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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
A Divers Training,

Before man becomes an expert diver
be must undergo a course of severe
physical training. The atmospheric
pressure on the surface is fifteen pounds
Tor every square inch of the body, and
on the average man is something like
itteen tons, but the outside and inside
pressure being equal, this immense
weight is unnoticed. At every thirty
four feet OF descent under water this
pressure is increased one atmosphere, or
tue additional pressure of fifteen pounds
to the square inch, and as it is absolutely
necessa' y 10 have the air pressure in the
armor fully equal to that OF the water,
some idea can be had of what the diver
must Withstand, even at tie moderate
depth OF thirty-four feet, although the
nhaling Of this compressed air in IL
measure relieves the unpleasant
sensation. When the distance is in.
creased TO hundred or q hundred and
fifty feet the sensation becomes almost
unendurable-the blood starts from the
eyes, ears, mouth, a. d even from the
pores of the skin, and on returning to
the surface extreme exhaustion is the
result. Some men are so constituted
physically that they cannot remain
under water at all. The greatest depth
that is ever attained is one hundred and
itty feet, and then the most experienced
diver can remain st this point but five
or six minutes without serious il Jury
Divers go TO this depth only TO secure
articles of great value, remaining long
enough to attach chain or rope. At Il
hundred feet an old diver can remain
about an hour, and at fifty feet from
'our to six hours, according to the
strength Of the diver.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
Eve MamOTv.

Look steadily at bright object, keep
the eye immoi ably on it tor short
time, and then close them. An image
OF the object remains; it becomes, in
act. visible 20 the closed eyes. The
vividness and duration of su b impress
sions vary considerably with different
individuals, and the power of retain
ing them may he cultivated. Be-
sides this sort of retinal image
thus impressed, there is aaother
kind of visual image that may e
obtained by an effort of memory.
Certain adopts at mental arithm tic use
the "mind's-eye" as a substitute for slate
and pencil by holding in visual memory
pictures OF the figures upon which they
are operating, and those o their results.
In my youthful days | was acquainted
with an eccentric old man, who then
lived at Kiburn priory, where he sur
rounded himself with curious old furni-
ture outed to have originally belonged
to Cardinal Wolsey, and which, AZ
was told, he bequeathed to the queen at
his death. He was the then celebrated but
now forgotten Memory Thompson"
who in his ear y days was town traveller
and who trained hims If to the perform
ance of wonderful feats of eye memory.
he could close his eyes and picture
within himself panorama of Oxford
street and other rarts of London, in
which picture every inscription over
every shop was SO perfect and reliable
that he could describe and certify to the
names and occupations of the shop
keeping inhabitants of all the houses
OF these streets at certain dates,
when postoilice directories were not
as they now are. Although Memory
Thompson is forgotten, his special
faculty is just now receiving some
attention, and it is proposed to special 'ly
cultivate it in elementary schools by
placing objects before the pupils for a
given time, then taking them away and
requiring the pupil to draw them. That
such faculty exists and may be of
great service is unquestionable. Syste-
matte efforts to educate it, if successful,
will do good service to the rising gen
Grafton; and, even should the proposed
training afford smaller results than lis
projectors anticipate, the experiments,
il carefully made and registered cannot
fail 70 improve our knowledge of mental
physiology &c. tIsn,an's Mog rzi'se,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
The Groaning Tree.

