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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-10

l. II. FISHER. Advertising Agent, q Merchants
Exchange is sole agent for the MORNING APPEAL in San
Francisco
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-10

Sewing Machine Needles, % cents
per dozen, at McLaughlin's. MIC
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-10

Call and convince yourself Agents for Foster Kid
Gloves. full line of Groceries, Provisions Crockery
Hardware, Liquors. Gents Furnishing Goods, and last
but not !evst, the Celebrated Pure Eastern Pearl OIL
fire test nonexplosye water white, and perfectly safe
deci HARRIS BROS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
The Mustang of Australia.

The mustang of the American CONT
nent has its counterpart in the "brum-
bic" of Australia, large herds of which
exist in the interior parts of Queensland
and New South Wales. These animals
are so numerous that they have often
been destroyed and boiled down for the
sake of their tallow and hides; and in
some of the newly-settled districts they
swarm in such numbers that the squat
ters have to protect themselves aud the
pasturage against tbir inroads. Brumbie-
stalking is recognized pastime, the
destruction of the wild horses being as
necessary as the destruction of kangaroos
or rabbits. The sport of capturing and
tanning these animals, however, has
attracted a good many adventurous
spirits, who adopt tactics somewhat SINH
lar to those adopted by the inhabitants
of Mexico and South America. The
hardness and size and strength of these
brumbies are remarkable, and when
trained they are of considerable value.
Their progeny, when crossed with Euro
pean horses, possess excellent qualities.
1t is recorded that in one year no less
than seven thousand wild horses have
been shot on a single station in New
South Wales.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
A Village of TprrOrS.

| A Detroiter who had business in q
village in Washtenaw county drove out
there in q buggy, and of course went to
the inn for his dinner. The landlord
made no inquiries until after the meal
was eaten and paid for and he then
found opportunity to inquire
Were you going out to Squire
Browns place ?"
mo"
81 didn't know but you were light
ning-rod man, and 1 was going to say
that the Squire had threatened to
| shoot the next one on sight. We don't
| 90 much on them fellers around here,
! Ond I'm glad you are somebody else.
Maybe you are going over to Judge
Hardy's to sell him some fruit trees for
t,ll setting?"
"No."
"Wtll, that's lucky. Only yesterday
the judge was remarking to me that the
next fruit-tree agent who entered his
gate would want a coffin. Fact is, |
myself have got to do some kicking to
pay for being swindled on grape vines.
You are not patent-right man, ell Z"
ono"
NcliJ lIlal ts HHTTOW escape Tor
you. We've been swindled here on hay
forks, cultivators, gates, pumps, churns
and dozen other things, and I'm keep
ing sixteen dozen bad eggs for use
when the next patent Fighter shows his
face in this town. Perhaps you are a
lecturerY'
"Oh, no."
"Well, you haven't lost ANYTHING.
We never turn out very strong here to
lecture. The last man who struck us
lectured on "Oul Currency" but didn't
take in enough to pay me for his sup
per. You are not book canvasser ?"
"No."
"That's another escape. We've been
laid out here so often that if an agent
should offer to sell $50 Bible for fifty
cents we'd suspect trick to beat us
Strikes me now you may be lawyer"
ono"
"Good huff Last one who settled
here had to leave town at midnight, and
We don't want any more. Say, what are
you, anyway"
ga politician" replied the Detroiter.
ga politician Then git! For heav-
ems sake don't stand around here if
you value your life! We've Just i'm
peached our pound-master for embez.
zling the public money, and the excite
ment is so intense that the Democrats
will ride you on rail or the Republi-
cans duck you in the water trough. Git
right up and scoot !"-DerOh Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Large yields of milk, SAYS the Lire
81 c5 Journal, must necessarily be the
result of large quantity of food con.
sumed, for the COW cannot create milk
ont ol nothing. She is not a miracle
worker. But does it follow that a large
product of " ilk costs more in proper
ton to quantity than a medium yield /?
Now, the COW must be supported be.
fore size gives any milk. After this
food of support all the food she con-
snmes must go to the production OF
milk or flesh, and if the COW is good
mixer it all goes to milk-in other
words, after the food of support, the ex-
ira food all goes to profit that is, either
to milk or flesh. And it is equally clear
that all the food consumed to support
the system of the animal is lost until
the point of production is reached.
After the producing point is reached
the more the animal can eat, properly
digest and assimilate above this, the
greater the profit. So, if you desire to
produce milk at the least cost. you
must select COWS with the capacity to
turn the largest amount of food into
mlik-the larger the amount the more
cheaply will the milk be produced. OF
course the best COW is the one that can
digest and assimilate the most food and
tuln the extra food into milk, instead OF
laying on flesh and fat. 1t is the bust
ness of skillful dairyman to select such
cows, and then make full use of their
machinery to secrete milk by full feed
ing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Snare the C0rnpfs.

