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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Maritime Disasters,

A supplement to the Anaericnn Slip
furnishes the public with an elaborate
table of maritime disasters, compiled by
Mr.. C.. B. Winslnw from records in the
archives of the Atlantic Mutual Insur-
ance Company. 1t will be invaluable
for future reference. 1t shows the num-
Der of vessels lost in Transatlantic steam
navigation from 1898, when the Sirius
first crossed the ocean. The whole num-
Der of vessels, by the different casualties
specified, is 145; of which never were
on coasts, 80; foundered at sea, &; sunk
at sea, 6; abandoned, 8; by collision
with icebergs, 3; collision with other
vessels, 4 capsized, |; burned, IL. The
loss of life by several kinds of disaster.
as far as ascertained. was as follows:
BY missing vessels, $50; by vessels sunk
ut sea Gncluding loss by Arctic, 562) ,71S;
by vessels burned, 533; by vessels
wrecked, 1,6ll; by collisions, $50; by
vessels foundered. 10; by other casual
ties, 20; total, 1902. 1t is remarkable
that the loss of life appears to have been
matter of open record in the case of only
three out of the twenty-siX missing YES
sells in the list given. These were the
President, which left New York for
Liverpool in 1871, and of which the loss
Is vaguely given rs 200, when ii has
always been supposed TO be much
higher; the City of Glasgow, of the Ia
man Line. which left Glasgow for New
York in 1853; and the Pacific, of the Col
Inns Line, which left Liverpool for New
York in 1856. The united loss by these
vessels was $50. The total loss, as given
above, does not include that of the
twenty-three vessels against which the
record is, Missing, all lost" As far
us can be Judged from the character OF
these. and from their points ofdeparture.
they were mostly transient ships, carry
ing few or no passengers. With an aver
age of 100 person to each, including
crew. the total loss of life on the list
would be increased to $500 human
beings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
A Silver Anniversary,

Yesterday afternoon, the 10Th inst,
the Mason & Hamlin Organ Company
celebrated by dinner at Young's Hotel
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the COM
mencement of their business, which by
its own merits has grown to large pro-
portions. At the start the capacity of
their works was two or three melodeons
per week, the best of which sold for
about one hundred dollars each; their
present capacity is over two hundred
cabinet organs per week, and they are
most of the time behind orders, while
their best productions new command
five hundred dollars each, and in excep-
tional cases several times this amount.
In numbering their instruments they
have reached $4,000, having actually
made and sold nearly that number
Organs of their make have obtained an
extraordinary reputation all over the
world, and are sold in every civilized
country where the tariff is not so high as
to be prolibitory. Musicians recognize
in them distinguished excellence in
quality oftone, the result, in large meas
ure, perhaps, of peculiar skill in Uoici'ag
reeds, an art which originated with this
company. But in every respect it has
always been principle with them to
make in each detail the best instrument
possible and to sell them as low as pos
sible. The skillful carrying out of this
policy has resulted in this great success.
Boston Journal.
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He Saw the Point.

Ezekiel Hayes, the great grandfather
of the President, was a successful me-
chanic in Connecticut, and kept a mum.
Der of apprentices. 1t is said that some.
times, like apprentices in all ages, they
felt that they had long work and short
rations. At one time a new cheese was
put on the table whole. 1t stood uncut
for a day or two, Hayes saying at each
meal, "Tl.at is II nice looking cheese. 1t
is a pity to cut it," The boys thought
this was growing rather monotonous,
and planned to show their sentiments.
The blacksmith had one day got bar
of iron nicely heated, and laid it across
the iron anvil to be cut the proper
lengths. The boys, with chisel and
sledges, were to cut it off. But no hand
was raised. Hayes asked why they did
not "strike." One of them replied !:
THAT is such a nice bar of iron; it
wou be a pity to cut it," Hayes quickly
saw the point, and shouted, with IL
laugh; Strike! boys, strikel the cheese
shall be cutn'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Food

