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WARRINGTON, NOV i'-lh' tIo7'oons 'o'oa3,
in conversation roativo to the Cuban matter, said
tho Government Ind thus far aoted on such facts
No Ind roaohnd II, md was now opgapod Ia COL
49,. NJ sr.,,o1,,o .ourcoa fnrth,r infor.
ioo..us 'ion' ai A'a."o.o ~ ~. 1,.,....,...
nation concerning thu oaptuio "a W" fnBiniun'
md particulars attending tho roTolttnB oxcoti-
tiops which followed that oyons. It Was tesIr-
nb,o +hat a +, ,ngormatfoo shnuld la Of srol, a
oilaroctnr @ % "a m would leave no doubt whntover az
" ;ts ro,;a1;1itv trj,o nronrloty of this courso
soa ~ ~ tn nridont n rnnn{a oxnlonation
"A' ~. rp,r T aovrnrMrST BEING CAREFUL
in what It n Int1,r nnI nav hereafter do to work
mn"n fanta ~ ~ and not Iron aanr,mntions and nm
contirmed ranorts. It WIS essential that we
ehnu1d hc nrcnarcd to rnaintnin o,,r pnsit;on. m
'rhn prea1dnnt mia ho hn1 cinne61 none ~ of hja
viovn i'creSnforo ornronnod bv I'm concorninp
eronts in Ouba but Ind mora thin over beo9
cont}rned In thom hv rocort ocoi1rroncoa. lie
ehnred with Tho puh)io thoir
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ATTHE NAVY-YARDS,
sEecfat Dispatch to 1Kc Chicago Tribune,

