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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13
Treatment Of New Dwelling Rooms.

Treatment Of New Dwelling Rooms.
The dampnassof newt imsoed room
is not due 50 much to the water used 10
mixing the plaster, d. to the water Of
hydration ol the lime, liberated by the
action OF carbUnic acid. The action OF
the small quantity present. in the normal
atmosphere, would, however, be so slow,
that no injurious effects could result.
But as sOou as the rooms become tenan-
ted, the large anoant Of caroonlc acid
given off in respiration caused such rapid
displacement OF water, aud with it other
matter indicated by the peculiar odors
that unpleasant aad iuj results
may follow. Treatment oi the rooms
with caIbonic acid, before occupying
them suggests itself, at once, AS means
OF rendering them rapidly teuantable.
Although, by calculation it would re-
quire carbonic acid from the combustion
of about $40 pounds of coal, to displace
the hydrate 10 water in the walls of a
room of about l 800 square feet Of sur
face, in practice the consumption, in a
snitable way, OF about five pounds of
charcoal per day, for days, 70 the room
would answer, because the interior por-
tons are protected from rapid action of
carbonic acid, as aoon as lay er OF about
one-teuth of an inch has been acted on.
This is proved By the fact that Prof
Fuchs has detected caustjc lime in
walls centuries old.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

\ MANS WAY AND A WOMAN S
WAY w hen a woman has a hen ts
drive into COOP she takes hold OF her
hoors with both hands, and shakes them
quietly towaods the delinquent, ana says,
"Shew there" I he hcu takes one look
at the object to convince herself that
it's woman, and then stalks majesti-
caliy into the coop ia perfect disgust oi
the sex. y man don't do that way.
lie goes out Of doors and says, alt is
singular nobody in this house can drive
ben but myself" and, picking up a
stick of wood, hurls it at tie offending
biped, and observes, "Get in there, you
thief" The hen immediatly looses her
reason, and dashes to the opposite end OF
the yard. The man straighway dashes
after her. She comes back again with
her head down, her wings out, and fol.
lowed by an assortment OF stove wood
fruit caus and coal c)inkers, with a much
putting aud very mad man in the rear
hen she Skins up on the stoop, and
under the barn, and over fence or two,
aud around the house, aud back again tC
the coop, all the while talking as ouly al
excited hen can talk, and all the while
followed by things convenient for hand
li,g, and by a man whose coat is on The
sawbuck, aud whose hat is on the GROUND
and whose petspiration and profanity
appears to have no limit. By the time
the other hens cone out to take honC
in the debate, and help dodge the niIs
sies-aud then ,tne nIau says that every
heu on the place shall be sold in th'
morning, and puts 10 his things anl
goes down The street, aud the woman
don. her hoors, aud has every one o
those hens housed aud oonteuted III twC
minutes. and the on!y sound heard OF
the premises Is the hamnlcring by th'
Oldest boy, as Ae meuds the b!Ckcn pick
cts DanLury News.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13
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A VERY excellent idea vas broached
in the Senate yesterday, to wit, that the
Committee on Elections be instructed to
devise plan for the election Of prcsi-
dent and Vice President simpler and
more satisfactory than that at present
ia vogue, aud also for the constitution Of
q tribunal to determine contested cleo
tons. The fact has been long roc0g-
nized that the existing system Of choos-
ing our executive officers is clumsy, and
liable under certain circums; ancc; to
serious arrangements There ought to
be no serious difficulty in devlsin. cue
better suited to the necessities of the
case. As for the tribunal to determine
contested elections, it is surely consum-
nation devoutly to he wished Tor. At
present, these 90 before Congress and
consume a great deal Of its time aud at
tention, and frequently decisions when
arrived at bear unmistakIble evidence of
having been influenced by prejudice.
a retrospective review of tie proceed
ings in the divers Senatorial aud other
coutests during the late session Of Con
gyess, and of the iecbloness of the con-
cIusious delivered in most instances,
will show how much better it would be
to have one Court, fair aud imartial to
decide upon such issues. Besides sccur-
ing guarantee Of more correct detsrmi
nations, it would relieve Congress from
the tedious process OF investigation
which heretofore has greatly hsmperei
that body.-[ Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