The use of food by different persons
should be regulated in quantity or char
their health and eeGPGaoG to tie f seasons aGfs
and the climate in which they live.
Milk is the only perfect food for in
fants. 1t is the best food for children
and youth up to the age of sixteen.
Old people are weaker in their digestive
powers, partly because their whole sys-
TENS are weaker, and partly because of
their diminished muscular activity.
Their food should be less in quantity
than that used by younger persons, and
of easier digestion
In summer and in warm climates less
food by one-tiird is needed, the tone of
the system being lowered, and persons
thus being unable either to digest OF to
assimilate as much as in winter and in
colder latitudes.
So also fat, sugar and starch-the latter
includes fine fiour-being mainly heat
making elements, should be but little
used in summer and in tropical regions,
and largely used in winter and in cold
climates. Corn-bread, which contains a
large per cent. of fat, is better adapted
for food in winter than in summer.
Shoemakers, tailors and people of
sedentary habits generally need less
food, and food that is more easily digest
ed, than the farmer and all persons who
work hard in the open air. STILL every
body should have enough of active exer-
else to be able to digest generous diet.
A thinker needs good supply of
brain food. such as is literally furnished
in oatmeal; but he must not use his
brain at the eexpense of vigorous muscles,
for it is muscles that have to work not
only the stomach, but the lungs and
heart. - s--.
I he sick, of course, need food carefully
adapted to their particular condition,
and those who are not in full health
may greatly help themselves by rejecting
whatever they find injurious to them
Yoath's Companion.
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The Horrors of Gambling.

A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Monaco, the little princi-
pality on the Mediterranean famed for its
legalzed gambling dens, says: The
stories of ruin every day, sometimes on
good authority, are horrible. Fortunes,
trust money, provision for children and
widows, the stms acquired by the sale
of commissions. sums raised on house
and land, have disappeared in II few days
or hours. Often it is the extravaganza
of the companion that drives her victim
back and back to the tables, deeper and
deeper. But the women themselves are
the most reckless gamblers. The COM
mon computation is suicide month,
and there sometimes come three or four
together. On the ramparts of the garden
of Monaco there are several points from
which ruined gamblers have thrown
themselves into the sea 300 feet below.
Only the other day a LADY" threw her.
self out of her third floor chamber into
the road. There have been suicides In
the rooms of the Casino and one at the
table itself. Having staked and lost his
last franc, gentleman stood up and
drew his pistol and discharged it in his
mouth. For the reception of such scan
dals there is provided Il room, handy for
the railway, which passes almost direct
ly under the Casino. Some inquest there
must be, and it is performed by the SER
wants of the establishment. But most of
the victims go away and hide themselves,
and die like II sick dog in some corner,
where they hasten death or let a broken
heart take its course. 1t Is impossible to
conjecture the total amount of the an
nual ruin; nor is that an important
matter. for the loss of a few hundreds is
us utter ruin to some people as tens of
thousands to others. When man can
not meet his creditors, or even his wife
and children, it is all over with him, I'M
less he is devoid of natural feeling and
lost to shame. The mere excitement of
a days gambling has been known to kill
people constitutionally weak of heart or
| head, whether they have won or lost.
Ecstacy works the effect of despair in
such eases. People have been known to
go to Monte Carlo after being assured by
| friends and doctors that it will be their
death if they do, return home late and
die in a few hours. The attraction once
given way to becomes irresistible. 1t is
on this fact that the bank chiefly stands.
| If a visitor loses, he leaves the table and
there is an end of him. If he gains, he
always returns and plays till he has lost
everything. Monaco Letter TO the London
| Times
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FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.



Sing song of snow-flakes, ,i,..,
1cicles and frost; =
Four and twenty snow-birds u
In the woods wero lost. Frf1
When the storm was ended,
Happy birds were they, | ..-
BY some crumbs beiriended,
They lived to fly away,
Sing song ot rain-drops,
Clouds and April weather;
-Four and twenty red-breasts
Caught out together.
When the shower was ended,
What song was heard
About the rainbow splendid,
From each dripping bird!
Sing a song of sunshine,
Bees a-humming praises;
-Four and twenty hours
Lost among the daisies.
Hunt the wide world over,
From sea to continent,
You never will discover
Where the hours went!
Mary ". Prescott in 81. Nicholas
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