The history Of the groaning tree is
this: About forty years ago cottager
who lived near tile cenier ul the village
II Badesley, near LymiDgton, heard fro.
quertly n strange noise behind his
house, like that of person in extreme
agony. Soon after it caught the atten-
tion OF his wife, who was then confined
10 her bed. She was a timorous woman.
and, being greatly alarmed, her husband
endesvored to persuade her that the
noise she heard was only the believing
of the stays in the forest. BY degrees,
however, the neighbors on all sides
heard it, and the thir & began to be much
talked of. 1t was by this time plainly
discovered that the groaning noise pro-
ceeded from an elm which grew at the
end of the garden. Itwas young, Wig
orous tree, and TO all appearanf per-
fectly sound. In a few weeks the fame
of the groaning tree was spread far and
wide, and ptople from all parts flocked
to hear it Among others, it attracted
the curiosity of the ate Prince and
Princess OF Wales, who resided at that
time, for the advantsge of a sea bath. at
Pilewell, the Sc of Sir james Worsley.
which stood within quar- ter of q mile
of the groaning tree.
Though the country people assigned
many superstitious causes for this
strange phenomenon, the natural {
could assign no physical one that was in
any degree satisfactory. Some thought
it was owing to the twisting and friction
OF the roots. Others thought it pros
ceeded from water which had collected
IN the body OF the tree, or perhaps from
pent air. But no cause that was alleged
appeared equal to the effect. In the
meantime the tree did not always groar, e,
sometimes disappointing it's visitants !;
yet no cause could be assigned for its
temporary cessations, either from sea.
sons or weather. If any difference was
observed, it was thought to groan
least when the weather was wet, and
most when it was clear and frosty /;
but the sound at ali times seemed
to rise from the root. Thus the groan-
ing tree continued an object of aston
ishment during the space of eighteen
or twenty months to all the country
around; and, for the information of
distant parts, a pamphlet was drawn
mp containing a particular account OF
all the circumstances relating TO it. At
length. the owner of it, gentleman OF
the name OF Forbes, making too rash an
experiment to discover the cause, bored
a hole in its trunk. After this it never
groaned. 1t was then rooted up, with
u further view to make discovery; but
still nothing appeared which led to any
investigation OF the cause. 1t was uni.
versally, however, believed that there
was no trick in the affair, but that some
nrtural cause renlly existed. though
never understood.-" Fore,t Scehery."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
Asiltic Cavalry Tactics.

A correspondent at Bucharest reports
the introduction into Europe of mode
of fighting which has hitherto been con.
lined 10 Asia. A squadron OF Rou ansn
cavalry showed TIE prince ut least some
thing not yet tried even in Germany. A
oudy OF cavalry gallops toward the
enemy, and thvn, instead of charging,
halts suddenly and lies down, horses
and men together, the bodies of the ami
mas forming Il breastwork, from be-
hind which The men open fire. Though
the particular action on tle occasion oil
tic princes inspection would be OF little
use, for horses are Jar too eXpen
sive for q breastwork, it is clear thai
animals trained to he down by word OF
command would suff r on the avera2y [
much less from the enemy's fire than
cavalry does now. The most conspicu-
Gus loss, both OF cavalry and artillery,
is always in horses; yet some OF the
gunners who fought in Aighanistan We're
trained to work the guns in IL kneeling
position. To halve the height OF tar.
get is to decrease very greatly the chance
of its being hit; and, besides, the usua
fences and walls in any country are
enough concealment for animals lying
down, Tut not for the same anlmai il
standing. 1t is to b. hoped that the
d ticuIty of maxim z the horses rise again
other wise, their previous docility might
lead their riders into Il not corner with
out much hope OF getting out of it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
The MaR-SlaJ er.

A man who had committed dread
full murder Il d, and was pursued by the
off GERS Of the law and the relatives OF
the murdered victim. On reaching the
river Nile he saw lion on the bank,
and, being dreadfully afraid, climbed UP
tree. He, however, discovered a ser
pent in the upper branches OF the tree,
and, being greatly alarmed, threw him
sell into the river, where he was carried
of and eaten by crocodile. Thus the
earth, the air and the water, alike re-
fused shelter to murderer. The tore
going fable was written two Thousand
years ago, and teaches us how it is that
times change, and we change with them 4;
also, that not every change is for
the better. If the murder re-
ferred to had been committed now,
instead of two thousand years
ago, the UNDERGRADUATES he were
poverty-stricken, friendless wretch,
mere supertiuous human quantity-in-
stead of fleeing from the sheriff, would
have hunted him up and given bail, in
order to he better able to assist his at
torney in procuring continuances from
term to term and tampering with the
States witnesses, stealing or squashing
the original Indictment, procuring
changes OF venue, appeals, reVersals, re-
mandnents, and otherwise securing his
complete vindication when, in the
course of time or eternity, his trial came
off, if it ever did. This fable teaches us
that there was once period when the
murderer was regarded with such abhor-
renee that even the wild beasts and the
elements refused him protection. 1t is
comforting IN know that there was such
q period. Galveston NeUs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
The Trials Of Chinese school children.

