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1877 GREAT 1877
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81 Una HawthprHe, whose death was re-
ported from London last week, wa Hav-
Inorne's 81 ieSt child
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ARRANGEMENT.

STEAMIRS FOR NEW YORK.
The steamers JOHN GIBSON and r. O. EsIGHf
VIII leave New York at O'Clock . m. -,pSsns,
every Saturday, Georg etown every Son- skN&6n
gay AZ clock 2. m, and Alexandra %~e@'11ee
every Monday at O'Clock .. m.
fIelzhts taken ST lowest raIes. FOR Information
Apply Office over Metropolitan Bsnt 18th street,
or 70 X. p. A. Dk6HAM, Agent, " ater street,
GeOTgetown. sAnUEJ BACON,
ap2l TT President
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Please bear in mind that We mean business, and
10 not intend 10 be under sold
sepls-@ LUTTREIL & WINE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
Why Old People Remember Things.

The extraordinary persistence of early
impressions, when the mind seems al
most to have ceased to register new ones,
is in remarkable accordance with the
law OF nutrition. 1t is physiological
fact that decline essentially consists in
the diminution of the formative activity
of the organism. Now it is when the
brain is growing that definite direction
can be most strongly and persistently
given to its structure. Thus the habitr
OF thought come to be formed, and those
nerve tracks laid down which (as the
Psychologist believes) constitute the
mechanism of association, by the time
the brain has reached it's maturity and
the nutrition of the organ continues to
keep up the same mechanism in accord.
ance with the demands of its activity SO
long as it is being called into use.
Further, during the entire period OF
vigorous manhood, the brain, like mus
cles, may be taking on some additional
growth, either as whole or in special
parts, new tissue being developed and
kept up by the nutritive process, in ac-
cordance with the modes of action to
which the organ is trained. And in this
manner store of impressions Oh
traces is accumulated which may be
brought within the sphere of conscious.
ness whenever the right suggesting
strings are touched. But as the nutri-
tive activity dimishes, the "waste " be.
comes more active than the renovation
and it would seem that while Ito use q
commercial analogy the "old-cstab
lished horses" keep their ground, these
later firms whose basis is less secure arc
the first to crumble away-the nutritive
activity, which yet suffices to maintain
the original structure not being capable
of keeping the subsequent additions to
1T in working order. This earlier de-
generation Of later formed structures is
general fact perfectly familiar to the
Psychologist.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
A Poets Habits.

