The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
NO.. 16.
items of Interest.

How to take life easy-Be careless WIFI coal
OIL ,,,
A difficult lock to pick-One from bald
head. nm ooo
The New York street cars carry loo,oVV'ooo
passengers year.
Why is the letter as" like lamb! becau
il is the beginning of sheep.
A Boston dog ate sixty shingle .nalis, anu' VI
course, is as dead as a door nail.
Oriental wisdom-Before a Turk gets married
he asks all good men to pray for hiln'
When is a dog most like human pelns
When he is between man and boy.
When is candle like tombstone? When
woman puts it out for her late husband.
A worn out parent has named her first baby
McBeth because he has murdered sleep.
Why liz young lady of seventeen brief sum
mers like the sultans Asiatlc possessions
Because che is she minor.
In Prussia among 100000 births, there
we're seventy-nine cases of four at a brth ana
one case of five at birth.
Two men travelling on foot through the RIM
conada valley, Cal, April 30, ate some wiz
parsley and died in an hour.
A trunk has remained twenty-five years in
the depot at Bridgeport, Conn.,, patiently walt
ing for its owner to reclaim it.
Why is an old n ans farm in Texas Ike
the focus of sun glass! because IL Is tile
place where the sons raise meat.
San Francisco has a grand Chinese orchestra,
whose music resembles gigantic cat hight our
ing the progress of a thunder storm.
Strawberry short cake this year contains
good deal of cake. as usual, and is dreadfully
short of Strawberries. Hence its name.
A Milwaukee man who had been unable to
get work for long time was 80 overcome with
Joy when he got situation that he died.
81 have turned many woman's head"
boosted young nobeman of France. Yes,
sir" replied Talleyrand, "away from you."
Mrs. Milly Page, of Burksville, KY, is one
hundred and two years old. She has twenty
two great-great grandchildren, and innumera-
BILE Intermediates"
In some parts of the world the days are four
months long, and when lively boy of six years
accompanies his parents to church for the first
time, he thinks he has struck one OF those days
sure.
A dog with q tin pan attached to his tail is
rarely willing to depend on the slow process of
evolution for progress. He will usually take
the middle of the road and spread himself. no
matter what happens to science or to the
basin.
pretty girl whose Christian name is Anna,
took cigar from young gentleman who had
not pluck enough to say he wished to marry
her, twrled it playfully beneath his nose, and
looking archly at him, popped the question
thus "Have Anna?"
A boy five years of age having stolen a can
of milk, his mother took him to task with
moral suasion, and wound up her discourse by
exclaiming: "What in the world were you
going to do with the milk p 81 was going to
steal dog to drink it. was the crushing reply.
Said one fellow to another " If I was as flat
footed as you are, would not be afraid of
slipping on the pavement YES" was the
response, "some people are flat on one end,
and some on the other And the first chap
looked thoughtful, and went on down the street.
"Jessie what was Joe's arm doing round
your waist when you at the front gate
last night?" asked precocious Aberdeen boy
! of his sister. His arm wasn't round my
waist l won a belt from him, and he was
taking my measure" replied the indignant
young lady.
Mary, do not approve of your entertain
| ing your sweetheart in the kitchen, said lady
| to her servant 'Well. ma am, it's very kind
| of you to mention it but he's from the coun-
try, you see, ma am, and I'm afraid he's too
shy and orkard in his manners, lam, for you
to like him to come up into the parlor." replied
Mary.
Agood st ,ry is told of Berkeley Craven and
| Lord Alvanly, when an accident happened to
their carriage. The former getting out to
thrash the footman, saw he was an old fellow,
and said "Your age protects you :" while
Alvsnly, who had advanced toward the postil-
lion with the same intention. seeing he was an
athletic young fellow, turned to him, saying in
his waggsh way "Your youth protects you.