The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-13
NO. q
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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ges of journal which published re-
port of his lecture, Mind and Matter"
under the head of Wind end Water"
"Pupmatic is suggested as a. new
word admirably adapted to describe
those individuals to whom the applica-
ton of "dogmatio would be too digni-
fed.
A man from the country visited all
the stores in Jasper, Ind, recently, to
buy a divorce. He was told they were
just out of divorces, but would have
full supply in q few days. ..l'Hia ifH
Richter says: ga man takes contra
diction and advice much more easily
than people think, only he will not bear
it when violently given, though it will
be well founded. Hearts are flowers
they remain open to the softly-falling
dew, but shut up in the violent down.
pour of rain" ..t -''f.gaj eH.
"You haven't got such thing as a
pair of old trowsers, have youl" mo,
my man." said the merchant; az don't
keep my wardrobe in my counting
house." "Where do you live ~ rejoined
Pat, land I'll call in the morning for
the. ould pair you've got on"
A minister once gave commentary
to an old Scotch lady who was well
versed in the Scripture. He thought she
would enjoy the explanations of her fa-
vorite passages. Calling on her few
days afterward, he said "Did you like
the book gave you?" cay, mon, it's
guide book, and the Bible explains it
amazingly" .-.t .t--fr .f..
A beggar asking aims under the name
OF poor scholar, gentleman to whom
he applied himself asked him question
in Latin. The fellow, shaking his bead,
said he did not understand him. "Why,"
said the gentleman, "dId you not say
you were poor scholar ?" eyes," re-
piled the other, ga poor one indeed, sir,
for l do not understand one word of
Latin" ..... ......- r....
In one of the pleasant villages in
Western New York, the other day,
certain worthy housekeeper thought she
would call on her nearest neighbor. She
was about entering the door, but hesi-
tated, thinking that the family might
be taking their supper. "Come in,"
said the hostess, "we are having tab
leaux." ''Yes," replied the visitor, "I
thought I smelt 'em." .............-
A resident of Taunton, Massachusetts,,
has obtained his ice for summer use, for
several winters past, in the following
manner: Procuring about fifty empty
Hour barrels, at a cost of twenty cents
each, he gradually pours in water until
each contains solid mass of ice. The
barrels are then put away in his cellar
and entirely covered with sawdust As
ice Is required, barrel is tapped.
A negro boy who went to church was
to remember the text, which
was: Why stand ye here idle? Go into
my vineyard, and whatsoever is right l
will pay thee" Tommy came home,
and was asked to repeat the text. He
thought it over while, and cried out:
What dye stand round here doing
muffin for? Go into my barnyard and
work. I'll make it all right with you,"
The following recipe for the cure of
lnfiamed eyes is given "Take potato,
and after Quartering it, CRATE the heart
as fine as possible, and place the gratings
between piece of cambria muslin.
Place the poultice over the eyes in
iamed, and keep it there fifteen min
ltes. Continue the operation three
successive nights, and a perfect cure en-
sues" 1t is worth trying by those
afflicted with sore eyes. ...
1t has been found by experiment that
die in few weeks when fed
lpon fine flour alone, but would live
ong when fed upon the whole -four.
There is wisdom in the old-time prac-
ice OF restricting prisoners to coarse
bread, as when denied all other food,
lie could not otherwise be sustained
or any great length of time. Coarse
bread is also necessary for the proper
growth and perfection of the teeth.
In the Arctic regions, the Esquimaux
md Greenlander live principally on the
at OF seals, boars, and whales; by such
ood only are they enabled to endure
he extreme cold without seeming to
uffer more than we do in our severe
yinters-the resident of the tropics
ives chic fly on watery fruits and vege-
ables, with very little oily food. From
his we may learn to eat more of the
leaginous elements in winter than in
ummer, in order to keep up our animal
.eat
A prize of ten dollars was recently
tferred to any member of the Georgia
Institute who would write
nd spell correctly the words in the fol- q
owing sentences at is an agreeable
lght to witness the unparalleled en-
arrassment of harnessed pedlar at
to gauge the symmetry of
eeled onion, which sibyl has stabbed
nth poniard regardless of the innu-
ndoes of the lilies of the .cornelian
ue." Thirty-eight teachers competed 4
Of the prize, but not one was success
's..ar
A pretty good storyis told of an Irish
nan named Billy, who had long been
mployed as a teamster by the occupant .
t a coal wharf in Philadelphia He
1as fixture, and the owner thought he
ould not get along without Billy. But
$ both employer and man were the pos
essors OF more or less irsscibility, fre- 81
uent were their explosions, and Billy
Iss discharged at least once day; but
hough frequently discharged, he never Of
vent off. One day the employer, during d
ne OF these passages, burst out: n, n
"It's no sort of use, Billy; I can't
earn you anything at all, and have
een trying for years" L'As aloeil.Gd
"Shure and yez have, then, lairnt me
yan thing" said Billy. a.IG aafuab sof
"What is that y was asked !; a / shall 3
g glad to hear of anything you have
earned"