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KILLED TiY 4 FALLING TREE.
HEseial pispateh to Tie Chicago Tftbnne.
> FoNT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 8.-Johti Lynch.
resilient 1T Tcrro lla,tc, was Instantly killed ut
Lynn Btation BY d treG failing on HIN last n9ht
while engaged III eluur III: plut,o ut tlmuer. a
Was r. ycars of ago unl unmarried.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
At the Theater i'm Japan.

The theaters here are probably the
most interesting sight to travellers !;
everything is so different from that to
which they have been accustomed. OF
course, there are no seats; all squat on
mats. Running down the center of the
theater is an elevated platform upon
which the actors always enter upon the
stage; the exits are all from the rear,
and instead of shifting the scenes,
the whole stage is r,volved on
wheels (same us we turn horse carr.
When an actor is killed during the
play, a man dressed in black, with his
face covered (you are net supposed to
see him), rushes out, and holds a large
cloak in front of the dead man. The
latter rises and runs off the stage,
though just beheaded and his head lying
on the stage, looking as natural and the
execution so well done that until you
actually see the dead walk you think
he surely was beheaded. After the cur
tain falls for another set, all the chill
dren in the audience rush on the stage
behind the curtain and play around be-
mind the scenes until the drum beats for
another act. Tine music they have is a
drum, file and a small string instrume ent,
though the players are generally sing
ing in very high and unmusical notes.
The play generally begins at ten o'clock
IN the morning and lasts until one or
two o'clock at night, and the audience
always take food enough to last twenty
four hours, besides which men with
rice, tea, peanuts and oranges are always
passing through the audience, very
much like our circuses at home. The
theater is lighted by gas, very dimly.
however, and as the audience-men,
women and children-are smoking pipes
all the time, the atmosphere is not very
pleasant Yeddo Letter.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
The Embarrassed Passengers.

You may have been a passenger on q
street-car Mt time when some one
picked half dollar off the cushions or
a dollar-bill from the straw and anx-
iously inquired for an owner. At such
a time every man instinctively feels in
his pockets. Every man feels like saw.
ing that he is the lucky party, but an
inward voice somehow restrains him.
and he remembers that George WASHING
ton could not tell lie The money is in
yariably pocketed by the finder, and he
is set down in the opinions of his fellow
passengers as contemplate and mean.
On a woodward avenue car yesterday
young man purposely dropped Il
greenback on the floor, and at proper
moment he picked it up and observed (:
"Who lost this dollarP"
Every one looked at him, and every
mouth watered.
did any one drop this billP" con-
tlnued the young man, as he held up O
corner.
There was another embarrassing
pause. Then man reached out for it
with the remark:
81 dropped it. sir. You are an honest
man to return it,"
" Are you sure you dropped itP"
am. l am not liar"
But-you see-you-" stammered
the young man.
You give me my money or I'll wiring
your neck !" interrupted the other, as he
reached out for his victim.
Ine young man gave it ur. He looked
white and red and green, ard he felt SO
bad over it that he soon dropped off
the car and took to the icy walk.-Free
Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
A Wonderful Wood.

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says: We have in this State n wonder
full wood known as mountain ma
hogany." The trees do not grow large.
A tree with trunk foot in diameter
is much above the average. When dry
the wood is about as hard as box wood
and being of very fine grain might, no
doubt, be used for the same purposes.
1t is OF red rich color and very heavy.
When well seasoned it would be fine
material for the wood carver. In the
early days it was used in making boxes
tor rshafting, an in a few instances for
shoes and dies in quartz battery.
Used as fuel it creates intense heat. 1t
burns with blaze as long as ordinary
wood would last, and is then found
(almost unchanged in form) converted
to charcoal that lasts about twice as
long as ordinary wood. For fuel it sells
much higher than any kind of wood /;
indeed, u cord of it always brings the
same price as ton of coal. The only
objection to it as fuel is that it creates
such an Intense heat as to burn out
stoves more rapidly than any kind OF
coal, however bad.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
A Romance of ReaILife

