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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
VIII Education Yield Subsistence 2

An education, yes but what sort OF
an educationp A bricklayer's education,
an artisans, farmers, would, indeed,
help him to earn living. A college
education would give him o social ad-
vantage, but it would not, in itself, in
crease his chance of earning living; it
would rather diminish it. For, as was
pointed out in an interesting paper
lately published in this magazine, our
colleges do not, like the French and
German universities, instruct young
man in the bread-winning pursuits the
American colleges are, on the contrary,
institutions for general culture. L do
not take up the question here of tho
amount and value of the culture they
supply. The point for us to note is that
the educated young American who has
not special education as bread-win-
ner is worse off, as to his money pros
poets, than the young American who has
no college education at all. Dig he can
not, and to beg he is ashamed. Two of
the professions at least are fatally over
crowded. The United States, with a
population not greatly larger than that
of the German empire, graduates every
year five times as many physicians for
the German empire limits the number
of its doctors, and we do not limit that of
ours. Very many Of our physicians not
only wait years for practice, but never
get into practice at all. 1t is much the
same with the profession of law. In
both professions there are prizes for
few, and failures, more or less COM
plete, for the many. The engineer
ing, mining, and other scientific
professions offer a somewhat better
chance, and public life, almost neglected
as profession, will attract better class
of young men from year to year. But
upon none of these, save in favored and
exceptional cases, as where q son sue
ceeds to his fathers practice, can a
young man depend for fortune, or even
for immediate support. They, too, offer
certain social dignity. But as a rule
it is the laborer, artisan, or tradesman
that has the better chance of supporting
himself it is the educated man that
has, more frequently, to wait before he
can pay his way. If, therefore, we edu-
cate our sons, it is all the better reason
why we should provide, not indeed for
their independence, but some aid during
the years which they are likely to spend
in waiting before they can achieve their
position.
1t is to be remembered, too, that
these years Of waiting may become, with
such aid, years of scholarly or scientific
accomplishment, if not of money
making; years of strengthened prepara-
ton; years that might introduce and
brighten a career, instead of wasted
years that cloud or spoil 1T, III.
COan. in Harper'S Magazine.
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Dirty Old Pines

Yes, it is true, as you remark, that Mr..
Carlyle has been diligent smoker Of
clay pipes for sixty years, and has done,
notwithstanding a vast amount of ex-
cellent work. 1t would i'll become me
to speak of him or his writings, except
with profound respect. But, my dear
editor, is he cheerful man? Has he
been generally happy manP Do his
later works show better hope, a more
buoyant spirit, greater faith in man and
in his destiny, than those of his early
manhood? His friends tell us that he
has been a prey to indigestion all his
days, and that he is the farthest possible
from being gay or jocund. His last not
able utterance, entitled niagara and
After, sounded to me like the cry of de-
spair, and as to his comments upon the
late war of secession, was there anything
ever written by great man more per-
verse?
lam glad you approve of good dinners.
l have the honor myself OF eating 365
of them per annum, and leap years 366.
1 believe in generously nourished and
totally unstimulated life. At the same
er, n not bGn Being afe able to % i've up to my best
conception. 1t is the coming man who
will not drink wine. l am not he, as you
know.
Goethe drank freely of the light wines
of his country, as all the Germans do
but he was free from the taint of tobac
co. He had a particular dislike of it
Voltaire, temperate in all else (excep
work., was a snuff taker, and had one O
the prettiest snuff boxes in Europe
Both of them, think, would have beer
better and happier if they had managed
their bodily affairs little better. ALLOW
me, then, still to advise students, jour
nalists, and all who labor with the brain
to throw away their dirty old pipes, pu
theil cigars into the stove, never bu,
any more, become absolute teetotaler
(or as near as they CAM, take gooc
dinner in the middle of the day, anc
rest as many days in seven as they cal
afford, but always one.-Janes Pa,
toms letter TO the Boston Herald.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
Hogan (ohio) Hooking sontinel.l
Hooking Valley News

