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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22
The Pulse.

The pulse of healthy grown person
beats seventy times in minute; there
may be good health down to sixty but
if the pulse always exceeds seventy, there
is disease-the machine is working too
fast; it is wearing itself out there is a
fever or inflammation somewhere, and
the body is feeding on Itself, as i'll con-
sumption, when the pulse is always
quick, that is, over seventy, gradually
increasing with decreased chances of cure,
until it reaches one hundred and ten, or
one hundred and twenty, when death
comes before many days. When the
pulse is over seventy for months, and if
there is even slight cough, the lungs
are affected. Every intelligent person
owes it to himself to learn from his fam
lily physician how to ascertain the pulse
in health; then by comparing it with
what it is when ailing, he may have
some idea OF the urgency of the case, and
it will be an important guide to the
physician. Parents should know the
healthy pulse of each child; as, now and
then, a person is born with peculiarly
slow or fast pulse, and the very case in
hand may be that popularity. An in
.
child of seven years about eighty; from
twenty to sixty years it is seventy beats
a minute, declining to sixty at fourscore.
There are pulses all over the body, but
where there are only skin and bone, as
at the temples, it is most easily felt.
The wrist is the most convenient point.
The feebleness or strength of the beats
is not material, being modified by the
fingers pressure. Comparatively ,lrapid-
ity is the great point; near death, it is
a hundred and forty, or over. A healthy
pulse imparts to the finger feeling as
of woolen string; in fever it feels hard
er, like silk thread; if there is intiam-
nation, which is always dangerous, it
beats fast, spiteful and hard, as if fine
wire was throbbing against the finger.
When the pulse beats irregularly, as if
it lost beat, then hurried to make it up,
there is something the matter with the
heart. But however unnatural you may
think the pulse is, do not worry about
it take nothing except by the advice
of an intelligent physician.
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ave co;noided with tbe recollection of

have coincided with the recollection of
the questioner.
Since his return the claimant has been
engaged until now in collecting the evil
dence for this suit; and through what
perils he had to proceed, the following
passage from the opening speech OF
Sergeant Ballantine will show:
Commissions were issued both to
Australia and Melipilla. l may say that
from that you cannot doubt that Sir
Roger Tichborne has been largely sup
ported, and that large number OF per
sons implicitly believe in his story, and
have been ready to help him in money
as well as in countenance. Sir Roger
Tichborne started with the South Ameri-
can commission; but after they reached
Rio it became q question whether they
should cross the Cordilleras or go round
by Cape Horn. Sir Roger had natur-
ally strong objection to sea voyage,
and while the other members, afraid to
undertake the risks of crossing the Cor
dilleras, went by the sea, Sir Roger
started by that route, and had reached
Cadova, a place on the frontier OF the
mountains. There he became extremely
ill, and, in consequence, he was obliged
to return to England without making
his way across the Cordilleras. As a
singular episode in this extraordinary
case, may mention that the diligence
in which he had taken his place was
stopped in the Cordilleras, and every
person in it murdered"
OF course we cannot know what was
in the counsel's mind when he said this
but it certainly was very remarkable
fact that every traveller in the diligence
in which it was known the claimant in
tended to cross the mountains should
have been murdered on that journey.
Almost all that can be said Of the de-
fence is, that it will rest upon the as
sumed death of Sir Roger Tichborne on
the occasion of the shipwreck Of the
Bella. Although we have as yet heard
only one side of the case, and not the
whole of that, it is certain that if the
claimant is not Sir Roger Tichborne, he
ought to be in some doubt as to his per
sonal identity by the time the trial il
ended.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22
New York Markets.

