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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Torture in OIden Times.

The torture OF those days was studied
% science, though perhaps il had
gained in diabolical refinement by the
time that Damiens was operated on be-
fore the beau monde OF Paris for his at
tempt upon Louis the well-beloved.
The scene in the sixteenth century was
usually gloomy underground cham
ber, dimly lighted by torches or cressets,
and deadened by massive masonry
against the escape of sound. The exc
cutioner was probably born in the scar
let, or had 1t all events served an ap-
premiership to some master who had
perpetuated the grim traditions of the
craft. He and his aids had paid careful
attention to the machinery; If the
screws and the pulleys worked slowly
and roughly, that was all the better, so
long as they did not kill. A speedy re-
lease was tue thing to be guarded
against; and most horrible of all was
tue presence of the chirurgeon. There
he stood, in grave impertur liability, with
hard, watchful eyes, or with the finger
on the pulse of the patient, appropri-
ately robed in his sad-colored garments,
ready to interpose should tortured ma
ture seem overstrained, or to awak IN it
when it had found relief in kindly OBJ
ply himself with salts aud essences to
the revival of the mangled wreck of hui
ma1ity, and rekindle the sparks of life
by assiduous attentions, till the recovery
was so satisfactory that the torture
might be resumed. Occasionally the
sufferer would make full confession
sometimes, having nothing to say thai
was worth hearing, he would groan out
tissue of incoherent falsehoods; not IN
frequently he would be firm to the end
greatly to the credit of his cour-
age or his obstinacy. In the six
teenth century, and long afterward
that licensed inhumanity was recog.
nized all over France, and abused
if abuse may be said to be pos.
sible-by the possessors of seignioral
rights, as wei! as by the provincial
parliaments and governors. Remem.
bering the traditions of cruelty and in
science that had been multiplying them
selves from time immemorial through
the length and breadth of the land un'
der the rule Of harsh and irresponsible
tyrants, we may have me conception
of the revengeful spirit that was un
chained when the mob had broken loose
and become masters in their turn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Miss MulOck's Romance.

1t was "John Halifax" published af.
ter she was thirty years old, that brought
her fame, and made the task of earning
her daily bread a little less arduous.
Seven years later she was awarded a
pension of three hundred dollars year.
She was nearly forty when she married
In 1865 Captain George Lille Craik, an
officer in the English army. who had been
in The Crimea, met Miss Mulock, and,
although some years her junior, ad-
dressed her and succeeded in winning
her hand. They proved most coneenial
companions, and their married life was
all they could wish, with but one excep-
ton. The woman whose love for chill
dren amounted almost TO a passion, who
wrote "Philip, My King" was denied
the happiness of feeling baby fingers
upon her cheek or of ever hearing herself
called mother. This was severe sorrow,
but even this pain has been partly as
suaged. Strangely enough, one dark,
rainy night, while she and her husband
were speaking of children and of the
joy and brightness they bring to so
many dwellings, there came loud ring
at the bell and then furious knocking.
On opening the door, lying upon the sill
they found basket inclosed in many
wrappings. When they were removed
they discovered lovely little babe only
a few hours old. The child was wrapped
in one roll after another of India
muslin, and on its breast was pinned a
note begging Mrs. Craik to be kind
to the little waif thus brought to her
door, and assuring her that no mean
blood flowed in its veins. Tenderly she
lifted the little thing in her arms, and
her heart opened as warmly to take in
the poor little deserted creature. They
called the child Dorothea, God-given,
and she became their legally adopted
daughter, as tenderly cherished and as
passionately loved as though she had
been their own.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Wine and Women Among.ithc Turks,


