The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-06

Ancient Order OF Hlbernlans IN Penn
sylyania.
What is that which Adam never saw,
never possessed, and yet gave to each
OF his children? Parents.
When the indians catch o bald
headed man they cut Off his ears to
compensate for the loss Of scalp.
oohtentment is not happiness. An
oyster may be contented. Happiness
Is compounded Of richer elements.
Alittle girl Of eight or ten summers
being asked what dust was, replied that
IL was mud with the juice squeezed out.
II is said that $50 persons have been
adiudged insane by the Courts in Hin.
ois, who were made 80 by the Chicago
In gifts to Universities the United
States Is ahead Of tho world. In 1873,
$685., ,454 was granted to such institu-
tons.
A Milwaukee woman recently con-
Quoted her own case in a.spit Tor di-i
vorce, and obtained verdict in her
favor.
Tho total number Of votes polled in
the recent general election in Great
Britain and Ireland, was about p
100000.
Delmonico paid six dollars and Q half
for the hind legs Of . White Plains
frog, which weighed fifteen and q half
pounds.
The worthiest people are most in:
iured by slanderers as we usually ind
that to be tho best fruit which the birds
have been picking at.
Dead languages are those which are
no longer spoken or in common nse by
a people, and known only In writing, as
the Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
"Bob, did you ever see Miss s. :"
"No.n "How do you know Bho's
handsome, then?" "Because the wo-
men are running her down So"
There is young man in New York
so Door that he never walks the streets
for fear some rag.picker should put his
hook in him for a chunk of rags.
Somebody says that Boston, having
bWullUWeu NhAVuo SshSA Asfo"R
towns, is "now greasing the ears OF
Maiden, preparatory to degluhtion."
In suit for breach Of promise in
Iowa the Jury held that the young man
was justified in breaking tho engage
ment Il she persisted In eating onions.
simkins playfully remarked to his
wife that ke ehad four fools -beautifooll,
dntiiool, youthiool, and delightfool.
aPoor mel' said she; "Ihayc but
one."
One OF the Duchess Of Edinburgh's
handkerchiefs is worth 81, 600, and cost
for It's production FIVE years Of labor,
besides the eyesight of the unfortunate
workman.
According TO the Impartial, steps
have been taken TO organize o Spanish
society for the protection OF animals,
which will endeayor, above al, to put
down bull fights and cock fights.
There arc over forty regularly edu-
Gated female pill makers in New York,
and most OF them hom@pathists. Sew
eral Of them haye over 50, 900 income,
some 81, 900 and one over $4,000.
Anentry has been found in the Record
Office 10 the effect that King Edward Ill
Maid Gig, on the LIST OF March, 1860, to-
ward the ransom OF the poet Chaucer,
who had been taken prisoner in the war
with France in 1359.6O.
at is true" remarked pickpocltet
arrested in Rochester on Wednesday,
1 that / am q thief. But Legitimate
thief, sir; for look you, i was search.
ine that mans pockets for proof OF
frauds against the government"
A practical farmer, who grows corn
? in Massachusetts, says it pays to grow
Il there. He realizes 100 per cent. on
the cost OF his crop. Hc grows IL OF .
J cost Of so cents o bushel, and every
bushel he grows brings him 81.
There is no doubt in the mind Of any
observing shepherd that o good supply
of pure water Is essential to the health
and thrift OF sheep, summer and winter,
althoueh there are o few theoretical
people who assertte the contrary.
The sea is blush green, and the Arc
a. sea Is a,;an rSsn or oaaae @ u stripes.
sa%Ssd S,us " Nv S "nfnSlerln and meiusts in
eountless myraids. In the Gulf Of
% sS,;nss h "a White. and round the Nal.
I;ras % h,act
uA,ss 80. A. ..,-;os. ~, aha Britisl,
Among tne calaiess III .rs.o ~ I afI M women.
army IN Asnansee aAs mssn LA, M M,,tniaiity
Ihey were " .rsasss ~. ,,,.aais ms hoisS kent
rarely pfacu.Ssea ol " .n IN. ~, So,,ys aitef
standing In the hot sun lvl W. ~ s.a,,t;,