The Elk County advocate. (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, May 07, 1869, Image 4

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lonal of one-half th aboro rates.
Business Cards five lines or le, 15 00 per year;
OTcr flvo lines, at the usual rato o advertising.
Tlic Policy of the United States
loivni il Spain.
Tli9 Triuunk's Washington special snys:
President Grant is keeping a vigilant watch
'over the oflairs of the Island of Cuba. Not
withstanding the conBdutice expressed by the
Spanish authorities of their ability to speed
ily Buppress the rebellion, the Government is
constantly in receipt of intelligence which
shows that the insurgents have not brought
into action all their available strength, and
it is expected that the next two or three
months will indicate) something definite re
specting the struggle on either side. In the
meantime it is cot the intention of the Gov
ernment to iuterl'ear so long as every demand
made upon the Spanish authorities, where
our interests are iuterfeared with, is prompt
ly acceoded to. Although tho Government
officials have indicated u willingness to sell
war materials of ull kinds to parties who de
sire to purchase, no Bales havo yet been
made. The Presideut has stiUod in
substance that ho believes the Spaniards have
exhausted their resources in Cubu, while they
have much latent strength, which will show
itself hereafter in on effective manner.
Our new Consul General at Havana, Mr.
Plumb, left here for New York this morn
ing, and will sail fur his post on Thursday.
lie has received very full and explicit instruc
tions, in view of tho importaut and delicate
nature of our relations with the Spanish au
thorities, lie is required to do ull that .may
lio in hia power to protect tho rights of
American citizens while they respect the
laws, and at the same time is cautioned to do
nothing that may precipitate a quarrel with
the colonial officials.
"Click1
Pomeroy 'Ou the It urn
pSIfe'C."
"Brick" Pomoroy having been slighted by
card signed by Gov. Hoffman, of New York
and tho State officers, recommending the
"World news paper as an organ worthy of
the putromvge and support of tho Democracy,
has ouunounced that he will have satisfaction
aud justice, or a fight. Tho hero of La
Crossr bus made himself a power in tli
Democratic party, and ho can't btand insult.
That "Brick'' is a sincere and thorough-going
Democrat, nooue eouversantwith his writkigs
cau doubt. Ho thinks he has rendered such
services to his party, as demand respect,
if not recognition, and he meau3 to-exact
ix3 what he thinks his duo. Ho writes as fol
lows: "If buying and selling, if fraud and cor
ruption, if double-dealing and trickery, dis
honesty, aud uothiug but a love for gain is
to mark tho couro of the lending Democarts
of New York, I just ask God to spare uiy
life for thu next two years. I shall not go
into the buying nnd selling busiueas?, but if
the Democratic office holders, elected by tho
people, who stand by mo us they do, ignore
the one who stood by them und insulted the
peoplo by urging them to support an organ
in the pay aud interest of tlio peoples' ene
mies, theu may I rot iti the i-urtti, be damned
in tho hereafter, if I don't warm it to tho
ones who thus by their own signatures, by
autograph letters, iudorse corruption.
If forced to it, 1 can sit
down at my desk, mix sarcasm, satire, potash,
invective, thunder aud liylituing, with u lit
tle urguini nt und illustration iu such a man
lier as to make 1 be Dkmockat interesting, if
not profitable."
And so on for quantity.
Lively times may bo expected if this pro
gramniu is curried out. (
Kkw Law or Testimony. The following In
the act passed by tho lust Legislature, pei mil
ting parties to the record of any civil proceeding,
txci pt in t xeq liuinl cutis biuiid in thu first
sevliou, to give evidence on triul. Tlio law has
been in force eineo tho loili, and tho general iin-riii-seion
sc'fms to lo thut it will prove advautayo
cna to the udiainistraiiuii of justice:
Section 1. o il cwiclcd itc, That no interest
nor policy of law shall txciuUe u pai ly or iwi'mju
fiom bfiiig a witness in uny Civil proceed. ny:
Prwldul, This act, shall not alter tne law unuw
declared unci practiced in the coin Is ot this (Jum
nioiiwcalih, to as to allow husband and wife to
testify Uijuiiirt each other, nor counsel to testify
to the conlidciitiul communication of his client;
and this ucl feliail not njipiy to actions by oi
against executors, uduiiinniulors or guurdiuns,
nor where tho assignor ol the thing or contract iu
action inuy bo dead, except in issues aud iuifiii
ries dtviuirite vit turn end olLers, ifp.ciiag iho
right of tnch deceased owner, between puilies
claiming such rifclil by devululiou on tho death
of such owner.
