The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
Gbe 4emutrat.
Items Of Interest.

Petroleum used for cleaning guns, 1t
is said, eilectually protects them from
rust.
Tho monument to Colonel Ellsworth,
at Nrechanicsyillc, is fast approaching
completion.
Philadelphia has thirty marriages a
day, which argues something more than
brotherly love.
Omaha is utilizing "monte men" by
making them work on the streets with
ball and chain attachment.
A young Englishman has recovered
heavy damages from tailor who sent
him IN insolent dun on postal card.
Daisy Bruce killed his brother, Dan
Bruce, near Hazlewood, Kentucky.
Both men were rather notorious char
acters.
The Georgia State Fair offers thou:
sand dollar prize for the best drilled
military company from the North and
South.
An escaped convict who wants en-.
ployment advcrtises TINT he has had
considerable experience in tho "hide
business"
There have been 22,205 claims pre-
sented 10 tile Southern Claim Commits
sion; the amount claimed is more than
500, 100000.
Feeding Indiansl on paper" is n
Western phrase which means tho draw
ing OF ratioRs by dishonest agents for
bogus Indians.
Brown, of Halifax, N. S., has agreed
10 row Biglin for $1,000, allowing tho
latter $3.50 for expenses. The time has
not yet been fixed.
The Elmira AdvcrtiSer says that "a
Lockport girl, whose father is worth
s1OO, 900, is cooking on canal boat, for
the romance Of the thing"
At tho diamond mines Of tho Wilkes
barre Coal and Iron Company an ex-
plosion occurred by which two men
were killed and two injured.
ooh, Gcorgel your sister Is nice
girl, but she does dress her head up so.
eyes" said George, "but it's the fash
ion-thcre's nothing in it, you know"
"stealing money is a serious busi-
ness out here" said Colorado paper,
"but you can kill man, and all they
ask is that you don't leave him in the
way"
The editor Of mn Illinois paper thinks
fishing. rs general rule, don't pay
eve Stood It all day in the river Inst
week, " he says, "but caught nothing
until We got home"
"NTen arc easily deluded," says tho
ex-Empress Eugenie "they are dupedi
on every hand the same arts succeed
with them nll, and the woman is q
genius who strikes out II new way to get
the better OF them"
An enterprising Edinburgh trades.
man thus poetically advertises his
wares: "a,
Scots whom Bruce has often led,
II you want 4 graceful head
Gang to Box tho halter.
Dio Lewis convulsed Utica audi
cnce by some advice to married men.
He was talking about the eye. To tho
unfortunate benedicts lie said " Gaze
into your wife's eye closely and you
will sec yourself looking exceedingly
small. Theillustration tookimmensely.
A neat reply wns that given by slut
tering man the other day, when telling
story to some OF his friends. "Speak
It plainly man," said one. i ca-ca-
can't" he answered, "bu.bu.but l wa
wa.want you to understand that II m,
m-my tongue suffers, m.m.my mind
don't stutter."
Tho total loss from tho Portland
(Oregon) conhagration is 81, lOS,670,
and the insurance on it S2l1 600. in
the following companies London, Liy-
erpool and Globe, $4,000; Firemen's
Fund, Union, Home, and Mutual, OF
NewYork, $50, 1000 each Imperial, $780,
600; Phoenix, of Hartford, $4,000.
There seems to be MI unusual nun.
ber Of persons drowned while bathing
this season. Almost every day reports
of these casualties are received. Peo-
pie trust themselves too coniidinglyto
water. It Is q harmless and very use:
ful creature II you do not put yourself
in its power, but II you do 1t is treacl-
crous and unmCrciful monster.
At Oswcgo Falls, the other day, while
three boys were playing in a grove, two
OF them became angry with tho other
and attempted to hang him. The mode
Of inaicting death not succeeding rs
rapidly as they desired, ono OF them
proceeded to q house to borrow MI axe
with which to bchead tho victim. An
alarm was given at once, and the neigh
Dor reached the scene in time SO sayo
the boys life.
The following curious specimen Of
Japanese English was received by tho
superintendent of San Francisco rail-
road, from a gentleman in Japan, who
wanted to inquire into the possibility
OF introducing street cars in Yeddo I:
"Sir-I heard that you were railroad
company. hope street cars that will
make build in ours capital city. There
fore will beg you to give me, If be
rule OF company, maps Of railways,
Picture OF Car or writing which rcla.
ton between the office and Government
about the make railway. will do
great happy to you II / will make the
build IL. because there ia now tho iron