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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
The Mormon Succession.

d. H. Smith, youngest son OF the
Prophet" Joseph, is now in Salt Lake
City holding meetings on the subject of
the succession. The Salt Lake Tribune
says:
This movement on the part Of the
Smith brothers is going to form most
important part in bringing about final
separation of church and state in this
country, inasmuch as the question of
successorship to Brigham Young is in
volved, and which we predict in advance
is going to be the one which will wreck
and split up into factions the Utah Or
ganization at the death of its leader.
The question as to who will be the sue
cessor of Brigham Young is a perfect
mystery to the Mormon people, and a
stranger cannot elicit anything from any
of them bearing upon that subject, and
it looks more than singular that, at the
present stage of the game, the lineal de-
scendants of the original founder of
Mormonism should now be in Salt Lake
City laying claim to the control of the
Mormon Church.
That this subject is of the most vital
interest to the public here was demon
strated by the crowded state of the i'll
stitute again last night, among whom
was noticed not only portions of the
Smith family of the Brighamite per-
suasion, but the private secretary OF
Brigham Young himself, who was most
likely there in the interest of his masters
kingdom, fact which betrays how
keenly the prophet" himself is inter
ested in the mission of the Smiths to this
country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
Ringing Rocks.

A Pottstown correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says:
In February number of the Scientific
american a contributor says: "The So
norous stone near Pottstown, Pa, must
be of volcanic origin, known as trachyte.
An island in the West Indies, elevated
80 feet above the ocean, contains masses
of the same character of rocks. Living
stone, in his South Africa" page 10l,
speaks of the Bamangwato Hills of the
Bakoa Range, 700 or 800 feet above the
plains The rocks, in falling, produce
a ringing noise, which leads many to
fancy that they contain abundance of
iron. In many places the lava streams
may be recognized" The sonorous
stone alluded to near Pottstown are
found on one of the hills northeast of the
town, known as Klingle Berg, or Ring
ing Hill. Owing to the romantic Wild
ness of the spot, as we'll as the interest
and curiosity attached to it, it always
has been favorite place for the young
people of the country round. Going out
on an excursion of this kind, lately, we
might have failed to find the rocks,
which are so hedged in by evergreens as
to be invisible from the carriage road,
had not band of school boys reached
them, from the opposite side, few mo-
ments in advance of us. Suddenly, in
the midst of beyish voices, the rocks
spoke for themselves, some in the deep
est bass, others pealing out as clearly
almost as a silver bell. Scrambling
through the underbrush and evergreens
we hastily entered the scene of action,
with small bits of rock in hand, ready to
play our part.
We found the tall rock near the centre
which appeared to touch the others al
but one or two points-to have the clear
est sound of all another was specially
interesting from the print of a horses
hoof somewhat indistinctly marked upon
it, while many were cracked and scanned
as from the action of heat, these latter
phenomena favoring the theory of theil
volcanic origin. The ringing rocks
themselves cover an oblong space les'
than an eighth of mile from end t.
end. They are so thickly piled together
and have been SO completely washed by
rains that, except little brown mos
here or there, not a particle of vegeta
ton can be seen upon them. The who'll
of the rocky region roundabouts, how
ever, is thickly overgrown with tree
and underbrush.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
Brandy and Work.

