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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


The loss of ammonia in manures is a
question frequently discussed. The
experiment of DIR. Voelcker with fresh
horse manure, gathered from the stables
before being mixed with the heaps,
will, no doubt, interest and surprise
many. In one experiment the amount
of ammonia, which was drawn out by
long-continued boiling, amounted to
&C pounds per ton, which, at twenty
cents per pound, would amount to S1.32
per ton. The loss, however, on the
land would not amount to quantity any
thing like this, for in such case the
ammonia was extracted with boiling
water. A second experiment, with q
sample of hot, fermenting horse manure,
emitting q strong and pungent odor,
lost in like manner less than two pounds
per ton, or 80 2-10 cents in value. AS
the excrement, even as hot as this is,
soon cooled when spread upon the
ground, and as the fresh earth absorbs
the ammonia very rapidly, these expert
ments would indicate loss in practice
of too small value to be taken into &C.
count, when the convenience of time is
taken into consideration. A large
majority of our farmers are frequently
deferred from drawing out manure at
times when the hauling would cost very
little, on account of the teams standing
idle in the barns, for fear of loss by ex-
posure, but so small loss should never
be considered when question of con-
venience arises.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


A spot on the sun seen with the
naked eye in 1843 was 1900 miles in
diameter.
Zinc, if beaten out into thin leaves,
Will take fire readily from a common
paper.
The internal nucleus of the earth can
lose little heat outwardly, by reason of
the bad conductivity of the rocks.
All living beings are made of cells,
each OF which is too small to be seen
by the naked eye. The living cell is q
little closed sac filled with liquid.
At the rate at which coral reefs are
known to increase, the total age of
those surrounding Florida is calculated
at 135, ,OO0, and that of some human re-
mains found in them at 10000 years.
Attentive examination has proved
that when the waves Of the sea strike o
shingle (pebble) beach at the rate OF
less than seven per minute the shiugle
Is disappearing, but when the beat is
nine or over an accumul ative action
goes on.
In the roasting of coffee DR.. o.
bornhelmer finds three principal prod
ucts-solid fatty acids, caffeine, and
caffeol, heavy oil which turns yellow
after having been exposed to the air
and which is the vehicle of the peculiar
aroma Of coffee.
Japanese cement is made by mixing
powdered rice with little cold water
and then gradually adding boiling
water until the desired consistency il
acquired, care being taken to keep i
stirred. Lastly, boil for one minute il
clean saucepan. This cement is yer,
strong and nearly colorless.
The principal vegetable substance
used in the adulteration of coffee ar,
chicory, beet-root, carrot, figs, corn
malt, etc. A simple method of testin.
coffee for mixture of chicory is t.
shake it with water. If pure itremain
floating for an hour together, wherea
| chicory sinks.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
HOuscIIOId Hints.

Gut hot bread or cake with a hot
knife and it will not be clammy.
Camphorplaced in drawers or trunks
will prevent mice from doing them any
injury.
Sour milk removes iron rust from
white goods.
To make silk which has been wrinkled
appear exactly like new, sponge it on
the surface with weak solution of gum
arabic or white glue, and iron on the
wrong side.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleans them well.
Try pure benzine to remove stains
from haircloth furniture.
When cooking spinach, substitute a
little piece of bacon for the salt pork
usually cooked with it to season it. The
incest way to serve it is to put it in in
dividual vegetable dishes, and put bit
of the bacon in each dish. Hard boiled
eggs, sliced when cold, are also liked
with the greens.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