A late invention is a boot made of
paper. 1t will last as long as the leather
article. and is said to be equally efficient
in raising crop of corns and bunions.-
81. Louis Spirit.
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ENTIRELY CURED.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, August 25, lS.S.
Dear Sir:-I was troubled with Lung Disease
and suffered from other complaints so much
hat | could not describe my feelings to any
person. doctored all the time, but found no
relief until l took bottle OF your Indian Blood
Syrup, which left me entirely free OF all pain.
CAPT. SAM. A. CARGO.
RECEIVED GREAT BEiFEFIT FROM IT.
HoLMsBURG, 23d Ward, Philadelphia, !
Feb "a, 1879. :
Dear Sir:-I take great pleasure in saying
that | have given your valuable Indian Blood
Syrup fair trial in my family and received
great benefit from it. SAM'L n. SoLLY.
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In addition to its tonic and cathartic prop
critics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters exercises n
beneficial influence upon the kidneys and
bladder, when they are inactive, by stimulating
them to renewed exertion, thus reopening, rs
it were, a sluice for the escape of impurities
whose regular channel of exit is tlA organs of
urination. Among these are certain abnormal
and lniiamnasory elements productive OF ir-
oYpnaIiod ~ smS ~ Ii ddar ,a,,si, u.,i
arc also benetited by this stimulus, as their
inactivity is usuallyd preliminary to their dis
a' "i.u ~ olsoisarltit,lon, my ulso eApe,i-
enoe, III eoi''inoh Yi'n o'nol Poi'iuhs Vi .ne
system, system, uhe potes lnVlgorelve enec.s OF inc
Di.,els, whlcn lur,perlh1re corIec.s uisorueru
coh''i'ions VI elle stSnlocl, , oowcis anu hVer'
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LIVER COMPLAINT.

JACKSONVILLE, March, 3, 1879
Dear 81 a;-knowing, from experience, that
your Indian Blood Syrup is a sure cure for
Liver Complaint, l confidently recommend it to
all suffering humanity. REBEccA MEL.
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IIVER CONPLAINT.

NV EIl OONIT I.hI-N l.
PENNYPA OK MILLS, Feb. %, 1879.
Dear ,Sir:-I have used your Indian Blood
Syrup and found it to do all you claim for it.
1t is sure cure for Liver Complaint.
JOSEPH HAISEs.
REMEDY FOR LIVER AND KIDNEY
DISEASE.
EDINGToN, Feb q 1879.
Dear Sir:-I can, from my experience,
commend your Indian Blood Syrup rs q sure
cure for Liver and Kidney Disease
ELIZA ARETU A. SANDs
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PALPTTAIION OF THE HEART.
WEST LEBANON, March 8, 1879.
Dear Sir:-Having been PROSTATE for months
with what my physician termed Palpitation OF
the Heart, and combination of other diseases,
l obtained no relief until bought some OF your
Indian Blood Syrup, which relieved me i'm
mediately. am now in perfect health.
ELIZABETH LEWIS.
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Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume,
Testimonials of Cures.
THE INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP THE RIGHT
MEDICINE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, August 25, 1878.
Dear Sir:-I was troubled with Kidney Dis
ease and Liver Complaint. l tried everything
which | thought might do me good, but did
not find the right medicine until got j0-cent
bottle of your medicine which entirely cured
me. Mrs. RANDALL,
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Our agent can also furnish inquirers with
many names and addresses of others who have
experienced the good effects of the Justly cee-
brated Indian Blood Syrup, and we would re-
quest all in need of "A Blood Purifier or Liver
Regulator to call and get pamphlet, and make
such inquiries us they may wish.
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GOOD ~ wv

See Decoration Day Music in the MUSICAL RECORD, {
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ANDALusIA, Pa, Feb. 10, 1870.
Dear Sir:-I have been using your Indian
Blood Syrup in my family for Liver and Kidney
Complaint with success. l believe it has no
equal. EDWARD GuRrRr
The New York herald., 1879-10-08