The poet Longfellow's daily life is
something like this, says the Boston
Herald: He rises early, takes COM
.paratively light breakfast, and if the day
IS not rainy, sets out for walk, which
takes up an hour or two, according to his
inclination. His gait is firm and hearty,
and as he walks he holds himself per-
fectly upright. He does not ramble two
mornings in the same direction, but
varies his route daily. Every day or two
he calls on his printers, at the University
Press, and receives or returns proofs Of
his works, if he has anything in type,
which is mostly the case He studies his
matter carefully after it is in print. Lit
tie, if any, of his poetry, as published, is
written on the spur of the moment
'The Divine Tragedy is said to have
been rewritten after it was nearly all in
type. During late years he has been in
the habit of publishing his poems in the
magazines, and, after having obtained a
sufficient number, adding a few new
ones to them, and issuing them in book
form. He brings his copy to the office
of the University Press, which is only
half mile or so from his own residence,
written in lead-pencil, in small back
hand, very much like the average news
paper mans style of handwriting, clear,
and mostly free from interlineations and
erasures. His magazine poems are al
ways revised and corrected, or at least
altered more or less, befo.e their publ,
cation in book form, so that the reader
rarely encounters one in exactly the same
shape as in the periodical, y -
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which was on 1re and burning fiercely.
These cars were sent down in order that
they might igt.it te wooden work of
the fophd house and the company s
Timber yard. They we're heavily ladened
with comBustible material, and when the
box cars took fire they bursted and scat
tered the contents in every direction,
dealing out disaster with lavish hand.
The machine shop, between Twenty-fifth
Rad Twenty-sixth streets, then caught
lire and soon our building was surrounded
with wall of fire. The heat was so in
tense that we were obliged to retire frotn
the windows and gathered in the center
of the building. Many Of tis would have
run out, but the danger outside from the
violence OF the crowd was as much feared
Ms The fire element, which was fast APP
preaching u.s. At dawn of day q consul
tation OF officers was held, which was
prolonged for some time. IT was then
decided we must go out and face the
angry devils who made the streets in the
neighborhood black with their presence
II was better to run the risk of being
shot down than burned to death, and SO
we filed ont in compact body, and, pre-
ceded by the Gatling guns, with Major
Gen. Britton, BrigadierQen. Matthews
and Land at the head. 1t was lively
times, l tell you, reaching the United
States arsenal, where we thought we
would be protected. The sentries here
refused to allow us to enter, and the
command held conference with our
officers. A number of us scaled tho
walls and took refuge from the mob be-
hind the shrubbety and piles of shells
and cannon. We remained here until
the rest of the party formed in line and
marched up the street. 1 thought we
should be all cut to pieces, and having
no relish for this sort of death 1 en-
braced the readiest means to escape
from it. 1 never saw such wicked,
desperate mob in all my life. How any
of us escaped with our lives is mya-
terry. had given up all hopes OF seeing
home again. If the crowd could have
got arms am sure not one of us would
have come out OF the round house i've.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
Little Thoughts and Big Phrases.

Simple and unpretending ignorance is
always respectable, and sometimes charm
ing; but there is little that more deserves
contempt than the pretense of ignorance
to knowledge. The curse and the peril
of the language in this day, and parti!
cularly in this country, is that it is at the
mercy of men who, instead of being con-
tent to use it well according to their
honest ignorance, use it ill according to
their affected knowledge; who, being
vulgar, would seem elegant; who, being
empty, would seem full; who make up in
pretense what they lack in reality; and
whose little thoughts, let off in enormous
phrases. sound like fire-crackers in an
empty barrel Richard Grant White.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
The Sea Serpent.

The London Graphic contains q
sketch by Lieutenant w. P. Haynes, of
her majesty's ship Osborne, of. the sea
monster seen by the officers and crew of
that vessel off the north coast of Sicily
on the second of June. In letter ac-
companying the sketch he says
My attention was first called by seeing
long row of fins appearing above the
surface of the water at distance OF
about two hundred yards from the ship,
and "away on our BEAM" They We're
of irregular heights, and extending about
thirty or forty feet in line (the former
number is the length 1 gave, the latter
the other officers); in few seconds they
disappeared, giving place to the fore
part of the monster. By this time it had
passed astern, swimming in an opposite
direction to that We were steering, and as
we were passing through the water at
ten and a half knots, 1 could only get a
view of it "end on" which have shown
in the sketch.
The head was bullet-shaped, and quite
six feet thick, the neck narrow, and its
head was occasionally thrown back out
of the water, remaining there for a few
minutes at time. 1t was very broad
across the back or shoulders, about if
teen or twenty feet, and the fappers
seemed to have semi-revolving motion,
which seemed to paddle the monster
along. They were about fifteen feet in
length. From the top of the head to the
part of the back where it became i'm
mersed l should consider about fifty
feet, and that seemed about third of the
whole length. All this part was smooth,
resembling seal. cannot account for
the fins unless they were on the back
below where it was immersed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
Cast Ont.