In the absence of anything startling OF
terrific-politics and the exploits of the
army worm excepted-news from this
delightful valley will not prove nerve
tinglipg. However, an item of very
great Importance to many people is com
municated by Mr.. F. Harrington, whole
sale and retail druggist. of Logan, who
thus writes: Mr.. Alex. McClurg, Union
Furnace, states that his wife had been
efflicted with rheumatism for the last
twenty-five years, being unable to walk
without canes or other help the most OF
that time; has now used two bottles OF
St, Jacobs Oil, and walks not only
about the house, but also in the fields
without any helps.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
Earning Her Own Living.

Two large cities full of people are as
tonished at the statement that wealthy
and intelligent Brooklyn girl has left
her home and old associations with the
intention of earning her own living by
hard work. This astonishment is so un-
complimentary to the spirit of young Ia
dies In general that the particular lady
in question may be regarded as o prac.
tical defender Of her sex. Why rich
lady, more than rich man, should de-
vote life to doing nothing is more than
any one can explain. Thousands of ladies
already are devoting their time and
means to worthy enterprises merely for
the sake of having something definite to
do, and if one of the sex chooses to
adopt downright hard work and to live on
the proceeds other industry, tits nobody's
business but her own. If more women
who need fear no wolf at the door were
to do likewise they would be the wiser
for it and the world be better. A great
deal of the unnecessary injustice and
suffering in the world comes Of the
ignorance of the well-to-do classes
about the lives of those who are socially
beneath them. The merchant, even he
of well-trained muscles, who spends an
hour OF two in rolling barrels, or moving
heavy packages, learns exactly how it is
that his men do not sometimes move as
lively as he would like to have them do;
he may even learn why the same men
sometimes slip around the corner and
invest part of their small earnings in
whisky. If the Brooklyn girl referred
to goes into shop, factory or domestic
service, and with her earnings makes
ends meet, she will never afterward
make unnecessary trouble when shop
ping she will not wonder why girls look
pale and dress badly; and she will be
unlikely to have trouble with servants
when she has household of her own to
manage. After she has tired of her ex-
pertinent, and returns to the enjoyment
of her own or her fathers handbook,
her money will go twice as far as before,
and whatever it buys will be thorough
ly enjoyed. If, later, she marries. she
will not be likely to complain if her hus-
band does not earn as much as she may
desire to spend, and she will not run the
slightest risk of running the said husband
by extravaganza. Not even for the sake
Of learning so much, to devote mouths
er years to common, steady labor; sc
the world has no immediate prospect oi
being regenerated by woman's knowl.
J edge of how her sisters live.-Ne,D Yorl
| Herald.
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John Guy and Gen. Cass.

In years gone by there dwelt in
Washington John Guy, character in
his way, in connection with whom Col.
Forney tells the following anecdote:
Guy kept the National Hotel in
Washington, and among his guests was
Gen. Cass, then Senator from Michi-
gan. Guy dressed like Cass, and, though
not as portly, his face, including the
wart, was strangely similar. One day o
Western friend of the house came in
after long ride, dusty and tired, and,
walking up to the Office, encountered
Gen. Cass, who was quietly standing
there. Mistaking him for Guy, he
slapped him on the shoulder, and ex-
claimed, "Wen, old fellow, here am
The last time I hung my hat up in
your shanty one of your clerks sent me
to the fourth story; but, now that have
got hold Of you, insist upon lower
ROOM"
The General, dignifed parsonage
taken aback by this startling salute,
coolly replied: "You have committed a
mistake, sir; l am not Mr.. Guy; am
Gen. Cass, of Michigan" and angrily
turned away. The Western man was
shocked at the unconscious outrage he
had committed; but before he had re-
covered from his modification Gen
Cass, who had passed around the Office
confronted him again, when, a second
time mistaking him for Guy, he faced
him and said :" Here you are at last
have Just made devil of a mistake;
met old Cass, and took him for you
and I'm afraid the Michigander hal
gone off mad.' What Gen. Cass woult
have said may well be imagined, if th,
real Guy had not approached and res
cued the innocent offender from tn,
twice-assailed and twice-angered states
man.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
The Eagle and Cat.

