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Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
rev e sATIIE sHs9ET7
: lADYs FRIEND I
Washing M achine !!

II is said by many lad es that have them in use.
hatthey very truly named. Amy person that has
used the UOIy MachIue can ihIs one without any
difficulty the process of washing ID much the same
except that it washes much tasef. IL will wash about
double the quantity OF goods al a lime. II Will wash
them quicker and ceaGer; 1t only works hall as hard
as the DOIy any other machine that takes in as
grslta bulk ct goods a time The family size have
Inc capacity Of wGshing SIX seeis in three minutes
have washed, with the Hotel SIZE, eight sheets and
slRht pillow iii three minutes 10 public. by the
watch all made OF tuleraby heavy goods What
say orlt prepared 10 prove by PRACTICAL DEMON
straiI0n whenever required 10 do SD.
Its believed by many that clothing washed IN this
Machine will last about TWICE as long as II washed
on the washhoard.
The Price OF this Machine is Reduced TO suit the
times, from SIS 10 SIS at factory, and freight
added. If ireighied AL orders by mai promptly at.
tended 10 Satisfaction is guaranteed in all cases.
ANY person not satisfied alter using The Machicn sx
months and giving II laIr tr'al, and have no other
reason that it does work satisfactorily. such
one can retur4 II, and the mULey viii be refunded
CERTIFICATES:
consider the Lady g Friend Washing Machine SC
far superior the DOIy that my DOv Machine Is laid
sslde and is for sale al halt pnce REV. DANIEL SILL
Certificates from Persons Liping in Smyrna, DEL
would take one hundred dollars Tor my Lady
Friend Washing Maehlnes cou'a not gel anoner 9h'
OF the same kind. +gsFAF II. ID. HAMILTON.
cannot now conceive how should be able to ge
along without my Lady's Friend.
Mas la. WM II. COLLINS.
woulknots part with my Lady's Friend hatdly a
any price, :ft could not ge another Of thesame kind
have never seen any other kind OF Washing Ma
chine that | would have. VIM. II. BAGGS.
My wife wOHid dis pose tIf any, piece Of fCrnithre
our house saeRee than o. her 5ady's pvIeRd w ash
ing Machine. DAVID T. SMIFHERS,
Before got the Ladys Friend it took four wOme
nearly all day to do the washing of my hotel. but nov
boy twelve yesrs old can do the same amount
washing by ten eleven o'clock. and we do the IroI
ing the same day. CHAS. L. FOAWELL.
sepl86m
For further information apply to
ASA E. WORDEN. Manufacturer,
Agents Wanted Smyrna. Del
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

The wife of an Indianapolis man has been
in the habit of giving her husband pills while
he was sleeping. The unfortunate Benedict
called upon Mayor Macauley the other day to
consult him upon the matter. His Honor
advised the injured husband to wear muzzle,
aud the poor fellow went away determined to
give the plan a trial
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A young clerk in Dubuque fancy store, who
had been requested by lady customer to send
home spool of thread which she had pur-
chased, hired an express wagon in which he
placed the spool and so drove to the lady's resi-
dence, where be deposited the spool in the
hall, endwise, like barrel
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

WHAT time is it, my dear?" asked wife
of her husband, whom she suspected of being
drunk, but who was trying to look sober.
We'll, my darling, can't tell; cause, you
see, there are two hands on my watch. and
know which to believe"
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

1t is told of one of our citizens who has
recently been made father that he enjoys the
heir hugely. Being of social turn he attends
many parties and on his departure places the
sweet cherub in bed. On his return he gets
into the place warmed by the baby, and puts
the darling at the foot of the bed, where he can
keep his feet on it.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
I(iENERAL NArUaE-No. al

