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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Industrial Sncrpts,

A century ago what man discovered
in the arts he concealed. Workmen
were put upon an oath never 10 reveal
the process used by their employers.
Doors were kept closed, artisans going
out were searched, visitors were rigor-
ously excluded from admission, and
false operations blinded the workmen
themselves. The mysteries of every
craft were hedged in by thick-set fences
of empirical pretensions and judicial af-
firmation. The royal manufactures of
porcelain, for example, were carried on
in Europe with a spirit of jealous ex-
clusiveness His majesty of Saxony was
especially circumspect. Not content
with the oath of secrecy imposed upon
his workpeople, he would not abate his
kingly suspicion in favor of brother
monarch. Neither king nor kings del
egate might enter the tabooed walls of
Missen. What is enormously called the
terry of which the world has never
seen its like-was produced for two
hundred years by process SO secret
that neither the bribery of princes MOI
the garrulity of the operatives revealed
it. Other discoveries have been less
successfully guarded, fortunately fol
| the world. The manufacture of tinwart
in England originated in a stolen secret
Few readers need be informed that tin
ware is simply thin iron plated with til
by being dipped into the molten metal
In theory it is an easy matter to clear
the surface of iron, dip it into bath o
boiling tin, remove it enveloped with {
silvery metal to place of cooling. Ii
practice, however, the process is one c
the most difficult in the arts. 1t wa
discovered in Holland, and guarded from
publicity with the utmost vigilance TO
more than half century England trieC
in vain to discover the secret unit
James Sherman, a Cornish miner, in
sinuated himself master of the secret
and brought it home. The secret o
manufacturing cast steel was ais
stealthily obtained, and is now within
the reach of all artisans.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
HEALTH HINTS.

Poison from bees, hornets, spider
bites, ETC., is instantly arrested by the
application of equal parts OF common
salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed
in on the place bitten or stung.
A standing antidote for poison by
dew, poison oak, ivy, ETC., is to take a
handful of quicklime, dissolve in water,
let it stand half an hour, then paint the
poisoned parts with it. Three or four
applications will never fail to cure the
most aggravated cases.
The London Medical Journal insists
that Bright's disease is the result of the
immoderate use of iced drinks, and
seeks to prove this with figures showing
that the disease prevails in any country
in proportion with the amount of ice
consumed there. We of the United
States use ninety per cent. more ice
than any European country, and the
disease is seventy-fye per cent. worse
than in Europe. England comes next
while in the wine-drinking countries
the disease is very seldom seen, and in
semi-civilized nations, where ice is not
used, it is wholly unknown.
An improved kind of glue dressing
for wounds has recently been suggested,
consisting in the addition of acetic acid
to ordinary glue, and little altar OF
roses to cover the odor of the glue and
the acid. This compound, spread on
paper or muslin. is found to furnish a
good substitute for adhesive plaster in
surgical use. 1t is easily and quickly
prepared, simply by putting into YES
sci of boiling water bottle containing
| one part of glue to four, my measure,
of the acid, and letting the bottle re-
main in this bath until the glue is fully
dissolved and mixed with the acid. Il
is best kept in wide.mouthed bottle
we'll closed by long cork, which car
always be removed by heating the mech
of the bottle.
On the subject of preparing drinks
for fever patients, an exchange says
Drinks made from fresh or preserved
fruits are sometimes useful in fevers
Rhubarb tea is very refreshing bever
age. Slice about two pounds of rhubarb
and boil for quarter of an hour in {
quart of water; strain the liquor into {
jug, adding a small quantity of lemon
peel, and some sugar to taste; wher
cold it is fit for use. Apple water ma,
be made in the same manner. TIL,
apples should be peeled and cored
Sugar should not be added to either o
the above until after the liquor is re
moved from the fire.. In the absenc,
of fresh fruit, pleasant beverage ma,
be prepared by stirring sufficient rasp
berry jam or currant jelly into the re
quired quantity of, water, straining th
liquor before giving it to the patient.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
A Portuguese Bull.Fight.

