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HOTEL.
Re'0pening Of the Astor House. Nrw Turk CitJ,
by Allen & Tnm.

HEfVFCHlHT u TIC AHt0r ltdtlSF, tNtW Turk Cit,
by Allen & Dam.
Tho Aator EIorse, having bern entirely rtans,tea
witt modern improvements md newly furnished sl
oo opeuel 1lrst-clnsa hotel. tbs European t4aa
about Sept. !, 1875. This business phltc will find
Of tho most comfortable and convenient in the cy
tho roons being unusually Lrse, light, Alld airy. oas
q OTIS Bros elegant passenger elevators will run ~
day and all Night, thn best servant. Wt be en,loy
ed aud rains will be Rpare for The comfort Of is
patrons. Main entrance On Tessy-st Rpouas Il 10 II
q day.
rant, and will furnish a he ,cflcacts Of the t+1aun
Tho ausst oystera III tile couury speciality. The bs
will 10 supplied with tic rhnrcsss WtneR1 liquors. aleA
etc. ALLEN l. DAM, EroprIetor7,
t1orYERsxun II. LAss1aG, Slansgcr.
N. b-Mr. Dam will continue his prorssesoshira a
the Union Square 1Iotc, Nov York-Olls u Lbs L>st-
ku1Wn hotels uptown.
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on1y ono or two cara sss At ths docis yessrdsy,
and hsT quickly sold 1t tho rscsnt A1vancs Ths
market clossd aaaaaly nsa Il $40 sos piece atuG,
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PHILADELPHIA wool MARKET.

fn1tAnkLrMtA. Nov. s.-Wool quiet: really dne
heece* In light supply: prices tlrm Ohio, Penn'y1
sant,, anil Wes' Virginia Xxx anti alovn tssAsc !:
medium, bosas2.; coarse, 4o,A+ac; Now yasf, Mlch-
Rsu. fnatana, Anl Ntstarn f1nr, 41dsiJr: medium.
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cnmlhinz, Hnwsshe. A!Ic nnr, nnwaslc'l, 3e'a Ne;
coartcfana medium. nnw,sheft 3+Ga7c; tub-waahrd,
Als1t6e e1trA aud mer!no pulled. a7ts lle,
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England rate
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LATEST.

LATEST
NEW YonE, Nor. 5.-uold adsanced from 1155s to
1lbH, fell on to Il5,: md c'osed At l5A. Tbs Eates
paid for Carrying and per cent, Loans wsre aso
tu3da fat.
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Money at33; closed easy ata
rriu,a mercantile paper, C,6f.
Cllstoma retslpts. $159, ,9cU.
Dry goo<ls imp 1rts, $l,Htj,o99.
Tho ABsistant-Treasu 4isburfttl 4st9O0u
Clesriugs, $l7,Otp,ocl.
HtSFliuR tjuIpt, 48k} AB5k.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

deemed this course the best under all
the circumstances by which we were sur
rounded. On the morning of the 9th,
according to the reports of the ordnance
officers, there were 1892 organized in
fantry with arms, with an average of rs
rounds of ammunition per man. The
artillery, though reduced to 63 pieces,
with SO rounds of ammunition, was sufli-
cient. These comprised all the supplies
of ordnance that could be relied on in
the State of Virginia. have no accu-
rate report of the cavalry, but believe it
did not exceed 2,100 effective men. The
enemy was more than five times our
numbers. If we could have forced our
way one day longer, it would have been
at great sacrifice of life, and at its end
/ did not see how a surrender could have
been avoided. We had no subsistence
for man or horse, and it could not be
gathered in the country. The supplies
ordered to Pamplins Station, from
Lynchburg, could not reach us, and the
men, deprived of food and sleep for
many days, were worn out and ex-
hausted.
With great respect, your obedient ser
want, r. E. LEE, General.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
WASHINGTON MATTERS.
senate.