AN ACr to define the limits Of the collection dlstt OF the
Teche, in the State OF Louisiana, and other
Be enacted by House Representatives
OF the United States America Congress assembled That
all of the described follows,
To wit comencing at the town Ol PRquemlne the parish
OF lOerVe; then down the bank the Mississippi
the OF DOnadsOnve the Of AScensiOn;
thence down the Bayou aiOurche and bank
to the thence westerly aOng the including all the
islands. bays orth to The Sabine river
thence sad Sabine along its bank ~
point due west from the said town OF Paquenlnei and
thence to the place OF beginning shall be, the
hereby constituted and collection district of the
Tecue.
That the collector said district shall reside
brashear in ha parish Of Saint Mary whlcn hereby made
the entry Of collection district OF the Teche aud
shall be entitled receive salary OF thousand dollars
yearly said salary to all the United States
tur rent and
February
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A coarse, fat and frowsy daughter of some
rich parvenr, dressed in satin, silk or velvet,
with long train, ought not to be a source OF
envy to affair young girl in simple muslin, who
is dressed by her youth and beauty; but such
is female humankind that tho coarser human
natuTe san 'woand the finer feelings. Ono
result of senseless and vulgar display of dress
is to keep large numbers of the best people out
Of society! They cannot afford il. T
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A writer of New Bedford, Mass, has the
audacity TO assert that there are two causes of
the disagreemeuts that take place so often
between the ladies' of the household and the
servants thereof. In the FIRST place, the ser,
wants are usually raw and inexperienced aud
don't know anything; aud in the second place,
their mistresses are generally raw and inexpe.
rienced, and don't know anything themselves.
Moral: Every woman should learn to cook,
and then she can teach her servants. .t
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Printers often put in queer things "to fill out
a column" Here is the latest: "Does not
young mother heart leap 4th with joy when
She behods her darling babes lst 2th?''
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

They tell of one Boston mother who says of
her baby that cas- it couldn't be handsome like
its papa it's going to be good like its mamma."
This is the first baby on record that is not the
prettiest that ever was-tO its mother,
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
IGENERAL NGruRE-No. AL

AN All Tor the relh oil D 4. JocelYn.
Be II Senate House OF
the United states O America Congress assembled That
the D the grade O first lieu
in his regiment r. JOceyn
infantry, shall be entitled to promotion TO the gTade0 hrst
eutenant with date Of commission aud relative rank the
held by him the trty day o December eighteen
hundred and PrOvidvd That tins back
pay additional pay in any manner Whatsoever
Approved February 25, 1879.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Another good old fashion door plates--is
dying out A monogram, initial curtain or
shade, and first letter of surname on the bell
knob, is now the correct thing"
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Henry Ward Beecher, being asked if Uni
tarians are Christians, replies: " We have only
TO say it depends on the Unitarians. A mans
being Unitarian or a Trinitarian does not
make him a Christian. Ii is of greater con
sequence that a man act rightly than to believe
riphtlYh L-- --- -.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

eff man bequeathed you hundred dol
lars, would you pray for him p said Sunday
school teacher to a pupil No" said he,
Il would pray for another like him."
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
tGESERAL yA1URE-No. al

An ACT to enforce stlpulaOus the convention with
Venezuela, OF April fifth, eighteen hundred aud sixty
six, ami the payment Of adjudicated claims.
BE It enacted by the aud House Representatives OF
the United States OF America IN Congress assembled That
the adjudication OF claims BY the convention with Venezuela
April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and sixJ
the OF said convention is hereby recognized nal
and cUncusTe and 10 be held valid and subng against
the republic oil V eneZuela.
February 2,l8
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

What an ass that fellow must have been
who made donkey.engine and expected to
get horsepower out of it, .'' "
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Is there any reason why the name ''iandog"
should be monopolized by any particular breed
of CANNES? Don't they all drink that wayP
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

At a recent fashionable wedding, in New
York, three thousand friends of the happy
couple were present at the ceremony A band
of thirty musicians supplied the music.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Women preachers are increasing rapidly.
Ten new names have been added to the list
within the last six months.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A man and wife in North Adams, Mass.
after living apart for 25 years, recently made
up and determined to pass the remainder Of
their lives together. ~ '''
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Russia leather jewelry is the latest. 1t is
pretty and unique, the earring being made OF
every imaginable pattern.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Miss Braddou received ten thousand dollars
for her last novel, which makes it something
else besides trash '-'
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A colored woman of Bryan, in Northern
Texas, gave birth to twins the other day, and
one of the infants was white and the other
black
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A man has been discovered in Maine who
has twenty-six children, wife, four grand
mothers, three grandfathers, and seven broth.
ers and sisters in his family. ii ,., >... ... .
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

9 I'm going to draw this beau into a knot, ="
as the lady, said when standing at the
hymeneal altar
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

-avRmIcULous ENoUaH. - A. two-hundred.
pound poetess is writing about what she would
do "if she were sunbeam. ''- .'@t'
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Chicago wants the. next worlds fair; but
who knows that the next world will have one
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

