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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
Religious News and Notes.

The British people gave $5,310, $50
for foreign missions last year.
Presbyterian pastors are scarce in
Texas, there being but seventy for 16O
churches.
The Baptists in the South number
altogether 1,715, ,794, of whom 974, 100
are white and TAI, ,694 negroes.
The Methodist hospital, on Prospect
Heights, Brooklyn, will cost, ground
and nine buildings, about $500, 1000.
The first Welsh church in Ohio wa.
founded in 1903. At present there ara
in the State forty churches with 5000
members.
The Rev. James Smith, an English
Baptist missionary at Delhi, in speaking
OF the progress of the Gospel in India,
says: Thirty years sgo we used to have
a convert every two or three years, now
we count them by scores annually.
Among the anniversaries recently
held in London was that of the South
American Missionary society. The mag
niJude Il the work undertaken by this
society may be inferred from the state
ment in the report that there are 21,-
100000 South Americans within reach
OF the efforts of the missionaries.
Srn Francisco has fifteen Catholic
churches and ten chapels fifteen Pres
byterian churches, fourteen Methodist,
eleven Episcopal, nine Baptist, six
Congregational and two Swedenbor-
gian. There are also many churches OF
miscellaneous character. It is esti.
Eol that thnYa 10 o,,a obrroh g.,
1900 of the population.
Of1S5 Methodist churches in ver-
mont nine have membership of over
200 each. Total members in full, 49,
998. The number of additions by con-
fession during the last year was 600.
The Sabbath schools number 17,751
scholars, 2 53l officers and teachers in
228 schools. Few of these churches
date back more than fifty years.
The building committee of the
Christian church in Washington. OF
which President Garfield was an off ial
member, has given out the contract for
the new building. The church will be
pushed to speedy and satisfactory
completion. 1t is to be erected on the
site of the present frame chapel, which
is to be moved. It will be beautiful
addition to the already improved sec.
ton of the city where it is to be located.
The Rev. Griffith John, who has foi
many years been engaged in mission
work in China, was recently in London,
where he addressed many of the
chu ches. He Gays his chief lament is
tha6 the missionary prayer meeting,
which was formerly an interesting fea.
ture in most churches. has either been
given up or has fallen into condition
of coldness and dullness. He earnestly
asks for renewal of the old-time felvor
which animated these meetings. Re
has returned to China.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
Custer's Last Lattle.

The case of Sebastian Beck, whose
career among the Sioux Indians has
been noted in this journal, has been
fully investigated at the coun'y
poor Office by Oyerseir McGonegal.
During the recounting Of his wander
ings tue old man gave reporter from
this journal clearer insight into the
battle of the "Little Big Horn" than he
had before. Beck. who had been
captive among the Sioux for eight years,
particil ated ia that hattie. He re-
counted the details Of the murderous
charge upon Custer, in his broken
English, in a manner that was interest
ing, even to those who were familiar
with the slaughter of the gallant gen.
eral and his band. He said that upon
tho night of the charge Sitting Bull ex-
pacted Custer, and had massed all his
forces and had band of 900 var
riors, OF which he was one. The plan
OF their battle was as follows: The In.
dians fenced in large corral with sap
lings, and within built fires. Upon the
saplings they hung their blankets, and
within they fixed billets of wood, to
represent themselves as seated about
the fires. They went into the noun
tains surrounding the spot and waited
until Custer and his company
should be attracted to the trap they
had devised. They were successful,
for the general saw the light, recon.
noitered, and thought his chance had
come. He opened fire upon the In.
dians. This was the signal. With one
fell swoop 5000 painted fiends rushed
down upon him from the mountain
sides. in moment the little band of
300 men were surrounded, and the un-
equaled battle was commenced. Beck
said that Custer showed no fear, but
rode into the fight with eyes and saber
flashing, and never raised it but that he
left upon some redskins face his bloody
and ragged-edged Trademark, OK
which so many of his victims in the
late war knsw 80 we'll. One by
one his men fell around him, and
at last he stood alone among
them battling with his trusty saber in
his remaining right hand. But at last
he too fell, pierced by seven shots.
Beck said that his fight was terrible in
its destructiveness. Fourteen of those
Indians who entered the fray paid for
it with their lives, and their cold, cop
per- hued faces lay turned to the morn
ing sun next day, with those of the 800
brave soldiers who followed the brave
Custer into his last fight. This is the
story of the old captive of the Sioux,
who claims he was there and saw that
intrepid officer die. His last words
were: "I am alone; have done my
best; the boys are all gone and will
go with them."-RochsSter (N ~
Democrat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
HEALTH HINTS.

