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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
The Ble.pins Of Regular Digestion

Is best appreciated by those who having lost
have ultimately recovered it, To form an
adequate conception Of the horrors Of dyspepsia
one must have experienced that malady In ifs
chronic form. A temporary fit of indigestion
though doubtless troublesome enough, can
give no suitable idea when it has taken CON
tinued possession OF the stomach. To anticipate
and prevent the chronic phase with Hostetter's
Stomach Btters is the wise course. While that
Incompatible invigorant and corrective con-
quers the most obstinate types of dyspepsia, it
is always wise TO use it early, and thus avoid
prolonging the process of cure. Flatulence.
heartburn, headache, biliousness palritations
nervousness, loss Of flesh and appetite, anG
other concomttants of dyspepsia, ale all remed-
led by TINS sterling medicine. Use it before
meals and on retiring
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Comet Terrorism.

1t would be tedious to recount the
history of the comets which have been
looked upon as prophets of i'll to men
and nations, but a note should be made
of one particular time when all things
seemed to combine to show that the end
Of the world was at hand. This was
the year 1000 after Christ, the time of
the millennium, when the devil, having
been chained up for thousand years,
was co break from his prison house and
roam through the world seeking whom
he might devour. Poets in the cloisters
We're writing of the day of wrath, and
monks and friars were preaching to the
multitudes of the dreadful hour when
the earth was to pass away in smoke and
flame. Then appeared a comet which
glittered and grew in the skies for nine
days and, as Professor Proctor quotes
from an old chronicler: "The heavens
opened and kind Of flaming torch fell
upon the earth. leaving behind long
track of light like the path of fash of
lightning. Its brightness was so great
that it frightened not only those
who were in the fields, but
even those who were in their
houses. AS this opening in the sky
slowly closed men saw with horror the
figure of dragon, whose feet were blue
and whose head seemed to grow larger
and larger" The terror was great, and
all things considered it was more rea-
sonable than like feeling would now
be. Fortunately, however, the year
passed and old earth went on as merrily
as ever around the sun at the lively rate
of some twenty miles the second. A
little more than 800 years later (1528)
a comet appeared, of which Andrew
Pare said it "was so horrible and dread
full and engendered such terror in the
minds of men that they died, some for
fear alone, others from illness engen-
dered by fear. 1t was of immense
length and blood-red color; at its head
was seen the figure of curved arm,
holding large sword in the hand as if
ready to strike. At the point of the
sword were three stars, and on either
side a number of axes, knives and
swords covered with blood, among
which were many hideous human faces
with bristling boards and hair" This
accurate description was given only
about century before the birth of Sir
Isaac Newton.-Neto York w orLd.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
EpnNT MANN

William ]. Coughlin, of Somcrille, Mass, says In
the fall OF 1876 taken with bleeding Of the lungs
followed by severe cough. l lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed In 1877 Twas ad-
mitted to the hospital. Tho doctors said had hole
in my lung as biz halfdollar. At one time a re-
port went around that was dead. / gave up hope
but a friend told Inc of Dr. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAS
FOR THE LUNGS. Igot bottle, when, to my surprise
CONNIE to feel better. and to-day feel better
than for three wears past. writc this hoping every
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take DIR. VII
LIAM HALI's DALsAN anl he convinced that con.
SUMPTION CAN III CURED. can positively say it has
done more good than ali the other medicines have
tlaen since IN sicknnRa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Periling Her Beauty.

The sentiment of the honeymoon is a
frail thing, and after while man fiops
right through it like brick through a
cobweb. A three-months'- bride was
rattling away in her usual loquacious
style, when her husband, forcing him,
self to appear not too severely tortured,
said:
"Don't you feel as if you were peril.
ing your beauty by talking SO much ?"
"Why SO, John ?" she asked with
some surprise.
"Becaase, precious, this is summer
time and you might get your tongue
sunburnt." Brooklyn Eagle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Net q Violent Death.

The shooting of the President recalls
the fact that the first Fourth of July
orator this country ever produced died
IN similar manner. In 177S, Just two
Years after independence had been de-
clared, the day was celebrated in
Charleston, S. c., aud an Grafton was
delivered by DR.. David Ramsay The
latter was az able author, as well as a
physician, and published the first history
OF America. He married the daughter
of Henry Laurens, the distinguished
patriot, who was for a time imprisoned
IN the Tower Of London for his devotion
to his country. 1t is q curious fact that
this very David Ramsay was shot in
broad daylight by lunatic, this being
at the time new feature in crime. The
weapon was pistol and the wound was
Immediately fatal. DIR. Ramsay was o
member OF the first Congress. It con-
vened in this city in 1899, and included
remarkable representation of the talent
and patriotism of the country. He was
the first instance Of assassination among
our public men. The patriots of the
Revolution indeed, as q class, have
escaped violent death, the exceptions
being found in James Otis, who was
killed by lightning, and also in Button
Gwinnett and Alexander Hamilton, both
OF whom were victims of dueling.-Ne,o
YORK Correspondence ROckeSte. Democrat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Mr.. and Mrs. =
tn N na11 an
-, at 9 O'Clock.