AT THE BHooKLYS YARD.
New YoRE, Nov. T.-Fiye hundred men woro
taken on at tho Navy-Yard to-day, and as many
moro will 60 to work tomorrow. Tho battery Of
THE srAH1BM auNDoAT
Arapidos, in tho Nayy.Yard, was brought ashore
when shc first went into dry dock, ind there ap-
peare great difficulty tn renlounting it on tue
vessel. The difficulties will probably increase
from day to day.
VESSELS FOR TIE F1L1nusTERB.
Two yossois were bought to-day In This city.
which it is certain arc for the account Of tho Gil
ban aympatAixcre, aud intended to run. the
blockade Of tho inland with cargo Of muskets.
[1o tho Aasociaftd PTtGa.1
NEW YonK, Nov. 17,-At tho Navy-Yard tho
snn!o activity is manifested as for tho paat few
dayu To-day ESQ men wore added to tho force.
Tlio Jnniata is now rcndy for son, and will an-
ollor off tho Battery to await orders.
THE ARAPInEH.
It Ia statel by employees OF the Navv-Yard TINT
work upon the Spanish iron-clad Arapldes was
suspended this afternoon.
The roer1,iting Of geamcn and marines for tho
United Staten Navy ia in prosress at tue usual
speciei Dtsuatch IA The Chicago Tribune.
TIE u1AnIISTOwE yAnD.
DosroN, Nov. 17.-Tllore is great activity at
tho Charlontown Navy-Yard, md tho look Of tho
tic var. All tho available force Of THO yar*l is
lyn. aud tho co1nn'andant, Commodore
probblo. slated to-dny thvt both
will be ready for sea inside of slx weoks. Men
hayo been taken from tho Vepdalia, the torpedo
loa, and, IN faot from eyery aepart mont, for tho
purpose Of getting thcse voHsols In roadiueas.
and IL lnrgo additional force has loon engaged
and divided into tlay and night gangH. but
for the fact that tho engineering alt1 tho ,co.-
Btruction taopartments layo to work i'll unison,
tue tltno required for Tho preparation OF tho
yoasols would not TO- nearly aH long. TJle
equipment department IL IN excellent condition,
thoro being enough stores and ammunition III
tho yaydH 10 fit oilt doxon ships aud frigatcB.
T1tE nnooKI.YN AND TIL FltASKL1S.
The Hrookyn VIII carry twenty guns: n'Ml viii
ho lifted out for 200 mon. lilo Franklin carries
tArty-nno gllna a;,a will ba brought ur tbtH
morning ut Agls-watcr and put iu 1ry-docls.
Fortulately sl,o Inns just Ind IL tot Of good now
boilers lit III, ind tllo only work upon hor tint
will require much tlnso will DO tho preparation
Of ]>or battorios, the number Of mon a!lo will
carry depending, Of courao. upon The number If
guns.
special Dfapatch to Tho Ch{edao Tribune,
At T11E PHILADELPHIA YARD.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17--prcsitlont Grant aud
Secretary RoboBon arrived in town this eYculng.
The latter. accompanied hy thu chief otlaera of
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all the naval md militia. departments, George
y. Childs, ox.Boorotary Of tho Navy Adolph e.
Dorto, and = few othora, proceeded to tho navy
yard; whore he was reeoived BY TIC 1nsrlnos with
the receiving ship. Grant proceeded to. Now
Boston, to oxamino into war matorlai
thoro. Secretary nobcaon. after inspecting
o ydsa ,r was s 5rnp ino
which 1t is beloved orders Wort. issued TOR the
employment Of 1000 extra hands, Oh natscr Of
duty. The Commandant ia roticont as to ordora
TnR PARTY THEN EMBARKED
on board tile Government cutter Pilgrim, and
aatnrted for Long Island, where tue following
iron.clads woro inspected: Ostskll, Cohoes,
Puritan, Jason, Koha, Lehigh, Minnctonka Nnn-
taoket, Modoc. Passaice. Napa. Yazoo. Niobe,
Otscgo Algonla. Wyandotte. Nansott, Cnnon1-
Gus. Nalaus, Rcscobaqua, Buncook, and Terror.
1NspEoTlox OF THE MONITORS,
upon leach Of which large body Of Mon will bo
put Immediately, Secretary Robson holstod tho
American colors.
An iinmonae amount Of ordnance storeB, shot,
&o... woro received at TITO navy-yard to-day.
Lato last night large torpedo Bpar, With &C.
ee9mpanylng apparatus. was put on board the
WORK on THE MONITOR AJAX
ID noing vigorously pushed. Hcr turrot, which
aho will bo roAdy for 500 in two weeks at tho
latest. According to late instructions, n double
force Of hands is now employed nightly and
daily on
TIE CANANDA1duA'g
boilers. II work. Is continued. Lieut.. Randall
believes she will DO ready alondny, lat, when sho
will sail for Key West. She is rated third
class vessel and carries ten guns.
THE PINTO,
tho largest and fastoBt stcam-tug IN the navy,
is ready for sen, having boon ooaled, pro-
yisioned, and armed with four uiue-inch
PARROT guns. She will bo uaod as q dispatch
boat bctween Key Wost and Havana, and 1oayoa
hero at tue Bamo tirno aa tho Manhattan.
THE aloNOxGAuELA,
bringing torpeloes md apparatus, and tho Pow
l1atan, inteudod Us convoy Of tho Manhattan,
botl screw steamers, AFRO hourly expected. Tho
third-rato double-turrotcd monitor
armed with four heary, 15-inch Dahlgrer
guns, and sistor-ehip to the Miantonomah will be
brought from League Island to tho navy-yard
in few days and fitted for cruise.
[1o The Assoeiated Prkst.l
pH1LApELpJt1A, Nov. IA hundred addition
al hands were put to work at tho nayy-yard to
day, und this afternoon m extra gang waR ON
ployed.
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WASHINGTON ApV1CES,
Special Iispatch to TAe Chicago Tribune
CONDITION OF THE ARMY.