The Senate passed, without amendment, the
bill "to provide for the resumption of specie
payments" all the Democratic members voting
against it, number of amendments were
proposed but rejected. The vote was as fol-
lows
Carpenter Chandler, Clayton. Cragin, Ed
munds, FENToN, Ferry (Mich:l Flanagan,
Frclinghuysen Hamlin, Harvey, Howe, ingalls,,
Logan Morrill, (AIe.) Morton, Oglesby, Patter-
son, Pease, Pratt Ramsey, Sargent ScmURz,
Scott Sherman, Spencer, Washburn, West,
Wright-32.
NAYs.-Messrs. Bogy, Cooper, DdUis, Dennis,
GoIlt,rdite Hdaer, HAMILTON (Tex.), John
ston. Met7imdn. Ransom, SpRAdUE, Stevenson,
Thurman. TIPToN-14.
Democrats in italics; Liberals in small capitals.
Mr. Carpenter, of Wis, was elected Presi-
dent pro TEN. of the Senate. Mr.. Morton in
troduced n resolution recognizing the validity Of
Pinchback's credentials as Senator from Louisi-
ana, which went over until after recess.
A memorial of publishers of periodicals in
tho city OF New York was presented, complain
ing of unjust discrimination against periodicals
in the new Postal law. Referred
House.
Tho House passed the Naval Appropriation
bill, which appropriates in all about $l7 O0O, 900;
and during the debate on it Mcssrs. Creamer,
Randall and Chittenden charged the Navy De
partment with extravaganza and corrtipt
The principal items in the bill arc: Pay of the
officers and ., 500 men Of tho navy Sc, 25n, ,000 :
civil establishments at the navy yards and
stations, l,250,O COO; general maintenance Of
navy yards and docks, $3.50, coo ; provisions for
officers, seamcn, and marineB ~, 300, 600 /;
preservation Of vessels, purchase Of storcs etc,
$4,000, 900 repairs Of boilers, machinery, etc,
Sl,SOO,OO0; naval academy $4,000; marine
corps, SS78,000.
Mr.. Donnan reported a resolution for printing
230, 900 copies of the agricultural report Of 1872
and $50, 900 copies of that Of 1873. lie said
that the former would cost about AZ cents d
copy, and the latter about 40 cents. The reso-
utlon was passed.
Tho Speaker announced the appointment of
the Select Committee on Alabama Affairs as
follows: Mcssrs. Coleman of Indiana, Albright
OF Pennsylvania Cannon of Illinois, Buckner Of
Missouri, and Luttrell Of Alabama.
Mr. Harrison, Of Tenn, from the Election
Committee, made q report III tho Arkansas
contested election case, with resolutions that
Bell, the contestant, was not duly elected, but
that Snyder the sitting member, was The
resolutions were adopted.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Soap versus Disease.

Sidney Smith said: "The degree of
civilization and refinement of family OF
a nation is correctly indicated by the
quantity of soap it uses" Later OBJ
servers and writers on health and disease
fully approve this utterance of the ia
nous wit and divine. Cleanliness is
next to godliness," and this contiguity
of the two virtues is not affected in any
way by the fall or rise Of the mercury in
the thermometer. The skin is the grand
outlet of eXcrementitious matter from the
body; it contains % miles of tubing.
This tubing, when obstructed, cannot
perform its Office, and sickness follows.
Cold hands and feet, the result of imper-
feet circulation, are often cured by keep
ing the skin in a perfectly healthy con
dition.
Want of cleanliness has more to do
with the prevalence Of Group and diph-
liberia in cold weather than many people
think. City physicians in consultation
over the cause and cure of diphtheria
give prominence to cleanliness as the
best preventive. Not long since, in a
fashionable house, three children died of
this fearful disease. Upon careful in
quiry it was found that the carpets of
the house, which was rented furnished,
had not been taken up OF busted for
many years. Curtains, carpets, and
woolen garments which cannot be washed
may be cleansed by thorough airing and
beating, and however clean they may
seem to the eye, they should undergo
this process frequently. Especially is
this true OF blankets and other bedding.
Perfect cleanliness is IL luxury, and,
like other luxuries, not easily attainable
by the very poor. They cannot afford
the changes necessary, or the comfortable
warmth and surroundings which make
the bath enjoyable even in winter, and
therefore it is that disease infests their
dwellings,. Herein is field for the
Fhilanthropist. The bathroom is now
as much a part of every first-class city
and country house as is the bedroom or
the sitting-room, and to this improve
ment is in part due the diminished rate
of mortality in the present and past gen
erations. Hand in hand with personal
cleanliness goes ventilation, and health
follows in their train.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Prcm0nitiOn of Death.

