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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A Struggle with n POrpoiSe.

AS party of men were bathing on
the beach at Coney island, q short dis
tance from New York, they noticed o
large fish plunging about in vain en-
deavor to escape to the ocean, in large
lake of water left by the receding tide.
The lake was about q hundreda yards
long, and quite deep in parts, and was
formed by bars of sand. As the i'm
prisoned fish leaped about, it was discov-
cred to be pCrpoise, and one of the
bathers, named O'Brien, conceived the
idea of capturing it. As the fish made
q dart in shore, the man leaped in and
grappled it around the body with both
arms. The fnny monster seemed little
dazed at first, and O'Brien had assumed
an upright position, with it in his arms,
and was staggering toward the beach,
before it made a struggle. When it did
wriggle its tail, however, O'Brien's grasp
loosened, and the fish darted mid lake,
where the water was eight feet deep in
places. O'Brien swan out after him,
and with great courage grappled him
again in the deep water. The porpoise
dived, and the man disappeared with
him, and reappeared twenty feet dis
tant, but together, O'Brien apparently
having found q fin that was not too
Shiny to hold on to. The fish seemed
thoroughly frightened, and made swift
break toward the bar, towing the man
along, both disappearing and re-appear-
ing as the fish chose to dive or rise. In
shallower water O'Brien again recovered
a foothold on the bottom, and released
the fin to take a better working grasp
nf
fish made grand effort for liberty, and
almost raised his tormentor out of the
water by firt of his tail. It succeeded
in freeing itself, and darted off for the
other bar, OBrien following. The fish
was penned again, and O'Brien got an
other hold around his body. The slime
was too yielding for h; grasp, and the
tapering body of the fish slid through
his arms. Both were well nigh exhausted
now, the fish too much so to swim out of
the reach of his pursuer, and the man
too tired to exert strength enough to lift
his prey out upon the beach. O'Brien,
however, renewed his grip upon the pee
toral fin Of the porpoise, and both were
quiescent for few seconds to regain
breath. The fish recovered soonest, and
made another dart for liberty toward the
outlet bar. This time he was successful,
the tide having risen high enough dur
ing the fight to leave foot of water
over the sand. An incoming wave took
him half over by the undertow, and a
second lifted him across. O'Brien was
close to him when he reached the deeper
water, and watched his porpoiseship
swimming from wave to wave until he
got clear beyond the breakers. 1t was n
gallant fight. The fish was all of six
feet, weighing, perhaps, two hundred
pounds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Mother Nature,

Jane Grey Swisshelm, noted as nurse
during the war, brings forward a surgi-
cal case as curious as that of Mr.. Car
ruth's, the Vineland editor, in which
she gives nature full credit, rs follows
1t was in Campbell hospital, Washington
city, in the summer of 1868. The board
of physicians, seven in number, united
in informing me that 1 need not sacrifice
my life in an effort to save Corporal
Randall, for that he must die. 1 went
to Head Surgeon Baxter and said eff
can keep his stomach in good working
order, and keep it regularly supplied
with the best blood-making food if /
can keep down fever and pain so that he
sleeps keep up the circulation and pre-
vent chills, will he not get welll" He
threw up his head with laugh, and re-
piled: 81 never knew a man die under
such circumstances. "Well, L can do
that" eff you can, you will save him. "
"Very good. He is saved, only you
must attend to the wound as usual" "
"Of course, of course, we will do that
in any case ; and we will give him to
you, and do all we can to help" That
mans recovery is one of the surgical
wonders OF the war, for he got new
thigh bone after the old one had been
shivered from the knee to the hip joint
by Minnie ball, and the bone feeder
destroyed, so that the formation of new
bone was thought impossible, and death
from suppuration considered certain
from the amount of old bone left in frag-
ments, where they had been driven into
the flesh. The surgeons We're allopathic,
and so was 1; and what we did was tc
furnish nature with all possible facilities
for getting rid Of her waste material by
keeping the wound open and clean, and
the opening in such position that she
did not have to work against gravity,
but that it should assist her. The drain
was frightful, and lasted for months,
but we kept up the equilibrium of de-
mand and supply by a judicious fortifi
cation of the digestive apparatus, and by
making the perspiratory organs Absorb
fuel for animal heat, by sponging will
alcohol and water. We created no new
diseases or disturbances, and encouraged
nature to attend to the one business o.
healing that wound. little dreaming tha
she would or could make new bone
but she did.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Why the Sultan Visits England.

