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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
A River Filled with Sharks.

Entering Shark river we noticed the
light Of DR.. Harris boat ahead, and we
made fast to her stern. The entrance to
Shark river can easily be found by OBJ
serving the following directions: North
west from north Cape Sable, about four
miles, will be noticed heavily timber
ed cape projecting into the gulf; round
ing this point, and keeping the timber to
the right hand, the river will be dis =
covered. As heavy northeast gale was
blowing, the captain of the doctors
craft had anchored few hundred yards
from the entrance, where we were pro-
tected from the storm by the giant man.
groves.
We have wandered considerably, and
sailed over many oceans, but never saw
even an approach to the number and
size of the sharks at this point. Their
movements in every direction rendered
the water luminous. Until we retired
for the night they were visible, here,
there and everywhere. They were
dashing hither and thither with rapid
ity that surprised me. They would
dart like lightning and double up on
their tracks with an ease that astonished
me. Their movements and size could
be determined by the phosphorescence
of the water. Mullet pass into the
rivers with the tide and out with the
ebb, and it is probable that the sharks
were enjoying feed of these toothsome
fish. The water was eighteen feet deep,
and looking over the eide of the boat,
flashes of light not larger than the
hand could be noticed, probably pro-
ceeding from these monsters many feet
below the surface.
About eight P. NJ. one of the brutes
struck the bow of the boat severe blow
in one of his rushes to capture his prey,
and denounced him for his stupidity.
Although I had beat across Florida
bay in severe gale, my boat was COM
paratively tight, and made but little
water. For another hour I enjoyed my
pipe and watched the voracious mon
sters as they forwarded four, chased and
turned corners. At nine P. NJ. I ar
ranged my bed and stretched myself for
snooze. was just about to bid fare
well to this world, and exclaim with
Sancho Panza, "Blessed is the man
who invented sleep, for it wrappeth one
like cloak" when bang came one of
the monsters against the starboard side
of the boat, and the dory trembled
from stem to stern. Satisfied that the
boat had received some injury J turned
out. lit my lamp, and examined the we'll
to ascertain if the boat was leaking. I
made hasty examination. and fancying
that all was right turned in. awoke
at A. NJ with sensation of moistness
about my hips, and found that the boat
was leaking badly, and that the water
was over the floor. I attributed the
leak to the butting proclivities of his
sharkship, and an examination at later
date developed the fact that the blow
had started plank.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
Come Into the Hills.

Come up unto the hills-thy strength is there
oh, thou hast fingered long,
Too long amid the bowers and blossoms fair,
With notes of summer song
Oh, soul why tarry there2 What though the
bird
Pipe matin in the vale,
The ploughboy whistle to the lettering herd
As the red daylights fail
Yet come unto the hills, the old strong hills,
And leave the stagnant plain
Come to the gushing of the newborn rills
That sing unto the main,
And thou with denizens Of power shall dwell
Beyond demeaning care
The eagle shall be there.
Come up unto the hills the shattered tree
Still clings unto the rock,
And fingeth out his branches, steadfast, free
To bide again the shock;
Come where no fear is known the sea-bird,
nest
On the old hemlock swings,
And thou shalt taste the gladness of unrest,
And mount upon thy wings.
Come up unto the hills the men Of old.
They Of undaunted will,
Grew jubilant of heart, and strong and bold,
On the enduring hill
Where came the sounding Of the sea afar,
Borne landward to the ear,
And nearer grew the moon and midnight star
And God himself more near.
Elizabeth Odkes Smith.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
" lie Playing She" (at College,.

