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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
Position in Sleep.

Position affects sleep. A constrained
or uncomfortable posture will often pre-
vent repose. Lying flat Oh the back with
the limbs relaxed would seem to secure
the greatest amount of rest for the mus
cular system. This is the position
assumed in the most eXhausting diseases,
and it is generally hailed as Il token of
revival when patient voluntarily turns
on the side; but there are several disad-
vantages in the supine posture which
impair or embarrass sleep. Thus, in
sells, and in certain morbid conditions of
the brain, the blood seems to gravitate
to the back of the head and to produce
troublesome dreams. In persons who
habitually, in their work or gait, stoop,
there is some distress consequent on
frightening the spine. Those who
have contracted chests, especially per-
sons who have had pleurisy and retain
adhesions Of the lungs, do not sleep well
on the bach. Nearly all who are inclined
TO snore do so when in that position,
because the soft palate and uvula hang
on the tongue, and that organ falls back
so as to partially close the top of the
windpipe 1t is better. therefore, to lie
on the side, and in the absence Especial
chest disease, rendering it desirable to
lie on the weak side so as to leave the
healthy lung free to expand, it is well to
choose the right side, because when the
body is thus placed the food gravitates
more easily out of the stomach into the
intestines. A glance at any plate OF the
visceral anatomy will show how this
must be. Many persons are deaf in one
ear and prefer to lie on IA particular side
but, ic possible, the right side should be
chosen, and the body rolled a little for.
ward, so that any saliva which may bt
secreted shall run easily out of the
mouth, if not unconsciously swallowed
Again. sleeping with the arm thrown
over the head is to be deprecated; but
this position is often assumed during
sleep, because circulation is then free il
the extremities and the head and neck
and the muscles of the chest are drawn
up and fixed by the shoulders, and thus
the expansion of the thorax is easy
The chiet objections to this position ar,
that it creates tendency to cramp and
cold in the arms, and sometimes seems
to cause headaches during sleep, an(
dreams. These small matters often max,
or mar comfort in sleeping,-Medica
Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
American Honey Abroad.

Twelve months ago no American honey
in the comb was sold in England, al
though a considerable quantity was ex-
ported from New York to Europe in glass
Jars. Now the trade is large one, and
the New York Commercial advertiser
tells how it has been worked up by Mr.
Hoge, well-known bee and honey man.
After contriving means to ship the pro-
duct without breaking the combs Mr..
Hoge set himself to get it introduced on
the royal table. Accident suggested a
plan to this end which only American
enterprise would have ever dared to carry
out. Mr.. Hoge, while dining in an Eng
lish chop house in London, took up a
bottle of sauce, and on the label found
that the condiment was prepared by one
who had been high steward at Windsor
Castle. "There's my man." thought
Mr.. Hoge, and away he went in search
of him; ultimately succeeding in obtain
ing an introduction to the inventor of
the sauce. The merits of the sauce was
of course the first thing spoken of, and
the American praised it to the utmost.
He then said that his object in seeking
the former high steward was to intro
duce the sauce into the United States,
where of course it would certainly have
Il large sale through the New York house
which had sent him to England.
Arrangements were made to have
the sauce introduced here, and
the eX-high steward was in good
humor. This was the time to in
troducc the real object of the visit, and
the American said: Now, | want YOU
to do good turn for me. Can you not
get n case of American comb honey
placed on the Queens tablep The honey
will tell for itself afterward, as you will
find when | send you case for yom
own use." Nothing easier" replied
the ex-high steward; :" am well ac-
quainted with the present high steward
of Windsor Castle, and he will do any
thing | request of him." The next day
case of the best honey was sent to the
ex-high stewards house, and soon after
another one was in Windsor Castle. The
beautiful combs were placed on the
Queens table, and her grandchildren,
the daughters of the late Princess Alice,
were so pleased with it that the Queen
gave orders that ten cases should be at
once purchased for the use of the castle,
meaning, of course, her own table. The
fact of this order having been given by
the Queen soon became known through
the enterprise OF the American, and the
London press took up the subject OF
American comb honey. praising it to
the utmost. Even the British Bee Jour-
nal took back all it had said against the
honey, and was loud in its praise. The
result was that the American comb
honey was to be found in a very short
time on every fashionable" persons
table, and its success in Great Britain
AS ured. An order has been received to
ship at once 100000 pounds of the new
crop. to be followed by like quantity
at a later period.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11