Skc. 2. That a party to tho record of any evil
proceeding, iu luw or equity, or a j eisoii lor
whoso immediate beuelit mch proceeding is piod
ecuted or de.euded, may bo examined us if under
cross ( xumiiiutiou, ui the instance of the adveie
puriy, or any ol'thcui, und for tlnil purpose may
be Compelled in ILo saino uiunn. r. and subject
to the sume rules for such exuniiimlioii us any
other witness, to testify; but the p;my culling
for such examination bbull not be excluded there
by, but may inbut it by counter testimony.
Skc. 3. 'iWU the lesuuiony of witnesses author
ized by this act niay bo had by depositiou or
eomuiicsion issued, us the case may rtquiie, with
itch notice to I he adier.-u party, at i now or
may hereafier be prescr.bed by tho rules of prop
er court, touching the tuning of depositions and
testimony and coiumissiou.
John Claiik,
Speaker of the House of RepresenlHitves.
WlLMKH WORTIIINUTOX
Speaker of tho beuato.
Approved the Fifteenth day of April Anno
Powiui on thousand eight hundred and sixty
Dine. Jobs VV, Guht,
FoMl wTk Killing cbkkwoo Sunday
Till Timm's Washington special gnys:
Wlieti General Lee called to see tho Presi
dent, tho only person with tho President
when General Leo was announced, was Mr.
Motley, who proposed to retire nnd return
at, some other time, but tho President re
qnested him to stny. Gcnerol Lee then en
tered accompanied by Lis friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Tnggert of Baltimore, who, after being
presented, took a seat at one side, and con
versation ensued between tho President, 'Mr.
Motley and General Lee. They talked about
the weather, crops iu Virginia, a railroad
which General Len is Interested in, and pos
sibly one or two other personal mutters.
At tho end of fifteen or twenty minutes Gen.
Lee and his friends withdrew. Not o word
was said about reconstruction, and the call
was entirely one of courteRy. The state
ments that Senators and Members of thp
Hotiso were turned out of the room to admit
General Lee, aro pure fabrications.
The ITaity Family. The Dayton Ledokr,
Vallnndigham's organ, denies that Chief
Justice Chase failed to re .eivu the nomina
tion at the Democratic Convention at .New
York though the oppositionof the "Marryr."
It says that Seymour declined the nomina
tion in ood faith, and was sincerely for
Chase, nnd had he possessed the presence of
mind r.nd boldness to conclude his epeech
with suggesting the Chief Justice, Vallnn-
digham would have acquiesced, Chase have
been nominated and President to-day. The
Lkdokr adds:
"After the multiplied treacheries and
stupidities of the Democratic managers from
October, lHui, to July, 18(8, there was but
one thing which could and would have com
manded success the nomination of Solomon
P. Chase, who, unlike Andrew Johnson, had
brains enough to comprehend that if ho was
to overpower tho strong minded, strong
willed audacity of the Hepublican leaders, it
was alone by antagonizing to it the strong
minded. Btrong willed audacity oi tho 'Cop
perheads1 of the Democratic party. He wus
not nominated; wherefore and by reason of
the premises. Grant aud his relatives now
hold place, if not power, whilo Seymour
emps his hay, milks his cows and churns his
butter near pent-up Utica.1 "
Axothkr Si.ACunTF.R. We have to chron
icle auother of those harrowiug disasters
which for a time chill the blood and then are
forgotten. Saturday a steamer on the Miss
ouri river struck a snag, nearSiouX City aud
while sinking, exploded her boilers. Her
freight of human beings, mostly soldiers who
hod served their time and were on their way
homo, was scattered abroad on the waters.
Fifty persons are missiug. On Friday the
railway offered up its sacrifice; Saturday the
water adds another. Broken rails, unskill
ful pilots and defective boilers have been
drenched in blood. To call for investigation
and punishment of the gulty is, wo are sorry
to feel, useless. Those lessons will soon bo
forgotten. Tbey will bo spoken of in con
nection with Angola und Curr's Rock, nnd
the public will wait for the next horror.
Is the death of Mr. C. B. Seymour, musi
cal editor of Tub Times, tho press of New
York bus lost one of its most accomplished
members. He was a critic of most sound
judgment, excellent taste, nnd a wide range
of information; a polished nnd genial getl
man. Ilo had enjoyed a varied experience
in journalism, and iuull the departments in
which he had employed his facilo pen, he had
reBected credit upon himself and his profes
sion.
