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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
NOMseilold hints.

A lump of saleratus large as q CON-
mon bean put in the water for the crust
of three pies, after the lard is in it, will
make it light and tender and more easy
to digest.
Cold boiled beets, carrots and turnips,
and the whites of hard-boiled eggs,
stamped out with fancy vegetable cut
ter, make a pretty garnish for cold or
hot meats.
Take bias piece of unbleached mus
lin, two inckes wide, pin tightly around
the tin or plate after the pie is made.
The pie will bake beautifully and retain
all the juice.
White ostrich plumes may be reno
vated by dipping in thick warm
lather of curd soap, rinsing and drying,
and curling over knitting needle
before the fire.
TO whiten and soften the hands take
one-half pound of mutton-tallow, one
ounce of camphor gum, and one ounce
Of glycerine. Melt, and when thor
oughly mixed, set away to cool. Rub
the hands with this every night.
One way to serve pork and beans,
which is relished by some Of those per-
sons who have constitutional aversion
to pork, is this: After preparing the
beans in the usual way for baking (this
is soaking over night and parboiling in
two waters next day., cut the small
piece of pork you allow. to season the
beans in thin slices, and lay them over
the beans; they will be sufficiently fla
vored, but will not be greasy; the pork
will bake to a crisp, and will not taste
as well as it does when it is baked in q
square piece down deep in the bean
dish
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
The BridcgrOOm's "Best Man."

The custom of bridegroom's being
attended on his marriage by friend or
relative, who is styled his "best man"
SO practiced at weddings in the present
day, is of great antiquity, descending
from our Saxon ancestors. In their
time marriages were always celebrated
in the house of the bridegroom. On the
day before the wedding, all his friends
and relations, having been invited, ar
rived at his house, and spent the time
in feasting and in preparing for the
approaching ceremony. Next came the
bridegroom's company, mounted on
horseback, completely armed, who pro
ceeded in great state and order, under
the command of one who was called
the forcwistaman or foremost man, to
receive and conduct the bride in safety
TO the house of her future husband, The
bride, in her turn, was attended by her
guardian and other male relatives, led
by matron, who was called the BRIDE
woman, and followed by company of
young maidens, who were called bride
maids. The Saxon forewistaman of the
ninth century is the prototype Of the
English "best man" of the nineteenth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
Fishing for AlIlgaiOrs,

Fishing for alligators in the soft mud
of an uncovered lake bottom is form
of the anglers sport which probably
Isaak Walton in his most Lalcyon mo-
ments never dreamed of but it is pre-
cisely this which has been going on near
Natchitoches, La. Sibley lake, just
west of that city, has become almost en-
tirely dry during thesummer's drought,
and the alligators which infest it have
sought solace and refreshment by bury
ing themselves deep in the moisture of
the lake bed Their whereabouts are
easily discovered by the huge burrows,
the entrances OF which have been worn
smooth by the passage of their ugly
denizens. A party of men from Natchi-
tocbes recently visited the spot for the
purpose Of extracting few of these
alligators from their soft places,
Their method of procedure was to
thrust long iron rod with hook al
one end into one of these caverns and
stir up the occupant, WHO would natu'
rally close his ponderous jaws upon the
intruder. With that accomplished
nothing remained but to draw the rep
tile to the surface and dispatch it with
a batchet. In this manner six alliga'
tors, one of which was nino feet long.
were killed in short time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

