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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-04-16
Possible, Not Probable,

lie was q nice young nan, with q
fine little cane, polished boots and
stand-up collar and he wore a button
hole bouquet, composed Of arose and
two 90 three yiolets, iiuiton'hole
bouquets are all right, They don't
cost anything to speak of and tho
wearer Is generally certain to he taken
for the son oi q millionaire, or The
head clerk IN u wholesale tea Store
The nice young man sal down beside
molherly old lady 10 a street ear'-
~ had u market ba'let on her lap, a
nickle between her iingels, and did
mol even scowl, when a boy lrampled
over her corus, She gave the young
man molheny smile rs he sat down,
aud pretty soon she asked -
"fhem can't he artificial flowers
can lheyG"
lie did not reply, Ito had lots OF
dignity,
"Can--lhem-br Artificial How
ers I" she inquired, raising he voice
much higher
Ito gave n little start 0i surprise,
mumbled over something and partly
turned away,
"My biggest girl had dcatress come
on her once" she continued, sending
her Voice u peg higher "but We cured
her By rubbing goose OF. m'o her ears
Is 1t case Of long standing 7"
II am neither deaf nor inclined TO
hold conversation, he mnttercd, flush
iug very red.
son! that's 1t. Then you don't
need any goose oil. Did you say
them flowers was artificial ones p
NO." he growled,
"Natural, eli 2" size queried, "Well
! thought they smellcd like natural
ones. but there's such crowd aud 50
much noise that | can't trust my nose.
You didn't grow 'eu, did You I"
I
lie did not reply.
"Did you grow them flowers :" she
cmphotcaly demanded
"Naw.'
~ didn't know whether yon did or
not. was going to say that a llllle
weak vinegar would take the aust OF
and make 'em look like new. Do
you wear u bokay as n general thing,
or are you going now to see some'
body y
lie turned his head away and tap.
ned the Toe of his boot with his cane.
"Boy,' she remarked, pushing her
basket against his knee, 81 ASKED you
Il civil question aud l want you to
answer. This isn't country like
Japan, where some folks are stuck up
above other folks. but we're all alike.
I'm afraid you haven't been brought
up right"
II do not wish any conversation or
discussion with you," he whispered.
"Why don't you ?" she demanded.
Because"
"Because what sir ! Dare you say
a word against my character, sir =
I'd like to hear you, sir, | would. !
want you to understand that | could
buy whole ton of them fowery &C.
gaws ard then have lets Of money
left
"Wheu I ask you civil question
it is your business to speak right "
in answer Now III ask you jus,
once more-Have you been brought
up right o. He slid tor the rear plat
form, and in grasping for his flying
coat tails she upset her basket ana
two quarts of cherries rolled over the
floor of the car.
81 don't care one cent-let EN- 60,
she remarked as she tried to scrape
the pile under the seat with her foot
"When any one sticks up their nos'
at me two quarts of cherries arm
nothing to my feelings"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-04-16
ShaWIs, Cloaks, and Wraps.
Hosiery, Gloves, & IandkerehiefS

The largest, rares,, and most unique French
novelties in tile city, Also. the medium s lauvs !"
hose ior ladies' and children at very modefa"
prices. ..,,., ,;a ,Io,h aud
Jjsic Thread Gloves of the best manufacture: In
al, The newest shade to match any dress material
A SUPERIOR select ton Of plain hcmmed linen; anu
nil linen hemsttchcd, and scolloped tiahdHer'
chiefs Also, embroidered SILK hahahere"''''
unaurn ssed in beauty or color
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
Appearance of a Tornado.

Various descriptions were given of the
features of the storm. One of the
most graphic was furnished by Mrs.
Gaylord. who saw what we may call the
"onset'" from one of the mill buildings
on the river. The cloud seemed, said
Mrs. Gaylord, as if built up of successive
layers of ashy smoke. 1t came on with
a roar that could be compared to nothing
save that of an immense mass of tower
ing flame, yet without any of the crack
ling sound usually associated with fire.
In the brief moments of its passage it
brought with it a darkness like that of
late twilight. In its circle it was resist
less. A farmer was coming toward the
mill; the wagon was torn to pieces, but
the horses were unharmed. Not far
from the mill is or was the iron bridge
across the Blue, built some years ago at
a cost of $4,000. This was torn down
by what is known as the "first storm.
The superstructure was torn from the
piers and thrown yards away, mass of
twisted iron and broken timbers.
M Robert Patterson, who preserved
his GOODNESS (as all his neighbors say)
throughout the storm, and rendered
valuable assistance, advanced the
opinion that this "pillar of cloud was
hollow, and drew up everything movable
into its center. Its movement was de-
scribed as eccentric, zigzagging in its
onward course, and bounding up and
down just as every soldier as seen a
solid shot richochet. In this connection
your reporter may state that he repeat
edly heard of wells that suddenly became
dry during the passage of the Storm
Atehison (Kafa.) Champion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
Tipping i'm France.

