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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
A Buried Town Brought to Light.

An interesting archaeological discovery
has just been made in Italy-that of a
buried town, new Pompeii, unexpect-
edly found near Manfredonia, at the foot
of Mount Gargano. A temple of Diana
was first brought to light, and then a
portico about twenty metres in length,
with columns without capitals, and,
finally, metropolis covering $4,000
squire metres (about three and three
quarter acres). A large number of in
scriptions have been collected, and some
of them have been sent to the museum
at Naples. The town discovered is the
ancient Sipontum of which Strabo,
Potybeus and Livy speak and which was
buried by an earthquake. The houses
are twenty feet below the surface OF the
soil. The Italian government has taken
measures to continue the excavations on
a large scale. Every day some fresh
object of interest turns up. The latest
is monument erected in honor of
Pompey after his victory over the
pirates, and large quantity of coins
in gold and copper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
"BlOOd RAIN"

The cause of red. or blood rain, is due
to the presence of earthly substances
which have been carried up by winds,
mingled with and borne along by the
clouds and currents of air, and fall with
the rain when condensation reaches the
point when the moisture is precipitated.
Many of these occurrences are on record.
In the fall of 1916 such rain fell in the
south of France, which upon analysis,
showed seventy-three organic formations
that were peculiar to South America,
proving that the coloring matter of the
rain must have come from this continent,
and been carried across the Atlantic.
These showers are not uncommon. An
extensive one is reported in 1862, ex-
tending from Paris to Newfoundland; !;
another in 1868, and a very remarkable
one March 10, 1869. They are more
common in Europe than in this country.
and much OF the coloring matter comes
from the desert Of Sahara,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
The Heroism Of Mashineton.

A careful study of the history of
Valley Forge cannot be too earnestly
recommended to all who would fully
comprehend the greatness of the char
acter of Washington. At no other
period of the war does it seem so purely
heroic, and at no other time does the
patriot cause appear to have been in
equal danger of ruin. To this day it
seems miracle that the little army was
kept together at all. He gave forty-five
years to the service Of his country, but
in what year of them all did he do 30
much to save and to establish it Su-
perior to evil fortune, stronger than the
elements, and wiser than all the dele
gated wisdom of the colonies, hardly
knowing in whom he might confide or
what professed friend might prove q
virulent foe, his military genius under
valued and maligned by men who were
unworthy to hold his stirrup, he seems
never to have lost either his equanimity
or his hope. Contrast Washington at
Valley Forge, his naked little band
shivering around him, with Napoleon
selishly flying from the wreck of the
most magnificent army which ever trod
the plains of Europe. We feel, as we
contemplate the spectacle, that Wash
ington was call in all to the cause. F"
Any other man might have destroyed it
by presumptuous ambition, by an over
estimate of his own ability, or, on the
other hand, by natural incapacity to
manage the peculiar resources confded
to him. 1t may be truly said that no
historical character has so grown in the
estimation of mankind. There are other
revolutionary personages who are still
remembered freshly, in whom we see
faults and even weaknesses. From
these, Washington was not utterly free,
for he was human; but can another be
found who erred so seldom, who discov-
cred and repaired his error so promptly,
who was so wise and yet SO simple, who
was SO utterly incapable of submitting to
defeat while even desperate chance of
success remained, or who did the work
which his hands found to do, despite in
Vulnerable Instructions and difficulties,
SO persistently and SO thoroughly p
NeD York Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
Spiders and Moths in California.

