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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
Indian Epicures.

In the summer of 1875 l stood one
evening near the quartermaster's office
at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, when
two Kiowa Indians applied for permis-
sion to water their famished horses at
the government cistem, offering to ac-
cept that boon in part payment of q
load of brushwood which they proposed
to haul from the neighboring chapparal.
The fellows looked thirsty and hungry
themselves, and while the quartermaster
ratified the wood-bargain, one of the
officers sent to his company quarters for
lunch of such comestibles as the
cooks might have on hand at that
time of the day. A trayful of " govern
ment grub" was deposited on the adj
iacent cord-wood platform, and the
Indians pitched in with the peculiar ap-
petite of caInivorOus nomads. A yard
OF commissaIy sausage was accepted as
a tough variety Of ierked beef yeasted
and branless bread disappeared in
quantities that would have confirmed
DR.. Graham's belief in natural deprav-
ity; they sipped the cold coffee and
eyed it with a CLEAN of suspicion but
were reconciled by the discovery of
the saccharine sediment, and the cook
was just going to replenish their cups
when the senior kiowa helped himself
to vinegar pickle, which he probably
mistook for some sort of an otf-color
sugar-plum. He tasted it, rose to his
feet and dashed the plate down with a
muttered eXecration, and then clutched
the prop of the platform to master his
rising fury. Explanations followed, and
pound of brown sugar was accepted as
piece-olIeIing, but the children of ma
ture left the postotlice under the impress
sion that they had been the victims of a
heartless practical joke.-PopuIm' Sci
ence Monthly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
Messrs. EIy Bros, drugris g. Oweco, N, Y:

Messrs. Ely Bros. druggis 8, Owego N. VI:
About a year sin ce a gentleman fro IL Orw, |.
Pa, called my attention to your Cream balm
a remedy Tor CuturIh Has Fever, etc. lie
was so earn 81 in asserting It To be positiv @
cure (himself nav ng been cured by il), that
was induced 10 purchase a stock. 1 must lay
that the 6al,a has met my hest exprc aious,
having already effected a numb r OF cures in
TINS locality. Respec Iuly, r. f, Hyatt, NJ D.,
Bordentown, N. j. Oct, Der 26, 1850
Messr White & Burdick, drug sists, Ithaca,
N. T.; My daughter ant myself, great suffer :
ers from Cutarrh, have been cured by Ely :
Cream B tin. Ny sense al smell restored and
health greatly improved. G. Nj. Stanley,
dea ier in bnoIs a d shn,s Ithaca, N. Y.
Pr.ce, so cents. EIy's Cream Balm Co.,
Owego, n. Y. viii mail il ior 60 cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
The Stacking Loom.

A pretty story tells us of the inven-
tion of the stocking loom. w. Lee was
gay young student at Oxford, who
saw among the Greek letters of his
" Iliad only the bright eyes of the
innkeeper's daughter, and heard in the
professors tones but the click of her
swift knitting needles. In despair he
threw away his books, hurried to his
mistress and with her to the parsons.
When the Oxford dons heard of the
proceeding at the rectory, they decided
in grave counsel that this crime of
marriage must be made an eX-
ample of, and accordingly the
young man was expelled. Dis
graced and dishonored, he and Peggy
were cast out into the world with only
four knitting needles to look to for
bread. But Peggy went merily to work,
her eyes growing brighter, her fingers
plying faster, while her enamored hus-
band sat before her in helpless in
efficiency, wetching the cleaning needles
as if entranced. "Eureka!" he exclaimed
one day. "Who?" Peggy looked up
anxiously. She had never been even to a
grammar school. A" can do it, Peggy,
better than you," he answered with a
manly sense of his superiority. He got
some wires and went to work, while
Peggy watched, and soon her shining
needles gave way to the stocking-loom,
which revolutionized the whole indus
try. In very little time Peggy became
a bright-eyed lady, William, distin-
guished inventor, while the hard-heart-
ed Oxford dons nobody knows anything
about; but they doubtless shrank up
into Greek particles or algebraic signs.
At any rate, it was clear case of poetic
justice, at which Hymen should light an
extra torch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
Music Produced hr Flame.

