The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-07-18
Items Of Interest.

A never.failing revolver-The earth'
Don't collect the "bits OF Ii woman's
mind.
Bathing suits--especially at this sea-
son--Cdnader Post.
A touching incident - A physician
feeling patients pulse.
Advice to statesmen by the Chicago
Times: Do rigbt--don't write.
"This is the most unkindest cut of
ell" as the standing rib said to the carv-
ing knife.
When the festive fly
Gets ready to die,
He buries himself
In an apple pie.
A Chinaman in st. Louis boasts
possession of set of rice-sticks thou
sand years old, which have descended as
heirlooms from father to son.
There are more than 2, 900 photograph
galleries in Paris, employing upward of
$1,000 persons, and doing business
of more than 80, 900, 900 francs year.
1t is said, remarks New York paper,
that Texas does not feel the hard times.
She has more miles of railroad being
constructed than all the rest of the
Union.
There is a fortune in store for the
genius who can invent way of carrying
home mackerel so it will resemble
parcel containing twenty-six yards OF
silk for his dear wife.
A boy of five died in Manchester.
Eng, from hydrophobia, caused by the
bite of cat. The wound healed, and
he appeared to be cured, until few
days before his death, when he began to
rave.
A vein search-That of the leech.--
Gocanda Enterprise. A vane search
Looking for the one that the wind car
ried off.-Hackensack Republican. A
vain search.-Looking for business with
out advertising for it.
Spender, well.known English Jour-
nalist, and his two sons were drowned
while bathing. All could swim, but
huge wave overwhelmed them, and in
its retreat broke away the shifting sand,
and drew them into an unsupported cur
rent.
As an illustration of the present value
of horses in England, strong farming
and dray horses brought at the late
Howden horse fair $3.50 to $3.50 each;
harness horses, $3.50 to $500; handsome
carriage horses, $3.50 to $500; and hunt
ers from $3.50 to $3.50.
At festival of lawyers and editors,
lawyer gave toast: 1.-THE Editor-he
always obeys the call of the devil" An
editor responded: "The Editor and the
Lawyer--the devil is satisfied with the
copy of the former, but requires the
original of the latter"
1t was a wish of Bryant, they say,
that he might die in June. We
never thought seriously enough on the
subject to insist ON time, but so far as
we have any preference, to be definite
about it, we have always thought we
should like to die on the 30th of Feb
uary.-Burlington Haackeye.
A monkeyish letter-ape X.--heOkuk
Constitution. A sharper letter-keen O.
Cine. Sat. Night. A noisy letter
blue J. A working letter--busy B. A
disfgured letter-black T.. A game let
ter--billiard Q.-PhH Bal. Observing
letters, I. G. Assuring letters, o. x.
Exacting letters, @. o. D.-Breahfast
Table. Letters have peace.
1t was not believed that the Paris Ex-
position of 1873 would be financial
success, yet the government commission
ers already feel that they are out of
financial difficulty. The cost of build
ings and maintenance is estimated at
about $9,000,00 and a revenue OF
nearly $7,000000 is already assured.
The attendance has exceeded expecta-