An answer is requested to the A, U, @. in wait
ing.
On the appointed night the road to
New Edinburg is lined with sleiphs.
and by the time the gate is reached SO
dense is the crowd of vehicles that the
remainder of your drive is likely to oc-
cupy more time than did that part of it
from the city out. Once inside the
hall, the scene which greets YOU is
indeed charming. Up and down the
stairs, along the brilliantly lighted
corridors, into the leafy shade of Che
conservatory, in and out of the several
handsome rooms thrown open for the
occasion, throng the elegantly dressed
guests. The ballroom is packed to
suffocation, and it is terrible pilgrim
age to make to the further end, where
the .gcvernor-general and the Princes
Louise are receiving their guests
When the dancing begins the pilgrim
age becomes an impossibility, and the
only thing left for you to do il to gaze
hopelessly in their direction. The
dressing at one Of these grand balls is
elegant, and, as rule, graceful, but
when compared with that seen upon
similar occasion at the White House,
for instance, is inexpensive. There are
handsome silks, satins and velvets, and
few costly laces, but very few dia-
monds are to be seen. AS a rule the
ladies are decolletees, but there are
among them good many who are
dressed in "the American fashion," as
the high-necked full dress is here de-
scribed.
The ballroom is a large and hand
some apartment, occupying the wing
to the left OF the entrance. The walls
are tinted in soft dark shade, which
shows off brilliantly dressed company
to the best advantage. The wood is
finished in white and gold, and the
window drapery is crimson. On ball
nights the tennis-court, in the wing to
the right of the entrance, is used tor a
supper-room. Its walls and ceilings are
lined with red and white bunting to
simulate tent. It, as we'll as the ball
room, was added in Lord Dufferin's
administration, and at his request.
About midnight the piper is heard
piping along the corridor, and the sup
per-room is thrown open. Into it the
vlce-royal party lead the way, followed
by five or six hundred of their guests,
as only about that number can con,
vlently be served at once. The vice
regal party sit, and the rest stand-Hdr-
e1'S IUdQdsiHe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
[Muscatine Qowa) Daily Journal. ]

Messrs. J. r. Bennett & Co.. Mus.
kegon, Mich, thus speak: st. Jacobs
Oil is the best hniment around here.
We sell more of it than of any other
proprietary medicine we have in our
store. Our customers are continually
praising its effective qualities and we
think that it is the best remedy for
rheumatism, neuralgia, ETC., we have
ever had in stock.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
n S,ruta tunnsaihia

That remedy made of such common, simple
plants as hops, buchu, mandrake, dandclion,
etc., should make 30 many and such marvellous
and wonderful cures as Hop Bittcrs do, but
when old and young, rich and poor, pastor and
doctor, lawyer and editor, all testify to having
been cured by them, you must believe and try
them yourself and doubt no longer. See other
column
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

II have no patience with a man who
can't remember thing no longer than
it's being told him." exclaimed Jones,
very impatiently. "Now 1 can carry a
thing in my mind month if needs be"
''You're lucky dog, JONES'" remarked
Pendergast, quietly; sit isn't every
body that has so much room in his
mind as you have, you know"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

The most wonderful and marvellous success.
in cases whero persona are sick or pining away
from o condition of misorableness, that no one
knows what ails them profitable patients for
doctors), is obtained by the use of Hop Bitters
They begin TO cure from the first dose and keep
it up until perfect health and strength is re-
stored Whoever is afflicted in this way need
not suffer when they can get Hop Bitters. See
Truths and "Proverbs u in another column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

In the early days of Rome it was the
custom for the pontiffs to call the peo-
pie together on the first day of each
month to apprise them of the days
which were to be kept sacred in the
courso of IL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

Keep up with the procession of life,
young man; close up to the band. If
you ever fall to the rear, where the ele-
plants are, you are apt to get trod on. /.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

Treatise upon tho Horse and his Diseases.
Book Of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner
OF horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent post.
paid by New York Newspaper Union, $50 Worth
Street, New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