Considerable interest has been aroused
in German musical circles by
Friedrich Kastner's pyrophon, now be-
ing exhibited in large room adjoining
the Conversations-Saal, of Baden-Baden.
The instrument resembles an organ in
construction and appearance, as far as
its keyboard and pipes are concerned,
but the latter are made of glass instead
of metal or wood, and the tones they
give forth in obedience to
the pressure of the players
fingers on the keys are produced by
the action. of flame upon their atmos-
pheric contents. Jets of lighted gas,
divided into certain number of small
flames, are forced into these glass cylin-
ders, the length and diameter of which
are regulated in accordance with the
depth or height of the note desired to
be produced, and the result is regular
and perfect series of sustained musical
sounds peculiar in quality, but bearing
some affinity to those elected from an
ordinary blast organ under the influence
of the sectional or Gambia stop. The
pyrophon at present on view at
Baden Baden has compass OF only
two octaves and a half, and consider
able force is requisite to manipulate the
keyboard, owing to the weight of the
gas pipes set in motion by each pressure
necessary to the production of a note
Some of its glass pipes are eight feet
long, and the maximum length of the
sound-generating flame admitted to
them is sixteen inches. The effect of a
performance upon this curious instru-
ment, which fills the room in which it
is set up with light as we'll as sound of
strange and unearthly character, is
described in German musical Journals
as extremely impressive.-Musical
World.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
tCairo (Iil.) Radical Republican
What We Know AbDnt 1t;

"W hat do you know about ST Jacobs
Oil P" said one of our oldest subscribers.
This was a fair question, and we an
swer, that we are reliably informed that
a gentleman of this city who has suffer-
ed untold agony, and spent mint Of
money TO get relief from Rheumatisu9,
in desperation bought some and tried it,
and declares that it is the best remedy
for Rheumatism he ever heard OF.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
A Iuust i,i.cuursgedi

Such expressions are very common among
those affi cted with u Cough or Cold. They
have called on the doctor and he has pre-
scribed. They have used nearly every thing
"bich has been recommen lei, but are no bet
ter ii pc abaudons hem and they look with
di,trust upon ali medicines. Bnt there is MI
old family r-medy advertised in this paper
which possesses true meit. Aliens Lung
Basam will Gu @ your Cud or Cough. Try
it AMI you will receive new hops d II pes.
feel cuIe. l is pleasant to lake a'd perfectly
harmless. The city nrul gisis all sell it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
Can't prereh Good

No man can do good job Ot work, preach
good sermon, try a law suit well, doctor a
patitnt, or write good article when he feels
miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and
unsteady nerves, and none should make the
attempt in such condition when il can be 30
easily and chea, ly renovated by little Hop
Bitters See "Truths" and "Proverbs," )"
0fher onlumn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

The California State mineralogist
lately almost lost his life while investi-
eating the mud volcanoes in the
Colorado desert. The crust surrounding
one OF the craters gave way, and, as the
San Francisco Alta says, he "almost
sank" into the boiling cauldron.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
Ynu Can he UnnnY

II you will stop all your eKtiavagent end
wrong notions in doctoring yourself and ami.
lies with expensive doctors or humbuS cure.
alls, that do harm always, aud use only
natures simple remedies for all your ailments
you will be wise. well and happy, and save
gl eat expense. TIE greatest remedy for this
the great, wise and goud will tell you, is Hol
Bitters- believe it. See "Proverbs in an.
other column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
GREAT H0RxE sIEDICINE.