Attentions to the sultan of Zanzibar
continue to be of the mildest kind. The
accounts of him which the newspapers
give are so meager as to indicate little
concern in his movements. The Daily
Telegraph, however, has interviewed"
him under the shield of some unnamed
outsider, as we are given to understand; I;
since the interview, as developed and
practiced in America, has never been
looked on here with favor. In this case
nothing is omitted-not even the re-
marks of the interviewer himself,
the description of the hotel where the
sultan lodges, his appearance, the ap-
pearance of his suite, and how they are
dressed. The upshot of it all is that the
sultan has come on business. He has
lost e12, 900 year by the "treaty" with
the English-a treaty signed under the
moral suasion of Admiral Cummings
guns-and his navy has been destroyed
by a hurricane. What be desires is that
the English, by way of indemnity for
the revenue which the suppression of
the slave trade sacrifices, should set him
free from the yearly tribute of $4,000
which he pays to Muscat, give him a
steamship, thousand Snider rifles and
ammunition, and the loan of half dozen
English sergeants to drill his black
troops. This is not sought by way of
charity, but to enable him to maintain
his authority and carry out the provi-
sions of the treaty against the opposition
of his chiefs, develop commerce, make
roads inland, and promote generally the
prosperity Of the country he rules over
and, of course, that of the Englishmen
and English subjects who trade there.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
How to Conquer the Potato Bug.

The Hartford Times tells of this
method of destroying potato bugs. The
pest of the potato fields, moving steadi-
ly eastward, has made its appearance all
over onnecticut-having come in four
summers from Colorado to New Eng
land. The plan tried in Hartford re-
Gently of covering the vines with the
powder of white hellebore, though it
seems to be quite as effective as any
other, is attended by the same difficulty
when it comes to a large field. Mr..
VIM. Benton, whose grounds at the
south end of Hartford have this season
witnessed disappearance of the Colorado
potato beetle in great numbers, has tried
a new plan, and it seems to be both eff
fective and well adapted to practical use
on good sized fields. He went through
the rows with horse and plow, with q
whiffietree that would hit the potato vines
on both sides, and attached to the ends,
in order to lower the sweep and render
it effective, a small bunch of birch brush
was fastened. Thisarrangementk knocked
off and swept off the bugs by the thou
sands; and on reaching the end of the
row he turned the team, burying the
bugs hopelessly. That was more than a
week ago; and as no sign of the reap
pearance of the destroyers has been
seen, Mr.. Benton thinks he has saved
his potato field. At first he despaired
of getting rid of such a depredating
army, and had it not been too late in
the season would have plowed up his
potato field and planted it with corn-so
formidable did the invaders appear
This happy thought" " struck him, and
lie saved his potatoes. His theory is
that the bugs were too young to know
how to dig their way out when once
buried. Later in the season they bury
themselves to escape the winter, and
come out bright and smart next year.
But if they are subjected, like the hero
of one of Poe's stories, to "prema-
ture BURIAL" they stay buried; and the
beauty of this plan is that it can be car
ried out speedily over fields covering
acres and without much trouble OF ex-
pense. Mr.. Benton says this method of
sweeping off the bugs by horse power
does not break the vines. He says a
cultivator instead of plow will not do
the work.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A Wife'S Trick.