Grandma Hamilton las lived for FIVE
years in the Home tor the Friendless in
chicago. short time ago lady in
sealskins and jewels rang the bell and
asked for Mrs. Hamilton.
You don't mean Grandma Hamilton,
do youP" asked the ma,ron.
Yes, l suppose so," said the lady,
would like to see her,"
When grandma and the rich lady met
In tn rarlor the visitor sobbed out !:
Mother, mother! don't you know
Louisa?"
"Oh, no. said grandma, peerine
with her blind eyes and shaking her
head. My daughters, Louisa and
Lizzle, are both dead, and you cannot
be Lo.isa."
But indeed I am; and Lizzie is liv-
ing, too; and for a year | have been
looking for you everywhere, and now I
nave found you," and while they wept
on each others necks, Mrs. Grant, the
superintendent, and Miss Bowman, the
matron, Withdrew and left them to talk
IL over. Next day Louisa came again,
ana grandma, all wrapped in fur-lined
robes, went away with her, leaving the
little room where she had so long sat
rocking and knitting, expecting onlv to
leave it at the summons of death. THE
explanation is that fifteen years ago
Louisa married and went to California.
Lizzie remained in Ohio, while their
mother, with n snug little competence,
came to Chicago. Finally they lost
trace of each other. Mrs. Hamilton
lost her money and was obliged to take
up an abode in the Home of the Friend
less: Louisa's husband became rich in
CaIitornia. and when she came back
lound Lizzie in Ohio or Michigan, end
after long search found her mother in
that city.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
Wanted Him 70 Resign.

A capital story is told OF one Of our
public men--a man who had Ecr many
years held lucrative office, which
many other zealous workers in the
political field greatly desired to fill. The
office-of judicial character, and reouir-
ing considerable capacity in its incum-
bent-was not only an excellent paying
berth, but it was honorable, and had
considerable patronage connected with
it.
Once upon time, when the anxious
walters had fully made up their minds
that old Hartwell had held the office
long enough, one of their number was
deputed to wait upon him, and request
MIN TO resign. The man found the old
judge in his Office, with his coat off,
and surrounded by papers of all sorts
and descriptions. The usual greetings
were exchanged, and the visitor opened
his business.
Out in the open court an organ
grinder was discoursing a very excel
lent selection OF Strauss waltzes.
Want me to resign, do theyf" said
Hartwell, throwing back his head, and
passing his fingers through his plente-
Gus silver locks. "And for what reason, /,
prayW
"rll tell you, judge; we think you
have been here long enough. You are
growing old-altogether too old for the
manifold duties and responsibilities OF
the place."
"Oho! Too old, am Ip Now look
| you: Just you get up here, and spin q
waltz with mel Hill There goes the
Blue Danube! Just the thing; comer'
And he seized his visitor by the two
arms, lifted him 70 his feet, and began to
whirl him about the room, keeping
step himself to the notes of the distant
organ.
But the man, breathless and dizzy,
broke away and begged off. He didn'l
know how to dance.
"NoP Not dancep Then try the
gloves. We must have exercise in
some fashion,"
And old Hartwell went to small
locker, and brought forth two pairs Of
boxing gloves, one of which he put on
and offered the other 10 his visitor. But
the man would not take them. He de-
clared he had never boxed in his life.
Never boxed? Then it is time you
had lesson. And i faith, I'll give you
one. Nowl Stand by. Here is the DO.
sition. One, two, three!"
And he tapped the messenger, first or
the forehead; then on the chin; then or
the breast; and then, with blow
3traig ht from the shoulder, he knock &c
him clean across the room, and agains
the wall.
" do! I'll soon teach you the rudi
ments. Let me now show you the true
knock-down blow. 1t is given in tut
manner"
But the breathless, bewildered anc
utterly demoralized visitor did not wal
for the finish. He caught his hat anC
made his escape, and later reported tt
his associates that Judge Hartwell wal
not disposed to relinquish his Office a
present.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
At the Water Omce.

