The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

mtisb tahe o man as you hlalnim' "uo
a constable.
A block of thirteen new buildings in
Sullivan, Ind, is called the "southern
Confederacy."
A man has Just been arrested in Kan
sas for a murder committed in Iowa
seventeen years ago.
"Lone sweet'nin" and "short
sweet'nin'" are respectively syrup and
sugar among some Of tho mountain
people. Tga
Alabama has % farmers oranges /; Ar
kansas, 26; Georgia, So Louisiana,
II; Mississippi, 202; North Carolina
Al; South Carolina, 1888; Tennessee,
66; Texas, 8; Virginia, 8.
The italian residents Of Philadelphia
have determined to erect monument
OF Christopher Columbus. The statue
will, II is proposed, be twelve feet
high, and cost, with the pedestal, sl9,-
0O0.
The San Jose, California, Farmers
Club Is considering the adyisability oil
importing girls from the East for SER
wants. The cost Of bringing the girls
out is estimated at seventy dollars per
head.
Adyices from Africa announce the
capture OF white man by the natives
while proceeding westward on the Congo
river. From the description Of the man
Mr.. Charles Livingstone believes it IS
his son.
Leather mado from the skin Of the
white whale, it is sHid, is now u regular
article OF manufacture Rt some oil the
villages in Canada. II is both tne and
durable, and shoe thongs made Of itare
said never to break. fIl. ..Il
In Japan man aged 30 recently com
Imitted suicide by hanging in fulfill.
ment Of VOW which, when II years OF
age, he had made at Buddha, namely:
that II OF tho ago Of 80 ho had not be-
come famous ho would die.
"You have played tho deuce with my
heart" /" said o gentleman to n lady who
was his partner in social game oil whist
at an: evening party. "Well," replied
tIle lhuIt WlbLl III NUN ~
because you played tho knaye.h
"oh 10 exclaimed apoor sufferer to
a dentist, "that Is the second wrong
tooth you have pulled out " "Very
sorry, SIR" said the laundering opera
tor, dbut as there was only three when
began, I'm sure to be right this time."
A man nomed Warner had his log
broken at Lexington, Mo-, and being in
great pain hc begged Of some one 70
shoot him. Mr.. Curtis, ono OF his
neighbors, obligingly complied with
tho request, and is amazed at finding
himself arrested. H,FU'
Tho Burlington and Southwestern Il.
R. Company Of Iowa has prohibited tho
use OF intoxicating liquors by its en-
ployees. The order is occasioned by
the alarmingly increasing number oil
railroad accidents caused by the drum
kenness OF officials.
The colored operatives in two OF tho
tobacco factories at Richmond, Va, no
tilted their employers that, appreci-
ating tho difficulties Of tho present
financial situation, they arc willing to
work for two or three weeks without
drawing their wages.
Jones was thrown into state OF won.
der by the sign, "ladies' felt slippers"
which le discovered when passing q
shoe store. He can't understand it.
Ho says children felt slippers in his day
often enough, but ladies' generally wore
them, except when they were removed
for cause. f.Ui N
A Michigan butcher takes the bones
out Of his meat before selling 1t now.
Hc. had dream the other night IN
which he found himself at the celestial
gate, but confronted by mountain Of
bones, which an attendant spirit said
were what he had sold TO his customers,
and he must climb over them II he
would enter heaven.
The Philadelphia Press states TINT Q
member OF the Society Of Friends thus
complimented one OF his sect who had
Joined regular church upon the new
organ in tho latter. "Why, 1 thought
thee objected to such things as music
in Worship" "And SO I do" was the
reply; "6ut II thee must worship God
by machinery 1 want thee to have the
best" "sI ,ts N
A city paper relates the following
conversation between two bell boys at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York;
Pat asks Mike, "Whats this suspen-
sion nf the banks? ~ Hist yeW Mike
fSpes 9s Cents s! IT, s"PpSSS Pnssys' Y i H%Si Wd
me-" "Yis." "Next day ye want y,
and We Ak me for it." "Yis.n ~ tell
ye, mo, sir, I've used 1t meself."
The Greenfield Gazette says the Hoo.
sac Tunnel has q ghost, and II ono OF
the miners should oSerslcep or get be-
lated, nothing will induce him Ia enter
the tunnel (which is always dark alone
TO oYertake his companions who have
gone ahead. He win forfeit his days
wages and visit for tho next day, when
he will bo sure to join his gang. The
ghost does not reveal himself to a
crowd, which goes TO show that he does
not differ from other ghosts. I'D
A French prefect recently wrote to
one Of the mayors Of his department,
advising him, as thecholera had broken
out in the district, to take all the neces'
sary precautions. After some time the
mayor wrote to say that he had taken
all the proper steps, and upon the pre-
feet sending TO see that they were OF
iectual, he found that the only prcpa
ration the mayor had made consisted il
having q large number Of graves dug IL
the church yard. .a Vi iu
Acayuga county man sends the fol