A lady occupying high position at
Washington, whose husband was of the
government, made trip to Europe with
him. She "doted" on lace, and here
was her opportunity. Talking of the
acquisitions she would make in this line,
he told her she shouli purchase any rea-
sonable quantity, provided she would
not smuggle any. To this she accepted.
The gentleman took as part of his ward
robe dressing gown, for, like most
Americans, IN the privacy of his room
he liked to pull off his coat. Several
times on the ship he observed the care
his wife took of his garment, and was
gratifed for her anxiety for his comfort.
Once when smoking, while lighting his
cigar, he set his gown on fire and quite
hole was burned in the skirt. His
wife was considerably agitated, and he
was flattered that SO trifling q danger to
him had so moved her. One morning
Immediately after their return to this
country he found that before he reached
his Office that keys he needed he had
left at home, and retraced his steps to
get them. Letting himself in with his
latch-key he proceeded to his chamber,
and ON opening the door found his wife
on her knees on the floor, his dressing
gown divested of its iuing and spread
before her, and she, scissors in hand,
disengaging from it a white, himsy
fabric with which it was covered. She
sprang up on seeing him, laughed, and
exclaimed "You are the smuggler.
You wore that lace all over Europe, and
brought it home"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Too Much of a Good Thing.

At the central market in Detroit, a
long haired man mounted box and
commenced: "My friends, who hath
redness of eyes? The drunkard. Who
hath woe2 The drunkard. Heaven
send us pure cold water. There is moth
ing like W" At that moment boy
who was throwing water from a garden
hose used around there, accidently turn
ed the stream against the strangers
back, and he jumped down and said it
was a case of assault, and ran after q
warrant. He said that no human being
could throw cold water over him without
being made to suffer for it. "a
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Chinese Pirates.

The English steamer Douglas reached
Foo-Chow from Hong Kong. A custom
house officer named Blackjack came on
board as usual for night duty. This
officer had a few days previous been in
strumental in arresting some scoundrels
who had stolen large quantity of opium
from the steamer Quantung. The
thieves gang had therefore vowed ven
geance against custom house officers,
and Blackjack in particular. Some of
these threats seemed to have reached the
ears of that officer, for on this night,
when he was watching the Douglas, pre-
vious to the first officers retiring, he
requested that officer to lend him his
revolver, saying ne expecteda visit from
the smugglers.
At about one o'clock in the morning q
longbont came alongside the Douglas,
with large number of men ON board.
The custom house officer, perceiving
them, ordered them off; but they per-
sisted, and attempted to climb up the
ships side. He then fired three shots
from his revolver, leaning over the rail,
which must have had some effect.
The pirates opened fire on him and he
was killed, receiving no less than twenty
five slugs right in his breast.
In the meantime the crew, hearing the
firing, rushed on deck with their revol-
vers, and a few shots were delivered,
but the pirates skunk away. Only one
boat came alongside, but there were two
others in the immediate vicinity, proba-
bly, to reinforce the first boat if her
crew had succeeded in getting on board.
1t was stated next day that four o the
smuggler pirates had been killed and
several wounded. The circumstances
have been reported to the Chinese au-
thorities at Foo Chow, and they have
promised to do all in their power for the
apprehe lsion of the pirates. 1t is said
that the river at Foo-Chow is very
thickly infested with these desperadoes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
.IananeSe Students.

Capt. q. Matzmulla, of the Japanese
navy, has arrived in this country, accom-
panied by six japanese youths, who have
been sent abroad by the government to
be educated. The captain told re-
porter: |, have threefold commission
from the japanese navy department. In
the first place / must dispose of these
young gentlemen, who have been study
ing navigation and gunnery in Japan,
and have been selected, on account of
their intellectual activity, to represent
their native country in the naval acade-
mics of Annapolis, Nd, and Woolwich,
England. For the former Masters Ter
alta and Uriu will start Immediately, and
for the latter Masters Iodo and Tunaki.
who are to study the science of seaman
ship, Takagi, who is to devote himself
to medicine, and Maruta and Miyabara,
who are to become engineers, will set
out in my company shortly after. In
London L will present my credentials to
the lords OF the admiralty, and ask their
aid in procuring skilled professor and
two competent assistant professors of
navigation for my government. 1 am
furthermore commissioned to purchase
specimens of the most approved naval
steam engines. Japan is eager to i'm
prove her navy, and ready to grasp every
legitimate means of doing SO. should
be better pleased if had the authority
to adopt the improvements that the
Americans have engrafted upon their
naval system; but my instructions were
to seek those that the Englishmen have
wrought for their own benefit, and I
must be obedient. 1 am attached to
America, having been student at An
napolis for nearly six years, graduating
in 1S73
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
A Feat i'm Telegraphy.