He stalked in early yesterday morn
ing. One could see that he had some
thing on his mind and that be inten led
TO have justice If it broke his neck.
walking up to one of the windows in
the long railing he boldly demanded:
want TO know of some of you folks
In here If the river dried up last nightp"
1t was long time before any one re-
piled. Then one of the clerks said that
while it was barely possible that such
an event bad taken place. he had re-
ceived no information to that effect.
On, you haven'tl Then, perhaps,
blown upP"
May be so; but it seems as If they
would have telephoned downpn
wen, then, if the river didn't dry
up and the pumping works are all right,
now happened it that couldn't get any
water at nine o'clock last eveningP"
"Cold or hotP"
about hot water P''
Then you couldn't get anyP"
Didn't say l couldn't? L paw nv
water t TX, and as n rate payer, u tax
payer and citizen demand my rights.
Now, sir, why couldn't l get any water
at my house last eveningp"
lI WOulun run, ehp"
Wouldn't run Why, blame your
ears Haven't been telling you that
it wouldn runp Suppose there had
been a fire in my houseP''
In what part of your houseP" alb
sently queried the clerk.
In any part, sir, from cellar to gar
ret Suppose / had wanted a pail OF
water to drown an incipient confiaera-
tionP"
You couldn't have got it,"
NO, couldn't; and | want to tell
you right here and right now that
Inquire my damages at 500 !"
"One hundred" replied the clerk, as
he marked the figures in pencil on the
desk.
quarters tax l''
Wont pay next quarters tax
wrote the clerk.
And you take notice that If this
thing happens again this winter III
make this water board weatl"
Perspire," suggested the clerk.
Well, perspire, then, and don't you
1T it wasn't winter I'd sink a we'll
Yes, sir"
AND, be independent of this mo
nopoly."
Yes, sir"
And l want it understandable was
going on, when the door opened and in
walked citizen, who began:
What the dickens ails your old
pumping-works ?"
And the clerk with the far>away look
IN his eyes had to leave his ledger and
come forward and explain that the
pumping-works were all right, the river
was all right and the board was all
right, and that if the water wouldn'I
run 1t was, perhaps, because it had got
tireo.-DeLroit Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
Words of Wisdom,

He who is never guilty of folly is not
30 wise as he imagines.
Prosperity unmasks the vices; adyer-
sity reveals the virtues.
An indiscreet man is like an unsealed
letter-every one can read it.
Some persons mistake noise for argu.
ment.
They that govern most make least
noise.
He that too much fears hatred is unfit
to rule.
The first ingredient in conversation is
truth, the next good sense, the third.
good humor, and the fourth wit.
Envy is passion so full of cowardice
and sham that nobody ever had the con-
fidence to own its possession.
The time for reasoning is before we
have approached near enough to the
forbidden fruit to look at and admire.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
see the effects when the weaving of a
lifetime is unraveled.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
TerrOrs of the SnOM.SIide.

To those who have never witnessed q
snow-slide, says the Salt Lake Tribune,
the term has no terror. while those who
have seen an avalanche in the Wasatch
shudder at the very thought of it. Tie
mountains in the vicinity of the Cotton
woods are steep and bare. 1t is sale an
Indian will not venture up Little Cot
tonwood canon. When questioned as
to the cause of this strange fear of that
particular canon, they shake their
heads and say: "No good" Perhaps in
former years, while hunting in the
mountains, slide sent q number of
them to the happy hunting grounds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
Pin In q Child's Tongue for Eleven
Years.

Miss Harvey, of Candor, when eleven
or twelve years OF age. was one evening
making hurried preparations to attend
a party. Ste had pin between her
lips, which passed into her mouth, and
was supposed TO be swallowed DIR,
Miller assumed such to be the fact, but
the girl insisted that it was under her
tongue. The physician made search for
1t there, hut failed to discover it, and
treated her protestations as the work
OF imagination. Recently Miss Harvey
had large lump come upon one side Of
her tongue. increasing in painfulness.
DIR. l.: ID. Farnham opened the SWELL
ing. The next day, after eleven years
OF hiding, the pin came out OF the open.
ing. 1t was two-thirds covered with
lime formation and was much corroted.
-Ithdcd (N ~ Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

