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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
Useful II Old.

The following simple rules for pre-
serving health and promoting comfort,
if not new to some of our readers, are
none the less important to every one.
The object of brushing the teeth is to
remove the destructive particles of food
which, by their decomposition, generate
decay. To neutralize the acid resulting
from this chemical change is the object
of dentrifce. A stiff brush should be
used after every meal, and thread of
silk floss or India rubber passed through
between the teeth to remove particles of
food. Rinsing the mouth in lime water
neutralizes the acid.
Living and sleeping in room in
which the sun never enters is a slow
form of suicide. A sun-bath is the most
refreshing and life.giving bath that can
possibly be taken.
Always keep the feet warm, and thus
avoid colds. To this end, never sit in
damp shoes or wear foot covering fitting
or pressing closely.
The best time to eat fruit is half an
hour before breakfast.
A full bath should not be taken less
than three hours after a meal. Never
drink cold water before bathing. Donot
take cold bath when tired.
Keep box of powdered srarch on the
washstand and, after washing, rub q
pinch over the hands. 1t will prevent
chapping.
If feeling cold before going to bed,
exercise do not roast over a fire.
Scientific american.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
The WidOwer and the Widow.

When Mr.. Thomas Thompson was
courting the widow who became his
sixth wife, said he. taking a pinch OF
snuff and looking wise, "I will tell you
what l expect of you, my dear. You are
aware that have had a good deal OF
matrimonial experience. Ho-hum! 1t
makes me sad to think of It, and may
truly say that my cup of misery would
be running over at this moment if it
were not for you. But to business. I
was about to remark that Jane, my first,
could make better coffee than any other
woman in the world. trust you will
adopt her recipe for the preparation of
that beverage"
"My first husband frequently re-
marked - began the widow.
"And there was Susan," interrupted
Mr.. Thompson, "she was the best
mender that probably ever lived. 1t
was her delight to find button off; and
as for rents in coats and things, have
seen her shed tears of Joy when she saw
them, she was so desirous of using her
needle for their repair. Oh, what a
woman Susan was I"
"Many is the time" began the wild.
ow, "that my first husband -
"With regard to Anna, who was my
third" said Mr.. Thompson, 81 think
her forte, above all others, was in the
accomplishment OF the cake known as
slapiack. have very pleasant visions
at this moment of my angelic Anna as
she appeared in the kitchen of frosty
morning, enveloped in smoke and the
morning sunshine that stole through
the window, or bearing to my plate a
particularly nice article of slapiack with
the remark, That's the incest one yet,
Thomas; eat it while it's hot Some
times, I assure you, my dear, these re-
collections are quite overpowering."
He applied his handkerchief to his
eyes, and the widow said, "Oh, yes;
know how it is myself, sir. Many is
the time that I see in my lonely hours
my dear first hus" -
"The pride and Joy of Julia, my
fourth, and / may say, too, of Clara, my
fifth," interrupted Mr.. Thompson, with
some apparent accidental violence OF
tone, "lay in the art of making over
their spring bonnets. If you will be-
lieve it, my dear, one bonnet lasted
those two blessed women through all the
ANPPJ ySaio INOo Witu uc-tuCy
would turn them and make them over SO
many times Dear, dear, what change
full world what an unhappy, changeful
world -
81 say to myself hundred times a
day, sir" said the widow, with q sigh
81 frequently remarked to my first
hus -
+" Madam" said Mr.. Thompson, sud
denly, and with great earnestness,
" oblige me by never mentioning that
chap again. Are you not aware that he
must be out of the question forever
more? Can you not see that your con-
tinual references to him sicken my soul ?
Let us have peace, madam-let me have
peace |"
" Very we'll, sir" said the widow,
meekly. 81 beg your pardon, and
promise not to do it again."
And they were married, and their
lives were as bright and peaceful as they
could wish.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
An ugly miss--Miss Government.