FLOUR AND MISUNDERSTANDING Pbbl S5,G5
SO extra State, s. 35 $500 extra Western, $500
a $685. extra ana double extra Western and st,
a S7.l5 southern trade and family brands, $3.50 a
$3.50 rye flour, super AID extra 8 80 corn meal,
Western and Southern, $3.50 Si25.
GRoCRRIEs-Cofiee was rather more firm Rio,
IL II l6c.; Java, loh a2lfc.; and MaracaibO, IAN a
16kc., gold. Rice is jObbng at exc for Carolina,
nominal at 40 5Sc. for Porto Rico 30 45c. for Cuba
muscovado, so a CSC. for New orleans. sugar was
g1c refined Irregular; hard. iSk a I3ac; soft
white IL l2hc.i and yellow, lOa HE.
GRAIN-Wheat was shade firmer for spring but
otherwise dull and heavyi sales at 81 54 sl55A for
No. spring to arrive ana on the spot; white West
ern nominal at sl.Gl siS5 and amber winter,
@ 9as @ Sn 1r and bf hyy o s 03 e9 d
tied. Corn opened firm, but closed weak sales at
70 a 7Gc. for Western Mixed and 7Sc. for Western
white, WIN do yellow nominal at 40 aUc.
SUNDRIEs-Rosin was steady at s26O for strained
Spirits turpentine was steady at ACC. Petroleum
firm at 2Gc. Tor refined on the spot, and i5H fOI
crude. Iallow was quiet but firm at 9Ac. Whlskey
stronger, closing at " a 9ISc. for ir0n-bOund
treights were dull wheat, to Liverpool by steam
71sd., and by sail, GAd.
at Sl537 $3.50 for June, July, and August, prime
mess at S4, and jObDing business at Sl5S1 sl57i
Sl3 so S4 for prime Beef is quiet at Sg ST
for plain and extra mess in b6ls and go s2s tol
Uutmeats IN fair demapd dry sated shoulders sold
sac, and t6s a7kc for picked shoulders, and lOA
l2c. for do hams. Bacon duh at &C. for long clear
Dressed hogs steady at 5a4 6Ac. Lard was mor'
active, and closed trm sales at 9h ~. c. Tor city
lot los for Western, and lO4ae; for August @ M an,
September, and l0hc. for July. Butter and chess
steady and fairly active.
CoTToN-The market on the spot was more aetiy'
and NC hgheri sales at l9Sc. for middling uplands
and lsSc. for low middliDg. For future deliver,
prices were higher, with an active business
LIVE STOCK MARKRT-Missouri, Illinois ana IN
DIANA steers, part stillers sold at II l2c " D.
the Iexans at l0ke. tb., some fat bulls az &C. = 10
at lOa % fb. Sheared sheen at 6hc, with a few
at 6k a6hc and lambs at 12bsc with some OF TIL
best at l3e., and some culls at aSc. Dressed wer
trmer, and advanced TO a &c. for extreme weights
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Fearful Suffering of Shipwrecked
Crew.

We have to record (says the Figi Times
one of the most miraculous escapes from
death at sea, in many forms, that have
ever been made public. The bark Dash
ing Wave, a successful China tea clip
per, is down as missing. Captain Van
dervord was the master of the vessel, and
from him, we learn the following par
ticulars:
He left Foochow ON July Goth, bound
for Sydney; and on the night of Aug
ust 3lst, the weather being thick, and
squalls coming down at intervals. Cap
tain Vandervord took in maintopgallant-
sail at 10 P. NJ, and went below to lie
on the sofa in the cabin; at 1890 he
went on deck again, and was just in
time to see small island right ahead he
shouted to the man at the wheel to put
the helm down, and the vessel had near
ly come around, when her keel touched
on the reef which surrounded the island.
Half an hour after taking the bottom,
the copper came over the weathersides
in sheets, and the foremost sunk eight
cen inches; the mainmast was cut
away, but the ship began to break up
fast. The island proved to be Wake Is.
land, small and uninhabited, surrounded
by a reef, rendering it impossible to land
ii there is any wind blowing at all
Captain Vandervord says it is ten miles
out of the position given in the chart
10 degrees 80 minutes north, l67 de
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grees east. The crew took to the long
boat, and Captain Vandervord secured q
chart and nautical instruments, but,
strange to say, no compass was saved
case of colonial wine, bag and half
of bread, and two buckets, were put in
the boat, but no water and for thirty
one days the thirteen men were in the
open boat, without seeing land or a
ship, or receiving any assistance what
ever,
They left the wreck, the morning af-
ter, and, with sail made of blankets
sewn together and fixed to an oar, be-
gan their weary journey in search of
some inhabited island. Their sufferings
may be imagined.
For the first five days they had not a
drop of water, and the captain served
one bottle of Cawarra daily between the
thirteen. That saved their lives. Af-
ter that time, they had rain, and caught
water, but, except at the time it was
actually raining, only a half pint of
water each day, was served out, with a
handful of bread. To the credit of the
men and their commander, there was no
insubordination, no attempt to obtain
more than their share of the scanty pro-
visions and precious water; silently but
resigned, they passed day after, day with
the sun pouring down on their unshelter-
edheads. Every day, Captain Vandervord
got the boats position by means of his
instrument; but when the weather was
dull, they went in all directions, for
want of compass, especially on cloudy
nights. 1t was the masters intention to
make for the Kingsmill group, but the
current was against them, and then a
course was steered for Ascension Island,
and, had any of of the party been able
to row, they might have reached it but
weak as they were, all they could do
was to keep their boat before the wind
with the blanket-sail. After thirty days
of suffering, their mouths parched,
tongues swollen - wet with grateful
showers, scorched by tropical sun-they
sighted Strong's (Ualan) Island, the
easternmost of the Caroline group
Here the castaways saw canoe outside
taking produce from the island to an
other, and, had they been able to get
some provisions, Captain Vandervord
would have kept on, and tried to make
one of the islands of the Marshall OF
Gilbert groups, adjacent. The boat re.
fused to trade with them when sthey
went inside, and were received by the
king with the utmost hospitality; he
took the captain and mate to live with
him and assigned quarters to the men il
the town.
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Compressed Air as IL Motive Power.