Lit insures the purchaser obtaining tn.
GEsUISE article.
2.--It protects the CO sumer in buying Ponds
Extract not weakened with water, which we found
done few years ago when we were induced to furnish
dealers with the genuine article in bulk.
3.--It pre- tects the consumer from unscrupu-
lous parties selling crude, cheap decoctons to him
Ponds Extract for any person can tell the genuine from
the bottle and wrapper.
4.--It protects the consumer, for II ia NOT safe
to use any other article according to the given
in our book, which surrounds each bottle of Pond,
Extract.
6.--It protect, the consumer, for II IL no,
agreeable to be deceived and perhaps injured by using
other articles the directions for Ponds Extract
O.--NO other a. ticle, manufacture or imitation
has the effect claimed for and always produced By
Ponds Extract
7--It is prejudiciaI to the reputation of Pond,
Ext act to have people counterfeit believing It TO
be the genuine f,r they Will Sy be disappointed il not
injured by its effects.
s.--JustIce 20 one of the best medicines
in the world and the hundreds OF thousands using
It, demands every preCaution against having weak aud
injurious preparations pllmed of as the genuine. The
ONLY way this can be accomplished is to sell the GENUINE
put up III uniform manner-ln OWN BOTTLES, com
plete with buff wrappers, trade marks etc
REM EN- SE k-- he genuine Pond's Ex-
tract is cheap because 1t is strong, uniform and
reabe Our book OF directions explains When IL can be
diluted with water and when TO be used full strength
ID.
coloress are mere decoctions, boiings or produced
simply to obtain the odor and without the scientific or
practical knowledge of the matter which many years OF
labor has given
REM EsIBER, OR KNOW NoIV--rhst ali
preparations purporting TO be superior 70 Ponds RI
tract because they have color colored simply becauss
they have crude, and TO unprofessioAa people using
them, perhaps dangerous matter In them and should
hever be used except under the advice and prescription
aphysciau.
REM 1, 31BER AND RNOV--That our very
expensive machinery is the result of thirty years Of az
perence he most Of which was entirely given 10 thi,
work. and constant attention TO the production of all
forms OF Hamames and that therefore we should
know what we assert, that Ponds Extract is the best
purest and contains virtues Of the shrub than any
other production yet made
Our New History and Uses Of Ponds Extract and
other preparations sent free.
LADIES--Read pages Is, 49, 2I and 20 in our booi.
which found around each bottle, and will be sAnt frA
onapplication,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
Care of Nails,

Some persons insist that the finger
nails are signs of character. The slender
tapering nail, they say, indicates re-
hued nature VIII ch is sometimes accom- =
panied by q shrewish temper. Tue
broad, stubby nail suggests natural
coars which may be allied to good
nature. Whether these are signs or not,
1t is true that the care of the nails re-
veals personal habits US to cleanliness.
Nails may be greatly improved, both
in shape and color, by proper attention.
The best appliance is a nail brush used
in water softened by the addition of a
little borax and really fine toilet soap.
In well-brushed and well cared for
nails the little curtain like rim which
surrounds them is well pushed or rolled
back, displaying generally delicate lit
tie crescent at tie root. The skin OF the
| hnger should never be allowed to grow
up on the nail.
In pairing and trimming the shape
given should always be as long an oval
as possible. To cut nail squereiy OF
gives the tinger-en stubby look. The
corners should be carefully and closely
cut, and the center lett rather long, so as
to give the long oval shape.
In cleaning the nails the knife should
never scrape off the inner substance OF
the nail, as this renders The dge Opaque
and muddy in appearance, whereas it
should be transparent.
The nail is susceptible of high degree
of polish by rubbing with the towel
when drying the hands.
The habit OF biting the nails is one
against which children should be Care
fully guarded. 1t is ruiz Gus to the very
structure OF the nail, and once acquired
| is one of the most difficult habits to
break. This is evidenced by the TACT
that some men and women, but more
especially men, have habit of biting
their nails when reading or studying, OF
which they are perfectly unconscious.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

Mr.. Meehan, botanist of the Pennsyl-
vania board of agriculture, states that
trees grow much faster in America than
in Europe. The oak in England has
been known to live thousand years,
country a tree of that species is fit for
nothing but to cut down for firewood.
The decay is as rapid as the Growth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
GREAT HORSE MEDICINE.