A German correspondent, who, has
been four years in Constantinople, says
that he has remarked two very notice
able external changes within that
period. The frat is supplied by the
Turkish men, the second by the women.
Four years ago, he observes, there
was hardly public house in which a
Turk would have dared openly to drink
brandy or spirituous liquors, whereas
such establishments have now multi
piled rapidly, even in the very neighbor
hood OF the mosques, and the open con-
sumption of liquors has increased in o
portentous degree. The Koran notably
prohibits the Mussulman believer from
this species of carnal indulgence; never
theless, even pious and rigid Moham-
medans buy the forbidden beverage in
the daytime and save reputation by con-
suming it at night. A casuistical at,
tempt is made by the landlords of the
cafes to give it the appearance of more
innocuous drink by serving it in coffee.
cups instead of in glasses. Some weeks
ago, he says, the Turkish police made q
raid upon the glasses. The Turkish
women are contributing their part TO
the revolution of manners by the alter
alton of their wells. According to the
Koran every Turkish woman or girl
from her twelfth year is bound to wear
a veil of such thickness as will totally
conceal her features from the eyes OF
the opposite sex-the so-cailed "jasma"
or yashmak." But the contact with
Western women has gradually changed
the veil from the sHickest 70 the thin
nest possible texture. Every young
Turkish lady now provides herself with
two wells when she il in the public
streets-a thin and thick one. The
former is retained for normal use, but
when an Official com es in sight the lat
ter is Immediately dropped down over
it, like the curtain OF theater.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
HUMOROUS.
Let the love die!
Ella Wheeler,

A ad-waiter-An idle barker.
The trotting horse st. Julien made a
profit of $29,000 for his owner last sea-
son.
The man completely wrapped up in
himself has no use for an ulster.-PEcG-
yune
A familiar instance of color blindness
is that OF a man taking brown silk
umbrella and leaving a green gingham
in its place.
Professor Swift sat down suddenly on
the pavement last week, and discovered
i've new stars of the first magnitude and
three comets.-OI City Derrick.
1t has been found necessary to order
$50 additional pens built at the Indian
apolis stock-yards. There are 900 now,
but they are daily overcrowded.
The price of q wife in Siberia is eight
dogs. The Siberian wife worth her
weight in sausage must be an extraordi-
nary woman.-Philadetphta Chronicle.
If Jones undertakes to pull my
ears" said loud -mouthed fellow Oh a
street corner, "he'll just have his
hands full" The crowd looked at the
mans ears and smiled.
She" Mr.. Slow, are those two men
that have just passed brothers?" He
"l-aw-know that one of them is but
Im-'aw-not quite sure of the other"
-ColunabiG Spectator.
"Why is it your loaves are SO much
smaller than they used to beP" asked a
Galveston man of his baker. 81 don't
know, unless it is use less dough than
formerl y" responded the baker,. Cal
CeSton NeWS.
Thwarted ambition. "Oh, dear!" ex-
claimed Penniman, 81 wish | could
excel in something! l do believe if !
should kill man it wouldn't be any
thing but murder in the second degree.
Boston Transcript.
PRACTICAL QUESTION.
Darkly the humorist
MUSES. on fate;
Ghasily experiment
Lille seems to him,
Subject for merriment
Somber and grim;
Is it his doom, or s't
Something he ate?
care you a good riderP" asked the
livery man. 81 am," replied the Gus
toner, and just then the horse snorted,
stood on its hands, came down and
bucked, and the customer went on, from
his high seat in the hay NOV, "See
how easily get offP'-Burlington
EdsUbeye.
Two young clergymen were disputine
30 loudly on knotty point of theology
that they awoke big dog that had beer
sleeping on the hearth before the fire
whereupon he began to bark furiously
An old preacher. who had been quietly
slipping his tea while the disputantI
were talking, gave the dog a kick, cx
claiming: "Hold your tongue, you
silly brute You know no more about
it than they do!'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Vegetine.
Kidney Complaints
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

The symptoms Of an acute attack Of inflammation
of the kidneys follows: Fever, pain in the
small of the back, and thence shooting downward !;
numbness of the thigh, vomiting, usually at first a
deep red color of the urine, which becomes pale and
cooress the disease increases and is discharged
very often with pain and difficulty; costiveness
and some degree Of cole. In chronic diseases Of
the kidneys the symptoms pain in the back and
limbs, dryness Of the skin, frequent urination les
pecally at mighty, general dropsy, headache, dizzi-
Of sight, indigestion, and pslpitation OF the
ness Of the face, cough, and shortness Of breath.
In diseases OF the kidneys the vEaErINK gives
immediate relief. 1t has never failed to cure when
1t ia taken regularly and directions followed. In
many cases it may take several bottles, especially
cases of long standing. 1t acts directly upon the
secretions, cleansing aud strengthening, removing
all distractions and impurities. great many can
testify TO cases Of long standing having been per-
fecty cured by the VEGETISE, even after trying
many of the known remedies which are said to be
expressly for this disease.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

Fruit is kept in Russia by heing
packed in creosotized lime. The lime
is Stacked in water in which little ere.
osote has beer dissolved, and is allowed
to fail to powder. The latter is spread
over the bottom of deal-box to ahou.
one inch in thickness. A sheet of paper
is laid above, and then the fruit. Over
the fruit is another sheet of paper, then
more lime, and so on until the box is
full, when little finely-powdered char
coal is packed in the corners and the lid
tightly closed. Fruit thus inclosed will,
it is said, remain good for year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Present Population of the Earth.