A Portland (Me. correspondent Of the
Boston AdoertiSer says:
The experiments which Mr.. Robert
Spear has recently made in this city up
on compressed air as u motive power
have made very considerable sensation
among men of all classes, mechanics,
manufacturers, capitalists and inventors.
1t is evident that in certain branches OF
manufacture complete revolution must
follow upon the general introduction OF
this simple and economical substitute
for steam or water power. Whether en-
gines Of very high pressure can be sue
cessfully worked by this new agency is
still debatable question among our in
telligent mechanlcians. Mr.. Spear has
invented a governor which as easily con-
trolls the pressure as the governor of d
steam-engine. He claims that air can
be compressed in the reservoir to an ex-
tent double the power of the engine that
compresses, thereby saving very large
per cent. in fuel; that the pipes can be
extended to an almost indefinite extent,
and the obstacle OF friction. which pre-
vious experimenters have found almost
impossible to deal with, is by simple
lnVenuion VI mr' spear ehIlreiy oFei
come. The necessity of long lines OF
shafting in large shops is thereby obvia-
ted, and each workman becoming as it
were his own engineer, the work OF
keeping large engine constantly run
ming, when perhaps only a small part OF
the iactory's machinery is in motion, is
done away with. Mr.. Spear affirms that
the tidal force at Tukey's bridge alone
is sufficient to furnish compressed air fol
all the machinery in this neighborhood
and that the water power at the Lower
Falls Of the Presumpscot, if applied tc
the same purpose, would give sufii.
cient power for manufacturing city OF
hundreds of thousands of inhabitants.
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Anecdotes of Rufus ChOate.

Rufus Choate and Chief Justice Shaw,
of Massachusetts, often INDUCED in
wordy combats, and wit was generally
expended by both sides. Choate was
once arguing cause before the Chief
Justice, (who was one of the homeliest
men ever elevated to the Bench and,
to express his reverence for the conceded
ability of the Judge, said, in yielding to
an adverse decision
"In coming into the presence of your
Honor, l experience the same feelings
the Hindoo does when he bows before
his idol. know you are ugly, but feel
you are great y
It is said that Choate had command
of language, and his brain teemed with
a wealth of diction truly marvellous.
When Judge Shaw first heard that there
was a fresh edition of Worcester's Die
tionary out, containing $500 new words,
he exclaimed, {" For heavens sake, don't
let Choate get hold of it."
Choate, in an important assault and
battery case at sea, had Dick Barton,
chief mate of the clipper-ship Challenqe
on the stand, and badgered him so for
about an hour that Dick got his salt
water up, and hauled by the wind to
bring the keen Boston lawyer under his
batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony,
Dick said that the night was as "dark
as the devil, and raining like seven
bells"
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him:
"Was there moon that night I"
"Yes sir"
"Ah, yes moon"
"Yes, full MOON"
"Did you see it p
"Not mite"
"Then, how do you know there was
q moon"
"The Nautical Almanac said so, and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer
in this world"
"What was the principal luminary that
night, sir 2"
"Binnacle lamp aboard the Challenge"
"Ah! you are growing sharp, Mr..
Barton"
"What in blazes have you been grind
ing me this hour for-to make me
dull 2"
"Be civil, sir. And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in?"
"Sho'-you're joking"
"No, sir, am in earnest, and desire
you to answer me-"
"I shan't."
"Ah! you refuse, do you?"
"Yes-I can't"
"Indeed You are the chief mate of
a clipper-ship. and are unable to answer
so simple question:"
"Yes, it's the simplest question ever
had asked me. Why, L thought every
fool of lawyer knew that there amt
no latitude at the equator"
That foored Rufus.-Bench and Bar.
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A shrub known bv the name of balata