AS 1t is hard work to sweep carpet
even with q sweeper, save them from
unnecessary litter by care, about scat
terlng fine chips or crumbs of wood, cloth,
paper or food. Eating should be done
in rooms easily cleaned, with carpets of
oll-cluth, or similar material, or with
bare floors, or with linen crumb-cloth,
spread upon the carpet underneath the
table. Children should not be allowed
to run about the house with pieces of
food in their hands. If their food is not
all taken at the table, the child should
be obliged to set still somewhere. catch
ing his crumbs upon a napkin, bib, or
apron, instead of dropping them upon
the floor. Taught habits of neatness,
order soon becomes second nature, and
they do not make themselves obnoxious
to orderly people. If they wish TO whit
tie, or to cut paper or dolly things in
vour best rooms, you need not neces-
salily refuse them. Spread q large cloth
or newspaper down to catch the chips or
clippings, and see that it is safely emp
tied as soon as the child's work is DONE
Grown up people are sometimes very
trying, because of their lack of this kind
Of training. They pull flowers to pieces
IL your parlors, whitlle on your smoothly
shaven lawn, scatter fruit peelings and
cigar. stumps about your yard, scribble
on the covers of your magazines and
margins of newspapers, and scratch
matches on the wall of the house, or
leave d1sagreeable marks of some kind in
every possible place. Had they been
well trained in youth, these ofenses
would be impossible to them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21


PIcKnED WHITE OABBAeE.-Cut the
cabbage into thin slices, put it into an
earthen pan, sprinkle with salt, and let
1t lay for two days; then drain and
spread it before the fire for some hours:
put 1T in a stone jar and add sufficient
white vinegar to cover, with n little
mace and few white pepper corns.
MINUTE PUDDING. one pint of
sweet milk, aud while boiling stir in.
two eggs and four tablespoonfuls of
Hour well beaten together. Serve with
cream and sugnr.
Ice CREAM CAKE.-Three eggs. one
coffee cup of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, two tablepoonfuls of
water, one one cup of flour; bake in
Iellv tins and let them cool. Take one
pint of thick sweet cream and beat It
till it looks like ice cream sweeten and
davor with vanilla; put very thick
between each layer of cake.
APPLE CREAM CAKE. one
ounce of butter into three-quar.
ters of pound of -four, an take
half pint of sour cream dissolve
teaspoonful Of carbonate of soda in a
teaspoon of boiling water, add it to The
sour cream and stir it until it froths
well. If the cream is very sour it may
require little more soda Be careful
that it is frothy, or else the paste will
not be light Stir the frothing cream
into the -four, enough to make soft
paste line creased plate with thin
layer OF paste have ready some stewed
apples, sweetened and perfectly cold,
g ated lemon peel mixed in before they
are put into the cake, and as little luce
rom the apples as possible, or the crust
will be soddened. Spread the stewed
apples over the paste, leaving a narrow
margin for the top crust to adhere to
the bottom, roll out the top crust an
inch thick pinch the edges we'll to-
gether to make it little olnamented
round the edge, and bake it in Quick
oven. This quantity of paste should
make two good sized cakes, the size of
dinner plate tin plate is best to
bake them on they are equally good
cold or hot, and are eaten with sugar
and cream.
INDIAN FRITTERs.-Three tablespoon
fuls OF -four, boiling water, the yolks of
four eggs, the whites of two, hot lard
or clarified dripping, jam. Put the
dour into basin and pour over it suffi-
clent boiling water to make it into a
stiff paste, taking care to stir and beat
it well to prevent it getting lumpy.
Leave it little while to cool and then
break into it without beating them
tirst) the eggs, and stir and beat all well
together. Have ready some boiling lard
or butter; drop a dessertspoonful of
batter in at time, and fry the fritters
light brown. They should rise so as to
be almost like balls. Serve on dish
with a spoonful of preserve or MARINA
lade dropped in between each fritter.
This is an excellent dish for a hasty
addition for dinner, it is so easily and
quickly made.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Outside Trees in Orchards,