nets with square crowns and fiaring
brims, or Rabagas bonnets that frame
the face like halo. The small bonnets
are close ottage shapes, or are square
crowns and almost brimless, such rs have
been worn at Saratoga and Newport
during the summer, and the favorite
Carmen bonnets with greater breadth in
the back. Other shapes serve as either
round hat or a bonnet, and English
turbans, Derbies and large Tyrolean hats
are all among the. new shapes. The
Gainesboroughs and other fanciful, pic
turesque shapes are not by any means
discarded. ..r ... -. ..
All these shapes are brought out in
smooth soft felt, silk plush and fur
beavers, with pile an inch long. Some
times the crown of the hat will be of
silk and the brim of beaver or the re-
verse, and sometimes felt brims are
given fur or silk crowns, OF felt crowns
are seen with plush or beaver brims.
The feather felts which were introduced
last season appear again this season in
greater numbers, and in the delicate ecru
and beige tints and cream and pearl
white, which show that they will be
used Tor the richest full-dress occasions.
The felts, beavers and plushes. .come
in the same variety of colors and tints
this season that they did last, or even
greater. The new tints of cloth shades
in the bonnets and hats, showing plain
ly that costumes will require hat or
bonnet to match this winter. and at
least an attempt will be made to revive
that fashion. For the new shades, colors
found in felts and other millinery goods,
new names are given. Rembrandt is
new name for a dark blush shade of
peacock green. A new red with dash
of purple in it is Amaranth, and the old
Egyptian or Pompeiian reds are now
vieux rouge. Japoniers is new green
blue, and gendarme blue takes the title
of Douariere and duck s-breast blue,
golden brown is canaque, and the most
fashionable shade of plum brown is
Burgoyne. Old gold is as fashionable
as ever, and the ciel blues and rose
pinks, the beige tints with cream, ivory
and wax white, are all in demand equal
to the supply.
Fancy feathers will be used to excess
again in trimming bonnets and hats.
Whole and half birds, tails, wings, POM
pons, and feather fringes and ruches are
all seen in the millinery stores. Long
gray ostrich plumes of the natural color
are also to be revived, and tips, demi-
long and Mercutio, and willow plumes,
are all to be worn.
The fall wraps are for the most part
mantelet visites similar to those worn
last spring, but ulsters, round cloaks
and close Jackets will be worn as the
season advances. Most of the fall suits
now in the hands Of the dressmakers
have Jacket of the material of the suit,
and jackets of light, dark and black
cloths are found in abundance in all the
houses where ready-made garments are
sold. When the Jacket is a part of a
costume it is trimmed to match the
same, but the independent jackets are
untrimmed, save with rows of stitching
and effective buttons of ivory, horn,
shell or metal.-NeO York Sun.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
A Smart Wife.

The other morning a citizen called at "A
hardware store on Woodward avenue
and said he wanted key to certain
door in his house, and he took up and
carried away almost the first key handed
out to him. On his way down town af-
ter dinner he stopped and exchanged the
key for another, explaining that the first
wouldn't fit. These changes took place
twice day for the next four days, the
citizen being unable to get hold of key
to fit. On the sixth day he drove up to
the store with a door on dray, and
calling to the proprietor he said:
bring your box of keys out here and
We'll get a fit to that lock. Here have e
been running back and forth for about Il
week, and might not have got a fit for
Il whole month if my wife had not sug-
gested that bring the door down here
Some of these women are mighty smart. y
F" Put why didn't you take the lock off
and bring. it down in your pocketP'
asked the dealer. ~"
The buyer looked at him in vacant
way, stared hard at the door, and sal
down on the curbstone with the re
mark: "
"lt's wonder that the whole family
wasn't sent to the fool-house ten year,
ago."-Detroit Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
The Anthracite Coal Fields.