DIR, TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMEST in
PIT bottles at D cents 81 years est shed II l. the
best In The world for the GU OF oc Old res Sprlns,
Bruises, Sore ThTOats, etc. TOBIAS CONDITION
POWDERS are WAR rinted to cure Distemper, Ever
Worms y ts give fine coats incre Sc the appetite nd
leans the urinary organs. Certified 10 hy q !. ID.
McDH TEL owner Of Of the fastest unning horses
~ the word and !lD others. 15 GEMS sod by drug
giss. Delot-l2 MurraY Street New YORK.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
[Kcokuk Constitution !
Every Time,

A man, or even n piece of machinery
hat does its work right every time, is
we think, very correctly Judged "valu.
able" And certainly none tue less
valuable is ary article designed to re,
lieve the ills OF mankind, and which
does so every time. Messrs. Jones,
Coos & Co, Bay State Brewery, Boston,
Mass, write: We have used ST. Jacobs
Oil among our men and tird that it helps
them every time" We therefore
heartily recommend it as pain-healing
liniment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

Here is the account of the shortest
courtship on record: "Rachel, the Lord
hath sent me to marry thee" said the
suitor. "The Lords will be DONE"
was the submissive reply.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

Referring to trade marks, the Carpet
Trade Rerie,c says that Gutenberg won
suit about one, and that the English
parliament authorized them as early as
the thirteenth century.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

A Chicago physician says that prob
ably 10000 people in that city are in
juring their health and endangering
their lives by using hair cosmetics and
face DOwderS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

1t cost Colonel Wilder, the noted po-
mologist, $3.50 to obtain the original
camellia from which those to be found il
America were grown. 1t was imported
about forty wears ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

"John," said Mr.. Snob, "send a
plumber up to the house to-day. I'll
let folks know I'm wealthy and able to
afford luxuries. ."-BoSton Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

The cultivation of pampas grass,
much used for decorative purposes, has
become quite profitable industry in
Southern California.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

PURE COP LIVER OIL mad from selected
livers. on tue seusanle, by Caswell, Hazard Il
Co., New York. 1t is ab-olulely pure and
west. Patients who have once tasen it pre-
/ + it to all others, Physic ans have decdedit
superior TO any OF the o,her oils in market,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

Sound repose is SO essential to good healt
that we feel surprised TO know any one would
fisk los. OF rest ifom a Cough or Cold, when
b tile OF DIR. Bulls Cough Sirop would
va tett eshinp slum %.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17
A utOafefr Hntyx

does not always belong 10 an lnebriate. Kid.
pey troubles will cause bloRt. but WarLer
Sale Kidney and Liver Cure has never failed
to remove it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

Ten millions of cattle are annually
slaughtered in this country to supply
the home meat demand, valued at about
S400, 900, 600.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

ed out her husbands socks and began
TO sew wens three inches in diameter on
the heels.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-17

DIR. j. 3. TURNER, li,o nfsv!llr Ala. p7actic!n.
physician Of twCutvIN wears, writes: II s tie be,i
PREPARATION f0r Consumption IN the world"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
Congo RE 5 ).

Since our report on the outside was
closed, the Senate, disgustel at the dill
atory proceedings on the part Of the
IIo.se on the subject, has taken action
in relation to the counting Of the Flee
toral vote. A caucus of Democratic
Senators was held on Monday night and
it was determined to take action at once.
In accordance with this resolve, on
Tuesday Sen ttor Morgan reported a
join resolution providing substantially
that the votes of the States shall be
counted as herct sfore in the presence of
the two Houses aud by teilcrs appointed
by them. The resolution went over onF
day to be printed and was called up on
Wednesday, II gave rise to a sharp
and interesting debate. the Republicans
throwing obstacles in the way Of the
passage Of the resolutions, it being well
known that the present Vice President
claims that he alone has the right to
count the vote, and the precedent once
set Mr.. Arthur, his successor, would not
be slow to exercise the right four years
hence aud count IN the Republican can
didates if necessary. Butthc Democrats
announced their determination to force
vote, if they had to remain in contlnu-
Gus session for that purpose. Finally
the Republicans gave way aud the reso-
lutions were passed and sent to the
House. A little Of this sort Of logged
determination on the part Of the latter
body, and the presence Of the members,
would long ago have secured the enact
ment of much needed legislation.
The Republican organs are playing a
dreadfuny discordant tune over the nom
! nation of Mr. Stanley Matthews, as
Judge of the Supreme Court, and il
now looks as though his name woulc
have to he withdrawn He is a brother
in law of Hayes, and of course Conklint
will 60 for his scalp, and Democrats Dc
not propose to prevent him, or in any
way Interfere in the fight. 1t is none
of their funeral
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04

We offer double the Stock that:
any House in Washington in OUR:
III NE can show.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
IN MEMORIAM.

