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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
WISE WORDS.

The height of meanness is to exult in
its success.
One vice worn out makes us wiser
than fifty tutors.
Neither worth nor wisdom comes
without an effort.
Grief has been compared to a hydra;
for every one that dies two are born.
The scientific study of man is the
most difficult of all branches of knowl-
edge.
Conceit is to nature what paint is to
beauty; it is not only needless, but
impairs what it would improve.
There is pleasure in contemplating
good; but the greatest pleasure of all
is doing good, which comprehends the
rest.
Poverty is the only burden which
grows heavier in proportion to the num-
ber of dear ones who have to Eelp to
bear it.
Sanctified thoughts, made conscious
OF, and called in, and kept m awe, and
given fuel that burns not, are water
for Satau's coal.
Duty is the voice of God, and man
is neither worthy OF good home here
or in heaven that is not willing to be
in peril for good cause.
Work is necessity in one way or an
other to all of US. Overwork is OF our
own making, and, like all self-imposed
burdens, is beyond our st-ongth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
After FOur Years.

The Philadelphia Press tells of the
affecting way in which Mrs. Melville,
wife OF Engineer Melville, of the lost
Jeanette, received the first letter from
her husband after silence of four years.
Says the Press Mrs. Melville, the wife
of Lieutenant G.. W. Melville, who went
out as chief engineer of tie Jeanette
exploring party, yesterday at her home
at Sharon Hill, near Philadelphia, re-
ceived letter from her husband. For
four years the anxious mother and three
little girls have been awaiting letter
from him. Yesterday morning Maud,
who 10 about fifteen years of age, went,
as she has thousands of times in over
three years, to the postoffice to see if
there vas letter. Mrs. Melville was
seated at home sewing, and the other
two girls were playing with their dolls.
Suddenly one of the little ones said
Why, mamma, something's the matter
with Maud. I actually believe there's
letter from papa" Maud's feet did
not appear to touch the ground. She
broke through the gate like one pur-
sued by some terrible phantom. With
tears of Joy streaming down her face
and choking with sobs she threw her.
self at her mothers feet, dropping
the letter and crying out: "Oh,
mamma, at last at last ! it is from
papa Oh, it is from papa" The
mother tore it open and read it at a
glance, and then reread it several times
over. All the afternoon and up to going
to bed last night the children were
doing nothing else but reading over
papa's letter. With the intelligence
that it contained OF the fate of others
and the knowledge that just now he
himself with the search party is facing
similar dang there was nothing in
the letter to give hope of the return of
the husband and father. Written on a
single sheet of tough, heavy note paper,
the letter read as follows:
IRKoUTsK, Russian Siberia, January 1, 1882
DEAR HETrIE-After many trials and many
tribulations | arrived here yesterday. We can
muster but thirteen people, all told, out of our
original thirty-three persons 1 am pretty we'll
and will be at home this summer or next win
ter, according as l may be instructed by the
navy department. l have telegraphed asking
to remain and search for De Long and others
who perished at the mouth of the Lena river
Love to children. Yours faithfully,
GEORGE W. MELvIL LIE.
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1 Hear Festival.

On arriving at the scene Of the cere.
mony the visitor found about thirty
persons, chiefly residents of the placi
assembled and dressed in their gala
costumes, which consisted chiefly of
cid Japanese brocaded garments. From
the commencement TO the end sake
played almost rs prominent part as the
bear himself. The guests sat around
the fireplace in the center of the hosts
hut, and an Offering was first made to the
god OF fire. This was done in this wise:
The Amos, who were all seated, raised
their left hands, holding drinking
vessel to their foreheads, while tho
palm of the right was also elevated
slightly. A small stick lying across the
cup was then dipped in the sake and
the contents sprnkled on the floor to
the fire god, tho stick being then waved
three or four times over the cup. A
formula was uttered by each person
present and the sake drank in long
draughts, the stick being meanwhile
employed in holding up the m1stache.
A similar ceremony then took place
in front of the bears cage. This
was followed by a dance around
the cage by the women and
girls. Offerings of drink were then
made as before to other gods, and final
ly the bear was taken out of his cage
by three young men specially selected
for the purpose. The animal was killed
by pressing the throat firmly against a
large block of wood The body was
then cleaned and placed neatly on q
mat, food and drink being laid before
it, and ornaments of various kinds
being placed on its ears, mouth, etc.
Mats were spread around the bears,
the guests took their seats on them,
and the drinking commenced. This
continued for some time, until the
Amos sank in state of helpless intoxi-
cation on their mats. The women in
another part of the village mean time
amused themselves with various DANCES,
which DR.. Scheube describes at length.
The following day, as a rule, the de-
bauch is continued. The body of the
bear is then cut up in such a manner
that the hide remains attached to the
head. The blood was collected in vessels
and drank by the men. The liver was cut
out and eaten raw. The rest of the flesh
was distributed among the partakers Of
the feast The writer states that, al
though hardened in a certain sense to
the sight of blood, he could not look
without horror on the sight of the
drunken crowd, with their faces and
bodies smeared with blood. The skull
of the bear, stuffed with Oh rms, II
placed in sacred place on the east side
of the house, and the mouth is fille,t
with bamboo leaves. 1t is then always
preserved and venerated as sacred OBJ
| ject.--Ndture.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
RIDGWAY, COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY.

