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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-25
VOL. VIII.
Songs Unsung.

'Tis not the harps wild string alone,
Whose music charms the ravished breast
The thought Of remembered tone.
The singing Of bird that's flown,
Oft fill us with deep unrest
Which music's most consummate art
Can never waken in the heart.
Within the masters teeming brain
What chord has swelled, what anthem strven
Struggled for utterance in vain,
Cried out for life, but died again
Unknown but to its native heaven
And left the mourning sons Of earth
To find above its perfect birth
Within each separate human soul
Live melodies that sweeter are
Than those which solemn organs roll,
Or silver-tongued singers troll,
Or morning star cries out to star
But, chilled by the dark worlds eclipse,
They die before they reach the lips.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-25

William Norton, who assassinated
Jacob K,llion in Empire City, Kansas, a
few days ago, "comes of family that
kills" He has one brother serving a
life sentence in Missouri prison, a
second was hanged in Texas, and third
is awaiting trial in Iowa, all for murder.
Killion was the third man he had killed,
and that crime was committed because
Killion had cheated hi n at cards five
years before.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-25

A German inventor will exhibit
at the Paris Exposition a patent
scrubbing brush, which can be turned
into stove with red-hot Goals and
everything complete. Originally. he
intended to have added bed, but life
was too short. .a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Asparagus Beds.

n MIX goodly quantity of old manure
with the soil of the bed to the depth of
eighteen inches. The quantity of ma
nure to be used need be measured only
by the quantity that can be spared
for there is no danger of making the
soil too rich. Bone, wood-ashes, salt,
lime, ETC., are all good. Then open
trenches six inches deep and, spread
ing out the roots, place the plants at
least foot apart. The crowns will
then be foot below the surface. The
old practice of planting very deep in
order to procure white shoots is now
abandoned, though it required a long
time to ascertain that such shoots pos
sessed little of the rich, marrowy flavor
of those exposed to the light. Make
the trenches Chat is for the garden)
from one foot to eighteen inches apart.
Beds may be laid out five or six feet wide
with paths between, so as to prevent
tramping upon the soil, which should
always be mellow.s When it is desired
to raise asparagus in large quantities
for market, the rows must be made
four feet apart, that the pillow may be
nsed. The productiveness of aspara-
gus is much impaired by cutting for
too long time. A bed made as above
described will last for many years,
needing only a light spring dressing
of salt, which, however, as with the
manure at first used, may be applied
without fear of injury. and will at least
serve to keep weeds down. Seed may
be sown as soon as the soil can be
worked Rake the seed-bed smooth
and sow the seed in drills, foot apart.
One ounce of seed will suffice for five
drills ten feet in length, Thin the plants
when well up to three inches apart.
Keep free from weeds during the sum-
mer and dress with manure in the fall
Such plants may be transplanted to a
permanent bed, or left in the seed-bed
second year. If strong plants only
be transplanted the permanent bed may
be cut from the second year thereafter
Asparagus beds prepared as we have
directed need large quantity of ma
nure, but they will last for lifetime.
They may be prepared with very little
manure, so that the soil is light and
well drained and the exposure sunny.
Then in the fall cover with manure,
and rake off the littery part in the
spring.-RurGL NeW Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

turn to the front, an absolutely neces-
sary measure in fitting the present high
necks. Many new suits have two col
lars-one standing, the other turning
down.
A new and effective method of ar
ranging the back drapery ON long
polonaise is to take two straight
breadths, trim them all around, or
rather at both sides and at the bottom,
with folds, or with galloons, and lap
them back and forth upon each other.
Collars, cuffs and handkerchief are
embroidered in colors, and the fashion
edge, pale pink tilleul and blue. This
is much used on the fine Scotch and
Madras ginghams, which are favorite
fancy of wealthy young ladies.
Bands of peacock and pheasant are
again being used, and they add very
much to trimming; peacock is used
with black or white chip, pheasant with
brown or mastic When ostrich plumes
are used, it is only the tips; willow
feathers and marabout are also stylish.
The very newest of the many fancies
is the flower Fanchon, which is nothing
more or less than diadem of flowers,
with loops of satin ribbon falling at the
back.
Lace mits will be worn all summer
They come in shades to match dresses
and are long, medium and short
Bouquet-embroidered gloves are new
and very pretty. A bouquet of flower:
in the natural colors is embroidered or
the back of the hand of the most ex
pensive. Others have the embroidery
in two shades only-one the color o.
the glove, the other somewhat lighter
The rage for brown has seized the
flower-makers, and so the bonnet-wear.
ing public are treated to brown roses
brown leaves and brown twigs; gera
mum, woodbine and ivy have taken or
the colors of decay, and flame with &
brilliancy that suggests frost rather
than sunshine and resurrected nature
Elder flowers just ready to go to seed
poppy pods in which the dry seeds rat
tie, are amongthe cheerful things which
are offered for our admiration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
History Of Diphtheria.