At the meeting of the American
Science Association in Saratoga P. w.
Sheafer, of Pottsville. Penn, spoke of
the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylva-
mia and their rapid exhaustion. He said :
The work of mining anthracite coal in
that State was begun in 1929 with 1865;
now 10000, 900 tons per annum are pro-
duced. Mr.. Sheafer asserted that only
one-third of the coal goes into consump-
ton; two-thirds are wasted, lost in the
mines and in preparation. He put the
maximum product at about $4,000, 600
tons per annum, and at the present rate
of increase this limit will be reached in
the year 1900. and in 1856 years, say in
the year 2065, our anthracite coal fields
will be exhausted. Then we must fall
back on our bituminous coal area, which
reaches the enormous total of 200, 900
square miles, say over 400 times the
area of the anthracite. Mr.. Sheafer said
that the competition between our several
coal companies and by them with the
bituminous coal will always keep the
price moderate. He doubted if Great
Britain could much increase its now
enormous product of l36,000,O00 tons,
yet at her present rate of increase she
will exhaust her coal-above 1000 fee
in about the time in which our anthra-
cite output will cease. But she has no
100000 square miles, as we have in the
West
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Incompatibility.

AT last, since thou ART all my own,
My love, my lie, my promised bride"
He murmurs softly, sinking down
Clarinda's peerless form beside. ...
Let's figure, sweet, how wen begin ..
Our married state that is TO be-"
" Yes, love. To cut figure in
The world is all my wish" says she.
Fl" For house," says he, " what better than
A tiny cot by oceans fiow?"
""Twould do" she says, behind her fan,
"n marble fronts were scarce, you know"
"Ahem! And we might well engage
One maid f-all-work, stout and neat"
"Y-e-e-s! and a footman, cook and pnge,
And coach and pair!" she inurmured sweet.
"Why, really, dearl-but words are air
With love for guests at home field,
Our food shall be the simplest fare,
Our drink the dairy's snowy yield"
"Y-e-e.s! with etceteras rare and blest,"
She coyly adds; that money brings
Fish; game in season wines the best;
Broils, -stews, fruit cake, ioe-oream and
thingsp
" In Midas name." he cries, with look,
And tone and mien from rapture free,
"Dost deem a millionaire to hook,
Ambitious girl, in wedding mel"
"Why, not at all, Sir Stinginess!"
She quick responds, with scornful shout;
/" But just remember none the less,
As servant Pm not hiring out."
They sever-she will, angry look
That never bids him pause nor stay;
He clutching tight his pocketbook,
Andprecious glad to get away.
" Descending might have done with tact,
Ii not too soon betrayed" says she;
I" How lucky that to sober fact
l brought her ere too late" says he.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
MISS BANGS.
An AerOlith in Court

Prof. Perce's speech before the scien-
fists, ut Saratoga, dealt mainly on those
heavenly bodies called meteors, and
which, according to Prof. Newton. of
Yale College, are so numerous that no
fewer than four hundred millions of
them enter the earth's atmosphere every
year. Fortunately for us, 1t is only the
largest of these meteoric stones-and
these are exceedingly rare which do
reacning the ground; from all others the
mir is, as Prof. Newton expresses it, "a
shield to protect us from an otherwise
intolerable bombarding.n One of these
few has, strangely enough, brought up
an entirely new question of property
law in France. One night not very long
since II peasant crossing a field saw a
meteor of unusual magnitude, which
fell with great noise and touched the
ground within a few yards of his feet.
Recovered from his fright, he went to
the spot and unearthed stone of con-
siderable size, which, in scientific Ian
guage, is called an aerolith. 1t occurred
to the man that what had dropped down
to him from Heaven must be a rarity
and might have q money value. After
consulting the schoolmaster of his conf
mune, he took the mysterious substance,
of no terrestrial operation, to the lssou-
dun Museum, and there received in ex-
1 change for it the, to him, wonderful
sum of S25. Short-lived was his Joy.
The proprietor of the field visited by a
product of the skies. who lives in Paris,
read in the newspapers an account OF the
celestial transaction, and strong in a
maxim prevailing in France to this
day, that property in land extends from
"heaven above to hell beneath" in
structed a county a. torney to bring an
action, He claimed either the resiitu-
ton of the aerolith which fell upon his
land, or 80, 600 damages, which Lejudged
to be the value of it. The case las not
yet been decided, and threatens to drag
its weary length for some time to come.
1t has, however, heen pretty clearly es-
tablished that the DAMAGES claimed are
excessive. There is a regular tariff OF
the value OF aeroliths at the Paris Mu-
scum, and $25 is high average price
Eminent legal talent is engaged on both
J sides, and thus far the peasant is believed
to have the better Of the Parisian.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
Gar Peter and the Wig.

