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washington's Only sister.

Mrs. Betty Lewis, Washington's only
sister, is described, in Scribner's Mdgd-
zine, as woman of many virtues, and
we'll beloved of her famous brother. In
the future, however, she is NOR likely TO
be celebrated for her spelling than any
thing else. We quote the following let
ter from the article:
@Nt "JULY 9th, 1896.
My DEAR BROTHER L received your
Letters of the 26th and 29th of June, the
day after l wrote to you / was attack
with the ague and fever which has lasted
ever since 1 had never been clear of a
fever since, I Expected your comeing
tain Mr.. Parkes fortune thoe 1 believe
he would not tell anything falls on the
location, Harriot's Brother Wrote her q
letter from Baltemore and likewise one
to Mr.. Parks congratulateing them on
their Intended Union which he sayes he
makes no dout will be very happy one,
Lawrence was here at the time that Mr..
Parks frs spoke to Harriet on the sub
ject and 1 beg'd of him to make all the
inquire he could but never hard from
him until the letter I have mentioned
here and concluded from that he had In
ouired and was well Pleas'd, when Mr.,
Parks ask'd my consent told him had
nothing to say to it that you ware the
Person to be appli'd to, have never
concern'd myself with it think Harriet
is Old Enough now to make choice for
her self, and if thay are not happy be-
lieve it will be her one falt, he bars the
Best caracter of any young Person that
know,
"I now my Dear Brother have to
thank you for your good intention OF
sending me mule if you had any to
spear, but had no write to Expect you to
Disfrnish your self,
"I am much obliged to you for yourin-
vitasion to Mount Vernon but it is utterly
out of my Power to get up, L believe I
wrote to you last fall that had but two
old Horses and in Tenn word left out
from that my stable was broken open
and the best of them carri'd of and from
that day to this I have not hard word
of him TINT was the forth chariot Hors
that I had lost in Fredericks you may
Believe 1 had no great Parsiallity for
the Place, Harriet is Better and is gone
to the forth of July in Town but think
she looks belly.
"My Love to you and my Sister
Washington concludes me your
Affectionate sister
"BETTY LEWIS.
"P. 81 fear that you will hardly
make out this as 1 have a violent Head.
axe and hor1id caught believe Har-
riot is distressed to know how she is to
be Provided with things for Welding
Dress"
I'll IS was probably the aged sisters
last letter to her brother; for she entered
into rest early in March, 1897. hel
portrait, taken in her youth, represents
her as tall, handsome woman, with
brown hair and eyes-her head held
proudly erect and her full lips firmly
almost haughtily compressed, as if she
had just issued some positive command
to her army of tall sons.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
The COmstOck Mines.

A correspondent writes about the cele-
brated Comstock mines in Virginia city.
Nev., as follows The demand for tim
ber and fuel for the Comstock mines is
immense, and from the base to the
summit of the Sierras the pine forests
are being rapidly denuded The cost of
the timber which is put underground to
prevent the mines from caving in is
$4,000 day, or $6,200,000 a year.
The demand of the bonanzas alone is
some 100000 feet month. The tim
ber used is transported over q narrow
gauge railroad running from Glenbrook
to the summit of the Sierras, 1,500 feet
above the level of Lake Tahoe. The
road is 8! miles in length, with an
abrupt, tortuous grade of from 100 to
165 feet to the mile. 1t passes through
tunnel cut out of the solid rock 500
feet in length. On reaching the summit
the timber is placed and sent on its~way
in V-shaped fume of some fourteen
miles in length, extending over the rocky
and rugged portions of the mountains to
Carson City in the valev. Often days
run in the fume is 500, ,0nO feet of timber
and 1000 cords of wood for fuel. The
cost Of firewood is $4,000 daily. I am
told that the cost of the candles used in
the mines daily is $4,000, while the
cost of ice to cool the water for the miners
in the lower level is s12 900 day. The
expenses of milling are $4,000 day.
These and other expenses bring the total
cost of working the Comstock mines up
to at least $40, 900 day, or 1926, $50, ,OOC
year..
The heat in the lower levels of the
Comstock mines is perfectly intense, and
it is wonder how men can endure it
but they do. 1 have been talking with
miner, who tells me that in some OF
the drifts it is next to impossible fol
men to work. Miners are so often over.
come with the heat that they are render.
ed insensible. Fresh air is constantly
supplied. There are cooling-off rooms
or boxes provided in the mines, where
the temperature of the air is kept down
by compressed air, and these places af
ford some relief. 1t is so hot that mer
often get their skins blistered as bad al
if it had been done by scalding steam
Very often the iron tools are so hot thai
they cannot be touched without burning
the hands. The work in several mines
is carried on to a great disadvantage OF
account of the recalcitrancy of the heat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07