CLARKsViLLr, Mercer county has the
IN st accommodauu justice o tue peace
III !e state. tiu rs READY to marry
anxious candidates Tor matrllnony 90
the shortest notice, apd in the SIrangesi
place. His last exploit is thus related:
Last Sunday, week ago, MISS fltch,
aud gentleman, Mr.. Mcknight, both
of llartiord Trumbull county, Chic;
taxing "A drive, in some way waudered
to the wonderous little village OF CIarks.
vile. They inquired. Tor squire,
and when he was introd uced to them
their delicate desires with all the &C.
compauyng hesitation and bushes.
They st,rted for our legal gentleman $
residence. A smart rain began to fall.
The covered bridge over the old canal
had to be passel, and es Tom caught
sight of lis shelter. new idea made his
eyes twinkle. Turning to the impatient
couple, he remarked that he guessed
they had better stop in out of this awful
rain. They could sit in tho carriage.
and he could do it just as well there as
elsewhere" The amorous ones agreed
10 this, aud there, in the old bridge and
the dusk Of evening, under the PATTERNS g
rain, amid group of curious ones who
all knew the tricks OF the old joker,
these two were pronounced husband and
wife. In all the records OF strange
marriages in strange places THE one
must stand without a parallel.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13
The New Senate.

The new United States Senate now in
session under the Presidents proclaim a L.
ton, consists OF forty-iour Republicans
and twenty-eght Democrats and Lib
erals, with two un l6cidcd seats-one
from Alabama and one from Louisiana
M'Millan and Pinchback are the CON
testants for the Louisiana seat, one hav-
ing been chosen by the Kellogg Legis-
lature and the other by the Warmoth
body. Both claim to be Republicans,
although the former was chosen by a
Democratic body. Spencer and Sykes
both claim from Alabama. Spencer was
reelected by one branch of the Legis-
iature and Sykes by the other. The
former has the certificate of election ;
the latter is a Democrat. Since the
union of the two Legislative bodies
there has been no election. An attempt
to 90 into an election was defeated by
the refusal of the presiding officer Of the
House to entertain a motion for that
purpose. A suit has been brought in
the United States Court on the ground
that the election was defeated be Il CON
spiracy.- IIarrisburgh Telegraph.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

THE residents of Chambersbury and
vicinity, in this State, are responsible for
a neat little annual comedy, upon which
they have expend ded much ingenuity and
mathematical talent; but scarcy to any
paying parpose. Everybody has heard
OF the Chambersburg war raid claims
They have been before the Legislature
from year to year, aud are again occupy
ing the attention of that body this Spring
1t will be recollectied that the rebels paid
Chanbersburg visit during the war
and foragcd around in that neiy borhood
with more freedom than success. Still
the inhabitants of the place claim 49,
100000 in consequence Of appropriation
sf their property by the "Johnies." "
They are not cruel creditors though :
they would willingly accept certificates
Of indebtedness running twcnty years,
az six per cent. interest, upon their clans.
This would amount per anuum to $780,
600, or in twenty years to S3,G00,000,
wherefore the aggregate demands upon
the State Treasury, tosatisry. these claims
may be set at sc, 100000. The irpu
dence, as well as the magnitude o! the
movement, forever precudes the posi-
bility Of tis success Pittsburgh Dis
patch,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

A highly interesting script of history
has recently come to light in relation to
Mr.. Lincoln, Upon the authority $50
We are reformed) of one of the early set
tiers of Illinois, Mr.. Dixon, the founder
Of the city of Dixon, Lee county, it is
stated that about TIE year, 1882, while
Gen. Z. Taylor, afterwari President of
the United States, was i'll command OF
she fort at Dixon's Ferry, near whore
Dixon now stands, Jefferson Davis, who
was lieutenant in the United States
service at that time, and serving under
Gen. Taylor, administered the oath to
Abraham Lincoln, then a captain in the
volunteer lhiitia of this State. 1t is
also stated upon the same authority that
Gen. Robert Anderson, Of Fort Sumpter
fame, was lieutenant and present at the
lime.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

