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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
Thirty Royal Mummies.

1t would not be easy to exaggerate
the importance of the discovery of
thirty royal mummies in the "Gate OF
the Kings" near Thebes. Every Egypt
ologist must envy l!err Brugsch for the
good fortune which awaited him when
he arrived in the Bah ell Malook. The
thirty mummies which he found we've,
as he could read at glance, though he
must have felt it difficult to believe his
eyes, those of all the most illustrious
monarchs of the most glorious epoch of
Egyptian history. There lay, side by
side, Queen Hatasoo, King Ihothmes
Ill, ard King Rameses H., the great
Sesostris himself. OF kings of minor
note were nearly all those of the
eighteenth dynasty, together with the
father and grandfather of Ramses, and
his daughter, whose name, Mautneiem,
is new to us. But here the reports may
be in error, and the name be an unusual
form OF Maut-notem, the grandmother
of Pinotem. The earliest mummy
found is that of Raskenen, king of
that obscure dynasty which preceded
the eighteenth, and which is sometimes
reckoned the thirteenth, and sometimes
as the seventeenth. The latest body is
that of Pinotem, the third king of the
twenty-flst dynasty, who reigned as
nearly as possible a millennium B. G.
In addition to the royal mummies a
multitude Of objects bearing cartouches
will throw great light upon the success
sion of these kings and the tent of
Pinotem, of leather, embroidered and
colored. and covered with hieroplynhics
cannot fail to clear up some historical
difficulties as to the priest-kings of
Thebes. 1t has been suggested that
the mummy reported to be that of
Thothmes III. is in reality that of the
son of Pinotem, whose name, Ramen
Keeper, is the throne name or title of
the great eighteenth dynasty monarch ;
but until all the inscriptions are read
this must remain matter of doubt -
Saturday Reuielr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
RELIGIOUS News and Notes.

Tho Southern Presbyterian church
has two churches in the province of
Pernambuco, Brazil, and two other
congregations.
A new missionary society, called the
Evangelical Association on Behalf Of
the German Protestants in America,
has been formed at Barmen, Germany.
Examinations for Sunday-school
teachers on the International Lessons
ard on church doctrine and church
government, will be held by the Pres
byterian church in Canada in Decem-
ber next.
1t is proposed to make new canvass
of London, in order to bling a larger
proportion of the children into the
Sunday, schools. The number Of Sun
day-schcol scholars in the metropolis is
now within a fraction of ten pei cent.
of the Whole population, but quarter
of million of the children are still
out.
The ninth triennial conference Of
Young Mems Christian associations of
all lands met in London, July 30.
About 500 delegates, representing
nearly 8, 900 associations, attended. One
of the most important addresses was
made by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who
was the first president of an association
of this kind.
There were in 1880 in India $50 for
eign missionaries, 389 native ordained
agents, $40, 1928 Christian adherents and
102, 444 communicates, showing gain
since 1871 of sixty-s seven missionaries,
164 native ordained agents, 116, 1865 ad-
herents and 49,628 communicates. The
number of communicates has nearly
mot quite) doubled in ten years.
a new sect has arisen in Chicago,
whose members call themselves Over.
corners. They assume to have pecu'
liar inheritance in the promises which
were made to the seven churches oi
Asia, claim to work miracles and be.
lieve in the salvation of all, even of the
devil; but many will first have to pass
through purgatory. Their leader and
some of their most advanced saints are
said to be on their way to Jerusalem to
inaugurate the new dispensatiop.
The programme for the Protestan!
Episcopal church congress to be held
at Providence, r. J., has been pub,
lished. The set topics for discussion
ore "Ciyil Service Reform" "Meth.
DDS of Charity Organization, "Revi
sion Of King James Version of the
New Testament" 1.-The Relation oi
the Parishes to Dioccses and OF Dio,
ceses to the General Convention in the
Matter of Jurisdiction and Representa-
tion," "Liturgical Growth" "Educa
ton of Divinity Students" Spiritua
Culture, its Aims and Methods"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
FOR THE LADIES.
4 Princess OF. Hayti.

