The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-14


Some tailors would make capital
dragons, they charge so.
A bad hat taken to nm evening party
frequently comes out us good us new.
t"Women in arms We'll, where
should they be?
Safeguard against fits-Deal at slop
shop. @
A good rule: back your friends and
face your enemies.
Starch and flour are made from horse
chestnuts in France.
One ought to have dates on ones
fingers ends, seeing they grow on the
palm.
A Minnesota Juror addressed n note to
the Judge, in which he styled him as
Onarable Jug" .-.
"a school.boy's aspiration. "Oh,
how wish were n fountain, for then
could always he playing '..
Why are types like criminalsY Because
It is not proper to lock them up without
proof. a N.Ia ..- ...
The proverb that stolen kisses are
sweet, is enforced by the fact, that they
generally come from lasses. 5.t.
A man writes to say he only backed
one horse in his life, and that was into u
shop-window. .,...
On weekdays you buy your music by
the sheet; on Sundays yon can have it
by the choir for nothing.
The fellow who called tight boots COM
Portable defended his position by saying
they made n man forgetall his other mis-
cries. a.'hi
Mrs. H. b. Stanton and Susan b,
Anthony paid n visit OF sympathy and
coincidence to Mrs. Fair, in jail in San
Frnncisco. .f u.U...tB
TO CLEAN CARpErs.-Salt sprinklel
upon the carpet before sweeping, will
make it look bright and clean. This is
good preventive against moths.
The New York markets have disposed
of about 5000 head Of cattle per week
during the past year, making over 3l2,-
900 beeves per annum.
It is said Rufus Choate was once ap-
piled to to defend n criminal, and declined
ilatly, exclaimed "So stepped in blood
and no money? He's lost mau?"
A fivc.year. old city boy told his moth
or how to make butter "You Just take
a long stick with u cross Mt the end Of it;
then you get big tub and then you
borrow COW" .a .HU. 300
II you want to find out mans real
disposition, take him when he is wet and
hungry. II he isamiable then, dry him
aud fill him up, and you have got won,
der. ...... .. .....
Experiments in the army bakery At
Washington have shown that eight hun.
dred and two onc-pound loaves OF bread
can be made from barrel Of flour.
The Columbus, Ohio, papers don't
have any editorials now. the alleged
cause being that "the Thermometer is
up to three shirt collars minute"
The fashions all come from Berlin this
year, aud rs they a.e very practical,
sensible people, we may laOk forward to
styles that are pretty as well as comfort
able. T. ....4II..
An English farmor condensed his
practical experience into this rule :
+" Feed your land before it is hungry,
rest it before it is weary, and weed it
before it is foul.
Poor.pay debtors in Canada nre writ
ing complaints to the papers that their
remorselcss creditors send them duns
on open postal cards, which all who
care may read.
A leading lecturer classifics his audi.
ence as follows The "still.attentivcs,'
the "quick.responsivcs. the "harl-to-
lifts," the Z" won't applauds," and the
"get-up-and.go.outs."
One single pigeon favorite bird
with the pigeon lancies OF Paris, brought
into that city during the siege 800 pages
Of official dispatches md 10, 600 private
dispatches.
The annual report Of IN educational
institution in IN Eastern State mentions
the resignation Of one of the teachers,
young lady, to "cngage in domestic re.
lntions," .....
A dress, composed entirely of tho
most delicate white lace, loopel up with
pearls, envelopcd a Philadelphia belle ut
Cape May recently, and distracted all
beholders.
Tie horn of n Patagonian OK has been
forwarded to Baltimore, It it sixty-five
inches long, seventeen inches in eircum-
ference ut the base, md will hold seven
quarts.
At North Hatfield, Mass, il is stated
that in the early days road was laid out
which was described ms running from
Pochaug meadow to the stream where
old Mr.. Doolittlc's horse died"
A girl Mt Peru writes tot male acquain-
hnce: "Comc over and zee me, we
have new lamp at our house that We
can turn down, down, down, until their
isscarcely IL bit ol light in the room"
An Ohio Postmaster advertises that
the Postolllce Department makes dis
tinctiOu between samples lnl sDCCi-