Grating is an operation that had bet
ter be done too late than too early.
The best time is when the buds on the
stock are swelling, and if necessary shall
be continued until the trees are in full
bloom. At this season the bark slips
readily, and much care will be required
when saving off limb not to make
a bad wound by peeling down. This
can be prevented in great part by cut
ting through the bark with q strong
knife all round the limb where the saw
is to go. Buds should be left upon the
stock until the union of the graft is in
sured, which will be known by the buds
of the graft starting into growth. After
this rub off the buds upon the stock.
The growth of the graft will need some
attention should but a single bud start,
and push upward very rapidly, along
slender shoot will be produced, easily
blown about by the wind and thereby
loosened from the stock. All such will
require checking by pinching off the top
so that lateral branches may be formed.
There seems to be q strong desire to
give the trees the second place on the
land, and put some other crop first.
Those who do not care enough foran or
chard to devote the land to it, should
not plant one. Young trees, not yet in
bearing, are not injured by having some
hoed crop between them. But when
the trees begin to bear fair crop they
deserve and should have all the soil.
A clover crop to be fed offby pigs is the
best thing for the orchard and for the
pigs. This will enrich the soil, as the
only thingis in the shape of flesh, while
a large amount of vegetable matter i'll
clover roots and manure has accumu-
lated.-Am. Agicultwist
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

MEssRs. WHITE Z BUnDICK, Druggists
ithaca, n. Y: l can recommend ELY's CREAM
BALM to relieve all persons suffering with Rose
Cold and Hay Fever. have been great
sufferer from the same complaints; have had
great relief by using the Balm. 1 have recon-
and in all cases where they have used the Balm
freely have been cared. II. Kenney, Dry Goods
Merchant, Ithaca, n. Y, September 6, 1850"
81 have been a sufferer for years with
Ca!aul, and under physician's treatment for
over year; have tried number Of sure
cure remedies and obtained no relief | was
advised to try Ely's Cream Balm. 1t gave ma
immediate rclicf. | believe I am now entirely
cured. Ct. S. Davis, First National Bank, Eliza
beth, :. j., August j., 1879" Druggists
price, 80 cents. On receipt OF 50 cents will mai
q DnrI,aUa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
New York Union.1
III liz EnnL

Mr.. Charles Fl. Bauer, editor of the
above paper, and Notary Public, in a
late issue mentions the following:
Patrick Kenny, Esq, somo time ago,
suffered much from Rheumatism and
tried almost every means to rid himself
OF this painful evil, but in vain. he
was advised to use St. Jacobs Oil
which he did 50 successfully that all
pain has left him, and he is 90 healthy
and strong as ever before. Mr.. Kenny
is an enthusiastic advocate OF ST. Jacobs
Oil. and it has done him Good.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
ELY CREAM BALM Co., Owego, n. Y.
ennrIun 1; MI III III III n nlef

IT1"n IIlt Nnd Dad VCgCIaDICs, WHICH are
particularly Ulentjinl al this sea- on Of The year.
almost invariably disorder the stomach and su-
pcgnir"c Cgamv3. Cholera Morbus and what
Is wo.se, Diawhca aud Chronic Dysontcry.
People Win @o-ile 20 preserve their health
should be exceedingly careful about their diet
al tits .n..>n' and 4. no time ahould they Ec
withcuta Supply at PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER,
the 'afe,t, slllt:t aui spaaJiest remedy for ali
tIoThl,s "t hc stomach or bowels All drng.
.si.,,. sell IT,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

The word "hurrah" is pure Slavonian.
The origin of the word comes from the
idea that every man who dies heroically
goes straight to "Hu-ray," heaven, and
so the word is shouted in the shock of
battle to remind the combatants of the
immediate recompense of a brave
death
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
Don't nicin the Iiou5c.
Ask Druggists Tor - KouSh ON Hats 1t clca
out rats, mice, reaches, flies, bed-bugs. 1Jc.

and all forms of general debility relieved b.,
taking MENSNrAS's PEPToNIzED BEEF ToNIc. til,
only preparation of beef containing its curir,
nutritious properties. Itcontains blood-makiug
forces generating and lile-sustaining properties
is invaluable in all cnioeblcd conditions whathci
the result Of exhaustion, nervous prostratom
oycrwork or acute disease, particularly /
resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswcll
Hazard " Co., proprietors, New York.
VEGET1NE is not a vile, nauseous compound
which simply pwges the bowels, but a safe
pleasant remedy which is sure to purify the
blood aud thereby restore the health.
niururr WI UJiG, IaCU tnuU Iai;HD
LINE, dcodoriZci extract of petroleum, IT,,
natural hair rcnewcr and restorer is the L"s
preparation ever invented and excels all othc
hair lrcsSinua
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