DR.. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIAeNT In
pint bottles at SO cents; ~ years bished. 1t is the
best IN the world for the Of Ooc Old Sores Sgrans
POWDERS are warranted TO cure Dlstemper Fever
Worms ts; give fine coat in1re se the appetite and
cleanse the urinary organs. Certified to by Ool D.
Mcdaniel Of some Of the fastest running horses
in the world and 900 others rs cents Sold by drug
gists Depot-t2 Mnrrav Street. New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

FOR DYSPEPSIA, INuIuEsrIoE, oppression C:
spirits and general debility in the various
forms, also rs q pl even,ive against fever and
ague and other intermittent levers, the FERRo
PHosPHoRATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA BARK,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York,
and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic
an ioI patients recovering from fever or other
sickness IL has an'Aal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
[Walla Walla Watchman.
Wise Words of a willing Witness

At the close of a mass meeting, &C
cording to the report of the same pub
lished in La Grange paper. reference
was made tn the phenomenal efficacy OF
St. Jacobs Oil in the many painful dis
eases to which mankind is subject. We
refer to the above as showing how
strong a hold the Old German Remedy
for Rheumatism has on the experience
md good wishes of the great public.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

That part OF the country known as
the Northwest, CON posed of nine States
and one Territory, has a population OF
IL. le4, ,664 OF the increase since the
last census one-third of the amount
lies in these States.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

A firm in Boston is making a double
belt 200 feet long, thirty inches wide.
1t will weigh LOO pounds and will re-
quire the hides of 100 head of cattle in
its construction.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

A new use for iron and steel has been
found. In Germany quite a number OF
steel sleepers are in use. and in England
the advissbility of substituting wrought
iron for wood sleepers is being seriously
discussed
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

The cl eapest method TO cheat the under
tsker (who is generally around when Coughs
aud Gods pi ievriI), is to buy and use Dr.
Gull Cough Syrup. 1t always cures.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

Even 80 inflammable thing as cotton
can now be used for the construction OF
fireproof buildings. l. is converted
into paste-by chemical treatment
which becomes as hard as stone. 1t is
nodded into large slabs, and designated
as architectural cotton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

During the past fifteen years the Uni
ted States government has spent over
S22 tO0,O0 in fighting and watching In
dians in the Western States and Terri
tories.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

OF the 100000 male adults in Illinois
4OO, 900 drink beer, wine and whisky,
and ol these 10000 drink 10 excess.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

How many children and women are slowly
and surely dying, CT rather being killed, by
excessive doctoring, or the daily use OF some
drug or drunken stuff called medicine that no
Que knows what 1t is made OF, who can easily
be cured and saved by Hop Bitteis, made Of
Hops, Buchu, Mandrake, Dandelion, etc.,
which is SO pure, simple and harmless that
the most trail woman, weakest invalid or
smallest child can trust in them. VIII you
be saved by themi See other cnlumn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

The American dollar contains more
silver than the like coin of the British
empire, Germany, France, Russia,
Austria. Holland, Belgium, Italy,
Spain, Switzerland, Greece and others.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10
IDanvlIIe (IlI.) News.l

John Stein, Esq, City Brewer, re fer
ring TO its valuable qualities, said to q
NewS representative: have used 81.
jacobs Oh in my family and recon-
mend 1t to my acquaintances. 1t has
always given the best satisfaction. and
is truly a wonderful remedy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

Austria has a petroleum region one
eighth the size of that of the United
States.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

There are sixty four cities in the Uni
ted States having population of oy er
80 900.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

from running brook slew the giant Goliath,
aud millions of noble men since that time
have died from slug stone in the bladder,
which Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
would ave dissolved an carried away.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

Unnecessary fires cost this country
SIC, ,O0O an hour.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

MrssRs. Ely Bros, Druggists Owego N. Y: We nnd
Cream Balm taking front rank in the list Of successful
proprietary articles The sales constantly increasing,
and frequently hear where the Cream Balm has effect
ed thorough of very obstinate and long existing
cases of Catarrh We congratulate you in having put
upon the market valuable and much desired article
c. b. SMITH BELL, Wholesale Druggists
Newark, N. ].
Price-50 cents. On receipt OF 60 cents,
will mail package free Send for circular,
with full Information.
ELY'S CREAM BALM CO., Owego, NY.
Cold h,, oil nruon;a..
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-02-10

San Francisco contains $1,000 more
men than women in total population
of 233, 956.