It is rumored that Great Britain will recog
nize the Cuban insurgents as belligerents;
uud by so doing try to justify her conduct in
recognizing tho Southeru Coufedercy. "Two
wrongs will not make one right," uud Kng
Inud might as well acknowledge her faults
first as last. She will have to do so iu time
uny way.
Totato speculators in some sections of the
couutry huve been badly bitten, and nro un
loading their s'ocks us a sad sacrifice. A
Michigan paper says that farmers iu portions
of that State are obliged to sell potatoes at
fiTteeu cents per bushel, for which they re
fused .$1 50 last fall, aud tlmt they have
very large stock on blind.
A Western correspondent says that Chica
go contemplates cuttiusr a canal 1,000 feet
wide and HI) feet loep from Luke Michigan to
the llliuoia River. If this were done, Niag.
ura Falls will bo almost littcrally "dried
up," und the St. Lawrenco reduced to nil in
significant creek.
IUnnARA Fkitchik. A unlive of Fred
rick, Maryland, writing to tlio Wnsb'u g
ton Star, says ho lias known the FriteliU
family all his lifetime, and that Wliittier's
; . it t. is.,,1-, L.ii-
I'ueui is uuo iie Buys, diuu,u,i ,
uliio was a reality nt the limo referred to
When Jackson was passiti'' through
Fredrick, i.f necessity lie had to pass the
house in winch uc lived, on Wehtlut
rick street, youth side, next to t'nrrol
Creek. As he and liis troops passed tho
house, sho appeared nt the dormer win
dow of her one storied house, and waved
the Stats and Stripes before their veritable
faces. One ot his men rasied his gun
towards her, and she cried ' Shoot 1
shoot ! still waving the flag. Jackson
himself knocked his gun aside, and com
manded him not to attempt such a thing,
ut the sinio time raising his hat iu honor
of the flag. A shout then went up from
his own men, and they jiassed on. This
is the gist of the story, which 1 have of
ten heard in Frederick, and never heard
it contradicted by any olio.1'
Baiburaia too ranch of a heroine for
the disloyal of Frederick, so the tenible
flood of last summer was made a pretext
by the .nunioiynl authorities of Frederick
lor wideuing Carrol Creek, ou whose
bank her house stood. In this way her
house is destroyed, and its site becomes
the landing place of a bridge across the
creek.
Virtt in fcw own miri,
Mr Greeley and h't Partner.
The following instance of Yankee plnck
and determination, illustrates well, the
mystery of A ti(ilo Faxon success, in com
petition with all other races. The mis
fortune to the famous fcew York paper
(then tn its infancy) which is here told,
happened during one of the most terrible
snow storms ever Inown in America,
llcnd, and learn to never give vp.
In Februrary, 1845, the office of the
Tribune was burhed down. The paper
had " gone to press " at hu!f.pi,.st two in
the morning, and the whole edition had
been delivered to the carriers, when, at
lour o'cl.iek, firo broke out in the lower
pare of the b'lildini;, and two hours later
there was only a heap of ruins.
At eight o'clock, looking on from the
brink of the Gory cli'ism, whence smoke und
steaai still avceuded, 1 saw Greeley, trudg
iug thiough two or three lect of snow,
closely followed by his partner, Thomas
McElrath the later a shrewd busiuess
tnuu, to whom Greeley has repeatedly at
tributed the pecuniary success of the
I riOtine.
.'1 he two advanced to the edge of the
gap which held all that was left of the
tribune establishment, and 1, standing by
tho side of Greeley, put to him the ques.
tion :
" Well, Jlr. Greeley, what aro you going
to do ? Will tho Tribune bo published
O If
ugaiu f
Greeley replied with that curious corru
gation of the brotv which always indicates
any perturbation in his mind, and in tho
old lulsetto tone with which he gives ear
picrciug expression to any thing thut may
uillict him : " I do o u't kuow 1 "
Just at that moment Me. Hi I ruth catno up.
