The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-09
Items Of Interest.

Illinois has abolished solitary impris-
onment.
The doctors work flls six feet Of
ground, but tho dentists fills an
acher.
The State Of Pennsylvania has q val
uation OF seven thousand millions Of
dollars.
| A beautiful woman, said Fontenelle,
is the purgatory Of the purse and the
paradise Of the eye.
Stanley now declares that he did find
Livingstone, and it is impossible to
prove that he didn't.
Oysters Weighing three pounds and
ten inches long have been found at
Point Pfnalis, near Tampa, Florida.
William, who is IN undersized clerk
in drygoods store, objects to being
referred to as "that little drygoOds
Bill"
Tho funeral expenses OF men killed in
tho Hoosac Tunnel, and paid by the
contractors, have amounted to $40, 900
in FIVE years.
Indinna has new kind OF beef,
which is called "hat-rack, "and signifies
beef so lean that you can hang your hat
on the bones.
Tho Communist platform is pithily
expressed as follows: every man
who saves money must be made TO
divide with those who have saved
none."
Queen Victoria telegraphed that
cher heart bled for the afflicted pa
rents" when she learned that Captain
Charteris had been killed in the Ashan-
tee war. E
The following question is respectfully
addressed to the clergy: Whether n
person who sits in the gallery Of the
church is responsible for deeds done in
the body?
It has been calculated that in Eng
lind the loss Of cattle from diseases
propagated by tho introducing Of for
eign animals has been fully S25, 900, 600
for each of the last thirty years.
The Massachusetts, Legislature
considering, and will probably pass :.
law forbidding the employment Of fac
tory women and children more than
sixty hours q week, or ten hours day.
An editor, who speaks with the air Of (,
man who has discovered q new fact
by experience. says that the new way
to prevent bleeding at the nose is to
keep your nose out OF other peoples
business. =
Happy indeed arc they whose inter,
course with the world has not changed
the tone of the holier feelings, or brokei
those musical chords OF the heart whoseI
vibrations are so melodious, so tender,
and touching in tho evening OF age.
Aurora, Indiana, is a very particulas
town in some respects. For instance
il stranger stops there over twenty
four hours he is waited upon and musE
prove that he is not likely 10 become
county charge or they will make hin
leave. M
Two data are given from which to es-
timate the value Of fowl for the tablf
or market Atable fowl should be AZ
breast, with short limbs and smAf
bones also, fowls are in perfection 10
the table only before they have attainq
maturity.
Philadelphia will have several me-
hotels in time for the Centennial, one G
which will be on Arch street. 1t is pro
posed to transform q row Of priyat
dwellings on Walnut street into OF
huge hotel, but property.holders in th
neighborhood don't like the idea. e
The Sioux City (Ta.) journal says
"Last winter the aggregate number
prairie chickens shipped from Stop
City TO the Eastern market was abou
25 900. Thus far the present seaso
there have been over 80, 900 purchase
by our dealers. The ruling price
from $3.50 to s per dozen.
The San Francisco Alta says: It do
cost much to get to California no
Emigrant trains on the road carry
sengers for $50, currency; the o
route, via Panama, has been reduce;
S110 and 500 in the cabin, and $50
the steerage, all currency. Round ca
trips are announced for 5000.
A Nevada Judge, after the jury
been impaneled and counsel read
proceed, pulled out revolver ane
dicially remarked. "If any man Sd
frolicling around in this court
during the trial OF this cause i sh'
terrupt him in his career" The %
est dccorum prevailed in that
room.
Tho latest addition TO the COZ.
ences Of the fashionable churc'
dIessing.room for wedding p
According to the report Of W
ceremony which recently took pl
New York, the yestibule was fufP
for the occasion with mirrors
chairs, brushes, powders, and
pins"
Tennyson writes TO one
tampered with his verse:
TO yariorum readings. When
penter has made his table, VII,
we treasure the chips 2 and wbt
have been rejected, why not'
be rejected? And as for bio;
illustrations, 1t seems 10 me ia, -
had better wait till my death.r si
A young lad fell into q mnd.puhAle
of q curbstone in Detroit the Other
day, and he was bowling and wAiling
when another boy came along, and n
marked: "Humphl guess ] would,
howl Just because / iellin themn
That hain't what I'm howling aboa
blubbered the boy. "I'm crying can
! my brother is sick. J" iA
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A very promising young iournr''
. remarks that when an enthu