them to speak. If you have law spply Il. Here
is my body, but after me there are others. nis
wounds were not very severe. and II was senersny
supposed that he would recover when on friaays
two days after the incident at Yildiz hlosks .
rumor got afoat that he had been assassnated oy
soldier, the brother of one or the wouuoeo
sentries. Inquiries in the proper quarter showed
that the runor had some foundation. The isou.
manian Legation had been officially informed =.
the incident. and at the post mortem examination
IL had been found that the unfortunate man nad
been killed by wounds from q sword bayonet or
some similar instrument. In addition to the Iour
wounds which he had received during the scune ~
Yildiz Kiosk seventeen ones. IL is said. hao
been inflicted. Perhaps thsre is in this ststenens
some exaggeraton, but there is no doubt that the
man murdered after his arrest and examination.
and the question is how the murder was perpe-
trated. Suspicious current that the attemps
done with the connvance OF the police
at the instigation of very influential
parsonage. The said influential parsonage. 1t 10
explained, feeling his position insecure and beiev-
ing that the only means of averting dismissal was
by awaking the Sutans fears of assassinations
melted the poor, half witted karayanopoulo to
make his foolish attempt, and when he found thai
the wouldbe assassin likely to recover from
his wounds and might make nconvenient dis
closures. he suborned soldier, several sodierss
to put him out of the way This is view very gen.
orally accepted by the public aud the parsonage In
ques ton is openly named.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
THE CERvANTES STATUE.

meeting of Spanish residents of this city has just
been held at tho Office OF the Consul General of SPAIN
No. 30 Broadway. The object was to consider ways
and means tor completing tho proposed Cervantes
monument. Among the gentlemen present were
Mcssrs Hipolito de Uriarte Consul General Of Spain.
who presided: Pedro de Olive. secretary; Alcxandes
dc Cothcal, Consul for the Republic OF Nicaragua
Counsellor Mestrc; N Garcia. of La Noreiddes. ans
other we'll known spaniards. proposition formu
lated by Don Pedro dc Olive. the secretary OF the
committee was read and considered. The paper set
forth the appropriateness oa erecting in the coso-
politan city OF New York monument to the MEM
ory of the immortal Cervantcs who had given 20 the
world a work at graphic. besutfui anu on
tertaining AS that which recountcd tne ae-
ventures of the Tagenioso Hddtgo. The TASK
of erecting to Cervantes monnmen, IN Scn-
trail PARK was in which all nations
MIGHT be asked to cooperate. Tho committee
couIl IL was believed. address themselves TO the
Governments OF Spanish-American countries. where
they would find sympathy and support for thcii
nronosed work without waiting tor formal invt
tation the press of Spain had already taken an attt
tudo favorable to the present undertaking. which
must at once recommend itself to every lover OF thu
Castilian tongue The proposed monument would
cost in the neghborhood OF Sh0.OOO but the facilt
ties which the committee proposed to afford for the
collection of subscriptions IN the United states
Spanish America and the Peninsula must speedily,
IL was thought result in the accumulation OF funds
TO enable the friends OF the monument to satisfac-
torily complete the task which thoy had tmposed
upon themselves.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
FOREIGN NOTES.

The Angeneine Zcitun9 states that much sensation
has been created in the Tyrol by the order for an
alteration OF the Verona Notifications by line Of
forts on the hills north of the town.
Two distinguished German geogrsphers. Drs.
Greet and Gasser, recently arrived at Lisbon
their way out Africa. They have been sent BY
their government on a scientific commission and
viii begin their labors by studying the zoology OF
the West African islands.
Mme Theirs has been living for some days 1T the
French Embassy in London. She sees nobody and
has declined the numerous invitations which she
has received to visit in the country. She II not.
however. idle She is engaged. along with secrs-
tary greater part of the day. and there appears
TO be no doubt that she is arranging papers the
memoir Of her late husband.
Portugal will be represented the Brussels Inter.
national Commercial Congress by the Count OF
Tbomar. Portuguese Minister in Belgium, the Por.
tuguese African explorer. Major Serpi Pinto, and
Senior Paquito. the secretary OF the Lisbon Geo
graphical Society. The admiral and officers OF the
Spanish squadron have visited Their Ma3osties.
They were presented by the Spanish Minister here
the Count de Casa Valcnte.
The Norde1ttsche Alegcmene Zeifung compares the
Cabul tragedy with the of the Russian Mis-
sion at Tehersn in 1879. Incited by the Molahs the
mob killed Gribajedow and his thirty-fve follow
countrymen only one person escaping. Mohammed
Shah his to apologize. and he, appearing
offered 1t to the Car. exclaiming sfrc. here Is my
head: 1 will gladly atone for the innocent victims" "
Russia. being then at war with Turkey. passed the
matter over
"A
Algiers. in the summer Palace OF Upper Mustsphs.
to the French members OF Parliament on visit 70
the French possession. Many speeches were made
at dessert time. The Civil Governor, NJ. Albert
Grevy, brother of the President of the Republic
proposed toasts to the government, to the republ-
can members of both Chambers and to the friends
of Algeria. M. Gired, Deputy declared that they
had come over to endeavor to know the Algerian
land, which they all loved. because it part Of
France. He concluded by drinking to the health OF
NJ. Albert Grevy. NJ. Jozon desired that opposite
European France there should arise "Atricsn
France" and that the institutions. inspired by
the Same spirit aud animated by the same faith.
should march side by side toward the common OBJ
ject they had in view-the grandeur and prosperity
of France.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
KING THEEBAU'S FAMILY.