For pearly qulrter OF century Dr. Sage
Catarrh Remedy his been acknowledged by the
people as positive cure for all catarrhal af-
fections. Its greatpopularity with physicians
and patients, tosether with its constantly in
creasing sale, a;tets. in arguments stronger
than words, its healing power. If there be
general or nervcuA debility and impoverished
blood, DIR. Pierce'sGolden Medical Discovery
should be used in c,nnection with tn, CAtarrh
Remedy. The following named pa ties are
among the Thousands who have been cured OF
catarh by the u.s. of DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy
A. F. Downs, New Geneva, Pa. D. J. Brown,
st. Joseph, Mo-; F.NC Lewis, Rutland VI.
crop, North Chesterfield, Me-; Milton Jones,
Serbia, N Y; ]. E. Miller, Bridger Station,
Wyo.; ]. g. Merriman, Logansport. Ind Df.
NJ. Post, Logansport. Ind. ]. W. Bailey. Ire
mont, Pa: H. b. Ayers, La Porte, Ind, Jessie
NJ Sears, Ft. Branch, Ind; l. Williams, Can
Nichols, Jr.. Galveston, Tex Jonas F. Rein
ert, Stonesville. Pa. S W. Lusk, Mcfarland
Wis; johnson Williams Helmick OHIO : Mrs
NJ. A. Currey, Trenton, Tenn; j. G. Joslin
Keene N. H.. A. ]. Casper, Table Rock, W
Va; Lonis Andefss, Gaysport, Ohio; G. II
Francisco, CAL; Mrs. E. N. Gallusha, Law
renceville, N Y; WI. Graham, Adel, Iowa
A. o. Smith, Newman Ga; Chas. E Rice Bal
timore, Md; Jessie Nj. Sears, Carlisle, Ind
Dan'l b. Miller. Ft. Wayne, Ind; Mrs. Minnlt
Arnise. 200 DELANEY street. New York H. W
Hall, Hastings Mich. VIM. F. Marston, Lowell
Mass; I. W. Roberts, Marlcopa, Ariz.; Chas
S. Delaney, Harrisburg Pa; NJ. G. Cole
Lowell Mass; Mrs. G. ]. Spurtin, Camden
Aia.; Chas. F. Kaw, Ere ricktown, Ohio
Mrs. Lucy Hunter, Pennington, H.; Capt. q
J. Spaulding, Camp Stambaugh, Wyo.; !. w
Tracy, Steamboat Rock, Iowa; Mrs. Lydii
Waite, Shushan, N. Y; ]. NJ Peck, junction
City, Mont; Henry Ebe, Bontas, Cal; L:
Cummings, Rantoul. H.; s. E. Jones, Charles
ton -Four Corners, N. Y. Geo F. Hall. Pueblo
CAL. VIM. E. Bartrie, Sterling, Pa; H; H
Ebon, 94S Penn rect, Pi tsburgh Pa; ,. r
Jackmau. Samuel's Depot, KY; Henry Zobrist
Geneva, N. Y; Miss Hattie Parrott, Mont
gomery, Ohio; L. Ledbrook' Chatham, Ill.
North Jackson, Mich; Miss Mary A. Wi ME
Dsrien, Wis; John zeigler, Carlisle Spring;
Pa J.; James Tompkins st, Cloud, Mimi; Enoc
Duer, Pawnee City, Neb.; Joseph T. Miller
Xclia, Ohio; s. b. Nichols, Galveston, Tex.
H. L Laird, Upper Alton, Ill. John Davis
Prescott, Ariz.; Mrs. Nancy Graham, Foref
/ Cove Orepon
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
Alphabet Of Short Rules.

