roads, would
be furnished at the stopping-places, anc
many persons be thus afforded oppor
tunities, which they could not otherwise
obtain, of eating the crust off an i'm
mense lump Of dough, hastily baked
over hot fire, and put on again attel
the departure of each coach, to be re
crusted for the next load of passengers
Some pork and beans, and hot friet
cakes, could also be served, if though
necessary.
Miners would be hired to play card
in the coaches and all the cards, knive
and revolvers necessary could be furnish
ed by the company.
BY careful attention to these and othe
details, line of coaches might be es
tablished, which should represent, wit
accuracy and fidelity, some of the chal
acteristic methods of travel in our owl
country. And it is scarcely necessary t
say that this would be great education
al boon to people like the citizens @
New York, who will soon begin to be
lieve that there are no stage-coaches ex
cepting those modelled and run upon th
English plan. - Scribner's "Bric q
| Brdc"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
A Condensed History of MormOnism.

"A SOHucHscu HtStOIy VI mVi hiOhiShis
1793-Sidney Rigdon, born in st.
Clair, Pa.
Rockingham Young, born in Whit
ingham, vt.
1sO5-Joseph Smith, born in Sharon
vt.
1923 Joseph Smith, living with his
father in Ontario, county, N. Y :, has his
first visions.
1827-Joseph Smith claims to receive
sacred oracles from an "Angel of the
Lord"
1S29-Sidney Rigdon associates him
self with Smith.
1S3O-Book of Mormon printed, as
dictated by Smith.
1880, April 6-First Mormon church
regularly organized at Manchester, NJ
1881, JaDuary-Smith leads his fol-
lowers to Kirkland, o.
1881, August-Smith dedicates the
site of q Mormon temple at Indepen-
dence, Mo.
1882, March-Smith and Rigdon sus-
pected at Kirkland of counterfeiting and
tarred and feathered by a mob.
1S32-Brigham Young joins the Nor
mon church at Kirkland.
1S35-Twelve Mormon apostles Or
dained, Brigham Young for one.
1936-A large and costly temple dedi-
Gated at Kirkland.
1S37-Orson Hyde and Heber G. Kim
ball sent as missionaries to England.
1S39-The Mormon church in Ohio
obliged to flee to Missouri, and there as
sumes defiant and lawless attitude.
1S3S-The Mormons driven over into
| III 81 n
favorable charter granted by the Legis
lature.
183S-Smith begins the practice OF
polygamy.
1843-Smith claims to have received
a revelation sanctioning polygamy.
1845-The heads of the church repu'
diate this revelation.
1844-Smith killed by pistol shot il
q riot growing out of internal dissen
sions.
1S44-Brigham Young elevated to the
presidency after fierce contention witt
Rigdon.
1S45-The charter of Nauvoo revoked
by the Legislature and the Mormonl
prepare to move.
1846-Nauvoo bombarded for thre,
days by the anti-Mormons.
1847-Brigham Young plants his ban
ner at Salt Lake.
194S-Salt Lake City founded.
1S49--State of Deseret organized, bu
Congress withholds its. recognition.
1S49-Congress organizes the Nor
mons district into the Territory of Utah
and Young appointed governor by Presi
dent Fillmore.
1S5O-Young throws off the authorit,
of the United States.
1852-Polygamy formerly sanctioned
by the church.
1854-Colonel Steptoe appointed gov
ernor of Utah and arrives at Salt LAX
City with a small military force, brl
abandons the enterprise.
1S56-President Buchanan determine
to put the Mormons down.
1S57-Alfred Cumming appointe,
governor and sent out with force O
$500 men to back him, Colonel A.
johnson in command.
195S-Peace arranged.
1S60-United States troops withdraw
from Utah.
1877, August 29-Death of Brigha1
Young.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
ShODDing i'm Venice.