The ravages of this disease in this
country make it a subject of painful in
terest By unprofessional persons it is
generally supposed to be of modern
origin. DR.. f. r. Maxon has written a
series of papers on the disease, which
have appeared in the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry, from one of which we
make the following extract:
D." Diphtheria is believed to have orig
mated in Egypt more than 1000 years
ago. 1t prevailed in Egypt and Asia
Minor, to which it extended, during the
first 500 years, and hence it was early
called Egyptian or Syriac disease. But
upon its extending into the south of
Europe the Greek designation became
the more general one; and though OBJ
jectionable. as not indicating directly
its pathology, it has been retained, to-
gether with the Egyptian or Sgriac.
Having invaded Europe, the disease
appeared at Rome A. d. $50; and being
akin to the plague, of which it may be
remote modification, having had the
same origin, with some similar char
acteristics, and being, like it and ma
lignant typhus, highly contagious, the
disease, III its 800 years transit on the
continent of Europe, affected mainly
. rural districts and garrisoned towns.
1t had extended to Holland, in which it
was an epidemic, in 1887; to Paris in
1876; and appeared in America in 1771;
having prevailed more extensively in
France in 1918 and 1885, and in En-
GLAND and the United States from 1858
to 1860, and more or less since"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

-Rhubarb Pie.-One cup chopped
rhubarb, one cup sugar, one egg, one
tablespoon of flour to every three cups
OF rind, one lemon grated.
Bean Soup.-Boil one pint of white
beans till soft, add one quart rich milk,
butter size of egg, season with salt and
pepper, boil; slice a few slices of bread
in tureen, and pour soup on boiling.
Indian Pudding Two cups meal,
one cup flour, one cup sweet milk, half
cup sour milk, half cup molasses, half
cup fruit, half spoonful each soda and
salt; steam or bake one hour. When
cold, slice and fry.
Hive Sirup.-One-half ounce ipe-
cac, one ounce squills, one ounce snake
root, to put in one quart of water; boil
to one pint, strain, then add two pounds
loaf sugar, or the same amount of
honey; boil again to nice sirup.
Cottage Pudding One pint flour,
one and a half teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one cup milk, one cup sugar,
two eggs; bake twenty minutes, Sauce
One cup butter, one cup sugar, one
egg; to be mixed over boiling water.
Corn Bread. Two cups of sour milk,
one-half cup molasses, two cups of corn
meal, one and one-half cups of white
flour, small tablespoon of soda, dis
solved in sour milk; salt; steam three
hours. To be eaten hot. Slice and
steam when you want to warm it.
Noodles. Beat four eggs; add as
much flour as will make stiff dough;
roll in very thin cakes; dry and roll to-
gether, and cut very fine, and for soup
boil in beefsteak, OF boil in salt water
and brown-bread crumbs in butter;
drain the noodles and put the crumbs
on top. ..
Dried Apple Dumplings. -Boil two
handfuls of dried apples in two quarts
of water; mix eight spoonfuls of flour,
two eggs, and as much milk as will
make stiff dough; drop the dough by
spoonfuls into the apples; add sugar,
butter and salt to taste; boil till light,
and serve hot.
Sally Lunn.-Dissolve one tea
spoonful of butter in one pint of sweet
milk; whip the whites of four eggs to a
stiff froth, and beat the yelks and one
eggcupful of pulverized sugar light;
stir the yelks and sugar in the warm
milk, and add four coffee-cups of sifted
-four, three teaspoonfuls of yeast pow
der, and the whites of the eggs; pour
the butter in creased cake-mold, and
bake in quick oven thirty minutes.
DO not work butter too much nor
too fast. Work slowly until all salt is
thoroughly and evenly absorbed. Other
wise the butter will not be of uniform
color. Working it too fast will destroy
the grain, and the butter becomes salvy
and lard-like in its texture. Let it
stand or put it away in the tray for
twenty-four hours. Then work it enough
to remove all the buttermilk or surplus
brine, so that the butter may become
dry or like piece of cheese. Mold in
to rolls and set them away for twenty
four hours, or until they become hard
and firm. The cloth should now be
| put on, SO as to cover one end, while
the other is left open for the stamp.
The cloth should be cut in pieces of
exact size and dipped in brine and the
butter rolled when the cloth is dripping
wet. Butter should never come in CON
tact with the bare hand. When in bulk
it can be easily handled with ladle
and flat paddle.-JOurraaL Of Chemistry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Signs.