beaten, and then beat the whole to.
gether until stiff. Crate nutmeg over
it. To be eaten with cream.
COOKING TURNIps.-A lady writes I:
My favorite method of cooking rutaba-
gas is to boil them, previously sliced
quite thin, and when done drain off the
water and chop fine with knife, sea.
soning with salt, pepper, butter and
vinegar. A friend chops hers before
boiling, but prefer my own method,
it being so much more quickly done.
LEMcN CHEESE CAKEs.-Take two
ounces of butter, two eggs, three table,
spoonfuls of moist sugar, the grated
rinds and jtice of two lemons, and two
stale Savoy biscuits Tor hard crackers
of any kind), also finely grated Mix
oil together and then simmer over the
fire for few minutes in saucepan.
Have ready some patty pans, lined
with puff paste. Put very small quan-
tity OF the mixture into each, and bake
for fifteen or twenty minutes in rather a
quick oven. This quantity will make
about one dozen and half cheese
cakes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

81 cannot account for it !" exclaimed
the defaulting bank cashier.
Wooden shoes, especially those made
of oak, are said to produce acorn.
Bimmelbammelbumm 81 is one of the
convenient words sometimes worked
into verse by German rhymers.
Inquirer: What is the most scarce
American coin?' Don't know, sir,
dollars are quite scarce enough.-Bos.
ton Post.
"Why does q donkey eat thistles ?"
asked q teacher of one of the largest
boys in the class. because he is
donkey, I reckon" vas the prompt re-
ply.
=, Oscar Wilde does not admire the
American onion. It so closely re-
sembles bulb Of his dear lily that it
brings tears to bis eyes.-NeaC Haren
Register.
In youth my maiden aim
Was to change my ms.CeR n&L-e
And so l made an aim
At him, and won my game,
And changed and made name.
The Judge.
A bald-headed professor, reproving
youth for tho exercise of his fists, said :
"We fight with our heads at this COL
legc." The youth reflected moment
and then replied: "Ah, see, and you
have butted all your hair off,"
Glass balls and clay counterfeits have
been successfully substituted for live
pigeons a. shooting matches. Row
why cannot somebody bring forward
equally merciful and efiioacious proxies
for the pugilists and baseball players?
We congratulate the pigeons, but why
should not this Immunity be extended
also to lhen?-BoSton Transcri''t.
J. LP.-"Would you like to publish
in Sjfti'ags, composition written by
boy on mule % We do not wish to
enc ourage boys to write on mules, and
therefore cannot use the manuscript.
Boys should write at home on slate,
and when on mule should give all
their attention to steering the quadru-
ped. Now, if you have anything writ
ten by mule on boy there would
doubtless be something original in that,
and we would gladly publish it.-Teras
SjfiiRqS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
Farm and Garden Notes.

Ordinary stable manure contains up
ward Of seventy per cent. OF water.
Blood and refuse meat rubbed upon
the trunks of trees will keep away mice
and rabbits.
Hoof and horn shayings contain more
than twenty-five times as much nitro.
gen as is contained in average stable
manure.
The milking quaSs;a, &c swine are
as transmissible by careful breeding as
in the case of cows, and probably will
receive more attention hereafter.
Anybody can have grapevines by
cutting them properly. Trim off a
portion of the old vine and leave bud
at each end. Stick one end in the ground
and it will take root.
Blue grass is somewhat delicate when
very young, but after it gets good
hold it usurps the soil, cleaning out all
other grasses. 1t should not be pas.
tured the first season.
Professor Riley thinks that immunity
from the ravagcs of the Hessian fly may
be expected for several years, as the
heat aud drought OF last summer killed
large numbers of them.
The dead bark from the trunks and
larger limbs of trees is best removed
during thaw. A wash of whale oil or
soft soap applied with q brush gives q
smooth, healthy appearance.
One COW we'll fed and comfortably
cared for will produce quite as much
milk and butter as two that are allowed
to run at large. lie on the wet ground
and be subject to the exposure of the
weather.
An application of 100 pounds of
nitrate of soda to an acre of wheat,
where the crop looks weak, will show
its benefit in few days, not only i'm.
proving it in growth but largely increas-
ing the yield.
1t is commonly stated that SUPER
phosphates, potash salts and other sim.
liar materials are more effective when
used together than when applied sepa-
rately. Certainly complete fertilizers
are more efficient than partial fertil-
izers.
The SOW should be fed but little corn
during the last two months of her
pregnancy. Her diet should avoid that
which is so heating and fattening.
Oats, bran, middlings and beets are a
great deal better than the everlasting
corn diet of the West.
IT, you begin pruning fruit and orna'
mental trees and shrubbery while
young, and follow it up each year, you
can form just such top as you want
If your tree needs spreading out, cut
the young shoots off just above bud
on the outside of a shoot; and if you
want to train upward, leave bud OF
the upper side of the limb where you
cut it off.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
81 Have Sinned and I Have Suffered.