A Portuguese bull-fght is very diff
ferent affair from the disgusting and
brutal national sport of Spain. The
Portuguese are a humane people and
though the spectacle was originally con-
Quoted in Spanish style, it was not long
popular, and now neither bulls nor
horses are killed, and the buIl-fghters
run very little risk, as cylinders ending
in wooden knobs cover the animals
horns, and it can only inhict a knock
down blow, instead of piercing and tear
ing. The honor of this reform is due to
Pombal, who interceded with King
Joseph l., and induced him to discon-
tinue the sport in the murderous
Spanish style, on the occasion of the
death of the Count d'Arcos in an anna
| teur bull-fght. 1t is related that when
the father of the young count, the aged
Marquis Mirialva, grand chamberlain of
the king, saw his son fall, he threw
| himself into the arena and killed the
| bull with his dress sword and that
Pombal remarked to the king that the
life of bull was not, after all, fair
equivalent for that of the Count d'Arcos.
Pombars administration was sowed
thick with reforms, which have bios
somed since, though received coldly at
the time. The limiting the power of
the Inquisition, the abolition of slavery,
and the expulsion of the Jesuits are all
due to Pombal. Few ministers can show
more energetic record than this. To
an amateur of the combats of the Span
ish aceldama the Portuguese exhibition
must seem remarkably tame and in
sipid, while, looked at from rational,
common-sense standpoint they are in
deed &" singular exhibitions of imbecility
on the part of all concerned" But the
Lisbonese revel in the sport the risks
are still sufficiently exciting to stir the
blood, and the display, especially when
the performance is an amateur one, and
the young men taking part belong to the
nobility, is very brilliant. Then the arena
is handsomely decorated, the costumes
of the performers are of velvet and
satin, the horses are the finest in the
kingdom, and the feats of horse
manship displayed rival those o
the circus. Royalty honors the scene
by attendance, and the beauty and fash
ion of Lisbon shine in full opera dress
in the upper boxes, their white elbows
resting on richly embroidered sill
shawls which drape the front of thu
boxes in graceful folds. The compan
ionship of prize-fshters, and pugilisti
skill of this description, are not copsid
cred unworthy the most elegant and ac
complished Portuguese noble. Th
Princess Rattazzi, in her recent pub
lished and greatly censured "Portuga
Vol dOiseau," speaks of the Marqui
of Castel Melhor, the last descendant o
an ancient family, and after praising hi
refinement and cultivation, remarks
"In the bull-fghts organized by anna
teurs he shone in the first rank a
horseman, and inserted the .fa1pas wit
an art and a dexterity which awaken
ed frantic applause and secured hir
great popularity. This circumstanc
added to the regrets caused by hi
death. 1t was not only loss to ele
CANT society, it was felt by the peopl
themselves. ."-Lizzie W. Champney. i
Ha,per's Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Farm and Garden Notes.

Keep goslings and young ducks
away from the ponds until they are
fedged.
Wheat chaff, wet, and mixed with
bran and little salt makes q good feed
for sheep.
White clover is better for sheep than
the red, as it is shorter and makes bet
ter grazing.
A wash of carbolic soapsuds occp-
sionally will prevent the annoyance of
insects to cattle.
The value of agricultural salt as a
fertilizer, it would appear, is becoming
widely recognized, Judging from the
steadily increasing demand.
Guinea fowls will keep all bugs and
insects of every description off garden
vines. They will not scratch like otF er
fowls or harm the most delicate plants.
A neglected, poorly-fed, stinted lamb
never recovers, however well'fed after
ward, so aSto make as good and as large
sheepas it would had it had proper
care early. Feed the ewes so that they
can supply the lambs with plenty Of
milk.
The best place for turnips is spot
on which brush has recently been burn
ed. The soil is fresh, cool and moist
and the ashes aid not only as fertil-
izers for the very clements that turnips
require, but it keeps away the fly. Do
not SOW in a dry time.
Glover is heterogeneous and also a
potash plant, clover hay containing
more of these elements than the best
English hay, although the former will
not sell for near as much as the latter,
consequently clover hay should never
be sold off the farm.
Rancid butter may be recovered and
sweetened by washing and kneading il
we'll first in new milk, and afterward in
cold spring water, butyric acid, on which
the rancidity depends, being freely
soluble in new milk. The above recipe
has been found to answer perfectly.
Strawberry plants cannot be multi
piled from the seed, as there is nothing
certain about it. Acres might be
sowed with the seed, and not berry
be obtained worth cultivating, but in
good rich soil plant will put out run.
ners SO that fifty good thrifty plants
may be obtained the first season after
planting, and twenty-five hundred the
second year.
A writer in the Fruit Recorder circum.
vents the ravaging currant worm by al,
lowing no sprouts to grow. He allows
but three main stems to bush, and
rubs off all root sprouts when about six
inches long. The worms begin with the
new growth first; hence, he says, nc
sprouts, nc worms. The fruit also is
far finer on plants thus treated, the
common red Dutch being nearly as large
as the Cherry currant, and better
bearer.
yIn nearly all soils ashes are beneficial.
Their action is manifold; they supply to
plants inorganic elements. which they
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
What Vanderbilt Could do With His
Income