Shopping is quite feat in Venice. A
lady who sets out on shopping expedl-
ton may well prepare herself for doubt
full and hostile encounters. Having
found the object sought, she demands
the price. The shopkeeper names sum
of one-third more to double the value Of
the article. The customer starts back
with curious sort Of shrek, which COM
mences on high key, ascends slightly,
and then suddenly falls, sound express
ing incredulity, contempt, and astonish-
ment, and after an instant of silence
offers less than half the sum demanded.
The same howl of indignation is then
repeated by the shopkeeper. only an
octave lower. He protests " that the
amount asked is in reality too low; that
from anxiety to please the Si9nora he
had mentioned his very lowest rate.
The purchaser then offers half of the
first required sum. Another howl OF
derision from the shopkeeper, who, how
ever, drops perhaps fourth of his price.
The customer takes up her parasol and
departs. Once outside she calls out
slight advance on her offer. The pro-
proprietor invites her to enter again, and
proposes that they shall combinar, I"
I. e., combine, and endeavor to meet on
common ground. The customer repeats
her ultimatum. The shopkeeper declares
that sat such ruinous rates he might as
well close his shop" The lady loses
patience, and quits this time without
looking back. After she is some PAGES
from the door the shopkeeper sends a
small boy, kept for the purpose. after
her, or calls himself from the door
"The Signora can have it this time" he
says sadly, "but he can never sell again
so cheap" He folds il up and hands il
to her with a graceful flourish, saying
with a courteous bow, "Servo saa
(literally, her seryant), in which tn
clerks and even the small boy join il
chorus. GALAXY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
We Cannot Be Alone.
1 thought to be alone,

thought to be alone,
So left the busy world, with all its life,
Its joys, its griefs, its cares, its bitter strife
And to the woods strayed one sultry day,
Where solitude and silence would have sway.
For oh, 1 longed for both No friends craved 1,
Nor useless words to speak Of sympathy;
So, in the grand old woods sought relief,
Where utter loneliness and silence, brief,
One short hour could be known.
I thought to be alone
But found the woods alive. Each dell and glen
As full of hustle as the haunts of men;
For there small insects chirped in perfect glee,
And leaves kept rustling in each tall old tree
With snaps the grasshoppers rubbed loud their
wings,
And wild birds sang, and bees were noisy
things.
"Those woods have too much sound and life,
1 cried,
"To soothe my heart, SO left its shadows wide
For other realms unknown.
thought to be alone,
So turned my steps toward the great, wide sea,
And sat upon the beach, for majesty
And solemn stiffness brooded DER the spot
Full well knew. But ah quite forgot
That ebbing tides flow never silently,
And dancing waves will murmur of the sea
These often roll, and swell. and crush, and roar
As madly leaps the surf against the shore,
Where silence is unknown.
Alone? No more I moan,
But turn, with fearful eyes and dropping head
Resolved earths busy paths now would tread
without murmur. Jest, and laugh, and song
No more should fret would myself prolone
Tho tumut-work, and sing and pray,
And strive, by doing good, to drive away
The morbid gloom that solitude would crave
Which God forbids-for feel we gay or grave
We cannot be alone
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04

An old writer asks: "Oh, Death,
where is thy sting?" The worlds col
lection of literature may be searched,
but the same question will never be
found addressed to wasp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-09
In the Sweet BY-and-By

cannot but be the happy thought as the
fortunate recipient of the Rocky Noun.
tain Tourist" scans its wonderful attractive
pages and peruses it's fascinating descrip-
tions. Most beautifully embeilished with
new and highly artistic engraviDgs, its
letter press a model of typographical
richness, and the arrangement throughout
simply superb, the Rock Mountain Tourist
is worthy of comparison with PICTURESQUE
Americd or The Aldine. 1t is written IL
gossipy, graphic style, covering details OF
the tour through the garden of the South
west 1.-THE Arkansas Valley, Southern Kan
sas), to the very heart of the Alps Of
America Rocky Mountains. Jaunts
are made to all the famous resorts of Col
oradO, the remarkable ruins, the springs,
the mines, and, in short, to every point OF
interest to tourist, agriculturalst, capitalist.
miner, and invalid. With the Tourist, the
San Juan Guide keeps fitting company,
and the two publications are mailed free tc
all writing for one or both to T. j. Ander-
son. Topeka, Kansas.
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MEDICAL.
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
SUMMONS of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms of a Diseased Liver
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the leftside; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder-b blade, and it frequently ex-
tends to the top of the shoulder, and IS
sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels
in general are coStive sometimes alterna-
tive with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with painful sensation OF
having left undone something which
ought to have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bility he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he diStrustS
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred wherefew ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. C. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartiC
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise al
who are afflicted with this disease tC
give them A FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and al
a simple purgative, they are unequaled
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DR.. c. MCLANE's LIvEE
Pills are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on thu
lid, with the impression DR.. McLANE'
LIVER PILLS.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILL
bear the signatures Of c. McLANE ant
FLEMING Bros. on the wrappers.
B9@ Insist on your druggist o
storekeeper giving you the genuin
DR.. G. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa
Sold by all respectable druggists ant
country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DIR. c. McLANE's LIVE
Pills trial we will mail post paid 10 any part of IN
United States, one box Of Pills for twenty-five cents.
FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, P:
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.

