The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-21
Items Of Interest.

achool. 0't
Apaying young man is better tllan
promising one.
Wisconsin rnised one bale Of cotton
this year, it being exhibited at tho Stato
fair.
Some girls nrc angry when you toll
them you love them. Others are anQrier
when you don't.
"sCLretz," says JOSH Billings, sis
Ind inyestment-if you pass II, yu loze
tho principal, and II yon keep it yu lozc
interest.
Tho report that n successful poultry
dealer SGT upa carriage, arose from his
statement that lie llad made his coop pay,
this season.
Now is the timc when tho poor little
castawuy exclaims, "Say, johnny, don't
We pity them little fellows rs mint got
any nice warm barrel to sleep int"
A Milwaukee woman's bonnet costs,
Upon M average, about S15, but she hns
the bill made ont for $50 or $40, in order
to show it to the woman next door.
A Maine college professor throws out
tile suggestion that hazing might easily
be prevented IL parents fully understood
the virtues Of tile corrective sliingle.
A foreign journal rcfcrs to tho story Of
great speculator WHO foated conf
pany for working salt mine OF mex
l.austiblo extent, which turned ont to be
tho sea.
An individual who was about TO start
paper in tie interest Of the glove
makers and dealers WIS rather tlisgIlsted
at The suggestiontha it should be called
The Hand OrDdn.
Five colorcd men have been elected to
the next Congress, all now mon. Two
aro from South Carolinn, one from
North Garolinn, one from Alabama and
one from Louisiana.
An English girl laughs at theidca tllnt
wnnal cannot live comfortably with
her .mothGr,in.law, and advertises for
some good.looking young fellow to give
her chance to try the experiment.
He who every morning plnlls the trans
actions OF the day and follows ont that
plan, will accomplish twice as much as
one who makes no plan; when the dis
posal of time Ia left TO Chance, ali things
will hn huldled together.
Agirl in South Carolina, playing with
m empty champagne bottle, fell down,
broke tile bottle and cut her throat with
the glass. As gun Is dangerous with
ont lock, so Is champagne bottle dan
gerous, whether it Is loaded or not.
No nurse girl should hold pins in her
moutli-it is too dangerous. II IL much
More convenient and slfe to mako pin
cushion OF the baby. II tho baby cries,
drive the pins home by patting tho child,
and Il that won't do, give it paregoric.
An accand tllree.tenths Of land, bear.
ing 1869 vines, near San Jose, Califor-
mia, yielded this year 1890 pounds Of
grapes-the Clnrboneati-from which
the most famous Burgundy wines arO
made-and 6,0OO gallons Of wins will bo
made from them.
A gentleman said to his gardener /:
"Ge0rge, the time will come when
man will be able to carry the manure OF
an acre OF land in one Of his waistcoat
pockets" To which the gardener re-
piled :"I believe it, sir but lle will
bo able to carry all the crop in tho
other"
Corpulent old lady-"f should like
ticket for tho train.' Booking clerk (who
thinks he will mako n iokc)-" Yes will
you 60 in tho passenger train or cattle
traini" Lady-"Well, il you are
specimen Of what l sliall experience in
tho passenger train, give mo n ticket for
the cattle trim by oil means"
II in your business yon arc grasping,
sordil, tricky, some clerk in your employ
will be the same ten years hence, made
so by you. II yo,t are fretful and en-
vious Ms n woman or wife, more than one
girl will catch tho fever Of your con-
duct, and somewhere ahead make hor
home rs unhappy rs you are now making
yours.
A recent report on " Paper Making as
Conducted in Western Massachusetts"
contains list of liz different materials
for making paper, from nll Of which an
article of fair quality can be produced.
Among tho list are enumerated asparagus,
beet-root, cabbage-stumps, frog.spittlc,
hop.rines, hornets nests, lily.oi:the-
valley, leatller-cuttings, mltmmy-cloth,
saw.dust, thistles, and willow twigs."