Did il ever occur to anybody, in
quires tie Stockton Independent, that
California has a. decided superfuity of
spiders, not to mention other disagreea-
BILE inse ,ts? And they are the most in
defatig&ble creatures on the face of the
earth. From morning till night, and
from one years end to another, they go
on spinning their intricate webs in
every nook and corner, on every tree,
shrub and leaf, festooning the fences,
enshrouding the barns, covering the
houses, with their net work. Occa-
sionally you will see tree that stands
in some sheltered spot where the spiders
are undisturbed by the winds or by hu-
man intruders, and there you will find
the work of these omnipresent insects in
its completest form. 1t would seem that
the fairies had thrown around it an en-
chanted gossamer mantle. From top to
bottom it is one intricate network. The
imprisoned, smothered leaves seem to
be struggling to get out of the remorse-
less grasp of their liliputian captors.
After the spiders comes the California
dust. the inevitable dust of summer,
lodging thickly in every cobweb, and
making the poor, struggling trees look
as though mourning in sackcloth and
ashes for their friends, the long-delaying
raindrops, that seem never to come.
The work of the dust and the spiders
gives the California vegetation in sum-
mer an air of uninviting desolation.
Even the fairest orchards are thus
clothed. We know of no characteristic
of California more disagreeable than her
narobundanca of sniders And what
a country for moths Eastern house,
keepers who come here unwaned, too
often take their best clothes from trunks
and closets riddled and ruined by moths.
The climate that is SO conducive to
the growth OF marvellous fruits, vegeta-
bles, grasses, and cereals, is likewise
favorable to the existence of the most
disagreeable insects. These are some
of our drawbacks, 10 seldomed men
toned, perhaps
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
a Valuable Medical Trenttse

The edition Of 1878 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetters Almanac, is now
ready and may be obtained. free of cost, of
druggists and general country dealers in all
parts OF The United States and British Amer
lea, and inleed in every civilized portion of the
Western Hemisphere. This Almanac has been
Issued regularly at the commencement OF every
year for over one-fifth of a century. 1t COM
bines, with the soundest practical advice for
the preservation and restoration of health, a
large amount of interesting and amusing light
reading, and the calendar. astronomical calcu-
lations, chronological items, &C., are prepared
curate. The issue of Hostetters Almanac for
1878 will probably be the largest edition of a
medical work ever published in any country.
The .proprietors, Messrs Hostetter Il Smith,
Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt of two-cent stamp,
will forward copy by mail to any person
who cannot procure one in his neighborhood.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

In the year 1894 it was discovered by
actual experiment, at Florence, that q
diamond would burn. Cosmo III. had
one fixed in the focus of burning
glass, and, after some exposure to th
rays of the sun, it cracked, corruscated
and finally disappeared like ghost,
leaving no traces behind. Experiments
of this kind were costly. They were
long in yielding any scientific results.
1t was only sovereign prince who
could afford to see his jewels vanish like
the gifts of fairy godmother. Another
potentate, the Emperor Francis l.,
tried number of valuable diamonds in
the heat of smelling furnace, and may
have felt some qualification in finding
they had disappeared. This was in 1850,
and about twenty years later magnif-
cent diamond was burned in France. A
ieweler named LIE Blanc denied the
possibility of burning diamonds, and
suspected some unfair play on the part
of Macquer, the chemist who conducted
the operation. He had often, he assert
ed, exposed diamonds to great heat with
the sole result of increasing their
brilliancy. Mr.. Streeter has done the
same, with success But LIE Blanc only
knew half of what Mr.. Streeter knows,
and when the chemists demanded that
he should enclose some diamonds in
coal in crucible, he rashly assented,
and in three hours they had all disap-
peared. Then another jeweler, Mail
lard by name, who seems to have had a
suspicion of the scientific truth, put
three diamonds into an earthern bowl
pipe, packed in powdered charcoal, and
exposed them without injury to intense
heat. Lavoisier, who was present,
proved in 1776 that by shutting out the
air the diamond was preserved in a
furnace, but that the admission of
oxygen, with which the carbon combines,
allows the diamond to burn like a piece
of coal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

The old and reliable piano mapufac-
turers, George Steck q Co., of New
York, have taken q sensible view of the
hard times by Offering to the public, for
the present, their pianos at prices in
accordance with these times. Considering
that the Steck pianos have the enviable
reputation of being the best and most
durable instrument made, good many
being in need of such an addition to q
comfortable home will not be slow in
availing themselves of the rare chance
to procure an absolutely reliable piano
for near the price they would have to
pay in getting a so-called cheap class
instrument with fictitious and doubtful
name.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
Wisto.,s RnI..m of W,Id Chcrrx.

