The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-08-28
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Penitence is Gods own medicine.

Penitence is Gods own medicine.
IoaOn Talk. penny London paper,
has reached 1900 circulation.
Listening to the voices OF nature
we note that green corn is a little
husky.
No, young man, Lisle-thread gloves are
not legal tender for a lost bet with o
pretty girl.
The friendships of youth are founded
on sentiment; the dissentions of age re-
suit from opinion.
A Syracuse man thinks his wife is
righteous woman because she is never
forsaken-by her mother.
Garden parties are much in vogue
They are held at night in the melon
patch, and consist of the gardener,
shotgun and cross dog.
The Albany Argus says that the same
man who finds the weather too warm for
church sits under the blazing canvas of
circus without murmur.
It's warm enough in this latitude, but
in Cuba they have to tie the thermome-
ter down to the floor to keep it from
jumping up and knocking the roof off.
Affections, like spring flowers. break
through the frozen ground at last, and
the heart which seeks but for another
heart to make it happy, will never seek
in vain.
Halfway up the Hill.-Grandpap pa
BY George, must stop and blow bit
Tommy Tommy-'All right, grand
papa. I've got stone to put under
your heel
1t was a Chicago lady that invented
the paper pail that grocers find so con-
venient, and now San Francisco lady
has invented baby carriage, the patent
of which sold for $4,000.
A negro at Dallas, Texas, believing
that God demanded the sacrifice of his
family, gave poison to his wife and
three children, but en- irreligious ply
sician interfered and saved their lives.
The weary husband, as he proceeds to
take down the clothes line, uncon-
sciously trips over croquet arch, and
from the bottom of his feet wishes he
was where the wicket cease from trou.
bling
The sections OF Trinity parish, New
York, including not only Trinity church
but the five chapels, are now uniformed
in black gowns. The gowns are of black
popEn, reaching below the knee, with
broad collars of velvet.
There are very few feminine criminals
In India. The average prison popula-
ton in Bombay is one to 1875 of the
total population, but that of the female
prisoners is only one to $500. This is
attributed to the subiection OF women
and the absence of drink.
Prominent arrivals at summer hotels
The man with heavy tread who is call
ed at a. m. The adhesive fly, who
comes without calling at the same hour.
The small boy who is learning to whistle
'Pinafore, in the halls. The young lady
who thinks 'It's quite too awfully jolly,
don't you knowP Old gentleman in the
next room who snores. Young man
overhead who practices the song and
dance business at 11.30 p. m.
Prince Victor, son of the head of the
Bonspartes, is described as seventeen
Yeas of age, tall, handsome, and
straight as dart, with dark hair and
large dark eyes, full lips, and the Ma
poieonic nose. His features are regular.
and his hair trained over his forehead
and cropped, but somewhat too short to
be quite in the prevailing boyish style.
He is very high spirited and rash to the
point that gives his friends much ankle.
ty on his account
Russia has many and varied troubles.
1t is estimated that the cattle plague will
infict a loss of $24 900 900 upon the
empire this year, and millions of bushels
of wheat are being destroyed annually
by small beetle, for whose destructive
ness no sufficient check has yet been
found. As an inducement to the people
to destroy the ir sest, reward was Of
fered for every quart of them that were
brought in, dead or alive; but Sc, 8,00O,-
600 has been expended in this way with
out effect.
A Glasgow minister was recently call
ed in to see q man who was very ILL.,
After finishing his visit, as he was leav-
ing the house, he said to the mans wife:
My good woman, do you not go to any
church at all p oh, yes, sir, we gang
to the Barony kirk. Then, why in the
world did you send for me? Why didn't
you send for DR.. Macleod2 Ma, ma,
deed ma; we wadna risk him. Do ye ken
it's dangerous case of typhus 2
Two years ago swarm of bees settled
on one Of the large columns on the front
veranda of the Presbyterian church of
Cuthbert, Ga., and entered the column
and boxing through small knot holes.-
Recently several persons met and raised
the boxing sufficiently to take out the
column, which was full of nice rich
honey, estimated at about $50 pounds.