The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-03-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


introduced into the choir of the Congre-
gational church at Waupun, Wisconsin.
To cure sore throat, take the whites
of two eggs and beat them in with two
spoonfuls of white sugar; CRATE in q
little nutmeg, and then add pint OF
lukewarm water; stir well and drink
often. Repeat the prescription, if neces-
sary, and it will cure the most obstinate
cases of hosrseness in a short time.
Bees are exceedingly susceptible of at
mospheric changes; even the passage OF
a heavy cloud over the sun will drive
them home; and if an easterly wind
prevail, however fine the weather may
otherwise be, they have sort of rheu-
matte adherence of its influences, and
abide at home. The cause would seem
to be the deficiency of electricity in the
air. ,-.-,.
At New Bedford there are now lying
thirty-fve vessels whose Legitimate OBJ
ject is the pursuit and capture OF whales,
and which now should be preparing to
set sail for adventure. Nevertheless,
they are all in the most dreamy state of
inanition. There is large stock of oil
on hand, the price oft is low, and there
fore merchants will not fit out the yes
sells or hire men. -....s- --.--
Rev. DR.. Deems, in the course of his
remarks at the funeral of Alice Cary,
said Men loved Alice Gary, and women
loved her. When a man loves woman,
it is of nature; when woman loves q
woman, it is of grace-of the grace that
woman makes by her loveliness and it
is one of the finest things that can be
said of Alice Cary, that she had such
troops of friends of her own SEX"
1t is stated that during the siege of
Paris the method of making bread out of
the raw wheat was carried out with sue
cess. Under the usual system, it is
averred, 100 pounds of wheat yield 80
pounds of -four, from which liz pounds
of bread are made. Under the new
plan of using the unground wheat, 143
pounds of bread, it is estimated, can be
made out of 100 pounds of wheat.
Some men find life unendurable if
they cannot lay wagers. At Bingham
ton favorite mode of winning "the
drinks" is for sharper to bet with a
yokel that he can stand an egg on end
can't break it with half-bushel mea-
sure. The bet is taken and the fend in
human shape puts the egg precisely in
the corner, and if you wish to know how
it is yourself, you would do well to try
the experiment.
A young man in Oswego, who started
to attend a masquerade party on Thurs
day, attired and accoutred as he supposed
Satan usually is, unhappily entered the
wrong house, to the consideration of the
inmates. The old gentleman, father of
the family, especially, was greatly
alarmed, and with wild shriek,s" Maria,
save the children |" he made his exit
through the rear door, closely followed
by Maria and all their little ones.
The new German empire, with Alsace
and Lorraine, will contain 40,14S, ,209
inhabitants, and France, without these
provinces, will have 36,42S,543 inhabi-
tants. United Germany will be the Sec
ond nation in Europe in point of popu-
lation, Russia alone leading it. The
larger part of Russia, however, is in
habited by half-civilized people, and
it may be fairly stated that Germany,
numerically speaking, is at the head of
civilized nations. The census of 1880
will advance the United States to that
position.
The Indianapolis Sentinel tells a good
story of a railroad conductor who resides
in that city. In his absence his wife
presented him with fine boy. Some
of his wife's friends, who are of a wag-
gish turn of mind, suggested that they
borrow two other babies in the neigh
borhood, and present the three young
sters to their happy father on his re-
turn. The plan was carried out, and,
upon the arrival of the train in the
evening, the young husband, who had
heard that all was well; hurried home
after fondly kissing his wife, he asked
to see the little stranger. Imagine his
surprise on beholding three babies when
the coverlet was turned down. After
gazing at them in profound astonish-
ment for several minutes, he turned to
his wife, and coolly asked, "Did any
get away!"
Criticism in the newspapers of the
West is peculiar. An Illinois paper thus
touches upon member of the Legisla-
ture: " Mr.. Acker, the eminent horn
swaggler, thrilled the House on Satur-
day with one of his most majestic ef-
forts. A short-horn reporter describes
the scene as indescribatle. Ladies on
the back seats were obliged to climb up
to the back of the chairs to escape the
torrents of eloquence and things. The
speaker was so charged with the elec.
tricity of eloquence that his sharply.
pointed spike tail coat frequently stood
at an angle of sixty degrees and trem.
bled like an aspen. The orator most oi
the time resembled an irresponsible VIC
tim in galvanic slippers. He roared
and plunged, and squealed like thre,
hundred pounds of petticoats on her frs
pair of skates" r-...... .-.
Out in Chester county, N. c., lately
a clock peddler was tramping along
hot, dusty, and tired, when he came to
meeting-house wherein sundry Friend
were engaged in silent devotion. Th
peripatetic tradesman thought he woult
walk in and rest. He took seat upoI
a bench, doffed his hat, and placed hi
clocks upon the floor. There was /,
painful stiffness in the meeting house
which was broken by one of the clocks
which commenced striking furiously
The peddler was in an agony, but h
hoped every minute tho clock. woul,
stop. Instead of that it struck Just fou
hundred and thirty times by the aetua
count of every friend in the meeting
for the best disciplined of them couldn'
help numbering the strokes. Then u,
rose One of ,tha Friends. at fha ana n