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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

by wet finger. This curious harmony
is supposed to reproduced by a species
of testaceous mollusk. A similar in
tonation is heard at times along the
Florida coast.
Interesting as this may be, as indica-
ting an appreciation of that systematic
order in arrangement which in music is
harmony, it does not alter the fact that
to the ears of the diver, save the cas-
cade of the air through the life-hose, it
is sea of silence. No shout or spoken
word reaches him. Even cannon-shot
comes to him dull and muffled, or if
distant it is unheard. But sharp,
quick sound, that appears to break the
air, like ice, into sharp radii, can be
heard, especially if struck against any.
thing on the water. The sound of
driving nail on the ship above, for ex.
ample, or a sharp tap on the diving-bell
below, is distinctly and reciprocally au-
dale. Conversation below the surface
by ordinary methods is out of the ques'
tion, but it can be sustained by placing
the metal helmets of the interlocutorS
together, thus providing a medium OF
onveyance.-Lippincott'S Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
A Beautiful Experiment on Sound.

The following beautiful experiment,
described by Professor Tyndall, shows
how music may be transmitted by an
ordinary wooden rod. In room two
floors beneath his lecture room there
was piano upon which an artist was
playing, but. the audience could not
hear it. A rod of deal, with its lower
end resting upon the sounding board of
the piano, extended upward through the
two floors, it's upper end being exposed
before the lecture table. But still no
sound was heard. A violin was then
placed upon the end of the rod which
was thrown into resonance by the as
cending thrills, and instantly the music
of the piano was given out in the lee
ture room. A guitar and harp We're
substituted for the violin, and with the
same result. The vibrations of the
piano strings were communicated to the
sounding board, they traversed the long
rod, were reproduced by the resonant
bodies above, the air was carved into
waves, and the whole musical compost
ton was delivered to the listening audi
! ence.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
A Ruse.
BERTHoLD AUERBACH.

Years ago Capt. Downing had com
mand of the sloop-of-war Vandalia, and
was cruising in the South Pacific Ocean.
A French merchant vessel, i'll which
were two American citizens, engaged III
traffic at the time in New Zealand, was
driven ashore on the rocky coast OF
Chatham Island, and all her crew muir
dered by the natives. The captain of a
Dutch trader, who had witnessed the
butchery, but had been unable to rem
der any assistance, brought information
of the fact to the Bay of Islands, where
the Vandalia lay. Capt. Downing set
sail at once, and upon reaching Chatham
Island, distant some three hundred
miles from New Zealand, he found the
wreck of the merchantmen, and he also
found traces of the slaughter but the
murderous natives had fled into the
rocky Businesses of the interior, and he
could not catch them. They had seen
his ship coming in, and had recognized
it as a man-of-war.
Downing knew that it would be use
less, as we'll as dangerous, to lead his
men on the chase into the tangled wilds
of the island, and after cruising a while
up and down the forbidding coast, he
sailed away. Two days afterward he
fell in with Yankee whaler-the Rod
ney Farwell, of New Bedford-and en-
tered into an arrangement with her
commander for hoodwinking the Chat
ham Islanders. Capt. Downing trans
ferred his whole crew-a hundred and
eighty men-on board the whale-ship,
with plenty of small-arms and ammuni.
ton, leaving few of his officers, Will
the whaler's crew, to take care OF the
Vandalia, and once more made sail fol
Chatham Island, which he reached jus
in the edge of the evening, and cas-
anchor in the small bay of the village
On the following morning few o
the natives ventured off in a canoe; bu
Downing did not allow them to com
on board. He exposed just enough o
his men to keep up his character as
, whaleman, and no more. He gave t.
, these visitors few trinkets, however
, and made them understand that h
wanted to get wood and water. The
| returned to the shore, and two hour
= later large war canoe came Off, wit
fifty men in it, armed with spears an
; bows.
l Downing allowed this delegation t
t board him, though he well knew the
/ had come for the purpose OF murde
l and robbery. The tussle which TO
l lowed was severe, and dozen of til
+ rascals were shot down before the res
Y were overcome. But they were tinall
S conquered, and among the prisoner
l. was the chief of the island.
Once more on board his own shil
s. with his prisoners safely in irons, Cap
Downing returned to the Bay I
4 Islands, where he found Frenc
e frigate. 1t had been a French shi
5, which the Chatham savages adravage,
e and to the tender mercies of the office
e of the frigate the American command
h resigned his captives. s.-Ledger.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
Forest Tree Culture.

