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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Recipes,


TURNIrs IN GRAvY.-Slice boiled tur-
nips and put them. with two ounces of
butter into stewpan, shaking it
round till they are Drowned, Season
with salt, pepper, a teaspoonful of
sugar and a little mace, Pour over them
a quarter of pint of good brown gravy,
and when quite hot serve them in it.
BEETs-One of the most satisfactory
ways to cook beets is to bake them;
when boiled, even if their jackets are
left on, a great deal of the best part of
the beet is dissolved and so lost; it will,
of course, take a little longer to bake
them than to boil them, but this is no
objection; allow from fifteen to twenty
minutes more for baking; slice them
and heat them as You would if they
We're boiled. One nice way to serve
them is to chop them fine. After they
are cooked season with pepper, salt and
I butter.
BEEFsTEAK STEw.-Take some finely
chopped beef fat or a piece of butter,
heat it in the stewpan, and sprinkle
some flour in; brown and add warm
water; place in this gravy the steak, which
| must be thick cut and in one piece, if
possible; add salt, pepper, whole black, }
three cloves, a small piece of mace, and
bay-leaf, if it is handy; close up tight
and let it gently simmer for three-quar-
ters of an hour, shaking the stew now
and then; after that time put in one
! spoonful of mushroom catsup, or any
dark sauce, and allow the stew to sim
mer another quarter of an hour. 1t
should then be done and be served upon
a hot dish, the gravy being poured over
| it.
BOILED PoTAToEs.-Twelve medium
sized potatoes, one tablespoonful of salt,
boiling water to cover; pare the pota-
toes, and, if old, let them stand in cold
water an hour or two to freshen them;
boil fifteen minutes; then add the salt,
and boil fifteen minutes longer; pour off
every drop of water; take the cover from
the saucepan and shake the potatoes III
a current of cold air lat either the door
or window; place the saucepan on the
back of the stove and cover it with a
clean coarse towel until serving time;
the sooner the potatoes are served the
better. This rule will insure perfectly
sweet and mealy potatoes if they were
good and ripe at first.-lniSS PWloa's
NeW Cook Book.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Oldest CITY in the World.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on the shore ; Baalbec is ruin Pal
myra is buried in desert Nineveh and
Babylon have disappeared from the
Tigris and the Euphrates. Damascus
remains what it was before the days of
Abraham-a center of trade and travel
an island of verdure in the desert ga
presidential capital" with martial and
sacred associations extending through
thirty centuries. 1t was near Da-
mascus that Saul of Tarsus saw
the light above the darkness of the
sun the street which is called
Strait, III which it was said he prayed"
still runs through the city The cara
van comes and goes as it did thousand
years ago; there is still the sheik, the
ass and the water-w wheel; the merchants
of the Euphrates still occupy these
with the multitude OF their wares" The
city which Mohammed surveyed from
a neighboring height, and was afraid to
enter, because it was given 10 man to
have but one paradise, and for his part,
he was resolved not to have it i'll this
world" is to-day what Julian called the
'NN VI lilS Ctlols 10 II NuH III 'IN llIll''
of Isaiah, "the head of SYRIA"
From Damascus came the damson,
our blue plums, and the delicious apri-
cot of Portugal, called damasco; dam
ask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and
silk, with vines and flowers raised
up on smooth, bright ground; the
damask rose, introduced into England
in the time of Henry VIII; the
Damascus blade, so famous the world
over for its keen edge and wonderful
! elasticity, the secret of whose manu-
facture was lost when Tamerlane car
ried the artist into Persia and that
beautiful art of inlaying wood and steel
with gold and silver kind of mosaic,
engraving and sculpture united-called
damaskeening-with which boxes, bu-
reaus, and swords are ornamented. 1t is
still city of flowers and bright waters
the streams of Lebanon and the silk
of gold" still muImur and sparkle i'll the
wilderness of the Syrian gardens,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Fiddle and Sing,