1t is well known that eagles some.
times carry off hares; they are also
said to be exceedingly partial to the
flesh of dogs, and occasionally they
pounce upon poor grimalkin. One in
the North of Scotland suddenly came
down upon a cat, and bore it away to
her nest. The injuries inflicted by the
clutch of the eagle, and the unusual
mode of travelling, so confounded poor
puss that she exhibited no signs OF
life, and was accordingly left for dead
by the eagle with heryoung ones. But
soon after the eagle had left the nest
the cat revived, and, having killed the
eaglets, made a hearty meal of one OF
them. She then made a hurried re-
treat, and effected her escape without
further injury.
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TSsginaw Daily News. ]

Mr.. George Schick informed our re-
porter that he had been suffering with
rheumatism in his feet 80 badly that fol
weeks at a time he would be unable tc
leave his bed. He tried various ieme.
dies without relief, and concluded to use
St. Jacobs Oil. It acted like magic; II
two days he was entirely cured.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18

One strange discovery of tue recent
deep-sea dredging off Rhode lslspd wa
q worm inhabiting a quill like goose
quill. The quills were about + OF long
and soon after being taken out OF the
water grew so hard that they could be
and were used for pens. They stood up
The worms inside were opal colored
and when taken out of their strange
tenements glistened and presented q
rather pretty appearance, SO far as colo
was concerned. They were raked uI
by thousands and none of the scientific
men ever heard of them before.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18

The greatest anxiety IS experienced les
there should be flaw in the title 10 property
yet q flaw in the title OF health cough o.
colds disregarded. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrui
removes all such at once.
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eroustuR Uts Ikeaders

An alarm OF fire at midnight ia startling
thing, but not calf 50 startling TO many who
hear il as would be the sudden knowledge oi
their own dangerous physical condition.
Thousands of thousands are hurrying to theii
graves because they are carelcssly Indifferent
to the insidous inroads OF disease and thu
means OF cure. 1t is the mission oil FL H
Warner Co, with their Safe Kidney and
Liver cure, to arouse men to sense OF theil
danger and then cure them. - IMemphi
appeuL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18

DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT IN
best in the world for the Of collie Old Sores SIrans
Bruises, Sore Threats, etc. TOBIAS CbNDITlON
POWDERS are warranted TO cure Dstemper, Fever
Worms, i is; give fine coat increase the appetite and
cleans. the urinary organs. Certified TO ty O. !. ID.
Mcdaniel owner Of OF the fastest running horses
in the world, and LOCO others. 2s Sod by drug
gists Dupot-S2 Murray Street, New IorS.
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The micrometer caliper, now coming
into use, determines the thickness OF
paper Or anything else to the lO,000th
part OF an inch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18

Three American young ladies st an inn
in the village of Limpeler filled in the
column Of: the register headed "Occu'
patton" with the words, Looking for
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
Vegetine
WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
rheumatism is Disease OF the
Blood; to Cure rheumatism il must
be treated as q Blood Disease.

Rev. VIM. t. WORTH,
Recommends vEGErINE for Rheumatism AM sciatica
FALL RIVER, Mass, May l3. 1879,
Nh. II. STEVENS;
Dear Sr-For some years have been, at tim s, much
troubled with acnta attlcis of Rheumatism especially
suffered totu-C5 from GGilCi. by the advice OF friends
who knew the benel conferred by VEGETISE, began
its use, and since that time have had no attack lie
tho | previously suffered. For some time past have
had return uf the trouble except occasionally faint
intmation which disappeared upon taking few doses
OF the VEGETISE. also take pleasure in recording my
mony in favor OF its excellent effect in abatg
invcterate Sat Rheum and | count it small peas.
ure to have been thrs made free.
Respectfully VIM. T. WORTH,
Pastor First II. L. Church.
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GREAT HORSE MEDICINE.