| AL ugly mlsb-MisS NOftTuuouo'
Lying down-An incipient mustache.
Jack Frost is one of the coolest fellows
going.
LIE Mars, Ia, is numerously begirt
by prairie wolves.
ga last farewell - A shoemaker
giving up business.
Caleb Gushing couldn't abide to have
bis room tidied up.
Hatred is keener than friendship, but
less keen than love.
Tramps are no longer allowed to sleep
in Cincinnati parks.
Chief Joseph wears coal black hair
banged on his brow.
A man in Illinois has found way to
make good lumber out of compressed
straw.
A farmer, who keeps his fences in
good order, has good deal of stile
about him,
When young lady wants to appear
In blaze Of glory she INDUCES in little
torchon lace.
The Toronto Globe calls the proposed
international park at Niagara falls an
international play ground"
A clock keeps its hands before it's face,
probably because it is ashamed of the
cowardly manner in which time flies.
The first postofice in America was
established in New York in 1719, under
the auspices of the colonial govern
ment.
A gentleman writing from the West,
says that he is altered so since he left
l. L.. az II L..
not know him."
The young man who wrote and asked
his girl to accept "bucket" of flowers,
became little pale when she said she
wooden ware it.
DR.. Abel, the Berlin correspondent
of the London Times, can get up off the
ice and rub the back of his head in
seventy different languages.
She asked him if her new dress wasn't
as sweet as a spring rose, and the brute
said it was, even to the minor attraction
of having little due upon it.
"I know 1 am perfect bear in my
manners" said a young farmer to his
sweetheart. "No, indeed, you are not,
John; you have never hugged me yet.
50 delicate is the machinery for cut.
/ ting out wood for papering walls that
200 leaves are cut from an irch of white
maple and 125 out of wood with open
grain, such as oak and walnut.
Wishing to pay his friend a compli-
ment, gentleman remarked, "I hear
you have very industrious wife,"
EYES," replied the friend, with melan
choly smile; "she's never idle; she's
always finding something for me to do. I"
"Isn't it funny ?" he exclaimed, a
he leaned back in his seat at the theater,
and wiped away the tears that the
laughter-provoking comedian had pro-
duced. eyes, should say So" re-
sponded his fair companion; "it's one
Of her sisters old ones made over" His
jaw dropped into his lap as he TUNED
his gaze upon the young lady in front,
whose personnel his partner had been
studying.-ROckIdnd Courier.
Oh, the s., the beautiful s.!
How the folks want it in the press.
"Can you not next let it appear?'
They write to the editor every year;
Even the schoolgirls Of fourteen or less,
AS original verse send the beautiful s.,
Begging,
Praying,
Imploring to print it.
| But the editors stove is aglow for to bless
And welcome the coming OF beautiful s.
- Chicago Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
What Blind Men Have Done.

The long list of the names of the blind
who have beer eminent in the various
branches of learning from the time OF
Diodatus, who lived fifty years before
the Christian era, to the present time.
is well worth remembering. The fol.
lowing are some of those to whom we
refer
Diodatus, of Asia Minor, celebrated
for his learning in philosophy, geometry
and music.
Eusebius, also of Asia, lived from BIC
to $40 of the Christian era became
blind at five years of age; died al
twenty-five. And yet, during so short
a lifetime, this blind man, by his theo-
logical writings, has come to us. and
will go down to posterity, as one OF the
fathers of christianity.
Henry, the minstrel OF Scotland. au-
thor of "The Poetic Life of Wallace. "
was born blind in 1851
Margaret, of Ravenna, born in 1905,
blind at three months; celebrated for
her writings on theology and morals,
| Hermann Torrentius, of Switzerland,
born in 1916, and author of history
and poetical dictionary.
| Nicholas Sanderson, of Yorkshire,
England, born in 1882; learned in math-
ematics, astronomy, and wrote book
on algebra.
Thomas Blackjack, d. D., of Scot
land, born in 1751 blind at six months;
celebrated for his Learning in poetry,
divinity and music.
Francis Huber, of Geneva, Switzer-
land, born in 1910; wrote on natural
sciences, bees, ants, and on education.
John Milton, born in 1908, in London
author of Paradise Lost"
John Metcalf, born in 1717, in Eng
land: road surveyor and road contractor.
John Cough, born in 1857, in Eng
land; blind at three years; wrote on
b.tany, natural history, etc.
David Macbeath, born in 1892, in
Scotland; learned in music al d mathe.
matics, and inventor of the string alpha
bet for the blind.
NJ. Focault, born in Paris in 1893;
invented writing apparatus for the
blind.
M. Knio, of Prussia, born blind; was
director of an institution for the blind.
and wrote on the education of the
blind.
Alexander Rodenbach, of Belgium,
congress, and wrote several works on
the blind and the deaf. mute.
William Henry Ohurchman, formerly
superintendent OF the institution for
the blind, at indianapolis, Ind, and
author of architectural designs aud re.
ports for the institution.
Prof. Fawcett, member of the British
parliament, and an eminent phlosophi-
cal writer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
Legends of the Rose.