1t is computed that VIM. Fl. Wander
bilt's income from his investment in
tifty-one million four per cent. govern
ment bonds pays him daily income of
five thousand dollars. This nets him
two hundred and eight dollars and
thirty-three cents per hour, or three
dollars and forty-seven cents per min
ute, or five cents per second, without
counting fractions. Assuming that he
is paid by the second, he cannot pos
sibly spend his money, he could not
select his purchases and lay down the
prices fast enough. He couldn't even
throw it away-to pick up, cast, re-
cover, pick up and cast again, would
take him two seconds, and if he worked
throughout the twenty-four hours with
out rest he could only dispose of one
half his income. If it were his design
to scatter in such way, he would have
to buy q machine operated by steam.
This would involve the employment OF
fireman, engineer and two feeders,
and, as the machine must work day and
night to accomplish the task, three re-
liefs, or twelve men, would be neces-
sary. AS none but skilled workmen
could do such work, the daily expense
for hire would be three dollars each, OF
thirty.six dollars per day. To pay
these hands it would only be necessary
to stop the machine fraction over ten
minutes per day, just long enough to
pay of, and enough money would accu-
mulate.
There is possibility that Mr.. Van
derbilt does not intend to throw his
money away by steam, and it might be
worth while to look into various ways
in which he might amuse himself with
it. BY living economically, saving up
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Entteninp Fowls,

What q different taste a fne nicely
and quickly fatted fowl has when served
on the table, compared with one which
has been forced to scratch for all its
living, and then be consigned to the
spit in anything but fit condition for
food Farmers realize the importance
of fattening quickly when feeding
beeves for the butcher, yet many do not
seem to realize the fact that what holds
good with that kind of meat is equally
true when applied to fowls. Tender
ness and juciness are results of fattening
quickly, while mere ordinary flavor and
want of tenderness result from letting
fowls run until wanted for use on the
table. To enable one to fatten fowls
or chicks quickly it is absolutely neces-
sary to give such food as will accom-
plish the purpose best, and to this end
we unhesitatingly recommend plenty
of milk, in any state from fresh to thick.
This should be fed in connection with q
grain diet, for one counteracts the other.
If kept in darkened place and fed un-
sparingly on milk, with grain food in the
proper proportions, you will soon have
something very choice to set upon your
table to your friends, as well as to your
family. When milk is fed no water is
required for fattening fowls.-Poult'y
Yard.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Silent Influence

We are touching our fellow-beings on
all sides. They are affected for good or
for evil by what we are, by what we say
and do. even by what we think and feel
May y-fowers in the parlor breathe their
fragrance through the atmosphere.
We are each of us silently sat
urating the atmosphere about us
with the subtitle aroma of our charac-
ter. In the family circle, besides and
beyond all the teaching, the daily life
of each parent and child mysteriously
modifes the life of every person in the
household. The same process on a
wider scale is going on through the
community. No man iveth to himself
and no man dieth to himself. Others
are built up and Strengthened by ou1
unconscious infuence.-Congregationdt
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

for four years, he could, by placing his
6ve-cent pieces side by side, make
nickel belt around the earth; or, by con-
verting his savings into one-cent pieces,
and mounting them in q pile, he would,
in twenty years, erect q road to the
moon, and have five hundred dollars to
invest when he got there. Should his
amusement take charitable twist, he
could, out of years receipts, donate to
every man, woman and child in the
United States, twenty cents, and have
money left over. In one day, be could
(if he could get round) go to eight
thousand different circuses, eat ten
thousand pints of peanuts, drink five
thousand glasses of lemonade, and have
money left to get his boots blacked.
He can afford to have five thousand
shirts washed in one day, and on the
day of his death his income will buy
ten first-class funerals. 1t must be
clear that Mr.. Vanderbilt is making
money, for while we were making these
computations he took in one hundred
and four dollars and ten cents.-Apple
toms Rditrdy Guide.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

