The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
Facts and Figures.


his Holiness crown of thorns, to be
made of massive gold.
An italian capitalist has established
peanutry at Sullivan, Ind. The citizens
will celebrate the event in grand mass
meeting, on which occasion IA bushels of
peanuts will be barbecued.
An Alabama paper was not issued at
the regular time lately, one of the edi-
tors being on the jury and the other
having been married. Both expressed
their regrets in the next issue.
A certain popular clergyman, young
and unmarried, is said to have remarked
that if he were a centipede he could not
wear one-half the slippers fashioned for
him by the fair hands of admiring par
ishioners.
Bony Nash, the Cincinnati gambler,
who died recently, was congratulated q
short time before the event upon look
ing in better health than usual, when he
replied: II bet you $40 don't live &
week." He won,
A wealthy old lady in Detroit has ta-
ken whim to peddle oranges and figs,
and goes about the streets retailing her
wares, dressed meantime in elegant
clothes. She is partially demented and
if her friends do not allow her to follow
her notions she becomes violent.
There lives man in the village Of
Rochester, N. IL, who is out every
morning rain or shine, before other peo-
pie are up, searching diligently on tho
sidewalks, in the gutter and through
the streets for money or any valuable
%ho lro,rnl ho
The result of his diligence is not report
ed.
The servant girls Of Pittsburgh havo
caught the striking fever, and demand
that in the future their hours shall be
from eight to twelve iii the forenoon,
and from two to six in the afternoon,
Sundays free, free range Of pantry and
cellar, free admission Of friends and
cousins to the kitchen and washroom,
hospital attendance at the expense Of
their employers in case of sickness, and
increase of wages with the growth of
the family. That's all.
They have a now way Of treating the
broken legs of horses, which ought to be
generally known. A valuable horse, in
Hartford, Conn, had his leg broken
short time since. The leg was carefully
set by an experienced surgeon, and was
covered thickly with plaster. When
| the plaster "set" or hardened, it kept
the limb as immovable as if it had been
made of iron. Thus treated, broken
leg, it is asserted, will knit together
in brief time and become as good as
! ever.
A little presence of mind and rcsolu-
| ton sometimes does wonders. Detroit
of late has been much afflicted with hy-
drophobia. Whether it appears in tho
first Instance in the dogs or the people,
| it is hard to say, but when once it scizes
| dog or man he Immediately becomes an
ugly creature to deal with. A heroic
Detroit woman saved herself and chill
dren from the bite of rabid canine, the
other day, by seizing and bestriding the
animal and holding him in such posi-
ton that he could not bite. She then
dragged him to the gate, flung him out,
and shut and bolted the gate, and he
was soon slaughtered before any one
was hurt.
Elopements of the real old-fashioned
kind are rare in these prosy days. There
was one specimen, however, in Illinois,
quite recently. A poor young man was
in love with the daughter of rich far
mer, and the farmer objected to the
youth because he was poor and forbade
him the house. Yet did the amorous
pair continue to meet and send sweet
messages to and fro, and one night tho
youth planted ladder at the maiden's
window. The maiden Yas waiting as
she should be, and descended into tho
bosom of the night and of her adven-
turous cavalier. They fled into the dark
ness and the pastors house, and while
1.-THE farmer slept they were made ono
OF all the hotels in the world the very
oldest Is % lonely one In California, on
the road between San Jose and Santa
Cruz. Imagine ton immense troos stand
ing q few feet apart and hollow inside
these are tho hotel, neat, breezy, and ro-
mantle, The largest tree Is sixty fve feet
around, and contains a sitting-room and
that bureau Of Bacehus wherefrom is dis
pensed the thing that biteth and stingeth
All about this tree is garden Of fowera
nd evergreens. The drawing-room is a
bower made of redwood, evergreens and
madrona branches For bed-chambers
there are nine great hollow trees, white
washed or papered, and having doors cut
to fit the shape of the holes. Literature
finds place in a learning stump, dubbed
"the library" If it were not for that
same haunt of Bacchus, it is certain thai
the guests of this forest establishment
, would feel like nothing SO much al
dryads.
; The Frankfort Yeoa.aR tells this
"Once upon time young Kentucky
physician, who had been regularly edu
, Gated for his profession, was called t,
! the bedside of patient that he had beel
attending with his best care for som
time, but who obstinately grew wors
: and worse, until now his end SCENE,
very near. Doctor said the sick man
l am dying-I am certain am dying
!. and believe you have killed me- Th
' doctor seemed to think very earnestl
. . for moment or two, and then quit
= gravely and seriously replied: Yes,
see that you are dying; and on refiec
!; ton, believe that You are right be
lieve that l have killed you; but I her
, take my oath that if God will forgiv
. me for having unintentionally murdere
= you, will never murder another
!, will never give another dose of physi
. professionally as long as live An
a he kept his oath he at once quit med
y cine entirely; turned his attention I
: the study of law; obtained license j
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