The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30
Gbe aenlutrat.
Items Of Interest.

Items OF Interest,
Pennsylvania has 10, 600 publicschool
teachers.
A Milwaukee horse has died of
broken heart.
The emigration from Great Britain
was greater last year than in any year
since 1854.
Galena, Ill, does not see how II can
get along without restoring whipping in
It's public schools.
Il is said that in the maing-up Of
costumes, three shades Of o color will
be very fashionable.
A Milwaukee dry goods clerk wears
shingle under his shirt front to keepthe
wrinkles in subsection.
The days Of the army blue oyereoat
arc gone. The moths have contracted
for all that could not be worn out.
Liniment labels are said to circulate
freely among the Indians Of the North
west, who take them for greenbacks.
Ajeweler labeled some diamonds in
his window as being as sparkling as the
tears Of q young widow and more last
ing. ~
Apetition is circulating in Stockton,
CAL, in favor of introducing the study
of tho Irish language in Che public
schools.
Black skunk skins, which for
merly sold for a shilling, now command
one dollar each; such are the freaks OF
fashion.
In Maine several manufactures are
now in operation producing cheap sugar
and syrup from sawdust, rags and other
substances.
oreosote oil and cinders have for
some time been used as fuel by certain
English engineers with the most salts
factory results.
There is comfort in tho strength Of
love. Twill make o thing endurable,
which else would overset the brain or
break the heart.
II Is estimated that the oyster beds
OF Virginia cover on area equal to 640,-
900 acres, and yield IN annual money
value Of s10,O0o,0Oo.
Eli Love, OF Wayno county, Ohio,
climbed tree To shakeout coon. The
dogs heard something drop and went
for II, but II was not the coon. IL was
Eli.
An Alabama editor named Knox was
shot in the shoulder the other day bya
husband who wanted his wife's obituary
notice published free and was deter
mined not Ia pay cent.
Two Of the edible dogs Of China are
now on exhibition at the Geological
Gardens in Paris. II IL be found easy
TO acclimatize them, 1t Is proposed TO
Introduce this new article Of food.
There are said TO be two or three
thousand outlaws in the mountains OF
California, who live by robbery and
violence. They are quite secure from
arrest in their mountain fastnesses.
In Louisa county, Va.,a summons
was recently issued from the Circnit
Court 10 ]. O. Harris, victim OF the
yirrinius massacre. The sherif's re.
turn stated tho fact Of Harris's cruel
death.
Hamburg lace and machine embroid-
cry are used exclusively for trimming
white dresses and underclothing, in
stead Of the magic or Coventry rnflling,
SO much in vogue for the past eight
years.
A receiver has Just been appointed
for Wisconsin bank which has been
bankrupt for seven years, tho fact hay-
ing been concealed by bogus drafts
and other devices in making periodical
statements.
In one Of George Sands stories she
makes q man say: "In ono short hour
/ suffered death q thousand times over"
y But what was that To having young
mans paper collar bust on him at IN
evening party2
The old theory about hearing the
murmur Of the sea in shell is said to
be o Rumbug. For, Il you will hold 0
beaver hat, or 0 goblet, or o pickle bot
: tie, or an oyster can. to your car, you
will year the same delicious murmur.
During tho year 1872, 7e7 cases OF
suicide occurred in Paris-more than
died Of fever or smallpox or these
224 were by hanging, 100 by drowning,
N shooting, 5S by jumping from some
high place, 30 by stabbing, and Aby
poison.
A novel kett!edrum was given Of o
country mansion at Riverside recently,
which had charity for one Of It's objects.
/ The ladies were oil attired in calico
dresses, which were subsequently sent
no ono Of the societies for distribution
10 the poor.
In the South American and Australian
markets English manufacturers arc be-
ing jostled by the inevitable Yankee,
WHO, released ina measure from the old
fight with England for the control OF
his own home market, Is isprepared TO re.
new the contest in other markets.
Screws Of all ordinary sizes are now
made in England by rolling bars OF
heated iron between two peculiarly
grooyed plates. Two boys with one mn
chine are able 10 make twenty-nine
hundred pounds Of fish bolts for rail-
ways by this process in nine hours.
A Novel Table,
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