The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-15

compulsory upon all children between
the ages of eight and fourteen.
Postage stamps of the denomination
of seven cents have been issued by the
Government. They are designed es-
pecially to prepay letters to Germany,
being the rate to that country.
Immense fields of corn have been
planted in Illinois this season by itin-
Grant corn-planters, who take jobs at
twenty-five certs an acre. With man,
boy and machine, they plant twenty
acres day.
The Bank Of California has received
a supply of one, two and three cent
nickle coins, furnishing them to retail
dealers for greenbacks at par. This is
the first introduction of these coins in
California for circulation.
Every seventh person in London is
in receipt of public charity. The cost
of aiding this class has increased during
the past ten years 6S per cent. faster
than the growth of the great metropo-
lis.
The. amount spent last year in this
country for ministers, churches, and
missions, home and foreign, was about
eight millions of dollars; and that for
artificial fowers-which are vanity
fifteen millions.
Massachusetts is elated by the an
nouncement that only 10000 feet re-
main to be bored in the Hoosac Tunnel.
The prospect of completing the work
by the commencement of the next GEN.
tury is considered good.
1t will probably surprise many people
to learn that the territory called the
"British Isles," of which Great Britain
and ireland are the chief, lying off the
European continent, are fully 500 in
number, and that lis are inhabited.
Arizona advices, Of May 26, say
there is a report that the Caches band,
who were recently routed and driven
over the Mexican line, have returned
armed with Henry rifles and needle
guns, and are committing numerous
murders, and that ten men have been
killed and several wounded.
The authorities of st. Louis are max.
ne war upon the milkmen under an
ordinance which provides that whoever
shall sell milk adulterated with water
or other substance, or any milk produc
cd from diseased cows, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by
fine of S100 A large number of of
Tenders have been prosecuted.
Dragging the Chicago river to fnd
out what allied it to make it smell 81
sour, has revealed the fact that SOM
one anchors dead dogs in the river b,
weights. They found twenty valuabl
: dogs in one place. Weight till the
find the man who leaves his dogs lyin,
around that way.
An Indianapolis man has got nos
which he can put out Of joint and swim
it around on the side of his face like
gate. He don't Go anything for a li1
ing but fall down on dilapidated side
walks and sue the city for breaking h
nose, and when he gets his money b
. straightcns his nose up and sets it f(
another locality. Some say he is
fraud.
Under the act OF the last session
{ Congress granting pensions to soldie
Of the war o! 1912, over one thousar
applications have been received at II
Pension office, and the applicants a
nearly all over eighty-fve years of az
Among the latest applications are Jac'
e Swither, Of Palatine, Virginia, agt
l07 years, and William Ross of Smit
field, Indiana, aged 1l2 years.
= = A Boston lady thinks she is going
get to heaven on the strength of h
well-known charity to the poor. s
) has frequently been known, witho
: e any display of ostentation, to boil
L. large number of eggs, and when t
al poor people came to the door distribr
'p to the hungry callers the soup that "
IN lett after boiling the eggs. Such al
of charity are unusual in Boston; b
ID that's a little too thin to get to heav
to on without stirring in little thickenir
st A San Francisco paper says N
Laura D. Fair takes the greatest pa
,g with her toilet in prison, often changi
or her dress three or four times d
ID She passes much of the time before
mirror, and. while admiring herst
IS says: "The more | see of myself,
ed more | am convinced | can never
re hanged. Such face and form
mine we're never created for the G
lows" She modestly asserts she v
be never so handsome as she is now.
ia yoREIGN.
Alexander IL. gets SS,200,000
in nually, or $3.50 900 per day.
er The final treaty of peace betwt
d. German and France was signed by
representatives of Bavaria, Wurtemb'
n and Baden, May 10.
be The fifteenth anniversary of the
he dependence of Greece was oelebra
with great ceremonies at Athens, n
id 9th.
lat By the census taken in Austria,
ip- cembeT 81, 1869, the proportion of
ice sexes in that country was 1000 mi
/ ,039 females.
'ed The receipts of the association
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