French cmigrants are beginning 10
come TO America in numbers.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is disease OF
the blood. The blood in this disease is found
to contain an excess OF fbrin. Vegetine acts
by converting the blood from its diseased con-
dition to healthy circulation. One bottle CT
Vsgetine will give relief; but to effect per-
mament cure, il must lie taken regularly, and
may take several bottles, especially in cases
OF long standing. Try it, and your verdict
will be the same as that of thousands before
you, who say; 81 never found 80 much relief
as from the use OF Vegetine," which IS COM
pounded exclusively OF barks, roots and herbs
The Voitaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich,
WILL send their Eleclro-Volta'c Belts TO the
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
Trial"
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MalartaI fevers can be prevented, also other
miasmatic diseases, by occasionally using
DR.. Santords Liver Iavigorator, the oldest
general Family Medicine. which is recon-
mended as a cure for all diseases caused by
disordered liver. Eighty-page book sent tree.
Address DR.. Saufogd, l62 Broadway, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18

DIR q. e, Shoemaker, the weTl-known aural
surgeon OF Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail,
tree OF charge, a valuable little book on deaf
ness and diseases OF the ear-specially on run
ming ear and catarrh, and their proper treat.
ment-giving references and testimonials that
will satisfy the most skeptical. Address as
above.
Get IyonIs Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
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Get Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
to those new boots before you run them over
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About midnig. {; just after an acct
Nevada, the wife of Matthew VIII ME
was found ON her way to the works. She
said she had been awakened just before
by her husband, who came ali mangled
to her and told her he had been killed in
the mine. She got up. dressed herself
and started to ascertain the truth oil
what she was only too we'll convinced
was true. There had in reality been a
fearful accident; Mr.. Winnie was in
deed killed, and the trembling woman
went back TO her children aud her desc
late homo.
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time for Readjng.

Many busy people declare they have
no time for reading; but they are mis-
taken. They have all the time there is,
and some of the worlds busiest men
have found that enough to make them
selves accomplished in one or more de-
partments of knowledge. The trouble
is no lack OF time, but wasteful habits
in regard to it. Many persons enter
tain the notion that one must have
regular and definite hours of the day
or week set apart for reading in order to
accomplish anything valuable. There
never was greater mistake. The busiest
life has margins of time which may
serve, like the borders of the old missals,
to enrich and exalt the commonplace
written between. Fifteen minutes in the
morning, and as many more in the even
ing, devoted faithfully to reading, will
add appreciably in the course of few
months to ones store of knowledge,
Always have a book at hand, and
whether the opportunity brings you two
hours or ten minutes, use it to the full.
An English scientist learned language
in the time his wife kept him waiting
for the completion of her evening toilet /;
and at the dinner given to Mr.. Froude
in New York, some years ago, Mr..
Beecher said that he had read through
that authors brilliant hut somewhat
lengthy history in the intervals of din
ner. Every life has pauses between its
activities. The time spent in local
travel in street cars and ferries is a
golden opportunity, if one will only
resolutely make the most of it. 1t is
not long spaces of time, but the single
purpose, that turns every moment to
account, that makes great and fruitful
acquisitions possible to men and " omen
who have other work in lfe.-Ghristia,l
Union.
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Dirt and Bodily Heat.