In the neighborhood OF Jerusalem is
pleasant valley, which still bears the
name of Solomons Rose Garden, and
where, according to Mohammedan
myth, compact was made between the
Wise Man and the gepii of the Morning
Land, which was writ, not in blood, like
bond between Faust and Mephistoph.
eles, nor in gall like our modern trea-
ties, but with saffron and rose water
upon the petals of white roses. In Paris,
in the sixteenth century, an edict was
issued requiring all Jews to wear rose
on their breast, as distinguishing
mark. In the Catholic Tyrol, in the
present day, betrothed swaips sre ex-
pected to carry rose during the period
of their betrothal, as warning to young
maidens of their engaged state. Roses
have played, and still play, an import.
ant part in popular usages in many
other parts of the world. In Germany
young girls deck their hair with white
roses for their confirmation, their en-
trance into the world, and when, at
the end of life's career, the aged grand.
mother departs to her eternal rest,
last gift, in the shape of a rose gar
land, is laid upon her bier. julius
Caesar, it is recorded, was fain to hide
his badness at the age of thirty with
the produce of the Roman rose gardens,
as Anacreon hid the SHOWS of eighty
under wreath of roses. At mid Lent
the pope sends golden rose to particu-
lar churches or crowned heads whom he
designs especially to honor. Martin
Luther wore rose in his girdle. In
these instances the rose serves as q sym-
bol of ecclesiastical wisdom. A rose
figured on the headsman's axe of the
Voehmgericht. Many orders, fraterni-
ties and societies have taken the rose as
their badge. The " Rosicrucians may
be instanced. The "Society of the
Rose" of Hamburg, an association of
learned ladies of the seventeenth Gen.
tury, is less known example. 1t was
divided into four sections, the Roses,
the Lilies, the Violets, and the Pinks.
The holy Medardus instituted in
France the custom of "La Rosiere," by
which, in certain localities, a money
gift and crown of roses are bestowed
on the devoutest and most industrious
maiden in the commune The infamous
Duke de Chartres established an Cor
der of the Rose" with a diametrically
opposite intention, the avowed object
being the undermining of female virtue.
At Treviso a curious rose feast is or
was held annually. A castle was
erected with tapestry and silben
hangings, and defended by the best
born maidens in the city against the at
tacks of the young bachelors. almonds,
nutmegs, roses and squirts filled with
rose water being the ammunition freely
used on both sides, = Gardeners Maga-
ire.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
The Water TOrluie In Japan.

The originators of this cruel device
relied upon the torments of thirst as
more powerful than mere corporal suf-
fering. The prisoner is for several DAYS
confined to an extremely salt diet, with.
out rice or water. When two or three
days have passed the craving for water
becomes incessant, and the sufferings of
the tortured man approach the bounds
of insanity. Efforts are then made to
obtain confession by subiecting the suf-
ferer to the agony endured by Tantalus
when in the midst of the internal lake,
whose waters he could not touch. On
all sides the thirst.distracted prisoner
beholds Whitewater for which he
would sacrifice everything-but which
he cannot touch except upon the condi.
tions of confession, Japan Gazette,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
The Gardeners Lesson.

Two gardeners had their early crops
of peas killed by the frost. One of
them was very impatient under the loss,
and fretted about it very much. The
other went patiently to work at once to
plant a new crop. After a while, the
impatient, fretting man went to his
neighbor. To his surprise, he found
another crop of peas growing finely.
He wondered how this could be.
"These are what sowed while you
were fretting," said his neighbor.
But don't you ever fret 2" he asked.
"Yes. I do ; but put it off till have
repaired the mischief that has been
done"
"Why, then You have no need to fret
at all I"
True" said his friend "aud that
the reason put it off,"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
VOL. VIII.
The Reign of Ice.

Reused from the chill of q frozen sleep,
The ice-king spoke with curses deep,
And bade the bitterest north wind blow
Down from the realm Of eternal snow.
Down from the home of the ice and frost,
Where silence reigns and life is lost,
The north wind came at the kings command,
With speed, and hate and q cruel hand.
He furrowed the seas with frozen foam,
And Knocked the mariners dream Of home,
OF wife and child and sweet surcease
From strife and storm In port Of peace.
On slippery deck, with stiff ming sail
The seamen saw the gathering gale,
And, freezing, stood by the icy mast,
Palsied and dead in the spell Of the blast.
Down from the realm of the frigid sea,
Relentless, and cold, and cruel came he,
To cast his curse DER the land Of rest,
Where hearts are warm and homes are blest.
The traveller, tracking his homeless way,
Begging for bread in the storm that day,
Fell frozen and dead in the icy air,
As the mocking wind denied his prayer.
The widow shrank with shivering dread
From his icy couch, in her chilly bed,
And her heart stood still in the cold embrace
or that spectral iend with the fatal face.
His curse was fierce at the homes Of the poor |;
But the rich in their palaces bolted the door,
And laughed him to scorn, as he hastened
away
To visit the wretcbed ones over the way.
The woes Of the wretched were carried back
To the bitter north on the winds wild track,
And the ice-king, touched with the old desire
OF power supreme over heat and fire,
Prophetic spoke in the frigid blast;
1.-THE human race must end at last
Despite their pride and their faithless prayers,
Their selfish schemes and worldly cares.
I'll crush their hopes with endless death
I'll chill their hearts, CONCEAL their breath
l II freeze for ayo this wicked earth
From central fire to outer girth
Their farms shall be but frozen land;
Their ships be locked in icy strand;
Their cities, filled with woe and ice,
Shall lifeless stand in lifeless ice
The complaining waves shall be
Peaceful and still on the frozen sea
The ocean. chained from shore to Shore
Shall boast his mighty strength no more
The reign Of justice I'll renew,
And Danish all the selfish crew,
Whose sin, and shame, and quick desire
Find food and life in heat and fire.
At war with life, and scorning prayer,
His curse is now in the bitter air.
The ground is clad for the grave to-day,
And, should no power the ice-king stay,
wall of woe and wild despair
Would strike the unrelenting air;
VoiceIess and cold, the earth would roll,
A lifeless orb, with frozen soul.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
)GWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