The night of the performance is al
ways one of excitement to the "young
women" The nimble fingers of dress
ing-maid are needed. "Tom, lace my
corsets don't dull 'em too tight |"
"Bill, hook the back of my dress !" and
the like orders would sound strangely
to the uninitiated ears. "Confound
that pin |" "Hang that string"
"I've forgotten whether this is the
front or the back of this blank thing"
and (Which is the top and the bottom
of these corsets ?" are no infrequent sem
tences. But habit and care conquer,
and with skirts gathered about his limbs
he rushes across the college-yard to the
society rooms, the passing proctor bare
"she " is "he." 1t is not until the
dressing room is reached that the hand.
some wig is put on, the rouge and lily
white and the line for the under eyelid,
and all the little arts which unite in
making the face fair and interesting. A
good makeup is sure of good recep-
ton, and the words "You look stun
ming" will give a fellow more encour-
agement before his entrance than can be
described. The eager plaudits of col
lege audience, no one who has received
it can forget. Besides the smell of the
foot-lights, there is the aroma of alma
mater good-fellowship in the reception.
Then, the actors audience is above the
average intelligence, and catches every
point, seconds every witticism, and ap-
plauds every good bit of acting. And
after the play, when Company COM
pany company /" brings the actors and
actresses with scurry to the front, it is
no wonder that they who have success
fully simulated gentler characters than
their own, should feel a particular pride.
1t is worth while to hurry to ones room,
doff the skirts, corsets and et-ceteras,
and don the male attire, and with pipe,
cigar or cigarette in mouth, to re.
turn to the assemblage and meet the
audience. Ths graduates and Older
classmen pay the highest compliment
possible in not recognizing the actress
in the nonchalant young man the pro
fessors smile and nod benignantly, and
your own classmates say, Jolly; ole
fellow-tjp-top p" You've done your
self creditl"- Pretty as a picture l'-
"You never did better in your life
Buster !"-Scribner's Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
How Operas are Composed,

Composers differ as much as authors
in their manner of working. M. Gou-
nod is one of those whom composition
throws into a very fever, and who can
bear no interruption or domestic sounds
about them while they sit at the piano,
humping the keyboard with one hand
and noting down their score with the
other. Poor Madame Gounod once
drove him wild by coming in to ask him
for her thimble while he was endeavor-
ing to link two phrases of an aria.
Meyerbeer used to compose methodi-
cally, sitting down to his piano as a
business man to his desk, and never
showing the least irritation if called
away from his work, which he seemed
able to take up and drop with the ut
most ease.
Rossini composed best lying on his
back in bed and if once he was en- Ueine
he would lie abed all day, humming his
airs to himself until he had learned
them by heart, and scoring down a
whole act at time after he had hummed
and rehummed it to his satisfaction.
His musical memory was prodigious
but his voice was SO untuneful that once
an italian inn-keeper, in whose house
he once hummed for three whole days
at stretch, ran up to beg him that he
would desist, for that his "noise could
be heard through the open window and
disturbed some English tourists dining
al frescO down stairs.
Auber, even up to an advanced age,
used to imagine he derived musical iu-
spiralion from glass or two Of cham
pagne; and Wagner can only compose
with the assistance of suits OF clothes of
divers co]ors, which he dons and puts
off, according to the style of thing at
| which he is working. For instance,
when spinning off pastoral duet he
will array himself in primrose satin
when he comes to martial chorus,
quick he bolts off to his dressing.r room
to don pair of scarlet satin pantaloons,
with tunic and cap to match. These de-
| lightful antics were made known to the
public through the very distressing cir.
cumstances that the author of the
Tannhauser was sued by his MILL.
ner for the cost of his composing vest.
ments, and was made to pay an extreme
ly long bill.
Among those whom we may call mino,
composers NJ. Lecocq is the most hap.
PLY endowed, for he can forge solos and
choruses anywhere and at any time-ir
trains, in a hot bath, on the top Of q
bus, in the rain, or in dentists draw.
ing-room while waiting to have tootl
drawn. M. Vasser, composer of "Ls
Timbale d'Argent, who is an organisi
by profession, contrives his iveliest
melodies by allowing his fingers to run
wild over the keys of his large organ
and he, too, is fertile workman. NJ
Offenbach, on the contrary, though be
has composed so much, is only prolific
during the spring time of the year, ant
while residing by the seaside. If ht
tries to compose elsewhere, and e
other times of the year. his works are
worth little, according to his own testi
mony. y.-London Daily NeaOs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
The Sunset Bird.