The Philadelphia North american
saysi Here are faint photographs of
some of these meii as seen along the line
of the Boston and Albany railroad, whose
hearts might have been reached il the
winding stairs had been climbed by
love, patience and kindness. 'Tis night
fall; along the railroad track, near a
small stream of water, fifteen to twenty
men are lying en- the ground without
any covering, asleep; old boots,
shoes and dirty, hard stockings are scat
tered around, and several bare, blistered
feet are visible; when aroused. they
answer any questions willingly, and the
tales narrated would freeze the life from
out young hearts, which language fails
to portray. A man is seated on the top of
a. fiat rock. He has some pieces of what
appears to be letter in his hands. The
paper is rotten from age and from being
carried in his pocket. The almost illegi-
BILE lines were written by tender-heart-
ed mother, now dead, and the poor out
cast is trying to read her last words to
him. He repeats the story of mothers
love-how, when he lay boy in her lap,
and her hand on his head, she told him
of the boyhood of good men, and made
him promise, when he would become a
man, that he would remember her coun-
sci and follow their example. But when
he came to the great city he began to
drink with reveling companions, and no
one ever gave him kind word after
ward; and the stricken wreck in agony
of soul burst into tears, and refused to
be comforted or receive any aid. An
other has seen better days; he was once
a happy husband and father. His wife
went down to the grave uncomplaining,
and soon sweet, golden-haired little
girl lay at her side. He feels accused
in one sense murderer: he is. fifty
four years old and friendless. Rum has
been his ruin. When found he was eat
ing corn from an empty car, where some
kernels had been left scattered on the
floor. The next in review is man who
had formerly been employed in the
Freedman's bureau; he has wife and
four children. He has been to New
York to obtain employment, has failed
and is returning to his famil v in Maine.
He states that he had lived in Washing
ton and had entertained Representatives
and Senators at his home. He is Free
mason, well posted, and had been a
member of DIR. Storrs' church, Brook
lyn, N. Y. He is an object of pity. He
said he had washed his shirt on Sunday.
He was furnished with lunch, and he
purposed calling on Rev. DR.. Webb. A
man was found in a very weak condition ;
he had not strength enough to go into
the woods, and asked for food; he had
walked from Providence to Worcester
and thence to Boston, and did not seem
to care for life. The Boston and Albany
railroad detective from whom these items
have been obtained has, from observa-
tion and long experience, an insight into
the character of this class, and in the 300
whom he has interviewed in the past
few weeks he considers that the men
spoke truthfully, and in most cases would
rejoice in finding labor, many of them
having learned trades.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
How to Place the Bed.

Baron Reichenbach, who has devoted
many years of deep study to the art of
bedmaking, maintains that you must
not always lie on your bed as it is made,
under penalty of abridging your life by
great number of years. If, says the
baron, mere magnet exercises an inf1u-
ence on sensitive persons, the earth's
magnetism must certainly make itself
felt On the nervous life of man. Hence
he dwells ON the salutary effects of the
inhabitants Of the Northern hemisphere
lying with their heads to the north, and
those of the Southern with their heads to
the south. For travellers with short
memories we may put the rule in general
terms: In whatever hemisphere you
may be, always sleep with your feet to
the equator, and let your body lie true
as a needle to the pole" In giving this
rule the baron has simply told lis how to
live long; for the polar direction Of the
body is, it appears, of the utmost i'm
portance for the proper circulation of
the blood, and we have Baron Reichen-
bach's authority for stating that many
disturbances in the human organisms
have been cured by simply placing the
bolster at different point Cf the com
pass from that it had occupied before.
Let such as have hitherto been i'll the
habit of sleeping with their heads where
their feet ought to be, take to heart the
example of the late DR.. Fischweiter,
Magdeburg, who died recently at the
age of 100 years, and always attributed
his long life to his faithful observance of
the pole TO pole position OF sleeping.
The most unhealthy position, we are
told, is when the body lies due east and
west. Some observers assure us that
to sleep in such posture is tantamount
to committing slow suicide, and that dis
eases are often aggravated by deviations
from the polar posture.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
AN INSTANTLY "SAINr. "A three,