In order to have the best success in
growing potatoes, ,and to secure a healthy,
vigorous growth and crop free from
rot, says Thorburn, it is necessary to
plant as early as the ground can be got
ready. Select rich soil and plant in
rows three feet apart and the sets one
foot in the rows. To kill the young
weeds, run a light steel tooth harrow
over the field lengthwise of the rows !;
this will allow the crop to get the start
of the weeds, besides breaking up all
Jumps and leveling the ground for the
cultivator. If wood ashes and plaster
can be procured SOW good dressing
over the field after the potatoes are up.
If very early crop is desired it will be
necessary to sprout the potatoes before
planting. Cut the potatoes into pieces
of any size desirable ard place in a
warm, light room from four to six weeks
before required for planting in the open
ground. During this time shoots will
start out strong and vigorous, so that as
soon as planted they will send out roots
and grow more rapidly than those treat
ed in the ordinary way. Another method
is to place the sets in hotbed two
weeks before they are wanted, and then
lift carefully and set out on fresh horse
dung, so that the heat will cause them
to start at once. If the Colorado po-
tato beetle makes its appearance the
vines must be busted with paris green
mixed with about eighty parts of plas-
ter, or, what is better, mix the paris
green in water, two tablespoonfuls to q
pail, and apply with a small brush OF
broom. Take care to mix the mixture
often or else the paris green will settle
at the bottom. Two or three applica
tions during the season will usually suf
fee to clear off all the beetles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
[Freeport Qll.) Bulletin. ]

There is now a substance which is
both professionally and popularity in
dorsed, and concerning which, Mr.. j. B.
Ferschweiller, Butteville, Oregon,
writes: L have often read of the many
cures effected by st. Jacobs Oil, and was
persuaded to try the remedy myself. l
was sufferer from rheumatism and ex.
perienced great pains, my leg being SC
swollen that J. could not move it. /
procured st. Jacobs Oil, used it freely
and was cured.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
A test of the capacity and inclination

A test of the capacity and inclination
of American college students and grad
yates for practical journalism is about
to be made. Mr.. w. r. Balch, the ed
itor of the Philadelphia american, offers
800 in prizes for the best editorials,
the best special essays and the best
poems written by college students or
college graduates. There are two sets
of prizes-twenty-one in all-offered by
the American. One set is for college
students only; the second set of prizes
is for those who have been graduated
from American colleges. The topics
are not limited.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
GOOD WORK.

Remembering the past, our friends will not he
priscl that the publishers and booksellers who do
not like the Literary Revolution are slandcring in
advance editions of this WORK, pretending that
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production. In reply, We can only promise to those
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that II shall be, tylogral hically, one Of The most
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
The Gremsest Rleaaing.

A simple pure, harmless remedy, that cures
every time, and prevents disease by 'keeping
the blood pure, stomach regular, liidneyssaisd
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.
viii you try it2 See other column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

"Is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and al
work. and cured by so simple remedy?"
81 assure you 1t is true that lie is entirely
;ured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and
My ten days ago his doctors gave him up and
said he must diel"
Well-a-day If that is 80, will go this
minute and get some for my poor George. l
6now hops are good"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

A young man who had commenced
telling spinster what kind of tea he
liked best, said: "I have loved 90
long" The maiden turned scarlet and
declared that she would not be made
the subject of puns at this age of life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
RERulLII 5000 TO S22O A YEAR
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA.

No other preparation has cured so many cases of
these distressing complaints as Ponds Extract.
Ponds Extrnc; Plaster 25 centsl is invaluable in
these diseases Lumbago Pains in Back or Side, etc.
Ponds Extract Ointment $50 centsl for use when
removal of clothing is nconvenient, is great help
In relieving inaammatory cases. Sold by all drug
oia
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
louisville Home and Farm. ]

Frank o. Herring, Esq, of the Cham
pion Safe Works, 251 and 252 Broad
way, New York, reports the use of St.
Jacobs Oil for stiffness and soreness
of the shoulder, with most pleasant and
efficacious effects,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Sc REp HORSE POWDER for HORSES and Cattle
The Greatest Discovery of the Age.
For 0Hsr tnnnIr6XI9Hr nnhXI ySalSr 1I1nIrNr

For over thlrty-tOur years
DIR. TOBIAs'S VENETIAN LINlMENT
has been warranted to cure Group, Colo, Spasms,
Diarrhea and Dysentery taken internally, and Sore
Throat, Pains in the Limbs. Chronic Rheumatism,
Old Sores, Pimples, Botches and Swellings, exter-
nally and not bottle has been returned many FAM
lilies stating they would not be without i even II
cents. Depot, AZ Murray Street. New York.
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rebuire; they neutralize acids; they act
chemically as solvents ppon other salts
in the soil. They are more beneficial on
sandy and gravelly soils than on clay.
For plants that contain large amount
of potash and phosphoric acid, as car
rots, turnips, potatoes and cabbage,
ashes are an essential manure.
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In some instances man must yield
the palm of superiority to woman
For instance, man cannot wear straw
hat all winter.
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