According to New York paper, the
consumption of beer, wine and spirits
has materially increased in France, es-
pecially within n few years, some per-
sons accounting for it, in part, by the
national disappointment and nortifica-
ton at the result of the German war.
The annual quantity of wine drank is de-
clared to be equal to thirty gallons to
each inhabitant of the country, while in
1888 il was not more than fifteen gallons.
The consumption of beer in the last
twenty years has increased three-fold,
and of liquor fully fifty per cent. France
is no longer wine-drinking country
merely. In many of the northern de-
partments, particularly among the
workingmen, cheap and very bad brandy
has come into common use, as it has also
in Paris and other large cities. The
close connection between alcohol and
health and vice is shown by the in
crease of accidental and violent deaths,
of mortality generally, and likewise of
crime. In the districts where alcohol is
freely drank there are five times as many
arrests as in the districts in which the
inhabitants confine themselves to wine.
A number of cases of insanity, directly
traceable to alcohol, have declared them
selves in different parts of the country,
and these, until recently, were almost
unknown. The remark, once SO fire.
quent, Y ou never see drunken man
in France" can no longer be made with
truth. Drunken men, though still very
rare compared with Great Britain and
the United States, are now quite COM
mon; so common, indeed, as to attract
no attention. Americans who have
been there within three or four years
have noticed this, and, if they have been
abroad before, have been struck by the
difference between what is and what has
been.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
4 Stage Drivers Last Ride.

James Brant, or, as he was better
known, English jimmy" was Mon
tana stage driver. Many years ago he
took the reins on the route between
Butte and Dear Lodge, and served the
public faithfully. Jimmy's horses loved
their driver about as much as they did
their oats. He rarely used the whip,
carrying it, indeed, for the purpose of
playing tunes with the lash in the sharp
mountain air. One morning, recently,
Jimmy's four horses .jolted out of Butte
with a coach load of men, women and
children. A passenger sat with him on
the box. The stage swept along the
road mt fine gait, and soon the first
relay, Girard's, was reached. There the
horses were changed. Jimmy said that
the new horses were not his old friends.
but strangers to him. He directed the
stableman to arrange the harness care =
fully, as the team was evidently spirited.
When all was ready Il mischievOus boy
called out: "Now you go, Jimmym at
the same time slapping one of the leaders
with his hand.
The leader reared and shot headlong
away. The four horses sprung imme-
diately into dead run. Jimmy threw
his every muscle into the lines. He
called out: "Steady, down therer' for
the benefit of the passengers, gritted his
teeth and bent to his task. The horses
dashed on at the top of their speed.
They were crossing a level plain and
| making dead for narrow gully, down
| which the road ran before it crossed an
insecure, unwalled bridge. Jimmy fixed
his eyes on farmhouse in the distance
and on his route. He knew that if he
could rein his horses through several
piles of soft grass shocks near the house
he could save the passengers. He told
the men to be really to Jump as they ran
through the grass. "Take the babies,
said he, and as the coach swerved under
his powerful arm and ran in among the
shocks the passengers leaped out, some
bruised, but none badly hurt. A few
minutes later Jimmy's body was picked
up under the bridge from which the
coach had been thrown to the rock be
! low.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
A Matter of Interest tn Travellers.