AN INSTANTLY "SAINr. "A three-ply
polygamist, living a few miles south Of
Salt Lake City, who desired a fourth,
boldly declared his intention to'a young
owresiding there, and pleaded for her
pleadings had availed him nothing. he
forthwith dispatched his No. to do his
counting and carry out his design. En-
treaties on one side net rebuttal ON the
other, when at last the young widow
asked if she (No. q did not act against
her own will, and toher own detriment,
when the last mentioned answered: 81
do not wish Mr.. Ito take any more
wives, but SO desest and hate the very
sight OF his No. that would do any,
thing in my power TO thwart Der happi-
ness +" .z..ilGl. - -
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02

dition to the familiar applications. for
stationery, newspapers and books, we
now hear of the employment of paper
for boats, car wheels, furniture, clothing,
roofing, sheathing of ships, and house
building. Every year brings us new
applications, but, fortunately, the pro.
gress OF chemistry and the improvements
in mechanical arts, keep pace with the
increased demand, and the article is
furnished from a greater variety of ma
terial and in various forms aiid conditions
suitable for the wants of mankind.
There are few industries of more i'm.
portance than the manufacture of paper,
and none in which greater progress has
been made in the last few years. 'i''0
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
Where may everlasting spring be found9
In an india-rubber factory.
The v.r Against Disease.

- Tue Wnr ARnInst DfttHsts :,
The war waged against disease by Hestet-
ter's Stomach Bitters goes bravely on Dis.
patches are constantly received from the cured
indicating the decisive nature of the advantages
obtained by the great botanic cordial over its
formidable adversary. Mslarial fevers con-
stipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys,
general debility, nervousness and rheumatic
ailments invariably yield to this conqueror and
preventive of disease. For the infirmitios
Incident to the decline Of life it is also an OK
cellent specific. It hastens convalescence and
repairs the ravages of i'll health by facilitating
the conversion OF food into blood Of a rich and
nourishing quality. The appetite is improved
by il, and in cases Of nervous disease it tran
quiises that great sensorium, the brain, far
more effectually than any mineral sedative.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02

1 have sold Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup
for five years. II has by far the best sale of any
cough remedy keep. The sale has steadily
increased from its first introduction. Having
seen 1t SO thoroughly tested, I feel safe in
recommending IL to my customers. 'll ~. ,
N. p. SHERMAN, so. Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y.
, p. ST. have customers who say they cannot
live without it, 1 will refer any who may in
quire to the parties direct. ,Sgli1 M. p. s.;
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINlMEN1
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

EsrABLIsHED 35 YEARS. Always cures. Away.
ready. Always handy. Has failed. Thirty
millions have tested H. The whole world approves the
glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest Hnirneht
in existence 25 cents bottle. The MustanA Imminent
when nothing else will. .HN1l rs .
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE vENpRRs z
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Physicians Of high standing unhesitatingly
give their Endorsement TO the use of the Graef-
enberg- -Marshall's Catholicon for oil female
complaints. The weak and debitated find won-
derful relief from constant use OF this valu-
able..remedy. Sold by oil druggists. $3.50 per
bottle Send for slmanaos Graefenberg Co.,
New York. a.f- a.f..uf.f-rs .a.. f. ....
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THE SUN.
1877, NEW YORK. 1877

TEE srS continues to be the strenuous sdyocats OF
reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution OF
statesmanshp, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pre-;
tence imbecity, and fraud in the administration OF
public affairs II contends for the government Of the
people by the people and for the people as opposed to
by frauds in the ballotbox and in the count
ing of votes enforced by military violence II endeayors
to supply its resders-a body not far from million
Of souls-with the most careful complete; and trust,
worthy accounts of current events and employs for TINS
purpose and carefully selected staff Of re-
porters and correspondents Its reports from Washing
doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred of
those who thrive by punderng the Treasury by usurp
ing what the law does not give them while e9deavors
TO merit the confidence of the public by defending the
Of the people against the encroachments OF un
The price of the DAILY SUN is 55 cents month, or
S6.?0 year postpaid or, with the Sunday edition
81 .5O year.
The Sunday edition alone, eight pages s1.sO
THE WEEKLY Sun, eight pages of bS broad columns
Is furnished at : year, postpaid.
SPEcIAL NorICE.-In order to introduce THE SUS
more widely to the public, will send THE WEEKLY
edition for the remainder of the year Jan 1875 post
paid, Hafa Dollar. Try IL. o..
sdAreas, TUE srN. y. r.ctr,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02

