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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
vICTUALS AND VALOR,
Patriotism Not the Only Incentive Il
Bravery in Battle.


Patriotism is no doubt a powerful
lever in urging a soldier to take desper-
ate chances, but the late war proved
that there were other levers of equal
force. A New York lieutenant and
thirty-four men held possession of q
block house along the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad in 1862. One morning q
scout came in and reported that force
Of $50 Confederates was advancing to
capture the post. The lieutenant or
dered the men in line and thus addressed
them:
"Soldiers, the enemy is advancing
upon us He will be here in half an
hour. We shall be outnumbered four
to one, but I appeal to your patriotism
to your love of country-to your respect
for that dear old flag, to defend this
post to the last. Will you do it"
"Lieutenant," said the sergeant, as he
stepped forward after an ominous ST.
lence, eve are too few and the Johnnies
too many. We shall all be killed or
captured, and the men won't stick. They
go for evacuating right away"
"Patriots and heroes" continued the
officer, after drawing long breath, "we
have Just received fresh rations of coffee,
sugar and bacon. We haven't been to
breakfast yet. If we evacuate we have
got to march twelve miles on empty
stomachs. five remain and defend to the
last, I'll issue double rations as soon as
the last reb is driven off. If you don't
want to fight for your country, let's fight
for a good, square meal"
Every hat was thrown up and every
man cheered, and twenty minutes later,
when the enemy appeared, lie was greet
ed with such hot reception that he
soon sounded the retreat.
When the Union forces under Nelson
made their stand at Franklin, the Con-
federates had been tight after them for
several days, and it had been march of
empty haversacks. As the Confederates
formed for battle many of the regiments
had been without food for twenty hours.
Their first attack, after a patriotic adj
dress, was speedily repulsed. Cleburne
led part of the force making the Sec
ond advance. AS he rode along the lines
he saw the men chewing leaves from
the cherry and apple trees, and he said /:
'Brave Confederates, there is the en-
emy. Behind those earth-works are
cannon and muskets, and men who know
how to use them. Behind those is a
big wagon-train with heaps of rations.
We've got to lick the enemy to get this
train, and if we don't get his rations
We'll have to fill mp on grass, for there
isn't a Confederate haId-tack within
twenty-five miles of Franklin. Follow
me to glory and-ratious !"
They followed him to the earth works
and over them, but he VAS killed and
the lines driven back. His men, how
ever, were the only ones who mounted
the earth-works during that desperate
battle; and it is an open question
whether an appeal to soldiers hunger
won't make him fight as we'll as an ap-
peal to his sentiment. t.-Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Nothing is better to clean silver with
than alcohol and ammonia after rub
bing with this take little whitening or
soft cloth and polish in this way; even
frosted silver, which is so difficult to
clean, may be easily made clear and
bright.
Silk neckties can be washed in rain
water, to one pint of which add tea
spoonful of white honey and one of
hartshorn. Do not squeeze but let them
drip, and when nearly dry press between
folds of cloth.
When water has once been made to
boil the fire may be very much lessened,
as but little heat is required to keep it
at boiling point. There is no advan-
tage whatever in making the water boil
fuliously; the heat will escape in steam
without raising the heat of the water.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Wealth i'm Wool,

The United States census of 1910,
which was the first one where elements
other than that of population were in
troduced, shows twenty-four woolen
factories that spun yarn, and 9,25S, ,269
yards of woolen cloth woven in families
valued at $4,413,000. In 1860 woolen
establishments had increased to 2,020,
employing 1000 work-people of vari-
GUS grades, and producing goods valued
at S67, 100000 annually. The demand
for blankets and clothing for soldiers
during the civil war caused a general
advance in prices, and corresponding
increase in factories, so that in 1870
persons employed in the manufacture
numbered $1,000, who produced goods
valued at SIT, 100000.
The demand for wooden fabrics natur-
ally increases with the population. Since
1888 this country has imported wool,
either manufactured or in the raw, to
the value of over 81 200, 600, 900, and for
the past four years, in the aggregate,
$40, 000,0 900 has been brought in, while
the export has been comparatively
trifing.
In 1875 the total duties on wool and
wooden textures amounted to S3O,914,
036, which is the largest annual revenue
the government has received on these
articles, with the exception of those of
the four years previous to 1916.
By this exhibition it will be seen that
the wool-grower in the United States
meets with a remunerative reward for
his labor. In fact, it is another evil
dence that almost any legitimate occu-
patton in this country "pays" when
properly attended to.-Ne,O York COM
mercidl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
WISE WORDS.