Mr.. Motley, in his recent volumes on
John Of Barneveld, gives vivid picture
of Henry w., of France, just before his
death. The great monarch was busy
with preparations for war with Spain.
He intended to strike a powerful blow
for spiritual freedom in Europe, and was
on the point of departure at the head of
the best appointed army lie had ever
commanded. But he delayed for few
days to take part in public festivities in
honor of the coronation of his queen.
The festivities he dreaded, and looked
forward to them with gloomy forebod-
ings. He was haunted with fears that
they involved his own life. and that he
should not survive them. He said many
times to his favorite minister, Sully:
81 know not how it is, but my heart
tells me that some misfortune is to befall
me. | shall never go out of it." He
had dreams, also, which assumed to him
the force of revelations, that he was to
die III carriage, and at the first mag
nlticent festival he gave. Sully asked
him why he did not abandon the pro-
posed festivities at the coronation, and
actually went to the queen to persuade
her to countermand them. But she re-
fused in high Indignation, being, as is
now supposed, in the conspiracy against
his life. The result is well known the
king>was assassinated in his carriage 10y
Ravaillac, as the festivities were in pro
gress.
There seems to be a curious sympathy
in nature with important movements in
human life, which poets and philoso-
pliers of keen insight have recognized
and noted. The dying hours of Crcm-
well and Napoleon We're marked by
storms OF terrific violence, and Shaks-
peare describes the earth and air as fill
ed with omcns before the murder of
Julius Caesar and of King Duncan.
Great men often have premonitions OF
death, as if nature or Providence were
giving warning of dangers for them tc
avoid. If Henry ". had needed the
premonitions, he might have escaped
death and changed the history of Europe.
-PrOri0CRcC Journal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Apply the Remedy.

1t appears that we need no longer bt
tormented with liver, kidney, bladder
and glandular diseases, mental and physi
cal debility, partial paralysis, infamma
tory and chronic rheumatism, dyspepsia
and morbid humors of the blood. DR.
Walkers Vegetable Vinegar Bitters con
quers the cause of all the above irregu
larities by securing perfect digestion, 9
proper flow of bile, and free discharge
of all waste matter. 1t is not vile doc
tored whisky, gotten up to deceive the
public and tickle the palate. 1t is @
medicine to the sick stomach, the relaxed
nervous system, the weak circulating
blood, and the overworked, prostrated
brain. An infant may take it, and tc
children afflicted with worms, and ever
adults who suffer from this cause, ignor,
ant of the fact-and their numbers are
millions-it is the greatest remedy of the
age. Take one bottle and you will be
satisfied that this is no catch-penny nos
trum.-C0nl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
The Farm King OF Illinois.

Mr.. l.. Sullivant, the great farmer of
Illinois, and of the West, too, for that
matter, was i'll Ell Paso recently. He
called on Seery e. Rouse, who have been
supplying him with agricultural ma
chinery for some years, and ordered of
them half dozen Buckeye mowers.
Sulllvant is one of those cheerful souls
who never do anything by halves.
a Correspondent says of his farm:
was at Sullivalt's farm to-day 1t is
about eight miles square, and contains
about 44,000 acres. Met Mr.. Sullivant
III his office, and found him a most
pleasant and agreeable man, ready to ell
tertain any one who calls. 1 am in
debted to Mr.. w. B. Dix, chief clerk,
for the following condensed report of the
workings of the farm: Number of hands
employed, about 600; mules and horses,
1000; cattle (oxen) so; number of acres
in corn, 10000; acres in small grain,
5000; acres in tame grass, 3,000 miles
of hedge, 300; head of hogs, 1000; head
of cattle, 600. Everything is run in
regular military style. He can tell just
what it costs to raise bushel of grain on
any section of his farm, also the cost
each month to feed the hands. The
hands are all hired by the month and
boarded.
There is resident doctor who attends
to the sick. According to actual figures
it is demonstrated that eleven cents per
bushel in ordinary seasons will put corn
i'll the crib, and twenty-six cents per day
will board hands. The bill of fare is
better than that found in most boarding
houses. The following was the
bill of fare for June, 1874: Smoked
shoulder, mess beef, flour, bread, rice,
beans, peas, tea, coffee, sugar, dried ap-
PIES vinegar, molasses, lard, spices, eggs,
fresh vegetables, ETC.; cost per capita
twentysix and one-third cents. A gen
eral stock of goods is kept, from which the
men are supplied at net cost An eleva-
tor of $4,000 bushels capacity is about
ready to receive grain. There is now in
crib $50, 900 bushels Of corn waiting the
completion of the elevator, to be shelled
and shipped.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Grit and Manners.