CONDITION or THE ARMY.
WAsu1Sarox, D. G., Nov. 17.-Four out Of
fro Of the artillery regiments Of the regular
army arc ascersainod to he in timoy contiguity
Territories, Pacific States, and Texns, and only
three Of our infantry regiments are immediately
available for Cuban service. D4th the Seoreta-
ries Of War and OF the Navy speak moro hope
fully Of Our condition III the event Of war tim
tho General and Admiral.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
Secretary Richardson and Alr. Douglasa Com
missioner Of informal Revenue, arc brooding
over tho closing pages Of their reports, as tho
popular saying is. "Likc darkness over t4e faco
rency also Expresses some solictndo that for
eigu war may run counter to tho policy Of lis
Bureaus and lie is, Tor tho moment, discussing
international law. Tho gigantic adaptnbility in
this Government for every official to loave his
deak and rush to tho 1oscuo ut tue general breach
can bo seen at present in all its perfection.
THE FEELING At HEADQUARTERS.
The fact that Admiral Porter and Gen. Bher-
man speak without enthusiasm On the probabili-
tics Of m invasion Of Cuba leadR to the criticism
that comfortable quarters i'll Washington for
several years have not boon favorable to tho
growth Of enterprise in thoBo distinguished
Commanders. Admiral Porter III particular has
been lautlIng the condition Of our navy and his
services. in It's behalf since he received his pro-
motion, hut ho 1s not much discouraged, and
says freoly that Spain is our superior at aea. He
1nanifcsts unusual Bolicitudo, for salor, in ill.,
tornatiopal Inv and the nocossity for being
acrupulous about disturbing neutrality, Ec.
Gnn. Sherman also refers to tho depleted condi-
tior of tho regular army, but says nothing about
volunteers.
INTEREST IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES.
The members Of the foreign legations at the
capital arn watching the prospects Of war with
Spain with much intorost, Mna, Oh far III
known, evory Alinister in in sympathy with tho
United States md cXDgctnnt Of bpcply losttlitcH,
In some casos this feeling is believed to be us
much matter OF diBfayor to Castolar's Govern
,nout in Spain as OF friendship for Americans
Sir Edward Thornton has been at tho State Do
pnrtment almost daily, az he has work Oh lln
hands arieing ont Of tho same episode.
NEWSPAPER CoRnEspoNDENTS
are carly III tho 1loll, aud several applications
wore mado to-day for transportation on the diff
forent war-ships. Tho New York papers laye
generally selected thor correspondents from
amongst the Southern journalists, who can ataud
tho climate bottur, and aro nearer tho scene Of
hoatilitieB.
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THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

1NsgRuoT{oEs TO ITS AGENTS IN 8rAIN AND TIE
WEST INDIES.
LONDON, Nov. 17.-lt is stated on official Ru-
thority that the Foreign Olico has instructed
the British Minister Ut Madrid, tho Conauts at
Havana and Santiago and Governor Of Jemaica,
that the Government reserves ts docisiou on
tho question OF tho executions which hayo
the Spanish Government aud It'll concerned re-
sponsiblo for my additional executions Of Brit
iHh subjects.
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Pl11LApELrH1A, Nov. 17.-The sale Of Cuban
bouln have been commenced III this city by an
agent. They aro sold nt Csc on tho dollar,
aud, as thoy bear por cent interest, many
prominent citzcna arc, eithor through tie be-
lief that tho Investment il good one or through
disposition to aid Cuba, purchasing freely.
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a War Spirit Evinced o1
Every Hand.
10000 Troops Can Be Raised in Chi
cago in "a Hours.
At PANAMA.
DEpoNTEp 1NDIQNIIIE5.

At PANAMA.
nEponTED 1NDI0N1T1E5.
Asr1NwA11, Nov. "a dispatch from King
sion, Jamnica, says that it Is rumorod TINT Ryan
and Verona, not dying easily, n Spanish officer
thrust Ills sword through Ryan'a heart, and tint
d blood thirsty mob severed tho hcads from tho
bodies aud placed them on pixies and marched
thom through tho city.
ITEMS,
Tho Virginiua Is reported sunk ut St. Iago.
There il great excitement at Panalna, whore
Ryan is well known.
It ia reported that tho United States steam
ship Wyoming will sail tomorrow from Aspin-
wall for Santiago dc Cuba.
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Cuban Junta IL here, It IL ssid, for tho purpose
Of raising oolorod regiment to Aaslsk In llbetat-
Ing tho slaves on that isle.
SERVICES OFFERED.
an infantry company Of ssxty-Gv men, organ
ized In this city, has tondorod ta aarvicos to Gov
Loslio In Wow Of tho prospective Spanish war.
moeting will DO hold OIL Tuesday night to ao-
o!lro further en1istments. 4 Federal veteran
a'ao offers to raise rogimont Of 1000 men.
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Ashtar Lelao Na 600, A, r md a. II. 1l,Eular
mrtssttSn + etsyl etauina r. y "e!p's. y ssit
s.a X e 9;s IN a. y " st''
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Landmark Lctlgo. e:o. ~ 4. T. and !. H.. will bold
1ts nntt rrEnlar "a,t'luncol tns e;2htf icy. ", y
TWputys yentlhl t,,trn:co "cnt, sr'sn'h;:t) Tao
!. II. CHADWICK, fce.
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crr nr.oa y nof IL us!on a Hail. l:a t.Snla.
H., IN loiuay ut II tuck, t Ter rnrmsa ot at
ic,. tua iuicrsI q. ato hEothpr, jn g. I:spot.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
The Queens Grammar.

