The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-23
Items of Interest.

Items Of Interest.
There are seventeen fashionable ways
for lady to do up her hair, and none of
the ways require over four hours time.
There are about IS, $50 professional
beggars in Paris, of whom 25, 480 are
women, 14,500 men, 13,060 girls, and
1870 boys.
The losses by fire in New England, in
November, were million and a half
dollars, nearly two thirds of them in
Massachusetts.
The State census Of South Carolina,
which has just been completed, shows a
total population of 923, 447, an increase
of thirty per cent. in five years.
Two ladies were talking about note
papers, and one said: "I always use
Irish linen." "Do you," said the other,
"why, 1 think York Mills muslin ever
so much better"
Many fond mother has been per
suaded by an affectionate daughter to
part with her 1912 velvet cloak, and have
it converted into an underskirt. So
stylish, you know!
The total number of teachers in all
the States and Territories is 247, 300, be-
ing nearly one to every nine children in
constant attendance, and of the teachers
about one-half are women.
Now my little girls and boys" said
teacher, 81 want you to be very still
SO that you can hear pin drop" In
moment all was silent, when little boy
cried out: "Let her drop ~
A Western paper has this personal
item Those who know nice old Mr..
Wilson of this place will regret to hear
that he was assaulted in brutal manner
last week, but was not killed.
Three hundred locomotives are
stabbed at Syracuse, and whenever two
hundred and fifty of them are screech-
ing and footing the Syracuse infants
moan in their cradles and wish they were
dead
A Pennsylvania boy lugged an eight
cen ounce can of nitro -glycerine around
in his pocket for ten days before his
parents took notice of it, and the way
they smiled on him till the can changed
hands was simply gorgeous.
Philadelphia manufacturers have i'll
troduced improvements in their ma
chinery for punching cold iron, by which
they are able to punch half-inch hole
through an inch and three-quarters of
wrought iron cold, making a perfectly
smooth perforation.
Ninety mechanics and artisans with
their families have immigrated from
Pennsylvania and settled on Hood river,
Oregon, and over three hundred will
followin the spring. They intend build
ing a college, woollen mill, grist
Il
trial establishments.
1t will be hardly necessary to tell the
name of the facetious party who went
into dry goods store the other day,
and was observed to be looking about,
when the proprietor remarked to him
that they didn't keep whisky. cit
would save you good many steps if
you did," was the quick reply.
A Mr.. Allen, of Los Angeles, CAL,
has left $40, 900 to the county, on condi
tion that it should be kept at interest
until it would amount to $1,000 In
case it was not accepted by that county
it was to go to any county of any State,
except Cook county, ILL.,, which should
agree to the terms. The will has been
probated, but the testator's relatives
contest it on the ground of his insanity.
Fort Plain is greatly troubled over
some recent kissing business. young
married man kissed q pretty girl at
sociable. His wife was angry. He ex-
planned that he did it by mistake, and
there was peace for day or two. The
pretty girl heard of the terms of settle
ment, however, and being angry in turn,
reported around town that the young
married man had made the same mis-
take hundreds of times. Hence the
difficulty, and there is apparently to be
no end to it.
Australian statistics show that insanity
of violent kind prevails to frightful
extent on that continent. In 1861 there
were 161 inmatas of asylums in Sonth
Australia, being one to $50 inhabitants.
In 1870 they numbered 307, and at the
close of 1871 there were as many as 324,
or one to 524 of the population. These
figures do not represent the entire list of
insane, but only madmen and other in
mates of the asylums.
A brakeman on one of the railroads
went to the superintendent for permis-
sion to "lay off" for day, and made a
request for pass to ride home on. The
SupoIluu6lluoub sdiu II you WoiS
working for farmer, and wanted to go
home, do you suppose he'd hitch up his
team and take you2" "No," said the
brakeman; "but if he had a team al
ready hitched up, and was going right
pass the door, I'd say he was mean
cuss not to take me-" He got his pass.
An improvement in safety lamps has
been devised by Mr.. Boullenot, of Paris.
1t consists in replacing the lamps usual
ly employed in mines containing fire.
damp by others supplied with air out
side the mines, and branches are led into
all the workings. Through these COM
pressed air is forced from the surface by
air pumps, and the improved lamps are
screwed to the air llpes by couplings
with stopcocks. The cylinder inclosing
the fame is protected by cage, and the
products of combustion pass off through
two pieces of gauze. The match for
lighting the lamp is inserted through a
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