At recent meeting of the royal So
ciety, o paper on Further experiments
on the effect of alcohol and exercise on
the elimination of nitrogen, and on
pulse and temperature of the body" was
presented by DR.. E. A. Parkes. 1t con-
tained detailed description of expert
ments made on soldier, Scotchman,
who had been brought up on oatmeal
and milk, and who, at one time, had
been in the habit of taking more than q
fair amount of whiskey. As soldier,
however, he bears the character of a
steady man in the enjoyment of perfect
health. His experience as to the effect
OF alcohol is noteworthy. He COM
menced the exercise and brandy period
of the experiment with belief that the
brandy would enable him to perform
the work more easily, but ended with
the opposite conviction. The brandy
was taken in four ounce doses at 10 A.
NJ, 2 P. NJ. and P. NJ, in an equal guam
tity of water, and the work was chiefly
done in the two hours Immediately sue
ceeding each dose, and from to 8 A.
NJ. The two hours work from 10 A. NJ.
to II NJ, Immediately after the first four
fluid ounces of brandy was, he thought,
done equally well with and without the
brandy. The man affirmed that he
could tell no difference, except that, to
use his own words, "the brandy seemed
to give him kind of spirit which made
him think he could do great deal of
work but when he came to do it he
found he was less capable than he
thought" After the second four ounces
of brandy he felt hot and thirsty; but
on the first two days he thought he
worked as we'll as on the water" days.
On the third day, however, he had palpi-
tation of the heart, and was surprised to
find he was obliged to stop from time
to time, because, to use his own words,
of his breathing not being so good"
The third four fluid ounces of brandy
at 6 P. NJ. produced on all three days
very marked narcotic effects Immediate
ly after taking it he became heavy, felt
the greatest indisposition to exert him
self, and could hardly refrain from
throwing down his spade and giving up
work. He worked with no vigor, and
on the second evening thought his mus
cular power decidedly lessened. On the
third evening, as it was raining, he
could not dig, but took walking and
running exercise under cover. On at
tempting to run he found to his great
surprise, as he is particularly fast and
good runner, that he could not do so
on attempting to run he had palpita-
ton and got out of breath and was
obliged to stop, SO that, he stated, on the
next day, "if he had had his accoutre-
ments on and been ordered to double,
he could not have obeyed the order"
After coming in from work on each
evening, he fell into heavy sleep, from
which he was awakened with difficulty.
This lasted three or four hours, after
which he was restless and sleepless.
The mans own judgment was, at the
end of the trial, that he would prefer
to work without the brandy; and, when
asked his reasons, he mentioned "the
increased thirst, the heaviness in the
evening, and the fluttering at the
heart"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
CuriOsities of Animal Life.

There can be no doubt, writes Mr..
Darwin, that dogs feel shame as distinct
from fear, and something very like
modesty, when begging too often for
food. A great dog scorns the snarling
of little dog, and this may be called
magnanimity. Several observers have
stated that monkeys certainly disGked
being laughed at, as they sometimes in
vent imaginary offences. In the Zool-
ogical Gardens l saw baboon that al
ways got into furious rage when his
keeper took out letter or book and
read it aloud to him, and his rage was
so violent that, as witnessed on one oc-
casion, he bit his own leg till the blood
flowed.
All animals feel wonder, and. many
exhibit curiosity, the latter affording
opportunity for hunters, in many parts
Of the world, to decoy the game into
their power. The faculty of imitation,
so strongly developed in man, especially
in a barbarous state, is present in mon
keys. A certain bull-terrier of our ac-
quaintance, when he wishes to go out
of the room, jumps at the handle of the
door and grasps it with his paws, al
though he cannot turn the handle. Par
rets also reproduce with wonderful idel-
ity the tones of different speakers, and
puppies reared by cats have been known
to lick their feet and wash their faces
after the manner of their foster moth
ers.
Attention and memory are also pres
ent in the lower animals, and it is i'm
possible to deny that the dreams of dogs
and horses show presence of imagina-
ton or certain skow of reason is also
present. Animals likewise profit by ex-
perience, as any man realizes who sets
traps. The young are much more easily
caught than the old, and the adults gain
caution by seeing the fate of those who
are caught. Tools are also used by some
of the higher apes. The chimpanzee
uses stone to crack nut resembling a
walnut, and the Abyssinian balloons
fight troops of another species, and roll
down stones in the attack before they
finally close in hand-to-hand encoun-
ter. The idea of common property is
common also to every dog with bone,
to all birds with their nests, and notably
in the case of rocks. Nor can a certain
kind of language be denied to the brute.
The dog communicates his feelings by
barks Of different tones, which undoubt-
edly raise in his fellow dogs ideas simil-
ar to those passing in his own mind
Edin6urgh Reuie,o.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
Relic of a Famous Temple.

