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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
LAWS That Are Not Enforced.

"H. H." (Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson)
has made little collection of the laws
relating to the Indians which are no
enforced, and embodies il in one of her
letters to the New York Tribune on
1.-The Indian Problem" The following
is the list as she gives it:
l. Any citizen or resident of the United
States entering any territory secured by
treaty to the Indians for the purpose
of hunting or grazing therein fine
within 300 and imprisonment within
six months.
Q. Entering the territory secured to
the Indians south of the Ohio river, for
any purpose whatever, without pass
port from the proper authority = half
the above penalty.
8. Entering the Indian Territory with
a hostile intention and CON mitting any
offense against the person or property OF
any friendly Indian which would be
within our jurisdiction - fine within
el00 and imprisonment within one year /;
If property be taken or destroyed, re-
nunerative in double value. and il
murder be committed, death. (Suppose
this law was carried out in regard to
the murderers of the chief Big Snake
last autumn, at Reno, in Indian Ter
ritory, how many men would be hung
besides the soldier who fire. t e first
shotD
4. Surveying or settling upon any land
belonging 10 Indians, or attempting to
do so-fine within 81 900 and imprison
ment within one year.
s. Attempting to trade among the In
dians as trader, without license from
the government-ine within 500; inn.
prisonment within thirty days and for
feiture of merchandise.
s. Purchasing from Indians any uten-
sill for hunting or cooking or any article
of clothing, except skins or furs-fne
within $50, and Imprisonment W thin
thirty days.
7. Purchasing horse from an Indian
without license-fine within $l60; i'm
piisonment within thirty days and for
feiture of the horse.
8. An Indian agent being concerned
in any trade with Indians on his own
account-fne within 81 600, and impris-
onment within one year.
9. Treating with Indians for the pur-
chase of land without authority from
the government-same punishment.
10. A foreigner going into the Indian
Territory without passport same pun
ishmtnt.
IL. Any Indian or other person COM
mit'ing within the Indian Territory any
offense which would be punishable e if
committed within places of exclusive
Federal jurisdiction-the same punish
ment as is there provided for.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Village Improvement Societies.

In his report, lately issued, Colone
Wright, chief of the bureau of statistics
of labor, gives some interesting state
ments concerning the work OF village
improvement societies in Massachusetts,
OF which the Laurel Hill association,
located at Stockbridge, is the paront.
The object of this society, as set forth in
their bylaws, is to improve and orna-
ment the streets and public grounds of
Stockbridge, by planting and cultivating
trees, cleaning and repairing the side
walks, and doing su eh other acts as shall
tend to beauty and improve said streets
and grounds. Its work has been the
subject of many newspaper articles, and
its example has been the incentive for
the formation of many similar associa-
tions in different parts of the country.
During its existence it has expended
$4,000 in carrying forward its work,
planted more than l,600 trees anc
hedges, and built miles of sidewalks,
foot-bridges, etc.
From the returns made to Colonel
Wright's bureau, il appears that GIG of
the 325 towns in Massachusetts, report
the existence of twenty-eight village
improvement societies, having a mem
bership of 495. Instances of some of
tHe WOTk performed Dy tneSe SOcletle5 5
are given, to show in what directions
their efforts have been employed: In
Williamstown hundred streets have
been put in order, trees planted. and
the village lighted. In Danvers the
village common has been fenced AMI
many trees planted. The society in
Shelburn has made sidewalks. planted
trees, ana lighted the streets. In Long
meadow, tree culture has been encour-
aged, borders ut and trimmed, and
sidewalks repaired. In Westfield a
street six rods wide and over three
miles long, has been laid out and lined
with trees. In Carlisle the cemetery
has been beautified. The Field and
Garden club" of Lexington. has fenced
many vacant lots. In Stow l8O maple
tleej have been planted. In Pepperell
trees have been planted, lights put up,
and courses of lectures have been de-
livered.
The organization of these societies is
L very simple affair, as the less ma
chinery and formality to them, the
easier they are organized and the better
they do their work.-N. E. Fdrmer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Peruvian Temples of the Sun,