During the session Of the Court Of Appeals
on the / of January the Hon. VIM. H. Tuck
announced the death of the Hon GEoRGE
BRENT as follows
May it please the Court;-Haying been for
long time intimately acquainted with the
honored parsonage OF whom ! am about to
/ speak, | crave audience of your Hon0rs, at
this pause in business, to make formal an
nouucemcut Of the sad event Of which YOU
have already had notice through the public
prints, and by which, for third time, a va
cancy has occurred on this Beach, since its or
ganzltion under the present constitution.
I Hon GEORGE Brent departed this life on
/ Thursday the 9Th instant, at home in Charles
/ county, after a long illness This event was
not unexpected. vet it is none the less sad to
realize that We shall know him no more in
his accustomed seat among your llonors.
am not here TO speak in terms Of extravagant
eulogy Of one so well known to Us all, but only
to place on the records of the Court, in whose
work he has participated for thirteen years, a
brief memorial of a most excellent man, and
faithful public servant, Of whom those who
knew him most intimately think that too much
cannot be said.
Descended, on both side, from ancestors
who were among the earliest settlers ~ that
part of State, he was born on the 18Th Sep
tember, islI, N Charles county. lsy s
S ~ NJ ~, ~ m l.
Brent, distinguished member of the Bar in
Washington ana returned 70 MS native couh-
80 a, ~ 49,; :, -.
LAWYERS IN ,'riac the t,ir,,,,t > ,nd i, ~,
way made his acapaint,nc, porf r.,I,,e,.,
and frequently met him NJ The rq,r,,..tr trr.os
of Court in that judicial disrric racag
with the utmost pleasure. bri mt memories i
those times in IN, own professional 6t... and
the meu whom II was ne GOOD lort,,,.. th..,
10 moot AT ia. h,r ana m s,.iI ~ ....,,,..
,o,rI. an at ,,h,,,, ~, l...,,. -,
- - '''N 'NNi sun H'l''''' ~
'dt' seh-t' V'h't comes 70 ctch odl ones,
ond VIII take no deniai' la mat Court and
amidst such lawyers "a Young lnan must needs
have received a proper training. and learned
much OF the law OF evidence pl,a,iiusr and
4 practice, which knoWledge ia the c.l,e OF
Judge Brent. was SO readily awaited Of when
/ he came to the Lcuch. In 1874. and aoain in
! 1871 we mctin the Legislature. his ru.je,,ues
the first session were Cen. John Natlhews
and John d. bowling. in m. s,ro nj n, WIS
associated with Gen. Matthews and peter
I ". Grain. afterwards for fifteen velrs iuioe
/ in that judicial district. Nominations in t,tt
county were not then obtained ~ rontr.ts IN
primary meetings No such tbi., Was kpovn
Office sought the main. and NOT ann the ait. %
Placc-sceking was discouuten tnced. though
doubtless many were anxious 10 serve the
pubic But il was not every man that could
mud sufficient favor in a convention composed
Of TWENTY-FIVE DELEGATES from each district. AS
was then lne custom in that county, selected
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
NOTICE.
A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

The following resolution was passed by the
County Commissioners on Tuesday last, in
respect to the late Judge George Brent:
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God to
remove from our midst the tried and true
public officer the Hon. George Brent there
fore he it
Rlsoigtd, That in respect to his memory the
Court House lie draped in mourning for the
space of sixty DAYS, and that such resolution
he published in the Port Tobacco Times and
MARYLAND INDEPENDENT jan l4-3t
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
RESOLUTIONS passed in st. Mar