DR.. d. P. Livermore of Hallowell, Me-,
has in his possession q very interesting
curiosity. 1t is piece of the famous
Chinese Porcelain Tower, built at Nan
king, by the Emperor Yungloh, to re-
ward the kindness of his mother. It was
begun in the year l411 and completed
in 1880. The board of works was order
ed, according to the plan of the EN- peror,
to build tower nine stories high, ,he
bricks and tiles to be glazed, and of fine
colors, and it was to be superior to all
others, in order to make widely known
the virtues of his mother. Its height
was to be 322 feet; it was of an octagonal
form, each side being Is feet wide. It's
base was upon a solid foundation of
brickwork, 10 feet high, up which
flight of II steps led into the tower,
where q spiral staircase led to the top.
The body Of the edifice was composed of
brick, the outer face of which was COW
cred with slabs of glazed porcelain of
various colors. 1t is piece of this glaz-
ed porcelain that Mr.. Livermore has.
The lowest of the nine stories was 100
feet in circumference, but the tower de-
creased in size to the top, and at each
story was a projecting roof, with ball
suspended at each corner-l44 in all.
On the outer face of each story were six
teen lanterns the light of which "illu-
mined the thirty-three heavens, shining
into the hearts of all men, good and bad,
eternally removing human misery"
Each story formed saloon, which was
finely painted and adorned with numer-
GUS gilded images. On the top of the
highest roof were two brazen vessels,
weighing together 1,200 pounds, and a
brazen bowl besides weighing O0pounds.
Encircling the spire, which was 80 feet
high, were 8 iron rings, the largest being
63 feet in circumference, and the smallest
"a feet, weighing 5000 pounds. Sur
mounting the spire was ball filed with
pearls and precious stones. The brilli-
ancy of the ediice, according to the
Chinese annalist, would endure to hun
dreds of generations, a monument of
recompensing kindness to myriads of
years. Therefore, it is named Paw
gansz, or Recompensing Favor Pagoda.
For two or three centuries it bore the
appearance of having suffered by a
stroke of lightning, which the Chinese
attributed to conflict of the god of
thunder with demons in pursuing them
to the pagoda, they said, he injured the
building. In 1856 the TAPPING rebels
blew this magnificent monument of the
gratitude of son for his mothers love,
to pieces with gunpowder, and its very
site will in time be forgotten.-Rennebec
Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
Heat In South Australia.

A dispatch from Adelaide describes
the intense heat of part OF January,
continuing f or the unprecedented num-
ber of twelve days, and states that, with
the exception of two or three hours on
the seventh night, when it cooled down
so far as to give promise OF a change
which did not come, the thermometer
never fell below 80 deg, and ranged in
the day up to 1OS deg. in the shade.
Business was brought almost to COM
plete stoppage. The houses got so thor
oughly heated in the day, that they had
no chance of cooling at night, and
sleeping, with many people, became an
impossibility. Even cold bath was a
luxury scarcely attainable, for the tenn
perature of the waterworks water rose
to 70 deg. Toward the end of the
twelve days, those who could afford it
fled to the seaside. On the last night
before the change, almost every vehicle
in the city was put into requisition, and
the beach of Glenelg was crowded with
people, to the number of some thousands,
many of whom spent great part of
the night enjoying the comparatively
cool sea-breeze, and only returned to
town as morning approached. Those
who could not afford to leave their
homes sought relief by lying in the open
air, or as near to it as possible, and
many cottage giving directly on to
the streets presented the singular spec
tacle of an open front-door with the
proprietor and his family lying about in
the passage. In some instances the
males of the family fairly came outside
to sleep, and took what rest they could
upon the stones.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
A Fatal Lake,