Attend we'll to your business.
Be punctual in your payments.
Consider we'll before You promise.
Dare to do right.
Envy no man.
Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not in the path of vice.
Have respect for your character.
In everything be just.
Judge mercifully of others faults.
Know thyself.
Lie not, for any consideration.
Make few acquaintances.
Never profess whatyou do not practice,
Occupy your time in usefulness.
Postpone nothing you can do now.
Quarrel not with your neighbors.
Save something againsta day of trouble
Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself to moderation.
Vilify nobody's reputation.
Watchfully guard against idleness.
Xamine your conduct carefully.
Yield to superior judgment.
Iealously pursue the right path.
-Christian Standard,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
The Force of Habit.

Among the conspirators shot the other
day for scheming the massacre of the
president and his ministers in Guatema-
la was young student, by name Rafael
Segura, whose skill in forgery is repre-
sented as having been surprising. He
had forged the signatures of the presi-
dent and general-in-chief to various
fraudulent documents and orders re-
quired for carrying the plot into execu-
ton. On being arrested he was brought
before the president, and pleaded in de-
fence of his acts that he was without a
father, and absent from his mother, and
that by promises of promotion under the
new regime and of large sums of money
he had been induced to commit the
forgeries in question. The president
requested him to give proof of his
talent, which he did by Immediately
writing an order with the name of the
president so exactly initiated that even
the president himself declared that un-
less he had seen it written he could not
have told that it was not his own.
Thinking that youth possessed of such
gifts might ultimately become useful
member of society and good servant OF
the Republic. the president told him
that he would give him a full pardon,
and, further, would, if he wished it, as
sist him in his career by giving him EN-,
ployment under the government. Sc.
gura, who thanked the president for his
generosity, made the most earnest as
surances of good conduct in future. TIL,
first use, however, he made of his liber
ty was to forge an order for the release
Of Rhodas, one of the principal offenders
AN order which only by the merest ac
cident failed to effect its purpose. Thi
was too much for the president, and Sc
gura, being sentenced to death by th'
military tribunal, was shot with th'
other conspirators on the 7th Of No
vember,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
How Artemus Ward Wrote.

A friend of Artemus Ward, who was
with him on the Cleveland Piaindeater
for some time, says he used to be inces-
sanity whiting his chair and desk. His
manner of writing was as peculiar as
every thing else about the man. His
mission in life seemed to be to hunt up
funny things. When he found them,
out of bis own head or elsewhere, he
himself enjoyed them better than any
one else. As he sat writing, when the
funny ideas struck him, he would laugh
with guffaw which seemed to shake him
from his heels upward. He sat in his
armchair, always with his left leg swung
over the arm of his chair. When the
joke came he used to pound the table
with his fist. slap the long. thin leg that
hung over the chair, and explode with
laughter. 1t was his habit to share a
good joke with his associates in the office
at once. He loved sympathy as If he
had been a woman, and seemed to stand
as much in need of it. He wrote rather
rapidly, and writing seemed to come
easy to him. He laughed nearly all the
time he was writing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
Relief without a Doctor.

Though we would by no means be under
stood as deprecating but rather as recon-
mending, professional aid in disease, there are
multitudes of instances when it is neither
necessary or easy to obtain. fami provided
with comprehensive household specific like
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, is possessed of a
medicinal resource adequate to most emergen-
cies in which medical advice would he otherwise
needful. That sterling tonic and corrective
invariably remedies. and is authoritatively re-
commended for debility. indigestion, liver dis
order, an irregular habit of body, urinary and
uterine troubles, incipient rheumatism and
gout, and many other ailments of frequent
occurrence. It eradicates and prevents inter-
mittent and remittent fevers, relieves mental
despondency, checks premature decay, and in
vigorates the nervous and muscusr tissues.
Sleep, digestion and appetite are promoted by
it, and it is extremely useful in overcoming the
effects of exhaustion and exposure.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07

Tho Greatest Discovery OF the Age is DR.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Linment 90 years before
the public and warranted to cure Disrhea Dysentery,
Coc, and spasms, taken internally and Group Chronic
Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Outs, Bruises, Old Sores
and Pains in the tmbs Back and Chest, externally
II has never failed. No family will ever be without Il
after giving II fair trial. Price 40 cents. DIR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint
Bottles. at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any
other, NO PAY. for the Of Ooc. Cuts Bruises,
Old sores etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot-1O Park
Place. New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07