PEOPLE who still adhere to the lool-at- your
nd-feel-of-yOur-pulse doctor some
times express not little curiosity in regard to
Dl. RV. Pierce's original method of distin-
gushing all forms of chronic disease without
personal consultation. Some even suppose that
he accomplishes this through clairvoyance, or
some other species of professional jugglery.
All this is utterly false. He claims to deter
mine disease by the rational methods of science
only Says Comley, in his Biographical Ency-
clopedia of New York State. speaking of this
distinguished physician " He perceived that
in each of the natural sciences the investiga-
tor proceeds according to a system Of signs.
The geologist in his cabinet accurately deter
mines and describes the cleft of rock, which
he has never seen, from the minute specimen
on his table. And the chemist in his laborato-
ry notes the constituents of the sun with the
same precision that he analyzcs a crystal of
rock salt. The analogous system developed
by DIR. Pierce in Medical Science is worthy of
his genius, and has made his name justly cele-
brated." For a full explanation of this in
genious system of diagnosis see the Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent, post
paid to any address on receipt of one dollar
and fifty cents. Address the author, r. V.
Pierce, NJ D., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Fashion Notes.

THE "gold- braid straw is fashiona-
BILE for bonnets.
French ginghams are woven to form
bourette effects.
Silk buttons are no longer seen on
fashionable dresses.
Mantelets and dolmans have about
extinguished sacques.
Linen collars and cuffs are embroid-
cred with colored cotton.
Brocaded grenadines of two distinct
colors are handsome for summer dresses.
Fichus or small capes will be made to
match suits, and worn as outdoor gar
ments during the coming season.
"Emano" is new cotton material
similar to French cambria, and will be
used to combine with lawns for house
dresses. .,.....I... ..........
A marked feature about new bonnets
is the absence of all hanging draperies;
they are made to look as compact as
possible.
Fichus are much, very much, worn.
The newest of these is the Carrick cape,
three large lace collars or small capes,
one above the other.
Greek bands are worn on the skirts OF
dresses a little below the waist; they
are of metal, leather, or made of the
dress material, and have a very unique
appearance ...H ~
In many polonaises the fronts fall
open as if cut away; in altering narrow
polonaises it is only necessary to open
them down the front and draw them
back with tapes.
Beaded passamenterie is among the
favorite new trimmings. Much jet il
seen, but the preference is for colorec
beads, and on white dresses for the
Roman pearl embroidery.
The shoulder seams of all new dresses
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27


Mexico penitents are often required to
undergo frightful sufferings. They
fast until scarcely able to stand, scourge
their naked bodies until they are COW
cred with sores, and on Good Friday
take heavy wooden crosses on their
backs and stumble along, blindfolded,
to the summit of hill. Here they are
bound to the upright crosses with
strong cords, and left for three days.
Some are said to die through weakness
and pain, and to be secretly buried.
Others fall insensible before reaching
the hill. On Easter Sunday, in 1876,
four penitents died from the effect of
the torture, one of whom lay all Easter
night on the threshold of church,
after three days of scourging. In the
morning life was extinct.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
A Poisonous Stocking.

