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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
Resurgam.

A strange case of resuscitation lately
took place at the hospital of the Val de
Grace, at Paris. A man had hanged
himself in garret in the Rue st.
jacques, and having been cut down and
examined by the medical men, was pro-
nounced dead. The clinical lecturer,
however, desired to try one last expert.
ment, and he opened the chest and at,
tempted artificial respiration, but with
out success. He then applied the pole
of an electrical battery to the pneumo-
gastric nerves, and passed strong cur
rent at intervals of four seconds. Soon
after some signs of respiration appear
ed, and in five minutes the cardiac pull
sation was perceptible. The epiglottis
was tumefed, and the tongue had to be
drawn out with pincers to leave a pas
sage for the air. A few ounces of blood
We're obtained from the medico- o-cephalic
vein, the dilated pupils contracted, the
signs of life became more and more
manifest, few drops of alcohol were
given, muscular contractions became
visible without electricity, warmth re-
turned to the feet, the pulsation in the
carotid arteries recommended, and the
patient was saved.
HIS VIEW OF THE MATTER.-"I give
and bequeath to Mary, my wife, the
sum of one hundred pounds year, u
said an old farmer. "Is that written
down. master ?" "Yes," said the law
yer, "but she is not so old but she may
marry again. Won't you make any
change in that case? Most people do. \"
SAY! do theyf Well, write. again and
say; IF my wife marry again 1 bequeath
to her the sum of two hundred pounds.
That'll do, won't it, master ?" "Why,
that is just doubling the sum she would
have received if she remained unmarri-
ed, )" said the lawyer. "It generally is
the other way-the legacy is diminish
ed if the widow marries afterward. "
SAY! but he who takes her will deserve
it."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

rallied at by his wife, than to be laughed

rallied at by his wife, than to be laughed
at by the whole village.
If you have ever seen, on the first of
September, n poor wounded partridge,
the last of the covey, flying about from
place to place, while every sportsman
he came near had shot at him, you
may form some notion of the situation
of poor Hodgkins as he went back to
his cottage; sometimes walking fast
that he might not be overtaken, some
times moving slowly that he might not
overtake others. Now in the lane, then
in the field +; skulking along as though
he had been robbing henroost, and
was afraid to show his face. The cross
by this time had become almost in
tolerable.
No sooner did he enter his cottage
door, than his wife began
"And so you are come back again,
are you, to play the tomfool? Here
have been half a dozen of your neigh
bors calling to knowif you are notgone
out of your mind. If ever there was a
mailman, you are one but I'll put that
coat in pail of water, or behind the
fire, before 1 will have such antics
played by husband of mine come,
pull off your coat say, pull off your
coat ~
Had Hodgkin's wife soothed him, he
might have been more reasonable, but
as it was, her words were like gunpowder
thrown into the fire. A violent quarrel
took place, words were followed by
blows, and dashing, smashing, aud
crashing resounded in the dwelling of
Robert Hodgkins.
The fiercer fire burns, the sooner
will it consume the fuel which supports
it; and passionate people, in like man.
ner, exhaust their strength by the vio-
lence of their anger. When Hodgkins
found that there was no prospect of
peace, night or day, at home or abroad,
either with wife or amongst neighbors
and villagers, SO long as he continued
to wear his cross, he of his own accord
rubbed it from his back.
The next Monday Hodgkins went up
to the tan-house betimes, with week S
rent in his hand.
"Ah, Robert" said Mr.. Stalkey,
shaking his head, "I thought you would
soon repent of your bargain. 1t is a
good thing to encourage a contented
disposition, and not to envy others, nor
unnecessarily to repine at the troubles
which God has been pleased to lay upon
us. Let this little affair be lesson to
us both, for depend upon it, we never
commit greater mistake than when we
imagine the trials of others to be light,
and our own crosses to be heavier than
those of our neighbors.
Goodness with contentment is great gain "
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
Execution of a Woman for the Murder
of Her Husband.