The Ererqreen and Forest Tree GrOW-
er, a monthly, devoted to the consider
alton of the subjects embraced by its
title, has valuable article on the i'm
minent need of action Of the people i'll
all parts of the country, especially IN
the East, to provide for the future by
planting trees. From the article we
take the following remarks:
"Having visited the centers of our
numbering trade, and carefully gathered
statistics, we find that, at the present
rate of waste, seventeen years will com
pete the destructio n of our pineries.
1t is estimated that five years will suffice
for the forests of Maine, once supposed
to be exhaustless. Soon after our pine
is gone our fine hard wood forests
(Which now supply the immense manu-
factories, the agricultural enterprises,
and car works. will be destroyed, and
then the remaining timber will suffer
very severe drafts. Thirty years will
inevitably see large tracts at the East
denuded of timber, while beautiful
groves, large enough for building and
manufacturing purposes, will adorr
many portions of the West. If properly
cultivated and tended, trees will grow
to a good size in thirty years. There il
great difference between natural anc
an artificial forest. Before us, as We
write, is section of Scotch pine thir
teen inches through, and the tree wa'
thirty-fve feet high. Go into man.
of our well-kept artificial forests, anC
you will find that the trees often maxi
a diameter of one inch a year, and
height of two feet and we have known
white pines to grow even three or fou
feet year. The soft woods often shoy
a yearly circle of an inch in thickness
giving diameter of two inches year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
30

in the original Specification of the term p!
A sense of intense pain clouds his
thoughtful brow as he contemplates the
improved instruments invented by man
to slay man. When will the creative
conquer the destructive genius of man.
When, at last, will eternal peace unite
all nations on this expanded, beautiful
globe? =.
But as he looks at the Stars and
Stripes he is recalled to sense of Joy,
and murmurs to himself words of de-
light, which he will only openly express
at the centennial celebration of the in
dependence of the United States.
At this moment the doors of the In
ternational Exhibition are thrown open.
A new migration of nations begins. A
new era of universal labor dawns upon
the world.
BERTHOJD AUERBACH.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

A Coon IDEA.-In Paris, the height
of buildings is determined by law ac-
cording to the width Of the streets.
Thus the buildings cannot exceed thir-
,ty-eight feet in height in streets less
than twenty-six feet wide (; forty-eight
feet in streets from twenty-six to thirty
two feet in width. For boulevards and
streets exceeding sixty-fve feet in width,
the municipal authorities have the pow
er to permit the height to be carried to
maximum of sixty-fve feet, provided
that in no case the building shall have
more than five stories.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
EXtOrting Confessions.

The police of India have novel ways
of extracting confessions from their
prisoners without torture. One method
applied to opium eaters is perfectly
simple and sociable. The policeman
sits down opposite his prisoner and
playfully keeps an opium ball rolling
about the palm of his hand. OF course
the prisoner suffers like Tantalus him.
self, and the consequence is that the
policeman very soon gets his story and
the prisonerhis opium. Anothermethod,
used where there are number of pris-
oners suspected of the same offense, re-
minds one of similar proceedings in
Arabian tales. One man is taken from
the number and locked up alone, while
his companions imagine that he is in
the next room. In this room are several
inspectors, who proceed to stoutly be-
labor an empty sack hanging in the
corner, one of them keeping up vio'
lent groaning. This over, the man is
loudly called upon to confess, and q
constable Stimulates confession in q
low, mumbling voice. All this little
comedy seems a stern tragedy to the
trembling prisoners in the other room
and when the next man is brought out
he is almost sure to make full con
| foe sion
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
Single Beds.

The large double bed, which has held
its own for centuries, is fast falling into
disfavor, to be superseded by the single
bed. The fact is pretty well established
that wherever two persons sleep togeth-
er, one abstracts from the other some
amount of vital force. This is especial
ly the case where old and young persons
share the same bed. Besides, in a room
where there is no decided current of air,
the emanations from the lungs and skin
of sleeper poisons the atmosphere for
considerable distance. In the public
wards of great hospitals, never less than
two and half feet is allowed between
each bed for this reason. In the sleeping
apartments of royalty and nobility single
beds are everywhere the rule, and no
exception. The Emperor Of Germany
sleeps upon narrow bed and hard mat
tress. The single bed covering is a
wadded silk quilt. The Emperor and
Empress of Austria take their royal
slumbers on similar beds, with the same
description of eoverlet. One of the
principal advantages of these narrow
beds is that the mattresses are easily
aired, and that, in the opinion of al
housewives, must pe very importan
consideration.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
A Woman Hanged.

