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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19
HOW TO GO WEST.

This is an inquiry which every one
should have truthfuly answered before
he starts on his journey, and little
care taken 10 examination of Routes will
in many casses save much trouble, time
and money.
The &C, B. & @. R. r." running
from Chicago, through Galesburg to
Burlington, and the 81, b. &W. Route,
running from indianapolis, through
Bloomington to Burlington, have achiev-
ed splendid reputation in the last two
years as the leading Passengers Routes
to the West. At Burlington they con-
meet with the B. Dc NJ. r. R. and from
the great Burlington Route, which runs
direct through Southern Iowa to Nebras-
ka and Kansas, with close connections
to California and the Territories; and
passengers starting from Elk County, on
their way westward, cannot do better
than to take the BURLINGTON ROUTE.
This Line has published pamphlet
called "How to go West" which con-
tains much valuaoie information; large
correct map OF the Grea' West, which
can be obtaiued free of charge by ad-
dressing the General Passenger Agent
OF the B. I'm. R., Burlington, Iow'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19

WTE ARE'INVESTING FOR EASTERN
w parties many thousands of dollars
per month in first mortgages on improved
property in Illinois, and such has been the
demrnd for these desirable securities, that
we have, during the last fifteen months,
placed in them nearly one million dollars,
the semi-annual interest on which has, in
each and every case, been promptly paid.
These mortgages are in the form of Trust
Deeds, and can be closed in 20 days shonld
there he failure to pay interest or taxes
when due.
We invest any sum, be it large or small,
and collect and remit interest and principal
as it natures, all without expense to the
lender. Can refer to parties for whom we
have loaned large amounts, and who have
never lost a dollar either Of principal or int
crest in this class of securities during the
last fifteen years. Send for our pamphlet.
illinois as place of Investment" mailed
free.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19
Yours truly,
@ in the Corner.

LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL PoIsoNs
WITH THEIR ANTIDoTEs OR RENE
DIEs.-Oil OF Vitrol, Aqua Forts, Spiris
of Salt-Magnesia. chalk, soap and
water.
Emetic Tartar-Oily dainks, solution
of oak bark.
Salt of Lemons or Acid of Sugar
Chalk, whiting, lime, or magnesia and
water. Sometimes an emetic draught.
Prussic Acid-Pump on back, smell
ing-salts to nose, artificial breathing,
chloride of lime to nose.
Pearl-ash, Soap Lees, Smelling-salts,
Nitre, Hartshorn, Sal Volatie-Lemon
Juice, and vinegar and water.
Arsenic, Fly Powder or White Arse
mic, Kings Yellow or Yellow Arsenic.
-Emetic, lime water, soap and water.
sugar and water, oily drinks.
Mercury Corrosive Sublimate, Gallo
mel-Whites of eggs, soap and water.
Opium, Laudanum-Emetic draught,
vinegar and water, dashing cold water
on chest and face, walking up and down
for two or three hours.
Lead, White Lead, Sugar of Lead,
Goulard's Extract-Epsom Salts, castor
oil and emetics.
Copper, Blue-Stone, Verdgris--whites
of eggs, sugar and water, castor oil, and
cruel,
Zinc-Lime-water, chalk and water,
soap and water.
Iron-Magnesia, warm water.
Henbane, Hemloek, Nigbtshade, Fox
glove--Emetic and castor oil, brandy
and water, if necessary.
Poisonous Food -Emetic and castor
oil,-[Paine's Practice,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19

Refer (by permission) to
Hon, j. S, BLACK, Washington, D. G.
WEIsER, Son & CARL, Bankers, York, Pa.
v3-nl2-6n.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19

TAKE NOTICE that | have rated
you under Glasses above specified, and
assessed you with tax as above stated An
appeal will be held at the Commissioner
Office, Ridgway, OF Tuesday, July lst,,
1873, whore you feeling aggrieved by
said assessment, can have such redress
as the law provided.
DC. OYSTER,
Mercantile Appraiser.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
Is viii nj. Carleton a Fraud &?

