The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-06-10
She aemaerat.


ANAuo p'AAtuASu 'lNbAtuA" N'teAS 80 s4S
year 1871.
Lawrence, Mass, employs 1900 OPP
erltiyes in her manufactures.
The cost Of the British Navy for the
year 1928 is estimated at 100000.
Il The yearly amount Of tea consumed in
the United States is 4O,OOO,OOO pounds.
Delaware will peach.us !, $50, 900 bask-
cts this year, the product Of 1000, 900
peach trees.
A boy at Terre Haute, Ind, jumped
into the river after his hat and was
drowned. H.-..
Thousands of acres Of sugar beets are
being planted in the vicinity OF Free
port, H., this year.
Two petrifed joints Of sharks back
bone have been dug from depth Of
forty feet in Michigan.
Mrs. Ayrcs, of Birmingham, Eng,
has been fined 500 for giving poor
servant girl good character.
Mr.. Robinson, fruit grower, Of Tuze-
well County, ILL.,, says his apple crop
will amount to 1900 bushels this year.
A large portion OF Northwestern Iowa
was lately covered with water enough to
float ship, by the bursting of n water.
spout
A man was tried at Grand Rapids,
Mich, lately for bIgamy when he was
confronted by four Of his wives as wit
neSses.
A man incarcerated in the TOmbs has
been figuring in chalk on the walls OF
his cell. II reads "In New York City
the spires OF $40 churches. worth s4l,.
10000, point hcayenward. Pm here
for stealing loaf Of bread for my starv-
ing child"
An irlte Western editor lately wrote
to n contributor: "If you don't stop
sending me such abominable poetry, I'll
print piece OF it some day with your
name appended in full, and send copy
to your grl."
A quiet man rang bis neighbOr's door
bell one night. as tue gentleman in?"
he asked of the servant. ~ don't know.
Did you wish to see him particularly"
"oh mol I merely wanted to tell him
his house is on fire."
In 1896 the Dutch explorers in Nova
Zemhla built wooden hut. A fishing
expedition. has recently discovered this
building, and in il one hundred and fifty
objects OF interest, among other things
books which, after nearly three hundred
years, are in good state OF preservation.
The collection is to be plaSed in the Mu.
scum OF Amsterdam.
Periser, Boon and ROudin, the three
men who were tried on the charge OF
participation in the most outrageous acts
committed in Paris, during the reign OF
the Commune, and convicted aud sem
fenced to death. were executed recently
at Satory. They exhibited no emotion
whatever 0t the last moment, and died
crying "Viye In Commune"
A curious case Of spontaneous com.
bustiOn is noted in Reading, Penn. A
gentleman, after oiling some woodwork,
left the piece Of flannel he had used in
bowl with n small quantity of linseed oil,
and placed 1t on the second story balcony
in the open air, intending to use them
again. The following morning he found
that the flannel had taken fire and been
wholly consumed, the ashes remaining
in the bowl. i ta itF
At m examination Of his flock by
Scotch minister, man was asked,
1What kind Of man was Adam?" "0u,
Just like ither foulk" The minister in
sisted on having more special descrip-
ton, and pressed for more explanation.
"Weel," said the respondent, "he was
Just like Joe Simpson, the horse-couper."
How 70 ?" asked the minister, "Weel,
uaebody got ony one thing by him, and
'mony lost" ..
Mustard is mixed with flour, aud poor
-four ut that, to give II bulk and weight.
Honey, unless bought in the comb, is
pretty sure to contain liberal dose Of
molasses, and is made MS we learn, by an
ingenious process which involves 70 re.
course to bees. Hoseradisll has tho
sting taken out Of it by liberal additions
Of grntel turnip, q harmeless article, II
is true, but nevertheless somewhat high
at horsendish price.
Mr.. Frank V. Bowen, colored citizen
Of Philadelphia has added together the
letters used in the Public Ledger Alma
nae for 1872. The total number ofletters
used is 223, ,53s, divided as follows A,
1880; 3, 1914 T; 9, G,573 /; D, S.O67;
e, "A, 7f2; r, 1901; q, 3,775; II, o.
705 +; /, 1863; J, 1851 X, 1,265 L,
s,5S7 ; NJ, g, ,52s ; N, 1856; o, 1886
IP, 4,7GG; Q, 17s; h, 14,Is9; s, 14,l3s;
n, 1904; U, b,496; v, 2,432 W, g.
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