I observe with dislike the complete
obliteratioD, at least in our Eastern
States or certainly in our great cities
of New York and Philadelphia, OF native
born American boys in the trades and
useful departments. 1t is common to
hear these young men say that they
ought to have lich fathers, thereby ad-
mitting there miserable incapacity to
maintain themselves.
The women, [ am sorry, to say are
very much responsible for the worth
lessness of their children. They have
got the notion derived from our i'm
perfect social type and rapid growth in
money without any corresponding edu-
cation of the head and habits, that it is
demeaning to their girls to do any
work, and to their boys to be anything
but brokers, lawyers, etc.
Tou look around our hotels and see
the diamonds worn in the eals of every
gill and every woIG8n from sixteen
years old up. They represent millions
of dollars in one Of these big hotels.
What is it all for? Do these heads
contain anything corresponding to the
fash Of those dinmondsp
Why, young girl with pair of dia-
monds as big as the end of your thumb,
came up to me only night or two ago,
and hearing ne mention Benjamin
Franklin, said, who was franklin?
Wasn't he the inventor OF printing!
eyes" said I, "and of thunder and light
ming" She said, "Oh, thank you, and
went away without the least idea that
there had been any satire.-NeW York
Letter.
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a half ounces Of tartaric acid, dissolved
in one-half pint of water. Out corn
from cob and cook When. cooked,
add two tablespoonfuls of acid solution
to each quart of corn; can and seal i'm.
mediately. When wanted for use, stii
on e. half teaspoonful OF soda into tive
quarts of corn, and let it stand three
hours before cooking.
SoeToH TART.-Take a deep, square
tin and line it with rich paste, select
pleasant tart apples, peel and core,
quarter and cut in bits. Fill the paste
with apples, and cover the whole with
layer an inch or more thick with sugar
aud sprinkle with small bits of butter.
Bake in q quick oven, and have it well
Drowned. When rightly made the ap
pie is seft and candied. Serve warm.
APPLE TRIFLE.-Scald as many ap-
pies as, when pulped, will cover the
dish you design to use to the depth OF
two or three inches. Before you place
them in the dish add to them the rind
of half lemon, grated fine, and sugar
to. taste. Mix half pint of milk, hall
pint of cream and the yolk of an egg;
scald it over the fire, keeping it stirring,
and do not let it boil; add little
sugar, and let it stand till cold, then
lay it over the apples and finish with
the cream whip.
BREAD OMELET.-One teacup bread
crumbs, one OF sweet milk, let the milk
come to the boiling point, pour it over
the crumbs, let it stand few minutes,
then take six eggs, break in a dish. stir
until well mixed mot heat), pour the
eggs into the milk and crumbs, mix
we'll, season to taste with salt and pep
per; now pour the mixture into a hot
skillet in which large tablespoonful of
butter has been melted, let itfry slowly,
cut i'll squares and turn, fry to delicate
brown serve at once.
VEAL SrEw.-Cut four pounds of
veal into strips three inches long and
one inch thick; peel twelve large pota-
toes, and cut them into slices one-inch
thick; spread layer of veal on the bot
tom of the pot, sprinkle in little salt
and pepper, then layer Of potatoes,
then layer of veal seasoned as before.
Use up the veal thus: over the last
layer of veal put layer of slices of
salt pork, and over the whole layer OF
potatoes. Pour in water till it rises an
inch over the whole; cover it closely,
heat it fifteen minutes and simmer it
an hour.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
For Young Men to Remember.

That clothes don't make the man.
!. That their fathers know more than
they do.
That if they once get into debt they
may never get out of it.
That an employer who hears of a
clerk living in style good ways above
his salary, is very apt to show him the
door when he least expects it.
That they can't reckon on their
fathers fortune alone to bring them
through life. Fortunes are slippery
things-better have something besides
to fall back on.
That a girl who decks herself in the
latest thing out, and parades the street
while her mother does the family wash
ing, isn't worth wasting much love on.
That fellow who deliberately pro-
poses matrimony to young lady when
he can't support himself, is either a
first class fraud or a fool-unless he
marries for money and becomes her
SHRED man"
That if they wish to fall stark in love
with q girl because she is pretty, they
ought to be sure how much powder and
paint there may be in the question and
figure upon it accordingly,
That they will need something more
substantial than cigars, light kids and q
cane to start housekeeping with.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

