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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
Country Roads.

Country road-making is one Of the
sciences in which we cannot boast of
much progress within hundred years.
Through wide sections of country the
same old practice prevails, of scraping
the dirt into the road-bed every year, at
time in the spring when the highways
are settling into reasonable smoothness,
and leaving it untouched during the rest
of the year. Even with a gravel bank a
mile or two away, this shiftless style is
adhered to. The result is narrow,
humped-up, undrained highway : so
rough and uneven as to increase by fifty
per cent. the draft-power required to
move heavy loads long distances. As it
is the weakest point that measures the
strength of the chain, so it is the " bad
places that give character to the road
And if the entire highway work in a
district were given to making these
permanently good, the whole road would
be better.
An advice is now in order, we
contribute our quota: Make clean and
ample water courses down the hills, so
that the bed will not be washed out; fill
up the low, wet places with stones; use
only clean gravel, or stones broken by
highway work during the winter, when
there is little else to do, for top dressing;
let the roads alone when you can do
nothing but scrape on soil; keep the
weeds from going to seed; get up "tree-
planting days." to border the barren
highways with grateful shade, and
country roads will be more nearly what
they are under the " effete despotisms OF
Europe smooth, hard, dry, delight
full. One of the English road engineers,
writing on this subject, quotes from
another authority, and endorses the
remark that gravel ought always "to be
completely cleansed of every particle OF
clay or. earthly substance, and itt
different sizes ought to be selected an6
arranged by means of riddling OF
washing" He shows plainly why dirty
gravel turns to mud just as soon as the
combined forces of water and frost car
get at it, as we all have dreadfully paten
proof that it does, every spring. While
the scientific plan of "riddling" th'
gravel to clean it, and exposing it to sun
air and frost, to free it from dirt before
spreading it on the road, or using onl.
broken stone, is too "advanced " for ou
free and independent mud-pie makers
it can do no hurt to keep the correc
principle before them.-Ihe Golde,
Rule.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
Sham Buildings in Brazil.

A recent traveller in Brazil mentions
some instances of architectural shams,
which excel anything which we have to
show. He describes u couple, by way
of examples of many:
II had expected to find Santa Cruz
merely an Indian village, but as I ap-
preached it, the church seemed to me an
imposing structure. After getting a
glimpse Of it we struck into bit OF
woodland, and when We again emerged
into the open plain, saw only some
palm-covered huts and whitewashed cot
tages. I saw also a number of fisher.
men, barefooted, bronzed women, in
founced red, yellow and orange.colored
gowns, and here and there was black
vestured Portuguese, with white neck
cloth. But there was no church to be
seen. II had vanished. And yet could
not have been mistaken. I had observed
it clearly. The facade was in the usual
South American style; it was painted
white, and in that clear air one can see
fly hundred feet off.
"Where, in the name of Santa Cruz,
is the church 2 asked of my guide. BY
way of reply, he pointed to dead wall,
not more than three feet thick. I SHOOK
my head, and cried out, No; mean
the church which 1 saw few minutes
ago. He laughed, and a few more steps
cleared up the mystery. The church
which, seen from the front, looked like
an imposing structure, was only dead
wall, yard thick, buttressed up, but
without vestige of side walls, rear, OF
roof. This wall was really all there wa.
of it. Several steps led up to the portal
passing which, as many more led yor
down into hut, not much larger thar
the others in the village, and like en-
utterly devoid of all attempts at archi
tectural ornament"
Another sham structure was the treas
ury building of considerable town. Iti
facade is by no means devoid of preten
sion, but the front is all there is of it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
RoumanIan Towns and cities.