Prosperity is a blessing to the good,
but a curse to the evil.
He who seems not to himself more
than he is, is more than he seems.
When anger rushes unrestrained to
action, like hot steed, it stumbles in
it's way.
Bodily labor alleviates the pain of the
mind whence arises the happiness of
the poor.
The vanity of human life is like a
river constantly passing away, and yet
constantly coming on.
1t is possible that a man can be SO
hanged by love that one could not rec
ognize him to be the same person.
When you talk to women you must
choose between lying and displeasing
them. There is no middle course unless
you say nothing.
To pronounce man happy merely
because he is rich, is Just as absurd to
call man healthy merely because he
has enough to eat.
No man ought to complain if the
world measures him as he measures
others. To measure one with his own
yard-stick may be hard, but is fair.
And when we are in prosperity we are
ready to think our mountain will never
be brought low, so when we are in
adversely We are ready to think that our
valley will never be filled up.
Fight hard against hasty temper.
Anger will come, but resist it stoutly. A
spark may set house on fire. A fit of
passion may give you cause to mourn all
your life. Never revenge an injury.
Happiness is evident to us in this life
by deliverance from evil. "Happy is
he who sees the dayl" said a blind
man; but man who sees clearly does
not say so. "Happy is he who is
healthy said an invalid. When he is
well he does not feel the happiness of
health.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Saved by a Rose Bush.

As party of Oregon gentlemen were
walking along "the backbone of a di-
vide" one side of which sloped hun
dred feet, ending in a sheer precipice
of forty feet, with chasm of rocks at
the bottom, one of them slipped and
spun down the slope in his oil-skin coat
at a tremendous rate. When within
twenty-five feet of the precipice he
grasped at a rose bush. 1t tore through
his hand, lacerating his fingers, but
brought him to a stop nearly upon the
brink. 1t was moment of horror lest
the shrub give way and dash him upon
the rocks below. His companions throw
ing him a rope, he managed to crawl
back to place of safety, leaving track
of blood upon the snow from his lacer-
ated hands,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
SUNDAY READING.
Spenk n Good Word.

II you say anything about a neighbor
or friend, or even stranger, say no ill.
1t is Christian and brotherly charity
to suppress our knowledge of evil of an
other, unless the evil have such rela-
ton to society that our higher public
duty compels us to bear accusing wit
ness. And if it be true charity to keep
our knowledge of such evil to ourselves,
how much more should we refuse to
spread evil report of one another. Dis
credltable as the fact is, it is by far the
commonest tendency to suppress the
good we know of our neighbors and
friends. We act in this matter as though
we felt that by pushing our fellows
down or back a peg we were putting
ourselves up and forward. We are
jealous of commendation unless we get
the larger share. Social conversation
as known to every observer, is largely
made up of what is best understood by
the term scandal. 1t would be difficult
to find a talkative group, of either sex,
who could spend an evening OF an hour
together without evil speech of some
body. "Blessed are the peacemakers, "
is not the maxim by which we are chiefly
governed in our treatment of personali-
ties. Better thousand times stand OF
sit dumb than to open our lips never SO
eloquently in the disparagement OF
others. What we should do in this, as
in all our human relations, is to practice
the golden rule. If we do unto Others
as we would that others should do unto
us we shall be exceedingly careful not
to volunteer i'll words about them.
Where other than a good word is to be
spoken, let it be spoken to the person
concerned, that he may know YOU
motive is not idle, cowardly or sinister
and that he may have chance to de
fend himself.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
Farm and Garden Notes.

