The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-01


and chape'ls, costing SAC, ,O00, 900 to build,
and S5, 900 more per annum to keep
them going. 1t has fifty-nine hospitals
and asylums for the sick, aged, blind,
deaf and dumb, lunatics, inebriates,
orphans and soldiers, which have cost
$50, ,0O0, 900 to build, and require S5,00O,-
600 year to sustain. The public school
edifices have cost S6,000,OO0, and S4,000,-
600 year to operate
A French chemist last year exposed a
quantity of flour to hydraulic pressure
of 300 tons, which reduced it to fourth
of its original bulk, without impsiring
the quality. He packed portion of it
in tin boxes and sealed them up, doing
the same with the impressed flour.
When opened in three months, the
former was in better preservation than
the latter. When baked into bread, the
pressed article was decidedly superior
After the lapse of year other cans
were opened, and the impressed flour
had become spoiled, while. the pressed
remained sweet, and was excellent when
baked.
A dress woven from the webs of the
large spiders common in South America
has been presented to Queen Victoria by
the Empress of Brazil. 1t exceeds in fine
nese any manufactured silk known, and
is very handsome. Spaniards, nearly
two hundred years ago, endeavored to
make gloves, stockings and other articles
of spiders webs, but they yielded so
little profit. and necessitated so much
trouble, that the manufacture was aban-
doned. In ITO the calculation was
made that the webs of 100000 spiders
would be required for about forty yards
Of silk. Such dresses are occasionally
seen in South America.
There is man with cake doing a
thriving business in Michigan. The
papers throughout the State are expos
ing him, and in short time, no doubt,
he will be compelled to seek pastures
new. He comes in town to start q bak
cry, and brings q sample of his work
along in the shape of a large and ele
gantly-frosted cake. Some hitch takes
place about the lease of the bake shop,
and he concludes to rattle off the cake.
The rattle takes place; the splendid cake
is won and perhaps kept on exhibition
for day or two. Then it is cut up, or
u party is arranged to assist in its con-
sumption. When they attempt to cut
up the cake, then comes the fun. They
find it is made of wood, tastcfully
frosted.
Some thieves, who manifested remark
able ingenuity, have lately been caught
in the Crimea. They operated thus: a
| thief was locked in an empty trunk by
his mates; the trunk was sent to the
railroad depot as the baggage of a pass
enger, and put in the baggage car; one
of his mates, who claimed the baggage,
| took passage in the same train to the
next station; as soon as everything was
quiet in the baggage car, the thiefopened
| it and crawled out; he ransacked the
rest of the baggage and put in his own
trunk such valuable articles as were
available ;'then he crawled back to the
reaching the next station, his mate took
off the trunk as his baggage, and they
proceeded to secure their plunder. The
gang of Russian thieves who concocted
this scheme managed to carry it on sue
cessfully for some time; but at last, on
| the occasion of one adventure, the thie1
in the trunk took in with him such an
amount of stolen goods that the trunk
burst open at an unfortunate moment
| The method of operation was discovered
and the thieves were brought to the bar
More than twenty years ago two young
men, sitting on rock in the gold fields
of California, shook hands and agreed t.
be partners in business. No articles o
CO. partnership were signed. The con
tract was between Dominick and Martil
O'Malley, brothers. Next day Martil
started for Australia, DOminick remain
ing in California. Several years passed
Martin settled at Westport, Wis.
year later he was Joined by Dominick
Each had kept a firm account and ha,
drawn the wages agreed upon, payin
himself from the firms funds in his ow'
pocket. The firms earnings were in
vested in eight hundred acres of land
Martin married. The firm was contin
ued, Dominick lost an arm. He wa
sent to Paris ut the firms expense for
wooden one. Dominick married. .
houseful of children were born to boil
Dominick went to the legislature. Th
! children grew up. Recently the brotl
ers saw that complications might aris
unless the property should be divide
before their death, and the partnershi
: was dissolved. The vast estate was d
vided in few hours, without a word {
dispute.
Young ladies in Moscow think notl
: ing of shooting man in polite societ,
| Some weeks ago young noblema
named BAN aschewski was seated
( home in his salon, entertaining few il
f innate friends. In the midst of a live
4 conversation the door suddenly opene
and there entered young lady name
s Praskowia Katschka, about ninetet
: years of age, handsome and proposes
4 ing, a member, moreover, of wei
: known and noble family in the Will
District. Perfectly calm and self-po
n sessed, she gracefully saluted the visito
IS present in the chamber. Then, drawn
e a revolver from her pocket, she delibt
It ately shot Bairaschewski through Il
a head, so that he fell to the ground, de-
/ instantaneously. So rapidly and cool
n was the deed committed that all w
= over before any one in the salon {
5, tempted to interpose. Praskowia ma
d no attempt to escape, and permitted h,
g self to be arrested without the slight,
n resistance. 1t is said that two days ]
II fore his assassination Bairaschew.
20 received threatening letter from /
executive committee of the Reyolutie
a ary Society, which he handed to /
t, police.
+. A man who takes plenty of thy
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