A girl in florida with slO,O0O is advertising
for q husband with the same amount of money.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

BRIGHAM Young is credited with saving that
with all his wives he cannot keep his buttons
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21


WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT OFFICEs.-It is
reported from Washington that there is strong
opposition to the employment of women in
the public service. Department officers say
that these nimble-wtted applicants for place
distance their male competitors, but don't hold
out well when the real work comes. They run
we'll for season-only. The Boston Net0S
objects to this statement, and says:
Why should a woman be debarred from such
positions, when i'll many cases she can fill them
much lmore creditably than a man? How
many women there are in our country who are
dependent upon their own exertions, who have
talents that lie buried from human sight, sim
| ply because there has been nothing to call
them forth Girls should be brought to know
that they can rely upon themselves-that the
paths of affluence and fame are as open to
them as to their brothers, and we shall then
have smart and energetic women. They will
then have greater incentives to mental i'm
prOvement and will be much more likely tC
cultivate their powers. We trust the time is
soon coming when the remuneration for theiI
services will be just, and the chvalrous heads
OF Ihe bureaux, in protesting against the
further appointment Of female clerks where
they are fully competent, justly merit the con
tempt Of the puolic.
Handsomely said But what becomes o
the bold statement that the women clerks are
in the lump, failures?
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
O e r. &c la l..
Laws and Resolutions of the United States Pas
the Session OF the Forty
Second Congress.
IGESERAL NArURE-No. s7.I


AN ACT to remit the excise taxes upon alcohol used By
universities aud colleges tor scientific purposes.
Be ENACTED by the and House atlves
tho United States OF America Congress assembled That
the OF the Treasury be- and he hereby authorized
chartered sclentlhc ls
tutOS OF learning Withdraw alcohol IN specIhed
quantities from bond without oil the internal revenue
tax on the th% spirits O: which the alcohol has
Oeen dst for the s exclusive purpose OF preserving
spees O anatomy physiology. U natural history belong
such institutions chemical laboratory
such institutions Provided That appca or permits
shall be made by the presidents
WhO shall lille bond double the OF the tax
she aliUO to 6s wlthjrawn with good sufficient
ties b. by the Commissioner OF Internal revenue
and conditioned that the whole quantity oil alcohol with
bond shall be used the above specified
and for other and that the said presidents and cuRor-
shall comply with SUCH other requirements and regulations as
the secretary Ol the Treasury may PRESCRIBE AMI ~ any
ALCOHOL sOObalned shall be used b. officer Aforesaid, O
institutions other than that above spec
lied then the SAID officers shall the tax tht
whole amount VI ALCOHOL Withdrawn bond, together Will
IKE amount AS a penalty in addition thereto.
February IL
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

j, Wise men make more opportunities than
they find. - 4.'......
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
IGENERAL NArrRR-No. ss.l

AN ACT authorizing appointment to the
list volunteers active
list OF the who disabled consequence O wounds
received during the late
Be II enacted by the and House of Representatives
United States Of Congress assembled That
the President OF the United States be- hereby
nominate and by and with tue consent OF the
Senate appoint the retired list O the with the
rank o! maSter L. X Oheester formerly acting ensign IN
the
Approved. February 81. 1873.
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21

Why is q lovely young lady like hinge?
Because she is something TO adore. ....7"
Smyrna times., 1873-05-21
Proposed Abolition of Gloves.

The London Globe says: g 1t seems curious
for Frenchman to propose the abolition of
gloves. And yet lie Sport, which is supposed
to be the barometer of the ever-varying
caprlces Of fashion in France, gravely declares
that kids must be done away with, even on
state occasions. The eighteenth century
despised them; therefore there is precedent
for the present. Since 1889 gloves became
more and more the fashion; and the reason is
sufficiently obvious. But the greater their
convenience to mixed society, such as that of
France at the present day, the more super
tuOus they are where there is little disparity of
rank. When you know your own man, there
Is no objection to shake hands with him, even
without glove on; but it would be the height
OF Inconvenience to have to wash your hands
alter every shake from person with whom you
were not on intimate terms, as was the habit OF
NeSter Roquepan. Besides as d small hand
like small tOot is generally the sign of al
aristocratic descent, why should it be con
ceaed within vulgar integument, where the
! fingers Of the Faubourg are on equal terms
with the horny ones of Bellville and Mont
martre. If the absence Of gloves was to bC
the sign OF high breeding, surely some unpleasan
mistakes would be likely to occur; for it
much easier to dispense with them than to bu
them. Gloves have always played an importan
| part III human AFFAIRS. 1hey and stocking
were the f4yorite mediums by which poiso
was conveyed by the Borgias, the Medicis, an
the BrinvillierS. 1t was said with what trut
we do not pretend to know that it was onl
through the hands and feet that poison coul
be instilled. They have also played their pa
in politics. At the time of the death
Charles Y. certain deputies, who were ready
trim at a moment ) notice, appeared at tt
opera in Paris with yellow glove on OF
hand and black one on the other. III
black glove represented the Legitimist part
the yellow that of Louis Philippe"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