Peter the Great was half-savage in
his manners. He never had pleasantly
enough to play joke, though some of
his rudenesses had very comical effect
On his second visit 10 town in Hol-
land, he and the burgomaster of the
place attended divine service, when an
unconscious action of the czar almost
upset the gravity of the congregation.
Peter, feeling his head growing cold,
turned to the heavily-wigged chief mag
istrate at his side and transferred the
wig, the hair of which flowed down over
the great little mans shoulders, to his
own head, and sat SO till the end of the
service, when he returned it to the in
suited burgomaster, bowling his thanks
The great mans fury was not appeased
till one of Peters suite assured him that
it was no practical joke at all that his
majesty had played that his usual Gus
tom, when at church, if his head was
cold, was to seize the nearest wig he
could clutch ,-BelgraUia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11

Over the Wires.

hear a faint, low singing,
Like the sound of distant choirs;
It's message gleefully winging
Over the telegraph wires.
And what are the glad wires humming
As they stretch in the sunlight away
al am coming, coming, coming
am coming home to-day !"
And now Ihear a sobbing,
Like some soul sitting alone,
With heart that is weary throbbing,
And lips that can only moan.
Oh what are the sad wires sighing
as they reach through the darkness OF
night2
=" He is dying, dying, dying
Come on the wings of light I"
The Utilization of laughter
Next tails upon my ear,
And burst of mad mirth after,
Like the sound of distant cheer.
And what is the gleeful story
That the round wires spread ATARI
"Our Nine is crowned with glory
Hip, hip, hip, hurrah !"
Oh what are the wires relating,
Morning, and noon, and night7
"Thc market is fluctuating !" q
"Reports of the Senate fight !"
Cashier s. Il defaulter !"
"Arrest q man named Brown :"
Clones died to day by the halter ~
"Wheat went suddenly down !"
"Dead !" "Born!" "Going!" "Coming p
"Deluge" and drought !" and
Fires !'
Singing, and sobbing, and humning
Over the telegraph wires.
-EHa Wheeler.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
Astronomy Made Easy.

Hi-diddle-diddle,
The Suns in the middle,
And planets around him so grand
Are swinging in space,
Held forever in place
In the Zodiac girdle or band.
Hi-diddle-diddle,
The Suns in the middle,
And Mercury's next to the sun;
While Venus so bright,
Seen at morning or night,
Comes second to Join in the iun,
IIi-dlddle-diddle,
The Suns in the middle,
And third in the group is our Earth;
While Mars with his fire,
So warlike and dire,
Swings around to be counted theiourth.
Hi-diddle-d:ddlc,
The Suns in the middle,
While Jupiter next after Mars;
And his four moons at night
Show the speed of the light;
Next golden-ringed Saturn appears,
Hi-diddle-diddle,
The Suns in the middle,
After Saturn comes Uranus tar;
And his antics so queer,
Led astronomers near
TO old Neptune, who drives the last car.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11

