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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
ESTRAY.

Came to the premises of Jno Myers,
Little Toby, Fox township, Elk Co.,
Pa, one cow about nine years old.
The owner will please come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take
her away, or she will be disposed of
according to law. JNo. MYERS.
Aug. 8, 1881.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

i had Chronic Rheumatism for
one year; had been given up TO die by
two physiacins. Peruna cured me.
WIN. CurtZ, Pittsburg, Pa.
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HYDE HQuSE.
w. II. SCHRAM, Proprietor,
Ri6wMaY. elk county. Pa.

Ridgway, Elk county, Pa.
Thankful for the patronage hereto
fore so literally bestowed upon him,
the new proprietor hopes, by paying
strict attention to the comfort and con-
venience of guests, to merit continu-
ance of the same. oct30'69
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

A. Swartz Ross, Merchant Tailor,
sign of the red front, has ON
hand, and is constantly receiving the
latest and newest samples of cloth for
spring and summer suits. Prices to
suit the million. Work guaran teed to
be as represented and delivered at the
time agreed upon.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

What the ladies say about the
Napor Stove;
1t bakes better than the Cook Stove.
| would not have believed ii possi-
bic to do such an ironing and not heat
up the house.
| can start fire in one minute.
1t is as portable as Il sewing ma
chine. w. :. SERVICE, Agt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

The weather is hot but the rush at
the Union Store still continues. Goods
down to cost.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

~-lo0 pounds Fresh Rosted coffee
just received at Morgester's.
Bulls Eye Tobacco, wholesale and
retail at MOrgester's.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
Business Cards.
GEO. a, RA1HauR.
ATTORNEY.AT-

Main street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
Particular attention given to the
examination of titles, also to patents
and Hatent cases.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
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HALL g. M'ChuLEY

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in new brick building, Main
street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. v32t
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amman

OKNEFsKI-CHRIsT-On Wednesday,
Aug. Sd, 1881, at the residence of the
BRIDES parents, in Fox township, by
Rev. j. Sander, Mr.. Frederick
Oknefski, of Ridgway township. to
Miss Mary M. Christ, daughter,
of John Christ.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

We think that it is honorable for q
young man coming to this country
as a Patent Pack Peddler" (as
A. II. Stewart did, and after
learning the ways of the country to
commence business in the county seat
and finally eclipse the Largest Retail
store in Western Pennsylvania I"
Also, it must be considered that such
remarks are made only by ignorant
proprietors who never knew what it
was to be without a "ihillion dollar
father" to brace him up occasionally.
Such riches are very handy, but does
not give the bearer any credit, as any
fool could get money that way,
especially when they have a Shre,Od
father to show them how to handle
and keep it. If you want to buy the
best goods at the toWeSt possible prices
call at the New York Store where the
two proprietors can sell more goods in
a day than the Largest Retail" can
in eight, the barking dogs thrown i'm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

Choice Ham, Bacon, Shoulders &c
at Morgester's'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

For l3 years I had Chronic
Catarrh, The Catarrh is we'll Peruna.
Mrs. J. Marks, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

-The Large Rctail,n a short time
ago, advertised Il machine for accumu.
lating wind. The person alluded to
was the book keeper who has now
blown all his wind and looks more
like m,Sh back than anything
else.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
The Terrible Heat.
DEN DEATH OF A LANCASTER

SUDDEN DEATH OF A LANCASTER
COUNTY WOMAN.
Lancaster, Pa, August 5.-Mrs.
Georgiana Rickseckeer, aged thirty
five years, died from the heat at her
home at Lititz, Warwick township,
yesterday. She had just finished the
family wash when she comploined of
i'll feeling. A physician was summon
ed, but the woman was dead in few
minutes
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
SCoRCIiING IN THE WEST.

Chicago, August 5.-The indications
this morning are that the heat of to-day
will exceed that of yesterday, which
was the hottest day of the season so
far. A cool wave is, however, reported
on its way from Manitoba. The
thermometer yesterday at Sandwich,
Ills, registered l05 degrees; at Fair,
burg, Ills, 106; Danville, Ills, lOS;
McGregor, Ia, los; Michigan City,
Ind, 100; Pontiac, Ills, lOl; Bloom
ington, Ills, l02; Lasalle, Ills. LOG
st. Joseph, Mo-, 100; South Haven,
Mich, 9S; Chatsworth, Ills, 1O6;
Racine, Wis l02. Many towns report
that it was the hottest day ever known.
Sunstroke was frequent, and out-of-
door work was largely suspended.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11
I. O. Of o. T.

