The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-07
Items of Interest.

The constitutions of twenty eight of
the States recognize the existence OF
God.
The sublimity Of moral heroism is
voluntarily to pick out the poorest ear
of corn in the dish.
We knew man once who objected to
sleeping on straw bed, because, he
said, it was beneath him.
"Pa," said o little fellow to his un-
shaven father, "your chin looks like tho
wheel in the music box"
Georgia has forty cotton mills in sue
cessful operation, running full time, and
paying handsome dividends.
Caesar conquered the world, but he
could not hit q fly on his nose three times
in five, any more than the rest OF us.
From guide book The coachmen
of Paris are very kind to their horses,
especially when engaged by the hour.
Self-respect is the crown of humanity,
which, held too tightly, trembles on the
head, and, falling, leaves the king
beggar.
There is said to be something con
soling tor every ill in this life. For in
stance, if man is bald headed, his wife
can't pull his hair.
A prize of $500 is offered by the Geor-
gia State Agricultural Society for pre-
ventive or cure of hog cholera; and an
other of 5000 for chicken cholera.
A physician advertises in the news
papers that he has no power over his
appetite for alcohol, and that he will
prosecute anybody who sells him any.
Mr.. Longfellow has been chosen poet,
and ex-Gov. Seymour orator, for the
centennial celebration of the surrender
of Burgoyne at Saratoga, on October l8,
1877.
A Cape May correspondent thinks the
diminished proportions of the ladies
waists nowadays confirm the story of
Adam that it took only one OF his ribs
to make whole woman.
1t is said that before the Prince of
Wales started for India he was placed in
conservatory heated to an Indian heat
to test his powers of endurance. He
tainted at the first trial.
London is now supplied with Mar
seilles butter" It is produced at a
large stearine candle factory at Mar
aeilles, equals in appearance the finest
Epping or Dorset, and keeps well.
One of the boys tells of scarecrow
made by Uncle Ben. 1t not only scared
off every crow that saw it, but one crow
was so frightened that he brought back
the corn he had stolen three days be-
fore.
A bill passed by the Texas Legisla-
ture, authorizing sheriffs to shoot any
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legged, if he should fail to halt or sur
render when called upon, was vetoed by
Gov. Coke.
A book agent was recently shot in
Texas, whereupon the Worcester Press
heartlessly and Indignantly remarks
that there is universal demand all
over the country for moro book agents
in Texas"
If the grapevine has suffered in some
regions of France, and particularly In
the south, the damage caused by the
cold is now ascertained to be mot SO con-
siderable as had been at first supposed.
The quantity, perhaps, is not all that
could be desired, but the quality
promises to be excellent.
In certain school, during the parsing
lesson, the word "waif occurred in
the sentence. The youngest who was
up, bright eyed little fellow, puzzled
over the word for few moments, and
then bright idea struck him. 81 can
parse it-positivo waif; comparative
wafer; superlative, sealing wax"
in consequence of the continuance of
the drought in China, the imperial au-
thorities prayed fifteen times with great
ceremony for rain. AS rain did not
come, an edict wasissued forbidding the
slaughter of animals for three days, it
being supposed that the harmony be-
tween heaven and earth would thereby
be re-established.