Behm and Wagner's BeUOlkerunq der
Erde, gives mass of well-digested in
formation on the area and population
of the countries of the world. The areas
of Europe, Asia, America, Australia,
Polynesia and the polar regions have
been carefully recomputed, and as the
results differ in many instances from
statements usually found in handbooks,
we give an abstract of these new
figures:
Area in sta. SO. m. Inhabitants
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

The section hands near Rock Rapids.
ILL.,, discovered the head of a calf pro-
truding from snow-drift the other day.
Upon shoveling it out the critter proved
to be alive and Immediately began eat
ing. 1t belonged to Hoval Oleson, and
had been tightly bound up by the drift
for ten davs
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

II is said that u. $40, { 90 packets, or
ls, TAO 100000 single pins, are manufac
tured yearly in the United States, being
at the rate of 46s pins for every person
of the population. Fifty years ago it
took one man minute to make fourteen
pins; now a single workman can make
Ia, 900 in the same time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
GREAT HORSE MEDICINE.

pint bottles at 30 cents 80 years established the
best in the world for the cure Of Goc old Sores
POWDERS are warranted TO cure Distemper Fever
Worms, ts give fine costj ncreose the appette ana
McDanie owner OF OF the fastest running horses
in the world and 900 Others 25 cents Sold BY drug
risis Dnnni-A2 MurraY Street, New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
[Logansport (Ind.) Daily journal. j

Isell more of st. Jacobs Oil, remarked
Mr.. d. E. Pryor, ll2 E. Broadway, to
our reporter, than of any other article
of its kind, and / consider it the best
liniment in use. 1t has to my own
knowledge cured severe cases OF rheu-
matism in this community.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Aymost young Again. |.

Nv mother was afflicted long time with
neuralgia and a dull. heavy, inactive condi-
ton OF the whole systemi headache. nervous
prostration, and was almost helpless. No
physicians or medicines did her any good
Three months ago she began to use Hop
Bitters. with such good effect that she seems
and feels young again, although over seventy
years old. We think there is no Stner medi.
cine fit to use in the family. lady In Provi.
dence, r. I-JcuTbaL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

After the death of Conrad Seitz, at
Monroe, Ala, this telegram was received
from Ella Dorsey, his affianced wife
"Delay funeral two days. / will be
ready for burial with him." She kept
her word by committing suicide.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

The Prince of Wales, who is now
thirty nine years old. Is understood to
be much discouraged by the financial
strait into which he has come. 1t was
rumored that the queen had sent him a
check for $4,000 as birthday present,
but the rumor was unfounded.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
The Friend or DsItcste Ladtesi

warmers Sale Kidney and Liver Cure is the
remedy that will cure the many diseases pecu.
liar to women. Headaches, neuralgia, disor.
de ed nerves, weakness, mental shocks, and
kindred ailments are effectually removed by
its use.-Ihe Mothers Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
n.uaht.r. IYire. and Mothers.

On NARUlI15tS UTERINR CAfuoLlCuN viii Posi
lively cure Female Weakn ss. such a. Falling OF th
Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation or liberation O
the Womb Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painfu
Suppressed and Irregular Menshuation, &c. An old ant
re- lab remedy Send postal card for pamphlet, wt
eament, cures and certificates from physicians ans
patents to HOWARTH BALLARD, UTICA, N. I
hold by all DrugRists-sl.5o per bottle-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
Total. ........52,5 ,5S2, 1894 l,455, 1929, 500

s-If these figures are correct. the ocean
covers l44, 1864, 800 square miles, or 70 81
per cent of the earth's surface. The
most populous towns in the world are
London (3.630 ,0O0,) Paris 1855, ,6O6),
New York with suburbs, l s9OOOO),
Canton q 500. .0O0), Berlin (l,O62. .OOs),
Vienna Il ,020, 77O.)
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