Mr.. William Saunders, the horticul.
turist in charge of the public gardens
and grounds in Washington city, oh.
serves that outside rows of trees in o
orchard always grow more thrifty than
the interior rows. He attributes this
to the cultivation OF the soil in the
fields alongside of the orchard. giving
room for the ramification of the roots
III cultivated soil. He thereupon sug.
gests that trees be set in two rows,
twenty-five to thirty feet apart, then a
space of 300 feet or more, and two move
rows OF trees, anu so on over the ground,
the intervening 800 feet of ground to
be cultivated in such crops as may be
desired, and the space between the
rows If trees to he put in grass as soon
as they begin to bear. He thinks the
cultivation of the ground would keep
the trees healthy and conduce to their
bearing fruit. Mr.. Saunders thinks
double rows of trees would shelter the
crops between, and be beneficial in that
way.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
" Viper Men and WOmen.v

At Guadalajara there exists an indi-
vidual having scaly skin exactly like
that of viper, even to the green color.
He has, besides, the viper habit of
changing or shedding his skin every
year. The skin comes off in a single
piece, and not, as might be supposed,
in parts. On the mans head there is
not single hair. A sister Of this man,
who died short time ago, manifested
the same phenomenon, and toward the
close of her life began slowly to grow
blind, owing to the viper's skin en-
croaching on the eyes to such an extent
that she could only see through narrow
aperture at each eye. The same thing
is now happening to the brother. He
can scarcely see any object, and the
head presents the repulsive aspect of O
viper. In Cuautla these unhappy beings
have been known as the "viper men
and women" and the phenomenon is at
tributed to the fact that their mother
ate an excess of viper's meat to cure a
disease of the blood. In Cuba it is a
common practice for people to eat
viper's flesh as remedy for blood dis
eases.-Sdnta Fe Nes0 Mexican,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

This hardy and excellent vegetable
may beplanted successfully up to the first
ofJuly. They produce best on light, rich
and well-tilled soil. The soil for the
first crop should be prepared as early as
possible in spring after the frost is ont
OF the ground, and the peas put in as
soon thereafter as possible. Other SOW
lngS may lee made at intervals of two OF
three weeks, if succession of crops j.
desired. Peas, when grown in small
quantities for private use, may as well
he sown in double rows six or eight in
ches apart, with space between OF
about three feet in order to give room
to bush the taller growing varieties, and
plenty OF space to pass between the rows
IN gathering the crop.
Ewty PHrietieS. eS.-Philadelphia is the
earliest of all, and close upon it comes
Early Kent, Daniel O'Rourke, Laxton',
Alpha, Carter's First Chop" Kentisb
Lnvicta and Tom Thumb. The last va
erty can he raised with least trouble and
may he also said to produce least, as it
grows but half foot high.
Edc}u-McLean's Advancer, Laxton's
Prolific Long Pod and McLean's Little
Gem are good early varieties.
Meoii"m.-Champion of England, Lax
toms Marvel, McLean's Premier and
Eugenie.
L"te. British Queen, Black Eyed
Mamowfat, Tall Sugar and McLean's
Best of All. Champion of England for
a main crop is still considered the best.
This grows five feet high the pods are
large and well filed. For an early pea
there is none better than McLeans Lit
tie Gem.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

whlppings. Since then only one such
offence has been committed, and that
by youth whose clearly proved weak
Intellect saved him from stripes Oxford,
VINO shot at the queen early in her
career, got off on a plea Of insanity,
though the genuineness of the plea was
very much, and with good reasons,
questioned. He was, consequently,
relegated to Bedlam, and, greatly to
his disgust, kept there for life. This
probably exercised deterrent effect
on many others of that miserable order
Of beings who will do anything for noto-
riety.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