A LITTLE over a month ago young
man, nineteen years of age, named
Stewart Smith, boarding at No. 104
Prince street, inflicted a slight wound
on his foot while pairing corn. For
several days he felt no inconvenience
and went to work as usual, but after
ward his foot began to swell, and got
so painful that he was induced to 90 to
the General Hospital, which he did on
the goth of March. Despite all efforts
he got worse, and died on Monday
evening at ten o'clock. Itappears that,
after his foot began to bleed, he put on
a blue stocking, and it is supposed his
blood was poisoned thereby .-MontreaI
Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Sowing Plaster-.-Drilling Corn.

l SOW in the spring only, before SOW
my grain or clover seed, for the reason
that it will secure more thorough
catch of the clover. The plaster will
be on the ground, and will receive the
wet of the spring to dissolve it, and
thus incorporate it in the soil, ready to
act with the first growth of the clover.
This is most important thing. The
experience of every farmer is that his
clover comes up well enough, but it
dies out, usually, or to great extent,
in the dry weather we so frequently
have in the last of May or the first of
June. The plaster, being put on the
ground, dissolves, and, incorporated
with the soil, will be ready to act with
the very first growth of the clover, and
will continue to act and keep it alive
and growing, thus insuring a perfect
stand of clover. The plaster thus sown
will continue strong enough on the land
to produce in the year following the
year it was sown crop as large as the
very best mower will cut, and even in
the third year, if the soil is broken in
the fall after being mown or pastured,
and planted to corn or sown to grain,
it will be found to make material i'm
provement in the soil. The thrifty
farmer will, however, SOW every third
year anew with plaster, to secure a
more perfect catch of clover or growth
of grain.
SOW 100pounds per acre. A man will
SOW about one ton in day if he is
smart, and is not afraid of getting his
face dirty, and if he is not smarter than
| am, 4 half ton per day will be a
good days work.
In reference to drilled corn fodder,
my experience is that it will be best to
make the drills about two feet apart,
sown at the rate of one bushel per acre.
Thus sown, it can be cultivated-a very
important consideration.
Further, it is important that it should
have air. and sun, which il it.was7sF.a'rT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

1t is poor economy to work with
poor tools; good and improved tools
can be had now at very reasonable
prices, and farmers have no excuse to
be without them. AS much time and
labor is wasted on a poor or dull tool as
would buy good one or place the poor
one in working condition, not speaking
of the poor work performed. A dull or
poor tool frequently costs the farmer
more than the price of new or sharp
one.-Our american Farmers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

man talk bout whitewash'n! He don't
kno num- er fe' brush from pin-oak
linn. Wen old massa," he continued,
lib out dar in de blue grass, in Kahn
tuck, he told me: Jason, go and wax
mate the choke-p'ar tree with some
whitewash'n.' l done glib dat tree two
coats, when mass come rush out an
shout: Stop dat, Jason! Fotch some
lam black pert as you kin, an wash
that tree; it shine SO, it most dazzle my
eye out Dat man talk bout white
wash'n agin metz And the old man
Strengthened himself up, and gazed out
into space as if anticipating new worlds
to cOnQuer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Uncle j. as a Whitewater.

Uncle Jason, previous to being en-
ployed in the rolling-mill, where he
met with the fatal, untimely and ex-
traordinary accident, was in the habit
of doing odd jobs of whitewashing, and
was extremely proud of his reputation
for artistic skill in that direction.
Spikes said to him one day: "Mass
Peter says he can whitewash all around
you, Uncle Jason"
The good man reused up instantly
and exclaimed contemptuously: "Dat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
A Word to the Wise.