j. o. OF q. +.
Ridgway Lodge 96S, 1. o. of o. F.
meets every Thursday evening. Wis
iting members are cordially invited to
tend.
OFFICERS:
John A. Ross, n. G.; l.. A. Brendel,
V. g.; J. w. Smith, Sec'y; John An
'derson, Asst Sec'y; II. II. Wehsel,
Treasurer
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-11

IL you want Il set of springs o
any sort or size go to G. Bowers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20

Home love is the best love. The
love that you are born to is the
sweetest you will ever have have on
earth. You who are anxious to es-
cape from the home nest pause a
moment and remember this is so.
1t is right that the hour should
come when you, in your turn,
should become a wife and a mother,
and give the best love to others !;
but that will be Just it. Nobody
not lover, not a husband-will ev-
er be so tender or SO true as your
mother or your father. Never again
after strangers have broken the
beautiful bond, will there be any
thing so sweet as the little circle of
mother, father and children, where
you were cherished, protected, prais-
ed and kept from harm. You may
not know it now, but YOU will know
it some day. Whomsoever you
may marry, true and good though
he may be, will, after the love days
are over and the honeymoon has
waned, give you only what you de-
serve of love or sympathy-and US
ually much lesS-neveF more. You
must watch and be wary lest you
lose that love which came in
through the eye, because the one
who looked thought you beautiful.
But those who bore you, who loved
when you were that dreadful little
object, a small baby, and thought
you exquisitly beautiful and won
derfully brilliant-they do not care
for faces that are fairpr and forms
that are more graceful than yours.
You are their very own, and so bet
ter to them always than Others
Christian at Work.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
srremor Of Great orators,

1t is curious fact that great ora
tors seldom fail to be nervous with
apprehension, when about to make
an important speech. Luther, to
his last years, trembled, when he
entered the pulpit. The same is
true of Robert Hall. Mr.. Cough
confesses that he is always in a ire
NOR in coming before an audience.
Many of the leaders of the house of
Commons in England have given
similar testimony,
Canning said he could always tell
in advance when he was about to
make one of his best speeches by a
chill running through him, caused
by fear of failure. Lord Derby,
the-father of the present Earl, when
a young man, was one of the. most
impressive speakers in Parliament.
He was known as the "Prince Ru-
pert of debate" and seemed so self
possessed a. 10 be Incapable Of en-
ha1rassment. But he said:
"When am going to speak my
throat and lips are as dry as those
of man who is going to be hang
ed"
Tierney, whom Lord Macaulay
calls one OF the most fluent debat-
ers ever known, said he never rose
in Parliament without feeling his
knees knock together. 1t is one of
the compensatiOns of nature. that
the nervous temperament which Oc-
casions the trembling is also one of
the causes of OratOrical success.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
AbOut Advertising.

f. II. BristOw, having sold the
Elkton Register, published the fol-
lowing sensible article:
While l had charge of the office
of the Elkton Register and would
talk to you of the advantages of adj
Vertising you would think it was
because / was pecuniarily interested
that advocated liberal advertising.
l now have no pecuniary interest
in it, and you cannot say that / am
controlled by personally interested
motives when / say there is moth
ing you can do that will tend more
to build up your individual BUSH
ness and the business of the town
than liberal and judicious advertis-
ing. That such an investment pays
is evident by the fact that business
men or firmswhO commence adver-
Using seldom, if eSer, quit it. For
the last three years L have made
this matter study and am thor
oughly convinced that no invest
ment a business man can make will
pay him a better per centage than
money spent in the use of printers
ink. Some merchants think an Oc-
casiOnal local is sufficient advertis-
ing. These locals put in the paper
once catch the eyes of the reader
only once a week. a standing adj
Vertisement or a "display adj" as
newspaper men call them, meets
the eyes of the reader fifty-two
weeks in year. 1t will not do to
say that the people never see or
read these advertisements. If this
was true the papers would soon be
without advertising patronage al
together. The best business men
i'm the country continue to adver-
tise. If people never read them
this would not be the case. Some
merchants say that 1T cost to much
TO advertise; that they can't afford
it. 1t has been said and is true,
and the people know it, that the
man who is too stingy TO advertise
is too stingy to give his customers
a good bargain. i had rather risk
a liberal advertiser for bargain
than. one who never advertiseS.
Besides this you will admit that
coed live newspaper docs a great
deal towards building up and sus-
tanning the business of IL place.
This being true, you owe something
to your paper and ought to pay it.
l hope our business men will do
better i'm the future than in the past.
L must, however, and do most
heartily thank those of our business
men who patrOnized me while in
charge of the paper.
Respectfully,
+. II. BRISTOw.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
Oxen.

