The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-06-19
NO. 16.
Items of Interest.

A how eleven years old, in Detroit,
feigns death so perfectly that only eA-
perts can discover signs OF lie.
Writers of indecent matter on postal
cards are subject to fine OF not less
than $1OO, nor more than 50, ,O0Ofor each
offence. .....r g.. 1870
Fashion and common sense now go
hand-in-hand as regards feminine toot
the broader the sole, the more stylish
the boot. .. .'a.e
A new fabric, made of woven glass,
has been invented for ladies' dress ma
terial. 1t can't be stained, and is IN
combustible.
Mayor Stokley, of Philadelphia. has
given orders that the law prohibiting
the sale of oysters in that city in the
months of June, July, and August be
strictly enforced.
It is asserted that the body of n wo-
man, who was burned in Virginia few
days ago, was entirely consumed, even
to the bones, but that the heart re-
mained intact, and was scarcely charred
at ALL
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of the bonds stolen from the
Waterford, N. Y, Bank, some, time ago,
have been returned by the thieves, who
have received thirty-fve per cent. and
immunity from punishment for their
trouble.
A man and his wife are reported to
have died recently, near the Roane
Mountain, in Carter county, Tenn, from
using milk, said to have been rendered
poisonous by the COWS eating grass on
which vapors impregnated with arsenic
had settled.
An old lady, three hundred and
ninety-one years old, lately walked two
hundred Iowa miles in neday, chopped
ten cords of wood, dug fifty bushels OF
potatoes, and then danced all night.
This is told in an effort to quiet the
: Cleveland Herald.
Several Irishmen were disputing one
day about the 'invincibility of their re-
spective persons, when one of them re-
marked, Faith, I'm brick" And
indade I'm bricklayer," said another,
giving the first speaker a blow that
brought him to the ground.
Senator Scott was talking to Penn
sylvania Sunday-school, and asked the
scholars why Simon was kept in prison.
One of the teachers quietly prompted
! boy to say that it was for hostage, and
| the youth, not quite catching the words,
! piped out: "He was detained for post
age"
= They have a business-like method of
procedure in Kansas. In the midst OF
+ the excitement caused by the discovery
, of the terrible Bender murders, small
r board was putup near one of the graves,
!, announcing that the deserted Bender
a claim had been preempted by another
q settler.
: There is a young lady on Fifth avenue,
e Now York, who is puzzling all her ac-
S uuaintances rs to how she colors her
hair. She changes its color every
4 other day one day it will be auburn,
4 another brown, another golden, another
0 Jet black. How on earth she does it we
: don't know, but she does.
b. While Zachary Kehoe was appeasing
o his appetite at aSt. Louis restaurant, a
o day or two ago, the tall stool upon
y which he was perched suddenly gave
g way, and in the fall he broke his arm.
Il He asserts that the thing was fixed up
e to break, as practical joke, and de-
t mands 81, 800 damages for his injuries,
IL and his interrupted collation..
The Milford (Del.) Ne,OS has discov-
q cred a new enemy to the peaches, il
- - being a sort of weevi, which, under
II II the glass, bears strong resemblance in
! Il color, shape, and motion to the black
u heart-worm of corn, though, unlike
that, it can suspend itself by web. II
|, is thought it is Matched outside of the
q q bud, eats its way in, and then speedily
= departs.
), A Boston writer says that men do no
% kill themselves so much by overwork al
by inattention to the common laws O.
, health. They eat at improper hours
/ they do not exercise, they neglec the
10 prime essential sleep, they break down
q and overwork gets the blame. MAJ
:. is like an engine ; he will stand certain
L. amount of high pressure, and no more
" Half the quarrels and litigations i'll thu
y world are caused by bad digestion ant
* we think he is pretty nearly correct.