Susan Eberhart was hanged in Web
ster County, Ga, for murder. A few
weeks ago Enoch Spann was hanged for
the murder of his wife. The story of
Spann's crime was that of Susan Eber-
hart's, she being connected with him in
the commital of the murder, the cir
cumstances in the woman's case need
not be rehearsed. From a belief that
her youth and ignorance greatly lessen
ed her guilt, strenuouslexertions We're
made to save her. Ten of the twelve
iurymen and many hundreds of citizens
petitioned the Governor for commuta-
ton, but in vain. The fatal fact of her
aiding and abetting Spann throughout
was too plain, and her allowing the as
sassin to come to her bed in the pres
ence of the still warm corpse too evil
IDENTIFY proved monstrous and detest-
able depravity. At the appointed hour
the cul lprit walked cheerfully to the
scaffold. She appeared to be quite
composed, and declared that, being
quite prepared, she was willing to die.
The execution, it is needless to say,
aroused the widest excitement.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22
NO Rose Without q Thorn.

One fond heart, and only one,
One bright smile ere works begun,
One sweet welcome when it's done
And I'm weary;
Ono fond heart to cheer my life,
When l weary of the strife,
Have l in my little wife
Bonny Mary.
But my rose concea's thorn,
Painting ever, night and morn;
And our life of bliss is shorn
BY another.
Day and night upon our hearts
Sits a shadow, and imparts
Misery, in fits and starts;
ID Mary's mother.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

One of the presents at a recent we'd
ding in Rochester Mimi, was an acci-
dent insurance policy for 80, 900, cover
ing the groom for twenty-four hours.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

A RUSSIAN CRIME.-Several months
ago an outrage of the most villainous
sort imaginable took place in a Moscow
theatre, when some thieves raised a cry
of fire, produced a panic, and availed
themselves of it to pursue their voca-
ton. Precisely the same maneuvre,
probably dictated by the exemplary
success of that at Moscow, has just beer
performed at Nice, on the occasion of 6
grand musical performance in aid o.
charity by amateurs, members of the
French alstocracy. A dreadful scene
ensued, and robbery was committed
wholesale. AS this trick appears catch
ing, and the ruffians of this country ar'
not whit behind their European con
ferrees in villainy, we allude to these in
famous operations that the police ma.
be forewarned and forearmed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

An Illinois woman lately had an eye
put sut by the explosion of tea can
mister.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-22

Mai. Gen. Henry w. Halleck left an
estate valued at S43O. 1856. His widow
has removed to California.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
ls it Liviagsteae 2
From the New York Times.

A waite man supposed to he pr.
 Livingstone, is said 70 have been captured by the natives some
 where Oil the upper Congo. The story is probable enough. because Is was known to be Livingston a's intentions to reach the Guinea Coast by 9 route pretty similar 10 the oae which this white man seems to have been following. The Congo pursues comparative ly unknown course Of about 1,0G0 miles and we areleft fo conjecture the distance With Dr. Liviagtone must have traversed since his en- counter with Stanley, Presuming that he had just crossed the ridge which forms the backbone Of
 Southern Africa, and from which
 the Hambesi begins its long south eastern, and the Congo its almost equally long north western course,
 he must nave been 2,000 miles
 distant from the point where he
 was last "discovered." No Euro
 pean traveller ever penetrated the regioa which the English eE-- piorer would seem to have tr&vers- ed, and since Ladisiaus, thS Magyar. explored tho s0Ur5es of the Eemhasi, some twenty years i ago, JheE9 has, We think. been no white man in the region where
 it is presumed the natives have l laid hold of Livingstone.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25

Thera was (: woman in Cass county, Illinois, Who tried to run for county Superintendent, but she has withdrawn f.ora the field with tbis exp'&natiOu: We have taen excessively annoyed by tie inquiries relative to the above matter, as well as by the took of disappointment that set. ;!es ug0n the J0hnsons. Browns and Smiths whichever we pass tbem without 8 campaign shake ot the h42d aud 9 declaration of their offspring's anusUal preco. ciJy. as evincee& while we were t,leir fortunate instructress. Nor is that all. Nay verify! Every iIans and Pat of street corner no t0ricty evidently expected US to stand treat"
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
Eat Wives.