Perhaps the most remarkable feature
OF Roumania is the enormous difference
between the villages and the towns OF
moderate size, as we'll as OF the cities.
Louis Blanc says that in France there is
an abyss between the city and country;
and this would certainly seem to be the
case in the Wallachian principality. The
towns are full of activity, and in GER
tain kinds Of trade manifest real energy,
but five miles from any town most Of
the villages are semi barbaric. No
Roumanians whom met could give me
the true reason for this fact. They spoke
with discouraged tone of the burdens of
war and the slow progress of education
consequent upon the poverty of the
country. But it must not be supposed
that Roumania is Indifferent to the
cause of national education. The con-
stitution provides for liberal primary
instruction, and renders ii compulsory
wherever schools are established" /"
Each village or district is supposed to
provide funds for the support OF free
schools, but the villagers plead their
extreme misery as an excuse, and prefer
to keep their children steadily at work
as soon as they are strong enough to go
afield, rather than to accord them time
to study. There were, nevertheless, but
few years since nearly sixty-five thou
sand children frequenting rural primary'
schools, and twenty-seven thousand were
receiving elementary education in city
schools. Instruction in Roumania is
divided, as in France, into three grades
primary, secondary and superior or
professional. In the highest grade the
Roumanians have numerous establish
ments which will bear favorable
comparison with similar ones in other
lands.
The khan, the monastery and the
villagers hut being the only shelters for
the traveller across the mighty plain or
through the rugged mountains of the
principality, it is not astonishing that
when he arrives in Bucharest, the
capital, he is ready to bestow upon it
all the extravagant titles which it has
received during the last generation, such
as 1.-The City of Pleasure" "Paris in
the East, The Wanderers Paradise, u
etc. After months of weary wandering
in Turkey-in-Europe, he who reaches
the well-kept and handsome streets OF
the new quarter of Bucharest, who finds
himself once more dazzled by the glitter
of European uniforms, and surrounded
by evidences of luxury and fashion, the
very memory of which had begun to
fade from his mind, is amazed and
enchanted. It is like coming out of q
dreary desert directly upon a garden
filed with choice and beautiful flowers,
with ripping rivulets and plashine
fountains. .-EdWard King, in Lippin
COTS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
Anecdotes of MOrrissey,

A Washington correspondent gives
these anecdotes of the late Senator John
Morrissey:
Two or three incidents connected with
Mr.: Morrissey's first official appearance
in Washington are not unworthy of
mention. The day after he arrived here
to take his place in Congress he was
seated in the barber's shop of Willard 3
hotel, when "Beau Hickman" we'll
known as "the champion gentleman
beat of America" approached him and
said, "Mr. Morrissey, permit me, sir, to
congratulate you upon your election to
Congress, to position, sir, which have
no doubt you will adorn." "That's not
bad," replied Morrissey, "but what
does it cost2" "Oh, only S." replied
Hickman. "That's cheap" said Nor
risey, and then handed him the money
without another word.
Shortly after he came to the capital
Mr.. Morrissey learned that Colfax, who
an inveterate smoker. Acting upon this
knowledge he went to him and present
ing neatly papered parcel, said: "Mr.
Speaker, want to talk to you about my
place on the committees, but before I
say word let me give you the best box
of cigars in America" '"Ah, yes,' said
Mr.. Colfa1, very much embarrassed,
"but, you know-that is to say-all the
important places belong by right to the
old members. Certainly" said Nor
rissey in his own blunt, hearty way,
"that's just what thought, and what /
want you to do for me is to put me at
the tail end of some committee that
never does any work" "Oh, that's
easy enough" said Colfax, evidently
much relieved "I'll do just what you
want" He kept his word, and Mr..
Morrissey was appointed to the Com
mittee on Revolutionary Pensions, which
meets about once in five years.
Morrissey, unlike most of his associ.
ates, was not ambitious to figure prom.
inently in .the Congressional Direc.
tory" and when Major Ben Perley
Poore, the compiler of that work, called
on him for short sketch of his life, and
asked what his profession was, the
newly-elected Congressman said, with
some bitterness, "Well, suppose you
had better put me down as a faro
dealer"
"Oh, you don't mean it, said Major
Poore. " Can't you give me some Other
occupation2''
Eyes, of course 1 can," replied Nor.
rissey. "Give me credit for my old
trade if you will; call me an iron
molder, for that's what I am if I'm any
thing" And he appears in the "Direc.
tory" as an iron-molder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