.Tbere are hosts Of men and women who, 10
coin a rlrase. are only half alive. That 10 10
saw, they have seldom II ever any appetite, are
nervous. weak, fidgetty and troubled by num-
berless small pains and aches. In the presence
of yigorous. exubetant vitality they seem mere
pgmies. such persons are usually fond Of
frequently dosing themselves, swallowing IN
etiy npothecart's shop of average dimensions.
This, of course, defeats instead of furthering
tho end in view, viz, the recovery Of health and
yigor. Were they to seek It from an unfailing
source of vitality, Hostettors Stomach Bitters,
how different would be their case. Then vigor
would return to their debilitated frames, the
glow of health to their wan checks, their trem:.
elastic. appetite that grandest OF all sources,
would give relish for the daily food, wero IL
ever SO coarse, and refreshing sleep would
crown the tasks of the day.
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G. W. Hoffman says; Lard is go oe
kerosene is good-both together ard
good. A mixture of the two, half and
half, is better than either separate, and
there is less risk of injury to the hair
than from kerosene oil alone; besides
the lard, which has the efficient element
-grease-is soitened and more easily
applied. While we are on veterinary
matters, I may report an experience of
to-day. l have a COW that got choked
by turnip that resisted the usual treat
ment-pressing upward with the thumb
and fingers below the obstruction. I
got piece of inch and quarter rope
and soaked it thoroughly in warm water,
then in cold water to stiffen it, wound
cloths at one end and used that to push
the turnip down. The trouble was soon
ended and the COW returned to her
mess I prefer to effect dislodgment of
the offending substance by pressure ap-
piled externally. This is done by
grasping the gullet just below the OBJ
struction and squeezing it upward. In
most cases quick relief may be obtained
by this method, and it has the merit of
being free from risk, But in the case
to-day it was not effectual. I even re-
sorted to the harsh treatment of trying
to mash the turnip by placing block
at one side and striking a blow against
the turnip on the other side, but with
out effect.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
=. -. NYonnine Foals.

Nothing that farmer can do at this
season of the year will pay better than
little extra care and q small amount
of oatmeal and shorts, with q little
skinned milk added If convenient,
given to the foal morning, noon and
night at the time of weaning. Stir a
handful Of oatmeal and the same guam
tity of shorts or middlings into pint
of boiling water with pinch of salt
added, and let it cook few minutes;
then add quart of skinned milk, and
when bloodwarm offer it to the foal in
clean dish; it will soon learn to eat it,
and if supplied with all the sweet early
cut hay and pure water it needs, will
continue to grow as well after weaving
as before The quantity of oatmeal and
shorts should be increased until pint
of each is given at meal. If it is not
convenient to feed skinned milk, give
the Cruel without it.-Cuhiodtor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
Soiling.


A correspondent of the Io,r1 Home
stead, who keeps five cows on five acres
of ground, from which, besides supply
ing his family with milk and cream, he
manufactures 1900 pounds of butter
annually and raises calf from each
COW, thus describes how he does it 1
have five acres, about two and three
fourths in pasture, mostly blue grass. l
have a strip fourteen rods long and four
rods wide that consists of timothy and
clover, which 1 cut twice and some
times three times a season. As soon as
it will do to cut I feed it regularly to
the cows twice each day, and it lasts till
the corn is ready to use. There is a
strip fourteen rods long and ten rods
wide which plant with sweet corn for
fodder. 1 made dropper that I attach
to two-horse planter, which makes the
stalks about two inches arait in the row.
I plant at three different times, so as to
haveit early and late. About the 1st Of
July commence to thin out, leaving a
stalk about once in foot. By the time
l get over the piece, that which is left
is nearly all cared out. Then [ COM
mence cutting it up clean. When get
it half cut up I plow the ground and
SOW with winter rye. | SOW the balance
as soon as the corn is off. This makes
good pasture late in the fall and early
in the spring. We feed our cows six
quarts of corn meal and bran, mixed
equal parts by weight, each day. This
is the way 1 summer Ave cows on five
acres, and have done so for three years
past. manure the ground high, and
that is what makes good crops.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

with curative properties of the highest degree
containing no poisonous drugs. They do not
tear down an already debilitated systetn. but
build It up. One bottle contains more hops
that is more real hop strength, than barrel
of ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester
soils them, and the physicians prescribe then. :,
Rochester .Eceniag Egpress on Hop Bitters.
No line in England carries the same
number of passengers, or carries them
so cheaply andpays SO large dividend,
as the underground railroad of London.
The passengers last year numbered
10000, 900. Several of the underground
and overground railways carry work
men twelve miles day for two cents,
thus enabling them to oaenjoy cheap
houses and country air. AID =.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
TClevland Leader.J