A shrub known by the name Of balata,
which abounds in Guinea, affords juice
which is found to be superior, for many
purposes, to gutta-percha, and of pc
culiar value as an insulating material
for enveloping telcgraphic wires. The
milk or juice coagulates quickly when
exposed to the air, and almost instan-
taneously when precipitated by alcohol,
which also dissolves the resin of the
balata juice. 1t is believed by those
who have investigated its nature and
properties, that almost all the articles
now manufactured from gutta- -percha
can be made with the sap OF this Guinea
plant, and it has the advantage of being
without any disagreeable smell. When
worked up it becomes as supple as cloth
and more flexible than gutta-percha
and it appears to possess equal strength
and durability.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22

A marvellous event in fnaneiering
took place in London two or three weeks
since. Bonds of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad Company to the
amount of nearly four millions of dol
lars We're put into the market on Tues
day morning. Before the Stock Ex-
change closed that day every dollar was
taken up, and the bonds rose to three
per cent. premium. On the same day
about two millions of the bonds were of
fered at Amsterdam, and not only taken,
but two millions more asked for. The
results are said to be unprecedented.
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PLAIN LANGUAGE.
BY TRUTHFUL JANE.

Which wish to repeat;
And my language is plain,
That in ways of deceit,
And in tricks that are vain,
The Girl of the Period" is lively,
Which the same l would rise to explain.
Lilly White was her name,
And / need not deny,
In regard to the same,
What that name might imply;
But her cheeks were provokingly rosy,
And bewitchingy penciled her eye.
Twas in Lent, the third week,
With most penitent skies,
Which it might be inferred,
Lilly White was likewise;
Yet she humbugged Johannes, my lover,
In way shall always despise.
Which she had small game
Called by some hide and seek;
Twas filtration. The same
She thought sinful and weak;
Bat she smiled as she ogled Johannes,
With smile that was sanity and meek.
Yet the game 1t advanced,
In a way l detest,
And my sorrow enhanced
At the state of Johns vest
Which heaved like a wave of the ocean,
When the same has n turbulent breast
But the tricks that were played
By the Girl of the p,
And the progress she made
Was alarming to sec
Till she twirled on her left-hand foreingcr
What Johannes had promised TO me.
Then I looked up at John,
And he looked not at me;
And l rose with a groan
And said, What do l see?
We are ruined by harmless Irritation,
And l went after the Girl of the z.
In the scene that ensued,
John, amazed, did not speak;
For the floor was bestrewed,
In the height of my pique,
With the "cards" " Lilly White had been play
ing ~
In the same game she thought "sinful ant
weak"
OF those "exquiste charms"
l laid bare in trice
"Padding," "paniers," and forms"
OF most cunning device;
And there fell with her tresses so airy,
What is frequent in hair-rats and mice.
Which Is why repeat,
And my language is plain,
That in ways of deceit,
And in tricks that are vain,
The " Girl of the Period" is lively,
Which the same / am free to maintain.
-Clereland Herald.
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Tooth ache proceeds from ague in the
face, operating upon the exposed nerve
of decayed tooth. Rub the gum
thoroughly with the finger, wet with
Jolnsoa's 1nodyno Liaement, heat the face
well, and lap flannel wet with the hni-
ment on the face, also put little of the
liniment into the cavity of the tooth
on cotton,
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vinegar Bittcrs are not vile Fancy DrinR.
Mldo OF Poor Runr, WhislScy, Proof Spirits
md Refuse Liquors doctored, spiccd and sweet
c,rl TO plcasc the taste, called "Tonics," "Appc.
Icstorcrs" &C., that lead the tppler on to
drunkenness and ruin but are atrue Medicine, made
from the Native Roots and Herbs OF California,
free from all Alcoholic Stfmulants. They arc
tho GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A
LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, perfect lseno-
yator and Invgorator of the SYSTEM carrying Oh all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to ahcahy
condition. No person can take these Dtters accord
ing to directions and remain long unwell, proViueu
their bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison or
other MEANS and the vital organs wasted Deyohu ING
point ofrepair.
They arc n Gentle Purgntivc ms wen ms
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit oil actng
as powerful agent in relieving Con gestion orlmla-
nation of the Liver, and all the Visccral Organs.