People generally desire long life and good
health. Sickness and premature death are
almost always due to violations Of the laws
that govern our physical being, and of which
they would do better; but how can they avoid
an evil that they know not OFF While efforts
are made through the public schools to
give each child so-called common English
education, yet the children are permitted to
grow up and enter upon the responsible duties
structure of their own bodies, and the laws Of
physical being upon which their health and
lives depend. They are sent to school and
orsmmed with arithmetic, grammar and geo.
grsphy, by teac2 ers who, in many instances,
have never studied physiology and hygiene
They are taught to locate the mountains and
trace the rivers of foreign countries, but are
never taught to locate the vital organs and
glands of their own bodies, or trace the veins,
arteries, and nerves in their various ramlfica-
tions. They are instructed in the flow of the
tides. and the course OF the ocean currents, and
the philosophy Of winds and storms; but they
have no correct conception Of the relative ef-
fects upont heir health Of breathing pure or
impure air, nor has their attention ever been
called to the importance of keeping their
bodies clean and healthy by regular bathing.
The criminality of such neglect in teaching
becomes apparent when we consider that
the masses iguorantly violating the laws OF
health, bring upon themselves sickness, suf-
fering and death, that might otherwise DC
avoided. In this condition OF things we vel
come into being any work that is calculated to
impart to the masses knowledge of the struc'
ture Of their own bodies, the laws Of health.
and the importance Of observing those laws
We find DR.. Pierces Common Sense Medica
Adviser 10 be Just such work. 1t is physio'
logical and pathological, and the major, part
of it should be converted into text book fol
the use of common schools. Its careful study
| will enable the healthy to preserve their health
and the sickIy to regain health. Ever.
parent should read it, and as their children be
come of proper age, instruct them in the all
important truths it contains. We're this done
much suffering and premature death would D.
Of shame and RIGHTEOUSNESS. The book con
tains nearly one thousand pages, is profusel
illustrated with colored plates and wood en-
cravings, and can be had BY addressing r. r. " v
lids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Price, post paid
s1.5O.-Uaited Brethren Aid Journal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
Mans Oldest Friends.

1t is supposed by naturalists tina the
dog was the first domesticated of our
four-footed friends, the presumption
being that the dog was necessary in the
hunting of other animals. The next
creature subdued is presumed to have
been the pig, as thus food would be
secured without the labor of hunting.
Next in order comes the OK, first, per-
haps, rs beast of burthen, and then,
when his edibility was realized, as food.
The dairy would date from the domesti-
cation OF the bovine servants of man.
The horse, perhaps of all most priced
came under the rein when men ha
leisure to think Of something beside
food.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
Hhx nnn,t Yan Entf

How often does the snxiou, relative ask the
invalid "why don't you eat; IL you don't eat,
you will die." The poor man cannot; he
ioathes the sight Of food for he has no appe-
tite and the little he forces down his throat
seems TO do him no good. Tonic upon tonic
has been tried upon him vainly, and yet he
cannot eat what he should to restore his
health. There is one remedy which seldom
fails--it is Peruvian Syrup. 1t infuses the pro-
per kind Of stimulation to the digestive organs,
turns the glands which eecrete to their normal
work, removes the fecal matter which clogs the
passages, and infuses health and hope into
the invalid. When the system is run down
there is no preparation more effective in renew
ing the impaired powers; and this Peruvian
Syrup is recommended in all confidence, from
its inherent virtues and its accomplished vic
tories, to all who feel their native powers of
body and mind weakening by the stress Of
over-work. All druggists keep 1t.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

The Greatest Discovery of the Ago is Dr.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Lniment 20 years before
the public and warranted to Diarrhea, Dyssntsy
Oolic and spssms taken internally and Group Chronic
Rheumatism, Sore Throats Outs, Bruises, Old Sores
and Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally
1t has failed. No family will be without !,
after giving II fair trial Price 10 cents. DR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint
Bottles at One Dollar is warranted superior to an,
other, NO PAY, for the Of Ooo, Outs Bruises
Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists Depot-1O Psri
Place. New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

Mark Train told newspaper reporter
that he was going abroad in order to
find a quiet place to write, where he
would not be disturbed once day. 1t
is singular that it never occurred to him
to remain at home and secure desk in
a store that doesn't advertise. .-Norris-
totDn Herald.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