BATHING. Bathing is indispensable
to health. 1t is O preventive of sick.
ness and remedy for disease. The
water cure people, who believe that
water is The cure all, the universal rem.
edy for every iii that flesh is heir 10,
are not so far wrong; they are on the
right track, if they do run it into the
ground little at the far end. For, as
the old proverb says, cleanliness is next
to godliness, and as we know that the
latter virtue is sure preventive and
cure for al disorders OF the mind and
thought, ana keeps the soul pure and
clean, SO cleanliness is to the body
what goaliness is to the thought and
soul.
FooD FOR INFANTs.-The French
Commissioners on the Hygiene OF In.
fancy, in awarding the prize in com.
petition of essayists, report that the
conclusions generally arrived at lead to
the following recommendations No
child should be reared On artificial
fcod when tho mother can suckle it,
but such food is preferable to placing
the child with wet-nurse, poorly
remunerate1, and living at her own
home. For successfully bringing up an
infant by hand the best milk is that Of
a COW that has recently calved, or SINH
larly OF goat, to which should be
aided during the first week half part
OF water, and subsequently fourth oi
less, according to the digestive powers
of the child. Glass or earthenware
alone shoui d be used. No vulcanized
india rubber mouth pieces or vessels
containing lead ought to be employed.
A CAUTIoE.-Boys who are about to
run in races or TO leap, put on belt
and strap it tightly in order, as they
say, to hold in their wind or breath.
Workmen who are about to lift weig hts
or carry heavy burdens. put on belt
for the same purpose, their declaration
being that it gives support. Actually
there is not a figment of truth in this
belief. The belt impedes respiration,
compIesses the abdominal muscles,
comp, esses the mus cles of the back,
subjecting them to unnecessary friction,
and actually impedes motion, beside
the other injuries. the use of the bel
frequently causes hernia or rupture
DR.. Foote's Health Monthly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
WISE WORDS.

Some men and women talk by the
yard and think by the inch.
When mans upper story is empty
his mouth will advertise the fact.
Don't be hasty in your speech, for
ga word and stone once let 60 cannot
be recalled"
The power Of pleasing is founded on
the wish to please. The strength OF the
wish is the measure of the power.
No man was born wise, for wisdom
and virtue require tutor, though we
can easily learn to be vicious without a
tutor.
Though avarice will preserve q man
from being necessitously poor it gener-
ally makes him too poor to be
wealthy.
There are as good horses drawing in
carts as in coaches, and as good men
are engaged in humble employments as
in the highest.
The influence of many good people
Is undoubtedly much diminished by
their want of that courtesy which has
been well called benevolence in small
things.
Our very best friends have tincture
of jealousy even in their friendship, and
when they hear us praised by others
will ascribe it to sinister and interested
motives if they can.
II there be one thing upon earth that
mankind love aud admire better than
another, it is brave man; it is q man
who dares to look the devil in the face
and tell him he is devil.
A man should be careful never to tell
tales of himself to his own disadvantage.
People may be amused and laugh at the
time, but they will be remembered and
brought out against him on some sub.
sequent occasion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
SUNDAY READING.
Precious Sentence,

A native OF japan, who took his life
in his hands that he might come to o
country where Gods love was recog.
nized as true, was asked to read in q
school in Boston sentence in his ma.
tive language. He consented, and prom
Using that he would utter what was to
him the most interesting sentence that
could be spoken to man, repeated tho
familiar verse, "God so loved the world
that he gave his only beRotten son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but bave everlasting life." +
need not say that in the New Testament
there are to be found scores of sum-
marie, of the Gospel like this, which
do most positively declare that this is
the import and intent of the life and
death of Christ; not q part OF it, but
the whole of it; not fragment, to 5e
supplemented by other fragments, but
the rounded and completed whole,
embracing in sentence all that Chris.
tianity emphasizes and declares.-PreS-
ident Porter,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
The Russian Sunday.