Years ago, before the contribution was
taken up to the rhythmic time of operate
music or the churches boosted more of
their choirs than of their ministers,
there was an earnest, able expounder of
the gospel holding forth in one of the
Presbyterian churches of Pittsburg, Pa.
He believed in simple singing, without
the use of instruments, and when, after
a long contest, the younger members of
the church introduced bass viol into
the choir, he was deeply disturbed. In
the church he said nothing, but night
after night in the directors meetings.
and during the daytime on the street,
did he labor for the removal of what he
termed that fiddle" but without sue
cess. Each Sunday the notes of the in
strument were heard, to the Joy of the
congregation and his own annoyance.
At last, finding persuasion useless, he
arose one Sunday morning in his pulpit,
and after the usual exercises said: y" Now
We will fiddle and sing to the glory of
God, the one hundredth hymn" There
was no fiddling in that church for many
a day after.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Raising Celery.

This delicious and wholesome vege-
table is more largely used and more !
thoroughly appreciated every year, and |
no one who has a garden should fail to |
raise it. A correspondent of the Ne,c |
England Farmer gives some instructions |
for raising it. He says: Celery de- |
mands the very best of land, the best of |
skill, and more labor than any other |
crop. The land should have been titled |
with some hoed crops for at least two
Years previously, and if, in these years,
it has been very heavily manured and
kept free from weeds, it will be in pretty
good order. Celery requires heavy man
uring to do well, and it is good plan to
plow in coarse manure in the fall as q
preparation for the crop; but if the
manure must be applied i'll spring. it
should he worked very fine and mixed
thoroughly with the soil in the rows where
the celery is to be grown. 1t is some
times grown as a second crop, after
onions, early cabbage, lettuce, potatoes,
or green's. The land is made ready as
early as possible in April, and when
raised with onions, every sixth or seventh
row is sown with celery at the same time
as the onion seed is sOwn. As celery
seed is very small, it takes a good deal
of preparation to make the land fine
enough to insure its termination.
As weeds of all sorts grow so very
much faster than celery, many gardeners
prefer to start their celery under hot
bed about April l. For this purpose
very little heat is required, but care must
be taken to keep the bed moist, and the
best way to do this is to spread over it
| piece of old bagging (burlap) which
must be removed as soon as the seed
! begins to sprout. The plants can he
! taken from this bed and set out in the
! field i'll May, when the soil is moist
after a rain. If it is required to clear
up piece of lettuce or greens or other
early crop in June, and then plant
| celery, the plants will need to be plicked
out from the seed bed in May, into a
plant bed at about three inches apart,
where they can stand till June, or even
July, before transplanting to the field.
The more celery is transplanted, how
ever, the more likely it is to 90 to seed,
instead Of growing good stool.
Celery is planted in rows seven OF
eight feet apart and one foot between the
plants in the row. The old plan of set
ing the plants i'll trenches is not prac-
ticel now; the plants are set on level
land and need frequent hoeing and hand
wedding until the final banking up,
which is done about two or three weeks
before it is wanted for use or market
Thus, if wanted for Use in September
the weather being warm, the celery will
blanch in ten days after the last banking
In October, when the weather is colder
it will take two or three weeks.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A fiery steed-The horse-radish.
- Motto for an editor" Do write"
To-day is the birthday of John Smith.
The family that uses oleomargarine
can Justly claim to be living on the fat
Of the land.-PH'adelphia Chronicle.
"Fare well, my own," said an indul-
gent husband, as he provided his wife
with the best that the market afforded.
Favorite composers: The organ
rinder's-Handel the lumbermen's-
Chopin the recruiting sergeant's-
List.
Science is right on its mettle lately.
We see that fourteen new metals have
been discovered during the past three
years
zone good turn deserves another, "
as the man said when he turned the
grinder out of the front yard. -
Boston Bulletin.
1t is easier for a needle to go through
the eve of a camel than for a camel to
go through the eve of needle. Buy a
camel and try it, if YOU are skeptical,
Some one said to man of the world
"So-and-So has been speaking i'll OF
you" 81 am surprised at that, " replied
the latter, 81 for never did him any ser.
vice"
GA skeptic is one who doubts, but
one who examines" and after he ha,
examined" the business end of bum
ble-bee he doubts no longer.-Gat,
City.
johnny says the worst war hoop he
ever heard of was hickory one his
father snatched off a barrel one day
when he was mad at his own dear little
son.--SteubenrUe HerdM
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
President HarrisOn's Charge,

