The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-03-08
Items of Interest.

Poverty luahtS pcbP1S -"''A''N'
ly, sadly, bitterly satirical. .,
If man has an idea, he can soon
command language enough TO give IL
shape.
Tt is easy to rectify whisky, but 1t Is
difficult to rectify the errors wmch
whisky causes. ., ...., ,..
A man can never know how much
swifter are his feet than his body until
he puts on roller skates.
1t is asserted in San Francisco that
new census of that city will show that 1t
has population of 300,O
All the State militia of Vermont will
participate in reproduction OF the bat
tie of Bennington i'll August next
When proposing to widow, the ques-
ton whether her first husband is dead or
divorced should be put as delicately as
possible.
An English tourist asked the brother
of Canova. the sculptor, after the latters
death if he " intended to carry ON the
business"
The great Frederick once cried out to
his retreating troops: "Why do you
run, you blackguards? Do you hope to
live forever?
Nearly 100000 Germans are settled
in some forty counties of Texas, particu-
larly Comal and Guadaloup,. and they
are highly successful as agriculturlsts.
The Chinese in San Francisco have
bought land for permanent purlai
ground which indicates that they intend
to give up returning their dead to emma.
During the last four years it is stated
that about ninety-eight cases OF failure
of bridges or trestles under moving
trains have occurred in the United
States.
My first (syllable) is company; my
second shuns company; my third calls
company; and my whole entertains COM
pany. Give it up? Why co-nun-drum,
of course.
There are ten printers in the United
States Senate This alarming state OF
things should have tendency to keep
boys from learning the printing trade,
but we fear they will not heed the warn
ing.
Everybody has an inherent love for
the beautiful, but while some are satis-
fled with a fifteen cent chrome of the Yo-
semitic valley, others want an inkstand
that can be turned bottom side up with
out leaking.
An exchange says that the Welsh Ian
,, guage contains only eighteen thousand
! words, but after you have tried to pro-
nounce four or five of the easiest and
, shortest you will wonder how Welsh
man ever keeps his feet while talking.
3 "Amelia," he said, "what delicious
! weather this is How the fervent billows
, of sunshine beat down through the blue
! abysses of yondsr sky" "And, oh ! it
feels 80 good, Eugene; just as if some-
: body was pouring warm oil down your
: back"
l Rice powder, which is much used by
4 ladies upon their faces, is said to often
contain lead, which renders it very inju
: rious. If little iodide of potash is
e dropped upon the powder the presence
). of lead will be revealed by its turning
g yellow.
: A company has been formed in Switz-
J erland for unearthing the village of Plurs
= in Graubunden, which was overwhelmed
! by fall of a rock in 1916, nearly 1000
4 persons perishing. A rich booty is hoped
for from the shops, factories and
= churches.
While we are erecting tombstones
!, over dead martyrs and placing laurel
" wreaths on the brows of living heroes
. don't let us forget to drop tear on the
p grave of the man who conceived the idea
!, of putting a potato on the spout OF u
\ kerosene can.
= Duluth, at the head of Lake Superior,
IS is becoming deserted village, the mis-
IS fortunes of the Northern Pacific railroad
+" having given il its death blow. Corner
IS lots sell for what they will bring. A
y house that cost So 800 in better days has
il Just been sold for 800.
= A Philadelphia lady, directress of a
soup house in that city, say that instead
W of q lass book to record the number OF
of quarts of soup served out daily to al
c applicant, a bank book was handed heI
the other day, which showed several
vi hundred dollars on the credit side.
During cholera time Glasgow joine,
re was asked by a lady, who was employing
or him at some household work, whether
I'd he would have glass now or wait til
ID he had finished the job. "Ill be takin
D. the glass moo, men," said the artisan
4 "for there's besn a power O sudder
n deaths lately"
~ "The court sympathizes with you,
- said an Illinois judge to suitor for jus
~ !. tice, "and will issue the requisite order
e e for 1 am proud to say that do not thinl
- there is a magistrate of adequate all
thority in this State who would refuse t.
divorce man from Chicago woman
who spoke Welsh"
"Now, my boy" said the examiner
~. Z" if I had @ mince pie and should Civ
of two-twelfths of it to John, two-twelfth
Of to Isaac, two-twelfths to Harry, an,
u should take half the pie myself, wha
"a would there be left Speak out load, s.
re that all can hear" "The plate I
m shouted the boy.
e, Two young ladies from Cincinnati al
or visiting two different families not ia
th from Boston Hill, Boston. A Boston gin
tn speaking of one to the other, said: "She'
es the most disagreeable girl ever saw.
10 eyes," returned the daInsel from Cir
er cinnati, "and the proudest, though he
ar father packed only hundred hogs Las
k. year.
H. At the poles the twilight is two month
long, and the managers of gas companie
Ie- during the day, look as cheerful as
ne country graveyard in January. Bl
he when the night come-a night of thrt
% months duration-they feel as rich
or Vanderbilt's principal heir, and refuse
in speak to any person below a governor ,