The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-23
Items of Interest.
Ruled papeE-The French press.

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A train was wrecked and fifteen per-
sons injured, near Howard. Illinois, on
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road. III, ~
chief.Justice waite's grandfather
reached ninety. His father wns eighty
at the time OF his death. Both were
| Judges. e-.-
H6dsekeepersp IN nswisburg aro
spared the trouble OF blowing up their
servants, kerosene being used there for
kindlipg fires.
I wilkie Collins can't see howan Ameri.
can can wash, sit down, eat dinner and
pick his teeth In seven minutes, but it's
all in practice. lsu9ti55 b4s lssi
seventy.Rye per cent! Of the sickness
Of New York, and probably ninety per
cent. Of crime. come from the tenement
house population, si1b, no
An Indiana farmer drew s4n0I from the
bank, suspended IL in the well to battle
thieves. and then fell in and broke his
neck while tying the rope,
,AWestern gambler, abont beginning
the matrimonial game, 30 far controlled
himself, as 10 say in the announcement
Of his wedding, "No oards."a'1
/, A st., Lonis paper ,states that during
eleven months last year four hundred
employees Of o single railroad were
killed or severely hurt while coupling
cars. ~ 'hit' 70HI att3l l!E
"whv do you set ynur cnpIoi cof-
fee ou the chair,.Mr. Jones2 2" said q
landlady at breakfast. At.It is 80 very
weak, madam, I thought I would letit
rest.l't'l y ii1iA til 41tTn ''
They say that the American. nation
Is not ioyial and hilarious but II you
want to disprove " Just slip down on
The icy pavement where the crowd Is
thickest, fD - 'H' ~! Ssi s4ri
The present population Of New Or
leans "a estimated at $50, 9s5. an increase
of'39, 667 over the census ofi1870. This
makes II the eighth city in the Union, or
next TO Boston. 4 ;FqgmsA
Quilp thinks tit rather remarkable
that while several thousand feet are re-
quired TO make one rood, o single foot;
properly applied, Is often sufficient to
make one civil. = -.. ~,
A man who was trSing to dead.beat
the Lake Shore road by playing deaf
and dumb was asked by the conductor
how long he had beenso, and he replied:
"why, man, I was born thiswpy !"
Railroad cross ties are the circulating
medium in portions Of Kentucky, being
takenin exchange for groceries and dry
goods, ,at fifty cents apiece-ten thou.
sand having exchanged hands OF that
price in the last three months.
Old Phin. Teeple Of Preston, Wayne
county, Pa, is seventy years old,
hardly fifty. Since eleven years Of ago
he has killed 1886, deer and 438 bears.
His fayorite hunting ground is in Pot
ter county! u ~ t.aJaurS 'jl
Marrying is q pretty serious business;
butwhen couple 60 to- o graveyard,
and at night, to be married, as Penn
sylyania couple did, the proposition is
unavoidable that they ought to have
been divorced some, time before tho
ceremony. @ s-A
A sensible man: Lamartine was asked
by a friend II he did not spend too
much time in Advertising. "No," was
the reply, advertisements are abso-
lutely necessary. Even divine worship
needs 10 obe advertised. Else what is
the meaning OF church bells?"
The Northwestern railway have sent
a circular to allqthe newspapers pub
lished in towns in Illinois through which
their line passes, declining to issue any
passes to newspapers in consideration
Of advertising, and agreeing TO pay for
all their advertising in hard cash.
The Pintesof Indian Territory are
represented as suffering severely this
winter Much Of the time without fires,
they crouch in their miserable hnts on
the bleak hills, and live on frozen food.
Nothing but natural toughness could
carry them through the season alive.
a little boy living near Kanknkec,
ILL.,, was amusing his brothers and sis.
ters by twisting q towel around his
neck Id imitation OF hanging, when in
turning around his feet slipped. He
fell che length Of the towel, which was
firmly attached,to roller. His neck
was instantly broken.
Ia correspondent Of o. country paper
complains OF a young lady school
teacher who permits one OF the big
scholars to sic beside her and kiss her
occasionally. The probability is that
he has struggled for the position and
been rejected, and that accounts for his
sudden afiectionIior the iproprieties.
We consider about the middle Of
February, the best time for transplant.
ing broad, ,leayed .eyergreens, and we
would let the trimming depend some
what on The root. II We got the tree
up with good set Of roots, we should
leave on more top. II we desired II,
than when the roots were scarce. In
all cases 1t is best to remove most Of
the ileayes!Hli0 Ii bGsiil 4
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