The following is the composition
of a little boy in the Bishop Scott
Grammar School, Portland, Oregon,
Uer5dtinl ct IiterdtiD
Oxen isl verv slow animal. They
are very good to break up ground.
| wood rather have horses if they
didn't have collie, which makes it
dangereser to keep horses than oxen.
If their were no horses, people
woull have to wheal there wood in
a wheal barrow. 1t would take them
two or three days to wheal cord
mile. Cows are useful TO. l heard
some people say that if they had to
be a OK or q COW they wood sooner
be COW, but l think when it came
to be MIXED on a cold winter NOR
ming, l think they wood sooner be
oxen for oxen don't have to raise
calves. If / had to be aoX or a COW
/ would rather be a heffer and had
to be both, would be OK.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
CIarksViIIG Wholesale Market,
CORRECTED BY ]. ]. CRUsMAN.

sUGAR-Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered and
SSTanulated, Hh@l2e; Clarified, 9149lO1zcts
MoLAssEs- orleans, IS to soc.
! SYRUP-4Oc TO 75c.
| COFFEE-We quote Rio, 10 to dc; Java,
q to SIC.
sALT-7Kanawha, bushel bbls,s ;by
the car load, 81 81.
80; Choice or Fancy, So so to 6 rs; Patent
Process, 81 90 to $50.
STAR CANDLE ,S-l21S to I5c
WH1SKN-COmmon country 81 OO6l 2O.
best brands Robertson county, 81 % to 2 90.
CHEESE-Prime factory, iOal2c.
RICE-Carolina, 9 to Sc.
SOAP-Bar, 4a7C.
OILs-Coal oil, lie; lard oil, Coo; lin
seed oil, raw, zoe; boiled, 73e.
TURPENTINE-Spirit Soc.
VARNISH-Copal, 81 90; Japan, gOc
GLAsS-Window, sxIO, 50 25 per box; lOx
PoWDER1Rife, IS 5to 6 so per keg lead,
sARDiNEs- rs per doz.
MACKEREIl-No.3 per Dbl, So 90 to SIS co.:
kits, Nos. l, and 3, 75c to 81 ..
BLACKING-35l55c per dozen.
NAILS-S3 % to 3 so.
IRON-Kentucky, PIC; Tennessee, sc.
CESS 90 to u 90 per dozen.
COLLARS-S so to II 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S5 so to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES 90 to y % per dozen.
BLUE GRASS-Sl %.
ORCHARD GRASS-S2O 90.
TIMOTHY SEED-S2 50 to 90.
CLOVER SEEDS % to 5 10.
RED TOP-65c.
SHOT-SI 80 "a 90.
CAPS-i06g50c per 200.
OYSTERS-l and 10. cans, 81 3061 IS.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce;
PORK-I1S TO nett.
BACON-Hog round, 10 cts
LARD-I3.
TALLOW-5c.
PEANUTS-40@50c per bushel.
GINSENC-60c TO Toe.
BEESWAX-l5 to lSc.
FEATHERS-new, IS to 40c,
BEANS-White, 81 90.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
Eggs Sc per dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
AFunny Old story.

Tom Marshall was engaged in the
trial of a case in theinteriOr of Ken
lucky, when a decision of the Judge
struck him as so bad that he rose
and said:
"There never was such ruling as
that since Pontius PLATE presided
on the trial Of Christ"
''Mr. Clerk" responded the judge,
"fine Mr.. Marshall SO for contempt
of court"
81 confess your Honor" contin-
ued Tom, "that what | said was a
little hard ON POntius PLATE, but it
is the first time in the history of
Kentucky jurisprudence that it is
held that to speak disrespectfully
of Pontius PLATE is contempt of
court"
"Mr. Clerk, make the fine $50 for
a continuous contempt" said the
Judge solemly.
"Well Judge" Tom added, Gas
you won all my money last night
at poker, lend me the twenty"
''AIr. Clerk" cried the Judge has
tily," remit the fine. The State
can afford to lose the money better
than l can"
81 congratulate the court upon its
return to a sane condition." said
Tom resuming his seat amid roars
of laughter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
NON RESIDENT AND ATTACH
MENT NOTICE.
State of Tennessee-Montgomery
County.
G. l.. Cooke ,plaintiff, VS.. The Pictit Artifi-
cial Ice Company (limited), defendant.