In Russia Sunday is the favorite shop,
ping day of all classes. Although the
evil Of this has been pointed out by
most foreign writer's in Russia, and by
many native ones, it is only of late years
that public feeling has been awakened
in the matter. This has been partly due
to the discomfort evinced by the classes
exposed to Sunday work, but more par,
ticularly to the Influence of that evan
gelical movement within and without
the Russian church which is one of the
most interesting features of modern Rus.
sian progress. Archdeacon Bogoyay-
lensky recently preached sermon in
one Of the cathedrals Of Moscow, the
theme of the venerable ecclesiastic
being the Sunday closing movement, in
favor OF which an immense petition,
signed by most of the clerks OF st. Pc
tersburg, has just been presented TO the
emperor. Referring to this and to
discussion by the Moscow municipal
council in behalf of the movement, the
archdeacon demanded of the orthodox
"whether they were not ashamed to
open their shops on Sunday when the
shops of the foreigner, of the English
and German merchants at Moscow, are
closed on that day."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
The Cold Summer.

The weather in Now York in the year
1916 was as follows: January was mild
so that fire was not needed much of the
time in rooms. February was mild,
with but few cold days. March was
cold and boisterous the first half, then
mild to the middle of April, when win
ter set in with ice and snow, which
continued through May. Ice formed
and the fruit bulls we've
killed, and every tender plant
destroyed. Corn aid potatoes were
replanted and killed until too late.
June, the coIdest ever known frost,
ice or snow almost every night, de-
stroying every growing thing that
cold woald kill. SaJw fell ten inches
deep in Vermont and Maize, lhree
inches in the interior of New York State
and part of Pennsylvania and Mes
sachdsetts. July was cold and frosty.
Ice formed as thick as window glass
in New England. Indian corn was
killed everywhere except some favored
spots in Massachusetts. August was
worse still, for where corn escaped it
was frozen, c1t up, and dried for fod-
der. Ice formed half an inch thick,
auu alnos1 every growing green bniuB
was destroyed in this country and in
Europe. Very little corn ripened in
the Middle States; corn for seed
in 1917, raised in 1915, cost from
81 to $5 per bushel. The
first half of September was the mildest
OF the seson; then it became cold and
frosty and continued through October.
November was the coolest ever known,
cold and clustering; snow fell so as to
make good sleighing. December was
mild and comfortable. Great fears
were felt for the future season, but 1917
was fine, fruitful season.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
The New Siamese Twins.

The brothers Tocci, born ir Turin in
1877, are considered to be even more
curious than the famouj Siamese twins.
They have two we'll formed heads,
two pairs of arms, and two thoraoes,
with all internal organs; but at the level
OF the sixth rib they coalesce into one
body.
They have only one abdomen, one
right and one left leg.
1t is curious fact that the right leg
moves only under the control OF the
right twin (named Baptiste). while the
other is movable only by the left twin
(named jacob.
AS a result, they are unable to walk.
This left foot is deformed, and ia an ex-
ample of talipes equinus. Each infant
has distinct moral personality; one
cries while the other is laughing; one
is awake while the other sleeps. When
one is sitting up, the other is in a posi-
tion almost horizontal.-Presse MedicaLa
Beige.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
Can't q Wagon Have Two Horses Z

He is very small boy, just beyond
the limits of 6abyhood. His precocious-
ness is we'll recognized by those who
know him, and sometimes people try to
corner him in logical way.
The other day some one took him mp
and asked him if he was not papa's
boy.
He answered, "Yes."
"And are you mammals boy, toor"
"Yes," replied Charlie.
"Well, how can you be papa's boy
and memma's boy both at the same
time p was asked him.
"Oh," replied Charlie. indifferently,
"can't wagon have two horsesY'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
Don't SlOp Over.

