The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-05-04
Items of Interest.

| ~ would not Tor any money, says
Jean Paul Richter, shave had money in
my youth"
Mesuba, a converted thief, is o very
successful revivalists in the Mahratta
country, India.
There is an artesian well in Prairie du
Chen III feet deep, which yields 30,
600 barrels of water daily.
At last the use of the grasshopper is
determined. He is to be pulverized and
sent to Paris for fish bait.
A Sicilian was found lying in New
Orleans street with dagger driven to
the hilt into his head through one of his
eyes.
In Meigs county, Tennessee, few
days ago, four hunters, all old men,
with sixteen hounds, ran down and cap
tured eight foxes.
There are two millions of peasants in
Russia who have not yet been able to
fulfill the conditions of the act of eman-
cipation of March 3, 1861.
A good disposition will carry man
through private party, make him hold
plate of refreshments on his knees full
of stuff he does not want to eat, and yet
say he Is happy.
General Sherman says "To be
strong, healthy, and capable of the
largest measure of physical effort, the
soldier needs about three pounds gross
of food per day.
A mountain Of superior white chalk
has been discovered in Idaho, and now,
if never-failipg spring is in close prox-
unity, an entefprising man might start a
dairy there without investing in single
COW.
There are 62,552 churches in the
United States, with sittings for IL, 1885,
542 people, the Methodists being the
strongest denomination. The total value
of church property is placed at $780,
619, ,780.
Chicago Times: Being President isn't
such fine thing, after all. Grant is no
better off than the rest Of us. It's no
uncommon thing to hear him say,
Fish, lend ME dollar till Saturday,
when draw my pay"
A man in Florida brought handful
of creeping things to native, saying:
Look at the young terrapins |" They
were scorpions. A fire had been built
upon shell mound, and they were
driven out by the heat.
In Anaheim, Los Angeles county, CAL,
few days since, large bald eagle seized
upon baby eight months old, and was
about to carry it off when its mother ar
rived, just in time to save it after big
light with the bird.
A Preston man has been missing for
three days; and, as he was recently mar
ried, grave doubts exist as to whether
he is sitting round in hayloft some
where, meditating on the price of spring
bonnets, or has merely drowned him
self.
This is the way Council Bluffs alder
men answer to their names Alderman
Hammer, "you bet" Alderman Scott,
"present by the skin of my teeth -
Alderman Keating, dye see me now"
and Alderman James, "present unani-
mously."
An elderly Wicklow maiden, who had
suffered some disappointment, thus de-
fines the human race u: Mana con-
glomerate mass of hair, tobacco smoke,
confusion, conceit, and boots. Woman
the waiter, perforce, on the aforesaid
animal.
A gentleman has q pair of pantaloons
which were worn by one of his ancestors
one hundred years ago. They are made
of home spun cloth, except the seat,
which is of thick leather. 1t is inferred
from this that the original owner was
book agent.
A st. Louis scientist estimates that
the annual loss to farmers caused by in
scots averages $1OO,OOO,O 900; that the
chinch bug alone, liz 1874, caused loss
OF 100000 to the Western States,
and that in three years the grasshoppers
have caused loss of $50, 100000.
Tomorrow may never come to us. We
do not live in tomorrow. We cannot
find it in amy of our title deeds. The
man who owns whole blocks of real es-
tate and great ships on the sea does not
own single minute of tomorrow. To
morrow! 1t is mysterious possibility,
not yet born.
A gentleman having an appointment
with another who was habitually un-
punctual, to his great surprise found
him waiting. He thus addressed him:
Why, 1 see you are here first at last.
You were always behind before; but am
glad to see you have become early of
late."
"Will you trust me for clock ?"
asked man of peddler. 81 am not
at all acquainted with you, you must
recollect," said the peddler.. "That is
the very reason" was the rejoinder,
"why l made the proposition. If you
knew me you wouldn't trust me. I'm
sure of that"
"The only mandatory of gongs and
cymbals in the country is in Boston.
From 800 to 400 gongs and 500 pairs Of
cymbals per year are produced, the
price depending upon the size-cymbals
of twelve and fourteen iches diameter
ranging from $24 to $36, and gongs sell
ing at fifty cents per inch of diameter.
At the New York Hippodrome, Dom
Pedro being present, Mr.. Moody assert
ed that not even an emperor can save
his soul without submitting to Christ.
Peter Cartwright, the revivalist, was
preaching one day when General Jackson
entered the church, and attracted, as
Mr.. Cartwright thought, more attention
than he was entitled to, whereupon the
preacher Justify sang out: "Who cares
for General Jackson2 He'll go to hell a
quick as anybody if he don't repent !"
A poor curate sent his servant to
chambers shop, kept by one Paul, TO
bacon and eggs, for his Sunday dinner
on credit. This being refused the dam
sci, as she had nothing to cook, though
she might as we'll go to church, anS