The close confinement Of all factory work,
gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appe-
lite, languid, miserable feelings, poor blood,
Inactive liver, kidneys ard urina troubles,
end all the physicians and medicine in the
world cannot help them unless they get out OF
remedy, especially for such cases, having
abundance OF health, sunshine and rosy
cheek in them. Trey cost but trihe dee
another column - Christian Recorder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

VEGET1NE is nourishing and strengthening;
purifies the blood; regulates the bowels;
qulets the nervous system; acts directly up.
on the secretions, and arouses the whole
avetayn IN action.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02
1rara H,I e saturday Evenlng Matl.1

tTerre Ho te Saturday Evening MALL
Mr.. George Knoehr, after having tried
all remedies recommended to him for
rheumatism, received no relief until he
tried the st. Jacobs Oil, the first ap-
plication of which gave him relief, and
the continued use cured him.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

st. Louis, which is now the leading
interior cotton town of the United
States, values its cotton business at
S50,0o0,O year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

DIR G. E. Shoem 1ker, the well-known aural
surgeon OF Reading, Pa, offers to send by m Ill,
free OF charge, a valuable little book on deal
ness and diseases OF the ear-specinlly on run
ming car and catarrh, and their proper treat
ment-giving references and testimonials that
will satisfy the most skeplical. Address as
ah6va.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

FlounceS which are shirred half their
depth n ed very severe pressing to flat
ten the plait ings in which their lower
half ia laid.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

The gases and vapors of manufactur-
ing towns, especially where chemical
works abound, produce variations in
the color of moths, even in the full
grown insects
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

Myriads Of people sscrinoe themselves
through carelessness. They are attacked
with cold, neglect II and die, instead OF tax.
ing DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup and living on use
fuilv Price 2b cts. a bottle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

The voltajc Belt Co.., Marshall, Mich,
Will seud their Eltolro.Volta'c Bells TO the
afflicted upon 80 days trial. See their adver.
tisement in this paper headed, "on 80 Days
Trial"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

"Thick, broad soles for shoes are now
in order. Dry, warm feet save manv :
doctors bill.-Dr. Foote's Health Monthly
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

Malarial fevers can be prevented, also Other
masmatic diseases, by occasionally using
DR.. SaJords Liver Hpigordtor, the Oldest
general Family Medicine, which is recom-
mended rs a cure for all dis eases caused by
disorder ed liver. Eightv-page book sent free
Address DIR. SauIod l62 Broadway, N, Y,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

Get Lyons Patent Heel StiTeners applied
to those new boots before you run them over.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

WTANTED-Agents everywhere te sell our goods,
Wv by sample, to fami les We give attractive presents
and rsass goods TO your customers give you good
Pohts prepay all express charges furnish outhi
Tree. Write for particu aTs.
PEOPLES TEA CO., Box 5O90, St. Louis No.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

Europe Exclusive OF
Iceland and Novaya
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-02

S5 $50 e ss 4 sss:. ss.s s;SEDi; SsD fosSa SH.a M
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20

SgaaTr Ngws FRoM PORTLAND. -
Tdr last Re to hsnc says Mrs O A
creswrll. OF this city. yesterday re-
ceivcd letter from her husband. Capt
r. Crcswell. who is engaged in min
ing on the Skagis. He writes very en-
coaaginsiy OF the mines aud the pros.
p-ct. .x?ressing full faith in che rich
ne,s 1t the eold belt in that secsiun.
IT. s.nt hi< wife tsn very fine speci
m.'ns ri coarse gold that be had washed
aat IL hi. elaiu,. .ni writes that hs has
an. piece thai h. tnnk INT III the same
place that ~~iahs So We hope thai
Nuts" most ssnguine expectations
may ha realized and thnt he will return
To his family here with pocket full Of
Just such specimens as no has already
secured '
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20

There seems Jet 10 Be soue doubt
about which company siil run their
ssesaers 10 the SQUAD frou San Fran
cisco. 90 the following show. The
FIRST Gas received BY Jack LeTy. and
the latter by George Foster:
SAN FRxxcrsco. Aug I9.-Dakota
sails tomorrow. the Goth. with the
British mails. and will sail from yicts-
ria on the 30th. with mails. No Idaho.
II O. MORSE.
Gen Supt
SAN PRAscIsco. Aug Idaho
postponed until 30th. Mail Company
will send Dskots this trip. sailing TO-
morrow.
GooDALL, PERKIsGs Co
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20

