The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-02
Items of Interest.

~ Ah'VA'SNs
Meat in London costs double what It
did forty years ago.
The Georgia cotton mills are said 10
be paying twenty-five per cent. diyi-
dends annually.
Matrimonial.-It is no good now.n-
days for q man to offer Lis hand, il
there's nothing in it.
The latest bonnet is n tribe higher
than freight on the railroads, and as
graceful in proportion. -,oro, Tenn,
A little chaR.Rjs mathematical prob
not read
Philadelphia turns out more carpets
nar nnnum than all other parts OF the
United States and Great Britain COM
bined,
A New Haven landlord got rid OF an
obnoxious tenant the other day by re-
moving oil tho doors and windows the
loilBd.
Tho limb Of the tree on which Cullen.
the murder Of Aroostook County, Me-,
wNs hung is to be deposited in the boS'
ton Museum.
II Ia so;d That no less than half mil
lon dollars worth Of gold IS annually
consumed cor by tho photographers OF the
United States. ...,,
A thief recently snatched $4,000
from a collector OF the Cieniuegos HALL
road in the streets OF Puerto Principe,
Cuba, and got awuy with it.
A share IN the business was promised
cashier OF bank recently. "Does AZ M
that include the entertainments no
modestly asked OF the astonished difec'
tors. o,u
oiris romanticaily nirt with Curley, the
bond robber. through the grated win.
dow Of his apartment, in the JUL ut that
place." 49,,
duced in the United States was Z lov,-
17O barrels-ninety. half-pint glasses
for every man, woman and child III 'ns
country.
A pirl of 12 years and a boy OF IA are
about 10 be married in Galveston. Ine
bridegroom must go to school one year
vat Ard the bride three years, under
the Compulsory Education law oil i Texas; ,.;
n Tho number Of men in the United
s.a,os dnS II tbc military uge-that is, be-
tween the ages Of eightesSnl nan1 l,1a lsg rTbe %
years-was, in 1870, 75t: ao,. ,,oiine, tno
number Of men who were oil ths 'o'tne
age was 8, ,449,OOl.
General Contreras has been nomtna..
,e,I IN the command Of tho army Of
Madrid. Quite right. II any rule u
i;telv 10 suit Spain, now that every
thing is turned upside down. IL ID 'ue
rule Of Contraries.
The Measure yachts Of the Now York
Yacht Glnb coat 90, COO, 600. The yachts
connscted with other clubs in and aoout out
Now York arc valued at 81 ,QoO,VOo
Ses WV % Thc Eastern Club, Of Boston
h"rI,or mUiv, owns wv siOO, 600 worth Of similar
craft. :, r.
/ ,,oijs Tia charter on the condition Oh
4 living lie Governor Of the State peek
!. ef potatoes every year, and pays the
' DoraItv Of its corporate existence rcgu-
"rIS Ills an old custom, derived from
D the mother country.
a Oscar II. and his consort have ., osen zen
Q crowned King and Queen oi ,,s Sweaem ,e,,,
/, With imposing ceremonies. Inc new
g KING csmmences his reign under an-
y snicions circumstances, Like his pre-;
L lecessors, ho hns the hearty good WIZ
Of the people, and il he only proves p'I;sotS W.
p GOOD a monarch as they, his SUBJECTS
d viii have no cause to complain.
$ DIR. Mackenzie Bacon has published
I the results Of his inquiries into ,he
e rnS misuse ,S Of Tho phrase sottening Of the
y brain. " and tie habits oi physicians ! o .
9 ossoeiatipe the term with q certain y: ae
ls ,,1sS rree Of faulty or declining intelLi y,
. Sepce, Dr.. Bacon says that oil gu ~ in' |;
y cases received into his asylum wan w, W,
y diagnosis, in not single one was ;.s sue, =,
~ ~ lesion Of the brain found TO eAss VI
y y post mortem examination.