Many of our readers can recall the
gloom cast over the nation by the death
of President Harrison. He was the first
president who had died in office. His
administration had endured but one
little MONTH
1t was reported that he had been
killed by the hordes of politicians who
beset him day and night, cIamoling for
Offices His successor, Vicc-President
Tyler, was unknown to the country, and
there were many fears that the Wings
would not gather the fruits of their great
political victory.
Newspapers appeared in mourning
lines, churches and public buildings
were draped with emblems of woe, and
clergymen preached funeral discourses.
1t was day Of great mourning in the
nation.
The report that the politicians had
killed the president had a basis of fact.
Their opportunities had so overtaXed
his physical powers, that he was unable
to resist an attack of pneumonia.
He was an early riser, and used to go
to market. The spring was cold and
stormy, but the president would not
wear an overcoat. One morning he was
wet by a shower, hut refused to change
his clothes. Pneumonia seized him the
next day.
Washington life, with its late hours
and ravenous ofice-seekers, had enfeeb.
led the old man accustomed to the
simple life and early hours Of his plain
Ohio home.
He became delirious. His broken ex
pressions showed that the politician,
hal overburdened him.
Ny dear madam" he would say, 81
did not direct that your husband should
be turned out. [ did not know it.
tried to prevent it."
''It is wrong!" he exclaimed at an
other time. d" [ won't consent; it is un
just"
These applications-will they neve
cease? ?"
His last words seemed addressed t.
his successor Clearing his throat, 1t
said with distinctness: Sir, [ wisl
you to understand the true principles o
the government. wish them carlieC
out. | ask nothing more"
Two theories of political administra
ton exhibited themselves in those las
words of the dying president. Tn
broken sentences represent the poll
tician's theory, To the victor belon,
the spoils." The distinctly enunciate,
charge expresses the patriots idea
When "the true principles OF the gov
ernment" shall be - carried out" tina
solemn charge will have borne fruit
HOUtHS COWDugtiOu
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD



w. r. Lazenby, of Cornell univer-
sity, says; We kept the Larvae of the
cabbage butterfly in check by applying
solution of whale-oil soap. This
proved a better remedy than carbolic
acid, copperas water, ammonia, cay
enne pepper, tobacco water, Scotch
snuff, tar water and several other things
that have from time to time been recon-
mended. The method of applying the
whale-oil solution was as follows: A bar
rel of water was placed where it would
be convenient, to which the soap was
added, at the rate of one pound
to every eight gallons of water.
The soap gradually dissolved, and
the solution was ready for
use after few days. The
longer it stands the more disagreeable
it smells, and the more marked are its
effects 1t was applied with common
watering pot, which was furnished with
a fine rose, just enough of the solution
being used to wet the whole surface of
the leaves Three applications were
made during the season, care being taken
that the last be at least ten days or two
weeks previous to the time of harvesting
the cabbages After an experience Of
three years, during which time this
remedy has been used in great variety
of forms, [ can recommend whale-oil
soap as one of the safest and most eff
cient insecticides known.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
A large store in this city contains a de-

A large store in this city contains de-
partment, with a sign-board: CAN mis-
takes corrected here" An elderly lady
from Scranton walked up to the desk,
and handing a piece of paper to the
young clerk, said: Sonny, I've made a
mistake in that ere figger work, for the
thing will not gee. Please keerect it
fur me-" "We do not correct the mis-
takes of other people," said the clerk,
indignant because he was called
"Sonny." Claw sakes ~ said the old
lady, surprised then she hesitated for
a moment and said, sharply. ooh, I see
1t takes all yer time to keerect yer own
mistakes alright w-Philadelphia Sun
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
DAYS Without NIGHTS,