Mr.. Orlando Weatherbee, says an ex-
change of ours, proprietor "The Spencer
Pharmacy" Spencer, Mass. reports
My customers speak very highly of the
great German remedy, ST. Jacobs Oil,
it having always given excellent salts
faction. One of them, Mr.. Henry
Belcher, has been greatly benefited by
its use in q case Of severe rheumatism,
and he refers to it in terms OF highest
praise.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13
A Chance for Gelius,

At the present rate of railroad build
ing in the United States, railroad ties
will soon become q subject Of the
greatest interest to all concerned.
As it requires about $500 ties to the
mile, or about the timber from ten acres
of woodland, and as the life OF tie is
about eight years, it will be seen that
the demand will rapidly denude our
forests.
To build line of road across the
continent, nearly $4,000 acres of timber
is used in ties alone, and this must be
duplicated every eight years. The
amount of timber required to build the
estimated number of miles of new road
in contemplation, together with the
amount wanted to keep up the roads
already built, increases the number OF
ties wanted annually in a ratio that
makes it impossible to calculate. 40
the genius who can invent some substi-
tute for wood, that will not add to the
cost of building and keeping up rail
roads, unbounded wealth awaits him.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

Take care of the early batched pullets.
At no time will they bear neglect. The
early hatched are to produce eggs in
the late autumn and early winter
months. A mistake that many make
in the management of their poultry
land it is grievous one) is turning
fowls off to shift for themselves at this
season of the year, 1t is @ sensitive
period with the old fowls as we'll as the
young. The old birds, if worth any
thing at all for egg production, have
been laying eggs for The past six or
eight months, and their strength is
nearly exhausted. The body requires
the stimulus of strong feed. The new
feathers are forming. In fact August
and September are the two most criti
cal and trying months in the whole
year, for it is the regular molting sea-
son for the majority of fowls, both old
and young. They must be kept up
all through this season. This prac-
tice, as rule, holds good with
all egg producing breeds, and if eggs
are not produced their flesh is ever in
demand, either at home or market. A
pound Of chicken meat is easier made
and at less expense than pound of
beef, and by many persons it is greatly
preferred. Farmers need not depend
on the butcher as long as fowl can be
raised so easily. Fowls do not pass the
final molt until September, and if late
hatched the period is further post
poned. Many late hatched birds come
to maturity before being half grown
before attaining the full size intended
for grown bird maturity is attained.
Disease or weakness frequently dwarfs
the fowl and renders it valueless. None
except thoroughly healthy and full
grown fowls should be used for breed
ing. Health, cleanliness and good feed
should be expended at this season, so
that the pullets may attain their full
size without drain on the system. The
older require attention also, that they
may keep up the production of eggs
and retain sufficient strength to molt
before cold weather sets in. Another
very necessary thing at this season is to
look well to the roosts and keep them in
a cleanly condition. AS the warm
weather approaches a certain portion of
the vermin leave the body and congre-
gate in concealed hooks and crevices of
the roosts during the day time, and
come forth to prey on the fowls at night.
These roost lice are quite prevalent in
neglected houses. II not thoroughly
destroyed, they prey on the fowls to a
great extent, reducing strength and
vitality. and in course Of time remain
on the body altogether Remove them
as soon as discovered, and give the
fowls clean roosts. Exercise care con-
cerning the young fowls, that they do
not become infested with vermin. /
have seen young fowls drop the feathers
to certain extent in early winter from
being troubled with body lice. The
tail feathers came out and the whole
plumage presented ragged. dead look.
They destroy the root of the feather,
thus giving it lusterless and faded
appearance.-COuntry Gentleman.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

Science tells us there has been a sur
viyal of the fittest. Doubtless this is
SO. So in the future there will be a
survival cf the fittest. What is It'll
Wisdom, gentleness, meekness, broth
erly kindness and charity. Over those
who have thess traits death hath no
permanent powtr.-R. ". Wmrea.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-13

A new material has lately been COM
pounded of leather cuttings soaked in
hot water to remove the oil. The cut
tings afe then dried, ground to powder,
pressed into molds and used for bnt-
tons, boot-heels, etc. 1t is also used to
make the amalgam doughnut th-t you
end on the railroad lunch counter.
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HOW TO SECrRE HEALTH.