While in Dominica, Mr.. Ober, an
American naturalist, heard of bird
which the natives called the "soleil
coucher, or "sunset bird" He could
find nobody who had ever seen it, but
every evening, at about half an hour
before sunset, its solemn, weird rote
was heard in the mountains. The sound
was of soft, fute-like nature. and
plainly syllabled the words, "soleil
coucher, 'soleil coucher." A vast amount
of superstition is attached to this bird.
Among other things, Mr.. Ober was as
sured that it existed only in song, and
had no visible body; that it was, proba-
bly,. the voice of departed spirit. Mr..
Ober started to search for the mysteri-
GUS songster, and hunted for two weeks
without success. He, too, heard the
note, however, and it was always his
signal to prepare his camp for the
night, for in those latitudes there is
little or no twilight, darkness succeed.
ing sunset almost Immediately.
At last he saw the bird, and after
some careful maneuvering managed tc
shoot specimen, 1t belongs to the
same family as the king bird, but is Of
an entirely different species. 1t has 6
back of drab color, and breast of sui
phur yellow. On its head is a crest
which it can erect or lay fiat at pleasure
Mr.. Ober afterward shot four Other
specimens, and sent them. with most o.
his collections, to Prof. Lawrence ant
Prof. Baird of the Smithsonian institut,
to be named. Soon afterward he re
ceived the information that the institute
had named the species after its dis
coverer, calling it the "MyiarchuI
Oberi."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
A New Cave Discovery in Kentucky.

Another wonderful cave has recently
been discovered near Glasgow Junction,
Ky. It has already been explored for
a distance of twenty-three miles in one
direction, called the long route, and
sixteen miles in another direction, called
the short route. The avenues are very
wide; span of horses can easily be
driven through for distance of eleven
miles. Three rivers, wide and very
deep, are encountered on the long route.
One of them is navigable for fourteen
miles, until the passages become too
narrow to admit boat. This forms the
third or river route, which has to be ex-
plored in boat.
The cave is wonderful beyond descrip-
tion, and far surpasses in grandeur the
Mammoth or any cave ever before dis
covered. Several mummified remains
have been discovered in one of the large
rooms. They were reposing in stone
coffins, rudely constructed, and from
appearances may have been in this cave
for centuries. They present every ap-
pearance of the Egyptian mummies.
Great excitement prevails over this
very important discovery. Mr.. Edwin
Mortimore, of Chestnut street, Louis
vile, KY, purchased three of the mum.
mics, and he has them now in his posseg-
sion. Major George NJ. Proctor. of
Glasgow Junction, KY, purchased the
remainder of the mummies from the
owner of the cave, Thomas Kelley. The
latter is, or rather was few days ago; a
very poor man, struggling to make
payment on farm of twenty-four acres, {,
upon which, by mere accident, the en-
trance to this wonderful cave was dis
covered. He obtained about $400 for
the mummies, and is now offered SIC, 600
for the cave.
The entrance to the cave is with
in the town limits, and is only about two
minutes walk from the depot, which
makes it very valuable indeed, as visit
ors will not be compelled to travel five
miles in a stage coach, as they do If
desirous of visiting the Mammoth cave,
which is five miles from the town. In
fact all the celebrated caves of Kentucky
are in this immediate vicinity. The
surface is very much broken, full OF
great elevations and depressions, with
everything to indicate that there were
volcanic eruptions or violent upheavals
of the earth at some period.
The newly discovered cave has been
named the Grand Crystal cave, and is
as beautiful as its name implies. Lad.
ders and bridges are being constructed,
and Mr.. j. r. Puckett, capitalist oi
the town, announces his intention Of
having a small steamboat constructed
expressly for the purpose OF navigating
its wonderful rivers. = Cincinnati Con-,
mefcidi,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
Items OF Interest,

