The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-10
Facts and Faacles.

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Cholera Is steadily travelling from tho
far East towards the West.
On Wall street, railroad bends have
lately taken a start upward.
The mails to tho Yosemite Valley are
carried twice week by an 1ndian.
An Illinois hog, buried under hay;
stack, eat his way out in one hundred
days.
United States currency sizes tare
quoted at 1.14,-registered bonds ut
f.15;.
An effort Is. making to reduce o: s.
letter postage to two cents lnstoaa Oh
three.
Hon. Timothy 0. Howe has been re.
elected United States Senator from
Wisconsin.
II Adam is accountable for 'conse.
quential damages" he will have aroush
time Of it.
A woman who died q few days ago in
Boston left nine helpless boys, nYe Oh
whom are deaf and dumb.
Tie Ohio Legislature has passed d
law making the vendors OF non'explo-
siyes responsible for the damage DONE
Josh Billings says: "1f I kin have
plenty Of maErol iur breakfast, | can
GENERALLY make the other two meals out
Of water.
A little child las died in Allegheny,
Penn, and several others have been
III, by eating cake which had been
Colored by aniline. ...
From across the continent comes the
story OF eleven acres OF hops grown on
n California rancho, and yielding tho
enormous quantity Of 1881 pounds 70
the acre. ~"
man at st. Louis has brought suit
for $40 900 damages against the father
II tile ,ady he wanted To marry, for in
teriering and pCrsuading his daughter
not to have him. ...4.
At Seymour, Ind, man was lately
caught by revolving shalt, and after
being carried around few thousand
times was deposited on his feet without
the slightest injury.
It is said that an Indiana man, whose
wife Inns borne him twelve sons and nj
teen daughters, wants to know II such
conduct on the part Of his wife isn't
sufficient ground for divorce.
A nervous youth in Louisville, after
Ills marriage ceremony, slipped o nickel
flye.cent piece into tho parson'a hand,
instead Of fiye.dollar gold piece which
lie had ready iii another pocket.
The watering trougls in San Francis
co were recently covered with thn
conting Of ice, and next day all the lead;
lug papers contained long, Sensational
articles on tile horrors OF winter,
A Nashville wnsherwoman, finding IN
n lot Of dirty clothes new-fashionea
shirt opening at the back, sewed 1t up,
cut open the bosom and sewel on but
tons, to the intense disgust OF her GUS
tsmer.
The yacht Henrietta, famous for her
victory in the great ocean race with the
yesta and Fleetwing in 1865, has been
wrecked near Ruatan. She was driven
ashore in heavy gale. The crew was
saved. .. ...I.
A Virginia editor has come 70 the
conclusion that o man might as well un'
lertake to hold himself ut arms !length
and then turn double somersault oyer
a church steeple MS to attempt to publish
a paper that will suit everybody.
A description Of toy in great demand
in London, Just now, consists OF
wooden turkey or goose, and it appears
TINT the fun TO be chiefly got out Of this
weapon OF amusement consists in send
Ing II to q friend in hamper, and CON
ferring on him the privilege Of paying
for the carriage.
Tie latest statistics Of the battles OF
Koniggratz, Gravelotte and Sedan have
appeared. In the first, 220, 900 Aus
trians and Saxons were engaged against
215.0OO Prussians, and in all.40, 900 mon
were killed in the second, l2O,0oO
French contented with 200 900 Germans;
and at Sedan there were 10000 French-
men against 100000 Germans. Ihese
arc the figures as given by q German
authority.
Charles Lamb gives some advice about
making speecheswllich might beapplied
with advantage to other occasions. he
says speaker should not attempt to
express 10 much, but should leave some
!. thing to the imagination Of his audi
once and he tells how, being called OH
to return thanks for toast TO his health,
le rose, bowed to his audience. said
4Gentlemen," and then sat down, leay-
ing it to their imagination to supply tue
rest.
. A Young Briton won a bet on spiders,
in the following ingenious manner: He
, Sagorel that d spider which he would
! produce would cross plate quicker
than spider to be produced by
| a friend. Each spider wns 10 have its
! ownplate. His opponents spider, how
. ever, on being started, would not stir,
! while his rival ran with immense speed.
n The bet was consequently lost aud the
. looser soon found out the reason why
his friend had hot plate.
According to an estimate. out Of
twenty-five hundred and forty Emperors
. or kings ruling over sixty.four nations,
two hundred and ninety.nine were de-
throned, sixty.four abdicated, twenty
. committed suicide, eleven went mad,
/, one hundred died on the battlefield,
8 one hundred and twenty.three were
made prisoners, twenty-five became or
were pronounced martyrs Qnd saints,
1 one hundred and hfty.one were assas-
y sinated, sixty.tiye poisoned, and one
Q hundred and eight sentenced 10 death.
8 Total, nine hundred and sixty.three,
!. A correspondent Of tho Michigan