FOI, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young or old, married single, at the dawn oil wo-
manhood or at the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters
have no equal.
Ter Inilun.matory and Chronic Rhcumn-
t:sm and Gout, Dyspepsia or IndiGestion'
Bilious, Rcmistcnt and intermittent Few
ors, Diseases orthc Blood, Liver, Kidneys,
and Bladder, these Bittcrs have been most sue
ccss.ul. Such Diseases are caused by Viiintcd
Elood, which Is generally produced by derange'
ment Of the Digestive Organs.
II StS 'AiS'"HN'N
Pain the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightncss ofte Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructaons ofthc Stomach Dad taste
in the Mosth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful synp-
toms, are tho ofsprngs Of Dyspepsia.
They invigoratc the Stomach and stimulate the tor
pid liver and bowels, which roadcr them of unequal
led efficacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities,
and mparting life and vigor to the whole SYSTEM
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. letter,
Salt Thcum Dlotchcs, Spots, Pmplcs Pustules, Bos,
Carbunclcs, Rlng-worms, scald-IIcad, Sore Eyes,
Erysipclas Itch Scurfs, Dscoloratlons of the Skin,
IIumors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name
or nature arc literally dug up aad carried out of the
system in short time by the of these itcrs. Ono
bottle in such cases will convince the most ncredu-
Ious of their curative effect
Cleanse the vitiated Blood whenever you fms lts
,mnnrities bursting through the skin in Pinples,
Ernntons or Sores cleanse 1t when you nnd II oD'
structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse when
| IL ia foul and Your feelings will tell you when
Keen the blood pure and the health Of the system
| will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking la
tp system of 50 many thousands, are cnectu0ly de-
stroved and removed For full directions read care
fully the circular around each bottle, printed IN Tour
lau1uages-English, German, French ana Spanish
| J. WALKER, Proprietor Il. II. MCDONALD u Co..
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cal,
and 80 and 81 Commerce Street, New York.
| ry-SOLD DY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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IMPAIRED VITALTrY.-When you feel
as ii the vital powers Were giving way,
strength gone, spirits depressed, mem
ory failing, appetite lost, exhaustion
stealing over every sense and paralyzing
every energy, then Is the time to resort
to that powerful ally of nature DR..
WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BIT
TIERS. The property they embody soon
work a glorious renovation in the de-
bilitated system and the clouded mind.
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Johnny" said one of the boys to a
bereaved friend, who had just lost his
father, yer behaved well at the funeral" !"
Oh, pshaw !" replied Johnny, with the
air of one whose merits were only half
recognized, "you Should have seen me
at the grave"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22

A school-boy, having very good-na-
turedly helped another in a difficult
cipherng lesson, was angrily questioned
by the dominie-"W Why did you work
his lesson!" "To lessen his work." re-
piled the youngster.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22

The system frequently gets out of Or
der and should be at once egulated, else
other troubles will ensue when physic
is needed take Parsons Furgatice Pills };
they are a safe, wholesome, and natural
medicine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-22

agents, Rend, Decide, and t.'-I want
every person in the United States and New Jersey
who wishes to make money, TO send me their name
and address, and get samples and circulars FREE, OF
some new articles needed in every family, and as
saleable rs steamboats, at two cents apiece Agents
IL you want employment that will pay y"u from SO
TO $i5 per day will tell you how to do it. No gilt
enterprise or humbug. Address W. II. CHIDEs1ER,
267 Broadway New York.
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The woman that maketh a good pud-
ding in silence is better than one that
maketh "a tart reply.
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ADVERTISE e ~ EaTs

u. RICHARDSON'S new and elegant book,
"A. "Garnered Sheaves." Agents wanted. Ad-
dress COLUMBIAN BOOK co, Hartford. Conn.
GIVEN AWAY Specimen cores Of the new
ultEN HEHH ~ paper, THE FA NlIlY CAS-
KET, mailed on application. Address J. HENRY
SYMONDS, Box So, Boston, Mass.
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Grasshopper Jim" is the name by
which an editor of Portland, Oregon, is
distinguished.