THAT unfortunate set OF men known
as Washingion's body servants are being
thipcd out 50 radidly by death OF late,
that not more thau a few thousand will
be lett to take part in the coming Cen
teunisl Celebi alton at Philadelphia. The
last one kiled was named Basil Lee;
met his pntinely death in North Caro-
Iiua receutly while he was burning
brush IN a new ground and near a tree
some men ielled vita an AK. They
hallooel at him aud told him to get ont
of the way, but being rather deaf he
did not hear them, aud the tree fell ou
him and killed him. He was a former
slave OF General Washington, aud was
twelve years old when General Wash
gave him his choice to live with him at
Mount Vernon or to be sold. He pre-
ierred being sold and was sent to Rich.
mond aud put on the block, aud win
bought by member of the Lee family
in North Carolina, and has remained as
that family ever since.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

THE RGHT TO VorH.-The Coustitu-
tional Convention passed the following
supplemental section to the report on
suffrage, by a vote OF 20 10 36 "For
the purpose of voting no person shall
be deemed to have gained residence
by reason Of his presence, or lose it by
reason of his absence, while employed
in the service, either civil or military, OF
the State OF of the United States, nor
while engaged in navigation OF the
waters OF the State or the United States,
or on the high seas, nor while student
Of any seminary Of learning, nor while
kept in any poor house or other asy Jun,
nor while confined in any public prison.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

IuG Centennial Appropriation bll as
recently amended, will be up in the
House Tor third reading on Thursday.
As it now stands, it provides 100000
to be devoted to the erection of one Of
The buildings for the Exposition, the
same to continue the property Of the
Commonwealth. This very m'terial
modification of the original demand for
81 ,000 900 absolute donation, seem It
have Modified the opposition which for
merly existed and the bill will probably
pass --[Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13
An Evil and its R:medY.

W clip the following IRON an eS-
change
cone man with any trade is worth
thousand without one A return to the old
plan of fappreuticing boys to trades is being
advocated. The hosts of young men in
every large city who apply for employ
mcnt ard fail 10 get it, fof the reason that
they cannot truthtully affirm that they are
educated or especilly fitted for any partlc
ular NAsiness, constitute II potent argument
in favor of reform. Under the apprentice
system we should have fewer ignorqnt me
ohanIcs and incompetent business usen.
trade is half a mans fo. tuue.
There is volume of wholesome truth
in it. 1t presents in nutshell the great
evil of the times. How many thousand
of Young men are there, now idle ia our
gcrst cities, ir our towns and villages,
who profess to be seeking work, yet who
avoid the foundry, the mnchine shop,
the shop Of the builder, aud every other
place where useful trades are taught and
prsctisel, as they would avoid pestil-
ence Theyseek only such employments
as promise little work and large pay.
With the most Of our young men the
learning a trade is not respectable. ="
Aud who is to blame for this sentiment
so universal among our youth 1t is the
parents, 1t is society SO called Society
is understood 70 taboo the mechanic aud
working man, and hence it is believed
that there Is no road to respectability
through the mechanics shop.
No greater or more fatal mistake was
ever made. No system OF education was
ever so false and dangerous as that
which inculcates the idea that labor is a
badge of dishonor, or that the laboring
man is not the peer Of the most exau|ted
ia the land
The workshop is the best aud the
surest road to usefulness ard to fortune
It lies directly in the path Of honor and
distinction and wealth. 1t is the best
theatre now offered for the most perfect
development of the man OF genius aud ot
talent. There is no place where the man
OF education can demonstrate his capac
ity for usfuluess, better than in the ma
chaine shop and amidst the steam and
machinery Of our great manutactorIcs
It is, above all others, the pace for the
young mar who really wants to work and
win his way to wealth and to be houored
aud honorable position among his fellow
men? We need not 90 beyond our owr
city, to Gud examples which any young
man however distinguished his family OIL
illu5tcrous his Image, may well emulate
These men are the great builders of the
day. They create wealth aOi illustrate
thc beauty and The power Of labor. AnC
tae couu',y poiAts TO them with pride
The front rank in the grand army o
progress is accorded to them and to moi
Of their stamp throughout the IAnd
Let cur young men q! education Icok t
the example which the lie Of the sturd
mechanic furnishes, As one worthy to b.
followed, and we shall have fever idi
and dissclule youth, bringing misery Gp
on tLsmselves, anl shame aud dishono'
upen their families, 60 American Manu-
! facluror.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