"Don't slop over" the old man said,
As he placed his hand on the young man
head,
"Go it by all means. Go it FAST
Go it while leather and horseshoes last;
Go it while hide and hair on horse
Will hold together. Oh, go it, of course
Go II as fast as ever you Gen.
But don't slop over, my dear young man.
"Don't slop over. You'll find, somo day,
That keeping an eye to winard will pay.
A horse may run a little too long;
A preacher may preach fraction too strong:
A poet who pleases tho world with rhymes
May write, and regret 1t in aiter-times:
Keep the end OF the effort ever in view,
And don't slop over, whatever you do.
Don't slop over. The wisest of men
Are bound to slop over now and then;
And the wisest, at work or at feast
Are the very ones that blunder the least.
Those that for split milk never wall
Are the ones that carry the steadiest pail.
Wherever you go, go in for the fat,
But don't slop overland freeze to that.
"Don't slop over. Distrust yourself,
Nor always reach TO the highest shelf;
The next to the highest will generally do,
And answer the needs of such as you.
Climb, of course; but always stop
And take your breath this side of the top;
And you will reach it in wind and strong,
Without stopping over. This ends my song"
bingham Journal
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And the next instant we were both
in the kissing brine,

Anu Lu6 u0Ab lubbhub We WeIO DObQ
struggling in the kissing brine.
A minute later and we were Chamber
ing up the top.mast, from which we
passed on deck, where we were obliged
to pause, our passage being cut off by
the destruction of the main deck from
the main hatch aft, portion of the
weather-side forward remaining un.
scathed.
eff the child lives, unrescued, it is
there, sir,' said Hunter, indicating a
portion of the foremast, with heap Of
smoking canvas which lay along the
weather. side, just forward the chesstree.
"Follow me, tkeu," said l, briefly;
and clambering over the quarter-rail I
clinging to the chained hammock rail,
until reached thu forward channels,
when bounded inboard, followed by
my gallant companion.
at was here I found my wife; and,
thank heaven, the child is here, alive !"
he exclsimed, as the faint wall of an
infant saluted our cara
1t was but the work of minute to
clear away the mass which concealed
the infant, whom we found lying beside
the wreck of the spar, while the
charred weather rigging had fallen in
such manner as afforded it protection
against injury from The feet of those
who must have passed and repassed
the spot in the hurry and excitement
of abandonment.
Hunter casped the child in his arms,
and spurning all my ploffers of aid, pro-
cd - I1,a 4a4f h.,
dangerous path we had previously trod-
den, when the boat being near at
hand he fesrlessly committed him
self and charge to thu mercy of the
waves. Ny gallant crew being pre-.
pared for the event were ready, and for
tunately able to render him prompt and
efficient aid, scarce minute elapsing
ere they had him safe on board. My
rescue followed, of course, and was ef-
fected with greater difficulty, noun
tain billow breaking while I was i'm
mersed and heading me and the boat
asunder, when nearly two minutes
passed ere she came within my reach.
At length / was in her stern sheets
again, and q few minutes later We
dropped alongside of the Delmar,
NhClO Jul ouCCcSo WAS dTeduy huOWu,
and where our presence was hailed with
general manifestation of Joy.
Need I tell you how the sight Of that
reunion of parents and child rewarded
me tenfold for my share in the rescue
of the latterl Bat must add that 1
was delighted when Colonel Ross ap.
preached the young soldier-as he stood
supporting his now conscious wife, and
receiving the congratulations of his
friends-and extending his hand, which
the young man humbly clssped, said:
Hunter, brave men carry their own
reward with them; but, both as your
commanding officer and friend. your
action of this night claims at my hands
a grateful and public acknowledgment.
I will see to your future and to that Of
your wife,"
Although I didn't sleep soundly the
remainder of that night in the ham
mock swung for me in the ward-room
of the Delmar, yet l never retired to
rest sc perfectly contenled with myself
and all mankind as on that night, rem
dered memorable by theburning of the
Wellesly transport.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15
NO. IL.