Some idea of the ramifcatiors of the
electric telegraph from an experiment
successfully accomplished in London a
few weeks since. Captain Sartorius, at
present in Teheran, Persia, wished to
test his pocket chronometer, and to check,
with absolute correctness, its time in
Persia with Greenwich time. To do
this it was necessary to have clear line
from Teheran to London, distance by
"wire" of nearly 1900 miles. After
some little trouble in getting the German
relays into satisfactory order (the line
comes through Berlin) the important
signal was made several times to insure
accuracy, with the result that the watch
was found to be two seconds slow by
Greenwich time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
Spartan Simplicity.

The college crews at Saratoga have
been putting in practice the results of
their readings in the classics, by an imi-
tation of the ancient simplicity of Sparta.
They have declined to accept the elegant
prizes offered by one of the local hotel
proprietors, while returning hearty
thanks for his courtesy. Their declina-
tion is based upon the ground that out
side prizes might affect the true interests
of the races so far as the members are
concerned. Apparently they prefer the
flag that is the token of championship to
any gold or silver token, remembering
that their contest is simply the rivalry
of gentlemen, and not the effort of pro
fessional oarsmen. Though some may
think that the college boys have strained
point in taking this position, it will be
conceded that it were better to err on the
side of pride than in the opposite
direction.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
" Though Lost to Sight, to Memory
Dear.o
A POEM OF 1701,

POEM OF 1701.
Sweetheart, goodbye the fluttering sail
Is spread to watt me far from thee,
And soon before the favring gale
My ship shall bound upon the sea.
Perchance, all desolate and forlorn,
These eyes shall miss thee many year
But unforgotten every charm
Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear.
Sweetheart, goodbye one last embrace
o cruel fate, two souls to sever
Yet in this hearts most sacred place,
Thou, thou alone shalt dwell forever.
And still shall recollection trace
In fancy's mirror, ever near,
Each smile, each tear, that form, that face
Though lost to sight, to mry dear"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22

He COULDN'T Goa crowd of boys
passing by house in Detroit the other
day halted as they saw mournful-look-
ing boy at the gate, and one of them
called out: "Hil there-hain't you
going to the circus9" 81 was going"
replied the lad, in husky tones, "but
the baby up and died last night and ma
says won't dare to even heller for four
weeks to comei"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22

The supreme court of Illinois decides
that when farmer contracts to furnish o
cheese factory with milk, he must not
skim it before delivering it. r.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22

Many people in the Eastern States are
saving their vines and plants from des-
truction by insects by sprinkling upon
them buckwheat -four.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02

The War Department has informa-
ton OF the outrageous murder Of two
Cross Ventres indians at Fort Benton.
They were arrested on suspicion of
wounding white man, and taken out
of Jail and shot with their handouts
on, by party of roughs who were
friends Of the man who was wounded
The matter will be investigated and
the lynchers punished.
The army will fare rather badly
next month. 1t is ascertained that
the appropriation for the pay of the
army for the current fiscal year is in :.
adequate, and in consequence officers
and soldiers will'receive only Is DAYS
pay at the end of June, instead for a
full month. The deficiency will haye
to be made up by the next Congress
They will receive full pay up to the
end Of this month, and as on the LIST
OF July the new appropriation will be
available, the embarrassment will be
but temporary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02
THE THIRD TERM QUESTION.

President Grant has put quietus
on any further agitation of The Third
Term question. In letter written
May 29th, addressed to General
Harry White, President Of the Penn
sylvania Republican State Convention,
he clearly defines his position on the
subject, and unequivocally declares
that he does not want third term
and would not accept it. From the
first the idea Of third term never
entered his mind. The President
says that be believed it to be beneath
the dignity of the Office to which he
had been twice elected to define his
position on the third term subject I'M
til the question was presented by COM
petent authority to make an nominal
ton. But Pennsylvania having given
expression on the subject through its
Republican Convention he did not
deem it improper to at once speak.
He is surprised that SO many Repub-
licans should permit the democracy to
force such senseless issue on them
and their party.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02
HOW STANDS THE FIGURES !!