Ofthe early history of the Peruvians
we have but little knowledge, owing to
that barbarian policy exercised by the
followers of Cortez and Pizarro, in de-
siroying everything belonging to the
tribes which they conquered. Like the
Mexicans, the Peruvians had advanced
in art, science and learning, under the
administration of successive wise rulers,
and their state archives contained his
tories of their country, from the dawn
of civilization among them, to the period
of the conquest But the superstitious
Spaniards committed these works to the
flames, because of their heathen origin,
and we are obliged to depend almost ex-
clusively on the truth of tradition for
the knowledge we possess of the history
of this people during the Inca dynasty.
The most magnificent of all the Peru
Wan temples was that OF the sun at
Cuzzo. The mode of worship in this
temple was SINH ar to that OF Heliopolis
in Egypt, where this great luminary
pied large portion of one side OF the in
terror of the temple, and before this the
worshipers prostrated themselves with
rich offerings in their hands, which
were received by the attendant priests.
Two or three virgins, selected from the
first families in their kingdom. were in
constant attendance, whose duty il was
to make oblations of wine to the deity,
and chant hymns of praise to the great
Father of Light. Like other aborig-
ines of this continent, the Peruvians
were nomadic tribes and gained a SUBJ
sistence by hunting and fishing. Super
stitious in the extreme, their objects of
worship were as numerous as those of
the Egyptians.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
A CuriOus Pond.

Captain w. F. McClannahan called in
to see us this week, and we gathered
from him the following information
concerning the noted oil pond ar Sa-
zine Pass. This body of water is be-
tween three amt four miles across, and
large enough to accommodate large
number of vessels. 1t is about one mile
from the main shore to deep water-say
twenty feet, and vessels drawing from
ten to fifteen feet can easily run into the
pond tor safety, when the wsr among
the elements is waxing furious. The
heavier the gale the thicker the mud at
entrance, and the moment the breakers
strike the mud, they subside, as if by
magic. Vessels often put into this pond,
when storms are raging outside, and
when once safely anchored within this
harbor, the sailor can Wa K the decks of
his vessel in perfect safety and laugh at
the storm raging in all its fury outside.
When the wind sets 10 the northeast,
sail can be hoisled and the vesse,
proudly glide out of its haven TO the
open gu and proceed to its destination.
1t is thought that in a very heavy ga e,
a vessel drawing twenty Ieet of water
could push her way through the chan
mel into this place Of safety. The mud
in this pond when dry, cuts as easily as
chalk, and burns well when put in the
fire. 1t is favorite resort for lumber
vessels plying between Calcasieu and
Galveston and other coast towns, when
storms arise. During the storm of 1875,
when so much damage was done to
property along the coast of Texas, ves-
sells which put into the oil pond,
weathered the gale and put to sea, when
the storm subsidized, having sustained no
damage. The body of water would be a
good study for scientific men, and we
have some idea that there is some
sulphur as well as petroleum in the
water--that is similar to the sulphur
bath of Sour lake. If SO, it will some
DAY become a favorite for rheumatic
people. and being situated on the gulf
coast, will make it desirable place, for
its accessibility to salt water, bathing
and beach driving.-Beaanre,t (Ieras)
LnD1beYntdn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
A Successful Female Detective.

For the past three months Nellie Nc
Phearson, who has for some time been
in the employ of the St. Joseph detec-
tive agency. has travelled through the
West and Northwest on business con-
nected with the agency here, and her
success as a "spotter shows her to be
remarkably shrewd woman. She is
about thirty-two years old, tall and
slender, with Clark hair, piercing black
eyes and altogether very stylish and
attractive. Her latest exploit termin-
ated in Chicago, day or two ago, when
she succeeded in getting the clinchers
on one of the deepest-dyed villains in
the West, and the leader and accomplice
of gang of counterfeiters which have
infested this section for the past two
years.
Some months since the managers of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the
Chicago and Northern railroads become
cognizant of the fact that great many
bogus local tickets had been set afloat
along their lines, and on application
Detective Murray, of Chicago was au-
thorized to work up the job, and. il pos
sible, bring the guilty parties to justice.
He reported from time to time that no
satisfactory trail of the counterfeiters
could be struck, and finally Nellie Nc
Phearson was delegated to assist him in
the work From the outset she was
suspicious of the detective himself, and
for three months she watched him like
a hawk, though pretending to fall des-
perately in love with him, and more
than anxious that they should succeed
in their undertaking, in order that they
might raise " stake" get married and
settle down. Sharp as he was the wo-
man fooled him. Last week the two
spent several days in St. Joseph, and
while Murray was working" certain
parts of the city, or pretending to he
rather, Nellie was closeted in the office
of her employers reporting progress.
which to say the least was ANYTHING
but favorable to the detective "-her
pretended lover, Mr.. Murray. From
st. Joseph they went to Chicago, where
a few days. secret investigation placed
her in possession OF perfect whirlwind
of evidence. and convinced her that
Detective Murray was the very man
who had set ahoat the bogus railroad
tickets. Then she set the trap, gave
the detective an official surprise in his
room at the hotel, and as result he
now plays checkers with his nose in a
Chicago jail. st. Joseph (Mo.) Nesos.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Odd Names.

