The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-02-08


/ on sound specie basis, are now render.
ed merely nominal in consequence. Two
or three years of this sort of taxation
will amount to confscation Of property
10 reality, even if not in name. Not a
difficult problem in figures to solve, this.
The latest novelty is patent nose
protector " for ladies' wear. L. consists
OF case, lined with fur, to be affixed
to the dear creatures nasal appendage.
Not bad idea for people suffering from
violent catarrh in the head to dispense
pocket handkerchieis. American faces
are not classical. American noses are
generally failure in fact are not Gre
cian-seldom acquiline-frcquently re-
trousSe, Our noses are not models for
statuary. In fact, we have no nationality
as regards this most important feature
OF the face. What blessing in disguise,
then, is the patent nose protector.
American ladies in Europe, however,
arc creating marked sensation this
winter in all the salons both for their
beauty, graceful and becoming toilets,
and intellectual accomplishments. Every
thing new in the millinery and dress
making line is L'Americaine, nose pro
tectors in the bargain. ..
The new bonnets are called Lcrets.
they are round pIffs or bouillons of vel.
vet in front, and kind of cocks comb
above the chignon behind, in the centre
of which a satin rosette with long ends /;
they are not unlike pair of bellows.
Whether it is in equipage o. dress, the
nobler, sterper sex, seem just at present
equaHy ger to press forward for ltir
share Of admiration, Scanty pantal o s
aud velvet coats, blooded horses and
English drags, are the uhtma Mulc cf
mascul ne fashionablesth winter. Some
" destiny" in the way of first class
tailor must shape them so skillfuily.
a grand daughter Of George Ill, of
England, and cousin of Queen Victoria,
is living in splendid villa at Long
Branch. She is a permanent resident
there, and calls herself Jersey Blue.
A new and intense color in silA goods,
known as the marygold color, has re-
Gently been brought out al Stewards.
1t is very rich and. brilliant, and has
somewhat of "A deep orange hue.
1t is announced in England that an ex-
tensive business is carried on there in
hunting up portraits for Americans in
order to make galleries of ancestors. An
American ageht recently IN London ex.
planned that his business was to 4" collect
ancestors" and that he had been quite
successful, having picked up many good
portraits, and that with proper atten-
tion to costume and age, and some little
heraldic add 'tions, he had matched suit
able husbands and wives for two or
three generations, and had exported
several very well-assorted families, which
being provided with full credentials,
were most f!ially adopted, and that he
was continuing his highly romuuuera-
tive researches"
We noticed a few days since at a
wedding reception new practice, which
we doubt not will become very popular.
All the gentlemen present kiss the BRIDE,
and all the ladies kiss the bridegroom,
after which the ladies' aud gentlemen
kiss each other. We 90 in for this i'm
provemeut most decidedly-it is very
progressive. We solicit an invitation
to all the weddings where this interest.
ing innovation will be performed.
Two or three deadly assaults by high
waywen are reported as having occur
red within two or three days past How
many attempts of this kind occur which
do rot come to the ears of the police we
cannot say, The latest case was that
on a farmer riding home with his wife,
on Long Island. He was shot through
the head, and dangerously wounded,
and robbed of his watch ana a small
amount of money. His vile alarmed
the neighbors with her outcries, but
the robber in the meaE time safely es-
capped. a ...
LATEST FOREIGN ITEMS.
The French Army Bill is having an
unfavorable effect upon public senti-
ment in France.
Emperor Napoleon writes to Mayor
Heath, of New Orleans, to acknowledge
receipt Of sundry Photographic views
of that city, The Emporar adds: "You
have partly retained our laws, our GUS
toms, and our language. and entertain
hopes that the links will be made strong
er by commercial intercourse"
OF all things it might be supposed
that ra:s would be safe from tie dcpre-
dations of thieves, yet a woman has just
been arrested in Paris for stealing one.
1t belonged to street Snowman.
Ouly toul hundred aud fifty shocks
Of earthquakes have visited the Island
of ST. Thomas, since last November.
General Marquee, nicknamed the
Mexican Leopard" has turned up in
Cuba, under the assumed Italian name
Of Leouicio Marchetti.
A gunshop in Dublin was entered by
a party Of men who succeeded in carry
ing lway nearly halt a ton Of powder