How TO MAKE MoNEY.-Twenty.fve cents
worth of sheridan's Cavalry Condition Pow
hens. viii inoresse he product Of eggs more
than enc dollar In value In thirty days.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

WORTH KNowINe.-One thirty five cent bot
tie of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will effeo-
tually cure bronchitis, inHammatory sore
throat, sore lungs, bleeding at the lungs,
chronic hoarseness, hacking cough, wheoping
cough and lame stomach,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

Philadelphia has 5000 piekpooAsts,
and as many thieves.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

Mothers! N1others!! Mothers!! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period Of teeth
ing in children. Itrelieves the child from pain,
cures wind colo, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child gives rest to
the mother. 1t is an old and well-tried remedy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MAToHLKss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
'HE PIONEER TOBACCO OoMPANY,
New York. Boston. and Chicago
Delicious Cookery

Delicious Cookery.
Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
bread, and elegant cake, crullers, waf1es,
doughnuts mullins, and griddle cakes Of every
kind, are always possible to every table by
using Dooley's Yeast Powder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
The Art of ProloneinR Life.

We have had our golden age and our
iron age, but this is the age of steal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16
STANDARD WEEKLIES.
Price per line,

For ten-line advertisement to be inserted
enc week in the above list, We will accept q
check, in advance, for 800, and will insert the
same one week in list of One Thousand Coun-
try Weeklies gratis.
Will insert two lines in the above list and the Ono
Thousand Country Weeklies for $50 cash.
Address
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

After the formal declaration of the
opening, and just as the cortege, headed
by President AacMahon and the Prince
of Wales, moved from the gallery of the
palace into the open space, where long
line of troops stood at present arms,
large drops of rain began to fall and
umbrellas and overcoats for a moment
hid the gorgeous uniforms and decora-
tions of the princes and dignataries
forming the procession from the view
of spectators. The rainfall, however,
lasted only few moments, and the
march over the Bridge of lena to the
buildings in the Champ de Mars was con-
tinued without further inconvenince.
AS the President, at the head of the
cortege, passed through the Exhibition
Building, on the Champ de Mars, he
paused short time before the official
headquarters of each section to note its
condition and exchange few words
with the officials in charge. At the
American section squad of sailors from
the United States vessels at Havre were
drawn up on the left of the entrance,
commanded by Ensign Young, of the
Constitution. On the right of the facade
were thirty marines, under Lieutener is
Russell and Zelin. Governor McCorm X,
the Chief Commissioner of the Uni d
States, attended by the Assistant 90 :
missioners and attaches, stood in frcnt
of the entrance. President MacMahon
was attracted by the bearing of the
American sailors, inquired concerning
the service and vessels to which the' be-
longed, and expressed gratiacatio at
their appearance. M. Berger, Dire Tor
of the foreign sections, presented q "
ernor Mccormick to President Mac
Mahon, who stood several minutes in
conversation with him, longer, in fact,
than at any other section. The marines
and employees ohssrsd heartily - the
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-16

PULMONA is q certain remedy for the CURE Of
CONSUMPTION and al diseases of tho Lungs
and ThrOnt. 1t invigorates the brsin tones mp the
system makes the woak strong and pleasant to take
Price One Dollar per bottle at Druggists sent by the
Proprietor on receipt OF price pamphlet containing
of ACTUAL CURES and full directions for using
psniss each bottle will be free to address,
OSCAR G. MOSES. 4 Cortlapdt Street. New York.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-27
A Drive up the Sioux.