We wish to caution purchasers of DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER against buying it in bulk or
loose. 1t is the practice of INSCRIPTIONS gro
GERS and dealers to keep cheap, inferior, and
generally highly-injurious baking powder in
bulk, and sell it for the genuine DooLEY's
called for. Buy it only in cans, as it is not
sold in bulE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Iv old times. when tobacco was manufactured

In old times, when tobacco was manufactured
from only the best leaf grown in Virginia there
was an article put up in kegs called Niger
Head Twist" Messrs. W. S. Kimball & Co., OF
Rochester. N. Y. the manufacturers of the ia
reproduced this Niger Head, and prepared it in
papers under two brands-one, dark and heavy,
called Niger Head: the other, light and mild,
called Bulls Eye. These are genuine cut caven-
dish, and are the most economical tobaccos the
working-ma can use. One pound is said to be
equal to pound and a half of common smoking
tnhaccn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

TEACHER with reading class: Boy
(reading)-"And as she sailed down
the river" Teacher" Why are
ships called sheP" Boy (precociously
alive to the responsibilities of his sex
=" Because they need men to manage
them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsLows SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of .teething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief
and health to the child gives rest to the mother.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
The Bristol (Conn.) CORES

The Bristol Comm corresponds
ence of the Hartford Courant contains
this astounding intelligence: "A spe-
cies of dances have been inaugurated
here of late, distinguished from the
ordinary kind by the wearing of white
kid gloves. They are largely attended,
very popular, and highly enjoyed"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

No PAPER issued of its kind equals the Hart
ford, Conn, ''PoULTRY WORLD" II choice Chro-
mos ayear Sl.25, postpaid, with 75c. for the 10
Chromos will give fowl-raisers the best practical
monthly in America Try it in rs. Specimen 10c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

Never fails to relieve and permanently cure
all those diseases commonly known as female
complaints. Sold by all druggists. Send for
almanac. Graefenber Co., 56Reade st., N. Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

No OPIUM No Morphia or other danger
GUS drug is contained in DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup, for the relief of Collie, Teething, etc.
Price, IS cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

War of 1912 Soldiers and Widows
Pensioned for IA days service. Write COL
i. BINGHAM d Co., Attorneys for Pensions
Patents, Land Titles, Washington, d. c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co., Cincin., o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

AT this Of the year the human system Is liable
to become disOrdered from the insufficient efforts OF the
liver to discharge the of bile If nature is not
assisted in her efforts, severe bilious attacks or
Frustrating feves necessarily follow causing great suf
fering and even death. little timely precaution how.
ever. will prevent all this and may be found in that IA
vorite household remedy, SIMMONS LIVER REGU.
LATOR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Pond 5 Extract J.!
The Peoples Remedy. for Internal
and External Use.
PONDS EXTRACT CURES

PONDS EXTRACT CURES
Piles. blind and bleeding; AnfiammatiOns and
Operations; Hemorrhage from any organ
Nose. Gums, Lungs Bowels Kidneys Womb, etc
COngesttOns. Enlar REGIMENTS.
PONDS EXTRACT INVALUABLE
For Dysentery and Rheumatism: Infamma.
ton Of Eyes and Eyelids; Inflammation Of
OVaries; Vaginal LeucOrrhea; VnricOse
Veins: Sore Nipples.
TO FAkMERS-POnd's Extract. No StocR
Breeder, no Livery Man afford to be without It
It. Is used by al the leading Livery Stables, Street
Railroads aud first HOTSemen In New York City 1t
has no equal for Sprains Harness Saddle Chat
ings, Stiffness. Scratches, Swellings Cuts, Laeera
tons Bleedings, Pneumonia Collie, DiarrhCea, Chills
Colds etc. Its range of action Is wide and the re-
lief 1t affords is SO prompt that it is invaluable In
every Farm yard as well as in every Farm house.
Let Il be tried once and you will never be without It,
CAUTION! Ponds Extract has been Initiated
The genuine article has the words Ponds Ex-
tract blown in each bottle II is prepared by the
only persons living who ever knew how to
prepare 1t properly. Refuse all other preparations
OF Witch Hazel. This is the only article used by
Physicians, and In the hospitals Of this country and
Europe.
HISTORY and Uses of Ponds Extract, In
pamphlet form, sent frhe on application to
PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY, es Maiden
Lane. New York.