s Have Sinned and / Have Suffered.
The first line in the folloNi ing is the refrain OF
n unwritten poem rccited TO a friond by John
Toward Pavne author of "Home, Sweet
Iome," Just before his death III Algiers:
have sinnod and l have suffered,
Yet the world will never know
How tried to do my duty
In tie long, tho long ag
have sinnol AMI have suffered
Human nature is so weak
Yet my tongue cailot be tempted
To disclose, betray or speak,
have 81 ed and have suffered,
Who has not, through blood and bonef
If there be a mortal living
Let him bravely cast the stone.
have sinned and I have suffered
Just the samo as other men,
Dut my heart cannot be conquered,
Nor the soul that burns within
have sinned and have suffered,
Mournful memories come to me-
Yet beyond the clouds of sorrow
Riffs of sunshine can see.
have snned and have suffered,
He can sink and he can save
All the human hearts that wander
To the cold and silent grave.
Wds3ingtCn Republican.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
Household Hints,

Hot irons should never be used for
embroidery.
In beating butter always take the
back of your spoon.
A thin coat of varnish applied to
straw mating will make it much more
durable and keep the mating fresh and
new.
Filling lamp when it is lighted,is
something that ought never to be done.
It can be avoided by filling it in the
morning,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
Location of n Poultry Farm.

Poultry breeding has advanced 30
rapidly from the condition of an ex.
pertinent, carried On in places few and
far between and in the quietest manner,
to q business known the length and
breadth of the country, and affording
employment as we'll as pleasure to
thousands of people, that the question
of how it is to be systematized is one of
the greatest importance.
The foremost consideration is natu-
rally the location of the farm. 1t ia an
impression as widely spread as it is
groundless that the best place for ope-
rations OF this nature is some barren
spot too poor to be used for any other
purposes. This is O mistake Of the
very worst kind, and OF itself is cause
enough for the failure of the whole un-
dertaking.
The soil of the poultry farm is one Of
the most important subjects, and should
be the first considered. Itis not enough
that the land should be well drained
and have suitable exposure to the sun.
while it is sheltered from the attacks of
chilly storms it must also be arabic.
To utilize the manure from the large
number of hens which will naturally be
kept on such place, it must have o
certain amount of cultivation. Were it
possible to dispose of this fertilizing
material at its value without conveying
it q distance to market at considerable
expense, it would be by for the best
plan to not attempt to mix the labors of
a farmer with those of poultryman.
But it is rarely the case that railroad or
other facilities for selling are to be
found conveniently near fairly low
priced piece of arabic land.
We must, then, make arrangements
for utilizing this product upon the
farm itself, in way to supply the
wants of our stock as nearly as posi-.
BILE. Naturally we shall seek for those
grains and vegetables which are at once
most easily grown and best adapted to
our wants. Corn, which plays such an
important part in the list of provisions,
will occupy leading place, and all the
roots which go to make up the green
food so necessary to every flock must be
cultivated Literally.
Soil which must be made to turn out
the crops we have mentioned cannot be
of the wretched character generally
thought coed enough for the purpose.
Land may be waste in the sense that it
is unbroken, and is simply used for
pasturage, and yet be suitable, but an
incorrigible sand or poverty y-stricken
gravel can never be the best field for
poultry farming, because the manure OF
the poultry cannot be economically ap-
piled to such q soil. World.
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Twilight.