A class OF thirty Chinese Sunday
school scholars which has been formed
IN Cincinnati held Christmas festival
One OF the features of the evening was
an address by Chan Pom TIP, scholar.
in which he thus pointed out how hard
a thing going to school is in China:
we have more letters in the alphabet
in our language than you could count,
but only use from 1000 to 3 500. that is
al, we do not commence to learn the
alphabet hrst, but learn it as we 20
along in our reading. The first thir q
we study IS to read Confucius, our re
ligion. The children who first start to
school take but very few lessons from
Confucius. They are instructed by their
teachers how to behave and what they
ought to do for their parents
and how to pay good respects to
strangers. They must how and
call stranger teacher; for the
name oil teacher Is held with great re-
spect. The schoolteacber has full
charge of the children, and the parents
have very little to do with them after
they commence to attend the school.
The teacher sees the children more and
80 understands them better, and sees
them in the wrong, so they can correct
tnem better than their parents. After
the first six months they begin to study
Confucius, and they study until thew
get through the four Kings. Perbaps
the children can get through Confuciu s
and the four Kings in three or four
years. Then they go to college, ii they
can afford it. The four Kings are written
oy the disciples of Confucius; be had
seventy-two, where Christ had twelve
You can never get through college un-
TIL you become an officer. If you do not
want to become an ol6eer you have TO
leave college.
1T is much harder for us to 90 to
school when we are little. We have to
be in school in the morning as soon as
we can see to read, and when the teacher
comes we lave to recite our lesson, and
II we do not know it, we cannot 70
nome ior breakfast. After breakfast we
practice writing two hours. Then the
writing books are taken I'D TO the
teacher. We are not allowed to play or
taik to any enc in the school, We ali
study out loud at the same time and on
dlHerent lessons. The teachers are very
strict, and when it gets late and one
cannot see to read then school is out.
We are not allowed 10 stop on the way
nome, and II we do not do as the teacher
say then we get good thrashing with a
number OF small switches tied together,
lou will notice that the Chinese when
they pass along the street 60 quietly and
mlno their own business. IL is because
tney were brought up in that way"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
A Rare CariOsity.

Scarcely less than a black tulip or a
1Our-leaVeu shamrock ls the AMAZING
natura! curiosity now being exhibited
In The Berlin aquarium, to The material
augmentation OF that institution's s daily
receipts. A milk white raven. witt,
pink eyes AID red legs, has received ad
mission to the great central ayiary in
which scores OF beautiful birds fiuttel
and chirp and build their nests in COM
parative treedOm; but his presence there
spreaa such general panic among the re.
manning Inmates OF The voliere thar il
mas been lounu necessary to remove him
to separate cage. Strange as it NAV
seem the other birds lnStinctiyey
recognized that this bird was abnormal,
and therefore terrible. Many OF them
became total abstalners from food anu
drink through sheer fright, while he
shared their quarters, and huddled to
eether shlVering, at as great a distance
irom the fearful anomaly as the limits
OF tntlr prison would permit them to
attain. In all respects, save his extra.
ordinary hues, the raven is as other
ravens his appetite Is apparently in
satlable, and he ministers 10 it with n
formidable beax. Neither in tone M r
delivery is there any unusual mellow
ness or tenderness about his croak. His
pink eyes could not be more steadfastly
engaged in contemplating the main
chance were they as yellow as FURNISHED
gold. He = as Iound, with coal. black
brood OF brothers and sisters, in a nest
built by his parents-whose surprise al
his appearance must, we should think,
have been considerable-on the topmost
branch OF an old tree in the Georgenthal.
Valley in Thuringen. Doubly an an
achronism, the snow-white raven is at
present one OF the "lions OF the Ger
man capital.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