1t is impossible to answer the ques-
tion, (Which is the most profitable
breed of pigs to raise?" Very much
depends upon the system of manage
ment, nearness to market, individual
taste or fancy, etc. But there are some
general facts which should be under
stood in deciding what kind of pig to
grow in any particular case. Pig farm
ing may be profitable or a source of
loss. A few pigs of almost any breed
can he grown on a dairy farm with profit,
hut when the number is increased the
piggery may become an expense. It is
clearly deter mined by long experience
that pig pork is the pork that paws.
Young hogs marketed when year old
are much more profitable than older
ones. This being true-and it is
especially so in the older States a
breed should be selected that natures
early and fattens quickly. The best
pig has the least amount of offal in
dressing; is compact in its parts, and
its flesh is of the very best quality. OF
such are the Essex and Suffolk, and
some other allied "small breeds" One
can " go further and fare worse" than
to select the Essex for the piggery
that is to make profitable returns.
There is some prejudice against black
pigs, but it should be remembered that
the color is less than skin deep, and the
blacklist pig makes as white dressed
pork as any other. There is money in
pigs if good breed is chosen and
properly managed. The value of full
blooded pigs over the "grade" is
strikingly shown when a pair of the
former is taken into neighborhood
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Says the Rurdl Neo Yorker: II ia q
good plan to tie about tomato and cab.
bage plants pieces of cardboard to pre-.
vent the cut worm from severinr the
stem near the soil. 1t is easily done.
and is better protection than monnds of
earth, which, it has been said. cut worms
cannot climb up This idea is mis-
take We last season placed twenty five
cnt worms in hole about eight inches
deep, the sides of which we're nearly
perpendicular. We watched them at
intervals during two hours, and found
that, thoneh many attempts to escape
We're Inc efIectual, some were successful.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
AS late as the Reformation eating flesh
in Lent was rewarded with the pillory.
Port Huron Commercial. !

Charles Nels n, Esq, proprietor Mel,
son House, speaking to us recently, OBJ
served: l suffered so much with Rheu-
matism that my arm withered, and
physicians could not help me. was il
despair Of my life, when some one ad-
vised me TO try st, Jacobs OIL. I did SO,
and as if by magic. 1 was instantly re-
,ieved, and by the continued use OF
the Oil entirely cured. thank heaven
for having used this wonderful remedy,
for ii Sarea my life. 1t also cured my
wife
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ImprDyinpsSep,,..

A gentleman experimental with pea,
in this way: He saved at the time nj
picking all the early, full pods as tbey
ripened, and planted the seeds saved
from these pods year after wear. for
three years, and the fourth wear had
peas of the same name that were more
than two weeks earlier than the seed of
the same name purchased in the store.
Seeds OF cabbage, lettuce, tomato, Gu.
ennlber, peas, corn and many others can
be much Improved by the same care.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Chinese merchants in other lands than

Chinese merchants in other lands than
China seldom figure among bankrupts.
The recent failure of Hop Hi & Co., q
firm in New South Wales, with liabili-
ties of over fifty thousand dollars, there
fore occaiioned much surprise in trade
circles there. To American ears the
firm name suggests the firms present
condition, it being sort of equivalent
for the commercial phrase "going up"
The information at hand does not afford
an answer to the question whether the
Chinese in Australia have yet learned
how to become wealthy through financial
failures
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

