The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-23
NO. A..
Items of Interest.

! A slaughtered hog in LynchbUrg, Va
eighteen months old, weighed 900 pounds
net.
A boy. fifteen years of age, died lately
in At, I,ouis from the effects of lntem-
peranct.
The convicts at the Joliet, H., Peni-
! Tertiary average days wages OF % cents
each. making segars.
pho f,,,jdc TO HeuHh doubts if there
are twenty really healthy and strong
women in any State in the Union.
The lfcthOdjst confesses to being q
little astonished to sse how patrUnl-
zing the new school of sceptical sclence
is to the Almighty"
During the first nine months OF lSi2
England made away with lo, lo9;o4l
gallons of Spirits 1853, ,449 gallons
more than she drank during the cores
ponding time i'll 1871.
"I wish you would pay little atten-
ton to what / am saying, sir, roared
an irnte lawyer at an exasperating wit
ness. "Well, [ am paying as little as
I can, was the calm reply.
Those who believe nothing often
make others belieye most: as the best
actors in our theatres are those who re-
tain the most perfect command over
their feelings, voice and countenance.
A woman of North Wheeling, Va,
one Mrs. DALEY, was found by her h!'s-
band literally roasted to death on Chrmt-
mas evening, her clothingha having caught
fire whilst she was alone III the house.
According to ST. Paul paper, noses,
ears and fingers, which have been brok-
en- off while in frozen and crisp con-
dition. may be picked Hp i'll large guam
titles from the sidewalks of that frosty
city
There are now published in the United
States 6. 432 periodicals, of which 5Ol
are issued daily, 105 tri-weekl y, lio
semi-weekly, 1850 weekly, "a bi-week-
", 81 semi-monthly, 6S5 monthly, hl-
monthly, and 55 quarterly.
A novel pet has a lady of Danielville.
Conn, in the shape of butterfly, which
nestles in her Hand, alights upon her
shoulder OF hair, or. by way Of variety,
, hides in the knot of ribbon at her
throat, wnen he feels like a nap.
l Fort Ontario, Oswego. n. V. is III
5 charge of sergeant and three privates.
e The other day the sergeant put one of
a the men into the guard-houSf, set
=, another to guarding him, and p,t the
e remaining one in charge of the fort.
: Mrs Samuel Colt made $500, 600 profit
. out of revolvers last year. She has a
: lovely daughter who willinherit IS, 600,
OO.-Eymira GazcttC. This may be
correct as to figures, but the " lovely
: daughter happens to be son with
y y will of his own.-Hd'ttn'd Post.
q According to the North China Herald,
;. on the 18th and 14th OF. October last nc
= less than 115 criminals were beheaded
y at the execution ground at Matow. Oh
~ these some 46 were kidnappers, who
9 were all strangled first and then deeapl-
= tated
: The man in Danbury who enjoys the
= most sympathy, is he who chased u
s runaway team for half ii mile, and
e finally succeeded in heading it off. only
1 TO discover the driver in the carriage
e looking very much astonished at The
o hallooing and painting rescuer'
t An old lady in Ottawa, Mich, was
l.. recently sitting in an armchair sewing
!, when an automatic rife in the next
e room fell from its hooks and discharged
Il The ball went through a partition
e pierced table in the way and fatally
J. wounded the old lady in the head.
Ii \ hotel clerk who was banged up III {
/ railroad accident recently, sued the com
J pany for $4,000 for damage to hl'
u cheek. but the Judge told the lury he
:. "d did not want to influence them II
u their verdict, but thought ten cent
would be an ample sum for the lhlur!
. done"
y. The annual report of the Chamber OF
y Commerce of Milwaukee shows the re-
II ceipts of the various products last yen
h to be as follows: Receipts Flour, 2lo,'
% 977 barrels wheat, 1929, ,626 bushels
= oats. ,6Os. 048 bushels corn, ZOE, l9t
D bushels; rye, 40, 1873 bushels; barley
1,447569 bushels.
4 school girl in one Of the rural
x districts of Pittstield, Mass, was over
Il heard irving to convince a school fellow
" tbot she liked him better than she Ch'
II II some other urchin of whom he seemed
= Jealous. "Of course like you bette
:, than / do Bill" said she, 4" for don't
% miss words in my spelling lesson 81
:, purpose. so as to be down to the foot o
q. the class where you are 2
a There is duty of the hour whici
l. very few people seem to realize. IN
a, weipbt of snow of the density OF th'
+. recent fall is about one-tifth the weigh
N of water: cubic foot of it consequent,
N weighs over II pounds, reckoning tn
! cubic foot of water at 1000 ounces
n The roof of an ordinary dwelling hous
n is something over 800 square feet III eX
II tent and if we take the average dept
IN of the snow to be only one foot, we shal
or have on such roof burden OF tiy
is tons. This is not more than goo
A. roof ought to bear, but there are hun
Dy dreds of roofs in each city hardly able
ct sustain their own weight. Let house
,st holders look to this without delay.
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