The great remedy for Consumption. This we'll
known remedy is offered to the public, sane
toned by the experience of over forty years
and when resorted to in season, seldom fails
to effect speedy cure of Coughs, Colds, Group,
Bronchitis Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Hoarseness. Pains or Soreness in the Chest or
Side, Bleeding at the Lungs, Liver Complaint.
etc. Beware Of Counterfeits Remember that
the genuine Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
has on the outside wrapper the signature OF
i Butts" and the printed name Of the pro
prietors, Seth W. Fowle & Sons, Boston. u
All others are base limitations. Examine the
wrapper carefully before purchasing. 80 cents
and 81 bottle. Sold by dealers generally.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
GleasOn,s Publications.

Great reduction in the price for 1878
Gledsons Pictorial to 50 year. Single copies
five cents.
five cents, for sale by all newsdealers.
Gledson's Monthly Companion to 81 year,
single copies ten cents. All postage free.
The price of Chromos has Just been greatly
reduced. No one now gives such liberal terms
to agents as wedo. Send for new free circular.
Address F. Gbason & Co., 1888 Wash ngton
Street, Boston, Mass
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
Burnett's Cologne

is of the best quality, and is filed in elegant
bottles Of superior finish and beauty. 1t is
offered in popular sizes and at popular prices.
This refreshing perfume is thus brought within
the reach of every one 1t is prepared from
the purest and best materials, and with the
utmost care. In Quarter and Half Pints, Pints,
and Quarts. In Basket style, cork ani glass
shoppers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03
Grange Statistics.

The following figures show the num-
Der of Oranges in existence in each State
at the last annual report, the number of
paid-up members reported, and the
number of new Oranges organized since
the beginning Of the Grange year
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

Stop that terrible cough and thus avoid
consumptive's grave, by taking DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. AS cough remedy
it is unsurpassed. Sold by druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

How to Make Good Brend.
Use DoOley's Yeast Powder, and you will
have no difficulty. The substances entering
into its composition are perfectly pure, healthy
and nutritious.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

Interesting TO All is the offer of Genuine
MicrOScOpe for trife. See Adv't.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-03

Patentees and inventors should read adver-
tisement of Edison Bros. in another column.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
The Best Method of Arresting Fires.

On the discovery Of 4 fire, it is Of the
utmost consequence to shut, and keep
shut, all doors, windows or other open
ings. If the fire appears ut all serious,
and there are fire engines at reason
able distance 1t is best to await their
arrival, rs many buildings have been
lost from opening the doors, and at
tempting to extinguish the fires with in
adequate means. II no engines are
within reach, it is well to keep hand
pump. If that is not to be had, the
next best thing is to collect us many
buckets outside the room on fire as can
be obtained, keeping the door shut;
then creep into the room on the hands
and knees (if the heat and smoke are
considerably, and throw the water rs
nearly in the direction Of the fire rs pos
sible, keeping the door shut while more
water is being collected The police Of
London understand shutting up fires so
well that they have III many instances
kept fires two or three miles distant
from the engine stations shut up till the
tiremen arrived in time to extingulsh
them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
Dekoyen Declines.

DR.. Dekoven, of Racine College. de
clined good nice thing when he said
j" No to the recent call to become as
sistant rector Of Trinity Church, New
York city. The call was accompanied
hv IN offer Of an annual salary of $40
ono, IN allowance for Il residence, Il
liberal pension if disabled by old age or
sickness while in the service of the
parish, and after death i pension 70 his
widow. Ii isn't every minister who
could have resisted that temptation.
Chicago Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
Presently Tom said. Paper come
this evening""