In town very near to Boston, some
years ago, lived man named Ezekiel
Doldrum, who had n son, also named
Ezekiel. Ezekiel, senior, sometimes
made and mended boots and shoes, and
sometimes caught fish to sell. A salt
water creek ran not far from his house,
where he took large quantities of cells,
spearing them in the mud i'll winter, and
bobbing for them in summer.
On II certain occasion the ladies con-
neoted with the principal evangelical
church of the place suggested to their
Doidrum in hand, aud endeavor to re
form him; for he was certainly, in their
estimation, a very bad boy.
Accordingly, one day, the clergyman
waited upon Ezekiel, senior, whom he
found in his shop, and informed him of
the object of his visit. He would like
to have Ezekiel, juuior, attend church,
and also join the Saobath-school.
"Parson," said the parent, having
listened attentively, I'D let 'Zeke go to
meetin every Sunday, if he wanted to +;
but, sir, don't believe there's boy in
the town that's got more manners than
'zeke; and guess can convince you of
it. You see 'Zeke out there skinner them
eels 2"
"Yes,-I see him."
"Now you see me call to him." And
raising his voice, he shouted
"'Zeke Ezekiel !"
"What, sir 2" responded the boy, look
ing up.
"D'ye hear that, Parson2 Amt
that good manners 2"
"Ihat is very well, replied the clergy
man, cas- far as it goes. d"
"What dye mean by as far it goes p"
demanded the parent, rather tartly.
"That boy, sir, always speaks respect
fully when he's spoken to. Just you see
again" And once more Ezekiel, senior,
raised his voice
"'Zeke Ezekiel :"
"Say-look here" cried the boy, leap
ing up and shaking his fist toward the
shop, "none o. that, old chap Just
you shut up yer blasted old pertater-trap,
or I'll come in there and bust yer head"
Tor a brief space the old man was
somewhat disconnected, but quickly re-
covering himself, he tapped his visitor
upon the arm, saying,
Ie see, parson, that boy has got the
grit as well as the manners. Just you
let him alone, and see if he don't make
man to be proud of one of these days"
1t may be unnecessary to add that the
good parson relinquished further re-
formatory effort in that quarter.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

others, their companions, who died in the boat
...... The late Gerret Smith will long be
remembered for his generous gifts to the de-
serving. He inherited from his father ,500,-
600 acres of land, and this he gave with a
liberal hand. lie was born in Utica, N. Y, in
1877.
George Reilly was convicted of burglary in
the second degree, in breaking into the miser
Luther Bryant's room in New York, from which
Sl23,OOG worth of money and valuables were
stolen. He was sentenced to ten years in State
prison. Two men, captured in Pulaski
county, Ark, few weeks ago for robbing
store and boat in Yell county, were convicted in
the Circuit Court at Little Rock, and sent to
the penitentiary for five years. Tho men be-
longed to gang Of four who were supposed to
be the Gadshiers Mrs. Cronk, OF Wanaque,
N. j., who was charged with killing James
Luke, neighbor, who frequently offered her
insults, has been indicted for manslaughter.
Inc Passac county prosecutor made an effort
TO induce the grand jury to indct for murder in
the first degree, but without success. :. Com
modore Vanderbilt has purchased from Mr.. B.
Waterson, of New Jersey, the bay trottiDg
gelding Boy for $4,000. ..... The election in
Newburyport, Mass, for Mayor in place of
Gushing, elected and declined, resulted in the
choice of the Hon. Il. L. Atkinson, Republican,
over Elphalet Griffin, Democrat, by &c
majority i'll a total vote of / 1852 .Ge ieral
Sheridan teiegraphB that Captain Keyes has
captured 81 Cheyennes and 70 ponies at the
north fork OF the Canadian river. General
Pope reports the surrender OF 100 moro hostile
Cheyennes and Arrapahoes to Lieut.. Col.
NELL at tho agency go. Chauncey Rose, Of
Terre Haute, Ind, made donation to institu-
tions located there Of 1856, 600, divided AZ
follows : 10 tho Tere IIaute School Of Indus
trial Science S206,00O, and to the Vigo county
Orphans Home Sl5O,0OO. lie has before
gwen large sums in benevoence and charity,
Including 100000 to the Ladies' Aid Society Of
Iorro Haute, $4,000 to Wabash College, and u
large sum to charities in New York. lie has
also promised 100000 to the Indiana State
Normal School, located there. 80. The official
Gazette of Berlin publishes Prince Bsmarck's
circular note Of the 14th of May, 1872, which
was read i'll the secret session Of the Won
Arnim trial. The note declares that because
of the declaration Of the dogma of the infali-
bility of the Pope it il desirable that the powers
should take steps toward concerted action in
view of the next Papal election.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Weddings i'm BOrneO,