ETFOEMEn CARD-PLAYING.- The
Springfield lie pubIcon was shocked be-
loul measure the other evening, on
gong t. the reading rooms Ui The luung
Men Christian Association, ,ro s.e Il COM
pany ot immortai beings, ranging iii aye
!rom sixteen to tuiriJ live, playing Il
ZANE oi cards Ie., rhey were genuine
pa,tboaris I5u' Our surprise gre" IN
tense rs We saw n place oI the Jack -
that it,e deylI--ani ahe queen, aud his
piehdid majesty he king, such prosac
or aruye- - JohA q. u hItuer, Mi'cs
o,ao0ish aad otu,rs. 1t paired ua 10
zee john the Baptist, who's rainent WAS
ui camels hair aud whose meat vas locust
ana Wild honey, tA'a.sterln1 10 Jouthiui
dissipation. An! We sgh for the rast,
when we used to retire trom the too close
oo.ervation oi fond parents to enjoy a
good game of li!gh- Low-JacG IN the
haynow. Out upon such calls over the
table as Tale OF Two Cries, "'rhe
Last OF the Mohicans," &c. Give US
the swoe: old sounds, Il beg" Il pas" "
"Make it." But the boys did seem to
enjoy themselves over those reg generate
cards last evening.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

THERE is broad distinction between
character and reputation, for one may
be destroyed by slander, while the other
can never be harmed save by its posses
or. Reputation is iu no mans keeping,
You and can not determine whas
other men shall think aud say about us.
We can only determine what they
ought to think of US aud say about US,
aud We can only do this By acting
sQUreiy " 70 eur conyIotiaa,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

VIM. Sterner, of It'll, place, last week
bought of David Baird, Of Dunnslabte
twp, n cases Of tobacco amounting to
Sl.S32.4S. MIR. .Sterner shipped 60 some
cases last week. This is getting to be a
very considerable trade in this county,
there having been, as We are informed, +,
about !, 800 cases cured on the flats be-
tween Lock Haven and Jersey Shore, in
tie year lS72-- Clinton Republican.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13


The Oh Prod, notwithstanding
to 'hc late oil reports in the TItusvi'e
HeraId the production Tor the yeal 1872
Was as follows;
In Jaacay the product Of the Penn
~yivams district Averaged nearly lG 800
barrels daily. In February there was
an Increase to l. 900 barre,o, but in the
succeeding month the average WAS but
10 800 barrels. Ia April and May iko
product increased, and during The iatrey
mouth rose 20 an average olabout Is, 800
barrels. There was then n slight de-
cline, bus in July and August another
increase took place, and the daily yield
in the latter month rose to Is 800 bar
rels. La September moyemeut TO re-
duce the product was naugurated, and
in the latter part Of the month many OF
the producing wells were stopped. In
October tdere was partial Si5spenN Non
Of operations and very considerable
falling Of in the yield. La November,
however all the wells were pumped,
aud the daily yield reached the unpreee .
dented average Of nearly $500 barrels,
aud more than 3 900 barrels great er
than was ever proiacod. The year
closed with daily picld oI upwards Of
$4,000 barrels.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