An English veterinary surgeon, now in this
country, says that "Sheridan's Cavalry Condi-
ton Powders are superior to any he knows of
In England, as they are absolutely pure" He
denounoes the large package fraud and warns
people not TO buy them.
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DIR. 1. s. johnson q Co., of Bangor, Maine,
propnetors of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment,
will send free to all who will write for it, re-
liable information how to prevent diphtheria--
the most to be dreaded of all dreadful diseases.
Write your name post Office address, county
and State plainly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07

Are biscuits, bread, rolls, dumplings, etc.,
made with Dooley's Yeast Powder Always
use il for the delicious Vienna rolls. Should
your grocer not have. and refuse TO get,
Dooley's Yeast Powder fot you. send 20 cents
for a 10, 35 cents for Il ib., or go cents for
10. direct to Dooley & Brother, New Yok,
AMI it will be sent by mail, postpaid.
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Farmers, Fruit Dealers and Grocers,
Write for Science Applied. Contains directions,
formulas, receipts etc how to prevent decay
and loss in fruits, berries, etc. New principles;
silver, or P. o. stamps. Purchasing Agency"
Chambersburg Pa,
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Ornaments for decorating vases, ginger jars,
etc. We send prepaid our "Gem" Package,
full sheets for 25 cts ''Berln." IS full sheets,
for so cts; or Gems and / Berlin for 81, on
receipt of price. Send Ct stamp for catalogue.
Postage stamps received. Berlin & Yeddo
Chrome Co., Ill Fulton St., N. Y, Box 526S.
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WISTAR'S BALSAM.
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
Rleedino at tha I.unus
Bleeding at the Lungs.

,...,. -, PuISAM, Conn, March ~, 1859.
S0TS A. behalf Of DIR Vista RS Bz2SXM or Wffkb
several and aWsys A9S With as1 ne sf my io
results. My wife being Of delicate habits has always
been troubled with a hard, dry, hacking oouah when
ever taking little cold, and has employed various
specifics without obtaining any relief, until prevailed
upon TO test the virtues OF WIbTAR,S BAISAM ths
fleet Of which has been truly astonishing.
More than year since young man be!opgng In this
tOn With ~ most @ severe cough and was finally given
al that consumption was claiming him as a victim.
LeaIping these facts my wife sent him bottle Of the
sst9nishment OF his at his accustomed
patton snatchea. as II were from the very jaws OF
BALSAM to the oonsumptve and always with the best
OF success These statements simple facts which
be vouched for at any time by calling on me at my
store. remain, yours truly,
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Mexican Mustang Liniment.
Sandal

positive remedy for all diseases CT the Kidneya
Bladder And'Urinary Orxans also good in Drop.
sicaI Complaints. It never produces sickness,
certain and speedyn itsaotion 1t is supsrssd.
all other remedies. Sixty espsuiss cure insiI or III
days No other medicine can do this
beware Of limitations, for. owing to it's gre
success. many have been offered some are most danger
ous. causing piles. etc.
DUNDAs DiCk d. Co.'s seauins so,f osy
'"iss' eo"'a'"s"0 OH " sania,rooi sold at au ar =
stores. All JSv es+ssiar ss. Jor One % IS a.d
fwos..s. .s.ss<., Hs,r YosS r..,s~
kYNU
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-07
Caution to the Public.

To avoid imp ositon, purchasers Of fWalthamW W chez
will observe that every genuine Watch, whether Il
silver, bears trade mark both and
movements.
Colo cases are stamped A. W. Co." and guarantee
certificates accompany them. Silver stamped
q" Am. Watch Co., Waltham, Mass. Coin Silver" or
cam. Watch Co., Waltham Mass, Sterling Silver,
according to quality and accompanied by guaran'
tee certificate signed r E. Robbins, Treasurer. The
name WALTHAM is plainly engravedppon all move.
ments, irrespective of other distinguishing marks.
This caution is rendered necessary by of the
fact that frequently separated from
movements and put worthless moyene pts of other
makers, and sersa thus affecting injuriousy the
performance of the Watches and vitating
ty which is intended only to cover our complete
Watches wholly made by us. gE- Every buyer should
make close inspection as indicated. -
AMERICAN WATCH CO..
By II &C. RoBBISs Treae
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IT You Are Biliou-
tone up your liver. Take Gu rk's Irish Tea
Sold by druggists at rs cts a package.
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THROAT, LUNGS and CHEST,
INCLUDING
Consumption.
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
A Case of Consumption.