The people in portions of Africa have many curious custems and
 supers titions. Among the former nav De mentioned the fashion of
 having fat wives. Being intro.
 duced to Il great chiefs wife.
 Spoke thus describes her: "I was struck with the extraordi- nary dimensions, yet pleasing beauty Of the immoderateiy fat fair one. E'he could not rise, and So large Were her arms that the flesh between her joints hung
 down like large, loose, stuffed puddings :"
 'Hhe chief, pointing to his wite,
 said "This is inc product of our
 milt-pots; from early youth up'
 ward we keep these pots to their
 n.outlis, as it Is inc fashion at
 court to have very fat wiYes.o
 X sister-iil.law of the King wa, perfect wonder of hypertrophy. She was unable to stand except on ail Gour5. Spoke unblushingly TGu utStGG ijChi1iootOu bO iHSSoUI her. This is the result:
 "Rouni the arm, g inches ; chest, g inches thigh, 8i inches; calf, 28 inches; hight 5 feet 8 in. All of these are exact except the night, and i believe I could have obtained this more acCuI Iate!y if ! could have lain her on the floor. Not Knowing what difficulties l should have to contend with in such 2 piece of engineering, I tried to gel her night by raising her up. This. after infinite exer- Jions on the part of us both, was
 accomplished, when she sank iewn again, fsinting, for, her blood had rushed into her head, Meanwhile, the daugh ter had sgt before tlS sucking a milk pot, on which the father kept her ct work by holding the rod il his haud; for, as fattening is the first dutn of fashionable female life. il
 must be duly enforced by the rod, if necessary "-Conmercial Advertiser.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
Infant Shot by its Fstaer |.

I'ne Virginia Enterprise gives an account Of 2 sad occurrence at Gold ;Iiii on Friday. in the house 0: William Stu fridge. d little o0y, the soil Of a ueigfbor, came in witls a 7tnalI bocket-derringer i3 his hand, which he had fouR d in the c.;rpet-sack of a l0dger {g ai. father'6 house. Mir. Stuiridge had n his arms an infant son, a child ab9at ten months cid. and taking tha pistol in his hands he began GUappiRg it, supp0sing 1t not loaded. After be had thus snapped it two or three times it went of, inc taii striking the child f1il ia the forehead and passing through the brain to Ehe back part Cf tile head, lodging under t!l9 scalp. Although lne bullet passed directly through the -chii0's brain, it TaS,not killed Or even rendered anCCnSciotia. It appeared te suffer terribly, and cried loudly, ant struggled all the Since the bali was being ex. tfacted, and put up his hands and ;iied t0 push away the instru
 mGnt5 that were being used ny the physicians. The accident rendered the parents almost in- a5>2e with grief, and neither the fati}er nOr mother appeared to knoW exactly what they were saying CT doing, therefore exact + hnW the accident occurred is ret fully understood.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
ii q uartY al tl,a Marlhorn,

At party at tlla Marlborough house not long ago, two Of the Pfince.of Wales boys were pres enC. with the sen Of the Czaro- Wifz aetwecn them. The .youn y NuSsiaD made hiI.rselt disagree- ;.nie: &H. presently, like 9. Tar tar, savage'y dug his elbows into the r;!1s oi his c0mpanions. The Cicte2 t2ngsi9h Prince, ap amiable boy like his mother, moved, away, but the younger resented the imaiglity, and ''fetched the foEal Tartar one on the nOsa.n The Princess of Wales kindly in |. torierea and made paace.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
How gla oking Tobacco is Prepared