IT is, of course, well understood that
the Queens speeches are written by her
ministers. Her present government hap
pens to contain in the First Lord of the
Treasury and the Chancellor of the EX-
cbequer, two very distinguished classical
scholars. Yet bad as the grammar of the
Queens speeches usually is, the Ministry
seem this me to have surpassed them
selves, The Queen herself writes-when
she chooses to address her subjects per-
sonally-very simple and dignii:ed Eng
lish. But who could read without trans
lation such sentence as the following
The thanks of the government are eX-
tended to the arbitrators for "the care be-
slowed by them ON TIE peaceful adjust
ment of controversies such as could not
but impede the full prevalence of national
goodwill in case where it was specially
70 be cherished" This conundrum we
leave the reader to render into English ;
he may succeed by dint of running it
through two or three times. Again,
when the government wishes to say that
they were able to go on with the arbitra-
ton because the indirect claims had been
excluded, they record that the Queen
"was enabled to prosecute the inquiry in
consequence of the exclusion of the indi-
rect claims" We do not think state
document should be tlippant or familiar,
but surely the resources of our language
are sufficient to express any plain fact in
words which are at once clear and digni-
fied.-Hearh and Home.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
"JOking Going on Here ~

Old Uncle Jimmy, as he was called, al
ways took leading part as one of the
congregation, and sometimes the "beys"
thought he interested himself little more
than was necessary about their affairs and
doings, for he was always lecturing some
one about their "morals," and exposing
their bad deeds to the public. So they
(''the boys'') concluded they would break
him of this habit.
The schoolhouse in which the services
were conducted was arranged in the old
style, the seats running round the sides
of the room. Now, Uncle Jimmy had one
particular seat, which he always claimed
and occupied during services.
Now for the plan of attack, which was
thus: A small hole was made through the
seat, and common darning-needle fast
ened to wooden spring under the seat,
to which was attached string running
round the entire room parallel with the
seat; the string was fastened to the spring
so that when it was pulled in a certain
direction it would cause the needle to pass
up through the seat, and whoever happen
ed to be on it would receive the full benefit
of the situation.
Well, the time came for the trial; thu
boys were all there early. AT last, Uncle
Jimmy came in and dropped into his ac
customed seat. No sooner had he touched
however, than he bounded up again
with yell that might easily have beei
mistaken for that of mad bull. On look
ing around for the cause OF his sudden dis
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
How Drinking Causes ApOplexy.

1t is the essential nature Of all wines and
spirits to send an increased amOt,lt of
blood to the brain. The first effect of
taking glass of wine or stronger form of
alcohol, is to send the blood there faster
than common, hence the circulation that
gives the red face. 1t increases the activ
ity of the brain, and 1t works faster, and
so does the tongue. But if the blood goes
to the brain faster than common, iJ re-
turns faster, and no special harm results
But suppose man keeps on drinking, the
blood is sent to the brain so fast, and in
such large Quantities, that in order to
make room for it the arteries have to en-
large themselves; they increase in size,
and in so doing they press against the
more yielding and flaccid veins which
carry the blood out of the brain, and thus
diminish their size, their pores, the result
being that the blood is not only carried to
the arteries of the brain faster than is ma
tural or healthful, but it is prevented from
leaving it as fast as usual hence double
set of causes of death are in operation. A
man may drink enough brandy or other
spirits in few hours, or even minutes, to
bring on fatal attack of apoplexy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
A Clever Stratagem and its Result.