At Sarina, Canada, Mrs. Workman
was hanged in the iail-yard for the muir
der of her husband in February last.
Great exertions were made to procure a
Communication of her sentence, but with
out avail. The unhappy woman, up to
the time of her execution, declared that
she did not intend to kill her husband,
and that his death was the result of a
drunken brawl. She could not regard
herself as guilty of murder. She as
cended the scaffold with firm step, and
manifested fortitude and nerve which
astonished all present. After the prep
arations were finished, she expressed a
hope that her case would be warning
to wives who have drunken husbands,
and to husbands who have drunken
wives. Rev. Mr.. Thompson then utter
ed fervent prayer in her behalf, and
with this prayer of faith and hope on
her lips the drop fell, and the poor wo-
man was launched into eternity. She
died almost instantly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
The Prison Ship MARTYRS.

Since 1903 the bones of American
soldiers and sailors who died on board
the British prison ships have been lying
in a vault on jackson street, Brooklyn,
near the Navy Yard, where they had
been deposited with due ceremony by
the residents and the Tammany Society,
or Columbian Order. AS the city grew
the walls of the vault were encroached
upon, and several futile attempts were
made to procure funds and site for a
more suitable monument to the memory
of the martyrs. The present Park
Commissioners have erected a mauso-
leum for the remains on the green slope
of Washington Park, or Fort Greene,
facing Myrtle avenue, and Just above
the parade ground. The structure was
erected at cost of Sc, 800. The body is
of Portland granite, embelished with
pillars and fretwork of polished Aber-
deem stone. 1t is 10 feet high, 80 feet
long, and Is feet wide. The style is
partly Egyptian, and the general ap-
pearance is graceful and appropriate
Two wagons and ten laborers conveyed
the thirteen cotfins from the vault to
the mausoleum. Upon each coffin is a
plate bearing an inscription. Upon the
tomb the following inscription will be
cut A: "Sacred to the Memory of our
Sailors, Soldiers, aud Citizens, who
Suffered and Died on board British
Prison Ships in the Wallabout during
the American Revolution" A tall shaft
will probably crown the tomb in a
short time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
How the Probabilities are Cast.

At the seventy odd stations in the
United States the observations are
made six times daily with each of the
instruments named in regular success
sion and at the same moment of time.
The first is made at seven o'clock in the
morning and the last at ten o'clock at
night, three of which are forwarded to
the central Office at Washington, from
which the probabilities " are cast at 1O
A. NJ, and l A. NJ, constituting the morn
ing and evening weather reports. The
headquarters here are connected with
all the telegraph companies, and work
at stated times in long circuits in re-
ceiving cipher messages. The cipher
system insures accuracy and brevity-
one word giving the degree and fraction
of degree of temperature instead OF
being fully written out-and is used to
make up the meteorological condition OF
all the stations. These cipher mes,
sages commence to come from five tC
eleven p. NJ, and when finished are ta
ken into a translating-room and reaC
aloud, when three clerks write then
out from memory, so familiar have they
become with the cipher, one on a rougl
map and two on the manifold bulletins
When these reports are all noted on the
map-the condition of the thermometer
the state of the barometer, the direction
of the wind, the condition of thC
heavens, &c.,-a careful study of th'
entire country is made by Lieutenan
Craig or Professors Abbee and Maury
and the synopsis of the weather mad
for the New England, Atlantic, anC
Middle, and the Western and Gul
| States for the past twenty y-four hours
and the probabilities indicated for tn
next eight hours. These are in turl
placed on bulletin-maps and are tele
graphed broadcast to the daily paper
by the Associated Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
The French Indemnity to Germany.

Here is the briefest statement of the
French indemnity payment that has yet
been made public. The Journal 06i-
cieI, the French Government news
paper, declares that of the three milli-
ards which remained to be paid Ger
many, one was entirely discharged last
autumn. The second has been already
paid. The third and last milliard (the
fifth of the entire Indemnity will be
delivered to the German Treasury in
four equal payments-on the 5th of
June, 5th of July, 5th of August and
5th of September of the present year.
In return, the Emperor of Germany
has engaged to evacuate, ON the 5th of
July next, the four departments
Vosges, Ardennes, Meuse and Meurthe-
ct. .Moselle-as well as the fortress and
reimbursement of Belfort. The evsc-
uation is to be affected within four
weeks from that date. AS pledge for
the two last monthly payments, the
fortress of Verdun and the military
district around will alone continue to be
occupied until the fifth of September.
They shall be evacuated within two
weeks from that date.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
Cotton and Sugar Culture i'm Egypt.