Kentucky's coal fields contain thirteen
thousand square miles.
The first printing press in the United
States was introduced in 1923.
The first chimneys were introduced
into Rome from Padua in 1868.
This is the season of the year for de-
fective hues-and defective flies.
r. II. Stoddard, the poet, writes with
his left hand, the other being paralyzed.
Italy produces 713, 1856, 600 gallons of
wine and 81, 179, 400 gallons of olive oil.
A nuptial tie g.: When husband and
wife have both married for money, and
neither have got any.
81 don't like winter" said one pick.
pocket to another. Everybody has
his hands in his pockets"
After the four great powers of the
world come the hind powers, as illus
trated by the kicks of a mule.
Every man is made better by the pos
session of good picture, if it is only a
landscape on the back of hundred
dollar note.
Ypsilanti, Michigan, is one OF the few
of the immortal American towns that
cant't poke fun at the Afghanistan war
names. s.-OH City Derrick.
The idea of omnibuses can be traced
hack as far as 1862, when seven car
riages ran through certain streets in
Paris, carrying passengers at the rate OF
| five sous each.
The improvement in roads during the
sixteenth century was very marked in
England, and was owing mainly to the
system of tolls, which was found to
work admirably.
The item being circulated throughout
the country, that Christine Nilsson lost
eight thousand pounds in two months,
is believed to be an ingenious advertise
rnent of the Anti-F man.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
the good book says about entertaining

the good book says about entertaining
angels unawares p
Poor aunt? The look on her face was
too ludicrous2 In spite Of our relation
ship, l laughed till my sides ached
But Berenice went to her room and
cried herself to sleep.
Well, there is little more to tell. 1t
really was our uncle from China, who
had chosen to come to us, wearing the
guise of a beggar and if only my aunt
had been consistent in her charity, her
long cherished expectations might have
been realized.
AS it was, the great China fortune
went to me and Kitty and Jack; and
Berenice got never q penny. And,
moreover, when Horace Everleigh did
speak Che had spoken that evening be-
fore our uncle declared himself), it was
me he asked to be his wife.
Berenice takes it all bitterly to heart,
and my aunt is inconsolable; but 1, be-
lieving that in this life and in the life
which is to come we get only our Just
deserts, have nothing to say.
eyes," remarks my uncle, Maggie
and Kitty and Jack shall inherit all
have. They we're kind to me when they
did not know who was; that's the sort
of people I believe in. ."-Petersoa's
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
NO. A..
Winter Time.

LOOK ON THIS PICTURE.
sing the merry winter time:
The snow-clad hills,
The frozen rills,
The bare brown woods Of winter time.
The bright and CHEEKY winter time
The hoar-frosts rime,
The Christmas chime,
The glitt'ring stars Of winter time.
The ruddy cheeks Of winter time:
The tinkling bells,
The laughing bells,
The ringing skates Of winter time.
The long crisp nights Of winter time
The silvery snow,
The grateful glow
OF blazing hearts of winter time.
ETC., ETC., etc.
AND ON THIS.
sing the gloomy winter time
The plumbers bills,
The drugs and pills,
And aches and ills OF winter time.
The sleety streets Of winter time:
The ups and downs
And broken crowns,
And slush and drifts of winter time.
The bowling winds Of winter time:
The falling sign,
The bleating kline,
The shiv'ring poor Of winter time.
The melting SHOWS Of winter time:
The "busted pipes,
The much-used "wipes,"
The leaky roofs Of winter time.
P. Sand other disagreeable things toc
numerous to mention. -NorriSto,rn Herald.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

A carriage comes suddenly upon a
flock of geese on narrow road, and
drives straight through the middle of
them. A goose was never yet fairly
run over, nor duck. They are under
the very wheels and hoofs, and yet
somehow they contrive to flap and wad-
die safely off. Habitually stupid, heavy
and indolent, they are equal to the
emergency.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

New discoveries of gold have been
made in Siberia, near the source of the
Konnisar and a nugget of gold weigh
ing LAT pounds, the largest ever dis
covered in Russia, and probably in the
world, has been found on the banks of
the Upper Toungouska, near the rivers
mouth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

SIN my airly days." remarked the
old man, as he shoveled coal into the
schoolhouse bin, "they didn't use coal
to keep us school young 'uns warm, 1
in tell you." "What did they use p"
asked boy near by. A sad, far. away
look seemed to pass over the old mans
face as he quietly responded : Birch,
my boy, birch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

The latest invention reported in Eu.
rope is phosphorescent paper, writing
or print on which can be read in the
dark.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28
TIMELY TOPICS.