An examination Of the vote Of the
Assembly Districts at the last State
election shows that the Republicans
carried the State by majority of s.
1O7- Taking the Congressional vote,
the Reform majority of 1873 was cut
down about $4,000 On the vote of
Assemblyman, as compiled under the
direction of the Reform Secretary of
State, it appears that the majority was
reduced about sixteen thousand, while
footlnes of actual majorities in every
case wipes out the Democratic Reform
majority of 1875, and gives Re-
publican majority Of 3,lO7. This a
clear Republican gain of 1892 in one
year. A like gain this year and where
would the Reform Democrats be?
Nothing seems clearer than that the
Republicans of Wisconsin have large
majority of the votes of the State, and
nothing but the pursuance OF a blind
policy in the choice of candidates, and
the selection Of a platform can defeat
the Republican State ticket this fall
Let the Republicans stand united in
defence Of those principles that have
led them on to victory in the past and
there is no danger Of the result.
Nothing but division or apathy in the
ranks can defeat US this fall The
Democrats will make every effort to
keep the control of the State Govern
ment, and Republicans should be cor
respondingly anxious for success, the
best interests Of the State demanding
return to Republican rule.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02

O'Leary, the Chicago pedestrian,
who attempted the feat of walking 500
miles in 1876 hours, and finished the
distance in hours, 90 minutes and 10
seconds less than the time allowed has
a rival. Mr. Milton Husbands, Of
Rochester, New York, young man 20
years OF age, read Of O'Leary at Belle
fontaine, Ohio, while going to Chicago
on a Pullman car He left the train
and started on foot along the track.
He reached Chicago Sunday morning,
having accomplished the distance of
26l miles in 1l3 hours and 40 min
utes, emitting rest of a day and a
half This was not equal to O'Leary,
but it is the best walking over the
road that we have heard of lately.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02

A Sioux City (Iowa) extra Journal
says that last Friday morning the sol
diers under Captain Walker entered
the camp at Gordon City, Neb., and
burned fourteen wagons, rations, sup
plies and arms. and destroyed every
thing belonging to the Black Hills
Transportation Company, except some
baggage which they loaded into six re-
naming wagons and started for Fort
Randall, making the men 60 on foot,
some of them being barefooted, boots
and clothing having heen destroyed.
The mules gave out on the way, and
much of the baggage was thrown out.
After the capture, the officers ransack-
ed the camp, hel ping themselves to
anything they could use, and then
turned the soldiers loose at the re-
malnder without hindrance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02

A VALUABLE GIFT. "A beautiful
golden chain for Bishop Henri is now
being manufactured by VIM LANCER,
a Waukesha jeweler. The chain will
be near y 4 feet in length, is composed
OF small golden rings SO interviewer as
to resemble braid. The slide will be
very heavy and as nearly solid as pos
sble, and will represent the burnt ng
heart of the Virgin Mary, and around
the heart OF raised gold will be the
crown Of thorns. On this chain the
Pectoral will be suspended, which in
the Catholic Church takes the form OF
cross. This Is worn by the Arch :
bishop at all times, as an insignia Of
his rank.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02

At prayer meeting an old man got
up and prayed for a son now in fell
on's cell for the crime of murder.
Another old man tremblingly Joined
his prayers, adding that he, too, had
had son. but he had been murdered
Their names were made known, and
the fathers Of Edward S. Stokes and
James Fisk, Jr., stood for the first
time face to face.
In Chicago's social and military cir
cles. the marriage of Lieutenant Gen
eral Phil. Sheridan to Miss Rucker, is
the chief topic just now. The event
will occur on Thursday evening Of this
week.
ODonovan Rosa is immured in a
New York dungeon for attacking his
landlord, who asked him for his rent