The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-06
Facts and Fancies.

because lis Bneep lalleu u BS1 oi1o hAsu
premium at fair.
In Ceylon, the marriage ceremony is
performed by tying the couple together
bv the thumbs. In this country they
are usually put together by the ears.
A detected Danbury man announced
10 couple of friends that "the panic,
was playing the mischief with all
branches of business; he never got
fish yesterday"
The defence in the Stokes case, now
heing tried for the third time, claim tnat
Stokes shot Fisk in self-detence, "io
not intend to kill him, and prob2ply
did not kill him.
An uncle left in his will eleven silver
spoons to his nephew, adding, If L
have not left him the dozen, he knows
the reason" The fact was the nephew
had some time before stolen it.
A curious formation, consisting of
what appears to be petriied tl"Ilnhout
eighteen inches long and four inches
wide in the centre, was founu IN apiece
of sandstone few days ago at Jackson
Mich. ...
Hog.skin and COW hide bags hold ten
times as much corn as canvas bags dC'
and cost only about one-tenth as mncA
to get to market. The corn shonid ne
put into the bags before the skins are
taken off the animals.
A snit has been commenced agalnst
n Mobile savings bank. TO test inc
validity of a charter provision that the
trustees may require from the deposi-
tor notice of sixty days previous TO
the withdrawal of his funds.
In the naval battle off CartaRena he"
tween the Spanish and insurgent forcess
thirteen men were killed and forty-seven
wounded on the rebel fleet Se7or
MAYER, member Of the Junta, was
killed on board the Numancia.
The newspapers throughout the New
England States reportan unusual num-
ber of instances where fruit trees nave
put forth flowers for the second time
this season, and in many cases second
crops Of fruit have been gathered.
The Swedish colony in Maine is pros
perinc. This year they gather the har-
vest of 1 900 acres of crops. There are
obont 600 Swedes in New Sweden, and
| 400 in the State. There have been
Is births aud 25 deaths among them
the past year.
A New Bedford man hung his vest on
the pig-fence, and in less than four
minutes the hoggish occupants of the
enclosure were angrily grunting over
the division of the 500 in green
backs that they found in one of the
pockets. All but $40, however, was re-
covered.
Letters from Pekin state that nr
edict had appeared, stating that thirty
seven villages had been swept away IN
the Province of Shansee by the waters
OF the Yung Tino River and its branch
es having burst their banks, and that
great amount OF human life had been
lost by the floods.
A Amistake-lecturer and other per-
formers placing the price OF tickets at
what they think their entertainments
are worth, instead OF at sums the peo-
pie are willing to pay. The difference
between dollar and half-lollar often
decides whether hall shall be quar-
ter or three-quarters occupied.
The Society of the Army of the
Tennessee at a business meeting re-
elected General Sherman President for
the ensuing wear General John A. Lo-
gan. First Vice President Colonel l..
M. Dayton. Recording Secretary Gen
pral A. Hickenlooper, Corresponding
Secretary and General L. 81. Force,
Treasurer.
San Diego, Cal, is sadly in need of a
Bergh. A favorite pastime there at
present is to place mouse and tar
nntula in large bottle and let them
fight it ont. A combat of this descrip-
ton, in which the spider, after severe
contest, succumbed TO the mouse, is
narrated in true prize-ring style by
San Diego paper.
CO." gasped fat Mrs. Weighty, as
she ascended the stairs of her new resi-
dtnce, 81 really cannot run up any
more stairs" "Of course not, answer
ed her husband "but if the stair:
were made of dressmakers' bills, yoI
could run them up very easily"
detest puns," exclaimed Mrs. WeightY
the next day, recounting the conyer'
ton to friend.
Those city farmers who were organ
| lied into Grange of the Patrons o
Husbandry in Boston seem likely t.
give the order good deal of annoyar ce
| lD6Y prove 10 Do uuut up tulth1 "
/, grain spectators, and the "grangers
are suspicious that their interests vii
not be identical with those OF the pro
ducers, but they have all the signs ant
passwords and refuse to disband.
q For long time in tie South, ant
: now particularly, railroad tickets hav
j been and are used as currency. Tw
. hundred thousand dollars worth G
! these are in circulation in GeorgiG
+ Each one entities the holder to S
). many miles of travel, or is taken in pay
q ment for a corresponding quantity {
n freight. These bi Is are received b
e the roads in liquidation of all thei
: claims.
t French suicides continue to preser
y strange features. A young sub-lier
J. tenant of cavalry in Paris recently il
! vited a young girl whom he casual
= met on the streets to ride with him
d the Bois de Boulogne. Returning
e the city he ordered lavish suppe
e with wines, of which he and his cor
e panion partook. Then he complete
,s his days spree by blowing out Ii
IS brains. Neither the girl nor anyol
else knew his name, nor was there 81
in his pocket to pay his restaurant bi
In recent work on Epidemic
IL Malignant Cholera it is stated that t
n poison which causes the disease CO
q sists of certain microscopic fungi whic