I've been roaming
In the cleaning
OF a mellow autumn eve;
Twilight fingers,
While its fiDgers,
Countless, boundloss beauties weave.
Day is dying,
identifying
In his death the land and lea;
Clouds in splendor
Shed their tender
Soul-subduing light ON me.
III.
Nights descending,
Softly blending
Twilight glories with its own;
Till the shadows
In the meadows
To their fullest length have grown.
And this token,
lnO unSpOhen,
Tolls us that the day is dead;
Stars are peeping,
As if keeping
Silent watches round its bed.
V.
Thus the glimmor,
Dim and DINNER,
From our,lives must pass away:
Till the morning,
In its dawning,
Ushers in another day.
VI.
May that morning,
When its dawning
Deans at last upon our eyes,
Be the waking,
Be the breaking
OF a day that never dieg.
E. d. lSno,c.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farmer.

The Farmer.
Let the wealthy and great
Roll in splendor and state,
envy them not declare it
1 eat my own lamb,
My chickens and ham,
shear my own fleece, and wear it;
1 have lawns, have bowers,
have fruits, 1 have flowers,
The lark is my morning alarmer:
So, jolly boys, now
Here's God speed the plow.
Long life and success to the farmer!
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APPLE FLoAT.-Pare and core twelve
large green apples, boil or bake in as
little water as possible and press through
a fine hair sieve when cold; sweeten to
taste, add the whites of two eggs vel
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-06

Mousquetaire gloves remain popular,
but Duttoned or laced gloves are more
becoming to both hands and arms and
are now preferred by ladies oi taste.
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AN OLD MANS SILVER.

lie Receivers 1t From the United states
Treasury Vnuits---The Picture of His
Father--.Other Family Eclics,
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ben in Der ppGlten 8ebeutuns bes Wcre
tes at fursen baben. @aS babel 9eraus'
fOntnt? Stun, es 1T ia mSslid, bab er
in fid sebt, sumal tpenn er meiB, baB ct
nidt Bios bic Trou, iOnbern aud bas
8ermSseu perlOrcn bat; aber, otlen &C.
ftanben, i'd traue ibm nidt iber benWes.
Damn haben bic armeu ainoerden ytte@
mauben, lia ibrer an3unebmen, alS bic
quite @rc6tante - bic brape Trau, bic
id nit Sdulben belalfet bat, bic Sduls
ben ibres @atten gu be5ahlen, nnb nod
nit fit bic eisenen EDdter fOrsen muB,
bic nidt ausfommen fSnnen, uuo lett
audi nod fiir ben ruinirten 8ruber, unb
borum bod um @ctte8 willen baS gHez
nise, mas fe bat, uno bas fur 10 Slele
reiaen muB, babid 5uiammenbalten iOllte.
Oea, bann MAIDEN @ie's in @otteS yta'
men 70! laste bic 8arcnin, bic unterbrOz
d)ene Wan6eruns burd bas 3immer tptes
Der besinnenb. Serr Yanie idr1eb ben
Brief at ben Nbuotaten 3u Gnbe, ltberlas
i'm nod einmal, feselte, abreIlirte uno
erbeb iid.
= go, sndoiSe Trau, iaste er, far 9eute
mirb lid mobl niat mebr thun lanen.
iiberbaupt nid,t, bepor Serr Wfoor 5urad
1T, unb mir eine @eneralpcumadt bon
ibm baben. Damn mag er setroit naa
Stalieu sshen uno fleiBis @elo peroienen; /
@lauben Sic eenn an bic Stuo1enretle!
Tiut mir gar nidt Elm, erlploerte Die
garonin, er idimt iid nur, blerher gu
fOmmen, unb treibt iid oerwellen irseno=
mo- um1er. Das sebt ia wOhl aus ieis
nen1 8riefe berpor? Da feien sic ielblt!
Die 8arcnin bolte einen 8rief aus Der
Ealde, melaen fe am MOntas Worgen
BON Mrnolo Gus @tion erbalten. Der
Brief mar bereits ain @Dnntag absnO
seidrieben unb in elmer Sanbiarlft, oeren
@nt3iferuns ielbit benz seibten NuSs beS
9errn ganie einiSe S4wtertStelten
madte. St las:
(Gprtfebuns fOIst)
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SSicbtiG fur RabsfDptfac