The Boston Trdpel1er gives this de.
scription of Haytian princess:
The lady was the Princess Soulouque,
daughter of the Emperor Soulouque,
who was driven from his throne three
years ago and died in exile in Jamaica.
Her face was dead jet black, but the
features were softly nodded, and with
fine set of laughing teeth made her
appearance prepossessing. She wore a
jaunty white turban hat with an i'm
mense cardinal red feather floating
away behind like ships pennon. Her
riding dress was of sky blue, very long
and trailing in the dust. Around her
waist was broad gold sash, and in her
bosom she wore a sapphire brooch al
most as large as q saucer. She was
mountedfon Venezuelan horse about
sixteen hands high, which was made O
present to her father by the president
of Venezuela. The horse was as re.
markable as the woman on his back.
He was a-clear cream color all over the
body, with long snow-white name and
tail, and rmost admirable shape. The
ladies' riding. whip had gold handle,
studded with precious stones, and the
bride chain was of solid silver. She
wore yellow leather gloves, with gaunt
lets extending as far as the elbow. Hel
voice had tendency to falsetto, and itt
tones were peculiarly entertaining tc
hear. The princess, but no longer 6
princess by the laws of the land, was
educated in Europe and spoke foul
languages.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22

sistently did the white lids shut them
in. At first she was very shy, but after
a time Vincent succeeded in drawing
her out, and the two chatted away as
confidentially as though acquaintances
of years instead of houls.
Gertrude was equally well enter
tanned. Her vis-a-vis was a courtly-
hammered youth, who had evidently
seen much of the world, and his de-
scriptions of continental society-half
humorous, but without touch of NAL
ice-held the girls pleased attention
until the party broke up.
The brother and sister we've very
silent as they went home, and, strange
to say, neither questioned the other as
to the cause of the unusual abstraction.
But the truth was each was recalling
the music of the pleasantly modulated
voices which had so lately entranced
their ears, or were seeing again in mem
ory the witching glances of bright
eyes.
What was Vincent's surprise and
pleasure, some days later, when the
Judge came into the Office with the two
young strangers, who were brother and
sister, and introduced them again to
his young protege; but this time he
added, turning to Claude Montague:
"Mr. Tracy is the young man OF
whom 1 told you, Claude" and then
Vincent found his hand taken in firm
clasp, and heard earnest words of graft
itude poured forth.
"Benjamin V. bennington was our
grandfather, Mr.. Tracy, and once, when
his fortunes were at an ebb so low that
ruin stared him in the face. q noble
hearted friend gave him help. We
knew of this debt of gratitude, as in
after years he used to talk about it.
But we-my sister and I-were so
young at the time of his death that the
name of his benefactress escaped our
memories. So we have never cancelled
the debt"
"And we can never, never repay it,"
said the soft voice of Blanche Monta-
que; " for money alone would be pow
erless to do so. All we have in the
world is indirectly owing to your
grandmother's assistance"
As Vincent met the frank gaze of the
soft blue eyes be thought how pleasant
it would be to cancel any debt in that
direction by asking for very precious
gift-herself. But as he did not put
his ideas into words Blanche was none
the wiser, although if eyes could have
spoken his ardent look would have soon
told his secret.
This discovery at once placed the
young people on the sure footing OF
friendship, and they were thrown to-
gether very often, as matter of course;
and need 1 tell my discerning reader
that at last the heirs of Mrs. Graham
and of 3. V. bennington became joint
possessors of both estates by entering
into that mystic alliance which is for
| better or for worse?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
The Welsh PeODle.

The Welsh people are simple in their
habits and very polite, writes a travel
ing correspondent. The peasant women,
always plainly dressed in short flocks, a
handkerchief tied around the neck and
shoulders, with a tall, conical-shaped
hat, seldom fail to make a courtesy
when they meet strangers or those of
the upper classes. The rich and poor
are proud of their Welsh origin, and
they are clannish and tenacious of their
language, customsand traditions. Their
church services are conducted in the
Wesh language, and they observe with
strict fidelity the church rules and regu-
lations. The bulk of the better classes
belong to the Church of England, while
the poorer classes and peasants are
Methodists. During my stay over Sun
day I attended the Episcopal church
with my friends. The services, of course,
were in Welsh. The minister noticed
that we had but one book between us,
and he walked down during the service
and handed us another one, in simple
and quiet way. / noticed also that the
first lesson OF the service was read by
theileader of the choir, while the sec
ond was read by one of the boys who
sang in the choir, and the whole congre-
cation impressed one with the earnest
ness and devotional spirit they mani
tested through the whole service. The
language is built up largely of conso-
nants, with but few liquid sounds, and
at first, and to person not familiar
with it, sounds severe and harsh,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
SUNDAY READING.
scarce Of Personal Beauty.