There is a colored man on Mr.. g. M.
Rays plantation, at Rockish, /, N. C.who isa
real wonder to his neighbors. He has
lived with his old master ever since the
war, and has never asked for money, has
never missed a days work, has never
left home, has never associated with his
own race, and has never been known to
do a crlpable act.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

William J. Couahlin. OF Somcrvlle, Mass, says II
the fail Of 1876 was taken with bleeding OF the lungs,
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite and
Nc,h, aud was confined to my bed. In 1877 was adj
mitted to the hospital. The doctors said had hole
in my lung a biz as ha!idollar At one time q cc-
port went around that WIS dead. gave up hope,
but u friend told me Of Dr. WILLIAM HALLS BALsANi
roE THE LUNGS. got bottle, when to my surprise
commenced TO feel better, and to-day feel bcttcl
than for three years past. write this hoping every
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take DR.. VII
LIAM HALLS BALsAI, and be convinced that cos.
SUMPTION CAN CURED. can positively say ii has
done good than all the other Medicines have
taken since my sickness
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
rsheboygan Falls shebovran Co. Newa

We never saw any one joyous when
suffering from pain neuralgia for in
stance. In relation 10 This maiady 1Ir.
George Guyett, Prop. Guyott House.
thus informed our representative:
have used st Jacobs Oil for neuralgia.
and can confidently recommend it to any
one similarly affected.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

OUNCE SEED.-Quince seed is good
for sore and infamed eyes. Take about
one-half dozen ounce seeds, put about
tablespoonful of scalding water on
them let them stand till cool, and
bathe the eyes just before going to bed
and in the morning.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

In 1867 man died in Germany who
was so devoted an admirer of Cervantes
that he had spent his life collecting
editions Of Don Quixote. In his library
were 400 editions in the Spanish, 1GS
in French, 200 in English, eighty-seven
in Portuguese, and so on down to sew
eral IN Greek and five in Latin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
NInIul,inI EnNnn.

MalariaI Fevers, CONSTIPATION, toTpidlty Of tht
live" and Kidneys general debility, nervous.
ness and neuralgia ailments yield readily t,
this great disease conqueror, Hop Bitters. Ii r..
pairs the ravagcs of disease by converting tn
food into rich blood, and it gives new life and
vgor to the aged and inhrm always. Sc,
"ProYerbs . in other column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
Well wortb Readipg.

Who is there that does not desire to be al
ways exempted from indigestion-to have a
good appetite, painless stomach, a clear head,
a regular pulse healthy complexion If this
meets the eye ofany who are not thus blessed let
them try Hostetter's Stomach Btters. We
guarantee that this delightful tonic will restore
any stomach, however weak, to a healthy CON
dition; that it will bring back the truant appe-
tite, and give permanent vigor to the whole
system. The feeble and emaciated, suffering
from dyspepsia or indigestion in any form, arc
advised, for the sake of their own bodily and
mental comfort to try it, Ladies of the most
delicate constitution testify to its harmless end
its restorative properties. Physicians every
where, disgusted with the adulterated liquors
Of commerce, prescribe it as the safest an
most reliable of all stomachics.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

Falstaff asks, "What's honor?" as
though it was hard to tell. But let one
woman sit behind another in chusch,
and she'll tell what's on her in less than
two minutes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
It is happily ordained that grandpar.