In examples of curious Christian
names (says correspondent of Notes
and Queries) there is probably no dis
trict richer than the West Riding of
Yorkshire. Every out-of- the way
Scripture name is to be found. Levi
and Moses are great iavorites. Marquis,
Duke, Earl, Lord and Squire are COM
mon. Tenter. Little Scribbler, etc., from
the branch of the wooden manufacture
carried on by their parents. l have
met with a boy named Washington
christened General George, a girl named
Togotubuline, and, still more extraor-
dinary, boy called Wonderful Coun-
selor (from Isaiah tx. g.. Nicknames
are quite common, Tom, Ben, Bill,
Jerry being conferred at baptism in
stead of the full name. In some of the
rougher villages should add that
surnames are still, dispensed with or un-
known. Toms Bill means Toms son
Bill. Tom o. Bills is the same, while
TOMS Bill o. Jacks means that Bill is
theson of Tom, the son of Jack.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
The Biggest Lie.

Bishop Selwyn was benevolent and
kindly spoken man as well as a great
and famous one. He interested himself
much in the poor, especially in miners.
One day, coming on company of the
latter, he heard them talking in very
animated way, so loudly that he said to
them: "My friends, something seems to
interest you all very much; 1 heard
Your voices quite in the distance; may
inquire what it isP" To which they re-
Piled: "You see that copper tea-kettle
thereP we found it, and were Just say
ing that the one who could tell the big
gest lie should have it." "Oh," said
bishop, 81 am sorry for that; / hope
you will never again tell lies. 'Tis a
fearful habit, and SO unmanly: Why.
never told lie in my life." Whei eupon,
the four miners shouted in breath |:
"Giye the governor the kettlel" all OF
them thinking his assertion the big
gest lie they had ever heard.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
4 Would.be KIng-KiIler,s End.

The execution, at Madrid, OF Otero
Gonzales, nineteen years old, Tor at
tempting to assassinate the King of
Spain, is described by the New York
Herald thus: The prisoner was attired
in black and violet robe, a round cap,
a scapularium on his shoulders, his fet-
tered hands grssping an image of the
Virgin. Several of the priests and
brotherhood entered the prison van
with Otero, while Others headed the
procession, with a crucifix borne aloft.
The crowd, which was still composed
chiefly of women, pressed around the
escort, and when 1t arrived at the
Plaza, where the scaffold was erected,
it could not have numbered less than
ten thousand. In front of the gibbet,
which stood on a low platform, was
the bench upon which the convict sits
Death is caused by the pressure of an
iron bar, which causes instant strangu-
lation. Two executioners from Valla-
dolid had preceded the arrival of the
regicide. The ground was guarded by
a strong force of cavalry, infantry and
gendarmes with fixed baycnets. The
morning was beautiful and the sun
gilded the wooded mountains in the
distance. When the regicide ascended
the scaffold he was deadly pale and his
hands trembled. The troops formed
large square round the scaffold. The
executiOners seated the regicide on the
bench and covered hil head. At four
teen minutes to nine the signal was
given and the prisoner was Rarroted, life
seeming to be almost instantaneously
extinguished.
The second attempt on the life of
King Alfonso was made on the 30th
of December last. The day was unusu-
ally mild and the streets of Madrid were
crowded with vehicles and spectators.
The king and queen had been out since
three O'Clock in small phaeton drawn
by pair of rather fiery horses which
Alfonso had some difficulty in manag-
ing. Toward dusk the king drove back
by the Puerta del Sol and down the
Gale Mayor, to debouch by the Armory
square. at the principal entrance of the
palace. just as he neared the armory
his animals grew uneasy, and he pushed
on to enter by the Puerta del Principe.
Behind him were two servants in plain
royal liveries. and ahead a single out
rider. Slackening the pace of his horses.
the king wheeled them to enter un-
of the bystanders. Just as the
y
sentry box and while the sentinel was
presenting arms, man sprang
out from the narrow space between
the box and the wall of the
palace, and leaning on the carriage
fired his first shot at the king. His
majesty stopped slightly, and. gathering
his reins firmly, dashed the carriage
under the portico as the queen uttered a
cry, clasping her partners arm as a
second bullet whizzed past, singeing the
hair at the back of the head of one of
the servants behind the queen. Then,
in his turn, as he pulled up, King Alfonso
leaned down to see if his youthful bride
was hurt. Though shocked and alarmed
her majesty was able to alight, and he
slowly assisted her up the great stair
case. The would-be assassin, who was
Immediately seized and ironed, proved
to be youth of nineteen named Con-
zales.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Whence Come the Birds