"Us BoYs."-The interrogated style
of lecturiug or public speaking is not
always successful one. An incident
in the career of certain Temperance
lecturer sufficiently illustrates the fact.
Billy Boss, temperance lecturer at
Rushvilie, Illinois, was preaching to
the young on his tavorite theme.
He said:
Now, boys, when ask you question,
you mustn't be afraid to speak right out
anG answer me- When you look around
and see these fne houses, farms aud
cattle, do You ever think whoOwns them
now your fathers own them do they
not?
Yes, sir" shouted hundred voices.
"Well, where will your fathers be
twenty years from now Z
"DeaG ~ shouted the boys
That's right. And who will own
all this properly then ?"
"Us boys p shouted the urchius.
Right. Now tell me, did you ever
in going along the streets, notice the
druDkards loGnSlng around the saloon
door, waiting for somebody to trea
tAem,"
Yes, sir, lots OF them"
"Well, whore will they be in twenty
years from now -
lead ~ exclaimed the boys.
Aud who will he the drunkards
! them"
"Us boys"
Billy was thundcrstruck for mon en;.
bat covering himself, he tried to stIl
the boys how to escape such iatC.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13
THE NATION.

IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN
Nothing like it. Strikes everybody as
just the book they need. 1t is an Encyclo-
pedia of the Government Single pages
in it, are of themselves worth the price of
the book Ouer 500 pages and only So. so.
lCH HARVEST, for Canvassers-
ladies and gentlemen-farmers, teachers
and students. One agent took rs orders in q
fe0 days, a0ith circular alone, before the book
PPpeared. $40 A DAY can be cleared in
far territory. Write at once for circular
and information. NEW WORLD PUB
LlSHlNG Co., Cor. 7th and Market Streets.
Philadelphia. vlns7yl,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

The Cory BIade says that there is
an iron ore bed about fifteen miles from
Cory The thickness of the vein is not
known, but it has been tested to he
dopth Of seven iect; and the top of the
vein is not very deep in the ground.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

PEOPLE talk OF hard times, aud well
they may. IN exchange says: We
are fast becoming Il nation OF schemers
to live without genuine work. Ouf
boys are not learning trados !; our !orm-
ers' SOUS are crowdlag into cities, look
iug for cIcrkshlps ard rostolices hardly
one American giri in each hundred vii.
do bousework for wages, however urgent
her need 20 we are scLding 70 ErcuPe
for workiagmen aad buyss Of artisans
millions worth oi products that we had
ought to make our>"lf We uust turn
over a new Leaf
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

Oakes Ames is said to be nearly sew
enty years of age. He is largely inter
ested IN the manufacture of shovels, in
Massachusett, with his brother Oliver.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

An OLD saw log was lntly got out Of
the woods back Of Turbuivile, North
umberiand county, which contained 24l
cabie feet-makiug 2,692 feet board
measure and weighed eight tons. 1t
was entitled the King OF the Woods"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

Efforts are being made in St. Louis
to induce capitalists to develop and mine
the large deposit of blue specular iron
ore near Piedmont, Wayne eourry, Mis-
souii,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

Mount Monadnock, in New Hamp-
shire, is being stripped of its forests by
saerilegious wood-chorpers-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

Two hundred births and fifteen deaths
is said to be the proportion 10 jewell
county Kausas
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

A New Orleans young man fatally
stabbed his brother in a quarrel about
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-13

MY cent 5lsMF.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-11-03
The shinnsy Nuisance.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM THE LOSS OF AN EYE.
This afternoon, while Mrs. Captain Blizzard,
residing at 4O5 East Fifth street, was sweeping
the pavement in front of her residence, she was
struck with great violence on the outward edge
of one eye by flying block which went whizzing
through the air from blow by shnney A
number of boys we're engaged in the sport Of
shinney at the time, but notwithstanding many
persons had been passing the scene OF tLeir sport
they would not desist until after the occurrence
of the above accident. Mrs. Blizzard was very
painfully hurt, and almost swooned away under
the force OF the blow which she received
1t seems to us that this shinney nuisance has
been tolerated almost long enough. In almost
every street the passer-by is compelled to move
along, I not amid shower of flying missiles,
certainly in numbers sufficient to produce some
cause for dread
1t is the greatest wonder to us that accidents
do not happen more frequently. But the ey fail to
occur not because of any good management on
the part of the boys it is rather to be attIi6ut-
ed to good luck. We understand that the May
or has issued orders for the breaking mp OF the
sport. Why is it not done II certainly cannot
be for lack Of observation of the boys indu'ging
in the nuisance.