It is happily ordained that grandpar
ents shall always take the part of the
little folks, and the little folks know it.,
Down in Salem the other day q bright
little girl was sent to get some eggs,
and on her way back stumbled and fell,
making sad havoc with the contents of
her basket. Won't you catch it when
you get home, thought" exclaimed her
companion. mo indeed, I won't" she
answered, GIVE got grandmother."-
Boston Buddet,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

The government has spent $25, 900 in
investigating the locust, army worm and
grasshopper, and the only result thus
far reported is that none of them wear
pectacles.-Puok.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

The emigration statistics of Germany
are engaging the serious attention of the
imperial chancellor who has submitted
to the Bundesrath tables showing that
during the year 1880 no fewer than H.
454 young men liable to military service
quilted the fatherland for America. As
the exodus during the past year was
nothing beyond the common, whereas
this season the numbers are assuming
alarming proportions, it seems likely
that the military service will be deprived
of at least 10000 young men. The
worst feature of the case, of course, is
that the emigration of this class means
a twofold loss to the countey-the
sinew and backbone of the land are
leaving it, and the aged, infrm and
children are left behind. The chief
exodus seems to be from Prussia.
Bavaria, with population equal to one
ninth of the whole of Germany, only
supplies one-twentieth of the emigrants,
seeming to demonstrate the fact that
life in the south is not so unendurable
as in Prussia itself.
The Chinese government has come to
the conclusion that it's telegraph lines
might better be under its own manage.
ment than in the hands of enterprising
foreigners; and the preliminary steps to
that end have been taken in the estab-
lishment of a school of telegraphy in
Hartford. The Chinese embassy at
Washington recently received instruc-
tionsto form class of forty from among
the Chinese students in Hartford, and
Mr.. Yung Wing has Just chosen its
members and placed them under the
charge of Mr.. HubbelI, late manager of
the Hartford office OF the Western Union
company. A classroom has been fur
nished with every requisite appliance,
and Mr.. Hubbell expects that within
two months the students under his in
structions will be competent to teach
others. AS soon as they have attained
the requisite proficiency they will be
ordered home, and probably accom-
panied by a few skilled Americans to
superintend the construction and oper-
alton of new telegraph lines.
The Cincinnati Commercial publishes
an interesting diagram showing the
changes in the center of population
from 1870 to 1880. In 1890 it was twen-
ty-three miles east of Baltimore in
1900 it was eighteen miles west of Bal
timore in 1910 it was forty miles north
west by west of Washington in 1920
it was sixteen miles north of Woodstock;
in 1880 it was nineteen miles west by
southwest of Moorefeld; in 1910 it was
sixteen miles south of Clarksburg III
1850 it was twenty-three miles southeast
of Parkersburg in 1860 it was twenty
miles south of Chillicothe In 1871
porty-eight miles east by north of Gin
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

A San Francisco correspondent of a
New York paper writes rather alarming
account of the spread of opium-smoking
among the American population in that
city. He says that the bane of opium
smoking in California is seen in the
younger generation. California children
are very precocious they seem to have
an exaggerated desire to indulge in
everything which is forbidden. Every
Chinese wash-house throughout the
State is the center of evil. Young boys
learn there to smoke opium and con-
tract the habit which ruins them body
and soul. The vice is most prevalent
among the hoodlums of the city and the
women of the town, but police officers
and detectives, whose word may be re-
lied upon, declare that the practice is
spreading with great rapidity, and tn
the law will soon have to be invoked to
check it by heavy fines or other penal
ties. The correspondent says the most
noted Chinese opium den in that city is
owned by retired American missionary
to China.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
0Y Cents VIII Ruy

Treatise upon the Horse and his Dseas, +
Book of 100 pages. Valuable to every cnn
of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent post
paid by New York Newspaper Union, $50 Worl
Street New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

Sitting Bull announces that he is
anxious to secure a reservation in
Canada so that he and his people may
live in peace with the whites. His
spirit is said to be broken, although q
recently successful device to obtain a
supply of provisions from the officer in
command of Fort Walsh indicates that
he has not lost his cunning. 1t seems
that even an Indian chief is not free
from the Vaccinations of would-be sons
in-laws, for at this moment Sitting Bull
is grieying over the loss of young
daughter who has run away with a
brave of his own camp, negotiations for
her purchase at large price in horses
having failed. He has left a still
younger daughter, pretty little child
about twelve years old, whom he
watches very closely for fear that he
shall lose her too,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

Even if q man has two laws he gen.
orally wants lawn cwer.-DetroH
Chnf.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14

Has Everything Failed Yous
Then try Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cur
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-14
FACTS AND COMMEN rs.

