The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-26
Items Of Interest.

Old folks say this winter is like 1916.
Pure air is better than tar for weak
lungs. ,.-.sr. b.. ......-
Some Of the French papers recon-
mend the drowning OF prisoners con-
yicted Of capital offenses.
The fibre for paper making Is now
made in quantity from the cane or reeds
which grow so abundantly in Virginia's
Dismal Swamp. iI -easf
A smart Danbury woman does tho
work for q family OF nine, milks two
cows and keeps track Of thirteen con-
tinued stories. u la57 ill : 4Ls.s.
II is said TO be the fashion in Boston,
10 announce on the invitation cards to
gold and silver weddings, that 'no pres
ents will be received" s5s
aLet every one, the current year es.
pecially," says the Mayor Of Lowell,
hcultiyate courtesy, urbanity and har-
mony OF action" Good crops to cult-
yate any year. ..., ~
There are large number OF sawmills
building In various sections OF North
Carolina. As lumber becomes scarce at
the North, the attention Of lumbermen
Is being turned to the great pine regions
OF that State. s !. ssG l1i4.4
DIR. Cutter recommends the use Of
Indian meal, heated and placed in bags,
as q substitute for hot water bottles,
etc. He says that II weighs less, re.
tains heat better, and does not chill
when cold. ....
The Spanish Minister Of the Interior
has issued circular stating that tho
Government desires 10 show that order
lis compatible with the Republic and
liberty. Senior Castelar, has refused to
cooperate with Figueras, Salmeron.
and Margall for the organization OF
the Federal Republicans. Ii
Some careful experiments have been
made recently on the comparative yield
Of fields on which covered or uncovered
manure has been used. II was found
that the field fertilized with the covered
manure produced forty per cent. more
potatoes and nearly twenty-five per
cent. more wheat than the other.
A Missouri paper says:-"The Gus:
tom Of putting powder in sticks Of wood
for your neighbor TO steel Is m old and
bafbarous one, and when we passed by
q house the other morning and saw the
family shiyering out in the yard over o
broken stove, and heard the children
CRYING for breakfast, our heart was filled
with biAer reflections on mans inhu-
manity to man." 1Fl
A Virginia farmer lost $50 last year
by subscribing for Q compile Of Journals,
for, TO their cost is TO be added the
time the family spent in reading and in
talking about them, and 80 he /" stopped
the papers" OF course he will save
the ESQ hereafter unless his boys got
into some scrape, or q patent right is
bought, or some other game is played
on the poor man that the papers would
have protected him from. ~ urs
Here is nm Iowa story.-"A young
girl near Marengo is wonderfully mark
ed by rattlesnakes. Running partially
around her neck side by side, are two
snakes as natural as II alive, and the
skin being transparent they seem only
lying in waiti victim. On the front
q tie neck and upper part Of the breast
are the rattles-as though breastpin-
making perfect picture, and shedding
regularly every year" % tIi
The wooden pavement is in great
favor in London. II Is liked because
| II affords good foothold for horses, Is
noiseless, smooth, and easily kept
clean. Tho great drawback, Of course,
| Is It's perishable nature. But on the re-
tail dry goods streets and in the old
parts Of the city, oil around the "Bank,"
the tar payers express willingness 70
bear the expense Of renewal once in
every Eve or six years for the sake Of
the comfort Of It's use.