The part which the skin plays in the
regulation of bodily heat is not ade-
quately estimated. The envelope of
complicated structure and vital function
which covers the body, and which
nature has destined to perform a large
share of the labor of health preserving,
is practically thrown out of use by our
habit of loading it with clothes. 1t is
needless to complicate matters by allow
ing it to be choked and encumbered
with dirt. If the skin of an animal be
coated with an impervious varnish,
death must ensue. A covering of dirt
is only less inimical to life. We are not
now speaking of dirt such as offends the
sense OF decency, but of those ac-
cummulations of excluded matter
with which the skin must be-
come loaded if it is habitually
covered and not thoroughly cleansed.
The cold bath is not cleansing agent.
man may bathe daily and use his bath
towel even roughly, but remain as dirty
to all practical intents as though he
eschewed cleanliness; indt ed the physi-
cal evil of dirt is more likely to ensue,
because if wholly neglected, the skin
would cast of its seXcrementitious matter
by periodic perspirations with desquama-
ticn of the cuticle. Nothing but a fire
quent washing in water, of at least equal
temperature with the skin, and soap can
insure free and healthy surface. The
feet require especial care, and it is too
much the practice to neglect them. The
omission of daily washings with soap
and the wearing of foot coverings so
tight as to compress the blood vessels
and retard the circulation of the blood
through the extremities, are the most
common causes of cold feet. The re-
medy is obvious; dress loosely and
wash frequently.
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lin blew out in abundant creamy folds
behind me, and Cedric and were stand
ing before the altar, and Mr.. Amherst
was reading the marriage servicei
l believe that Aunt Browne tainted,
or she would have forbidden the banns.
You see, it was impossible for me
to give you away, Adrienne," said Ce-
dric, later, when we were steaming out
of town. amherst is trump and may
he find wife as sweet as Mrs. Brownei
If it hadn't been for him, should have
been of all men the most miserable to-
day. What do you think he didP
Why, he wrote me all that sad little
story you thought right to tell him,
and added that he would not deny he
was making n sacrifice; that in renoun-
cling you he renounced all that made
life lovely to him, except his work. yet
he felt it was better one should fail Of q
heaven on earth than two should suffer !;
and that if l loved you, as / bad once
said, would take his place at the mar
riage, and allow him TO solemnize itp
1t was whim of his to have it so, to
avoid explanations he said. / Icouldn't
believe in my luck, you know, Adrienne.
We banded letters to and, fro, canvass
ing the subject. l feared he had made
a mistake, as had renewed my offer
some little while before. but had re-
ceived no. reply; still dozen things
happen to letters every day."
" Yes, and something happened to
yours" said.
Years after, when Susette and Anne
were married, when Adele's husband
had taken the children home to new
mamma, and Aunt Browne had gone to
" the land OF the hereafter" when Cedric
was repairing the old house for a sum-
mer residence, in ripping away the an
ccient dado in the music-room, which
had always warped away from the wall
in warm weather, leaving little crack,
the carpenters unearthed my lost letter.
Had it slipped down there, or had Aunt
Browne given it pushp We give her
the benefit of the doubt.-Harper'S
Rnzn,.
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By-and-Bye.

"By y-and-bye," the maiden said-"by-and-byo
He will claim me for his bride,
Hope is strong, and time is fleet;
Youth is fair, and love is sweet.
Clouds will pass that fieck my sky.
He will come back by-and-bye e-by-and-bye."
"By By-and-bye," the soldier said--'by y-and-bye--
Often have fought and bled-
1 shall 20 home from the wars,
Crowned with glory, scanned with scars.
Joy will flash from some ones eye
When she greets me by-and-bye-by-and-
bye"
"By.and-bye," the mother cried" by-and-
bye
Strong and sturdy at my side,
Like staff supporting me,
Will my bonnie baby be.
Break my rest, then-wail and cry
Thoult repay me by-and-bye-by. and-bye.
Fleeting years Of time have sped-hurried
bye.-
Still the maiden is unwed;
All unknown the soldier lies,
Buried under alien skies;
And the son, with blood-shot eye,
Saw his mother starve and die.
God in heaven dost Thou on high
Keep the promised by-and-bye- by-and-byeH
Ella Wheeler.