At meeting oil the Orphans CouEA st
Marys County the death OF Hon. Ge. .nt
was announced 10 the Court and IA = ng
resolutions were passed
Res0lUsd That this Court have heard with
deep regret ofthc death Of Honorable GE0tGE
BaEST. Chief Judge Of this Judicial Circait;
aud oT.r this tribute to the memory of him
whose exalted career has left name to be ION
orcd aud revcrcd tor high purpose and purity
of character
"Rssot,cd, That By his death, the Staiehas
been hereft Of one OF her distinguished sDns,
and our Judicial Circuit deprived OF u SER
vices Of an able and iust.Judge.
'.R.soirei, That the deceased his ever1 on
the esteem and admiration of this UouN y
his strict aud conscientious discharge d NJ
Judicial duties; and for his ever kind ar,
courteous assistance, often rendered N 81
selves aud predecessors. In Tue decX
I quest iett= ffiainr before as. res
'HcFottra, That firtiaer fttAff1s h,t
L pcrt to the memory 81 the deceased, fh "
Of Register Of Wills he draped ia mo NJ
tor the space of thirty days; that e6l q
these resolutions be transmitted py the Reg.
lister of Wills 10 his bereaved family, aud that
the same be recorded in the record OF proceed
ings Of this Court
The Court then adjourned TO the 9Th OF Feb.
ruar}, 1881.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
FITS, EPILEPSY,

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months usage of Dr. Goulard's Celebrated
Infllble Fit Powders 10 convince sufferers
that these powders will do all We claim for
them we will send them b. mail, post paid, a
free Trial box. As Dr. Goulard is the only
physician than has ever made this disease
sdeeill study, and as to our knowledge thou
sands have been permanently cured by the
use of these Powders, we will guarantee a
permanent cure N every case, or refund you
all money expended. All sufferers should
give these Powders an early trial, and be CON
WINGED of their curative powers.
Price, for large box, $500, or A boxes for
$1,000, sent by mail to any yart 0 f the United
States or Canada on receipt Of price, or by ex-
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ASH & ROBl
800 Fulton Street. Brook
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04

Remember that thu subscription
for tAe Maryland Independent IS
only eI.0o a Yea-. /, Advance.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04

The Washington Adeocate, color ed
organ, demands that the colored race be
represented in the new cabinet BY Sens-
tor Bruce, aud further demands that the
race be represented in all departments
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04

We KEEP MEDIUM and FINE:
:CLOTH1N G and do not handle
any Printed Goods.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04
SCHOOL NOTICE.
TINE Board of School Commissioners will
meet at their Office in Port Tobacco,
On Tuesday, Feb. 9th, 1881.

for the purpose ofreceiving Teachers Reports.
No Reports received unless made out on
blanks prepared for the purpose, issued by the
State Board Every Report must be sworn, or
affirmed to, before Justice Of the Peace, OIL
a Commissioner
The Secretary will be prepared to pay the
Teachers Of colored sc-ools on Thursday, the
10th of FEBRUARY
Teachers Of white schools will be paid on
Friday, 18th.
Teachers Association, (colored) on Thurs
day February 10th, (white), on Friday It'll
Teachers are requested to state in their Re
ports the number of books on hand and their
value.
BY order Of The Board.
feb 2s-2t A. W. NEALE, Secretary
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-17

the rate Of 100000 gallons per minute from the
Durance River 80 miles distance, by means Of a
canal. This canal was begun in 1889, and com.
pleted in lA7. 1t is conveyed through three
chains Of limestone mountains by 45 tunnels
forming an aggregate length Of eight and half
miles, and across numerous valleys by aqueducs
ofimmense size and height, One OF these aque
ducts is 262 feet high and ], l,2s7 feet long.
Gastric juice is sufficiently powerful to dissolve
iron. A piece Of iro' introduced into the
stomach would In time be dissolved by the acid
contained in the gastric juice. Ii fact case is
on record where conjuror, having accidentally
swallowed small sword blade, was ordered to
take acid drinks in abundance These gradually
dissolved the steel, and would no doubt have
effected their purpose, had not the patient fool.
iShly taken violent exercise on horseback. The
portion Of the SWORD. blade remaining undis'olved
was forced against the coats Of the stomach, and
tn result was what might have been expected,
severe internal wound and death.