The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-02
Items of Interest.

prominently entitled to call itself
"grand trunk line"
No matter how amiable a lady may
be, fashion demands that she shall ap-
pear ruffied in public.
With the display now required for
first-class funeral, people are beginning
to understand what are the terrors OF
death.
Several of the persons who took an
active part in the insurrection at Alcoy
have been tried and condemned to
death.
A water fall of 1000 feet high, or
more than twelve times the height OF
Niagara, has been discovered in British
Guiana.
Of the eighty-eght girls who have
entered the Michigan University,
thirty-seven will study in the medical
depart ment.
Four children were playing in an ex-
cavation in a sand bank at Columbus,
Wis, when the soil caved in, and three
were smothered.
When you feel depressed and dis
satisfied, and wherever you may look
naught but frowning skies meet your
view, wash yourself.
The lately divorced Mrs. Young con-
templates a book on Brigham. But
she is not competent to write him up.
She is not faithful Ann Eliza.
There will be plenty of butternuts
and chestnuts this fall. Mothers are
hiding their extra pillow cases, and the
agricultural members of the community
are putting their guns in order.
One of the greatest luxuries of riches
is that they enable you to escape so
much good advice The rich are always
advising the poor, but the poor seldom
venture to return the compliment.
The chief of the Mormons has had
an adventure. He was taking n vapor
bath, when the lamp exploded, killing
the attendant. Brigham only saved
his life by jumping out of the WIN
dow.
A young gent "pinched" the ear of o
little rat-te1rier dog of the lively breed,
the other day, in passing along. Re-
sult-a fine, pair of cashmere pants
with a hole in them about three inches
square.
Sawdust as q substitute for stockings
is recommended by writer in the
Oneida Circular, who says that a table,
spoonful of the subsistence placed in
each boot will keep the feet both dry
and warm.
An incident connected with the re-
opening of the Cincinnati public
schools was the discontinuance of the
practice of reading from the Bible, in
accordance with the recent decision of
the Supreme Court.
, J. Z. Phipps, conductor on New
/ York street car, came to Danbury with
his family, for rest and recreation, but
, was so annoyed by solicitors for contri-
buttons to various charitable objects,
that he was obliged to leave.
There has lately been discovered q
poison called in6a, which is said to be
l more subtle than digitaline. 1t is OBJ
tanned by pressure from the seeds of
r StrophanthuS MspidueS, a apocynace-
Y Gus plant, found in Gaboon. You want
= to look out for it.
4 According to authentic information
: there is license for the sale of drink
I in Russia for every $40 inhabitants ; in
e Siberia, one for every 500; in Prussia,
o l for 26O; in England, for 1873 !; in
). Belgium, for 90; in Holland, L for
II 90 and in France, for every 70.
2 A French provincial paper has been
7 sentenced to pay a fine of fifty francs
= each to seventeen persons whose names
= it published on list of pilgrims. The
publication was true and harmless, but
French law forbids journals to meddle
II with the private affairs of individuals.
k A Quincy youth courted an obdurate
% young lady and managed to secure Q
h blank marriage license, which he filled
N up and showed her, with the remark
+ that she was obliged to marry him now
"a She was terror-strickon, begged fol
m time, and fed to the country. Hel
friends propose to prosecute the youth
/ for conspiracy and forgery.
l. The Binghamton On. W Republican
< says Reports indicate that the potato
crop in that section of the State will
:; be almost total failure this year, il
ir consequence of the rot. Some of the
os dealers in Binghamton are not pur
S. chasing potatoes to store in their eel
ht lars, and they keep on hand only en-
IL ough to supply the demand during tn
Id day.
to Mendlessohn was, when youth
at clerk to very commonplace, IN fac
ne stupid employer. One day an acquaint
ed ance commiserated the clever lad on hi
position, saying, "What a pity it is tina
you are not master and he clerk !
"Oh, my FRIEND" returned Mendles
sohn, edo not say that. If he were m
e. clerk, what on earth could do wit
n. him ?"
.Ve A young New Yorker spending
ls month with his uncle in New Jersey
~ wrote thus to his mother: "The peac
en ea trees here are too slippery for me
% climb uncle won't let me sail boats i
IA the milk pals there's no birds nest
w 'wOo around that can see Sallie Law spi
. molasses on my best pants smalle
hr boy than I am, who plays with MI
~ wears a gold chain, and want to G
bao home"
ON A singular natural curiosity is mel
H. toned at Sadawga Pond, in Whiting
he ham, VT, consisting of $50 acres
III land floating on the surface of IL
nd water, covered with cranberries, al
llv even sustaining trees fifteen feet hig
ed When the water is raised or lowered
the dam of the pond, the island ris
and falls with it, and fish are caught
M boring hole in the crust and fishil
he down through as through the ice
err winter.
ac- The estimated value of all the II
pes and personal property of Pennsylvar
he WAS according to the canSuS of 49,