Gteeley turned to him with a woe begone
expression, and said :
" Well, McLIrath, this is a pretty clean
smash! What shall we do ? "
lucuirain repnea, uet out luo paper
. ! , .... .
to morrow aioruirn:, as usual I
It was done. Though the partners did
not kuow but that they wero ruiued :
though their safe was still roasting in the
ruins with all their books in it, nod though
their capital was exhausted, the indemitn-
oio energy ot Aicjjjiratn caused the paper
to appear at the reir'ilar time the next
morning, and the evcut proved to bo the
best kind ol un. advertisement, for it brought
the Tiibuitc literally a thousand coniplt
ments, nnd gave its managers a lusting
reputation tor cuergy and enterprise.
V incbester s old building No. 30 Ann
staeet was hired ; a publication office was-
fitted up lor the reception of advertise
ments : on tna top floor, printers cases
were speedily filled with eight or nine
diliorent kinds of type, picked up any where
and evcry where ; Greeley was stowed
away iu the turner of an uti furnished loft
directly over the printers, and his desk was
a tmiGoth board supported by two barrels ;
all the other impoverished improvements
being of similar simplicity. Hero all
bunds were soon busily ut work for the
whole paper was to be reset. Tho business
wan doue, the paper was. served to its- sub
seribers ut breakfast tinie,yid a few mouths
later, the building now occupied by the
Tribune was fiuished.
Deaths by Lioutninu. Few people
are nwaro how many are the deaths from
lightning. It uppears, fnun statistics kept
iu Francs, that during the last thirty years
tunrS than 10,000 people wero struck by
lightning, of whom 'Zlbi were killed out
right. 880 were killed durim: the last ten
years, and ol these only 24'd were leiiiisles.
It lightning falls on a crowd, it does more
mischief among the men than among tho
females, tie latter pcrsous being the most
exposed.
Animals are frequently stricken, while
those in charge of them are .'pared. Thy
rdd idea that the beach tree is a protection
is a final error, the neighborhood of all
isolated trees Icing dangerous, except when
they aro in metallic connection with the
soil
Eailroads and telegraph wires nro pro
lectors in so far as they are able to absurd
and convey considerabla auiounts of elec
tricity. Every .locomotive does this unper
ceived, its metallic mus9 being an excellent
conductor. Walking along a railroad
track, where it runs through a country
without trees, is as dangerous as taking
shelter under a tall tree. That windows
are dangerous is believed to be an error,
for expei ience does not show thut light
ning stiikes through open wiudows or fol
lows a draft of air.
A Dutchman's Answer. Fq-iil " I
say, fellow, can you toll me where Mr.
Swaokelnauitner, the preacher, lives? "
A Dutchman " Yaw. You shust valk
de rout up de oreck, and dura do pridge
over de rthreum. Den you shust go ou
till you gunio to a rote what viddi woots
arount a schoolhouse ; but you don't take
datroat. Veil, deu. you go on till you
meet a pig pain, shingled mit sthraw, den
you durn do roat around de field and go on
till you gome to a pig ret house all speckled
over mit vite, and the garret up stairs.
Veil, dat ish mine brudder Ilau's house
Den you durn de house arount do para und
you see a roat vot goes up in de wools.
Den you duu't dake dat roat too. Den you
go right straight on, utit do first house you
meet ish a haystack, uot do next is a car
rack. Yell, he don't live here. Den you
vill get furdar, unt you see a houso ou de
top of de hill about a mile, unt go iu dere
ax de voman. uut she vill tell better as I
can. '
Chicago is, as usual, ahead. A young
woman of that city has invented a new
brunch of female usefulness. She adver
tiscs she vill "give lessons in etiquette,
and the way of conversing with ladies to
any young gentlemen who do not fuel at
ease in tho society of the opposite sex.
Tuition to lovers extra " She has been
quite successful, and makes a speciality of
proposals in various forms. From all ac
counts the male sex of the Lake ctty have
been getting along very well with the lair
sex, but ot course, after irVructiun ia the
art, they will do much better. Will the
number of divorce suits be increased or
dec ree ed in eoDsequeoo 1
CitcELTT to Animals. Nothing no
much marks the true progress of civili
zation as the increasing ntteKion given
to the question of humanity to dumb
beasts. In our own State much has been
done towards relieving them from the
cruelties nnd unnecessary suffering im
posed on them by unfeeling wretches, or
the barbaric ignorance ot a past age.
In other States, similar signs ot pro
gress exist. 1 he Massachusetts Society
for the Prevent ion of Cruelty to Animals
are looking after the biichers. They give
notice in the last issue of their publica
tion, Our Dumb Animals.' that alter
the 30th of March they intend to enforce
the taw against the starvation nnd bleed
ing of veal calves belore being slaughter
ed. They have been informed that, bv
certain bnchers. "the calves are starved
from Sni'day night till tho next Sunday
night, besides being bled every twenty
four hours, to slop the bleating and to
whiten tho veal."