Some interesting information about the late King
Of Burmah's family affairs publisghed by an In
dian paper. The gay old monarch had. during his
lifetime. ffty-three recognized wives. by whom he
had forty eight sons and sixty-two daughters. or
survived him. or tho ifty-thre wives. twelve died
before the king, and Of tho remainder two were
imprisoned by him account of their sup
posed completely in plots by their children. the
Meng-Gwan and Katha Princes; and two ex-
polled for adultery. Deducting those who died and
these four the King had, vt the timo OF his death,
thirty-seven recognized wives. or these thirty
ladies ono only was massacred by King
Theebau. She appears to have been particularly
mother Of the Mckhara Prince, q powerful rival of
Thesbaus. No fewer than fourteen OF this lady y
children and grandchildren massacrcd with
her. One of her grandsons had fed to Rangoon.
Thirteen OF the late Kings wives quilted the palace
either during his iliness just after his death.
The remaining twenty-three wives still in the
palace, and OF that number seven only free or
believed to be The othcr sixteen in connne-
ment more less strict. Seven known TO be in
what may be called rigorous imprisonment. Some
OF them in double irons. halfstarved and
not permitted to have any attendants. Out
of the forty-eight sons born TO the King
four alive at the time of his death. or
these twentyfour, fourteen are known to have beon
massacred by Theebau. Four now alive in India.
leaving only six. including the present King. alive
in Mandaay. Or these SIX only besides the King
is grown up. This one IL the kya-beng Prince, who
IL lunatic; and 1t is not certain that even he has
been loft alive The other four are boys from ten to
two of age. Out of the slxtytwo daughters or
the late King thrty-dve survived him. Four of
these all married to princes, were with their fam
lilies killed by Theebau in February and March last
OF the remainder twenty-one are now in conhnemont
in the palace nine of them being in close inprison-
m
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
THE WOULD-BE ASSASSIN ASSASSIN
ATED.

The man who on the morning of the FIRST day of
tho Baram festival endeavored to force his way into
the Imperial Palace of Yildiz Kiosk. with the ntcn-
tion IL Is supposed. OF assassnatng the Sultan has,
says the Constantnoplc correspondent of the Lon
don Times. been himself assassinstcd. II will DO
remembered that when he was cndeavorirg to
pass the second gate leading to tho Imperial apart
ments he stopped by the porter and tho
sontrics. and after wounding three OF these with
o yataghan he himself wounded and arrested.
Whom conveyed to the guard house. he obstinatoly
refused to give any explanation of his strange
conduct. and replied briefly to the official who exam
all. and they may their worst." The official in
vestigation showed that his name was Constantine
Karayanopoulo. or Karayani, aud that he a
Greek rayah enjoying the protection of the Rouma-
nian government. His relations arc respectable
tradespeople, and he himself had been for some
time in Office in Galata. Some years ago his
friends had noticed In him symptoms of madness
and had placed him in q lunstc asylum, but the
doctors considered that his mama not of Il
homicidnl kind. and hc was accordingly released
letter found on him at tho moment OF his arrest.
containing detailed instructions how his body
| should DO embalmcd and buried. gave strong ovi-
| dence OF mental derangemont. but when under
examination he displayed great calnness ana deter
mination In reply to one OF the chamberlains, VINO
| was ondeavoring to discover whether he had any
| accomplices, he answered firmly 1T is no use
| asking me questions for 1 will say nothing. ke-
| member that among the Greeks even the women oit
on their tongues whom your people tried 10 ior''