CHEsTERFIELD, N. H., March 49, 1857.
Messrs SETH w. FowLE q Son:
Gentlemen-I feel In duty called upon Voluntarily 10
give my testimony in favor Of DIR. WlSTAR'S BAL
October with s lung complaint, accompanied with a
OyeI an ncuIabe % 81 Eonsampticn t and for
about six weeks my friends expected that might die
any day. having entirely despairsd Of my recovery At
this time read the Advertisements and certificates of
ny It myself ! have taken five bottles. and from the
commencement have been gradually recovering. My
cough has now entirely ceased, have regsinsd my
flesh and strength and am am feeling quite well attn,
CHERRY, as have taken other medicine since
commenced taking that
Very respectfully yours,
MRS MlLA b. SMITH.
Messrs, FowLE Son:
Gentlemen-Mrs. Smith gives me the foregoing certi
oate OF the eheacy of medicine in her CASE She
is an acquaintance of mine and took the Balsam the
strength OF certificate, which she in the papers
Her story is literally true. Yours truly,
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PASTORS

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postage for a specimen copy. Address, FRANK
LEsLIE's PUBLISHING HOUSE, 537 Pearl Street
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THE SCIENCE OF LIFI

OR SELF-PKESERvATIO
Two hundreth edition. revised and enlarged Just pub
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Street. Boston. The author may be consulted on all
diseases requiring skill and experience.
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:he Daily Press and Dakotaian
BLACK HILLS NOTES.

The ore from the Palmetto American Flag
lode, averages $50 per ton.
Eight hundred acres of potatoes are grow
ing in the spear6sh valley.
The money order business at the Dead
wood post Office from the 1st to the 18th o.
June amounted to $s,3S4.37.
The placer mines on Gold run, which
have heretofore been considered of little val
ue are yielding rich returns this season.
The Western Enterprise is the name ol
The new daily paper at Deadwood, the first
issue Of which was made on the 18th ult. II
is democratic.
Evidence that the Hills were occupied
years ago accumulates. A location stake on
Bald Mountain bears this inscription:
s'Tender foot lode located 101 years B. CO.
Deadwood Times: Towne, the safe man
who got some how or another mixed in that
Bismarck scandal, was met by Noah Sewer
in Minnesota last week. He was afraid to
20 home. The rumors of his little funny
business had reached the ears of his wife and
he expected she had double barrel gattling
gun loaded for him.
The Deadwood Times charges that the
United States grand jury in session at Rapid
City is entirely too searching and fears that
t will indict about half of the population of
he Hills. The paper also intimates that a
majority of the jury are prolorging the sit
ing Of the jury in order to make grub
take. The Times may be right, as So a day
a very large sized bonanza to some Of the
len who are serving their country as jur-
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vEGETINE
OWE MY HEALTH
TO YOUR VALUABLE
VEGETINE.

NEWFORT, KY., April -, 1S7I.
Mr.. II. H. STEVENS -
Dear Sir:-Havng suffered from a breaking
out Of CankerOus Sores for more than five years,
fracture ran into running sore, and having used
every thing could think Of and nothing helped
me, until had taken six bottles of your valuable
when 1nr MI MeT .s res
me, and all can say, Is that owe my health to
your valuable Vegetine.
Your most obedlent servant,
ALBERT Won ROEDER.
1T is unnecessary for me to enumeratc the
know of no disease which will not admit of Its
use, with good results. Almost innumerablt
complaints are caused by poisonous sccretions IL
the blood. which can be entirely expelled from
the system by the use of the Vegetne. Whcr
the blood is perfectly cleansed the disease rap
idly yields all pains cease healthy action !:
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ALL DISEASES OF THE BLooD.-H Vegetine
will relieve pain, cleanse, purify. and cure such
diseases. restoring the patient to perfect health.
suffering for years. is It not conclusive proof. #
you are 2 sufferer, you can be % cured? y Why y y
works in the blood, in tie circulating fluid. 1t
can truly be called the Great Blood Purifier: The
great source of disease originates in the blood !;
it, to purify and renovate, has any Just claim up
OH OuOlic attention,
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leges) y Slre road 70 rapid fortune. Full dc.
tails and Oflcial Stock Exchange Reports free
Address T. POTTER WIGHT = Co, bankers. 10
Wall Street. New York.