Tourists, emigrants and mariners find that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a medicinal
safeguard against unhealthful influences, upon
which they can implicitly rely, since it pre-
vents the effects that an unhealthy climate,
vitiated atmosphere, unaccustomed un-
wholesome diet, bad water, or other conditions
unfavorable to health, would otherwise pro-
ducc. On long voyages, or journeys by land
in latitudrs adjacent to the equator, it is es-
pecially useful as preventive OF the febrile
complaints and disoi ders of the stomach liver
and bowels, which are apt to attack natives of
the temperate zones sojourning or travelling in
such regions, and is an excellent protection
against the influence of extreme cold, sudden
changes Of temperature, exposure to damp or
extreme fatigue. 1t not only prevents inter-
mittent and remittent fever, and other dis
eases OF a malarial type, but eradicates them,
Il fact which has been notorious for years past
in North and South America, Mexico, the West
Indies, Australia and other countries.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

That the phonograph can "bottle up" the
voice and pass it down to future ages is indeed
a wonder, but is not the restoration OF lost
voice more wonderful? And yet DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery speedily restores a
lost voice, cures hoarseness, sore throat, bron-
chitis and consumption. Many ministers who
had abandoned the pulpit, by reason OF sore
throat and general debility, have, by the use
OF the Discovery, been restored to perfect
health and strength Sold by druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

A rural bride of considerable beauty
went to indianapolis on the honeymoon
tour. Her husband was manifestly
proud Of her good looks. While they
were going about the city she was struck
in the face by falling signboard, and
her nose broken. The attending surgeon
said that she was badly disfgured for
life. Just my luck" the husband ex-
claimed; property always goes to ruin
in nv hands,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

Our agent can also furnish inquirers with
many names and addresses of others who have
experienced the good effects of the Justly cele-
brated Indian Blood Syrup, and we would re-
quest all in need of Blood Purifier o Liver
Regulator to call and get pamphlet, and make
uch inquiries as they may wish.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.

Dear Sir;-Having been PROSTATE for months
with what my physician termed Palpitation OF
the Heart, and combination of other diseases,
/ obtained no relief until bought some OF your
Indian Blood Syrup, which relieved me i'm
mediately. am now in perfect health.
ELIZABETH LEWIS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
LIVER COMPLAINT AND CHILLS.
BENSALEM u. O.. Feb. 25. 1879.

Dear Sir:-Having tried your most excellent
Indian Blood Syrup and found it valuable
medicine for Liver Complaint and Chills, L
would recommend those who are afflicted to
give it a trial. MRS. G. ARTMAN.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
HEART DISEASE AND LIVER COM
PLANT.
MIDDLEBURGH, Snyder Co., Pa.

MIDDLEBURGH, Snyder Co., Pa.
Dear Sir:-I have been troubled with Heart
Disease and Liver Complaint, and had spent
a great deal of money for medical aid without
receiving any benefit, until procured some Of
our Indian Blood Syrup from your agent,
E. J.. Burlington. j can now testify from my
experience as to the great value of it in such
diseases, HENRY ZECHMAS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
LIVER COMPLAINT.

PENNY2A OK mILLs, Feb. %, 1879.
Dear ISir:-I have used your Indian Blood
Syrup and found it to DO all you claim for it.
1t is a sure cure for Liver Complaint.
JOSEPH HAINRs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION.

bfBEKK1, zOu NHIIIJ JHI y oIJ'
Dear Sir:-Your most excellent Indian Blood
Syrup has given perfect satisfaction when used
for Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
THEoD. HAWK
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

No failures are recorded of the famous out
ward specific, Henry's Carbolic Salve. 1t is
invariably successful in healing sores, curing
eruptions, removing proud flesh and overcom-
ing suppuration and inflammation. These
sanative results it accomplishes without leav-
ing any scar or dscoloration OF the skin. As
local application for chronic rheumatism,
throat and tightness of the chest, it is also
highly spoken of. Sold by oil druggists.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
TRADE MABK.J
The Best Remedy Known to Man |!

Dr. Clark johnson having associated himself
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long
slave to Wakametkla, the medicine man Of the
Comanches, is now prepared to lend his aid in the
introduction of the wonderful remedy OF that tribe
. The experience of Mr.. Eastman being similar
that of Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, OF Washington
Co., Iowa, an account of whose sufferings were
thriingy narrated in the Neiu York Herald OF Dec.
10th, 1878, the facts of which are so widely
lion of MIR. Eastman's experiences will be given
nere They are, however, published IN neat vol
1me of 300 pages, entitled "Seven and Nine Years
Among the Comanches and Apaches," of which
mention will be made hereafter. Suffice it to say,
that for several years, Mr.. Eastman, while cap
tive, was compelled to gather the roots,s ,sgums,
parks, herbs and berries of which Wakametkas
medicine was made and is still prepared to pro-
ride the SAME materials for the successful intro
auction of the medicine to the world; and assures
the public that the remedy is the same now ~
when Mnkamctkla compelled him to make It
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
PAPER MILL FOR SALE,