c. L. Cooke plaintiff, VS.. The Pictit Artif-
cial Ice Company Qimited), defendant.
In the Circuit court of Montgomery county,
Tennessee.
It appearing that, on the 9th day of April,
1881, the plaintiff sued out an attachment
before S. a. Caldwell, u Justice of the Peace,
for said county, against the estate of the de-
PENDANT, upon the ground that the defend
ant is a nonresident corporation of the
state OF Tennessee, which attachment was
returnable to the Circuit court of said
county; that on said 9th day of April 1881
said attachment was levied by the sheriff OF
Montgomery county upon " two round
iron brine tanks, (2) two long iron brine
tanks, $50 eighty-feet iron tanks, steam en-
glne, pump ana hxtures, consisting of one
condenser and connections, az four rotary
pumps, with shafting, pullieS and bands.
one lot tSU) eighty iron Stirrups f4l four bars
IRON, one lot of pipe connections to freezing
Iahk, one lot OF acid in copper carboys, two
empty carboys, one lot OF salt, one chain
Dlock and one iron rail track, for lifting ice,
~ the property of said defendant, The PIC
UT Aruhclal Ice Company Cimited); that
sald defendant is a nonresident corpora
lon OF the state of Tennessee, and that said
attachment, with the sheriff7s return en-
uofseu thereon, was returned into said CIR
cunt court, whereupOn it was ordered OF
record IN said court at its May term, 1881;
that publication be made according TO law
Tor "a four successive weeks in the CLARKS-
VILE CHRONICLE, notifying said defendant
10 appear before said Circuit court at It's
next term to be held thereafter at the court
~ iIo use, IN Clarksville, on the hrst MONDAY
IN September, 1881, and defend said action
or the same would be proceeded with e1-
This, therefore, is to notify said defend
ant-The Pictit Artificial Ice Company
llmitedl-to appear before said circuit
court on or before the first three days 81 the
next term thereof, to be held for MonIgonl-
cry county at the Courthouse, in Clarks-
VINE, on the first Monday in September
next tloSl), and defend said action, or the
same Will be proceeded with e. porte.
July30-4w-pfS5. z. ID. BAILEY, Clerk.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
The Most Destructive Flood in the
History Of the Country.

CHICAGO, August ga Central
City special says that the most de
structiYe flood in the history of the
country occurred yesteday afternoon
at 2.30. A heavy storm cloud APP
peared, accompanied by an almost
lnceSsant thunder and lightning
about 4 p. m. The citizens were
startled by an almost unearthlv
roar to the west, and almost Instant
~ volume of water, between four
and five feet, came rushing down
Nevada and Eureka streets, taking
everything by surprise. Heavy
quarts teams standing in the street
were overturned and carried down
the stream like feathers. Rocks,
weighing five or six hundred
pounds, were rolled along thestreets
IKE pebbles. Animals and every
thing in the track of the flood were
swept away in an Incredibly short
Tune. The streets were cleared of
people, everybody seeking shelter
during the flood. Large masses of
debris were carried through the
streets at the rate of about fifteen
miles an hour. The whole length
OF Clutches, from WoodaVille on
one side and the head of Eureka on
the other present the most deSOIate
scene imaginable. The road-ways
are entirely destroyed, in many
places ruts being five and six feet
deep and extending for hundreds of
yards. The entire length, for about
three miles, is strewn with debris
of every kind. At several points
between Central and Black Hawk
the debris is piled % feet high. Eu-
reka street, for quarter of mile, is
one mass of rocks, and on Morn
street four feet of sand is deposited.
The flood was caused by the burst
ing of rain cloud. At the entire
west of city, the natural channel of
the stream became damned, turning
the water into the street. The only
loss Of life known at present, is that
of Joe Gerry, whose body was found
inBlack Hawk.
The flood lasted twenty minutes.
The damage done is estimated at
$4,000 sustained by the highway.
A number of small houses upon it
washed away and many residences
ard stores flooded, and mud and
sand deposits on the floors and in
the cellars to the depth of several
feet.
Advices from Idaho Springs says
it was the severest ever felt. Sew
eral houses in Virginia Canon were
carried away, and a six-year old
girl was drowned. Nearly all the
railroads and country bridges be-
tween forks of creeks and Idaho are
swept away and nearly all of the
houses in the business part of town
were flooded and the steets damag-
ed. The damage TO Idaho will
amount to $4,000. 1t is estimated
that il will take a hundred men for
ty-eight hours to repair the damage
to the railrOaltracksb between Idaho
and Floyd Hill. No trains are ex-
pected to depart or arrive at the
Central Depot until late tomorrow.
Indications point to stormy night.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
6 n a rs X WI e NJ II
UNDER OATH.
A Startling Revelation
Of Suffering
"Oh, My God, low | Did Suf-
fer!o
81 Earnestly PRAYED To Die"
81 Earnestly Prayed to Die"

