The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-07
Gbe .aemottat.
Hens of Interest.

To remove stains from rharactcr-get
rich.
When is fro like bad husband
When it goes out at night.
A Michigan sheep was lately relieved
of q twenty-five pound fleece of wool.
The round Josephine whist is heing
revived for the high.necked dresses by
the modistes.
Riffs are now worn OF such Eliza
bethan dimensions thatwires are neces-
sary to keep them in shape.
The most stately dress Of the season
is the "Princesse," m improved modi-
flcation of the "Garbriellc."
An Iowa merchant won't advertise in
the papers. but paints oil the fences,
go tew Aliens for yer drisoods."
The Philadelphia jnry in the case Of
Charles ]. Cloak, for the murder of his
wife, on the 18th OF March last, brought
in n verdict OF murder in the first
degree. .l
A Kentucky paper, in reporting n
wedding. sNys TINT the bride was not
particularly handsome, Int the father
threw in seven mules, and the husband
was satisfied.
When q young gentleman in Canada
wishes to ply attention to young lady,
he usually, II it be winter, undertakes
to kill her with kindness-by taking her
out and sleighing her.
Josephine Kimhnll, Of Cincinnati.
Ohio, recovered $1,000 from jacob
Stever, OF the MasRillon (0hio) Furnace
Company, q short time ago. for breach
Of promise Of marriage. What q lesson
to bAchelorsl
Somebody has found ont thnt the heat
received from the sun in one minute is
equivalent to the force OF two thousand
steam.engines Of one hundred horse
power each working continually for four
thousand years.
The Scandinavians OF the Northwest
ern Suites are going TO build slN 600
monument ut Madison, Wis, to tho
discoverer OF America, whose name,
they say, Is not Christopher Columbus,
but Left Ericsson, aud whose discovery
is dated not in 1902 but 1000.
To remove stains from marble, take
two parts OF common soda, ono part OF
pnmice.stone, aud one of finely.pnw-
,lered chalk silt it through u fine
sieve, and mix it with water; then rub
Il well over the marble, and the stains
will be removed. Wash the marble
aiterward with soap and winter.
Capt. james A. MeClung, constable
in Mt. Sidney, Va, having retired to
rest feeling M we'll Ms usual, awoke in
the morning to find that his voice was
about gone, and it has now gone nlto.
pether. He is not only dumb, bnt llc
has also grown deaf and likewise blind.
Such a sudden loss Of three of tho
senses ut the same time is very uncom-
mon, and would seem to Indicate some
physical affection MS yet undescribed.
Tho people of Fort Scott, Kansas,
are in deep distress. Recently there
arrived in the town, on its wny to Bos-
ton, and intended for museum there,
nm immense collection of Texas taran:
tslas, centipedes, scorpions and horned
frogs. By accident the case was broken
up' and the agreeable creatures are now
Ionicilel at Fort Scott, where they nre
likely to increase and multiply, not in
tho least to tho comfort OF tho Fort
Scotchmen.
Rev. Mark Wilkes once introduced
his text IN this manner: "My hearers,
did You ever sec cat Did you ever
see Il cat walk? Did You ever sec cat
walk on top OF a wall Did you ever SEQ
n c,It wnlk on top OF n wall covered with
broken glass How carefully she lifted
e.ch lootl How slowly and cautiously
size set it down again So would the text
from Which am about to speak have
you act-'SeU that you walk cir'cum-
specify
Two suicides occurred in st. Johns
vile, n. Y. Itappears that u physician
named A. d. Wheeluvk, IL inarIled man,
wus puying attention tU u Miss Ruth
Suitil. Ihe parents Ot the young lady
objected to his conduct OH tile ground
that he was not divorced. For sUme
reason unknown, proceedings ior divorce
having been commenced, Miss Smith
took arsenic aud died, und the doctor.
oil learning the iact, took u dOse VI
morphine aud expired.