The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-27
Items Of Interest.

The ladies' will be pleased to help a
fellow out Of tight" place,
The last harbinger Of spring is the
fracture Of an Illinois boys Skull by q
base ball.
The growing demand for three-mast.
ed schooners is because no man can
serve two masters.
Be always at liberty to do good;
never make business IN excuse to de-
cline the offices Of humanity.
A Kansas man has plated q new
town, and Us an offset to Rayenswood Is
going to call 1t Rayenswouldn't.
A Frenchman claims to have pro.
duced chemical sugar at o cost OF half
a cent q pound. Cheap enough
Colored silk kerchiefs, sticking out
OF the outside pockets, arc o new whim
among the would.be fashionables.
In some localities in Denmark man
is not allowed to drive white and o
black horse together, as 1t is sign Of
i'll luck.
II is said OF the temperance crusaders
that "they drink not, neither do they
sin; yet Solomon, in all his glory, was
not raid like one Of them"
The "dcmon Of dullness" hangs over
Peoria, and, according to local paper,
she holds the engines down and smoth-
ers'the flame Of industry"
A" "mysterious " trunk arrived in 81.
Louis last week. The detectives seized
II, and found in 1t o half dozen Linn
berger cheeses. No arrests.
A resolution introduced in tho Mis-
sissippi Senate that any Senator absent
ing himself from his seat should forfeit
his pay for the time he was absent was
lost.
Tho guarantee fund OF 100000 OF
tho Boston Peace Jubilee has all been
used up, and probably $50 600 moro
will not satisfy the demands that have
q show Of legitimacy.
The following is given as the new
mode OF parsing, down East, II court"
Court Is verb active, indicative mood,
present tense, and agrees with all tho
girls in the neighborhoed.
Milwaukee thought she had q case
wherein q young girl died Of o broken
heart, but Il turned out that her corset
strings werc too tight, and one stroke
OF q jack.knife revived her.
Seeing IN allegorical picture Of poet
on m eagles buck, Prentice remarked
that be did not believe il was o custom
OF poets to ride on eagles, although he
had met many n one "on a lark"
The latest use OF the bribing chrome
is in Decatur, Ind, where q saloon
keeper has offered ono OF these beauti-
ful art treasures 10 the man who gu2-
zles the most at his bar during tho
month.
For contraction Of the hoof you are
recommended to have the hoof Of your
horse so pared that the frogs may
have due bearing on the ground and
turn him on soft pasture rs soon Us
possible. l
Not many men forget the wash.days
Of their boyhood, when fond mother,
with parpoiled and soapy fingers, but
toned their collars for them. It's i'm.
preston upon the heart and nose is
rarely effaced.
People who didn't draw anything in
the Louisville lottery will now swear
OF forever, and in about SIX weeks will
be hunting after tickets and getting
ready 10 be swindled again in another
scheme OF tho same kind.
Your sterling man Of sense, who
thinks more Of his mind than his body,
need never fear competing with o dandy.
The latter, whose soul is fixed upon o
showy exterior, is sure in the race OF
life to prove nothing but an outsider.
A boy who had been taught that time
is money appeared ut the bank the
other day, and remarked that ne
had had an hour given him, and no
would like to spend o quarter OF On
hour, and would take the change ior
the other three.quarters.
Bishop whelan OF West Virginia ad-
yises Roman Catholics to abandon the
use and sale OF liquor. He says that
the word OF God does not really forbid
tho traffic when used with modification
and with reason, but these conditions
are seldom complied with.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles,
and kindred diseases are largely in
duced by tho poisonous exhalations
which come from our unclcaned streets.
When thaw commences, the atmos-
phere is charged with unwholesome
yapors, aud in general tho tender chill
dren are the sufferers.
One Of the chubby class Of iour.year.
old Sunda school scholars, when talked
to BY his teacher about tho sins and
irailties OF the body, was asked, "Well,
my son, what have you besides this sin
fll body?n Quick rs thought the little
fellow responded "a clean shirt and
a nice now pair Of breeches."
Nothing teaches patience like gar.
den. You may go round and watch tho
opening bud from day TO day, but IL
takes It's own time, and yon cannot
urge it on faster than IL will. II forced,
IL Is only torn to pieces. All the best
results ef q garden, like those Of life,
are slow but regularly progressive.
Since the death Of Aali Pasha, in the
latter part OF 1871, there have been six
grand yiziers in succession In Turkey.
| Inc present one, Hussein Ayric Pasha,
| is said to be tho best general officer in
tho Ottoman service. BE was Minister
Of War under the last Administration
and instituted the reform in the army.