yuCTTYTC Prosecuted DO INIT
LIZA w - 1 - and Pen.iOHr eoll..ted No
charge unless successful. I. FRANCIS GIBBONS,
.oner No z West 18th ST. near Broadway. n. " City.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02

....Ir| Ponds Extract.
There is no swelling it will not abate no pain
II will not cure This is the testimony Of those
who have used ii many years. Try it
Sour stomach and Heart6rrn
Are signs of bilious attack Quirks Irish
Tea will remedy all these. Price rs cts.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-02

Al CreatiOn,s Dawn the medicinal springs OF
earth sparkled and bubbled they do now but it
quired the light OF Chemical Discovery to enable
water has been reproduced in y
Tarrant's Eferyescent Seltzer Aperient,
tine nost effective combination OF puro tonic, whole
rome laxative, refreshing febrifuge, and powerful
anti.bilious agent at present known The immediate
and permanent relief that it aords of chronic
constipation biliousness stomach complaints nervous
heartburn and hatueney has become roverb in
civilized portion OF the American Continent. Sold by
all dr. aRists H".|.. .H..# i. r
, 1877-01-30
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY JANUARY 3D. 1877.

men who Aprang from thc War anil itsqutstlana
Although Mr.. Logan has been member Of tl.d
group Of scnstors whom the Democrats hare
been fond of calling tho Kitchen Galiiet". Of
harmful than that Of tho men with w!!o,, lie ling
bvcn associated. For It ran ncycr he charged
against the lugnaeio''s Senator from ffl.nots
that tho guiding foFres Of hia career have bcen
tent to allow tho Mortons, the Chandlers. au,l
tho Routwcls to Etse direction while hc supplied
OF endcasorc! to supply forec. tio Inns been In
the han.!s Of such mrn what tho old lattcrlng
ram wns in tho operations Of ancient warfare
nu embodiment Of blind, thtck-hca.lc,l and por-
ttcrtNts energy.
Yet in tic character Of snr'i man A. Atr. Lo-
gan, especially when We compare It with that Of
TIM men who shaped hts career. there Is n gMnl
deal that llsa rough grace antt attrariivcnuss.
Even 1T tho Senate Chamber VIC can sometimes
admire the qualities which had their best excr-
cisr on the battlefield. The soldier Senator nny
not bc tliscrfntnattrc statesman, but tits nlcth
anil partisan, but lis t,artisan.tfp has SONG
thing Of the auhltmIty 0f filth anl never tlis-
gnlses fta motives. It Was the poases*t''n Of
such qualities III thcso that nlatlo Hr. Logan
popu'ar At home, and viii soften the criticism
Of those whowili j,uIxc him most justly. It Is IT
small trihutc to tic genuuencas anu foftc Of
sttgll qualities that 1s wnrrnest friends are to o
found among tho tough ami nntf4rntctl IlcIHo-
nt,hunsls.
But lung md 1unge arc happily becoming les
nnd less ruwrFful Influences III our politics, md
the withdrawal of Logan pleasantly rcmlntls us
that .e SENATE C'a'nhef Is t" fe the .lsl!l of
gymnastics. 1t reminds ns, loo, how one by
nnc the SENATORS If the War era have fallen by
tile way, until only Senator Mnrtnn Is left to
portray anil Ellustratc their public llf"; am!
pratc, has hcgun to bc IN homogeneous and finn
]. t1stic pcgs0naGt.