The York World details the manner in
which Mrs. Slater, a resident of East Fif-
teenth street, trapped and brought TO
grief an individual who had attempted to
blackmail her. After a correspondence
between the parties, the alleged black
mailer, whose name is Mclaughlin, was
induced to visit his supposed victim. The
result of his visit is given as follows:
Mclaughlin. now sure of his game, pre-
senteG himself almost detiantly at the
house, stalked into the parlor, whittier he
was ushered by the servant, and while
Mrs. Slater was being announced, Lahey
"a detective concealed in an adjoining
room), who was at his post, observed the
rascal grinning at himself in the mirror
and smoothing his hair. On Mrs. Slater'S
entrance, Mclaughlin saluted her with a
half ceremonious, half patronizing air, sat
down on lounge and crossed his legs.
Mrs. Slater went through the secrecy
pantomime of shutting the doors and
sitting down on lounge, heard the story
of the scandal, the particulars of which
need not be repeated. Mclaughlin arrived
at the end of his story, hesitating little,
and Mrs. Slater helped him out by saying
that the scandal must be stopped
"Well." replied "Friend," nothing more
easy" "How?" inquired the lady. you
see," said the blackmailer, ''this girl has
Deen married anu willis W yet Seu VI
furniture. Now | have no interest in the
matter, but am acting as your friend,
and think $25 would stop her mouth"
This was beating about the bush, so that
Mrs. Slater went a little further and asked
him if she gave him S25 would he stop
the scandal. Mclaughlin said he would
do it for that sum, and Mrs. Slater pulled
out her purse and handed him two $40
and one So bills which had been previ-
ously marked by her husband and the
detective. "Friend" was about pu ting
the money in his wallet when Lahey
stepped round to the door of the front
parlor, and opening it made him his
prisoner. Mclaughlin was taken to the
Twenty-second Street Station House,
where he fretted, fumed and clustered for
at least ten minutes, and then made a
clean breast of the matter, and acknowl-
edged that the scandal in which he had
implicated Mrs. Slater had no foundation
in fact. The police have ascertained that
when arrested Mclaughlin was perfecting
two other schemes for blackmailing, and
that he had during the past week victim
lied several persons, among them two
priests.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
Hints to Owners of Watches.

A WATCH is most delicate machine,
and very little thing is enough to DAM
age its system, and make it go too fast or
TOO slow, or to arrest the motion OF It's
wheels, and it is Just that vevy little thing
that you don't take any notice of. Show
us your watch, and we'I tell you what
are the habits of its owner.
A person of irregular habits Will spoli
the best watch in the world. Careless ana
inexact people will always have watches
that go fast or slow-or that GO both too
fast and too slow by turns. If you can't
be steady and regular in your habits, you
need not expect to have watch that you
can rely on.
All the best watchmakers in the world
will be unable to give your watch that
regularity which is lacking in yourself,
and which you cannot, therefore, preserve
in your watch, and which you destroy as
fast as the watch is regulated. For a
watch should be wound up every day at
the same hour, and as soon as possible in
the morning. And the best occasion for
doing this is when the minute-hand marks
seven or ten minutes after the hour-hand
has marked the hour.
The operation of winding up watch
should never be performed carelessly or
roughly; but, on the contrary, with great
precaution, especially at the moment when
YOU give the final turn to the key. Then
You should gently moderate the move
ment, so as not to wind the watch up too
tight.
You should always take good care to fit
the key perfectly into the key-hole before
commencing.
It is not a good plan to carry the key
about with YOU. unless it is kept in case;
and never carry it loose in your pocket,
as il is liable to get dustinto il, which you
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
How Much will Keep a Horse.

A horse weighing from ten to twelve
hundred pounds will eat about six tons
of hay, or its equivalent, in year. And
we suppose the real point to get at is,
whether one can keep his horse cheaper
on some other product than hay. This is
an exceedingly difficult question to an
swer-it depends so much on circumstan-
ces. We shall not attempt to answer it
fully at this time, but will merely say
that, in our opinion, three and half tons
of corn stalks and two and half tons OF
corn would keep horse year in fully as
good condition as six tons of good hay.
We may estimate, also, that it will take
three and half tons of oat straw, and
two and half tons of oats TO keep a
horse a year. A bushel of oats weighs
thirty-two pounds, so that it will take
over 155 bushels and three and a half tons
of straw to keep horse year. 1t would
take about two acres of good land to pro
duce this amount.-Am. Stock Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20

comfort, he could find nothing, and soon
all was quiet again.
After the service had begun, some one
gave the string another slight pull, when
Uncle Jimmy shouted out:
Joking going on here ~
The minister and congregation looked
at him, and some of them rose in their
seats; but, as before, everything quieted
down, and services proceeded.
After awhile, forgetting his troubles,
Uncle Jimmy gradually went off into the
Gland of Nod" when the string was
again jerked, more resolutely than before.
Uncle Jimmy jumped up again, rubbing
the afflicted parts, and exclaiming:
"Joking-joking going on here!' -.
This time the parson and deacons gath
cred round him, and the boys, being no
longer able to hold in, burst out laughing,
in which the rest of the congregation soon
followed suit.
A more thorough search was made, the
needle found, butnot the boys.-Erchange