There is nothing that strikes a
stranger more forcibly, if he visits
Sweden in June, than the absence of
night. At Stockholm, for example, the
sun goes down little before 10 o'clock.
P. NJ; but he passes around the earth and
is only Just below the north pole short
time; there is great brightness all
night, and such that you can see to read
at midnight
There is a mountain at the head of the
Gulf of Bothnia, where, on the twenty
first of June, the sun does not go down
at all. Travellers go there to see it. A
steamboat goes up from Stockholm for
the purpose of carrying those who are
curious to witness the phenomenon. 1t
only occurs one night. The sun goes
down to the horizon, you can see the
whole face of it, and in five minutes it
begins to rise.
AT the North Cape, latitude seventy
five degrees, the sun does not go down
for several weeks. In June it would be
about twenty-five degrees above the
horizon at midnight. The changes in
those high latitudes, from summer to
winter, are so great that we can have no
conception of them. In the winter the
sun disappears in the south and is not
seen for six weeks. Then it just shows its
face Afterward it remains ten, fifteen
or twenty minutes, and then descends,
and finally it makes almost a circle
around the heavens.
Animal life accommodates itself to
these long days. Birds and animals take
their accustomed rest at the usual hours.
They go to rest whether the sun goes
down or not. The hens take to the trees
about 7 o'clock p. NJ, and sit there
until the sun is well up in the morning,
and the people get into the habit of late
rising too Longfellow tells us of his
visit to a village where, although the
sun was shining, not soul was to be
seen in the streets.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Church Sleepers in Ye Olden Time.

A certain good brother, Obadiah
Turner, of Lynn, Mass, once kept a
journal in which, under date 1916,
June We third" he thus describes the
methods adopted by Jealous special
officer i'll the church ministered unto by
the Rev. Samuel Whiting:
Allen Brydges hath been chose to
wake ye sleepers in meeting, and being
much proud of his place, must need have
a fox taile fixed to ye top Of long staff,
wherewith he may brush ye faces of
them at will have maps in time of dis
course; likewise a sharp thorne where
with he may pricke such as may be most
sounde. On ye last Lord his day, as he
strutteded about We meeting house, he
did spy Mr.. Tomlins sleeping with much
comfort, his head being steadied by being
in ye corner, and his hand grasp
ing ye rail. And soc spying Allen did
quicllle thrust his staff behind Dame
Ballond and give him a grievous pricke
upon ye hand, whereupon Mr. Tomlins
did spring up much above ye floor
and with terrible force strike his
hand against ye wall, and also,
to ye great wonder of all, prophanlie
cry out in loud voice, he dream,
ing, as it seemed, vt a woodchucb
had seized and bit his hand. But on
coming to know where he was, ye great
scandal he had committed, he seemed
much Dashed, but did not speake. And
L think he will not soon againe go tC
sleep in meeting
Ye women may sometimes sleep and
none know it, by reason of their enor
nous bonnets. Mr.. Whiting doth pleas
antlie say vt from the pulpit he dotl
seem to be preaching to stacks of straw
with men jotting here and there among
them"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Smiles Instead of Tears.

When shadows hide the sun away,
What use to sigh about it?
Keep up q cheerful heart, and say,
If sunshine can't be ours to-day,
Well get along without it.
If things go wrong, let worrying go;
What gool will como Of fretting?
1t may be it is better so,
God plans it all, and must know;
So spare your vain regretting.
There is a sunshine that makes good
The lack of sun above us,
In cheerful words and happy mood,
And hearts that will not darlly brood,
In smiles of those who love us.
We cannot help what happens here,
50 make the best my brother,
Of what fate sends from year to year;
a smile is better than a tear
For us and for each other.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
[Galveston News.l

The Madison Wis Democrat, in en-
deavoring to treat the wounds received
by the candidates for the presidency,
wisely prescribes st. Jacobs Oil. OF
course we could not expect our worthy
contemporary to do otherwise than re-
commend that famous Old German
Remedy, which "heals all wounds but
those Of love" and soothes all pains,
save those of political disappointment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

1t is very rare that the Republican
consents to editorially forward the in
terests of advertisers of what are known
as patent medicines, as it does not fire.
quently fall out that we can have posi-
tive knowledge of their merits. How
ever, we take pleasure in saying of St.
Jacobs Oil from individual experiment,
that it is a most excellent remedial agent
and as such we can heartily recommend
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