On the wedding day the bride and
bridegroom are brought from opposite
ends of the village to the spot where the
ceremony is to be performed. They are
made to sit on two bars of iron, that
blessings as lasting and health rs vigor-
ous may attend the pair A cigar and
betal leaf, prepared from the areca nut,
are next put into the hands of the bride
and bridegroom. One of the priests
then waves two fowls over the heads of
the couple, and in a long address to the
Supreme Being calls down blessings
upon the pair, and implores that peace
and happiness may attend the union.
After the heads of the atlianced have
been knocked against each other three
or four times, the bridegroom puts the
prepared siri leaf and cigar leaf into the
mouth of the bride, while she does the
same to him, whom she thus acknowl-
edges as her husband.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

TRAVELLERS "A man, accompanied by
his wife, baby and small black-and-tan
terrier, arrived in Branchville, n. j.,
having travelled in wagon from Kansas,
a distance of 1,500 miles. The trip occu-
pied forty-nine days, and as they camped
in the wagon at night the entire expense
amounted to only ninety-six dollars. The
woman said the trip was a long and te-
dious one, and had not the three plaques
-chintz-bugs, drought and grasshoppers
come upon them they never would
have undertaken it. They started from
Leavenworth on Tuesday, September %,
and were fourteen days in crossing the
State of Missouri.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

Sometimes cold will not yield to or
dinary remedies, because of the severe
inflammation of the delicate lining o
the tubes through which the air VT
breathe is distributed to the lungs
This condition produces pain and sore
ness, homseness, cough, difficulty o
breathing, hectic fever, and a splitting o
blood, matter, or phlegm, finally exhaust
ing the strength of the patient, and de
veloping very serious disease.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
A Pan DOwdy.

Did you ever hear of pan dowdy
1t is an old-fashioned New England dish,
and has flavor of our grandmother's
cookery. Make rich crust---line a deep
earthen pot with it; now slice some pie
apples quite thin for the first layer, stew
the apples with molasses and spice
and teaspoonful of milk; cover with a
thin crust and repeat the process. Cover
the top with crust and your pan dowdy
is made. Bake in slow oven. A brick
one is made use of in New England gen.
orally. When done, turn it on platter
and serve hot.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14
Investment with Positive Retnru.

No financial securities yet offered in the mar
ket have become 30 readily and generally
popular as the first mortgage premium bonds Of
the Industrial Exhibition Company of New York,
and there exists many potent reasons for this
this marked preference. In the first place,
the bonds are placed at the attanable price of
$50 each, and the return of the principal is
assured beyond contingency; further, the
holder OF each bond participates in every
quarterly premium until it is redeemed principal
and interest. by addressing Morgenthar,
Bruno & Co., the financial agents at No. 23
Park Row, N. y, circulars giving full explana-
ton may be obtained Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

There is, probably, no way in which
We can benefit our readers more than by recon-
Anodyme Lininent. 1t is adapted to almost all
the purposes of a family medicine and as a
specific for coughs, colds, wi o)ping cough,
soreness of the chest, lame stomach, rheu-
matism, splitting of blood and all lung difficult
ties it has no equal that ever we saw or heard
Of Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

The propriety of giving condition
medicine to horses cattle and sheep was dis
cussed and admitted by many of the agricultural
societies throughout the State last fall, and we
believe that in every case but one they decided
in favor of Sheriddn's CdrdL-y Condition
Potcciss. Good Judgment Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-14

An ingenious physician in Paris
Rcmaudot by name more than two hundred
years ago, began circulating a sheet containing
tho news aud gossip Of the day, for the amuse-
ment OF his patients. From this newspapers
grew and became advertising mediums for all
classes of goods, especially Elmwood and
Warwick Collars. Com.