The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19
Items Of Interest.

4No huhA1Su LuuEp hBIlctutulh Ahuui-
ers are en- route from England for
Canada. f4
The value OF the coal and lignites
mined in Germany in 1872 was not far
from s1O0,OOO,OOO.
Don't imagine that you were born to
reform the world. You can't split a
mountain with toothpick. ~
Enterprise. The Chicago Times sold
twenty thousand extra copies on tho
strength Of the editors going to jail.
Did you SEQ the sun dance yesterday
morningl asks the 0swego Palladium.
No; we were sober, replies M exchange.
How on earth q woman can keep her
CAB going while holding q backcomb and
SIX hairpins in her mouth has always
been mystery and always will be.
A silent member Of Congress, being
entitled to send his speeches free by
mail, put his frank on himself, and
wanted to ride free in q mail car, under
the pretext that all his speeches were in
him.
The women Of Boston paid more taxes
last year than all the men who voted for
and elected Gov. Gasten. So says
William 1. Bowditci in his pamphlet on
tile f" Taxation Of Women in Massachu-
setts." af5
BY moistcning tho knife or borer with
moderately strong solution Of caustic
soda and potash, instead OF with water
or alcohol, 1t Is said that India rubber
may be cut with az much ease as ordinary
cork'wood.
II isclaimed in England that the title
Of cardinal is not necessarily ecclesiastic,
and that il comes within the category OF
foreign orders OF nobility that cannot bo
legally held without the direct consentof
the Queen.
Those who arc disposed to DO gloomy
because there is more crime than there
used to be, should remember that there
are more folks than there used TO be,
and what is quite as noteworthy, more
charity and benevolence than there used
to be.
The ordinary expenses Of the Massa.
chusetts militia last , ear were about S34
man. The annual average expenses per
man in Connecticut Is $35; in New York
(without including rent Of arnories OF
pay Of men on duty), sos; in Maine,
s16.25, and in Rhode Island, $40.
London Inns another now industry. A
man adyertises himself as "window
tickler, from three to seven" He wakes
heavy sleepers who wish TO get up early.
Window tickling Ia waking without
ringing the bells, by means Of q long
pole, with which he taps on the window
pane.
A. quiet, peaccablc gentleman in
Philadelphia has recently given up bust
ness, sent his family into the country,
I'and. calmly announces his discrimination
Of devoting the remainder Of his liic to
discovering tho man who sent him q
paving toncbyexprcss, with SIT charges
on II.
AT Salinas (Cal.) tho other day, o man
who was detected whipping his wife was
visited by IN improyised court OF rigi-
lantes, triedby the most primitive pro-
cess Of law, and hung to ono OF the trees
| in his dooryard. He was cut down, how
ever, before ho had been seriously In
iured. st..t5
After relating q snake story, tho
owensborough (Ky.) Examiner adds:
We're our informant not man Of truth
and strictly temperate habits, we should
be more than half inclined to suspicion
TINT his little snake story was erected
on the ruins Of pint OF Cincinnati
whisky. iai.. 7e.
A writer in the Druggists Circular
saws TINT in treating some cases OF tape
worm he has employed no preliminary
provisions beyond forbilding the patient
to take any breakfast the day on which
II Is intended to remove the worm, and
giving him alarge dose OF Rochelle salts
the preceding night ti
A resident Of Milledgeville (Ga.) who
saw the recent whirlwind strike the oco-
nee river, says the water went up. he
thinks, a hundred feet in tho air. and for
o few moments the bottom Of the river
where the tornado passed was laid bare,
and tho mud and soil was blown into
the tops Of the trees.
An inebriate stranger preeipitated
himself down stairs, and on striking the
landing, reproachfully apostrophiized!
himself with: "Ifyoud been a.waitin'
10 come down stairs, why in thunder
diln't you say 80, you wooden.headed!
old fool. and I'd o came with you, an
showed you the wayl"
A smart young Bostonian offers to
wager q considerable amount on his
spelling. He says you may give him
any word in the English language, III
common use, or obsolete, technical, or
Otherwise, and he will spell 1t correctly
the first time. Almost any smart young
New Yorker can do the SHINE. ut" IS
not difficult word totacklec crthographi-
sally.
Some economical Parisiennes recently
attempted q new mode Of reyiyifying
their old ball dresses, The gentlemen
at a preiectoral ball found that, as they
| danced, their dress suits became white
from head to foot. On inquiry they dis.
covered TINT the PariSian bellies lad del.
noed their skirts with tcloitine to mako
thc faded and dirty dresses look fresh
again.
Two boys werc recently tried at Vol
yerhampton for stealing goods that were
exposed outside Of shop door. The
recorder, in sentencing them, said that
the custom Of tradesmen exposing goods
not only tempted TO crime, but led to
public expense Tor the prosecution Of
tho thieves. He therefore determined
to try and put a step toitby compelling