Presently Tom said Paper come
this evening"
Not yet" answered Nellie.
Tom gave a half sigh.
Nellie, met Granger Just now and
he said he would call round this even
ing"
every we'll; probably he won't come
before dinner. 1t will be ready soon,
said she, working away in demure inno-
cencc.
Hadn't you better put things q lit
tie to rights before he comesY" sad ne,
CHANGING uneasily around the room.
"Oh, no. Just let 'em lie, answered
Nellie sweetly.
But they look so bad" said he.
ooh, no, they don't" said Nellie, as
sweetly as before "A thing looks rs
well in one place as another"
Toms face REDEEMED.
! never saw your room look like
this BEFORE" he said hesitatingly. ]
should not like to have any one step
in"
"Why not - said Nellie. We might
MS well keep things handy. What's the
use of having a house if you can't keep
things where you want to 2"
Toms face grew redder and redder.
lie tried TO look serious. and then
broke in to i laugh.
ooh, that's your game is it," he said
-"Trying To beat me with my own
weapons, are you, little woman?"
well, don't you like the plan ?" said
Nellie, demurcly.
"No, by George, don't" said he.
"Wcll, then, III make i bargain with
you. AS long as YOU keep your things
in their places, ri do the same; but
whenever you don't"
"Oh, / will p said Tom. "Come Mel
lie ri confess like man-you have
beat me this time. Only just put things
right in this awful room, and I'll never
throw anything down again. There
now, let us kiss and make up, as the
children say.
Nellie rose and laughingly held up
her sweet mouth for u kiss Of peace.
And then under the magic influence
Of her deit fingers, confusion was sud-
denly banishcd; and when Mr.. Granger
came round to spend the evening, he
decided that nobody had prettier wife
or II tidicr home than his friend Tom
Carter.
Wise little Nellie, having gained pos
session of the matrimonial field, took
good care to keep ituntil Tom was quite
cured of his careless habits
Sometimes he seemed threatened
with q relapse; but Nellie, instead Of
scolding, only had quietly to bring
something Of her own and lay it beside
whatever he had tossed down and it
was sure to be put away Immediately,
for Tom seldom failed to take the hint.
And il some other little woman, rs
tidy and clean as Nellie, takes u hint,
also, this story will have served its pur-
pose.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
HARRY MEIGGS' BROTHER,
Playing Bluff with the Peruvian An.
thOrities, and the Result.

John 9. Meiggs, the brother Of the
late Henry Meiggs and the associate OF
the latter in his Peruvian railway opera
tions. says the New York Times, became
alarmed at the prospect of their not
being able-through want of the neces.
sary funds-to carry on their ventures.
and ne wrote to Joseph 5. Spinney, his
confidential agent in this city, to pur-
chase 100000 of government bonds.
and hand the same over to Messrs. ].
b. Il J. NJ. Cornell. This was on Feb.
., 1873. On the same day John G.
Meiggs, wrote to'Spinnev confidential
letter, saying among other things:
Things look just II little dusty here,
owing toa fight between the govern.
ment and Dreyfus the financial agent
of PERU, "by which.the loan is for the
moment postponed, and, to prepare my
self for the worst, | have used my
power Of attorney to ask you to pur-
chase 100000 bonds for the cubs, if
things come to o regular break" The
power o. attorney referred to was one
from Henry Meiggs to John G. Meiggs.
The Cubs presumably referred to
Tic AUlsT SlX Children. 9plnney
bought 100000 of bonds and turned
them over to the Cornells, who gave n
receipt to the effect that they held them
in trust FIR the children. Things bright
ened in Peru for John q. Meiggs, in
May, 1873, and lie then wrote to the
Messrs, Cornell asking them to turn
over the bonds to him. They, being
advised BY counsel, refused to do this,
but continue to hold them in trust for
the chld,cn. Meiggs then brought suit
III the supreme court to have the bonds
declared to belong to him. A referee
reportedin his favor, but the guardian
of his children has appealed the case
to the general term, where the case was
argued yesterday. Decision was re-
served
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
A Manifest AhSnrditY.

1t is manifestly absurd to claim for ii mere slim
ulant. tonic and Alternative properties Yet this
l. what is daily done by the vendors OF cheap,
local bitters, colored to make them look attract
i've and agreeahy favored. but the alcoholic basis
III which is OF the ylest and most hurtful descrip-
tion. The tfanscendent success of Hostetters
stomach Btters, the leading Alternative tonic of
the United States, has induced many oil these
compounders Of drains in disguise, to attempt the
cnunterfeitng OF this standard medicine but
their efforts have never proved successful on
large scale and they have themselves in many
instances VIGOROUSLY come to grief" through
the instrumentaity of the law,
The genuine BtterS have, indeed, a spirituous
basis. but they are emphaticay medicine since
their botanic ingredients are signally eficacious
in overcoming and preventing chils and fever.
dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, and
many other disorders
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
"Little Classics"