A Lake Tahoe correspondent of the
San Francisco Bulletin writes:
Some twelve or fourteen persons have
been drowned in this lake within the
past ten years; none of the bodies have
ever been recovered. Superstition, ever
ready to weave sensation from ma
doubtful mystery in the non-recovery
of the drowned; that, in fact, a mon
ster had its abode in this fresh water
sea, and that the bodies all passed into
his capacious nav. The true explana-
ton of this mystery never has been
given. The non-appearance of the
bodies is due to three causes The first
is the great purity of the water and its
consequent lack of buoyancy. Drown
ing is very easy in it, for this reason,
though 1 have not while swimming in
it found any more than ordinary diff
Guilty in sustaining myself. The second
and main cause is due to the great cold
ness of the water. Even at this, the
warmest season, the surface water is as
cold as the drinker desires it to be, but
it is warm there compared with its tenn
perature at the depth of one hundred to
two hundred feet. 1t is as cold there as
the arctic heat of an iceberg. When a
body sinks in the lake to the depth re-
quired, it is frozen stiff. The process,
of course, preserves it, so that the gas
which originates in the body from de-
cay in other water is prevented, and
distension checked. The body is thus
kept in state of greater specific gravi-
ty than the water in which it is sus-
pended, and thereby prevented from
rising to the surface. The third cause
lies in the great pressure of the pure
water on anything that is sunk to a
great depth in it. Corks placed on
deep sea nets are pressed down in a
week to half their size, and one of the
oldest residents of the lake expresses
the belief that by the time mans body
has been suspended for week at a
depth of about 200 feet lit is not likely
that it ever reaches the cavernous and
almost fathomless bottom of the great
lake,, the compression of the water has
reduced its size to that of a child's
Doubtless the idea of uncoffned suspen
sion in such world of water" is not 6
pleasant one to contemplate, but to bt
pressed into solid mass and suspended
in liquid coffin of ice temperature il
quite as pleasant as interment ant
mouldering in the ground.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
RIDGWAY, PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1872.

shadow OF his brldle-arm, and wltnln
easy reach of his right hand. A near
look assured Mapes that fe had no oc-
casion for weapons; the coming man
was of middle age, but his look was
worn, weary, detected, and hopeless-in
ocal phrase, his manner was that of a
person who has "lost his grip;" and
those who have met that terrible mis-
fortune are never highway robbers,
"grip" being the very quality wanted
in that hazardous pursuit.
The travellers met with long, inquir-
ing gaze, when from their lips simultan-
eously burst the words, "Mapes
"Timms." After q moment of mute
surprise, Mapes, squirting his mustang,
drew nearer to Timms.
"So-we meet at last. I have been
wanting to see you this many year."
The movement seemed ominous- to
Timms, and he cried out: "Don't-don't
shoot l have no weapons Besides,
have kept my oath-at least, as well as
could. I never told the reason why you
didn't attend the apple-bee, nor ever
breathed a syllable about the sawed log
upon my solemn oath !"
al wasn't thinking of the ducking,'
said Mapes.
"Don't come any nearer" returned
Timms. al have always tried to use
that woman we'll; but she wouldn't be
used we'll. 1 have done my best to treat
her kindly; but she wouldn't be treated
kindly"
at is no use to go over the grounds
to me, Timms."
But" replied Timms, "you have no
idea what that woman is; you wouldn't
blame me, if you only knew. She's
$50 see," said Mapes.
"No, you don't see," replied Timms
"You don't see half. Look at this scar u
taking off his hat, and showing long
seam on his scalp; that was done with
the skillet"
"You have suffered" said Mapes.
"Sufferedw w returned Timms. "You
ought to have sworn her, too. If you
only knew how have thought of you,
and of my oath to you, and how 1 have
borne blows, and been quiet-how /
have been called brute and fool, and
kept silent-how have endured taunts
ullA Wlth-
out word of reproach-you would for
give me you wouldn't harbor thoughts
of revenge"
Thoughts of revenge" returned
Mapes. "Let us dismount, and have a
settlement; for I see my chance has come
at last"
"Mapes, would you take the life of an
unarmed man ="
"Timms, you're crazy Let me ex-
plain. have no wrongs to avenge. IT
isn't for vengeance that have wanted
to see you. I have heard of you often
know all your life and experiences and
1 have only wanted to meet you, to offer
you home and friendship, employment
and opportunities for prosperity, here in
California. I owe you no debt but the
one of gratitude for the inestimable SER
vice you did me by that little job of car
penter work and that mean to pay.
Come with me-"
He took Timms' horse by the bride,
turned him about without remonstrance,
and they travelled on in silence.
After while, Timms raised his eyes
timidly from the ground, and said
"Mapes, she's the devil Overland
Monthly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15

