The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12
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Neatly AID Promptly E1ccuLeo y 1ne OI-.se'
Items of Interest.
To q squire who was boosting of his
horses speed, Foote, tile witty comedian,
replied "Pooh ! my horse will stand
iaster than yours can gallop..
4 It is singular that mineral waters are
only beneficial 10 the wealthy. We
never knew q physician 10 ttiyiee poor
man to go 10 my watering-place.
! A philosopher asserts that the reason
why Indies teeth decay sooner than gen.
tlemen's is because Of the friction of the
tongue and the sweetness Of the lips.
It is said that the hurrying to- catch
trains and boats, Of which there isneces-
sarily SO much in these days, tends to
produce diseases O.. tho heart and brain.
A Boston editor blushes for the ignor-
ance OF three young girls Of that city who
ltried to>get their horses head down SO
that it could drink by unbuckling the
crupper.
II you cut the back legs Of your chair
two inches shorter than tho front ones,
the fatigue OF sitting will be greatly re-
ieved and the spine placed in better
position. ~
Peruvian guano Is now charged with
the crime Of Introducing the potato bee-
tie but in Colorado, whence this fellow
comes, they don't trouble themselves
with guano. ~
The Carlists recently caught man.
bathed him in petroleum, apple saS
lighted match to him, and danced BY 1he
light thereof. They had no personal
grudge against him. y
We have heard Of asking for bread
and receiving stone, but gentleman
may be considered aastill worse treated
when he asks for o ladys hand and re-
ceives her fathers foot
II, in instructing q child, you are vexed
with it fora want Of adroitness, Try, II
you have never tried before, to write
with your left hand, and then remember
that q child is all left hand.
Up to the close Of 1874 eleven millions
Of dollars had been expended on the
great naval arsenal and docks Of Spezia.
American men.of-war in tho Mediter-
ranean, when needing repairs, put in OF
TINT port.
The latest story Of the Niagara hack
men is, that one Of them drove we'd
ding party one morning TO q clergyman's
house. In the aiternoon the clergyman
wasvisited by the driver, who demanded
percentage of the marriage fec.
In Minnesota the boys go grasshop-
pering at the rate Of sixty cents the ton,
and on m average manure the soil with
twenty-five thousand tons Of the in
sects per day. They count upon break
ing up the State treasury or tho hop
pers, one Of the two.
Last year the State Of Massachusetts,
gilded the dome Of its State-house, and
now it has been compelled to pay for
Theoretically sealing the windows to tho
cupola above that the glittering surface
may not be furnished by the expectora-
tions Of tobaeco-u using visitors.
II is calculated that rs, 900 Americans
have gone over to Europe TO see what
they can see this summer, md that tho
husbands will lay out over there fifty
millions OF dollars in new whistles for
their wives and daughters. Afew thing
embobs are necessary, Of course.
( Mr.. Backus, OF Michigan, was SO inju-
dicious as to smoke. IN the same wagon
With o can Of oil; II Prof. Peters, in
scanning around among the planets,
should happen to get d glimpse Of any
thing that looks like o fragment Of Nj.
D., he, will send word to the papers.
"A redhaired lady, who was ambitions
Of literary distinction, found but poor sale !
for her BOOB. a gentleman, in speaking .
OF her disapp p9intment, said !: "Hcr :
hair is red, Il her book is not" An
auditor, in attempting to relate the joke
elsewhere, said /" She has red hair, il
her book hasn't" ~
NJ. Lille strongly recommend he use
Of bread mixed with sen watef In cases
Of disease arising from poverty Of blood,
for convalescents recovering from acute
diseases, and for healthy persons Of deli
cate constitutions. The water must be
genuine sea water, not the sen salt Of
commerce in water. Z.
That some soldiers appear sloyenly
about their clothes when others are
clean and tidy, is accounted for by the
unequal commands Of the company Off
GERS. The captain mover comes TO o halt
without telling his men TO ''dress upon
the right, allowing the men on the left
TO look as shabby as they please.
Tho business Of packing fruits, yegea,
tables, and meats in hermetically.seal-S
ed cans, though Of comparatively recent y
origin In this country, has had rapid
growth, and has now reached large di-
mensions. Tho amount Of capital in
vested is $40, ,000, 900, the number OF
persons employed is $4,000, and the
number Of cans packed every year 1907 z
000, 900.
'sWhen I married." said Exc ohancel
lor Of the Exchequer Lowe at a Londoa
party, "I declared Withall my worf.
ly goods I-thee endow, although I
hadn't shilling In the world.H "Bdt,'
chimed in the wife, "you had your z
splendid talents. eyes, my dsaS-.!a,S
you know I didn't endow you with
them" was the rigid honorable gentle
mans reply. III
AParis journal reports that recently
in the Butte-aux. Cailles, one Of thepgE
est quarters Of that city, dhuman apy
monkey was born, with an ordinary Py.s
face, along tail. and conidetabe nan