The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS IrEas.

Only twenty-Slx Ch1neSe women nave
arrived at San Francisco during the
summer. g vq. rf-tf -,
The young lady in the Episcopal
Church at Springfield, Mass, who full
fills the duties of the assistant minister,
is paid regular salary.
According to the news from Wick, in
Scotland, the catch of herring duringa
stated period of four days, has been ex-
traordinary. 1t is computed that 900
boats landed about 50,0OO,00O herrings,
which are valued, when cured, at about
100000. tlf a.. a.rr,...-,, -
A gentleman living near Raleigh, N.
c., while hunting one night last week,
the Sentinel says, killed three young
opossums, all of which were blind and
evidently born so; two of the three were
also entirely destitute ofhearing, having
no signs of ears. s.a...a...s.a--a.s.,.-
A much beresved widower in Zanes---
vile, Ohio, who has just attended the
funeral Of his third wife, has the photo
graphs of the three departed in group,
within which his own picture is the CEN
trail figure, and underneath is this touch
ing inscription: "The Lord will pro-,
vide" 4... rI f-tt ,, .r-- 49,
A Western paper complains of new
pest, worm in the flour intended for
family use A black bug, quarter of
an inch long, lays eggs in the flour,
which are Matched in ten days. The
home consumption of that -four must be
as interesting as that of Springfield
squeduct water. I'D; gss f...f
Terrible stories are told of the savage
ness of mosquitoes in Florida this sea-
son. Field hands are driven from work
| by them. A Government surveying
party was stampeded, cattle and horses
are nearly worried to death, fowls have
their sight destroyed, young chickens
are killed, and cats and dogs driven
nearly mad by the fierce insects. t'i'
A number of Newark ladies have
formed themselves into Pedestrian
Club" the constitution of the order re-
quiring each member to walk at least
two miles day, and as many additional
as necessity or convenience may require.
Some of these ladies, who were greatly
emaciated before joining, have since con-
siderably increased in weight and mus
Gle. Has 4.l..I#.h g# -t.......g...- q.
a curious observer of men, women and
things in st. Louis, has made the dis
covery that men and boys invariably
run the heels of their boots and shoes
over outwardly, while women and girls
always run theirs over inwardly. Out
of LAT men and boys that passed the OBJ
server at given point this. fact was
true in every instance; out of 67 women
that passed, it was true in every instance
but one. si..ls aai - ssar.i
The Hillsboro IN. C) Recorder says
that during the war an accomplished
lady, then residing in Goldsboro, N. c.,
dreamed piece of music and awoke with
the melody fresh in her mind. She got
up in her night dress, went to the piano.
and played it Off A lady friend ar
ranged the notes to suit it, and it is now
sold by our music dealers under the title
of Voices from the South" and has be-
come quite popular.
All beauty is not monopolized by the
Caucasian race. In Keokuk the other
day, at the State Fair, baby-show was
organized, and out of II competitors the
bouncing ebony image of Mrs. Chloe
Franklin, black women, was unani-
soonest infant in the group, and card
was pinned on the victorious one, stat
ing that his parents were of the Ken
lucky stock, owned at one, time by
Henry Clay.
/ A man named Russell has for several
years inhabited An island near the mouth
of the Sacramento river, and is known
as The Lone Man of Twitchells
Island" He is without neighbors, has
neither kith nor kin, but is fascinated by
the beauty of the spot. By occupation
he is trapper, and has built for himself
substantial and convenient domicile.
He varies the vocation of trapping by
cultivating bees, and annually ships
large quantities of honey to San Fran
cisco. fa'
At the recent anniversary of the Onei-
da Baptist Association, a visiting clergy
man, old enough to be gray, but with
raven locks and beard, offered several
resolutions touching questions of reform.
DIR. Patton, of Utica, said he saw no OBJ
lection to the adoption of the resolutions,
but he wished the one on the use of to-
bacco might be followed by one depre-
eating the use of hair dye. The reform
er stoodspeechless, completely squelched,
and the Association was convulsed with
laughter. f zsv>l3i ie 7Ia'3 a.
A man was brought before an Illinois
magistrate and fined $3.50 for being
drunk. He smiled blandly, and draw
ing out dollar bill, said "All right,
Mr.. Magistrate; suppose you remem-
J Der when sold out my saloon at Pekin,
1 had $3.50 on the slate against you.
J With this dollar that will exactly. pay
} my fine. You must excuse me, squire,
for this little spree of mine; but I didn't
see any other way of collecting my bill
against you than this" Exit inebriste.
Audible smiles among the audience.
Grace Greenwood, writing from Dem
, yer, says: "Nature did antelopes an ill
turn originally. in affixing to them a
mark by which they can be seen and "a
! bead drawn on them at great distance.
1t renders them especially liable to at
, tacks in the rear, which reminds me of a
, little story. A small Colorado boy, who
had been out playing, ran into the house
in state of great excitement, saying
that he had seen some antelopes in a
gulch near by. At his entreaty his
mother went out to look at them, but
: nothing of the kind was to be found
She became incredulous, and said at last
Il don't believe yon saw any antelopes
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