A beautiful person is the natural
form of beautiful soul. The mind
builds its own house. The soul takes
precedence of the body, and shapes
the body to its own likeness. A vacant
mind takes all the meaning out of the
fairest face. A sensual disposition de-
forms the handsomest features. A
cold, selfish heart shrivels and distorts
the best looks. A mean, groveling
spirit takes all the dignity out of the
figure and all the character out of the
countenance. A cherished hatred trans
forms the most beautiful linaments
into an image of ugliness. 1t is as i'm
possible to preserve good looks with a
brood of bad passions feeding on the
blood, q set of low loves tramping
through the heart, and selfish, dis
daihful spirit enthroned in the will, as
to preserve the beauty of an elegant
man sion, with litter of swine in the
basement, tribe of aypsies in the par
lor, and vultures in the upper part
Colder, Rule.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
AudaciOus AUTOGRAPH,

The emperor of Japan has for the
first time fully tasted the sweets of
earthly grandeur; he has been asked
for his autograph. The venerable min
lister of the household was much per-
turbed when letter arrived from Eng
land addressed directly to his majesty.
A thought ofinfernal machines prompted
him to open, but respect forbade; so an
interpreter was summoned and the mis-
sive opened in the emperor's presence.
Inside was black card with an orna-
mental border and request that the
imperial name be placed thereon. The
Japanese are said to have q remarkable
veneration for the first of anything, and
as this letter wasthe first ever eraddressed
by foreigner, net only to the present
emperor of japan, but to any emperor
of Japan since The age of the gods, it
IS supposed that its writer will receive
the august autograph he Graves, -
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
Curing by Charm Remedie'.

A recently-published European work
on superstitions, says: AT the present
day, in spite of the march of intellect,
there is still.a widespread belief in the
prevention and cure of the common all
ments of life by certain remedies, which
take the form of charms and amulets,
OF are preserved in those countless
quaint recipes which from time i'm
memorial have been handed down from
parent to child. Indeed, thousands
place far greater faith in their domestic
treatment of disease than in the skill
of medical science. Most of the ordin-
ary ailments have "charm remedies" |"
According to popular notion fright is
coed cure fer ague. A key, on ac-
count of the ooldness of the metal, is
often placed on persons back to stop
a nose-bleed. In some places toad is
killed by transixing it with some sharp
pointed instrument, after which it is
inclosed in little bag and suspended
around the neck. According to deep
rooted notion among our rural popula-
tior the most efficacious cure for scald
or burn is to be found in certain word
charms, mostly of a religious character.
| One example runs as follows:
There came two angels from the north,
| One was Fire, and one was Frost
| Out Fire in Frost
{" In the name of the Father, Son and Holy
| Ghost"
Sleeping on stones, on a particular
night, is an old method of curing lame
ness practiced in Cornwall. For rheu,
matism professors of the healing art
have advised the sufferer to carry about
in his pocket the right fore-ioot of G
female hare, while others consider 6
potato equally efficacious. A Cornish
cure is to crawl under bramble which
has formed a second root in the GROUND
or to drink water in which thunder
stone has been boiled. The curative
properties attributed to some colors il
illustrated by the treatment formerl!
employed in cases of smallpox. Thu
red bed-coverings were thought t.
bring the pustules to the surface of tn
body and the patient was recommended
to look at red substances. There ar
countless remedies to drive away warts
One remedy is to open the warts to tn
quick and to rub them with the juice G
sour apple, which should afterwar
be buried, and as it decomposes tn
warts will die away. Some rub tn
wart with eel's blood and others beliey
in the efficacy of the ashen tree. Afte
picking each wart with pin they site
it into the bark and repeat this rhyme
-~--'- !" Ashn tree, ashen tree,
Pray buy these warts of me-"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
Trust Them as Long as You Can.