It is recommended to soak seeds in
water that has been slightly acidifed
with nitric acid. A little ammonia
added to the water will hasten germin-
alton.
Eel grass is almost indestructible in
the hog-pen or barnyard, and yet can be
easily decomposed by composing with
quicklime or wood ashes, whenit makes
valuable fertilizer, as it contains one
third per cent. nitrogen, one per cent.
potash and a quarter of one per cent.
phosphoric acid.
Labels placed in linseed oil and
soaked will hold paint marks plain for
years.
Mixing salt with manures and COM
posts will kill white grubs as well as
seeds of weeds. Afterward spread broad
cast and pillow, harrow or cultivate into
the soil.
Trim trees in open weather. Scatter
all the wood ashes you can get under
the peach trees and cut back the new
growth one-half. Sow refuse salt and
brine broadcast under all fruit trees.
Grow more grass; this recuperates
the laad, and at the same time yields a
profitable return.
Look out for lice on chickens or tur-
keys as soon as they can run nicely. If
you don't you'll be sorry.
1t is said that strong tea made from
boiling sassafras roots used as a wash
will kill lice on cattle and horses.
Instead of fooling away your time in
whitewashing hen-houses ION the out
side) or chicken, coops to kill lice, paint
them with kerosene. That will kill
lice every time.
All feeders who have studied the
habits of the animals they feed have
discerned that they take special note of
time and are disappointed if the time j,
delayed only few minutes.
Strmghalt is an affection of the
nerves and incurable. 1t is caused by a
loss of the power of the nerve which
controls the muscle by which the leg is
lifted, the action then being spasmodic,
irregular and excessive, causing the
high lifting usual in this order.
However good the eroosting-house may
be, and however extensive the grass
runs, place should be provided where
the poultry can congreg ate during wind
and rain and be perfectly dry and
sheltered. This dry run should face
south and be protected from east winds.
A COW should have from fifteen to
twenty pounds of hay daily, with five
to ten pounds of corn-meal, in proper
tion to her size and capacity for eating
A COW of 600 pounds will do we'll on
fifteen pounds of hay and six pounds of
meal. If the hay is cut and wetted and
the meal added to it, the food will be
better digested and more economically
used. One-third of the hay may be
given at noon, uncut. These rations are
proper for milking COWS. Dry cows
may do well on fifteen pounds of hay
and two quarts of meal, and the cutting
may be dispensed with if the labor is
thought to cost more than the fodder.
Kerosene will destroy the mealy bug,
but will also destroy the plant. 1t can
not be diluted with water, as the two
will not mix, but milk will mix with
kerosene, and then the combination will
mix with water, and in this way kerosene
can be effectively used for destroying
these parasites.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

az have a little girl, said Mr.. Henry
Dole, of this city, in conversation, "who
was troubled with severe lameness in
her legs, pronounced by some Erysipe
las, by others rheumatism. had
tried several remedies without effect,
when was induced to apply st. Jacobs
Oil and l am happy to say that the use
of but one bottle cured her, and she is
now able to go to school again"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

FROM Major Downs Military Instructor,
February Is, 1881. James A. Hart, Druggist,
Dear Sir During the very severe cold weather
was suffering with Catarrh. My head and
throat ached so severely that was obliged to
give up everything and keep quiet, l had tried
number of remedies, but none of them did
me the slightest good. ELY's CREAM BALM was
suggested to me. bought package at your
store. Within an hours time from the first
application 1 felt relieved and the pain began
to subside. l continued to use it, and in two
days was entirely cured. This testimonial has
not been solicited 1 take pleasure in recon.
mending anything that will relieve those suffer
ing with Catarrh. Very respectfully, w. A.
Downs" Price, 80 cents. On receipt Of 81
cents will mail package
E1N CnLA AaI RAIN Co Ownnn N Y
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[Attlcboro Chronicle
Carry the News.

Mr.. John Etzenspcrgcr, Manufacture
ing Jewelcr of North Attleboro', Mass,
lately communicated to us the following:
| suffered so much with pains in my arm,
that at times / was completely helpless,
l used that incompatible remedy st.
Jacobs Oil and was completely cured as
if by magic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The glass works at st. Goblain,
Chauny, Circy and Mountclucon, in
France, and Mannheim and Stolberg, in
Germany, have produced plain white
and silver plates varying in weight from
500 to 1,600 pounds. Some of the mir
rors for the new Grand Opera House at
Paris are forty-fve by fifty-two feet.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
For over thirty-fonr years

For over thrtv-four years .
DIR. TOBIAS'S VENETIAN LININTENT
has been warranted to cure GROUP Collie, Spasms,
Diarrhea and Dysentery, taken internally and Sore
Throat, Pains in the Limbs, Chronic Rheumatism
Old Sores, Pmnles, Blotches and Swellings eNtcr
nally, and not bottle has been returned, many fam
lilies stating they would not be without it even If il
was $40 a bottle: Sold by druggists at 25 and 80
cents. Depot, IL Murray Street New York.
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The Greatest blessing.

every time, and prevents disease by keeping
the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and
liver active, is the greatest blessing ever con-
ferred upon man. Hop Bitters is that remedy,
and its prOprietors are being blessed by thou
sands who have been saved and cured by it.
Will you try il? See other column.
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nnctnra flnrn iIim nm.

els il possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and at
work, and cured by 80 simple remedy2"
"I assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured and with nothing but Hop Bitters and
only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and
said he must diep'
"well-a-dayl If that is so, l will go this
minute and get some for my poor George. 1
know hops are good"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Ho, YE BALDHEADsl- There is just one way,
and no more, by which you may be cured-use
CARBoLINE deodorized extract of petroleum.
1t will positively produce new hair there is no
substitute for this marvellous hair renewer,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

PURE COP LIVER OIL made from selec ed
livers, on the seashore, by Caswell Hazard &
Co.. New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it pre-
fer it to all others. Physicians have decided it
superior to any of the other oils in market.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Time is money, but how little set store
by it. If one of the hours wasted each
day on trifes or Incidence was devoted
to improvement it would make a man
wise in ten wears.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
How to Increase Vegetable Matter in the
Soil.