Letters from persons desirious of
adopting orphans are pouring into Men,
phis, Tenn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

A Paris worker in metals finds himself
with head of green hair from some un-
known chemical cause.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-28

Twenty years ago girl was born
in Flemingsburg, Ky. Her parents re-
solved to begin from her birth and de-
posit ten cents day in bank for her
benefit. She is now twenty years old,
and the sum amounts to 81 ,461. The
young man that marries her will enter
tain a secret wish that they had made it
twenty cents day.
Boston policemen are compelled to
wear leather collars, the intention being
to make them hold up their heads in q
soldierly manner but the leather rubs
their chins, and the restraint grows ex-
ceedingly irksome after a few hours.
The policemen complain loudly, but the
commissioners say that something is
necessary as a check on the tendency to
slovenness.
Samuel Williams began his career in
the United States as runaway from his
English home, having obtained money
came professor of languages and applied
sciences in the University of Virginia,
and was rated high among college
savants, but has just finished his career
as peddler of apples in the streets of
Dallas, Texas, drunkenness having
ruined him.
Robert Parker, an engine-driver, of
Chester, England, was a steady man,
while his wife was of intemperate habits.
One day last July, as he lay on sofa
with his gun behind him, she came
home drunk, struck him, and there was
q struggle for the gun, which went of,
fatally wounding her. The husband
shot himself, but did not cause mortal
injury. When they lay on the floor to-
gether the man said, "It was your own
fault, now forgive me-" He at the same
time held out his hand, but the wife
would not take it, saying, "You've shot
me and you'll have TO be hung for it. >
On trial the jury acquitted Parker, amid
much applause.
The king of Dahomey, on the African
coast, whom England has been trying to
civilize, has relapsed into his old ways.
he recently attacked village to the
windward of Whydah, and brought in a
great number of human heads. and also
many women and children captives. He
has carried off Portuguese merchant,
Tgnatio Mayrattraes, and is now detain.
ing in custody the Portuguese consul
and seven soldiers. He obliges the
soldiers to go through variety of mill
tary maneuvers daily for his amusement
The king has re-established his grand
customs of annual human sacrifices, ant
within the past month over 500 persons
have been slaughtered.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Scratch No more--"rtohirg Piles

symptoms Of which are moisture, like per-
SEPARATION, intense itching, particularly
when undressing, or after getting warm in
bed, increased by scratching, might think
yin worms were crawling in and about the
rectum, oftentimes shows itself around the
private parts. A pleasant and safe cure
in every case is ''Swayne's Ointment
If allowed to continue, very serious results
may follow 1t also cures letter, BARRIERS
itch, scald head, ring worm, blotches, all
scaly, crusty. itchy skin eruptions. Sent
by mail to any address on receipt of price,
so cents box, or three boxes for $l25,
by DIR. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia. Sold
by all leading druggists. At Wholesale and
retail by John Bengston, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
BUSINESS CARDS.
YrNvoRrE.I & BEAEDS1EY
M M CORBETT,

Aw AND ABSTRACT OFFICE. ROOMS IN
Court House Jno T. Kenworthy j as n: P asas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
JAMAICA GINGER

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piratical connterfeits intended TO be sold on the
splendid reputation of this matches article All
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BROWN, Philadelphia, and the label bearing his
name is incorporated with his private q. g. Inter
nal Revenue Stamy to counterfeit which is felony
Browns Ginger-for Travellers use.
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Browns Ginger-for Cramps and Collie.
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Browns Glnger-for Stimulant; no reaction.
Browns Gmger-used by Army and Navy.
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Browns Ginger-couRteracts impure Water.
Browns Ginger-prevents Malarial Disease.
Browns Congratulations Summer Drink.
Browns Ginger-excelent in Rheumatism.
Everybody knows the value of Browns Ginger IS
q household necessity and preventive of disease.
Be sure your druggist gives you the right kind
Browns Ginger, as described above.
FREDERICK BROWN,
Philadelphia.