TRUST lneln us lVuS us tVu Shhs
Look not with suspicion on others
Because at one time you were foiled;
The world is too full of misgivings,
With sin and deceit it is soiled.
Yet Judge not too harshly the next ono
Who may offer friendly hand,
Nor think of your past wrongs too often,
But trust all as long as you can.
Speak not in rough words to the fallen,
Perchance they may yet rise again;
Thou little dost know their temptations,
Thou little canst feel their hearts pain.
If God in His infinite mercy
Has spared you the griefs they have felt,
Your heart should respond in Thanksgiving
And pride in humility melt.
There is much to offend the senses,
There is much to disgust the taste;
Yet often the best of material
May be gathered from seeming waste.
'Tis not for us finites to measure
To the depths of another's sin
God sees not, as man, but the outward,
He looks at the motives within.
Our life has its sweet and its bitter,
And often the latter exceeds;
But cen in the fairest of gardens
We still can discover some weeds.
Yet our days might be made much brighter
If we only would try this plan
OF seeking to cover mems failings
And trust all as Tong as 'ce can.
z G. BrOtCning.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
4" Want n BUS ,"

The omnibus line at Quincy, Illinois,
is owned by Miss Lille Slocum, very
prepossessing young lady of about nine
teen. When rushed with business she
Cften takes charge of one of the vehi-
cles and attends the trains and boats,
collecting the fare from passengers and
seeing to the handling of their baggage.
1t is little trying on the nerves of a
total stranger when he alights from a
train to have charming young lady
with ripe, pouting lips, come tripping
up to him with Would you like bus,
sir % Yet it is said to be daily 81 en-
at the Quincy depot. The first m
pulse of the person addressed is TO
glance quickly around to see if any one
is looking, and then he grins from ear
to ear and says, 81 don't mind" and
his astonishment goes away up above
par when she politely points out the
omnibus short distance away. There
are buses and 'busses.-Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
A curious Spot.

Between the m ,uth of the Missis-
sippi and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles
southwest of Sabine Pass, is spot in
the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly
called "The Oil Ponds" by the cap,
tains of the small craft which ply in
that vicinity. There is no land within
fifteen miles, but even in the widest
weather the water at this spot is COM
paratively calm, owing to the thick COW
ering of oil which apparently rises
from the bed of the gulf, about eighteen
feet below the surface. This strange
refuge is we'll known to the captains OF
the small vessels which trade between
Calcasien, Orange, Sabine, Beaumont
and Galveston, and when through stress
of weather, they fail to make harbo,
elsewhere, they run for "The Oil
Ponds" let go their anchors and ride
out the gale in safety.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

With some women the desire for the
latest new book is merely novel SEN
sation.
"They quarrel like a church choir"
said Mrs. Slobson, as she saw two boot
blacks fighting.
When Henderson said he was at his
wits end. Fogg remarked that it wouldn't
take him long to get back; very short
journey, indeed. ..,
A vagrant who had been fined regu-
larly every week for begging requested
the magistrate to fine him by the year
at reduced rate.
When a man says he makes his living
by keeping country tavern isn't it
sort of declaration of inn dependence.
--LomseiHe Journal.
A facetious young mau calls certain
female institute "Vennor weather pre-
diction"--because it contains SO many
Misses. s.--NOrriStG1rn Herald.
"I always" said the wife of a French
editor, "like to know that my husband
is fighting a duel, Then feel that he
is perfectly safe from harm"
Solomon's temple at Jerusalem cost
SCNGutN -SGNCL VI uOlla4c - bOLh-
plete. There were evidently govern
ment contractors in those days.
Jay Gould controls $3.50, COO but
he always thumps watermelon before
buying it and insists on down weight
when purchasing pound of sugar.
Anaxagoras Jones (bawling into the
ear-trumpet of his stone-deaf, beloved
Arabella-(" Ny angel darling, adore
you. Will you be mine forever" Ara :
bella Smith" Louder!"
1t is matter of economy for man
to allow his wife to purchase the meat.
A woman can get more meat for fifteen
cents than man can for half dollar.
And she can generally get a chunk of
liver thrown in, too.-Rone Sentinel.
Steamship officials used unusual vigi-
lance in searching for stowaways before
leaving European ports last season, in
consequence of which there was
marked absence of noble dukes, counts,
ETC., at our watering places.-DetrOh
Free Press.
Smith Il once possessed a splendid
dog, which could always distinguish be-
tween vagabond and respectable
person" Jones-"Well, what became
of him?" Smith-"Oh, I was obliged
TO give him away. He bit me. Dos
tor Transcript.
"What is the moon good for ?" asked
Professor Miller; "what are its princi-
pal uses to usf" And the smart bad boy
looked up from the class and said !: " To
rest the gas company"
In some States the evidence of man
who habitually goes fishing twice year
will not be received in the courts. The
reason for this bit of Judicial wisdom is
obvious. Burlington HdUhey'
The Boston Commercial bulletin
speaks feelingly of the dentist as man
who ellis long felt void" The Bul-
letin, no doubt, refers to plug. hat,
that being the longest felt void we
know of.-A" drears' Queen.
Overheard in horse,car: First young
lady like them both, but I've made
up my mind to marry Tom" Second
young lady-"Why, Minnie, Charleys
ever so much handsomer." First young
lady-"Yes, l know it; but Toms ip
the hairpin business, and father says
here's big margin in hairpins."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
Advice to a Young Man,