August ie
E.suedtg~c II Mcclure " r Reach
Default aud judgment IN the sam Of
1852 40. costs and Interest
Ge,z Bros W z B Ebey & Cs-Ds-
fault snd jsdgmsnt IN the sum of
Stills, in, sres, and costa
Marshall BIinn W ] n Low-D.isuis
and judgtnea, for $40 80. interest and
cos.s.
Frank Malford " Thomas ana Hiram
Rannsll:-Dsfaul. and judgFsn, i0'
s5i9 and cos;a
Crawford & Harrington vs. J z Clssk
-Defsult and Judgment for $i3s.76.
interest and costs.
y Waterman W Benz Stretch De.
f,uls and juigment for tl74i7. inter
est and costs.
John p Judson " The Meigs LINN.
Der and ship Building Company-S<t-
tied ,snd the defendant ordered to pay Il
ID. plaintiff ia. sum Of 20, 0Ij in in.
stallnsnts .. stated intervals.
The Grand Jury on the part Of the
United State. ssst in the following
follo~ing bu.iHrss:
/ United Stats " Harry SWANSON
4 Assault With dangerous weapon GU
I shipboard 4 true bill.
| United s's'es " (Unarres,sd) -Foi
utiering and p.ssing counterfeit c0ins.
! A true bill.
On the part II tbs T.rritory the
Grand jury rsturusd the following:
| Territory Of Hsshi sgton W Thoa
Langley Assault with . deadly YEA
/ pon. a true b.i
| Trri'ory Of WAshinytoa " William
| Evans-Na time bill. and that Kitssp
county pay ,h- cats
T.ritafy OF Washington " Charley
George. an lnti,n Indicted f.r assAul,
! with intent 4, ,nHfit murder. Not Z
I true bail
The cas- II ID n Hyde ". Cochran &
/ Day !, still ou iri.l
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20

IMPORTANT DEcisIon.-In the Dis
trict Court yesterday. in the case Of
Bach. Msess 4 Co against Thos Smith,
which vas On sctioo to recover the
agreed purchase price Of . lot sf vhis.
key and brandy. sold by an agent of .
San Frspc,sc.p house to Smith. q. Seat
tie. aud the liquors shipped from San
Francisco. Consigned TO the purchaser.
A defsuse Was sss mp that neither the
agent nor Bach. Mssss q Co we're
licsi sell under the laws Of cur Territory
to sell liquors in greater quantities
than one gallon. and that . sale without
such license was IN violation OF law and
the vender could not recover. The
Court, on demurrer. susi aimed the de-
feu.s. The cass was then dismissed
~ithout prrjudies. We understand the
cs.s il to be brought mp again and Is ~
10 carried to the supreme Court on this
point.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20

FINK Farm he new fsrm of Nj
Ackerson. 10 Puyallup Valley. will
soon be among the most valuable and
productive in the Territory. 1t contains
36i acres. Last October it vas eli ia
the woods. Now one hundred acres
are cleared. and txo weeks ago be had
forty meu eng .ged in this kind Of
work. Hs has eight hundred frui,
trees out, has cut seventy tons of hay
this season. and will have several hun
drsd tons of roots. lie has also huilt q
very Rne barn. aud will have some OF
the beat stock in the country on his
place lie will carry on general farm
ing-rsising fruit. pork. beef, butter,
vegetables. hay and grsin-snd viii
have model place We do not doubt.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-20
C,xSAA,x BEAR.-F,r YEAR, the,

CISSAAoN BsAR. yrArs theirs
has b"en talk OF bear lear Sal mon
Bay, tracks OF which have occasionally
besn 'eea by many residents Of the
nsig hbOrhooi. The bear itself was
,esn. Tia. other day. BY young Hsmblstt.
he wss stsnding on one side Of . log
road whsn Bruin came along and passed
by. Hssblett describes him ~ cin.
nsmon bear. seven or eight feet long,
and weighing seven or eight hundred
pounds. uam blett. wss not hunting
bears tLst day. but very shortly after
this adv snture he WAS hunting home at
the latest rate his legs would carry
him.