Before we have had a settlement for
the twentieth time of the authorship of
the iingling flapdoodle about "Beauti-
full Snow we are promised frst-class
uproar between rival claimants for the
authorship of some other notable poems.
Miss Emerson, of New York,
cousin of the Concord philosopher, al
leges that she is the real, genuine,
original composer of the ballads, ditties,
or whatever they are, which have given
fame to the name of Will Carleton,
within the last year or two. It seems,
according to her story, that after she
had written Betsy and l Are Out, )"
and the rest of them, she read her COM
positions one evening in presence of the
young man Carleton, who then asked
her to give him copy of them, which
she did but what was her amazement
when she learned, in a short time, that
the heartless youth was actually publish
ing the productions of her poetic brain
as his own, in Harper's Weekly and
other papers. She was naturally indig-
nant, excited, dumbfounded, not to say
fabbergasted but Carleton had got
ahead of her, and had the advantage for
the time being. She is now prepared to
tear him down from the poet skies where
he has been shining to drive him away
from the base of Mount Parnassus,
which she says he has scaled; to show
that he never tasted the waters of the
Castilian font, sacred to Apollo and the
muses., which he says he drank till over
come with poetic intoxication. Miss
Emerson is prepared to substantiate her
claims in a way which would satisfy a
Cincinnati jury, and has completed nego-
tiations with a New York publisher to
bring out, under her own name, the
poems which have already appeared
under the name of Will Carleton. 1t is
said Miss Emerson makes show, in her
own behalf, which must astonish the
literary world. At least, we have heard
this from an enthusiastic critic who
takes her side, and who has been posting
himself up ON the subject, so that he
can take a leading part in the terrible
war which must yet rage over it. We
look forward to this struggle with appre-
hension for, as it will be between per-
sons of opposite sexes, it is sure to be
Unfortunately acrimonious, and brave
men, inspired by the spirit of chivalry,
will feel strongly inclined to take the
lady's side-just as, in former literary
affair, they took the side of Mrs Akers
against Mr.. Ball and her other enemies.
We have heart-rending "reminiscences of
the contest about the authorship of
Crock Me to Sleep, Mother - and we
have not yet got over the twentieth bat
tie about Beautiful Snow" when we
find we are to be precipitated into an
other and fercer conflict over g Betsy
and I Are Out. Cincinnati Com
n1erci0L.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
Peculiar Literary Career.

The literary career of Samuel L.
Clemens Mark Twain has been siagu-
lar. 1t is not very long since he was
Mississippi river pilot, with no more
idea of writing than of applying for the
professorship of dead languages at the
University of Jena. Later, he went to
the Pacific coast, and made local repu-
tatlon as a contributor of humorous
sketches to the San Francisco press.
The first thing that advertised him was
his jumping Frog" afterward bound
and issued, with other sketches, in this
city, and finding only a limited sale.
After little while, he came East to en-
bark ON the Quaker City with crew
of pious pilgaims, in search of classic
and theological scenes and associations.
The result of the voyage, as is well
known, was the Innocents Abroad"
which, on his return, he prepared in
such quantity that nearly half of the
MS. had to be omitted to get it within
within the proportions of large sub
scription book.
Anybody with the least sense of humor
would suppose that very few pages of
the "Innocents could be read without
finding publisher. It was not so,
however. Clemens offered his MS. to
number of publishers here, in Phila-
delphla and Boston, and none of them.
strange to say, could find enough in it
to warrant their giving it to the world.
He thought, as it was professedly hu-
morous, that the objection to it lay in
its capacity to make people laugh, and
asserted, in his own justification, that
some such things, scattered through
book of the kind, ought not to be con-
sldered an lnsuperable obstacle to pub
llcat1on. Having gotten nearly through
with the regular firms, he was induced
to try a Hartford subscription house,
and sent his copy accordingly to the
American Publishing Company. Recog-
milton of the merit of the work was very
slow in that quarter Several of the
stockholders could see nothing in it
(what moldy old tomb-stones they must
have been, to be sure y but the principal
man OF the company carried it home
one night, and made the remarkable
discovery that the book was deucedly
dron. Consequently, the Innocents,"
copiously illustrated, appeared after a
few months, and set both sides of the
Atlantic laughing. 1t has sold at the
present time something over 10000
copies, and ''Roughing I" fully 100, 900,
with still active demand for both.
The publishers think the two volumes
will have joint sale of half million
at least, and they anticipate very wide
request for "John Bull"
Mark Twain" is, unquestionably,
the most popular writer and lecturer of
the day. No one can deny, with all his
extravagances, superlative burlesque,
bad taste, and sometimes positive
coarseness, that he has a genius for the
comical, and is eminently qualified to
excite laughter.-NeaD York Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

