The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-26
Items OF Inter est.

Items of Inte1est
The dry season is known as the UNI
brella's holiday.
The clam is blessed with sands of life
that never run out.
Except on the score of economy there
is no reason why circumstances should
alter burial cases.
"What is that man yelling at ?" asked
a man of his boy. He's-he's yelling
at-the top of.his voice !"
Offending boys in London are SEN
fenced by the magistrates to be whipped;
but the parents are usually made the ex-
ecutioners.
Six prisoners set fro to and burned
the Richmond (Texas) Jail a few days
ago. They were all nearly suffocated
when taken out.
"What, +" said Bonaparte to Las Casap,
"is more overbearing than weakness
which feels itself protected by strength
Look at women, tor example"
A Watertown, (Conn.) merchant has
received twenty-five cents. that have
been due him for twenty-five years, from
conscience stricken debtor.
An army officer on the plains says the
Sioux have this new motto: "White
man big smart he furnish brains. Red
man heap brave he knock 'em out.
A railway porter at Hayworth Heath,
/ England, committed suicide during fit
of delirium tremens, by swallowing
nearly the whole of an eight-page news
paper. 1t choked him.
A rich man in Araheim, CAL, threat
ered to have o poor man elected from
house because the rent was not paid;
and the poor mans mode Of vengeance
was to get into the rich mans hallway
and die there of smallpox.
As the trial of breach, Of promise
suit was about to begin in San Francis
CO, Juror arose and asked to be ex-
cused because he was engaged to be
married, aid consequently his mind was
not free from bias. He was excused.
DIR. G. B. Faber, in the Practitioner,
argues against the use of drugs III sea
sickness. They prolong the attack, and
: he would only advise opiates when vomi-
ting is continued to an alarming extent.
Several hours day on deck is what he
, advises.
| A man in Paris, wishing lately to pass
Joke upon his wife, hired a coffin and
placed himself in it at tie moment OF
her return after few days absence. On
! seeing the supposed corpse, she fell
senseIess to the ground and has since
been lunatic.
The wool clip of the United States in
1875 was nearly two hundred million
pounds, whereas in 1860 it was only six
, ty-five millions. In 1875 the country
bought about fifty million dollars worth
of woolen goods, and eleven millions
> worth of wool.
|, A fellow in England who defended
! himself against a charge OF chicken
: stealing by declaring that the fowl
, jumped upon him, and he was afraid II
I would kill him, and therefore wrung its
a necl. in self-defense, evidently believed
. that poor excuse is better than none.
: The New Orleans Picay,tae, in trying
. its hand at description, says: The
!. modern city schoolgirl goes along with
c q big tilter, hustle, striped hose.
r humpbacked, carrying thirty-one differ
0 ent Books, three states, four copybooks
r bottle of ink, pocket full of pencils anC
= pens, 81 worth of p:nchback jewelry, {
= mouthful of chewing gum and thirteel
= red streamers dangling after her.
: The Independent says: A late Erglisl
8 traveller found simple minded Baptis
mission church in far-off Burmah using
for the communion service, and W,
doubt not with Gods blessing, Bass
u pale ale instead of wine. The opening
of the frothing bottle on the communion
y table seemed not quite decorous to tn
Il visitor, who presented the pastor with
o half dozen bottles of claret for sacramen
T. tai use.
- Sheep dogs in Texas are thus trained
4 A pup is taken from its mother befor
: its eyes are opened, and put to eve t
q suckle. After few times the eve be
% comes reconciled to the pup, which TO
lows her like a lamb, grows up anon
and remains with the flock, and no vol
man, or strange dog can come near th
o. sheep; and the dog will bring the foe
regularly to the fold at any hour in I'll
m evening at which he is habitually fed.
A Scotch couple who had been but
ri few months married, recently took adva
id tage of the railway to Edinburg to 81
the ceremonies at the laying of found
ut ton stone. The young wife propose
l staying few days with her friends
Edinburg. but it was necessary that h
husband should proceed homeward J
he the boat. To try the strength of /
ad helpmate's affection, he remarked that
Id 4" doubtit the boat would be sac hea
70, laden that a. wad gang to the bottom
IS. "Dae ye think saes" responded his aft
ir, tionate partner. "Then, John And
" son, ye had better leave the key o.
house wi me.