The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-03


rate of at least So, 500, 900 day, or, in
round numbers, at 100000 900 q
year, and that all the indications point
to continuance of this condition.
Widowers will be in the ascendancy
in Washington this season, as the
President is widower, the new British
minister is also, and so is Mr.. Allen, the
Hawaiian minister, now the dean of the
diplomatic corps. There are also sew
eral widowers in each house of Con-
gress. Among the senatorial widowers
are Anthony, David Davis, and Jones, of
Florida. Senator Ferry is q bachelor.
A Chicago correspondent, looking
over a mercantile directory for 1872,
finds on the black list the entry: "Z-
Guiteau, Charles j., lawyer" Turning
to the definition of the letter "Z" he
finds: "Z-Income uncertain and often
precarious. Defer indefinite the pay
ment of debts. Lawsuits to collect
same would be useless. No credit or
favors should be given"
The English postofflce authorities are
trying the experiment of supplying
postmen in country districts with
bicycles and tricycles. This has been
done particularly in Ireland, where the
distances to be traversed by foot-mes-
sengers are longer than in Great Britain.
The authorities are watching the ex-
pertinent with considerable degree of
interest, owing to the fact that not a
fnr t,,f hn,
of their new means of locomotion.
Bob Oblenis. character of note in
st. Louis, is dead. His father was q
blue Presbyterian minister, his wife
was from wealthy and respected family,
and his own conduct was above reproach
until he was about forty. Then he
killed an enemy in street encounter,
and was sent to the penitentiary for
twenty years. His wife bought resi-
dence directly across the way from the
gubernatorial house in Jefferson City,
and labored with governor after gov
ernor to obtain pardon, until the
seventh granted one. But Oblenis did
not return to respectability. He became
gambler, and leader of gamblers, ex-
erting considerable political influence
in st. Louis, and amassing a fortune
He died at seventy, soon after becom-
uting a seemingly devo Christian.
A new method of preserving grain,
recently discovered in France, it is said,
has proven satisfactory. The cost of
preservation is less than storage in q
granary, and the wheat is safe from fire,
fermentation, insects and cryptogamic
negotiations. The United States Miller,
in describing this method, says that q
sheet-iron cistern, which occupies little
space and holds nearly 300 bushels and
is worked by an air pump with pres.
sure gauge to indicate the degree Of
vacuum, comprise the whole hermetic
apparatus of preservation. One impor-
tant effect which results from the nu-
merous and continuous experiments
made is, according to the journal in
question, that the vacuum not only kills
the parasitic insects and prevents vege-
tation, but dries the grain at the same
time. After q detention of seven
months, wheat and flour inclosed in the
apparatus, during experiments at Vim
cennes, it is reported, were withdrawn
in perfect state of preservation.
Cyclone stories are becoming as
strange and improbable as those told Of
the gliding snake or the meek-eyed fish.
The bulk Of these stories comes from
Kansas. The latest one is located in
the vicinity of Abilene, where a mother
left her infant strapped in a chair in the
summer kitchen. A wind storm came
up suddenly. From dead calm gale
arose in twenty seconds. At the first
warning the mother hurried to look
after her child, expecting to find it
quietly drinking the contents of its
| thumb. To her amazement and ex.
| treme horror, she saw baby and basket.
pots, pans and buckets flying promis-
cuously along with the tornado. The
wind subsided almost as quickly as it
had risen, and the mother had the sat
isfaction of seeing the basket drop right
side up in pile of hay about 130 feet
beyond the yard fence. She was much
more gratifed to see that the baby had
sustained no serious injury. It's appe
tite was good Immediately after the
rescue.
Hdrper'S Weekly says that "the story
of General Arthur's nomination for the
Vice-Presidency is exceedingly interest
ing. After the stormy session that led
to the dropping of General Grant and
Mr.. Blaine, and the nomination o.
General Garfield, it adjourned till even
ing to consider the question of Vice
President. 1t was conceded that the
nomination should be given to New
York, and that the candidate must come
from the Grant element. Three names
were mentioned-Levi p. Morton, Stew
art L. Woodford and General Arthur
When the New York delegation met
the two former withdrew, and the lat
ter was selected by decided vote. Bu
General Arthur objected, as it ha{
already been agreed upon by Senate
Conkling and his friends that he should
be chosen to succeed Mr.. Herman in the
United States Senate. Indeed, this re
suit was almost certain. 1t was onl.
after the strongest persuasion of Gov
ernor Dennison, of Ohio, and others
that General Arthur yielded his owl
wishes, and allowed his name to b'
used in completing the ticket"
A foreign scientific journal remarks
as a curious physiological fact, that a.
though open-air life is so favorable t
health, yet it has the apparent effect G
stunting the growth in early youth
Tins. while tha cbiIdren of Well-to-dC