An Easy Place. Rev. Iletirjr Ward
Bcecher some time slnco received a let
ter from a young man who recommended
himself very highly as being honest, and
closed with the request: ' Gel mo an
easy situation that honesty may be re
warded lo which Mr. lieecher replied.
Don't be an editor if vou would be
" easy " Do not try the law. AvoidJ
school keeping Keep out of the pulpit
Let alone nil ships, stores, shops and mer
chandise. Abhor politics. Keep tiway
from lawyers. Don't practice medicine.
Lse not a tanner nor mechanic ; neither a
soldier nor n sailor Don't st udy. Don't
think. Don't work. None of them are
easy. O, my honest friend, you nre in a
very hard world ! J know of but one
' easy place " in it. That place is the
Grave.
Fort every one life has some ble'sings
cup that is not tilled with bitterness.
At every heart, there is some fount of
pure water, nnd all men, at some time
or other, taste its sweetness. Who is he
that has not found on his path of life
some fragrant rose-bush, scenting nil the
air with its sweet ot virtue, that the storm
of time can never destroy '( Write your
name in kindness, love and mercy upon
the hearts of the thousands you come
in contact with year by year, you will
never be forgotten. No, your name, your
deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you
leave behied as the stars on the brow of
evening. Good deeds will shine as the
stars 'of heaven.
Lanouaokof tub Clouds. So(t look
ing or delicate clouds foretell the line
weather with moderate or light breezes ;
hard edged, oily looking clouds, wind A
dark, gloomy bluo sky is line weather.
Generally the softer clouds look the less
wind, more again may be expected ; and
the harder, moro ''greasy,'' roiled; tutted
or ragged, tne stronucr tne coining wiuu
will prove. Also a bright yellow sky at
sunset presages wind ; a pale, yellow, wet ;
and a greenish, sickly ccdor, wind uud ram.
thus, by the prevalence, oi red, yellow or
other tiuts, the coming weather may be
foretold very nearly. Small, inky lookins;
clouds foretell rain, litht coloied clmids
driving across heavy masses t-how wind and
rain ; but it ulonc, may indicate wind only.
mm m
The old tiresome storv about, the .wheat
crop in New England is, "It don't do
well. v hen we get the source of supply
far enough weM and that time is at hand
we shall tiud, by putting braii.s to it, we
can grow wheat upon old land. " Old
laud," indeed ! The uverago EngliMi
wheat crop per acre is double thut of the
new State of Ohio, and the finest grain is
still produced upon the soil of Italy which
wus a garden wIi-.mi the liriiuiis were u
stupid race of savages.
IIvDttOfHOBi.v has been successfully
treated wiih iodine by Dr. Mussey, of
Chicago. (Jf eight cass promptly tieuted
with iodine not ono resulted fatally, nor
were any decisive syirptons of hydrophobia
subsequently manifested. Iu four of the
cases it was probable that the wounds were
from animals really rabid, and not in the
other four.
The municipal elections iu Ohio have re
sulted geuerally in favor of tho Republicans.
Columbus give 500s mujority for tho opposi
tion, against l.JpUO for them lust October.
O evelaud re elects her Democratic mayor,
with a llepublici.n mujority of five iu the
council. Newark is Democratic as usual.
This includes about all the Democratic vic
tories" among our Ohio neighbors this year.
A shoemaker was the other day fitting
a customer with a pair of boots, when the
buyer observed that he had but one ob
jection to them which was that the soles
were a little too thick. ' If that is all,"
replied the maker, ' put on tho boots
and the objection will gradually wear
away."
A petulant old lndv having refused a
suitor to her neice, he expostulated with
her, and requested ber plainly to divulge
her reasous. " 1 sec the viliiuii in your
face," said she. " Thut is a personal re.
flection, madam," answered the lover.
" Tell mo, ye angelio hosts, ye messen
gers of love, shall swindled printers hero
below have uo redress above? The shin,
ing angel bund replied, to us is knowleige
given ; delinquents on the printer's books
can never enter heaveu." .-
" Remember whom you are talking to,
sir!" said au indignant parent to a trao.
tisus boy ; am your father sir ! "
" Well, who's to blame for that f " said
impertinence j " tain't me ! "
President Grant, unlike President
Johnson, keeps tho Executive Mansion
closed to all visitors on the Sabbath day.
