The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-05-31
Items Of Interest.


A Chinaman in Los Angles, California,
upon being applied to for payment Of q
debt. replied: "If no hayee, how can't"
1n1s74 France produced 800, 600 tons
Of pig (crude) iron, 100000 tons Of
wrought iron, and 155, 800 tons Of steel.
7ASaratoga crocus put its head out Of
bud, the other morning, and said You
LILAC everything Il you say this isn't
spring.
What three words did Adam use when
he introduced himself to Eve, which
read the same backward and forwardP
Madam, I'm Adam.
A Racine merchant used the following
words: "I'll be hanged II advertise
in any paper" and the next morning he
was found dead in bed.
A land patent was recently issued from
the Marysyille (Cal.) office to George
Washington Christopher Columbus
Whinenbergannanzi. flf
The Cincinnati Gazette Inns n para
graph about three Indies in TINT city
who recently spent two hours in select
ing ona simple little straw hat,
"Do you know Who'll amt" asked
policeman Of fellow whom he had seiz-
cd by the throat. "Not exactly, sir; but
I fancy you are the malignant collarer."
A Nashville preacher hopes hiscongre.
cation will test their approval by clap
ping their hands-into their brooches
pockets and hauling out contributions.
A Philadelphia Judge took occasion
the other day to remind the public
that street crossings belong primarily to
pedestrians, and only secondarilyto ye-
hicles. I.t....
Hydrate Of choral ns q Htimulant is
taking the place Of opium, hasheesh, etc.,
in England, and to some extent in this
country. II kills in about three years,
on mn average. .t..-
Aschoolloy being asked by the teacher
how ho should fog him, replied: "1f You
please, sir, l should like to have it on tho
taliansystcm 1.-THE heavy strokesupward,
and tho down ones light" a-.s
A man hanged himself in Paris in tho
presence Of his paralyzed wife, whoiwas
unable to move or cry for assistance,
and who WIS Obliged TO witness the hor-
rifying sight OF his death struggles.
A lady whose family were very much
in the habit Of making conundrums was
oneeveningasked by her husbandin anox-
cited tone: "Why arc all these doors left
openi" Tgiyei IL upl" instantly replied
the lady.
The San Francisco "Hawaiian prima
DONNA" OF whom the wonderful story OF
a ride on sharks back istold, is tho
same Adelaide Miller who sang in tho
variety theatres in New York and Brook
lyn Inst winter.
How soon some women change their
minds respecting their husbands Mrs.
Spinn was forever telling her husband
that he wasn't worth the salt his bread;
but when he got killed in q railway col
lision sho sued the company for five thou
sand dollars. 1850 ta
The crows are complaining, and not
without caws, at the baokwardness Of
the season. They say that il the farmers
don't get their corn in pretty soon, they
will have to organize q relief society and
give concerts for the benefit OF their
deserving poor. sA
A passage in tho Turkish. Scriptures
reads as follows: Take care that your f.
nal account shall besettled boforeyou die.
Undergo here your Indictment and your
trial. Pass on yourself inst punish
ment. Then will you pass into tho fgl-
ture without further chastisement or fear.
The Golden Age having said that ro-
nance was better than rum, the Literary
World retorts that bad romance is
more harmful than Hrst-rate rum, inns
much as II reached and demoralized n
class-yoing girls-which is secure
against the attacks Of John Barleycorn.
A celebnted physician was.onco call
cd upon to prescribe for nervous dis
order. He wrote his prescription III
three parts, as follows: "First, occupa-
ton; second, occupation; third, occupa-
ton" This same prescription Is . 10
medyf for many OF the ills TO which flesh is
heir.
When a man mistakes the height Of n
chair he is going to occupy, by about ail
inch and a half, II is remarkable tho
amount OF momentum he will acquire in
making TINT little distance. He will
strike that chair with nearly rs much
force rs II he had sat down in II fromthc
roof Of o two-story building.
Ono Of our physicians who had been
greatly annoyed by numerous questions
concerning The condition Of certain
patient, was stopped while on his busy
rounds by man with the old question
How's Mr.. -i" "sick," replied
tho physician. "Does he keep his
bed q '"of course he does you don't
suppose hos fool enough 70 sell bis bed
because he's sick, do youl"
A curious fact is mentioned relative to
the catastrophe Of the balloon Zenith, in
France. IL appears TINT NM. Croco-
Spinelli and Siyel Ind breakfasted as
usual before making tho ascent, whilo
NJ. Tissandier, who Ind no appetite,
merely took q cup Of strong coffee. Tho
inference may, therefore, DO drawn that
a Journey TO such great altitude is like
bath-which should not be taken after
q meal. i -
When young man in Patagonia falls
in love with o girl, he doesn't visit her
six nights in week and twice on Sun
tlay, and feed her upon molasses candy
and gum drops, and sit up until two
o'clock in the morning burning the old
man 3 oil, and Tint sort Of thing. Not
at all. Courtship In Patagonia is much
more simple. He lassoes the girl, drags
her home behind his horse, and that Is
all the marriage ceremony necessary.
A tramp went 70 sleep on top ofa