IT Is No ExAGGERATIoN.-E Ely's Cream
Balm is q cure Tor Catarrh, Hay Fever. etc.
Many cures have been made among my
customers. Cream Balm should be resorted
TO by every one thus afflicted. With mo no
other RENE dy has ever equaled the Balm either
in good results or sales. A. j. odenwelder,
druggist Es ton, Pa.
Ely Cream Balm is the best remedy bave
ever sold for the cure OF Ca,arrh, Hay Fever,
etc. 1t effects cure in almost every case, and
gives reliet 10 al who use il Without hesila-
lion tell my customers it is the best remedy
in the market lor what it is recommended. Z.
+ Brakely, Jr.. drug list, Phiilipsburg, N. j.
Ely Cream Balm Tor Calairh has given the
very best OF satisfaction to my customers, more
so than that oi any other similar preparation
l have ever sold. Isaac G. Chapman, druggist,
Newhurg, N. Y.
Price, so cents. Ely's C.ea Balm Co.,
Owego, N. Y. VIII mail 1t ior 60 cents.
VEGETINE.-No medicine has attained such
great reputation as this justly celebrated
compoond.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
Puritan TitIe.Pages,

The old Puritan preachers of Crom-
wells time delighted to spread the Cos
pei by means OF books and tracts. No
sensational pulpiteer of our time could
devise more striking titles for his
works than those composed by the
Roundhead clergymen. "Sports that
Kill and sod Wells Dug Out" sound
tame when compared with such head
ings as the following:
"a Most Sweet, Delectable and Per-
At"
"a Pair OF Bellows to Blow Out the
Dirt Cast on James Fry"
The Shutters OF Divine Love-"
Hooks and Eyes for Believers
Breeches."
"High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in
Holiness ;"
"Orumbs OF Comfort for the Chickens
of the Covenant"
I" A Sign of Sorrow for the Sinners of
Zion, breathed out of hole on an
esrthen vessel, known among men by
the name of Samuel Fish,"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
The Wild Goose.

The wild goose spends its winters in
the South, Jana right the, Z is where we are
compelled to ackno ge the supremacy
OF Tie wild goose over our powerful ana
intellectual self. Sull the wild goose
mas its draw backs, and while it may be
shot on the wing, IN an entirely unex-
Dected manner, we may not De snot tor
several days, AFTER receiving Il note from
an iTaLe subscriber or II crooked poIlti-
elan to the effect that our time has
arrived. And that's where We beat the
wild goose. Providence has done its best
at equalizing matteIs.-StsR6enUtl G
Herald,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
Portrait of Uncle Sam,

In personal appearance U Uncle Sam is
a tall, bony. healthy-looking man, ap.
parently of As; for, though born in 1915.
he bears his age well, and seems to be
getting younger every day. He loves to
brag of his establishment, and puts bim-
self on such an equality with the people
thst train of hangers OH are always at
his elboy v. There are always at his ta-
bic number of gray headed old fellows,
who were his companions in youth. and
OF whose service he continually speaks.
He loves to boast how Tom Such-a one
saved his life at Bunker Hill, and how
Dick S )mebody whipped a fellow that
assaulted him at Eutaw. He often, too,
wipes his eyes when he looks at the pic
ture of tall general, hanging up in his
parlor, who, lie says, whipped a fellow
named Pakenham. who once tried to
take away one Of his girls and a cotton
bale, On these occasions Uncle Sam
will become greatly excited, and, taking
Oft his cooked hat which, he says, was
the gift of his old friend George Wash
ington-will swear he has the best land
in the world, and can out-run, out imp.
and wiip any man on the hill In truth,
these are but eccentricities of q charac
ter which is SO mixed up with generous
virtues as to be eXcusable. Though in
clined to peace, he can sometimes
play the braggart, and is one of tUose
who, while he will give his life in the
way of friendship, in the matter of
bargains will stickle on tn ninth part
OF hair. At any attempt upon him of
this character, he will shoulder his cane
ana act out as many maueuvers as n
half-pay lieutenant OF infantry. o. the
whole. he is one of those who will cud-
gel his best friend in cause in which
he is engaged, and embrace his bitterest
enemy in whose conduct is observable
the smallest principle of magnanimity
and honor.-SJuttern Literary GdzeU}
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

The origin of "ioolscap," as related
by an old paper maker IN Lee, Mass
was that half-witted youth sat upon n
rock on the top of which was a shallow
depression containing some water. In
this puddle the boy dropped his linen
turban, and, with stone, foo lishly and
idly pounded it into pulp, The sun
dried the stuff" or fiber, which had
spread itself through the water upon the
bottom of the puddle, and soon it was
lifted out sheet of paper-foolscap, in
fact
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

Close confinement, careful attention to ali
factory work, gives the operatives rallid faces,
poor appetite, languid, miserable feelings, poor
blood Inactive liver, kidneys and urinary
troubles, and all the physicians and medicine
in the world cannot help them unless they get
out doors or use Hop Biters, made oi the
purest and best remedies, and especially tor
such cases, having abundance OF health, sun
shine and rosy cheeks in them. None need
suffer il they will use them freely. They cost
but d trifle. See another column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
GREAT HORSE MEDICINE.

DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT In
pint bottles at D cents; 80 years est bised. II Il the
best in the world for the OF collie Old Sores Snrlns
Bruises, Sore Threats, etc. TOBIAS CONDITION
POWDERS are warranted TO cure Dstemper, Fever
Worms, Is; give fine coat; ncre Sc ,he appetite and
celn5- the urinary organs Certified to 10y Col. ID.
McDael, owner OF OF the fastest running horses
III the world and 900 others. 25 cents. Sold by drug
gsts. Depoi-f2 Murray Street. New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

In Hungary it is a practice of long
standing 10 store grain in vaulted Gel
lars or cisterns. Occasionally, In plow-
ing, a peasant comes across one OF these
cisterns, filled with grain hundreds of
years old, forgotten, no doubt, after
some war, when the whole community
was cut off.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

A man in Warren county drives an OK
team that once belonged to an intem-
perate man, and that got so. used TO
stopping for him at saloons that now,
when passing saloon, the animals will
not move until their new owner goes in
to get drink. He doesn't care for the
liquor, he says, but is OBLIGED to drink
TO get his team along. He has refused
IS, 900 Tor the oAen.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

1t is officially sta ed that 1913 l65, 79l
acres of land have been granted by the
United States for rail and wagon roads
1t would make 1898, 536 farms OF 100
acres each, and its area is greater than
that of the five States of Indiana, lii
nois, Iowa Kansas, and Minnesota. Its
va.ue al 50 per acre would be 1896. 33l,- :
5SS,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

A hollow tree in Southern California
has been converted into a dwelling
Doors and windows have been put in,
aud floors built for eight stories, the en-
trance to them being made by means of
ladder. Outside the topmost room is
small balcony, shaded by the foliage Of
he tree
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

The laws of Mexico are bit curious.
1t takes only fifteen minutes to con.
vict a man for stealing "a horse, but il
his offense is murder it takes about four
weeks to convict some one else of it
Detroit Free Press
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

The livery stable business is being
concentrated in a few hands in New
York city, two or three firms owning q
doz n or more stables apiece in differ
ent parts of the city. Tue increase in
the number of stables alter the war
brought prices down, and froze poor
managers out of the business.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

THERE is not corporation on th'
round globe whose specific gravity IS
greater than that OF the old ETNA LIFE
OF Hartford. II is solid as Granite and Us
true as gold.'.-- Weeklu lem. Phila.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

A Monsieur Loitel has been recently
dredging in the Sea of Galiiee. 1t has
a depth of more than eight hundred
feet, and contains twelve species of fish. :.
The majority of these species have the
singular habit OF Matching their EGGS
and sheltering their young in their
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

A narrow gauge railroad is to be built
from Chattanooga, Tenn :, 10 the top of
LOOKOUT mountain, and a hotel to ac'
commodate 1000 guests will be built on
the mountain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06
[Clevelsnd (ohio) Herald
A Hamm0ck,s Wild Wav-

An Illinois exchange feels called to
thus deliver itself; Ellis hammock
swung loose at the sport of the wind"
and tumbled the Hon. j. s. Irwin on
his head, and but for the application OF
st. Jacobs Oil he might have gone
"where the woodbine twineth." Even
so dear Beacon as many others have
gone. Who failing to use the Great Ger.
man Remedy in time, for their rheuma-
tism and other dangerous diseases, "bavJ
paid the debt of Nature" Rub is our
motto.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

The representatives of DR.. LIE Moyne,
the former owner of the cremation fur
mace at Washington, Pa, are said to be
overrup with applications for its use in
perspectiye
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-06

Hunters from Pleasanton, Texas,
found two bucks with their horns
securely locked. One of them was dead I,
and the hunters killed the other and
brought away the horns still locked.