The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-12
NO.. Is.
Facts and Fancies.

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4 photographer requested, that ms
sign, "Taken from life, should oe lib
epitaph. ...,
Almost every young lady nowadays
seems to be given to building castles Ill
the lair.
Men and women differ. You may,
perhaps. convince a man, but you must
persuade wsman.
The Shah of Persia's expenses during
his present European tour are rated at
5000, 600 sterling.
An foyta clergyman who had dona-
ton party lately has beans enough 10
last him thirty-sevell years.
Mamma, can't we have anything we
want ?" eyes, my dears but be care
ful and not want anything you can't
have"
An impoverished fop wears ten
cent silver piece on his shirt bosom,
and calls it his dime and pin, which Ii
certainly is.
The largest stationary engine III the
world is stated by correspondent to be
at Scranton, Penn, in one OF the IRON
works there
II ia said in Madrid that the Govern
n,ont of Snain will purpose to have the
President of the Republic elected by
plebiscitum-
The number of Postal cards required
in the y. s., already reaches -, 2,OOO,OOo,
and the demand is at the rate OF over q
million day.
The secret of making Russia sheet
iron has been heretofore sought after III
vain. but a Pittsburgh firm now claim
they have accomplished it.
The Vice Regents of the Mount Ver-
non Association have elected Nine.
Berghmans. of Philadelphia, Regent, in
place of Miss Cunningham, who has
resigned.
"I'm not in mourning" said young
lady frankly to a lady querlst, ppI as
the widows are getting all the oilers
nowadays, we poor girls have TO resort
to artitice.
Illinois has one hundred and two
counties, and at least one railroad IN
every county except seven. AT the
present time roads are projected when
will penetrate these.
Retnliatorv measures are demanded by
the militia at Barcelona, SPAN, tor the
butchery of volunteers by the Carllsts.
Forty of the latter are missing, ana
twenty are known to have been killed.
The proprietor of gun-store, which
was Quilted by a mob i'll New Orleans,
sued the city, claiming $3O, ,O00 DANA
ges. Judge Durrell decided that the
city had no police under its control at
the time, and was, therefore, not re-
sponsible.
"Get out of my way! What are you
good IOr p said ornsS old man TO
bright-eyed little boy that Happened ~
stand in his way. Well,' said the
little fellow, as he stepped one side, -
believe they make men out OF such
things as we are"
"You ought to let me pass here free
of charge, considering the benevolent
nature of my profession" said physi-
clan to a toll-gate keeper. "Not so"
was the reply, ''you send too many
dcad heads through here now." The
doctor didn't stop to argue the point,
but paid his toll and passed on.
A father recently found his little
girls chubby little hands full OF the
blossoms of beautiful rose tree, on
which he had bestowed great care;
"My DEAR" said he, "did L not tell
you not to pluck one Of these trees
without leave ?" Eyes. papa, SAID the
child, "but all these had leaves"
The Washington star says with refer
ence to the account of the Arctic adven-
ture: ''The suspected poisoning OF
Capt. Hall recalls prediction made be-
fore the sailing of the exhibition by a
person in this city we'll acquainted with
its personnel, that Capt. Hall would
never return alive, but would fall
victim to the envy of some OF the party.
The gold yield of California in 1858
was S99, ,8G4, 753, that being the highest
amount ever attained. For the same
year the wine product was nothing, and
the wheat crop by no means large. Last
year the gold yield was $40, O49,--
O9S, while the wine manufactured
amounted to 100000 gallons, and the
wheat product last year ran up to SS2o,-
600, 900.
In order to exclude negroes from their
exhibitions, the showmen of Vicksburg
have hit upon the expedient of issuing
cards of invitation soliciting the COM
pany of the holder thereof to the enter
, tainment, specifying the number OF hls
: seat, and informing him that in order
to meet the necessary expenses he IS
: expected to pay whatever the price OF
ticket would usually be.
An incident in the life of a Danbury
, farmer is thus recorded. His wife was
taken very i'll, and he was called away
{ on urgent business. During his absence
, she died and was buried and the news
was delicately conveyed to him by a boy
/ who met him at the gate. The boy
said "Mr. -, your ole woman is
dead and buried and We have got in
the spring oats" "Great God!' said
the shocked man "and the oats in ?"
The man who never owed more than
five cents, and that only once, has just
died in Virginia at the age of seventy
nine years. 1t was in his early man
hood that he unwillingly contracted
3 the debt of five cents, it being the bal
3 ance on bill of goods purchased, and
he was wont to boast all his life after
; ward that he could not sleep that night
t because of it, and got up early the next
morning, went to his creditor, and paid
him.
3 A FUNNY JUsTICE.-At Troy there is
: police justice who, when people are
brought before him for inebriety, in
S sists, before he will entertain any pro