A correspondent of the Wonaa,a's
Journal writes Itpleasedm me very much
to see the notice of Woman's Farmers
Club. 1t is one step in the right direc-
ton. Believing, as do, that one great
want of woman in our rural districts is
interchange of views on all subjects. l
should be glad to hear of more clubs for
women, with or without men. A little
more energy and perseverance, and we
shall accomplish yet many things we
once thought impossible. Belonging to
Farmers Club myself, in Western
New York, will tell you how we man.
age. There are twelve men and their
wives. We meet once month at the
house of some member to spend the day.
In the first place the subjects of general
interest are discussed after dinner.
Each one contributes to a basket some
thing in writing, long or short, upon any
subject, to be read by one of the mem
bers quite a variety and sometimes
very spicy. Then the one who was ap-
pointed at the previous meeting, reads
an essay, usually on some branch of
farming, but any other subject if he
chooses; some discu ssion generally fol-
lows the same. The rest of the time is
devoted to farm interests.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

l.. n. AND PALMERsToN.- Cincin-
natl Commercials London correspond
emit says this of the late Emperor Napo-
leon:
son Tuesday, while the body was
lying in state, / was dining with COM
pany of journalists at Chiselhurst in the
Tiger Inn when some one said, well,
Napoleon has gone to his - Maker
chimed in another of the party, point
ing at the same time to a portrait of
Palmerston on the wall. The cynical re-
mark could not be gainsayed; Palmers-
ton was the maker of Napoleon LII. He
found him dishonored and blood
stained usurper, snubbed by every SOW
ereign of Europe, and in payment for
commercial treaty, pledged him that
Queen Victoria would stoop to tie the
garter on his knee, and offer her cheek
to his kiss. This made Louis Napoleon
respectable this made him strong It
was by this alliance that his despotism
was enabled to last twenty years..
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
Air-GunS.

Probably the most perfect air-guns in
the world are those made in London fer
the use of English poachers As they
make no smoke, and consequently no
smell, they are not so easily detected as
firearms when used in game preserves.
1t is mistake, however, TO suppose that
they make no noise. When charged, so
as to produce the effects above described.
the report is quite sharp-fully as sharp
as that produced by gunpowder. When
lightly charged, the report is, of course,
diminished; but the force with which
the bullet is projected is also proportion
ally lessened, and so is the recoil. As a
weapon for secret assassination, there
fore, the air-gun does not possess much
persons are, however, aware of the slight
charge of powder or air that is necessary
to produce fatal wound at short dis
tances. Experience teaches us that a
bullet that will go through a half-inch
board will kill man if it strikes him in
fatal and not too well protected part.
Now, bullet can be projected from a
rifle with a force sufficient to pierce such
board at twelve PAGES by means of a
charge Of powder not greater than that
which will lie on silver three-cent
piece; and provided the charge be ignited
quietly, as by pill lock, the noise of the
explosion will not attract the attention
of persons who are sixty yards distant.
The small pistols ID common use make
very little noise except when discharged
in confined places; and yet, if the ball
should strike vital part, death may be
caused lnstantaneously by a wound from
them. The only advantages possessed
by the air-gun are its perfect cleanliness,
and the fact that the parts are not liable
to be corroded and rusted. It never re-
quires cleaning, but the labor of charg-
ing the condenser may be fairly offset
against the labor involved in cleaning
ordinary firearms after they have been
used.-IndatstriaI Mo7athly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

THE MONKEY AND THE PARRoT.-The
natural history editor of the Lexington
Press tells this: ga lady residing in a
city not hundred miles from Lexington
is the possessor of two pets-a monkey
and parrot which are by no means
congenial friends; in fact, Mrs. G. was
in the habit of locking up the monkey
whenever she left the house, for fear of
his belligerent qualities. One evening,
alas she neglected to do SO, and the
monkey, coming in, found the parrot
rife for fight, and very desperate one
ensued. The monkey ruthlessly pulled
out every feather of the unfortunate
parrot, and broke up the mantel orna-
'ments, and smashed things generally.
When Mrs. G. returned, she found the
monkey chattering on the mantel-piece,
and out crept the parrot, looking deeply
injured, and greeted her with, =" We've
had a devil of time The appro-
priateness of the remark caused shout
of laughter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
ROtting at the Core.