BUG PHILosoPHY.-An exchange
says there are several bugs which farm
ers and gardeners ought never to kill.
One is a large jet black fellow that runs
like race horse. Another is a black
fellow with yellow spcts, rather active,
that lives on the wire and grub worm.
AS a rule it is safe not to kill any bug
that travels rapidly, They are the under
ground hawks and eagles, and live on
the SOW goers, which, in turn live on
the corn, wheat and potatoes of the
farmers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

CUMMINGS & BRENDEL, of the
Ridgway Bakery, have always on hand
a large assortment of everything usually
kept in their line. Persons wanting
peaches, pears, or any other kind Of
fruit for canning, can leave their orders
and they will be promptly filled by the
crate or otherwise. Eggs, butter, cheese
and all other kinds Of produce constantly
on hand. In fact you scarcely call for
an article in the bakery or grocery line
that they do not keep. Give them a
call.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

Fiity-seven million PrOtestants aud
ten million Catholics are the latest fig
ures for the English-speakiug world.
New London has an ordinance against
hitching horses to trees, and the Mayor
was the first faed under it.
A Kalamazoo youth can so closely ini-
tate the whistle of locomotive that the
depot men hire him to keep his mouth
shut.
Chicago beer sellers have got tumb-
Ter now that holds only gill, but mag
nifes until the consumer thinks he has
pint.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, boasts manu-
factory of oatmeal, and now Western
people are falling sick and trying the
efficacy of cheap Cruel.
Skeletons of victims of the great forest
fires of October, 1871, are still fire.
quently discovered in the neighborhooG
of Peshtigo, Wis.
The Jubilee singers attended Spur
geon's Tabernacle the other: Sunday,
and sang some of their songs in the
ante~room after the service.
Rutland's (Vt) big elm is 120 years
old and measures 20 feet in circumfer-
ence two feet above the ground. The
top is 120 feet in diameter.
A Dubuque congregation owes its
preacher $3.50 back salary, and yet
they wonder why his sermons are not
as fervid as in years gone BY.
St. Peters chuch, in Rome, required
for its erection l76 years, aud to com
p!ete the structure an additional l24
years. Its cost was S50,000,000 in
gold, and to keep it in repair acquires an
annual expenditure of $4,000. OF its
vast dimensions perhaps the best idea is
conveyed by the statement that it covers
eight acres of ground.
Owing to the wet spring the meadows,
both natural and artificial, in Oregon will
yield more hay than for several years
past.
Secretary OF the Treasury Rich hardson
has issued circular designating the FIVE
twenty bonds on which interest will
cease on aud after the 18th of Novem-
ber
The late DR.. Storrs, of Massachusetts,,
was the last surviving specimen of the
ancient Puritan divine-sixty-two years
in one pulpit-his salary Of $500 un-
changed during all his long service, and
he the untiring advocate of increased
ministerial pay.
John J. Snider, aged 100 years, who
served in the British army in our own
war of the revolution, and who was sub
sequently under Blucher in the battle
of Waterloo, died recently in the poor
house at Statesville, N. G.
In Pike county, California, Reuben c..
Rogers, eighty.two years old, pensioner
of the war 1912, who has had two wives,
was recently married to Mrs. G. Little
john, aged sixty one, she having had
three hush ands.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