The tobacco as it comes from the plantation is dried t0 inc ut- most, and passed through 2 mill in which revolving cylinder armed with small projections grates it into tinny particles. IT. Is then by the saIGo machine sift- ed shr0ugli 9 series Of sieves sim : liar to those 0Sa wheat fan, that which is Ie5t on inc upper and c0urser sieves being passed and repa5sed tnrougb the ,aiIl uatii sufficiently fine for use. NOT this ic is Ii acessary to stem the leaves, ,ha refuse stems being themselves used in the manufacture of the inferior grades, and the sweep. ing 9 0f lho StemInInC room are devoted to like purpose These last are carefunN examined. 70 make snre that nothing i5 ieft i}, them ta break the inili, no nails or stones 10 iniura tHe machinery. 4 man on his hands and knees WAS picking over 3 pie cf sweep. ings the day We visited the fac tory seeming as integt 0n is7 task as the Searcncr fer pearls 1u the oyster. pits 0f CeyiOn.
 The inferior grades OfiUg3, etc :, cau la nsed only for smoking. h. deed, 70 jcnf is worthless tag the manufacture 0f one Or another of tine innainerab,e brands some wi1 ere between inc golden cj'aG with which tllo millionaire it. his costly neasc!aum, and the a.acS ut;xTnre which Paddy smokes in his clay pipe aS he drives his iray-thero is place and use ioT it al.
 Snoking-tobacc0 is generally put in bags holding from two OGuces tO the pound each, $ pound being the limit allowed ny the Government for any single pack age. The packing is doue by means of hollow iron cylinders, over which the bags q closan, and are tightly drawn. Into these the tobacco is poured, and by working a treadi8 a wooden lna:te! is forced into ire cylinder, conpt~ss;ng the uras3 into the smaiiesi. possible cOnafgss. This operation is repeated until tha bags are itsi,, when the cylinders are withdraWn, leaving the close ly packed bag.
 The number Of ta;s required for this business Gia-7 a imagined from the htct that ;. jhe single factGry visited 3y | yriter their Iaanuiacture tuIni-u1s a sur.D0rt fer fifteen pocr fi.i:.: ias, besides which a iarga nuITija, are ?aa&e by persons yh0 :we:e7y oa she work as q s0urce q ps -kct-monev. The iI7anu{ac'ure = tacc0 IS the principal industry 2: Richmond, Cutstripping even 'so in the ;ha revenIe which it T-c1ucea, The largest incone listea ast year in the Stalc ef Virginia 5ae that of 9 Richmond t0ttc c0nist, &rd what the BouFs= F t. Paris, and St0rt Exchange U -9ew York. that inc Tobacco E.. change i3 to RichTopd-EI'0'72 "-<l2 ~ Tobacco FIctory," ,5y Etg,s. Ez 2. Hui.dy, q, HG,.De!'s AGgC.s 7 fer Octobcr
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
YUMA EXCHANGE.

10 EDONDO & FROAEK TAKE s s, pleasure in announcing to theiI friends and the public generally the open ing of their Salo0n. on Main street, uear the Steamboat landing
 Thei. s!ock ot WINES. LIQUORS and CIGARS cannot be surpassed anywhere foi excellence of quality.
 To the Saloon is attached a splendid BILLIARD TABLE, best one in town.
 In. connection with the Saloon. we have one ot the largest, and the beat CORRAL in Yuma, where teamsters and others can find ample accommodation for their beasts is well as themselves Plenty Of hay, eraia and water can always be found here
 feb: If REDONDO & FROANK.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25

Ar unfortunate German, Reji i3.SF n"rae: s.Dd a resident in Saginaw county Michigan, lias t:aUoeaous eIpeyieucc :u we'll digging. CalIniy and unin.ar Yuprediy he eXcavated to the depth of forty feat, and then ae he did moi get much water, he decided t0 bera. When he had drilled dUwn some thirty feet things began 10 happen. Hi. resideace Was badly shaken, as by' 8 small earthquake. Down II! the well, rumbling sounds, ike the discharge Of Q cannon, were heard. The neigh bors became excite;i. i bunch of ignite3 strau was covered, aud up came bunch Of fame rising fifty feet above tbe The iii-sjarred Ref wantad wafer and got fire. The well continues t6 go of whenever D light IS applied, and we 9re told thdt 'The neighbers dc nct feel such a sense oi security as to their hereafter as they di1 before ,he sinking Of Refs well"
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25

< down east farmer, kn0wn fsr abd ,viGe by his patriotic title. had a nuigluur WGC vas n ii c habit 0f working 0n Sundays: bat after 2W!l ile ihiS >3ab&tii. breaker icined the church Gae day our ir:aHd met the minister tG whose church h. belonged. Well. Un-~ cle H,a!n," said tie minister. ''do you :ae any difference u bS:, ?. ajnco h. joined tAe church ?" "0h, ye+." said Uncle sam, "a yIe@t difference Before, when ha s'oni out to mend his fences Ae carried his axe over lis shoul- der. ont ;l0W ne carries it under his ccat."
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
NOTICE.

The School Term sf District Schoat No. |. will commence on Monday Ocsobef 9th, at l5 minutes to 9 4. M. Parenss ard guardians are requested to have Their chil- dreh report promptly at the above hcur. By order of the Board of Sehoo! True teee. H. S. FITZGERALD,
 Clerk Q. Beard. TEna, October a, 1873.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25

Lucinda Smith persuaded a young man u marry her. If was ons Of Wesson's siX-shooteys.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25

It is surprising how quick men Who dislike req hair iali in icYe with a Fed heiress,