Robert Manning gives in the Horti-
culturist the names of some pears which
are apt to ret at the core, among which
are Harvard and Clapp's Favorite, which
he has, however, never found to be al
fected with this difficulty if they are only
gathered in season. The Merriam and
Bufum keep we'll The Figue, Flem-
ish Beauty and Sheldon "go quickly
after ripening. The Moyamensing is
well known to possess similar quality,
and DR.. Brinckle once told us that it
must be eaten chronometer"- it was
just right only for moment. Mr..
Manning says that no pear is recon-
mended in the American Pathological
Society's Catalogue that will rot at the
core when picked in good time.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
A Good Joke.

When used to tend store in Syracuse,
the old man came around one day, and
says he:
Boys, the one that sells the most
twlxt now and Christmas, gets a vest
pattern as present"
Maybe we didn't work for that vest
pattern [ tell you there were some
tall stories told in praise of goods lust
about that time but the tallest taiker
and the one that had more cheek than
any OF US, was certain Jonah Squires,
who roomed with me. He would take a
dollar out OF mans pocket when the
man only intended to spend sixpence ;
and the women-Lord bless you they
just handed over their pocket-books to
him, and let him lay out what he liked
for them.
One night Jonah woke me with
By 10, old fellow, if you think that
'ere's got any cotton in it I'll bring down
the sheep that it was cut from, and make
him swear to his own wool 'Twon't
wear out, either wore a pair of pants
of that stnff for five years. and they're
as good now as when I first put 'em on
Take it at thirty cents, and I'll say you
don't owe me anything. Eth? too dear
Well, call it twenty-eight cents. What
Eye say? Shall I tear ii? ALI right
it's bargain.
Icould feelJonah's hand playing about
the bed-clothes for an instant, then rip
tear went something or another. and ]
hid my head under the blanket. per-
fectly convulsed with laughter. and sure
that Jonah had torn the sheet from ton
to bottom. When I woke up in the
morning L found-alas unkindest cut
OF all--that the back of my night shirt
was spit from tail to collar band.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

THE LANCET ON NIGHT WORK.
Lancet asserts that night-work is not
injurious to adults under certain condi-
tions. The hours of sleep should never
be curtailed, and the light should be
white, powerful, steady, and concen-
trated by shade on the work. 1t
argues that an insufficient, Pickering, or
too diffused light is one of the most Sc
rious causes in producing the brain irri-
tation which troubles night-workers. It
recommends abundant nutriment and a
moderate use of tobacco.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
An Extraordinary Duel.

A duel is reported to have taken place
In Panama, some time since, between
two enterprising citizens of that place,
the details of which, though not in all
respects in harmony with the code, are
at least illustrative of the gallantry of
the old stock. Commodore Garrison,
wealthy broker of the place, came in
collision with Capt. Turner on a certain
occasion, and angry words ensuing, the
steel of the Commodore became tenn
pered to the flint of the Captain, and
pistols were named without moments
hesitation. Despite the attempted me-
diation of mutual friends and the eager
pleading of their families, the two gen
tlemen repaired to the appointed ground.
On arriving at the spot, it was found
that Garrison had navy revolver and
Turner a derringer. and, in order to
settle this point of difference, they pro-
ceeded to cut for the choice of weapons.
Turner won the navy and Garrison the
derringer, and, after arranging the pre-
hminaries, they took their stand three
feet apart and prepared for the deadly
conflict. The duel had been gotten up
so hastily that no seconds had been pro-
vided, and it was accordingly agreed that
one, two, three, slowly and deliberately
repeated by both, should be the signal.
The word having been given, the duelists
lifted their weapons, and in doing SO
Turner's navy came in collision with his
opponents face and missed fire, and Gar
rison's derringer exploded under Turner'S
arm and set his clothes on fire. Both
men set to work to extinguish the incipi-
ent confagration, and, after having ac-
complished this, they shook hands and
thus healed their wounded honor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

OLD PLINY was something of a
fashion reporter in his day. He saws ::
81 have myself seen Lola Paulina,
once the wife of the Emperor Caligula,
though it was on no great occasion, nor
she IN her full dress ceremony, but at
an ordinary wedding dinner, and have
seen her entirely covered with emeralds
and pearls, strung alternately, glittering
all over her head, hair, bandeau, ears,
neck, and fingers, the value of all which
put together amounted to the sum of
40, 000, 900 ($2, 900, 0OO)."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
To Remove the odor of Precipitation.