" You nave a striking countenance,"
as the donkey enid to thj elephant when
he hit him over the. back with his trunk.
The Pope will be seventy seven years old
on May 13, 1869.
NEWS ITEMS.
Edwin M. fetanlon rctnrns $10,6C4 Income.
The bridge ncross the Missifsippi, ut St.
Louis, is to be at once begun.
M. Theirs is eighty-eight years old nnd
has begun the study of hotnny.
A Houston girl horwwhii'ix'd her delin-'
tfietit lover in the street a few d.iys nrjee.
The New York Express thinks Hint rity
will have underground railways in half a
dozen years.'
In West Virginia. fiO.flOO acres of laud
have just In en fold for 25 ci n s un ncr
In the House of IM'tige at Rochester. N
Y., the imprisoned have formed a brass
bund.
The Governor of Illinois recently vetoed
46 bills in one batch an example thnt the
Governors of nearly ull our Slates can follow,
wilb. credit to themselves uud benefit to the
community.
Ambergris is found in dyspeptic whales or
thoe who .have the liver complaint. .A
New Bedford Whnler recently captured a
whale containing 285 pounds of anibergis,
woitc $79 a pound.
A farmer a Tuunton. Mush., has a remark--able
eow. During the laist year she has
given 7.134 quarts of milk, wt h h'ng about
14,:iU8 lbs., and yielding about $.)(it); while
the keeping of this animal cost only $144
The Mount Ccrris tnmiel has penetrated
through the quartz nnd has come to a strat
um of soft, stone, which is so ei.sily worked
that it is now exprcted that the tinr for
opening the line may beset six n o iths
earlier than heretofore. .
A Tennesse girl wants $50,000 dnmnres
from a resident of Lnnsinibiirgh, N. Y.,
for a breach of promise of marriege. '1 he
defence is that the man was married at Hip
time he made the engagement ami that the
fulfilment, of his promise would involve a
breach of the law.
In n Massachusetts town recently, there
was an alarm caused by burglars. The neigh
bors came to the rescue, but mistaking each
other in the dork of the depredators, they
ponnded rnch other so severly that both had
lobe laid up for si verul dayV. The birg
'I urn escaped.
The new female pestmnstrr at Itichmoi d
shows' ntrrprise. She has placed two ladies
in charge of the ladies' delivery, established
st:cpt letter boxes, increasing the facilities
lor registration, and introduced t icr im
provements into the Eicliinoiid I'osl-i-fiiee.
Il is said that a shipwrecked Ynrkeo was
lately rescued from one of the Mnrtiesas
Isl.md, whose fiivt question on being dis
covered wus "IJnw did the Mexican war
finally come out?.'1 lie had been a soldier
who "had left General Scott's nimy before
the cainp iifjn closed.
Mr. San url T. Brown, a luw partner o
United htntes Senator Scott, writes a lrtt-r
to the editors of the llnrrisburg Statu
Ucard advocating the claims of Gov. Geary
for n rc nomination. Mr Brown says '"Gov
Geary is the choice of the reat muss oT Ito
piibl!can?,'' and adds, he has mu(!e a good
safe Governor and his inlliii nee has always
hdon on tlie side ol morality and justice.
A ctirion3 incident lately occurred at S'.
Petersburg. A clerk in the bank had to
convey 2,2(10,000 rouli'es to the post-office,
lie sent for a cab and p'a ed the money n it,
recollecting fiat he hail forgotten l is over
coal ho shut the door and returned to the
building to get it.' AVle n he fume bin k he
found the vehicle had left! 'I he whole estuh.
lis'imetit was in an iuteuse excitement, the
po'ice were communicated with, anil a search
commenced in every direction. In u short
lime the coachman was discovered traveling
quietly toward his de.-tiiution, having start
ed with the full conviction, from hearing
the door shut, that his lure was inside
The &rcat Indian Remedy,
By thoroughly cUtui-,in the Mood, it railkully cures
Ty.stetin,
IJver Complaint, CougV,
Col ts, 1is w of the KMm?y. lnpiy,
flout. !?;ii'itl Vi't!i;'rft, .)nmtili-f , lUteutnatini,
Chill und Fever, l'lfliisu Crimp iniii Iliinl I if n thins,
t'ttver 8irta, Ervipcla, Suit Kin mn. Neural
gia, Low of Appetite, Throat Ji(-;ictj,
bore tivus, (.'anker in nil tor ma,
Iuihiuinvitinn, Uuiittral
Weakness.