The belief is gaining ground that
habitual drunkenness is disease and
should be treated as such. A commit
tee of the British House of Commons
has lately made report on the subject
and recommends the establishment of
reformatory institutions similar to that
at Binghamton, in this State. Much of
the evidence taken on the subject came
from America. 1t seems to be tolerably
certain that habitual drunkards are in
the coming time to be taken in hand by
the State, If necessary. and treated ac-
cording to scientific principles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
POETR Y.
THE HORNY HAND.

., toher with the rioistened brow,
And with the horny hand,
No matter If you hold the plow,
Or at the anvil stand,
Your heart should fill with lofty pride,
Your mission is so grand.
MY father worketh hitherto,
And 1 work." was the word
OfHim whose speech was ever true,
Yet honor claimed as God.
'Tis truly loyal then to toll
With hammer, brain or hod.
Until some patient toiler rise
With cunning hand or brain,
No telescope can pierce the skies
No stesmer cross the main;
Nor distant ends of earth be linked
With telegraph and train.
The barren earth is clothed with blo'm,
The desert bears the rose,
The darkest mine forsakes its gloom
And all its wealth out-throws,
And wond'rous fabrics fill the loom
Where'er the toiler goes.
No lordly palace-home can stand
On towering cliff or hill.
Without the mason's troweled hand,
Or builders cultured skill;
Yea, all the world of labor joins
Each palace-home to fill.
The toilers-not the drones of earth
Are worthy of renown;
These are the men Of noble birth
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15

California is State owning great
deal of good sense and good taste. Its
latest evidence of these qualities is the
appointment of professional arboricul-
turist, at salary of $4,000 year,
whose sole duty is to attend to the
planting of forest trees all over the
State. No better improvement than
this could be conceived and executed,
and it gives hope for other and older
States that are becomiug pitifully bare.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15

Over 10000 canary birds are brought
to this country every year, and probably
10000 more are raised in this country
for the purpose of sale.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15

The Lawrence Tribune thinks grapes
will be so plentiful this season that they
will be sold for two cents pound.
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-10-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

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Per annum.
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I'D Tertising bills must be paid quarterly.
Legal tenders taken at their current value.
Blanks and Job Work of every description
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Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-10-19

Be industrious and faithful, young
man, and bright future will await
you. Many poor young man with
only little crowbar and 4 good deal
of skill has opened bank.
Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-10-19
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vTrRE FINEST EQUALITY OF
Il fWines, Liquors, Aies Porter, Cigars etc.,
etc, dspensed at this Temple Of Daeehus. FIJI
the State papers kept on file in the reading
room Call and sec him, VIM Ciinghan Pro.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-06
ment pay monthly visits Of inspection to the
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ment pay monthly visits Of inspection to the
various companies. Report agreed to.
The committee on the police reported In
favor of granting the petition of the privates
of the force for an increase of pay. The re-
port evoked an extended discussion, and q
motion was finally made to lay 1t upon the
table. On this question the yeas and nays
were called, and the vote resulted as follows:
Yeas ten, nays six.
Yeas-Aldermen Pelzer, O'Nelll, Bowen,
Smith, Gage, sweegan, Glover, Johnston,
Michaels and the Mayor-l0.
Nays-Aldermen Sgwald, Kenny, Volgt,
Moran, Garrett and Brown-6.
So the report was laid on the table.
BILLS.
Alderman Sweegan called up for its second
reading bill to regulate the storage OF petro-
leum, its products, and other inhammable oils
and fulda. The bill was discussed, and final
ly postponed.
The Mayor took up for its second reading a
bill to encourage and promote The rebuilding
of the burnt district, and to improve the
waste lots OF Charleston. After debate, the
bill was postponed for the present. Adjourned.