A London paper, treating on artif-
cial aid to the toilet, says: "We are told
how womanhood is nowadays a delusion
and snare and the poet who wrote a
sonnet to an eyebrow would only be
addressing few touches of Indian ink. ;
Apropos of this eyebrow subject it IS /.
curious fact that nature always makes
the eyebrow in proportionate length to
the rest of the features. Thicken an
eyebrow if you like, but never lengthen
it. 1t always gives look as if there
was a cast in the eve.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, while il is not
a catholicon, achieves host Of good effects,
and IL useful in variety of cases. BY in
vigorating the organs Of digestion it over
comes dyspepsia and its many and complex
symptoms, imparts vitality to the physique,
promotes appetite and sleep and overcomes
the. detpondency which is a mental, sym
pathetic accompaniment OF dyspepsia 1t is an
admirable remedy for disorder of the liver,
rousing that organ when dormant, and pro-
noting the secretion and flow of healthy bile
into the proper channel. 1t relaxes without
weakening or convulsing the bowels, and
checks their irregularity. 1t arrests growing
tendency to rheumatism, depurating the blood
and increasing the activity of the Kidneys and
it is the best remedy in existence for chills and
fever, and bilious remittent, as well as tried
preventive of those maladies.
Sycophant, tale-bearer, comes from
sycos, the Greek word for fig. There
was once law forbidding the trans
porting of figs from Attica, and such a.
gave information of the law-breakeri
were given this name.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Emerson says: cit is our manners
that associate us" It will inevitably
follow in the reconstruction of society
that the intelligent will be attracted to
the intelligent, the refined to the re-
fined, the cultured to the cultured.
Wealth has lost its prestige as a social
divider, and now there is opportunity
for all, especially for the young, to
secure their places and recognition in
the good society of the future.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Charles XII. having captured town
of Savoy, the duke intimated that there
must have been some treachery in the
case; upon which Charles offered to re-
store the town, replace the garrison and
then take the place by storm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

The main cause Ofncryousness is in digestion
and that is caused by weakness of the stomach
No one can have sound nerves and gopd health
without using Hop Bltters to strengt then the
stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver
and kidneys active, to carry off the poisonous
and waste matter of the system. See other
cnlumn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel.l

When about twelve Years old, said
Mr.. Gyi~man, of the Globe chop house,
10 our representative, I met with an az,
c.dent wi h borse, by which my skull
was fractured, and ever since have
suffered with the most excruciating
rheumatic pains. Of late Ialplied St
Jacobs Oil, which has given me almost
total relief.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

where only the "common hog" was
before. In few years the whole coun.
try round about has had its swine i'm
proved, and its pork interests greatly
enhanced. Grow young pigs rapidly
and market them as pigs rather than
keep them until they are old hogs. Pig
pork pays. Q
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

Adelia Patti has finally decided to
visit America with her own manager.
having refused the cooperation o.
Messrs, D'Oyly Car e. Gum and Abbey,
who offered her 100000 for fifty con.
certs
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

1t Is strange any will suffer from arrangements
brought ON by impure blood, when SCOYILL'S SARSA-
PARlLLA AND STILLINGIA, or BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP VIII restore health to the physical organization
It's STRENGTHENING syrup pleasant to take and the BEST
BLOOD PURIFIER ever discovered curing Scrofula.
Syphitc disorders Weakness of the Kidneys Eryspcas
Malaria Nervous disorders, Debility Bilious complaints
and Diseases Of the Blood Liver Kidneys, Stomach,
Skin, etc,
Tanner's German Ointment cures Burns,
Cuts Wounds Sores Sprans, Chiblains etc.. soothes
Inflammation, and relieves pain in the side, chest,
shoulders etc
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
QJ Cents VIII Ruv

a Treatise upon the Horse and bis Diseases.
Book OF 100 pages. Valuable to every owner
OF horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent post
street, New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

.. Malarial Fevers, constipation, torddity of the
ness and neuralgia ailments yield readily to
this great disease cJnqueror Hop Bit ers 1t re-
pairs the ravages of disease by converting the
food into rich blood, and IT gives new life aud
ygor to the aged and iniirm always. See
proverbs in other column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
NThp E0ta IIaIr

"The GOES Help
Those who help themselves" and Nature in
variably helps those who take Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

YEGET1NE is now prescribed In cases or Scro-
fula, and o'her diseases OF the blood, by many
of the best physicians, owing to its great success
in culinG all diseases OF thls nature.