Messrs. Ely Bros, druggists, Owcgo, n y:
For the past three winters l have been afflicted
with Catarrh and cold in the head. l applied
several remedies without good results Last
winter l used your Cream Balm and found it
to accomplish all you represented. 7. +.
Mccormick, Judge Common Pleas, Elizabeth,
n. J. August %, 1880.
Messrs. Ely Bros, druggists Owego N Y:
I have been afflicted with Catarrh for eight
years; have tried almost unnumbcred remedies
without any relief. Last winter 1 found more
relief in one bottle of your Cream Balm than
in all the remedies L have used put together.
Charles A. Cromwell, 81 South Sixth street,
Brooklyn E. D., n. Y. Aug. II, 1880.
Price, 80 cents. Ely's Cream Balm Co.,
Owego, N. Y. Will mail it for 60 cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

For over tIirt -iOur years
DIR. TOBIAS'S VENETIAN LINnTENT
has been warranted to cure Group Collie, Spasms
DaThca and ID s2ntory. taken intcInally and Sore
Throat, Pains in the Limbs. Chronic rheumatism
Old Sores, Pimplrs, BlutchCs and Swcllngs, CXtCr-
nally, and not bottle has been returned, many fam
lie- stating they would not bc without it even If it
was $40 bottic; sold by drugEists a % and 30
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

The last stone of the masonry of the
Brooklyn approach to the East river
bridge was laid February II. The first
eight floor beams of the superstructure
were laid the same day. About 400 tons
of the 5000 tons of steel required in the
superstructure have been delivered, or
enough to construct about one hundred
feet on each side of the Brooklyn tower
where the work has been begun. The
engineers believe that the superstruc-
ture will be completed by next fall, and
the bridge opened for travel by January
l, 1882.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

The price paid for autographs is ex-
tremely capricious. AT recent sale in
this country George Washington's sold
for five dollars and half, and his
mothers for fifty-four dollars; Koscius-
kos brought seven; Lafayettes, seven;
Israel Putnam's, six; Jefferson Davis's,
one; Alexander Hamilton's, one. But in
London the original manuscript of
SCOTS " Guy Mannering" brought two
thousand dollars, and a book of Horace
Walpole's, with his manuscript notes,
nearly nine hundred dollars.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03
Somebody has said that care killed {

Somebody has said that care killed a
cat No proof of the deed has ever been
furnished to the public, and as nobody
else has ever been able to kill a cat,
there are people who have their doubts.
However, if Care can furnish satisfactory
references, and is disengaged, he can
hear of job by addressing this Office
MidlietOlrp TI.d,Sc7'iUt
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

The first mission station on the west
side of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, was re-
Gently established by Messrs. Griffith and
Huntley, at Mtowa, near the mouth of
the Lukuga river These gentlemen,
in communications sent back from that
country, speak Of there being marked
difference i'll the habits and beliefs of
the tribes on the east and west sides of
the lake. Those on the west are re-
ported as great worshipers of images
and idols, while on the east these
heather gods are seldom seen, the in
habitants being of more civilized ma
ture. The images of the tribes in the
former section, which they call Mkissi,
meaning spirit, are in imitation of the
human figure, and greet the eye of the
African traveller at the entrance of all
villages, while others are to be seen in
side.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

and sick with my kidneys for years" wrote Mr..
Alexander Ferris, of Chenango Forks, n. Y,
recently. He used Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure Now he says, 81 cheerfully
recommend it to all persons suffering in the
Same way"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

"AIrs. Brown, I do wish you would
try to bring David out little. Why,
do you know, he's so bashful that 1
really think if he caught the measles
they wouldn't come out"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

The Egyptian government at last be-
gins to perceive that its ancient monu-
ments are of some value, and as a pre-
liminary step to inclosing the principal
ones by ring walls, it has decided to sta
tion guards around them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits and general debility in their various
FORMS also as preventive against fever and
aguc and other intermittant fcycrs the FERRo
PHosPuoRATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA BARK, made
bv Caswell. Hazard & Co., New York, and sold
by all druggists is the best tonic; and for
patients recovering from fever or other sickness
It has no equal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-03

King Louis, of Bavaria, has given Wag-
ner eighty thousand dollars for new
opera, of which he is to enjoy the first
performance alone by himself.