PAPER MILL FOR SALE.
For sale at Lancaster, N. H., rst-class MILL in
operation. The plant comprises ten of land with
full power Of river with l5foot head. Twostory frame
Mill 40x90wth anneXes-barn, storehouse, Sheds scales,
&C. The Mil contains 72-inch single cylinder Rice
Barton Faes' machine, complete four 25o-pound
beating engines two tub bleaohes, cutters, calenders
reels SO Horsepower hofr; and all the appliances
for running The ii a.
Straw plenty at IS. Wood at 81: Excellent freight
contracts go with the Mill which is now on wrapping
owners have other business.
The property, which is valuable, will be sold at fair
price and at bargain. All inquiries by mail prompt,
answered. Address
HENRY o. KENT, Treasurer
LANCASTER, n. H., 1879
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
Testimonials of Cures.
ENTIRELY CURED.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, August rs, 1873.
Dear Sir:-I was troubled with Lung Disease
and suffered from other complaints so much
hat l could not describe my feelings to any
person. doctored all the time, but found no
relief until took Oott lc ol your Indian Blood
Syrup, which left me entirely Tree OF all pain.
CAPT. SAM. A. CARGO.
ECEIVED GREAT BENEFIT FROM IT.
HoLMsBURG, 23d Ward Philadelphia,
Feb "a, 1879. :
Dear Sir:-I take great pleasure in saying
that l have given your valuable Indian Blood
Syrup a fair trial in my family and received
great benefit from it. SAINT n. SoLLY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
Wu~2r Il, Ezan,iin Cabs,et Organs

Demonstrated best by HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL
WQhLD'S EHP0SITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS, viz;
at PARIS, 1867; vienna, 1875 SANTIAGO 1876 PHADEI-
PnIA 1876 PARIS 1873 and GRAND SWEDISH GOLD MEDAL
l8S. Only American Organs awarded highest hon
ors at any such. Sold for cash nstaments Illus
TRAIED CATALOGUES and Circulars with styles and
prices sent free. MASON HAMLIN ORGAN co.
Dr
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
CHEW
The Celebrated
=" MATCHLEss
Wood Tag Plug
TnpA1Gn
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York. Boston. and Chicap

For an irritated throat, cough or cold,
" Browns Bronchial Troches" are offered with
the fullest confidence in their efficacy. They
maintain the good reputation they have Justly
acquired. Twenty-Five cents a box.
t is demonstrated that America makes the
best Cabinet or Parlor Organs in the world.
At all worlds exhibitions in recent years
Mason & Hamlin have obtained highest honors,
having received the gold medal at the Paris
Exposition tor 1873
The Mendelssohn Piano Co., NO. 81 Eas,
10Th Street, N Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for catalogue.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Smoke Pogue's "Stting Bull Durham Tobacco
Trout etc. in abundance. See advertisement
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19
SOldiers---PensiOn

We publish eight-page paper THE NArosAI
TRIBUHEdevoted to the interests OF Pensioners, Sol
ders and Sailors and their hers also contains interesting
family reading.
Price Fifty cents year-specia inducements to clubs.
A proper blank to collect amount due under new AR
rvRs or PEYsos BILL furnished gratuitousy, to regular
.rters only, and such claims fled in Pension Office
without charge. January number specimen copy free
Send for it, GEORGE f. LEMON & CO.,
Wash Loeb nnx x
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume.
SEVEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG THE CoMANCHEs
AND APAcHEs. A neat volume Of 300 pages,
being simple statement of the horrible facts
connected with the sad massacre of a helpless
family, and the captivity, tortures and ultimate
escape of Its two surviving members. For sale
by our agents nerally. Price s100.
The incidents OF The massacre, briefly narrated,
are distributed by agents. FREE OF charge.
Mr.. Eastman, being almost constantly at the
West, engaged in gathering and curing the materi-
ais of which the medicine is composed, the sole
business management devoves upon Dr. johnson,
and the remedy has been called, and ia known a.
- DR.. Clark Johnson's
INDIAN BLOOD PURIFIER.
Price Of Small Bottles so
Read the voluntary testimonials of persons who
have been cured by the of DR.. Clark JohnsoR's
Indian Blood Syrup in your own vicinity.
Testimonials of Cures.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-19