EDITOR CoURIER:--Last week, in COM
pany wish G. w. Kellogg, Esq, l took a
pleasant drive up the beautiful valley of
the Sioux. The roads being good and
the weather fine we were soon at Mr.
Lester Wakeman's where we h@eted for n
short time aid were treated by Mrs. VITO a
plenty of sweet milk and fried cakes. We
found Mr.. w. nicely fixed so far as this
worlds goods arc concerned,-he has GO
head Of cattle aud about rs many hogs,
great and small, with plenty Of grain still
IN hand from last years crop, and all his
wheat sowed.-Wc saw wheat that is up
two inches high. Passing on we were
soon over the hills aud had driven up 20
Uncle Nat Edwards, who was glad to sec
us, but somewhat disappointed at tue non
appearance of the Hon. E.W. Milicr,-wc
were well cared for and passed the even.
ing very pleasantly at the school house,
where the people had gathered to listen
to a TEN 2erance lecture from E. w. Miller,
but he being unavoidably absent, your
humble servant tried to fill his place.
The aadience was attentive ard in SYM
pathy with the speaker IN his efforts to
do the best he could. Mr.. Kellogg made
II few %appror,iat" remarks ut the close !;
Some songs were sung, the pledge pre-
sented and so persons signed the same.
Uncle Edwards has cattle, hogs and
corn in abundance, and is preparing the
ground for a large crop this year. And,
best of all, Mr.. and Mrs Edwards have a
very interesting family of children, who
are good scholars aud fine singers.
Leaving Sunday morning on our return
we called at Duncan Ross, where We
learned that his son, Robert Ross, who
Was a%ccidcntly shot some five weeks ago
by a playmate, is improving very slow,
aud fears are entertained that he may not
recover. The ball entered the enter of
his breast and passed under the ribs aud
c.nnot be reached. His entire breast has
become very much swollen and very sore,
and he is suffering very much, the lad
is about 1G years old. Mr.. r.. showed us
his white steers that he is fitting for the
market. T.ey will will weigh, ut least,
one ton each and are as smooth as offers.
This is especially the country for stock
and We say let all the world knew it.
Prairie chickens are very pleantiIul,
and the farmers shy they pick up lots of
the wheat after it is sown. Nearly the
entire face Of the country is burned over,
aud we predict a fine sporting season.
| So mote it be. X,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-27

MIR c. N. ELwELL. is now running a
ferry at Texas iand.ac for the accommo-
datlCn of Nebraska farmers who wish to
bring their grain to the Elk Point market.
The boat that Mr. Elwcli is operating
now is run by hand, but he has about
completed q fine steam ferry boat which
will be in running order in q few weeks.
Mr. Elwcl! says he will have a first -class
boat ard he proposes to to keep it in
good running order. We hope that lie
will make a success of it, rs a good safe
crossing at this poi"t is very much de-
sired by the people on both sides of the
river. r.sss
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-27

Mn HENRY Filming, of this city, WAS
indicted at the last setting Of the u. s.
grand jury for the crime of sending
scurrllous matter through the mails on
postal cards. 1t seems hat DR.. Cowles OF
this city owed Mr.. Fleming a little bill
for -four purchased aud omitted and con
tinued to omit to pay il, when Mr.. F..
began to express his idea of the man on
postal cards which were dropped into the
post office directed to Mr.. Cowles. He
called him a dead beat" and 4 'miser-
able devil" on these cards, which is y
criminal offence according to the laws of
the United States, and hence the indict-
ment. Mr.. F. has had his trial and been
convicted on five out of the eight counts
in the t,dictmcnt, and a motion for
arrest Of judgment is nov pending in
the Z. S. court nj Ynnkton.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-27
City Caucus.

The citizens Of the city of Elk Point
are requested to meet at the Court House
at 80 ? m. on Friday, the Goth day of
March, for the purpose of nominating
Candidates for the various officers of said
city. Let there be a general turn out that
We may elect orr best men.
w Brggs, A Bovce. A Wallace
n A Kirk, ] II Bryan, NJ B Kent,
A o RinCsrud, I NJ Bryan, J s Talcott,
CT Mailalan, w f Cation, L n Bndde,
G b St-ckman, S WHnffman, NJ Hoffman,
G. II Freeman, o VI Halters. d w Myers,
II J Muhs. Geo Foid.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-27

OUR sportsmen are now deeply interest.
ed in the work of spelling the counter.
ances OF the incipient chicken,-or. in
other words, they have an attack of egg
shooting, and the egg market is regulated
somewhat upon the egg destroying capac,
ity of our sliootists. George Freeman
now wears the belt as the most success sful
L., tE. - t -
slayer Of the embryotic hen.