Sua by DacoaisTS.
J. P. FELT, Gen'l Agt.
Ko. 714 Arcli St., FhlU.
IlAlR MESSittfi
Jsvty'e inoneBoiflj
BY ITS USB
Gray or Faded Ilair is qniculy
restored to its youthful color and beauty,
and witji tho first application a
beautiful gloss and delightful fragrance
is given to the Hair.
Jt will cause Hair to grow on Bald Spots.
It will promote luxuriant growth.
Falling HAIR is immediately checked.
Far Hale bj all DraUu.
DEPOT rrmoTcd from Gr. enwW h 81. to '
33 Barclay fet. & 40 Turk tluce.
HELM HOLD'S Concentmled Exiract
parilln, in the (rent bleed rir.iftr.
Sftrsg.
mm
fl 1 5
mm c
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
Fop restoring Cray Hair to
its natural Vilalily and Color.
A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair is soon restored
to its original color
with the gloss and
freshness of youth.
Thin liair is thick
ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or tho glands, atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved fcr
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent baldness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
mnke somo preparations dangerous and
injurious to tho hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can bo found so desirable.
Containiug neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambric, and yet lasta
loug ou the hair, giving it a rich glossy
lustre and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Cheuists,
LOWELL, MASS.
PRICE $1.00.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
auoh as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.
ProbnMy never before in the wholo history of
medicine, Ims iinything won so widely and so deeply
upon the conllilence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for)iilinon:ir'eoinpluuits. Through u long
teries 'ot years, anil llinonif most of the races of
nicn it hits risen higher and higher in their estima
tion, fts it has bueoino better known, ltd uniform
character and power to cure tho various nflcctionii
of the lungs und throat, have made it known ns a re
liable protector ng:iint them. While adapted to
milder forms of di sease und to young children, it is
nt the snine time the most effectual remedy that cna
be given for incipient consumption, nnd the dan
gerotis nll'ecti'oiis of the throat und lungs. Jta n pro
vision against sudden attacks of L'rviip, It should
be kept on hand in every family, nnd indeed as ull
nre sometimes subject to colds und coughs, all
cliould lie provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled C'ongumjttion is thought In
curable, still great numbers ot cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
nnd tho patient restored to sound henllh by the
Chrrr-i 1'eetoral. So complcto Is its mastery
over the disorders of tho Lungs nnd Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When noth
ing else could reach them, under tho Cherry Pec
toral they subside and disappear.
SinyerH ami Publio Speaker find great pro
tection from it.
Amhma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.
Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry Perioral in small nnd frequent doses.
So generally are its virtues known that wo need
not publish the certiorates of them here, or do moro
than assure the public that its qualities are fully
maintained.
Ayer's Ague Cure,
For Fevnr nnd Arue. Intermittent Fever,
Chill Fevor, Iteruittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Poriod'Oal or Bilious Fever, &o.,
nnd indeed nil the affeotions which nriso
from malarious, marsh, or miasmatio
poisons.
As its name Implies, It does Cure, nnd does not
fill. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bismuth,
Zinc, nor uny other mineral or poisonous substance
whatever, it in nowise inlures nnv patient. The
number und importance of its cures In the ngue dis
tricts, nre literullv beyond account, nnd we believe
ui me r.Miirm i-uit? cncrieu 111 filisiin.ine
cuscs, ami wnere omcr remedies imn wnouy iaiid.
wnncciimated persons, either rcsldunt in,; or
travellina through miasmatic, localities, will be. pro
tected by taking iho AfiVF. CVHK daily.
For lAeer Comnlainf. arising from torpllity
of tho Liver, it Is nn excellent remedy, stimuli ing
the Liver into healthy activity. f-
For Bilious Disorders nnd Liver Complaintr it is
nn evnllcnt reinedv, producing many truly re
markahlo cures, where other medicines had v.iled.
1'repared bv Dn. .1. C. Avkr A Co., Practical
nnd Analvtical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold
all round the world.
PRICE, $1.00 FEB BOTTLX!.
ELK COUNTY
rjO ADYEUTISEU8,
ADVOCATE.
THE ELK COUNTY ADVOCATE
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EVE It T FRIDAT MORN1XG,
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B IDG WAY, PA.
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