The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-31
Items of Interest.

The construction of the Panama rail
road cost 81, 900 human lives, destroyed
by malaria-or one for every yard OF the
track.
An exchange says: If you have boy
and want to know what's in him, send
him West with just money enough to
get him there.
When q man cannot drive q horse
well, he makes up the deficiency of edu-
cation in that respect by severely
pounding the poor animal.
A Texas man who died the other day
left 4" the sum of five thousand dollars
as fund to defend persons who kill
Southern railroad baggage smashers.
In teachers meeting in Ipswich,
Mass, three hundred and forty words
wer given out to be spelled. The only
one spelt correctly by all was Tuesday.
The name of His Majesty of the Sand
wich Islands is not pronounced King
Calico, as some people suppose. The
right pronunciation is King Kalakow-ah.
Many men in New York have express
ed themselves as ready to work for
mere living this winter. There are men
in this section not willing to do that
much.
The advertisement of Western
stone-cutter reads "Those who buy
tombstones from us look with pride and
satisfaction upon the graves of their
friends"
A New Orleans gentleman, writing
from San Francisco, speaks of that city
as overrun with clerks and bookkeepers
out of employment, although mechanics
of various sorts command fair wages.
A man whose wife hung herself in
his presence, on being asked why he did
not prevent the tragedy, replied: &C I cut
her down three times last week, and
I can't be always cutting her down"
A Memphis jury having convicted a
man of murder, now finds that the sup
posed murdered man is living. The
question is whether the verdict shall be
rescinded, or the man allowed to murder
his victim.
At recent " cheese fair" in England,
the judge decided that American factor
les cannot produce cheese equal to the
best cheese made in England, although
they successfully compete with the
medium quant1eS.
At recent cattle sale at Paris, KY,
twenty-one cows were sold at an average
of 81, 1896 head, and fourteen bulls at
an average of 81, ,195. One COW sold for
$6, 200, another for So, 400, and still an
other for 81, 100.
A right ana wrong way OF uo1ng
things, thus A ball of twine, if opened
from the inside, will run off easily
enough, and give no trouble in the un-
twining but, if begun from the out
side, will speedily get tangled and into
confusion.
During the late bathing season an in
dividual walked up to the office of
seaside hotel, and with a considerable
flourish signed the book and exclaimed:
"I'm Lieutenant Governor of -"
That doesn't make any difference,
says the landlord, "you'u be treated
just as well as the others y
Lady Franklin has announced that the
reward of $4,000, made some years ago
by her for the recovery of the official
records of her husbands expedition,
still holds good, and that over and above
she will be prepared to remunerate any
one who may succeed i'll recovering them
IOr any oullty W WHICH Aio i0oo''i|h iii''J
subject him.
An English farmer who has FUSED
wheat as food for his horses for some
time" tells the Mark Lane ErpreSS
that he allows ninety pounds per horse
! for the week, soaked in cistern for
forty eight hours, in cold water. The
water is then run off, and the grain al
lowed to remain twenty-four hours to
create fermentation.
Chow much is your candy stick" in
quired a boy of a candy dealer. "Six
sticks for five cents" 81 Six sticks fer
five cents, eh2 Now lem'me see. Six
fer five cents, five fer four ce.lts, four
fer three cents, three fer two cents, two
fer one cent, one fer nothin'. I'll take
one." And he walked out, leaving the
candy man in a state of bewilderment.