A gentleman in Boston has recently
received letter from friend in Egypt,
who makes some interesting statements
concerning the growing material pros
perity of that country. The develop
ment of the cotton trade has been very
rapid, and the year just closed has been
one of the most successful in the pro-
duction of that staple known to the
Egyptian planters. The whole crop of
the year is estimated at two hundred
million pounds, which at Liverpool
brings prices ranging from 10 pence per
pound for common to thirty-fve pence
for the best Sea Island, there being
Ashmoor and Galini as intermediate
grades. The traffic in cotton has been
taken cut of the hands of spectators,
and committed to commission houses.
The writer touches upon the enterprise
of the railway that is to unite Soudan,
Abyssinia, and Middle Africa with
Alexandria, Cairo, and the Red Sea, and
indicates the great development of
country which is expected to result from
it. The Viceroy has recently largely
increased his sugar interests in Upper
Egypt, and while he hitherto planted
only $4,000 fedars, or acres, of land
with sugar cane, he now has 100000
under cultivation, each fedar yielding
under good management one hundred
cantars of gray sugar and twenty-five
cantars of molasses, a cantar being 9S
pounds. 1t is no wonder that the Vice
roy is the wealthiest monarch in the
world, when all his revenues, of which
this is but small part, are so immense,
but the gentleman who writes of him
says that there can be no doubt " that
the actual Government of Egypt is the
best she has had for many centuries
past, and that nothing is neglected to
develop her resources"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
The Shah and His People.

The Shah of Persia has arrived in
England. Extensive preparations were
made for his reception, and Great Britain
proposes to show Nassr-edDin the full
glory of her kingdom and the extent
and sources OF her prosperity. He goes
to Buckingham Palace, where he and
his suite will be accommodated. There
will be q grand review and march
through Londcn, which last is really
the most effective means of impressing
the Shah with the force at the command
of the Queen. No city in Europe can
turn out SO large crowd, and London
is but fraction of England. The
Persian King will visit Manchester and
Birmingham, and there behold some
what of the impulse which labor gives
to empire. There is deep political
significance in the visit, so far as Russia
and England are concerned and the
Government of each of these countries
is exceedingly anxious to secure the
good will of the Prince, not because he
is powerful, but because he stands
closely related to their dominions in
Asia, and because Persia is field soon
to be opened to railways and manufac.
tured goods. The Shah has come with
a liberal purse. He has some $20,000,.
600 put by for his travelling expenses.
These, however, are borne chiefly by the
Governments to which he pays visits
He will, doubtless, scatter largess with
a liberal hand, and make many pur-
chases. The Shah wears a robe which
is valued at $1,000,000. He brought
an assortment of wives with him, but
they were too much for his Persian
temper after he reached Europe, SO he
sent them all back from Moscow, tC
raise breeze in the harem, and vilify
their absent and unreasonable lord
The absence of these gentle danes vii
be relief to the good Victoria, who has
a keen sense of propriety. The Shal
is very rich ; he has absolute sway, an6
he absorbs the revenues of the country
and adds them to his private fortune
His poor subjects are crushed by povert,
and public burdens, and within the las
two years thousands of them have
perished from famine, while luxurious
rulers have added to their hoardeC
treasure and paid no heed to the wan
and misery which devastated the King
dom. The Shah, in August, 1871, re
turning to the capital, was met at the
gates by thousands of bowling wo
men, who were. dispersed by the police
He issued an order that bread SHOULD
be sold at nominal price, but th,
bread did not come. He then ordered
the Vizier of the town to be put il
chains, the chief baker to be cut open
and the other bakers to be roasted il
their ovens. Strange as it may seem
bread by this means, was made NJ
cheaper, and now the Shah is wander
ing around to see with chow little wis
dom" other lands are governed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