grandfather's letter and wonderful
smile turns to diamonds her tears.
"The very thing" proclaims Mr..
Glenmoreland.
"Of course" says his wife. "Why
didn't you think of it before, you tire
some boy, and save all this bother ?
And now go away, all of You. I have an
idea for q story"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30

A Weyauwega (Wis.) German pound
ed his wife, cut young man who came
to the rescue upon the nose with sa-
Der, whipped deputy sheriff and his
posse when they went to arrest him,
and for all of these offenses was fined
by police justice the sum of $40.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
TIMELY TOPICS.

The monument in China to the Amer
icap, Captain Ward, who became COM
mander-in-chief of the Chinese army, is
very costly, and has on its top an ever
growing lily, which is watered every
day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
Some European Statistics.

According to Hubner's Statistical
tables of all the countries of the earth, +"
there are yearly, births, deaths, mar
riages and number of children in ele-
mentary schools for every 10, 900 inhab-
itants, in the following countries
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30

Russia has the smallest proportionate
number in elementary schools, about
$50 per 10000 inhabitants, and the
United States of America the largest,
2, $50 for every 10, 600 inhabitants.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30

| posse when they went to arrest him,
and for all of these offenses was fined
by police justice the sum of $40.
The Cincinnati Times alleges that
an old man in that city, after running
through fortune of $65, 600 after mar
rying second wife, carried the monu.
ment he had erected to his first wife at
cost of 81, 400 to a marble-yard, and
exposed it for sale, after the erasure of
the inscription upon it.
One Beinert, a miller of Plauen-
Dreden, Saxony, has philanthropically
presented the town with money for
planting cherry trees along the streets.
the money to be refunded from the sale
of the cherries when the trees begin to
bear. Beinert was under the impres.
sion that there was no small boys in
Plauen- Dreden.
A clerk in a Denver (Col.) grocery
stole provisions to send to the workmen
in mine that he partly owned. He
had recently married, and bore an ex.
cellent reputation, so the exposure of
his crime was stunning blow. He
begged the officer who made the arrest
to let him stay at home until morning
The officer complied, staying on guard
in the house. In the night the prisoner
and his wife committed suicide with
laudanum.
The famous Boston Saturday Club 3"
has lost by death during the last few
years the following members Pres
colt, FELTON,, Motley, Hawthorne, Agas-
siz, Howe, Sumner, Andrew, Wyman
and Quincy. The living members are
r. W. Emerson, II. W. Longfellow, o.
w. Holmes, J. r. Lowell, Z. P. Whip.
pie, ]. s. Dwight, J. G. Whittier, J. T.
Fields, B. Pierce, the two Danas, E. r.
Hoar, T. G. Appleton, @. E. Norton, j.
E. Cabot, 81. James, W. d. Howells,
j. M. Forbes, F. II. Hedge, NJ. Brim-
mer, W. NJ. Hunt, G. F. Adams, O. w.
Eliot, G. O. Perkins, F. Parkman, Asa
Gray, Horace Gray and A. Agassiz.
A Wisconsin girl put on trousers and
started through the deep snow to walk
six miles to village for provisions, the
family larder being empty. She soon
became tied out, besides losing her way,
and the cold was intense. A big New
foundiand dog which accompanied her
was the means of saving her life. She
scored out a hollow in the snow, lay
down in it, and made the warm dog lie
on her, shifting him about so as to sue
cessively cover the coolest part of her
body. In that way she passed whole
night, and was not very severely frost
bitten. "With two or three more
dogs, she says, 81 would have got
along very comfortably"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30

To make your coat last-Make you,
trousers and vest first.