full in his diet, worked wonders for him.
The sciatica left him in one week, and in
six weeks he was well and hearty.
One of the most distressing things in
connection with neuralgia is the length
of time it sometimes lasts, and its habits
of returning periodically, without Civ
ing, perhaps, any warning ofits approach.
The depression, too, of the nervous sys-
TEN which it effects is very great; even
the mind to some extent suffers; the
patient becomes timid and irritable,
while at times even the muscles waste.
The sufferer, if the complaint continues
long, seems positively to age under it.
That he RECEIVERS strength and spirits
when the enemy has been driven from
his strong hold is only proof of the re-
cuperative power of nature in our sys-
TENS so long as youth or middle age is
on our side.
Some ancient physician has said that
no one thinks of taking Gaze of his health
until death stares him in the face. There
is one exception, however-people very
rarely die from neuralgia, unless it be
hat dreadful form of it called angina
pectoris, OF heart-cramp; but so great
is the pain and torture from tic-doulou-
reuX or sciatica that the suffer ers there
from are glad and willing to doanything
that may present some hopes of relief.
The patient, then, who wishes to re-
cover from this disease must first try to
find out the cause of it in his or her
particular case. Is the digestion goodP
are the teeth goodP is the health below
parp are the spirits buoyant, or the re-
verse? is the kind of life led that which
seems to conduce to health and longev-
ityP-these are questions which he had
better put to himselfand think well over
before commencing any treatment ex-
cept the simple means of local relief
which l shall presently mention; for,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-07-25

The Troy Chief publishes letter from
Mrs. e. A. Smallwood, the divorced wife
of w. II. Smallwood formerly Secretary
of the State of Kansas. 1t is, in substance,
that when Smallwood broke up at Tope-
'ka, he had his vile remove to farm she
owned in Bates county, Mo. While there
she was subjected to great privations.
Since the time of her removal she states
that Smallyood hiss never lived with her,
nor endeavored to provide for her, and,
although she was willing and anxious to
Join him in Oregon, he has procured q
divorce from her on the ground that she
had deserted him, and on procuring q
divorce, he married again. Mrs. Small.
wood says she is now supporting herself
by washing and ironing. 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-07-25
Publication Notice.
STATE OF KANSAS,

ALLEN COUNTY.
To JAMES FAULKNER, JOHN FAULKNER and other
heirs of AILcET FAULKNER, deceased, and all
other persons whose names are unknown, own
ing or claiming an interest in the lands herein
described:
You will take notice that the undersigned COM
missiOners will meet Mt the bridge across the Ne
Osho river, at the south west corner of section
"a, township "a, range Is, in Allen county, HAMS
rs, ut 10 clock a.. m, the 18th day of August,
1879, to inquire touching the matters and things
contained in the petition of w Z. Davis, Geo.
8. Davis, Elias Bruner and 4. l. March, here
tofore presented to hon. II. w. Talcott, Judge
Of the 9TH Judicial District Court, under the
provisions ofchapter 66 the General Statutes of
Kansas for the year lS6S, for the purpose of
obtaining the right to erect and maintain forever
= mill dam to the height of seven feet above tail
water across the Neosho river at said point where
the Commissioners are to meet, and to over.
flow certain lands named in said petition not
owned by said petitioners, among which are the
following lands to wit: rL. an. 81
That part of the southeast quarter Of section
., township "a, range Is, commencing at
a point 81 rods north of the southeast corner
Of the southeast quarter of said section in
the centre of the NeOsho river, thence up
said river to point s. rods north and u 1895
rods east of the southwest corner Of said
quarter. section, thence south to a point "A rods
north of the point last aforesaid, thence west to
the centre of said river thence up said river to
DO mt where said river intersects the west line of
said quarter section, thence south to the SOUTH
west corner of said quarter-section, thence east
20 rods 5s feet. thence north 80 rods, thence east
To the place of beginning. Overflow 81 square
rods; water raised feet
j S \ 4 $ %sSI's Commissioners
ALbEkMAN 4 SIMPSON,
$50 Atty's for w. Il. Davis, eei,