The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-02
Items of Interest.

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shown at Chicago when hungry horse
bit large section out of the Panama
hat of a succulent young man who was
sitting on the traffrail of street car and
! did not harm hair of the wearers
head.
A scorpion was caught by some rail
road men in California the other day,
and tormented SO by them until, in its
rage, it struck itself on its back with it's
poisoned dart. Immediately after doing
so it grew quiet, and in less than ten
minutes died from the effects of its own
sting.
80 The steam .dredges gttwos5 inS t1niace
two fourteen-inch shells thrown from the
British ships of war during the lombard
ment, one of which was found to be un.
exploded. They have been placed on
posts at the steamboat depot, and in
scribed: "Relic of August 10, 1914"
A tramp called at house in Norwich,
Ct,, the other day, and after being fed,
he asked if the man of the house was at
home. No." replied she who had
served him, "but I'll let you know
mighty quick that the woman of the
house is at home" and taking down an
| OlNi oWOltt3 pllC 0tulISNt lOI Il1ll, buu l1C
escaped.
Laura Bowling, of Maysville, Ky, is
only fifteen years old, yet she has alover
living in Covington who is distasteful to
the uncle with whom she lives. This
uncle intercepted letters sent by the
lover to Laura, and is in Jail in conse-
quence, the young lady having had him
arrested for opening them.
When Raoul Rigault was at the head
of the communistic police department i'll
Paris. an old friend came to request the
favor of the release from prison of aman
supposed to be reactionary. "Impos-
sible," said Rigault, " impossible. But
I'd be happy to do you any other favor
and if there's any other man in Paris you
want locked up you have only to name
him."
Senor P. g. Armiio, the mutton mil
lionaire of New Mexico, sold over 200, 900
pounds of wool last year. With his
father and business partner he owns
nearly 1000, 900 head of sheep, scattered
over range of country nearly 300 miles
square. He has had two losses by Indian
raids, one of $4,000 head and the other
of $4,000, "but," he says, 81 hardly
missed them
A man who had been feeding thrash
ing machine in McNIinville, Tenn, the
other day, felt his pantaloons catch in
the machinery, and had had just time to
brace his feet and hands against some
firm object near by in order to save his
life. Fortunately the pantaloons were
of thin material and gave way easily; the
shirt followed, and he was left standing
with nothing on but his shoes.
An Iowa girl has a chest containing
two feather beds, a dozen cotton sheets,
two dozen pillow cases, six bed quilts
and comforters, three dozen towels and
six tablecloths, and her father has given
her two COWS and ten sheep. And yet
the young Patrons around there hesitate
about marrying her, because she is cross
eyed, and they cannot tell which she
means when she smiles at the crowd in
church.
A curious conscience case occurred at
Newport, r. l., the other day. A man
from the country, who had supplied Il
town grocer with eggs for several years,
which the latter had not taken the
trouble to count, called upon him and
confessed that he had cheated him out
of So by short measure, whereupOn the
grocer also acknowledged having cheated
the seller by passing a counterfeit $40
bill upon him.
During the panic which ensued when
the Algerian struck on Split rock in the
st. Lawrence rapids, Southern gentle
man called his son, a boy of ten, to him
and endeavored to fasten life-preserver
round his body, telling him if the boat
capsized to strike out for shore. The
boy, however, obstinately refused to let
him attach it, insisting that his father,
who was helplessly crippled while serving
in Louisiana regiment, should keep it
for himself.
A case has recently occurred at Goshen,
Mass, that seems to confirm the popular
belief that beech trees are never struck
by lightning. A beech and maple stand
ing near together, with branches inter
locking each other, received an electric
bolt from passing cloud which shattered
the maple and passed into the earth
! through PROSTATE hemlock tree lying
near, which was stripped of its bark
nearly the whole length. No trace of
the lightning was left upon the beech.
A Chicago gentleman invited a number
of friends to dinner, and they accepted
the invitation, but none of them appear
ed, and the dinner was spoiled. Accord
ingly he sued them for the value of the
viands wasted through their lack of
courtesy. The lower court gave him
Judgment for the amount claimed but
the superior tribunal reversed the deci-
sion, remarking that if the principle first
affirmed were correct the risk of accept
ing invitations would be very serious,
indeed.
At Biloxi Bay, Miss, an alligator
seized two year old daughter of Elan
r. Blackwell from the arms of its sister,
while they were bathing, and was max
ing off with the child, when Mr.. B.,
hearing the other girls screams, hasten
ed to the spot and at once rushed into
the water in pursuit of the reptile, and,
as the water was very shallow for a long
distance, overlook the alligator, which
, became frightened and dropped the
child, and she was saved uninjured ex
, cept some bruises on her foot made by
the teeth of the monster.
J A gentleman went into bath hous,
, in Sharon Springs and prepared for ,
{ bath. He had six thousand dollars in
cloth, which he threw down ON the foo
of the bath room. When he came t,
a dress he forgot the rag which containe,
a the filthy lucre and left it in the bait
$ room. Several persons used the roor
! after his departure, but, having no occa