There is no fortune so good but that
it may be reversed, and none so bad
but it may be bettered. The sun that
rises in clouds may set in splendor, and
that which rises in splendor mby set in
gloom,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
EditorInl ApprnrnI.

tfroy IN. " Press.l
Mr.. W. J. Melvin, editor Warren
(Mass.) Herald, was cured of neuralgia
by the use Of st. Jacobs Oil.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

A bogus count, travelling on the Pa
cifc slope. lowers his baggage from his
room window, languidly walks out of the
hotel and is heard of the next day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

Look Out for Sudden Changes
OF weather, and guard against thom by using
Warmers Sale Kidney and Liver Cure.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

'~'' 'o-DH29, ~, ~, NcllHlll, li9eSVS' 4"O'
What is beautiful ! Why CARBoLINE, a de.
odorized extract of petroleum, as now improved
and perfected. Clear as spring water, delight.
fully perfumed and will not soil the finest liGeD
fabric. Makes the hair grow ON bald heads.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

"This is a voyage around the
whirled," said the old gentleman who
steered his way among the walters.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

"You're all immense SWELL" as the
small boy said to the balloon.-Salem
SMnbeam.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
FOR THE LADIES'
Balls at Rideau Hall,

Balls are not of very frequent occur.
renee, but can assure those who are
interested upon that point that when
they are given they are "perfectlv
lovely. You are hidden to one two
weeks in advance by card of impres.
sive dimensions, bearing the monogram
of the house, and which reads as fol-
lows:
The Aide-deC Camp in waiting is commandedbv
His Excellency
The Governor-General and Her ROYAL Higbness
the
Princess Louise
to invite
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
WARRANTED FOR "a YEARS

IND NETER IIILEp
To CURE Group, Spasms. Diarrhna, Dysenterv and
Sea Sickness taken intcrnllly and GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless; also externally, Cuts Bruises
Chronic lthcunatsm, Old Sores, Pains in the linhs
hGCX and chest. SurA a remedy is Dir. TOBIAS
VENETIAN IlSIMENr.
ss-No ono once tr !ac it will ever be without III;
over 500 PHI ysicians use il.
% Cents will Buy Treatise upon the
Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 pages. Valuable
to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid by NEW YORK NEWSPAPER UNION,
1j0 Worth Street. New lork.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
Exodus,

c. II. NJ. Notes on Exodus. Splendid helps
for the Sabbath-school lessons. Price IS cent?.
Address j. A. Whipple, publisher, No. Ham
ilton Place, Boston, Mass.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

Two girls at Waupaca, Oregon, tossed
up for lover, and the loser acted as
bridesmaid at the wedding.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

"It is no exaggeration to soy that ELY's
CREAM BALM is a cure for Catarrh, Hay Fever,
ETC., for many cures have been made among
my customers. Cream Balm should be re-
sorted to by every one thus afflicted. With me
no other remedy has ever equaled the Balm
either in good results or sales. A. J. Odenwel-
der, Druggist, EastOn, Pa, October 2, 1880"
Being seriously troubled with Hay Fover
and Rose Cold lat the solicitation of friend)
tried Ely's Cream Balm, and was surprised in
obtaining almost immediate relief l heartily
indorse and earnestly recommend it to all SINH
larly afflicted. W. P. Andrus, Druggist,
Metuchen, N. j., August 20, 1879" If not sold
by your druggist we will mail it for 80 cents a
package. ELY CREAM BALM Co., Owcgo, n. Y.
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, nervous prostraton
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MEHsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
Nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-making
iiorce-generatlng and DEMONSTRATING properties |;
IL invaluable in all enfeebled conditions, whether
the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration
oYerwork,. or acute disease, particularly ii
resulting from pulmonary complaints. CasweI,
Hazard Co., proprietors, New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

Rag picking by children under six
teen years of age is now q misdemeanor
in New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28

EEGETINE is now prescribed in cases of Scro-
f1la, and other diseases of the blood, by many
OF the best physicians, owing to its great success
in curing all diseases of tins nature
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-12
Four Lads Killed by lightning
and Three Injured While
at Play.