1t is estimated that there are in the
United States 1000 railway cars of alss
kinds, also $1,000 engines. These engines
and cars in travelling over the roads lose
annually between 1000, 900 and 5000. 900
of nuts. These will weigh over l,50O.-
600 pounds, and their cost is between
$4,000, and $4,000, and this loss is
continued from year to year, saying
nothing of the nuts thrown in the scrap
Heap, with their bolts worthless from
to accident from loose nuts.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An imperious Casar-The sheriff.
An indescribable uncle Carb- uncle
Sound logic-Arguing through the
telephone.
How many passengers will train of
circumstances carryP
Mount Stanford, in the Sierra Neva-
das, is covered with red snow.
A man who declared himself to be in
toxicated with music was considered air.
tight.
A new Mormon temple now in course
of erection at Sail Lake City is to cost
$5,OOO,OO0.
To use the new machines or the old
fashioned washboardsp Aye, there's the
rub.-Picayune.
There are now in Texas over 100000
sheep. Last year over II 100000 pounds
of wool were shipped out of the State
In Tennessee. South Carolina and
Delaware clergymcn are not permitted
to become members of the State Legis-
ature.
A Black Hills correspondent states
that he believes the development of the
mineral resources of the Black Hills has
only begun.
Miss Porter, of Detroit, paid a hack
man less than he demanded, and he
angrily struck her. She drew II revolver
from her satchel and shot him dead.
Samuel Nussbaum murdered his wife
mt Girardcau, Missouri, and was stopped
in i'm attempt 10 kill himself on the spot;
but he was determined to die, and has
finally accomplished his purpose by
starvation.
The French have been trying, with
some success, the plan of towing canal
boats by locomotives. A railway is laid
down on the towpath, about one meter
go inches) from the side of the canal,
and on this are run small locomotives OF
four or more tons, according to the
weight to be pulled.
Queensland, the youngest of the Aus
traian group, occupies the northeastern
quarter Of the Australian continent and
stretches from the northern boundary of
New South Wales to the Gulf of Car
pentaria. 1t is twelve times the size of
England, twice the size of Canada and
half as large again us England, Ireland,
Scotland. Wales, France and Spain conf
bined. 1t is rich in gold.
MISS BANGS.
The beauteous, buxom Bertha Bangs
Is one of our divinest girls;
| She bangs the doors and bangs the chairs,
And likewise bangs her auburn curls.
| She bangs on the pianny, too,
| And bangs upon the light guitar
But, oh, of all the bangs she bangs,
She mostly bangs her auburn ha'r,
Oh, banging, bouncing, buxom belle,
The poets Tyre with rapture twangs-
| Responsive TO the influence
OF thy beloved and bcuuteous bangs.
| ST Louis Timfs-Journai.
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was about $4,000, for population of
something over 300, 900, 900. The United
States thus has mile of railroad to
about 484 inhabitants, and Europe one
mile to about 1898 inhabitants; or, in
other words, every inhabitant of the
United States has about seven times as
much railroad as every European.
A congress for the Improvement of
the condition of the blind has been held
in Berlin. Foremost among the uues-
tions was that of the printed or written
character to be used by tie blind, and
writing and printing by combination of
raised points, first introduced by Louis
Braille in 1884, should be adopted in
Germany without modification. Another
important decision was that the prac-
tice OF uniting the blind and the deaf in
the same institution was highly obec.
ttonable. The congress also recorded
the fact. that in the experience of German
institutions rope-making. is one of the
best trades there practiced by the blind.
The funeral of Herlig, a Socialist mas
ter turner, was the scene OF great So
cialist demonstration at Dresden. Sew
eral thousand sympathizers followed
the body to the grave, but the police
took advantage of an old Saxon law
against the public exhibition of repub-
lican emblems to forbid the wearing of
political ensignia. No funeral Grafton
was permitted, and wnen woman
an order was given to arrest her, the
execution of which was, however. rem
dered impossible by the closing in of
the crowd. Several wreaths were thrown
on the coffin, but not before the. police
had insisted on the removal of the red
silk ribbons with which they were tied.
A great business is. being done this
year in the importation OF iron from
Africa Tor use IN American manufac-
tories. The great reason for preferring
African iron to native ore Is. of course,
its cheapness, but 1t has the further adj
vantage OF being remarkably free from
phosphorus. This ore has been imported
to some extent for two or. three years,
but never In such quantities as now.
one authority estimating that two hun
dred thousand tons vii be shipped TO
New York this year and half us much
TO Philadelphia, the latter for use at the
iron works in Bethlehem and } ohnstown
and by the fennsy wanna steel Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

At the close of last year there were
sl,S4l miles of railroad in opera
tion in the United States, with popu-
lation of about 3s, 900, 600. The number
ofmiles of road in operation in Europe
was about $4,000, for population of
something over 300, 900, 900. The United
States thus has mile of railroad to
about 464 inhabitants, and Europe one
mile to about 1898 inhabitants; or, in
other words, every inhabitant of the
United States has about seven times as
much railroad as every European.