81 have been afflicted for twenty years
with an obstinate skin disease, called by
some NJ. DIS Psoriasis, and others LeprOsy,
commencing on my scalp, and, in spite of
ali L could do, with the help of the most
skillful doctors, it slowly but surely extend
ed, until a year ago this winter 1T covered
my entire person in the form of dry scales.
For the last three years have been unable
to do any labor, and suffering intensely all
the time. Every morning there could be
nearly dustpanful of scales taken from
the sheet on my bed, some of them half as
large as the envelope containing this letter.
In the latter part of winter my skin COM
menced cracking open. l tried every thing,
almost, that could be thought of, without
any relief. The 18th of June started West,
in hopes l could reach the Hot Springs. L
reached Detroit, and was SO low / thought
/ should have to go to the hospital, but fl
nally got as far as Lansing, Mich, where
had a sister living. One Dr." treated
me about two weeks, but did me no good.
All thought had but q short time to live.
/ earnestly prayed todie. Cracked through
the skin all over my back, across my ribs,
arms, hands, limbs, feet badly swollen, toe
nails came off, hnger-nails dead and hard as
bone, hair dead, dry and lifeless as old
straw. o, my God, how did suffer-
'tMy sister, Mrs. K. H. Davis, had Al small
part of box of Cuticura in the house. She
wouldn't give up; said we Will try Cutl-
cura.' Some was applied on one hand and
arm. Eureka! there was rel1ef; stopped the
terrible burning sensation from the word
go. They Immediately got the ResolVent,
Cuticura and Soap. l commenced by tax
ing one tablespoonful of Resolvent three
times a day, after meals; had a bath once
day water about blood heat; used Cuticura
SOAP freely: applied Cutieura morning and
evening. Result, returned to my home in
just six weeks from time left, and my skin
as smooth as this sheet of paper.
"Hl RAN f. CARPENTER.
Henderson, Jefferson Co., n. Y.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20

And now we are to have another
balloon excitement. Professors. ~.
King is building a great GriOstat
which he hopes can be kept atioat
for u week. In ordinary balloons
the gas escapes through the inter
stices of the oiled silk. But in this
new balloon, which is to be construc-
ted of a preparation of india rubber,
it is believed the gas can be retain
ed for six or seven days. 1t is the
intention to start from some Wes-
tern city, and come East. Should
the voyage be a successful and pro-
longued one, an attempt may be
made to cross the Ocean.-FrOR
Demorest'S Monthly for august.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20
wiz And Wisdom.
Affection is the organizing fore
in the human constitution.

Affection is the organizing force
in the human constitution.
Put rich man on mule-back and
the mule will throw him just as
quickly as he would beggar.
Tatto marks may be removed, it
IS said, by pricking milk into the
skin in the same manner that the
ink was originally applied.
All experience goes to show that
people are far more liable to con-
tract disease or contagious fevers on
an empty than with a full stomach.
Mama, what are twins made
for ?'' asked a little girl the other
day. Her precocious elder brother
replied $50 that cannibals may
eat philopenas.D
Here, waiter, this salmon isn't
nearly as fresh as that of Sunday
stNot as fresh as that we had on
Sunday, sir ?" must be, sir Same
salmon sir J"
The reason why cabbage emits
such a disaggreeable smell when
boiling is because the process dis
solves the essential oil. The water
should be changed when the cab
bage is half boiled, and it will thus
acquire greater sweetness.
Wasn't it rough on Ella, just as
she was telling friedrich, at lunch,
how ethereal her appetite was, to
have the cook bawl out, ''Say, will
We have yer pork and beans now or
wait till yer feller's gone ?''
!. They told Chicago reporter the
other day, when he called at the ho-
tel that the Duke of Sutherland
could not be seen because he was ly-
ing down. 'Oh,' said he, 1T makes
mo difference to me; don't mind
seeing him lying down.