1t Is strange any will suffer from arrangement:
brought on by impure blood when SCOYILLS SARSA-
PARILLA AND DSTlILTNGIA, or BLOOD AND lIV ER
SYRUP will restore health to the physical organization
lts STRENGTHENING syrup pleasant to take, ami the BESi
BLOOD PURIFIER ever discovered curing Scrofula,
Syphtc disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys Eryspeas
Malaria Nervous disorders Debility, Bilious complaint,
and Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach
Skin, etc
Edey's CarbOlic Troches prevent all conta.
gious diseases, such Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough, and cure Coughs and Colds
Pleasant to the taste and good disinfectant.
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Edey's Carboiic Trocbes prevent all cont
WARRANTED FOR 81 YEARS
AND MEIER FAILED

To CURE Group. Spasms. Diarrhpa, Dysenterv and
Sea Sickness, taken internally, and GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless also externally Cuts. Bruises,
Chronic Rheumatism. Old Sores, Pains in the limbs
back and chest. Such a remedy is Dr.. TOBIAS
VENETIAN LINIMENT.
ss-No one once trying it will ever be without it;
over 600 physicians use il.
25 Cents will Buy n Treatise upon the
Horse and his Diseases. Book OF 100 pages. Valuable
TO every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid by NEW YORK NEWSPAPER UNION,
$50 Worth Street. New York
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Ni!chcraft in Germany

Accusations of witc bcraft and NAL
treatment of supposed witches by the
illiterate country people are still things
OF frequent occurrence in Germany. A
recent number of the Daaziger Zeitung
tells of an incident of this kind in the
village of Stangenwalde, where an old
lone woman was accused of having be-
witched an invalid widow, because, as
the latter was driving past the others
hut, her horse suddenly came to stop.
This was assumed to be owing to the
old woman's occult influence, and to
provo that the widows illness had been
caused by her. The old creature, fright,
ened out of her senses, was dragged to
the widows bedside and subjected to
various torments to coerce her into ex-
pelling thu devil from her victim. This
mode of procedure failing, she was COM
PEELED to infict cuts in three of her
fingers and permit the widow to suck
her blood, after which the invalid i'm
mediately began to feel better. 1t was
then proposed to hang the witch, and a
rope was fastened around her neck,
while the crowd beat her about the
head and face with slippers and shoe
makers lasts. She was finally rescued
but in a dangerously injured condition.
Wheat in Germany few years ago
was twenty-five per cent. dearer than
,-xsn l.. l. A..
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survey to his licking wofh, turned his head
and caught up with his teeth from the box
used as its receptacle bottle of 81. JACOBS
OIL. He threw the bottle on the floor
with violence enough to break it, and then
deliberately licked up the ST. JACOBS OIL
and applied it to the cut. Readers, we have
seen the laws of association belied by beings
with less sense than Toughfnans horse.
The word has passed among MS, ana when
we see u man who won't try the Oil, we
say, He is worse than Toughman's horse
To many this may appear as very tough
story; and were there not proofs lnnumer-
able of the efficacy of the Great German
Remedy they would be justified i'll so
designating it. The testimony, however is
plentiful and pointed, and is from people
whose long experience in matters opper-
tanning to horsehesh entities their opinions
to profound consideration and respect.
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A Card.
[Glen Falls IN. W Times.l

tGIen FAILS N. y Times,I
GLEN FALLS. N. Y, Dec. IA, 1880.
REv. MR. l.. N. ST. ONCE:
Dear .Sir-Will you please state below
what satisfaction st. Jacobs Oil gives
you, which you got of us some time ago,
aud oblige, LIGGETT 4 Bush.
Very elective,
L. N. ST. ONCE.
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Oh Cnnta viii nry

a Treatise upon tho Horse and bis Diseases
Book Of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner
of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent post
paid by New York Newspaper Union, $50 Worth
Stroat Nav York
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Fon DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits and general debility in thcir. various
forms, also as a preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers, tho
FEnRo oPHosPHoRATED ELIXIR OF CALrsAYA BARK,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Company, New
York, and sold by all druggists, is the best
tonic; and for patients recovering from fever
or other sickness it has no equal.