The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
Items Of interest,"

Philadelphia is sG1, 900, 600 in debt.
The oil wells OF Western Pennsyl.
Yania spout out daily to the extent Of
about 10000 barrels.
A couple ut Woodvillo, Iowa, have
been divorced four times, and now con-
template fifth reunion.
The Kansas House Of Representa-
tiyes pass resolutions censuring them
selves for taking railroad passes.
An Amsterdam lawyer recently re-
turned portion OF his fee from client,
because he thought he had over
charged.
An Indianapolis beggar goes about
selling his wife's wedding.ring TO buy
bread for his children. He has already
sold seyenty-fye 1t.
Mcoarty, who killed young Mordecai
in q duel near Richmond, last spring,
has been convicted Of involuntary
homicide" and fined $500. ,.st
"sergeant" Bates seems to be re-
covering somewhat from his lunacy.
He proposes TO introduce the prairie
chicken into the British Islands.
A gorgeous Georgia girl recently
peddled out 800 kisses at 10 cents q
smack and then gave the money TO the
poor to buy coal and flannel and things.
The young men Of that town feel within
their individual and collective breasts
that charity is divine.
A New Bedford paper tells o story
about shopkeeper, who advised lady
customer to buy two mohair switches
instead OF one, as the article was be-
coming scarce. He said that the man
whom he hired TO hunt NOES had only
caught two within fortnight
The stories which have been in circu-
lation about the poverty OF Louis Kos
suth are contradicted. Louis Ruttkay,
cousin OF the Hungarian patriot, liy-
ing at Des Moines, Iowa, writes to the
Chicago Times, saying that his relative
is in comfortable circumstances.
The New York Tribune Almanac,
for many years n standard authority
in political, statistical and commercial
matters, is this year better than ever.
Several new and valuable departments
have been added, making the wosk in
dispensable. Send twenty cents to the
Tribune, New York, for It. -'i'
An old man living in the outskirts Of
Williamsburg, Mass, recently left his
horse standing in a stable where the
water ran in, till the horse froze his
feet and legs and died. Whereupon
the boys Of the place took the dead
horse out Of the stable and hung him
up in tho yard, with label indicatin@
their opinion Of the old mans cruelty
Indian antiquity studies show: l
That TIE primitive Inhabitants Of tho
Mississippi Valley were contemporary
with the mammoth and the mastodon:
2. That the earth.mounds Of the red
race are fully q thousand years old, and
some much older. 8. That the Indian
occupancy dates back rs for ns tho
earliest traces Of man in Western
Europe.
Tho Dutch troops in Acheen have
taken the mosque by assault. They
were twice repulsed with loss OF 240
killed and wounded, including twelve
officers. The bombardment Of the
Kraton had only produced an insignif.
cant effect up TO january IL, as the
enemy has good ironclad defensive
works. The Dutch arc now approach.
ing this position by sap, and will throw
up breaching battery. ~ bs.5d
Among the smaller duties Of life I
hardly know any one more important
than that OF not praising where praise
Is not due. Reputation is one Of the
prizes for which men contend. II is, as
Mr. Burke calls II, "the cheap defense
and ornament OF nations, and the nurse
Of many exertions y 1t produces more
labor and more talent than twice the
wealth OF country could ever rear up.
It's coin OF genius and 1t is the i'm.
perious duty Of every man 70 bestow 1t
with the most scrupulous Justice and
the wisest economy.-Stdney Smith.