The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
TIMELY TOPICS.

An article in the New York ,Satn says
that Holyoke, Mass, is the great center
of the paper trade of this country. The
town contains 10000 inhabitants. Of
whom 1000 are employed in the seven
teen large paper mills of the place. The
capital invested in the paper trade at
Holyoke is estimated at about S5 900, 900,
and there are annually produced about
$500 tons of paper. The mills are run
by water power.
Henry Face killed the young man who
had wronged his daughter, at Clerken-
well, England, and public sentiment
favored him SO strongly that "a fund was
raised to support his family during the
year and half OF imprisonment TO
which he was sentenced. His escape
from worse punishment was regarded
as lucky, and he went to prison i'm good
spirits. But his daughter taunted him
with being murderer, and in conse-
quence of that he hanged himself in his
cell.
An association, under the name of the
"Jasper Monumental Associations" has
been formed at Savannah, Ga, for the
the purpose of erecting "A monument To
Sergeant Jasper, who on the 9th day Of
American forces on Savannah. The
sergeant's exploit in leapine over the
ramparts of Fort Moultrie, Charleston
hmbor, during the hottest part of the
British attack at that place. and fixing
anew the flag which had been shot from
its staff, will be remembered as one Of
the most stirring episodes of the Rcvolu
tionary war.
A Missouri farmer has been figuring
on the damage done by dogs in that
State. In thirty-two counties IO,6O2
sheep have been killed. He estimates
the number of dogs in thirty-two coun-
ties to be 462, 600; that Il hog will thrive
on the food necessary to support an
able bodied dog, and ut the end Of the
year weigh 200 pounds; therefore, if the
food for these 462, 600 dogs was given to
the hogs, it would make $4,000, ,0UO
pounds Of pork, worth at least six cents
pound, or "a $50. .000-ncarly twice the
value Of all the school-houses in the
State, and more than twice the amount
used by the State for school purposes.
The classification of "A company at one
of the seaside hotels, by child. who
had not troubled herself to remember
names, has great deal Of significance.
To her they were 1.-The lady who whines,
rs if she were going to cry;" the LADY
who talks about her headache :" "the
lady who scolds the children for making
a noise, and who plays the piano so
much herself" 1.-THE kind lady who
speaks to all the strangers; !" " the happy
lady who draws pictures and lets US look
over her shoulder;n "the young man
who thinks he is handsome;" and "tle
boy who always offers to take you out in
his boat when nobody else will take
you" Truly, many things which are
thought to be hid by the wise and pru-
dent are revealed unto babes.
Even princes sometim"s starve to
death. Recently, the St Petersburg
papers announced the death from sheer
starvaAon of Prince Serge Michaelovic !
Galitzin, employed as a censor of books,
and removed by "suprcme orders to
Odessa, where he took lodging in the
house of carpenter, occupying dark,
damp room, Of such limited Dimensions
that his coffin could not be got into it,
An inquir elected the fact that for
months he had subsisted on dry bread
with occasionally Il morsel of rlreese or
an apple. He left no effects save the
rags on him when he died. His mother
is a wealthy dame, resident in Moscow.
where she owns several houses, a fine
mansion surrounded by park and u
| fashionable nunnery. His wife-for the
unfortunate mOblcman was married
! hastened from Moscow to attend the
| funeral, but was too late.