An old gentlemen went one day with
his gun to shoot partridges, accompan-
led by his son. Before they approached
the ground where they expected to find
the game, the gun was charged with
a severe load and, when at last the old
gentleman discovered one of the birds,
he took a rest and blazed away, expect
ing to see the game fall, of course, but
not so did it happen, for the gun kicked
with so much force as to knock him
over. The old man got up, and, while
rubbing the sparks out of his eyes, in
quired of his son, "Alphy, did / point
the right end of the gun at the birds p
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

A Boy MURDERER. R.--Vicksburg fur
nishes one of the most startling cases
of precocious crime upon record. A
boy, six years of age, living with his
parents near that city, plainly showed
his jealous anger at the advent of an m
FAINT in the family, and in his childish
way brooded over his fancied wrong.
Taking advantage of the absence of his
parents the other day, he killed the in
FAINT in its cradle by crushing it's skull
with brick and then managed to drag
the body some distance from the cabin,
where he hid it under some bushes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10
Waiting for You, jock.

Winters agoing;
The streams are ALLOWING;
The May-fowers blowing
VIII soon be in view.
But all things seem faded.
For my heart it is jaded,
Waiting for you, Jock,
Waiting for you:
oh. but it's weary work,
Waiting for you
As soon as the days done,
My thoughts to the West run:
l envy the red sun,
That sinks from my view.
On you it's a-shining,
While here I am pining,
Waiting for you, Jock,
Waiting fol you;
oh, but it's weary work,
Waiting for you
I sigh when the day beams;
The pitiful night seems
To cheer me with sweet dreams,
That bear me to you.
Each morn as you flee me,
The fading stars see me,
Waiting for you, Jock,
Waiting for you;
Oh, but it's weary work.
Waiting for you!
Go, robin, fly to him;
Sing ever nigh to him
Summer winds sigh to him;
Bid him be true!
Where he sleeps on the prairies.
Oh, whisper, kind fairies,
" Waiting for you, Jock,
Waiting for you!
Oh, but it's weary work,
Waiting for you"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

There are cases in which man would
be ashamed not to have been imposed
upon. There is confidence necessary
to human intercourse, and without
which men are often more injured by
their own suspicious than they could be
by the perfdy of others.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

Trimmings of galloon and lace en-
broidered with Jets, are much worn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-07-10

Artificial fruits are much used for hat
trimmings this season.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
Picture of Governor WarinOth.

This is picture drawn by Senator Car
penter, of Wisconsin, during his debate on
Louisiana affairs, the subject of the sketch
occupying a seat at the time near the Sena-
tor while he spoke:
There is in the State of Louisiana, and
for several years has been, a most remark
able young man, man of elegant presence
and fascinating manners, man OF very
great acuteness of intellect, and a man of
whom, in general, it may be said, his intel
lectual capacity seems to have been devel-
oped far above his moral ideas; just such
man as would have risen to the surface i'll
the turbulent hours of the French revolu-
ton; Just such man as was made for revo-
lutions; and, although coming upon the
State of Louisiana in q condition Of COM
parative peace, yet his genius for revolution
has been so great that he has completely
transformed the face of that State. He has
mingled and commingled the powers of it's
government until no man can tell head or
tail of any of them. He has appointed
Judges and removed them at pleasure; he
has packed courts, approved laws, repealed
laws, has been legislator, judge, Governor,
despot of Louisiana, and III every respect
his will and his will alone has been the de
fGCiO governing power OF Louisiana. He
wished to perpetuate that interesting condi-
tion of things, and when his term should
expire he knew the returns wonld be made
under the constitution to the Legislature
and be counted by the Legislature. To
make tolerably sure thing Of re election Ia
contingency that has troubled many a man
beside Governor Warmoth and many an
officer beside the Governor OF Statel, he
gets his Legislature, whichV the testimony
here shows, he moved like as many men on
a chess board, as his Will and pleasure TO
mass this law
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
The Inauguration.

