The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-26
Items of Interest.

The governor of Missouri has signed
Bounty bill, Offering five cents each 1or
rat scalps.
There are, at present, about dozen
newspapers in this country printed III
the Bohemian language.
"Insults," says modern philosopher,
90 are like counterfeit money. We can
not hinder their being offered, but we
are not compelled to take them"
1t is announced that at recent West
ern dinner party call the dishes We're
over hundred years old" Can 1t be
that there was nothing but spring chicken
on the table -?
General Grant remarked in Cincinnati
that he experienced great pleasure in
shaking a friends hand now, knowing
that the owner of said hand was not look
ing for political favors.
An exchange has an article on "Train-
ing Oysters" Now we can't see what
need there is of training such docile
creatures. We never found the slightest
difficulty in making them go just where
we wanted them to.
The particular young man looking for
business to SCOT him, should try CHM
ney sweeping And the ambitious young
man, desiring a business in which he
may rise in the world, should secure
employment in powder mill. He would
go up sooner or later.
A farmer in Glenbuaich, Perthshire,
recently met with fearful death. He
was taking some hay to a place where
there were several cattle running loose.
In their anxiety to get at the provender
1 h. ,,,+lcI 4lo Co x-in1aJ1tlu
that he fell and was trampled to death.
A committee appointed by the New
York Academy of Medicine have report
ed plan favoring cooperative dispen-
saries among the laboring classes, mem
bers of the associations to pay stipulated
sums per week or month, and receive i'll
return the services of a regular physician
when needed.
A bed of yellowish colored paint,
covering an area of at least two acres,
and having a thickness of four feet, has
been discovered near Cullman, Ala.
The paint is found to be superior to
ochre, as it can be worked without add
ing white lead, and cannot be surpassed
for water colors.
The japanese desperate disposes of
his foe from behind. With two rapidly
delivered blows of his razor-like sword
he cleaves through the shoulder blades
and ribs of his former friend or enemy,
as the case may be, and there is no more
to be said. If his aim is incorrect and
he misses his victim, he usually divides
the door post of the house or the nearest
thing that receives his impetus.
There is an almost complete equality
in the worlds sexes. In France this
balance is most nearly attained, where
for every 1000 men there are 1,OO7
women. In Sweden, to 1000 men there
are 1,064 women, while in Greece, to
the same number of males there are but
993 Greek women. In Paraguay there
are only 1000 men to every 1850
women, a state of things mainly due to
the ravages of the Brazilian war.
An account of the business failure of
ST Keck of Cincinnati is pleasant reading
despite pity for his misfortune. He was
possessed of over million dollars, was
president of several moneyed institu-
tions, and estates were entrusted to his
management. BY a reverse in an i'm
mense speculation he lost all he had !;
but an examination of his affairs showed
that not one of the institutions that
he might have plundered had suf-
fered to the extent of a cent, and the
estates in his hands had not been touch
ed. This is bright example in these
days.
DR.. Richardson, of England, who is
now recognized as high authority on
matters of domestic hygiene, says that
sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit is the right
degree of temperature for health, and
that those engaged in literary OF artistic
work cannot possibly be too careful on
this point. If their labor be prolonged
OF severe, the temperature may be al
lowed to run up to sixty-five degrees, OF
even seventy degrees. The same rule
applies to all sedentary persons and chill
dren studying. Our rooms here are apt
to be at least ten degrees too hot for
healthy persons.
A French authority recommends the
use of sawdust instead of hair in mortar
to prevent its peeling off. His OWL
house, exposed to prolonged storms Oh
the sea coast, had patches of mortar tc
be renewed every spring, and after try.
ing without effect a number of substi
tutes, he found sawdust perfectly salts
factory. 1t was first thoroughly dried
and sifted through an ordinary grain
sieve to remove the larger particles
The mortar was made by mixing one
part cement, two lime, two sawdust an6
five sharp sand, the sawdust being frs
well mixed dry with the cement ant
sand