The amount of vegetable matter in
the soil may be increased by various
methods one is by large applications
of barnyard manure, say fifty cords to
the acre. But this would be very ex-
pensive, and is out of the question in
common farming. It may be done by
putting on peat or muck, when these
are near to the fields. But this involves
considerable outlay for labor in dig
ging the peat, and a still larger expense
in carting it, whether it first pass
through the yards and stables OF be
carted to the fields for composing or
spreading upon the surface to be plowed
in. On some farms this may be the
cheaper method of supplying vegetable
matter to the soil. But on others the
most economical method is the raising
of clover, to be fed off upon the land,
or to be turned in. If ton of clover
may be worth 80, as a fertilizer, the
growing of plant is cheap method of
improving the land. Two tons for the first
crop and a ton for the seconds not an un-
common yield for land in good heart.
The roots of clover also add lagely to
the vegetable matter in the soil. The
first crop may be pastured, waiting
until the crop is in blossom, and then
turning in cattle enough to feed it off in
three or four weeks. They should be
kept constantly upon the field, that the
whole crop may be returned to the soil.
This will of course help the second
crop, which may be turned in with the
plow soon after it is in blossom. If the
equivalent of three tons of dried clover
hay, and one ton of roots have grown
to the acre, about $50 worth of manure
have been added to the soil, and it has
been distributed more evenly than would
have been possible by any mechanical
process. There has been no expense
for carting or spreading peat, or for
composing. On the contrary there has
been the equivalent Of two tons of
clover-hay consumed upon the field,
worth, as fodder, S24. This will more
than pay the cost of seed, of blowing
twice, and other labor. Thisis generally
admitted to be the cheapest method of
increasing the vegetable matter and the
fertility of soils in common farming.
And this it will be seen requires some
| little capital.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Eft cts of Drought.

The Country Gentleman recommends
early planting in rich soil as likely to
preserve vegetables from the effects of
drought. 1t is we'll known to farmers
that serious check is often given to
vegetables which require water in their
first stages of growth by severe
droughts early in the season. Irriga-
ton at such times is rarely practicable.
The best remedy, therefore, is to plant
early and give a we'll enriched soil.
Early pl, nting will often push the
plants so far in growth that their roots
will sustain them in dry times. But
still more helpful is rich soil-in two
ways-one by pushing the young plants
on, and the other by holding more
moisture than thin soil can do. Very
early planting can be practiced only on
hardy plants. Tender ones are less in
iured by drought. Take the onion
crop for instance, which will bear very
early sowing. Nothing hurts it more
than drought when the plants are the
size of goosequills. Hence the most
certain and heavy crops come from
early planting and rich soils. Weeds
are of course more or less fatal, but no
good cultivator need be advised to keep
perfectly clean surface.
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ELY CREAM BALM Co., Owego, N. Y.

HAVE You READ TIP H. r. Stevens Book
on Ensilage, the preserving of green forage
crops in silos, giving his own experience and
the practical experience of % practical farmers;
100 pages, elegantly bound in cloth price, 90
cents sent by mail, 60 cents. Address II. r.
STEVENS Boston Mass
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

He was fond of singing revival hymns,
and his wife named their baby Fort, so
that he would want to hold it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

Rabbits have been driven by hunger
to eat their ears. They accomplish the
feat by bending the ear down with the
paw until it reaches the mouth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The great superiority of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup to all other cough remedies is attested
by the immense popular demand for that old
fashioned remedy. Price twenty-five cents a
bottle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The white shark sometimes attains
the enormous weight of 10000 pounds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12

The Chilian minister, Martinez, says
that the war with Peru has cost Chill
$50, 100000 and the lives of 1000 men.
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HOW TO SECURE HEALTH.

1t is strange any one will suffer frcm arrangement,
brought on by impure blood, when SCOVGLL'S StRSA-
PARILLA AND SrTLLINGIA,o or BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP Will restore health TO the physical organization
ltis STRENGTHENING syrup pleas mt to take an the BES
BLOOD PURIFIER ever discovered, curing Scrofula,
Syphitc disorders Weakness of the Kidneys Eryspas
Malaria Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious complaints
ntr
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For the following valuable statement from Mrs.
M. @. Arnold Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure has done me worlds of good for catarrh Of
the bladder and female weakness
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Tanners German Ointment cures Burns
Cuts Wounds Sores, Sprains, Chibains etc, soothcs
Inflammation, and relieves pain in the side, chest
shoulders rs,
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Recipes.

BEET SALAD.-The new beets must
be thoroughly boiled nothing is worse
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