The Washington Chronicle Of the fifth in
stant says:
The spectacle of yesterday was one long
to be remembered by all beholders. Such
a cOncourse of people was never before wit
messed on such an occasion. The day was
one of the coolest of the winter, rendered
more unpleasant by high wind and the
the air of some of its penetrating chilhness
but its efforts were not remarkably effective
The multitudes who had come here to see
the sights were not to be baffled Braving
the blast, they crowded Pennsylvania ave
nue. from the Treasury building to the
Capitol dense, living, breathing mass.
Along the avenue had been erected q large
number of stands, some of them very large.
Every window, from garret to basement,
had its crowd of gaZers.
The military pageant was very fine.
Some of the military corps are among the
best in the country. The old veterans were
cheered, and the young cadets received
Joyous welcome. TIE flag arches at certain
points along the route, and the elaborate
decoration of public and private buildings,
formed a picture among the most memora-
bic of lifetime. The President and his
illustriOus companions were the observed
of all observers. He was evidently pro-
foundly moved by the national ovation.
His manner was quiet and dignifed-that
of one who accepted gratefully the testi-
monial, but had no relish for pOmp and
circumstance.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
Approved February 1, 1873.



An act making an appropriation to defray
the expenses of the American and Brit
ish Claims Commission. and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of one hundred and thirteen thousand
five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to supply a deficiency in
the appropriation for the fiscal year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, to defray the expenses on the part of
the United States of the mixed commission
on American and British claims, appointed
under the twelfth article of the treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain,
signed May eighth, eighteen hundred and
seventy one.
SEC. 2. For payment of contractors for
stone work, and other employees, on the
postOffice and courthouse in New York city,
five hundred thousand dollars.
Approved February 5, 1873
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81

An act to provide for the holding add-
tional terms of the circuit court of the
United States for the southern district of
New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That ad.
ditiOnal terms of the circuit court of the
United States for the southern district of
New York shall hereafter be held in each
year, commencing as follows: On the sec
ond Wednesday Of January. on the second
Wednesday of March, on the second
Wednesday of May, on the third Wednes-
day of June, on the second Wednesday of
October, and ON the second Wednesday of
December. The holding of any of the
aforementioned terms shall not dispense
with or affect the holding of any other
term of the court at the same time, nor
shall the pending of any other term OF the
court prevent the holding of any of the
terms hereby appointed.
SEC. 2. That the terms hereby appointed
shall be devoted exclusively to the trial and
disposal of the criminal cases and matters
arising and pending in said court. The
terms of said court appointed by this act
may be held by the circuit Judge of the sec
ond judicial circuit and the district Judges
for the southern and eastern districts of
New York or any one of said three judges;
and at every such term held by said judge
of said eastern district he shall receive the
sum of three hundred dollars, the same to
be paid in the manner now prescribed by
law for the payment of the expenses of an
other district Judge while holding court in
said district All recognizances and bail
bonds taken in criminal cases for an appear
ance at circuit court in said district con-
ditiOned upon an appearance at the next
one of the terms hereby appointed shall be
valid, and grand and petit jurors shall be
summoned to attend the said terms as now
at other terms of the court.
ApproXed February I. 1873
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
Future Packing Pro~pects

The st Louis Democrat says:
While one or two houses of this city have
done " pretty fair packing business for
many years, packing as an industry of st.
Louis mas not attained any noticeable nro-
rn"nce until within the past three wears.
IL 1861? the entire packing Of ST. Louis
amounted to S9o93 head of hogs. The pack
iuc OF the whole West that season was
1888, G66 head, therefore St Louis packed
bug $50 per cent of the whole. In lSI0-l
her picking had risen 10 Sig per cent OF the
entire packing of the West while for the
season OF lS72-3-iust oversize packed II !.
per cent of the whole packing of the West.
The provision trade Of s.. Louis mus. not
be measured by her packing. however. 10:
she handles the produce %: nearly Z milton
OF hogs, and her business in this :.sra.t
never was growing SO g,nidt' ~ il j. today.
Statistics prepared in NJ" Orleans s.. S
the consumption of PORK. bacon. ana n:v
ealted meats IN the Soutl t. he twelty..iy.
per cent greater SO far this year than oyer
before. and st. Louisis expected 10 furnish
q very large part of this trade. The stock
of provisions in New Orleans is next TO
nothing at present, anG the market :n.es
very firm.