The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

It is the man with the rheumatism
who is every inch a. king. -rt.f .
The only housework some girls do is
W hen they begin to dust around after
beau.-AndretCs' Bdzdr.
He said that her hair was dyed, and
when she Indignantly exclaimed, "'T is
false!" he said he presumed so.-B0sto1
Post. .fr.tF u ..
Professor Stewart, mining expert,
says in the most unqualified terms that
Maine is q promising silver bearing
region. f .. tt 30,
lis estimated that there were SO, ,OOO,-
600 sheep in 1878 in the United States,
which produced total of 2lO, ,OO0,O
pounds of wool.
raising State this year. The crop there
is placed at 55, ,O0O, 900 bushels, which is
about 10000, 900 more than Minnesota
is credited with.
"What's fameP" yelled an excited ora
tor, What's fame? that ghost of am
bition! What's honorp" And weak
minded man in the crowd said he sup
posed she had clothes on her, as any fool
ought to know.-De'rich.
Under a South Carolina law which
provides that money won at gambling
shall, upon proof. be restored four-fold,
a firm of Charleston has entered suit
for $4,000 against the proprietors of
two fashionable resorts, the amount al
legged as having been lost by young men
| in whom the firm was interested.
| A st. Louis boy was delighted when
fine, six bladed knife dropped down to
him apparently from the sky. Wrapped
arc und it was a paper on which was
written, we are fastened m the dome; !;
for heavens sake help us out" Two
girls had ascended to the top of the
court house and closed self-locking
door.
Farmers Crockett and Nichols quar-
relied about hog, at Lindale, Mo-, and
agreed to settle the difficulty with
knives. One had dirk, and the other
n less handy but larger pocket knife.
Nichols was killed on the spot, and
Crocket lived only two hours after the
fight. Twenty-seven cuts were counted
on their bodies.
Mrs. Jas. A. Skirven exhibited at the
Kent county Und.) fair a specimen of
California squash. 1t is from two to
three feet in length and nine to ten
inches in diameter, and regularly curved.
Its excellence is said to consist, in part
at least, in the fact that while growing
it may be sliced off in any suitable or
convenient quantity and cooked, leaving
the remainder on the vine for future
use. 1t is on this account. curiosity.
During the procession on Lord May
Or's day large stone was thrown into
the carriage of the retiring lord mayor.
A SIMILAR attention was once paid to
George III. when going to open parlia-
ment, and he picked up the stone and
presented it to the master Of the horse,
seated opposite, as proof of the affec-
tion of his subjects. The royal State
carriage is provided with bullet-proof
shutters, which can be adjusted by a
spring but the king, whose courage was
never questioned, would not use them.
A man living near Glen Mills, Pa,
was attacked by one of his cows the
other day, knocked down and gored.
He caught the beast by the nose and
roared for help, but none came, the cow
meantime stamping upon him and man.
itesting a determination to kill him.
Soon the other COWS in the field saw
what was going on and rushed to the
spot, when, to the surprise of the man,
instead of assisting their companion,
they violently assailed her, knocking
her down and finally driving her away.
The COW died on the following day with
every symptoms of brain disease.