"THRow PHYsIc TO THE DoGs."-
"The Graphic" recently gave an illustra-
ton of the new chrome issued by the
Murray Hill Publishing Company, 129
East Twenty-eight Street, from Bisp-
hams painting-"Throw Physic to the
Dogs" The subject is little girl ply
sicing various specimens of ,.the race.
The scene is ladghable one, and the
different attitudes of the dogs are ex-
ceedingly pleasing.
1t was designed to illustrate DIR.
Foote'S aversion to drugs, and accom-
panies each copy of Of his well-kuown
work. "Plain Home Talk and Medical
Common Sense" The Doctors prac-
tice is thoroughly "New School," and in
this way he stands prominently out from
the profession successful practitioner.
The book is a volume of 912 pages
and 200 illustrations, filled with facts
and reason relating to mankind, and
their social and physical status. The
Graphic says of it: 1T is an encyclo-
pedia of useful knowledge" A noted
clergyman of this city testifes to its mer-
its, remarking: "It is library in
ITSELF" The Franklin Repository, OF
Chambersburg, Pa, speaks of the pic
ture as "a beautiful chrome, very pleas
ant, aud so enjoyable as to be almost
good company'"-[New York Express.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

MORE CUuRENoY.-There is proba-
bility that S7,O00,000 more currency
will be put in circulation about the time
the fall crops are TO be moved. The
amount of circulation which has been as
signed, but not taken up by National
Banks, is S7,CO0,OO0. OF this sum
s2,5O0,000 have been assigned TO banks
upon application, which have not yet
been organized. The remaining S4,5OO,-
900 are reserved for banks most OF
which have been organized, but which
are not in active operation. These
banks are, without exception, in the
Western and Southern States. The as
signments we're made in the order OF
priority of application, aud as the law
provides no period within which the
banks shall make deposit of bonds to Sc
cure their circulation, the Comptroller
has considered that the time for reserv-
ing the circulation would be discretion
ary with him. 1t thus seems probable
that the entire seven millions will be put
in circulation within sixty days. Should
this be accomplished, the conditions OF
the act authorizing the issue OF ffty-four
millious will be fulfilled, and the time
will have arrived when the Comptroller,
by the terms Of the law, is directed to
withdraw from the Eastern States
twenty Ave millions, and distribute it in
the West I'D South
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
ADVERTISING AGENCY
OF
WASHING TON, d. G.

BSS@ Advertisements inserted in paper, in
every section of the country.
0SH Rates Lower than those of any other
agency in the United States.
BsE@ Advertisers will consult their own
best interest by addressing PENNYWITT.
BENNETT & CO., Box 345, Washington
d. G.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

AT the special term Of court held at
this place to-day VIM. Zelt, who killed
John Horack at St. Mary's, was SEN
fenced to nine months imprisonment in
the county Jail, and pay fine of s4O0.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

METHODIST SERVICES at the Court
House next Sunday, morning and even
ing. In the evening Mr.. Davis will de-
liver his farewell sermon.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

THE Annual Session of the NJ. e.
Conference will be held at Brookville
on the third of September, prox.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21
Rates Of Advertising.

Transient advertisements per square of
eight lines, one insertion 81, two inser-
tions, $3.50, three insertions. 50.
Business cards, ten lines or less, per
year SIS.
Marriage and Death notices inserted
gratis.
Advertisements payable quarterly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21
JOB PRINTING.

Cards, Billheais, Letterheads, Note
hedd, Tags, Envelopes, etc., neatly
printed at the ADVOCATE Office,
Court House, Ridgway, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

Our thanks are due Hon. Jno. G..
Hall for a copy of the proposed new
constitution as passed second reading.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-21

HORSE THIEF CAUGHT.-On Monday
Of last week, man representing himself
as a sewing Machine agent from Pitts
burgh, and driving a horse and buggy,
stopped at the American Hotel in this
place and registered his name as John
A. Otta. He said he had become tired
Of the business and wished to sell his
rig. Mr.. Chas. Kretz OF the American
Hotel bought his horse, and the buggy
he traded to farmer for another horse
which he left with Mr.. Kretz to sell for
him. On Wednesday he left town and
was gone but short time when detec-
tives arrived here from Bellefoute, in
search of horse aud buggy that had
been hired from livery stable and not
returned, The man just gone answered
the description and the horse bought by
Mr.. Kretz proved to be the one hired.
kilograms we're dispatched to every
available point, and soon the thief was
arrested near Pittsburgh while getting
off the train. He was taken to Belle
fonte where he will be properly dealt
with.-[Brookville Republican, 18th
inst.