\ special despatch from Louisville
says A most remarkable accident oc-
Cured here at l O'Clock to-day, the re
suit of which was the instant death OF
four boys and slight injuries to three
others. 1t is the habit of the pupils of
st. Antonio's Catholic school to spend
their noon recess at play on a common
adjacent to the school building. Recess
lasts from 1880 until | o'clock. A
sharp shower began to-day a few min
utes before [ o'clock, at which time
seven lads belonging to the school were
concluding a game of ball. The last
strike had been made, and the lad who
hit the ball made the bases-a home
run As he touched the home-plate.
and while his companions were shout
ing around him in their excitement
over his good hit, a vivid flash of light
ming dazzled all who saw it. When per-
SON. in the neighborhood and others
who were passing recovered sufficiently
to look again at the boys, all of them
were fiat on the ground. Two persons
who went to the PROSTATE boys discov-
cred they were senSeiess and that four
were dead. The lightning had struck
the ground heal the group and plough
ed a place five feet deep, making a round
hole like the barrel of a rifle. The boys
who were killed were Bernard Schuette,
of No. 423 Rowan street; John Pfalzer,
Of No. 262 High street; Lee Fleck, OF
Twenty-second and Market streets and
Frank Snyder, a son of n. A. Snyder,
of Twenty-second and Jefferfon streets.
These boys were all German, aud we're
IN the same class at the school. Their
ages were all about the same-eleven or
twelve years. Fleck was taken to his
fathers grocery store, at Twenty-third
and Market streets. The bodies OF
ochuette and Pfalzer were carried to
CampbelPs tobacco factory, at Twenty
fifth and Main streets. Snyder's body
vas taken to a shoe store opposite
Flick grocery.
Ia addition to the boys mentioned, a
youth named Pents, who was also en-
gagged in the game, was also seriously
shocked. He wa taken to his home in
Grayson street, between Twenty third
and Twenty fourth streets. 1t is not
known whether or not he is fatally hurt.
\ large tree, said to have stood upon
the spot where the calamity of to day
occurred, was struck by lightning sew
cral years ago. Schuette, Pfalzer, and
fleck were close together when struck,
the lad Pentz, and another boy named
Laeder, who were shocked only, were
100 yards from the others. Snyder was
picked up near the hole in the ground,
his ear burned and with a hole in his
head an inch in diameter, while his
hair was much scorched. Fleck's face
soon became blue, and Pfalzer was
marked by a blue line under one eve.
Schuette was not marked. The light
night tore the clothing, hats, and boots
and shoes from the lads, leaving them
half naked. Their apparel was u UP
Ike mice meat, and its edge were much
scorched. An old wire fence, cast away
on the common, is thought to have at
tractei the lightning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-12

LEGAL VIEW OF TIE LAWN reply
to the argument of the anti-prohibi-
tionists that the success OF the prohibi-
ton ticket will only result in changing
the sale of liquor from the saloons to
the drug stores, it is proper to say that
such cannot and will not be the result
if the law is enforced.
Our Supreme Court, in the case Of
the State VS.. Wray, ~ n. G. Reports,
253, has construed the law as applica-
BILE to druggist retailing liquor, Mr..
Justice Settle delivering the opinion.
The facts in the case of the State VS..
Wray. were as follows: A physician
presclibes the brandy as a medicine for
a sick lady ynd not only directs the
husband to get it from Wray, but goes
himself to the druggists and instructs
them to let the husband have the bran
dy, and the further and important fact
is found that in this case the brandy
was bought in good faith, and was
used as such. The opinion states "that
this is as strong a case for the defend
ant, as perhaps as ever will find its way
into the court house." and the court
decides that though the letter of the
law was broken its spirit was not, and
that the defendants were not guilty,
but the court goes further in the opin
ion and uses the following language:
''But we would not have it under
stood that physicians and druggists
are to be protected in an abuse of the
privilege. They are not only prohibi
ted from selling liquor in the ordinary
course OF business, but also from ad
m;nisteriug it as medicine, unless it
be done in good faith and after the
exercise OF due caution as to its neces
sity as a medicine. The sale of liquor
without a license in quantities less than
quart is, prima tdcie unlawful, and ii
is Incumbent on mt who does so sell,
to show that it was done under circum
stances which render it lawful"
From which it will be seen that the
druggists must act in good faith and
after the exercise of due caution. A
single prescription from a physician
will not protect 4 druggist. If the
druggist believes or has reason to be
lieve that the prescription is mere
trick or device to get the liquor as d
beverage, he is indictable, and the
question of good faith is one for the
jury. Any judge would charge the
jury that a druggist who sold liquor
upon the single prescription of a phys
ician to a man who was not sick, was
not exercising due caution.
a druggist in a neishLosing town
was indicated for retailing; he had the
prescription ola phys.ciln, but the
patty to whom he sold was a young,
hearty man." He under the advice
Of counsel, submitted and ceased to re-
tail. So it will be in Charlotte. Shut
up the saloons, and if any of the drug
stores violate the spirit of the law, they
can and will be indicted.-A Lduyer,
an Charlotte Observer.