The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-03-21
NO.. 3.
Facts and Figures.

der writes his name and bid upon slip
of paper, which he places in a box.
When the bidding is over the box is
opened by the auctioneer, and the goods
declared the property of the highest
bidder.
A man in Arkansas who went to a
horse race at which he caroused SO much
that in riding home he ran against a
fence stake and was killed, is spoken of
as "an exemplary young man." Stan
dards differ in different places. He may
be looked up to as an exemplar by the
youth of Arkansas, but we should hardly
think they would yearn very much to
meet with the same fate.
Another of those most stupid and awk-
ward of homicides which are caused by
apothecaries' clerks, who put poison into
prescriptions instead of harmless drugs,
has occurred in Philadelphia. A deputy
druggist made the trihing mistake of
attempting to take rhubarb from jar
result. Something must be done to
these careless fellows.
The latest Gospel dispensation in En-
gland is preached by "seven deviled'
woman in London. The lady is not pos
sessed with so many evil spirits at pre-
sent, but has been recently relieved of
them, according to her own statement,
and is now anxious to aid in helping
others to get rid of whatever quota OF
similar monsters may have fallen to their
lot. She belongs to the order OF con-
vulsionists, very uncomfortable and
Objectionable religious Sect
Boston's farewell bouquet to Nilsson
was ship four feet long, resting on an
ocean of red pinks with the word
"Adieu" on one side and "Cuba" on the
other in white pinks. 1t sailed down
the middle aisle of the theatre in the
middle of a fine passage in Martha"
and was launched upon the stage after
considerable exertion, where it rested
quietly until the curtain fell, and was
then steered by the prima donna herself
to some unknown haven behind the
scenes.
A man in Brunswick County, N. c.,
emigrated to the West some years ago
and left his wife blooming alone. Later
he returned to find her blooming with
another man, and rearing tender bios
som which he knew not of before his de-
parture. He claimed her for his own,
and as he had accumulated some 100000
during his long ABSENCE his claim was
speedily allowed, and the second hus-
band was sent about his business. Here
is the material for much romance and
nonsense, but we think the whole thing
a very stupid and prosy performance.
That is rather a novel suit against the
st. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute
Railroad, brought by one John L. Nor
man in st. Louis, who claims S25, 900 for
injuries received from handling timber
for the company which had been sat
urated with arsenic and other posions
to preserve it from decay. The man
claims to have been ruined for life and
it is said that five men had died from
, the effects of the poison. OF course it
} is of very little consequence to the rail-
road company how many workmen die
provided their timber is preserved, but
/ that $4,000, if they have to pay it, will
reach their sympathies.
One of the latest curiosities in natural
!; history is calf said to be owned in
Oakland, Oregon, which sports a pair
: of wings just behind his shoulders. They
: are as yet rather ornamental than useful,
! but what may become of them hereafter
is matter for philosophic conjecture. II
: that calf wants to be an angel we would
like to suggest to him that Prof. Haw-
kins says that it is useless for man to
3 hope to navigate with wings, and we
certainly ought to have the first chance
), 1t is of no use for him to have such as.
pirations, and he might as well give uI
the idea now as to prepare for great
disappointment hereafter.
A charitable society in the West ha,
@ a novel and most agreeable method oi
J. raising money for various beneticen'
t objects. Any man sufficiently blessed
! with courage and ready cash, takes hi
!. seat in the middle of the room and pay
r ten cents into the treasury for every
g lady that will come up and kiss him
o OF course the devotion of the ladies Il
i the good cause is measured by the mum
d ber of smacks that the man gets, and tn,
O "cause" must take all the credit and al
e the blame for the kissing, very nic'
e arrangement for shifting the response
= bility. A handsome and agreeable mar
h now, we imagine, must needs be wei
t furnished with dimes at these fairs.
: Duluth, which loves to exalt itsel
g under the name of the "Zenith City o
the Unsalted Seas" has no cemetery
; and the Tribune thinks it is burning
IS shame" that it should be SO bereft. 4
N metropolis without graveyard is Ger
e tainly sad spectacle, but the misfor
II tune of Duluth is that it is SO youn,
s. and situated so far from the outskirt
e of civilization and withal in climate S
l. healthy that death has not found it out
!e and it can have little occasion for
is burial place SO. soon. If, however,
% deems that its dignity would be increas
v ed by the possession of cemetery
o. certainly ought to have one, and its au
N thorities should take up the grave sub
H. ject at once.
is Experts in handwriting, as well 6
/ experts in everything else, are far froI
infallible. A case was before court i
Taunton, Mass, lately, which shows tn
" danger of trusting too implicitly in th
st testimony of such persons. -Four enve
m opes were shown to witness, an expel
ID in handwriting, and he testified yer
ii positively that the superscription of a
4 of them was in the handwriting of til
n. prisoner, who was accused of forger,
v The counsel Immediately took the stan
as and stated under oath that one of IL
le envelopes was directed by the clerk
Is, the Boston Water Power Company, al
ID other by friend of his own in Ne