James G. Fair is worth 100000
And the whole $40, 000,0C0 of it, my
dear boy, can't make him es happy as
you are with the dew of youth in your
heart, when you hold the hand of the
girl you love, and walk with her in
path that is only wide enough for one,
with the rustling branches whispering
above your head, so happy that you
cannot speak with anything but your
eyes. II you envy him, Telemachus, if
you, with your brown hands and your
bright young face, with the down just
shading your lip, with not gray hair
in your head or gnawing care in your
heart, with the morning sun shining
upon your upturned face, with the vel
vet turf under your feet and the blue
heavens above your head, with
the blood coursing through
your veins like wine, with fifty
or sixty years of life before you, with
mirage after mirage of bright dreams
and beautiful illusions and pleasant
vanities making the landscape beautiful
around you. If you envy this man
with his forty-two millions of dollars,
and his spectacles, and his gray hair,
and his wrinkles, and his old heart, you
are fool, my boy; and you are scat
tering ashes on the roses that grow in
the morning. There is lightness in
your step, my son, and color in your
blood, and dreams in your heart, and
all the love and beauty and freshness
of the sunrise the $40, 100000 cannot
buy, and don't you forget it. You don't
want $40, 900, 900 anyhow, Telemachus
$2,OO0,0OO are plenty, that will keel
both OF us. And if you want couple
of millions, why go ahead and get it
"Seest thou a man diligent in his bust
ness? He shall stand before kings; h'
shall not stand before mean mep."-R
j. Burdeae,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
Farm Work anu the Electric Light.

The New York IVorld publishes the
report of DIR. Siemens, of England, on
the cultivation of plants and fruits by
means of the electric light used at
night. In the daytime he employs the
electric power in timber saving, chaff-
cutting, and other farm work. The cost
of the light is about three pence an
hour. DIR. Siemens finds that the fruits
grown in this manner not only come to
perfection with greater rapidity than by
natural growth but also possess a richer
taste and aroma. He believes that cleo
tro-h horticulture can be carried on
proftably, the electro machines being
employed by day in driving plowi
and doing other farm work now done a
much heavier cost by steam-power
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-10-19

PINK BLOSSOMS AND WHITE.-There is a
delightful thing about Petersburg that never
before has been mentioned Ia print. The
city 1t bordered In its suburbs by long belt
of peach trees which, in the spring, turn my
Rad white blossoms out to the sun and thus
gives beautiful girdle to the places once
trussed with bands of iron and cordons of
steel. In that long and weary year of watch
fulness the Southern soldiers were glad to get
fruit, and the best things that came to them
from the Carolinas we're peaches, whereof the
pink flesh was sweeter than honeydew. The
kernels were dropped upon the battle-ground !;
the army tramped sorely on to Appomattox !:
winter came again, aud then from the trench
es sprung fruit trees that have fiourished to
this day. Down in the sunny south there is
kind OF peach that shows white bud else
where the blossom Is touched with pink. AN
other peach trees around Petersburg have the
pink flower, aud the battlefield peach trees
keeps its mark and proud distinction. SO
now, starting from the river at the north
Lees line may he traced for six miles or more
by the farreaching orchard planted in blood.
Philadelphia Times.