1t was along about the Kalends of
May when Coriolanus went into the hall
closet at the head OF the stairs and
brought forth pair Of his last summer
trousers. The mailed hand, that
+" like an eagle in dove-cote, huttered
the Voices in Corioli," dropped with a
gesture of despair when he beheld
yawning postern gate in the raiment,
where breach or assure there should
have been none. 70 him, his true and
honorable wife, the fair Virgilia. said:
Now the gods crown thee, Coriola-
nus, whatappears to be the trouble with
you?"
" Now the gods mend these trousers,
oh my gracious" silence replied Corio-
lanus, "Sec what rent the envious
tooth Of time has made"
Nirgilia dropped her tender beaming
eyes and drew heavy sigh as she turn
ed and divcd mournfully into the rag
bag to hunt for II patch.
My lord and husband" she said,
YEARLY dragging up bits Of red flannel,
tufts of raw cotton, scraps of calico,
tugs of carpet-rags, and finding nothing
that would match the lavender trousers
any nearer than slab Of seal brown
empress cloth, I've patched those
trousers till my eyes and fingers ache
at the sight Of them. would the i'm
mortal gods would send on Rome
and to our houses the one amending
blessing of eternal piece"
Coriolanus looked at her steadily for
Il moment, but couldn't tell her unrip-
pied face whether she meant it or
not
And | too, thou noble sister of Pub
licola," he said, II too, thou moon of
Rome. for my great soul, to fear invul-
nerable, is weary of the restless god Of
wore"
Virgilia dropped the rag-bag and
looked at him quickly, but he never
smiled.
Keno" she said.
" Put it there" he said, and they both
promised they would never behave 50
like mounting photographers again.
Burlington Hawkcye.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31
Relies of By-gone Black Hills Miners.
Sioux city Qowa) journal


Mr.. Witcher gave VS. an interesting
account Of the evidence recently found
that men had gone into these mine.
years ago, but never came out again
Accounts have been published in the
Black Hills papers, but never in any
papers outside Of the Hills. In Ruta.
bagn Gulch between Deadwood and
Bald Mountain, IN old tunnel has been
discovered thirty feet into the side oil
the gulch, evidently made years ago
About forty miles above Deadwood an
ancient stone cabin has been found,
and evidences that it was built by a
party Of brave adventures, who, salts
fled Of the richness Of the country
boldly penetrated into the wilderness,
Drawing the danger from Indians and
the severe winters, and falling victims,
most probably to the former.
In other places, broken picks have
been dug up, from an evident burial OF
many years. The remains from what
was evidently II 10y barricade have been
found, the logs and trees in the vicinity
being filled with cadcn bullets; while
behind the barricadc were the skeletons
Of two men with bullet holes i'll the
skulls. These are believed to be the
skeletons of white men, who attempted
to defend themselves from the Indians
but fell III the defense. Near the stone
hut is u rock on which is chisclcd
lS52," and Il portion Of Il memoran-
dunn book was found with the date 1852
still lcgibe upon it, but with the other
writing delheed and erased by time.
In excayating for n theater at Dead
wood few weeks ago the diggcrs UNI
earthcd IL bottle Of Perry Davis Pain
Killer six feet below the surface, and
came upon II place where there had
been fire ut the same depth. Broken
pickaxes and hatchets We're also found
there. Old mines have been found,
where claims had evidently been worked
for some time, and in some places new
mines suddenly run ont. giving evil
dencc that parts Of them had been
worked by somebody in the distant
past. There are trails of trees having
been blazed, and these bazes show evil
dence Of having been made as long as
the date above given, or Whereabouts.
Other striking proofs are found Of some
civilized people having twenty or thirty
years ago known something of the
valuable mineral deposits i'll that coun-
try. and having, in the mad purpose
Of wealth, gone there to unenrth the
treasures, and lost their lives in doing
So. Certain it is that they never came
out. Swift and sure the Indians
swooped down upon them, and left
none of them to tell the tale, while the
imperfect relics and marks Of these ex-
peditions alone point " the fact that
these men were there and that the
Indians wiped them Off the face Of the
earth, and for almost another generation
kept the secrets of The hidden treasures
locked UP i'll the then almost impene-
trahlc wilderness.
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