A Leave-Taking.
She will not smile;
She will not stir;
Imarvel while
look on her.
The lips are chilly
And will not speak;
The ghost of lily
In either cheek.
Her hair-ah mel
Her hair-her hsirl
How helplessly
My hands go thercl
But my caresses
Meet not hers,
Oh golden tire .ses
That thread my tearsl
kiss the eyes
On either lid,
Where her love lies
Forever hid.
I cease my weeping
And smile and say,
Twill be sleeping
Thus, some day.
james Whitcon,b Riep
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

See that you are proad, but let your
pride be of the right kind. Be too
proud to be lazy, too proud to give up
without conquering every difficulty, too
proud to be in company that you cannot
keep up with in expenses, too proud to
be stingy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

By an experiment made with chest.
nut tree thirty Eve years old to calcu-
late the amount Of moisture evaporated
from the leaves, it was found to lose
sixteen gallons Of water in twenty.fouf
hours
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

Twelve thousand shovels and two
thousand spades are turned out every
week In the United States,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

Activity is not proof of industry no
more than a handsome face is proof
of warm heart.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

The quail is amid bird, but it gen.
orally dues game.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-15

"Don't slop over" the old man said,
As he placed his hand on the young mans
head
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-16

record does not contain bill OF except ons,
assignment OF error, nor is any brief file
for appellant. Upon inspecting the record,
the Indictment is found sufficient, the
charge OF the court unobnoxious, the evil
dence sufficient 10 support the judgment,
and no error appearing, the judgment is af-
tirmet. Hurt, ].
Compton vs. the State, from Robertson
county. Appellant was convicted with
Banks and Waite for the murder Of the
jailer Of Robertson county during jail de-
livery in June last, and sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the penitenliary. Held,
the hill of exceptions cannot be considered
BY this court, being filed more than ten
days iter the trial of the cause; (ll CT.
App $3.50. The courts charge upon prin.
cipal aud accomplish being in the usual
form, an not being excepted TO nor any
special instruction asked, will not be re.
vised (though, it may be said, il is un0bjec
tionable). Affirmed White, p. j.
Texas & ST. LOUIS railway vs.. Snow;
from Kaufman county. A railroad compa-
ny having the right.orway through ones
land is nevertheless liable for any damage
done to such land, whether by the com
pany's employees or by contractor under
the company. A contractor building the
road over such right.Oi.way is not liable
for the damage he may do, but any damage
done by him or his hands is chargeable TO
the railroad company. Affirmed. Hurt, ].
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-16

An English banker lately received n cash
remittance, with letter explaining that it
was the amount Of a sum paid by mistake
to the writer over the bank counter, with
interest from that date. The circumstance
of the cash being found short on the day
mentioned is we'll remembered in the bank.
The deficiency was go. 1t now appears
that the individual got the money he
wanted in gold, and suddenly bethinking
himself that he would require G20 in silver,
asked for 1t, but forgot to refund the gold.
There was pressure of business at the mo-
ment, and 1t somehow escaped the atten-
ton of the cashier that he had not got back
the sovereigns. Even when the deficiency
was discovered, this WAS never thought of
as possible explanation. 1t was after the
delinquent got out Of the bank that it
dashed upon his mind that he had got go
too much. THE devil" he writes got
the better OF me-" A similar circumstance
is said to have founded the fortune of a
well-known New York politician Acct
dentally paid considerably too much at Il
bank, he never disgorged but bought real
estate.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-16

An immense fortune is waiting for a
claimant in India. The person entitled to
it is a man named William Mccarthy, pre-
sumably nm lrshman, who sailed from
Liverpool for New York about forty years
ago. Nothing is at present known OF this
individual and advertisements have been
inserted in the papers in England and this
country. Possibly he may have succeeded
in realizing n fortune here by his own in
ton; possibly he Is dead. Whatever has
become of him the fact remains that his
uncle, General William Frederick Nc
Carthy, has recently died in India, and in
his will left him all his property, amount
ing to over million rupees.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-16

Tho King of the Body Is the brain. the
stomach It's main support; the nerves It's mcssep.
GERS the bowels, the kidneys and the pores its
safeguards, Indigestion creates II violent revolt
among these attaches OF the regal organs, and
to bring til m back 10 their duty there is moth.
Ing like the regulating, purifying, invigoratng,
cooling operation of rarrant's SeltZer APPARENT
II rcnovates the system and restores to health
both the body and the mind. Sold by all drug
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