The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-02-29
Facts and Figures.

A Swansea, England, lady recently
eloped, Notwithstanding she is the
mother of thirteen children and over 60
years of age.
The Rhode Island Legislature nre
again petitioned by the unmarried sis
terhood of thelittle State to grant them
permission to vote themselves husbands
or anything else they may think for
their best good.
An Arkansas telegraph operator sent
a dispatch to Memphis firm, instruct
ing them as from q responsible bank to
pay three hundred dollars to one Nor
gan, and then going to Memphis, he
claimed to be Morgan, and received the
money.
Mr.. D. G. Davis, editor of the Osceola,
(Mo.) Democrat, got man to attempt
his assassination the other night, just
before his paper went to press, SO as to
take in the rival paper. The accomplice
didn't aim badly enough and 4" vaccinat-
ed Mr.. Davis generally. He was too
much hurt to write up the affair, SO the
opposition paper got the item exclu-
sively.
One of the most recent triumphs of in
genuity recorded at the Patent Office is
a device for opening in the morning and
closing at night the gates of beehives,
the object being to exclude the bee
moth. The gates are SO connected with
a poultry roost that when the fowls are
on their perches the additional weight
closes the beehive gates, which open
again when the fowls depart in the
morning.
Chicago has already gone into the relic
business. The enterprising artisans of
the city are making the old church bells
into paper weights, ornaments, etc. One
of the most popular trinkets made from
these old materials are charming little
bells, which are worn by the charming
manner of the old woman of Banbury
Gross, although they have the same sort
of music wherever they go.
The ruffians and cut-throats sometimes
have their jovial occasions in imitation
of the dignifed festivities of respectable
people. At Deptford in England, not
long ago there was an elaborate banquet
given, to which no one was admitted
who was not convicted felon. Fifty
applicants for tickets were refused be-
cause they could not give satisfactory
evidence that they were entitled to the
honor. 1t does not appear FROM the ac-
counts that any of the public officials of
the town were present.
According to the California papers
there is woman's gambling in
San Francisco, the splendor of which is
equal to that of the palaces of Arabian
story. Turkey carpets, in which the
foot sinks to the ankle at every step,
cover the floors, the ceilings are frescoed
after the old masters, and huge mirrors
line the entire length of the walls. The
sofas and chairs are rosewood, satin
covered, and the gambling-tables are
mother of pearl. Here many married
women of the city congregate and stake
their husbands money with free hand.
In the Intellectual O5serCer there is n
paragraph relating to anew application
of potatoes for knife-handlcs and similar
purposes. The potatoes are said to be
first peeled and macerated for about
thirty-six hours in water to which three
per cent. of soda is added, and after ma
ceration they are boiled in a solution
containing nineteen per cent. of soda,
when Substance is produced resembling
stag's horn, AID which may be used for
the purpose above mentioned. 1t seems
also that turnips may be used with
similar results, and if an artificial coral
is required, carrots may be substituted.
Is there any such thing as honest
gambling-any such thing as playing on
the square? 1t would seem not, at least
to anything like the extent which green
horns and pigeons suppose. The other
day, the police in Boston seized num-
Der of deal-boxes used in a hell for play
ing faro, and they were all found to be
"cheats," having q wide "slot" through
which two cards might be pushed at once
at the will of the dealer. So the superior
knowledge which long practice gives to
professional gamblers is not considered
enough-the novice must be skinned by
supplementary swindles like this.
Phoebe Cary, at the time of her death,
was at the head of a movement for the
establishment of "Woman's Dress
Guild" similar to the one instituted in
England. The plan has been taken up
by other influential women of Boston,
and the following are some of the rules
of the proposed association To purchase
for cash only; to buy nothing which is
not wanted merely because it is cheap
to dress in manner becoming tho sta
ton in life; to pay proper Difference tc
the tastes and pecuniary ability OF heads
of families; to wear no false jewelry
false hair, pads, &c. to avoid oil exag-
gerations even if called fashionable, and
all unseemliness in dress, and to do away
with the foolish and silly custom OF
dressing a number of times day.
The Western States are flooded will
accounts of stage robberies to such al
extent that persons taking places il
coaches for the overland travel anticipate
with sort of grim pleasure, the time
when they may be able to relate to al
, admiring audience the story of high
way robbery, in which they were con
| cerned. But, not to disappoint thei
friends, they will, in the most obligins
t manner, hand over, to any person the.
may happen to meet in the neighborhoo'
8 where a robbery has been committed
any little articles of value they may hav'
} about them. In Sonoma County, Cal
5 recently, boy, not over IA years @
S age, by presenting stake at the drive
t of stage was accommodated with th
4 treasure-box, and the terror-stricken pa.
' sengers seemed quite relieved when thi
youthful highwayman, with dignitie
magnanimity, allowed them 10 go OF
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