There were 4,432, ,O68 acres of land
p lanted in cotton in the United States
last year, and from these the crop was
5,732,9 bales. The acreage this year
is estimated at 10, ,523, 116, an increase of
81, los acres but the opinion prevails,
says the New York Graphic, that the
crop will not be so large as that of last
year, owing to unfavorable weather.
The latest addition to agricultural
implements in England is the steam
digger" which is combination of the
plow and spade. In the short space of
an hour, and at working cost of five
shlll1ngs, 1t will turn over an acre of
ground, and that too in such way as to
produce superior cultivation. The in
ventor claims that it will do as much
work as ITO men in day. 1t appears
to have withstood very exacting tests.
As soon as the death of the late EN-
press Dowager was announced in China
the mandarins and all high officials Of
the empire put on garments of pure
white, and these were worn for twenty
four consecutive days. The regulations
which prescribe official mourning also
require that the red buttons upon their
caps shall be replaced by blue buttons.
On the twenty-eighth day they put on
black clothing, which must be worn for
100 days. The samo restrictions as to
marrying and indulging in social pleas
ures that apply to tie higher classes
apply to them as we'll.
A few years ago young man named
Gardner, living at Toledo, Ohio, in
herited some money from his father.
He had been tinkering around from
boyhood with firearm that he was
anxious to patent. When he obtained
his patrimony he went to France to i'm
prove his implement. His was the ex-
perience of nearly all inventors. His
money was soon exhausted, and at times
he was reduced to the greatest ex-
tremity. But he never lost faith in his
rifle. Finally he interested some capi-
talist and the implement was carried to
perfection. In due time the French gov
ernment was induced to adopt the re-
peater for the army. The British gov
ernment has just done the same thing,
and the Toledo inventor is preparing to
roll in wealth. His arm is said TO be
the most magnificent repeating rifle in
the world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-27
The Bravery Of an Engineer.

The bravery Of locomotive engineers
has often been dwelt upon, and
mauy heroic acts by the brave fellows
have heretofore been chronicled. One
OF the most heroic deeds on the part
OF an engineer yet recorded was per-
formed by Engineer Bond, of Wabash
Engine 327 His engine left Toledo
Sunday at 800 p. M, p ,.lirg t. c NJ.
: 3 wos bound passenger-truin. When
nine miles west of Defiance, o., one
of the driving rods broke in twain
on the engineers side. The fragments
tore up through the cab, and threw
Bond, stunned and bruised, back on
top Of the coal in the tender. There
was great danger Of the broken dri\ ing
rod throwing the engine from the track
and wrecking the train. The broken
rod kept chopping up through the spot
where the whistlecord hung, so that
."brakes down" could not be called.
The momentum OF the train increased
and the danger of ditching the train
was paramount in the engineers mind.
AS he recovered himself happy idea
struck h m. The train was sup
lied with automa i: air-IrIe e..
If he could but cut the pipe and allow
the wind to escape the brakes would
set themselves. He pnt his ideas in
to action by putting his rcnknife be-
tween his teeth aud climbing down
the rear end of the tender, and getting
between that and the first coach, he
reached down while the train thun-
dered along at fifty miles an hour, and
at The risk Of his own life he succeeded
in cutting n slit in the brake hose.
The brakes faithful to their du Y, set
themselves and brought the train to a
halls without any further trouble. OF
course the passengers, when they heard
Of their narrow escape, were loud in
their praises ofBond's brave J.