a depressed, irritable state OF mind
weak, nervous, exhausted feeling.
mo- energy or animation. n confused
head, weak memory, often with de-
bhttating, involuntary discharges. The
consequence of excuses, mental overwork or
1ndiscretions. This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS,
MOmEOl'ATHIC SPECIFIC, No. "a.
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the mental gloom and despondenS. M reilye-
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less and always efficient. Price $5, for package
OF five boxes and large g. vial of powder, which
Is important in old, serious cases. or 81 per single
box. Bold by ALL Druggists, or sent by mail
on receipt of price. Address HUMPHREYS
SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC MSegCINR CO.
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For stomachs out of ORDERS.

No medicine so etfectually improves the tone
of the stomach as those pills; they remove all
acidity occasioDed either by intemperaEce or i'm
proper diet, They reach the liver and reduce 1t to
a healthy condition; they are wonderfully effica-
hlous In cases of spasm-n fact they never fail in
curing all disorders of the liver and stomach.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS the best known in the
world for the following diseases: Ague, Asthma,
Bilious Complaints, Blotches on the Skin, Bowels,
sipeas, Female Irregularities Fever Jof all kinds
Fits, Govt Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation,
Jaundice. Liver Complaints, Lumbago Piles,
rheumatism, Retention of the urine Scrofula or
Kings Evil, Sore Threats, Stone and Gravel, Tic
DculOureux, TumOrs, Ulcers, Worms of all kinds
Weakness from any cause. etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-09

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a peafect substitute for
Castoria Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey. For
Wind Collie. Sour Stomach, Worms or
Constipation, for young or old, there is
nothing in existence like it. 1t is certain.
it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS. Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Burns,
Scalds, Poisonous Bites, and alIfesh, bone
and muscle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments. What
the White Liniment is for the human
family, the Yellow Liniment is for spawned,
CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
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REAOE R,
sanford's Radical Cure

Must convince them that it possesses great merit,
while the new and original method of its prepare
ton when studied with the disease satisfies the
mind OF any reasonable person that its method of
cure q the true
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MARRIED LADIES under u, s sss y

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T1FmTkC OF Self Abuse or Indiscretlon
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c. III. BRENNAN.

Mr.. Brennan was born in Philadelphia
in 1888, and learned the art of printing in
Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee,
Wis. As previously stated. he came to
Moline IN 1859, remaining but a short
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-09
A CARD

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretions of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay, loss of manhood &C, will send recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self-addressed envelope to the
REV, JOSEPH T. INMAN Station D, Bible House
New York City,
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HOLLOwAY'S PILLS

Invariably cure the following diseases:
DISORDER OF THE KIDNE Us.
In all diseases affecting these organs whether
they secrete too much or too little water; or
whether they be afflicted with stoLe gravel, or
with aches and pains settled in the loins over the
regions of the kidneys, these pills should be taken
according to the printed directions and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small of the
back at bed time, This treatment will give almost
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature of j. Hay
dock, as agent for the United States, surrounds
each box of Pills, and Ointment. A handsome re-
ward will be given to any rendering such in
formation may lead to the detection of any par
ty or parties counterfeting the medicines vend.
ing the same, knowing them to be spurious
***Soid at the mandatory of Prof Holloway &
Co., New York, and by all respectable druggists
and dealers in medicine tbFou ghout the civilized
world, in boxes at % cents, co cents and 81 each
az There is considerable saving by taking the
larger size.
N. B. Directions for the guidance of patients in
every disorder affixed to each box.
Office, 112 Libirty NEW YORK,
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Mr. Drake of the ARGUS, while in New York care
fully inspected the above described Pocket Gymna-
sum- and found 1t to be as stated by GOODYEAR
Rubber Curier Co, who are honorable and reliable
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