The unpleasant odor produced by per-
spirationis frequently the source of vexa-
ton to persons who are subject to it.
Nothing is simpler than to remove this
odor much more efectually than by the
application of such costly onguents and
perfumes are in use. 1t is only neces-
sary to procure some compound spirits
of ammonia and place about two table
spoonfuis in basin of water. Washing
the face, hands and arms with this leaves
the skin as clean and sweet as one could.
The wash is perfectly harmless and very
cheap. It is recommended on the au-
thority of an experienced physician.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

ONE more popular belief has been re-
morselessly swept away-that is the old
and well-established belief that whoever
had in his possession an umbrella was
owner of it. A man in England, who
was recently found with one he could
not account for in manner satisfactory
to the court, not only had all his old
theories on that subject upset, but was
sent to prison for fourteen miserable
DAYS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
Excellent whitewash.

The following is said to be the very
best of the numerous recipes for white
washing White chalk is the best SUBJ
stitute for lime as a wash. A very fine
and brilliant whitewash preparation of
chalk is called the fsParis White" This
we buy at the paint store for three cents
pound, retail. For each sixteen pounds
of Paris White we procure half pound
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
Keeping Hams i'm Paper Sacks.

A correspondent writes from Wolf
Summit, w. Va, to the Cincinnati
Times and Chronicle
As the time for putting away hams for
safe-keeping is near at hand, I will give
your readers my method. I have tried
several ways of keeping them, but none
has filed the bill near so well as this
one. 1t is cheap and does not cost
much trouble. After the hams have
been well smoked get paper sacks, such
as millers use for putting one-fourth of a
barrel of flour in, put a strong string in
the end of the ham and tie both ends
together, to hang it up by; hang up the
ham on strong nail, then draw up the
sack over it, around the string that the
ham is hanging by, and tie the mouth of
the sack with strong string above the
end of the ham.
Hang your hams up in some dry
place, and you have them secure from
bugs, etc, and they will keep as long as
you will let them. The sacks will cost
about six cents apiece.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

JUDY says that some people who set
up for being funny fellows had much
better sit down again.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06
g As Dull as a Hoe.n

This is an old, favorite comparison,
and it seems cruel to rob it of its poetry
But free use of the file or grindstone
is as rough on the comparison as the
keen hoe is on the weeds. Certainly it
is peor economy to save the wear of the
hoe, of necessity only half killing the
weeds and making heavy toll of other
wise light work. A file, even an old one
cleaned with diluted acid, will answer
every purpose, or a grindstone, if one
has no file. Never mind if stones or
gravel do dull, sharp hoe carefully used
will accomplish more than the noisy
grubbing of dull one. 1t is pleasure
to see the hoe daily narrow up and the
corners gradually round off, for honor
BILE age and constant service benefit the
hoe, making the blade thinner and
smaller. Sharpen the hoe then-frst,
to save the hard labor second, to do
neater work third, to keep it bright
finally, to have the pleasure of seeing it
grow old in the service.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

INGENIOUS INvENTIoN.-Mr. E. Clark,
of Paris, KY, has invented singular
piece of mechanism. 1t has almost a
human face, talks, and has hand. 1t
is an auxiliary to billiard room, and is
so constructed that it will dispense with
all the help in billiard room with the
exception of the cashier. This little
monitor is worked by electricity, and as
the play progresses each count is tele-
graphed to the cashiers desk, or each
game is telegraphed, as may be desired,
for the little game-keeper will act as
wanted, and never fails to do its duty
with as much exactitude as if it were en-
dowed with reasoning powers. To
illustrate the working of this instrument,
the Kentuckian states that recently q
match game of billiards was being played
in New York, and one of these instru-
mentsin Phil Tieman's, In Cincinnati, by
simply attaching the wires each 60 count
or run would instantly be marked al
at Tiemans with as much accuracy as il
the play was going on in his own room.