prOT. g. StSbr, So. 3O7 fabltd 4.
StraBe. ct. qruis, Utc. III es selunsen,
lansia9rise &alltSpfi9teit gu tu,iren.
prof. @tStrs Wettpbe 1T iebr einfad.
Die fablen Stellen uerben tdslid brei=
NAL sebaoet fiir bret Ntinuten nit bem
5aarer3euser unb innertalb a Wnden aeiet
fta Der neue 5aartpnds auf ben fablen
Stelen. Danlea uno Serren, tpelde an
SabItSpfisteit pber Gusfa1en bes 5aares
leiben, icllten nidt periaumen, fd idrift,
lid an Brcf. StSbr su wenbeu. Yreie
SIS bic 5lafde, uelde 4 Wodsn ausreidt.
24,zS2, ,tuip1i
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rrlnier etabtp ala #, "
l6reibt ber rpbil. 9em.," ugep6bnli6
bic uDffentli6en @ebdube" titulirt, ipirb
febr bal6 - mod ai9t fertig tperben.
St fofet iebt iiber a6t @tilionen Sol
lars, unh na6 BEN 9lnbeutungen Der
8au=@omnif1ion tpirb es fi9er nod 4
Bis 5 Sabre bauerlt, big iein bober
Som, BON benz Stanbbilbe g8illiam
genn's iiberragt, Der b66ife 8au Der
Welt fein tpirb. Sarauf tbut lib Die
@ommiiiion biel su @ute. Wenn Der
@tabtratb, Sic Steuersabler unb bic
prefe itber bic lteten Sorberungen bon
iueiteren Il Willionen in iebem Sabre
sornig iperOen, 10 beibt es: rSa be-
benft bod nur, baB Sbr bas b06lte
8aumerf ber @elt erbaltet. Ser Som
su &0ln 1T nur $40 SUP bod, Der
Wtiiniter su StraBburg 468, bic ct.
petersfir6e gu &om 448, bas &apitol
gu WaibingtOn gar nur 287 unb Der
Sreimaurer=Sempel nebem Dem uStabtz
palat" iOgar nur 23O SUB bod. Die=
fer aber ipirb nit Der Statue Yenn's
535 SUB bD6 perben !w
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Wunf=ttnterrtht.

sd erlaube mir biermit ansuaeigen,
baB i6 mid in bieIiser Stabt als Wfu=
liflebrer nieoerlaHeH unb unterri61
i'm &labier= unb Yiplinipiel &c. unb
GeIang ertbeilen peroe. Nnmeloungen
fiir S6iiler fonnen BEL ben Serren Gbo:
bius & SempsfD ober bonn 9ienltaQ
ben 5. September ab in beren Stort
BEL mir ielbit gema6t weroen.
31,9,t4m st. Salbig
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ibnem nid5t ebenbiirtig 1nb nit BEN
Wtitglieber1 ber 8anb, beren Sebrer
ltnb Gorgelebter ct 1T, pflegt ct aub
feinen l1mgang. st befinbet ii6 ionab
im ether feiltestpegs angenebmen Stel=
lung. Ser v8anbmaiter" follte Den
&apldnen lit ber 9lrmee glei6 geItellt
ieil1 bie Offisiere nit Sffisierspatent
(commissioneO 1inb, benin fiir bic
5olbaten int 6eere fat bic Wfu1if ge=
robe 10 aut @erth, tpie Sic Sleplpgie."
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MssSei(se+

Sierourd teebre i'd mid Dem publi=
tun1 ergebsnff an3u5eisen bae i'd bic
" a d tnen B erfitdtte bss 5rn.
Saeo 9 d ii ble an Yrsiaitraes ,uabe
Der Bride iiternpuln,en babe.
8eiiter bon Dampf- uno anoeren Mfa.
fdinen made i'd beIoueers barauf auf=
merriam.
4ae Irten bon Reparaturen, tie in bas
Tad bes Maldinenarbeiters 1slaaen,
weroen prompt nnb biais uussefatrt.
$. S6neiSer.
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Mmtter! Mntter!! Wfntter !

Whittier! Mfltter!! Mfntter J
Werbst SIR bes Nahts 9efSrt tperben
uno In gurer 8ube untsrbrohen bur1 bas
@hreen zines frantsn &inbes, pel1ss
@dmsr3en bonn Durhbreaen Der 3dbne
leibet2 81 ss bsr Jau, 70 tauft cine
Tlal9e BON Nrs. gBtnslows g o.
tbtns SYrup. @r wiro ben armen
Rl.inen iofort BON ieinen Shmsrasn be.
freien. Nan serlaIs fa barauf, es ttlft.
So III feline SHUTTER auf groen, bic es per.
ludte unb Gud nidt mittbsilen wiirbe, bab
20 bic @inssrpsioe rfsulirt, ben Sleinen
5life unb @tlunebeit unp Der Mutter
9tube osridaiTt, bab es rpie 3au6sr wtrtt.
Das Mittsl III ldsr In alien Jausn uno
anosnstm ton @siGmad es wirb Don
eiasr Der altsfen unb befen DoetUrtnneu
In ben Ser. Staatsnserfdrisbsn. lleber.
4 au taben, bic GlaIhe 3u 25 Gents.