Along in cherry-time one wonders TO
see so many robins in the orchard and
over by the hedgerows; to the thorns
of which droop branches deeply beaded
with the bits of red ripeness. Where
do the birds come from in such flocksp
A dozen in one tree, score in another,
and even a hundred cutting the air
around like arrows that are all throat.
How do they discover the cherry trees ?
And isn't it surprising they should come
long leagues after themp But where
grow the cherries the birds do flock,
and this remembered it is not strange,
that $4,000 emigrants, mainly from the
famine-stricken districts OF Silesia and
Hungary, should have landed in New
York during the last three weeks. With
bread scarce and bayonets plenty, the
lower class Europeans turn to the New
World. They know there is strong re-
vival in our prosperity-that Americas
cherries are once more ripe-and twice
az many of them are coming this year
as came last-Philadelphta Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
1928,
WHEAT.
34l,474 600

The whole country produced 1885,
600 600 bushels of corn, of which eleven
States produced 1928 600, 600, while
TIVE MY seven States and eight Terri
tories produced 3l6, 400 600. OF wheat
the whole country produced 449. 900 600
bushels-34l, 100000 in eleven States,
and l07, 500 in all the other States and
Territories. The eleven States enumer-
ated above produced seventy-six per
centum of the entire wheat crop, and
ninety-nine per cenJum of the corn crop.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
How to Get Sick.

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
How to Get Well,
Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters! See other column
Express.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

A clergyman recently said that many
a man while apparently singing with all
his might the lines, "Were the whole
realm of nature mine, that were a pres
ent far too small" was diligently en-
gagged with one hand in his pocket in
scraping the edge of a three-cent piece
to make sure that it was not dime.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

DIR. G. K. Shoemaker the weli-Know aurnI
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail,
tree Of charge, a valuable little book on deafness
and diseases of the ear-specially on running
ear and catarrh, and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
satisfy the most skeptical. Address as above.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

Five thousand strips OF whalebone
tipped with cobbler's wax were found
not long ago at the headquarters of a
band of French thieves who have long
been making a successful specially of
robbing the poor boxes in the churchs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

A book on the Liver, its diseases and Their
treatment sent free Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundce
Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspcp.
sia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford, l62
Broadway, New York city, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

Little Annie is the daughter OF one OF our
most prominent citizens. erday she told
us, in her way, what a good medicine DR.
Bulls Cough Syrup was, as it had cured her
OF a very severe cold.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

H. Lukins, of Rock creek, ILL.,, was
driving hogs to market and one that
was wild and unruly rushed upon him
with fury, catching him in the thigh
with his long, sharp tushes, severing
an artery. Medical aid arrived too
late, as the man died in a short time
after the wound was made.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Grain ProductIon al the West.

The Columbus (Ohio) State Journal
publishes the following interesting ex-
wheat in the United States for the year
1879, prepared by DR.. James Williams |:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

Straighten your old boots with Lyons Pat
ent Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

A CARD.-To all who are suffering from the erros 8
and indiscetons OF youth weakness Early decay
loss Of manh od etc. vii! sand Recipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE This great remedy dis
covered by missionary in South America. Sc d self
addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Station ID. Netp York CITY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

The Voltatc Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich.
Will send their Electro-V Voltaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 80 days trial See their sdver-
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
al
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

When exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy ,tion
of all organs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

A Minnesota farmer raised last year
700 bushels of clover seed, and sold it
this year Mt $500 per bushel.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29
Vegetine.
Superior to anyFamHy Medicine.
DOCTORS GAVE HER UP.
Vegetine Cured Her.

MONTREAL, P. O., Dot. "a, 1879.
&R. H. r. STEVENS: Dear Sir-About fifteen
years ago / was troubled with Scrcfulous HumoT,
which settled on my lungs and brought on a severe
cough. consulted five or six of the best physicians
in Boston, but they gave up treating me, said there
was no hope Of a cure, and they could do nothing
more for me. friend who had used vEGETINE
in his family recommended to try it, I pro-
cured three bottles, and before finishing the third
bottle found myself entirely cured, and had not
another attack Of scrofua for nine years. After
that period had to get some more VEGETINE,
but it quickly restored me TO health again, and l
have not had third attack. am sixty mine years
old, aud since becoming aware Of the virtues oil
your medicine, have given it to my children and
grandchildren, and have recommended 1t to my
friends. The results have been invariably all thai
could be desired. Previous 20 my first trial of th.
YEGETINE had cancer removed, and scrofu
lous sores broke out me, but none have appeared
since, and believe it superior TO any of the Family
Medicines in use. MARIA J. KIMBALL.
1 vouch for the above statement In every
particular, and consider vEGETINE the bes
Family Medicine now in use.
MOSES KIMBALL,
Husband of Maria j. Kimball.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

VEGETINR has restored thousands to health
who had been long and painful sufferers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-29

Maine has sold about -. .ooo. 900 worth
Of ice this season.