The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-09-13
Items OF Interest.
Oxen are n dollar a head in Egypt.

! IJtGbo W INV hP
900 inhabitants by the census now being
taken.
Builalo has decreed that no married
woman shall be a teacher in any OF its
public schools.
Lawyers have clear majority in the
Indiana Senate, and farmers quorum
in the House.
Edmond About calls France sick SOL
tlier of God needing to be cured through
the lapse Of time.
"Whepce came our aborigines r. asks
tho Baltimore SUI. Where are they go
ingt is a more practical inquiry.
French immigrants complain OF the
treatment they receive in Venezuela.
Nobody is so well of rs ut home.
A Rochester paper suggests TO Mr..
Frost, who is langnishing in the jail OF
that city, that he had better thaw out.
The African locust has appeared this
summer in Germany, and laid waste the
crops on the Berlin and Anltnlt railway.
"I had my money and my friend;
| lent my money to my friend
asked my money OF my friend;
lost my money and my friend
At Ramseys, N. j., recently, dog by
digging gained access to hen coop and
killed twenty.eight chickens and two
ducks.
The school commissioners OF Mem
phis have succeeded in placing all the
colored schools under the charge Of col
ored teachers.
The Russian aristocracy are OPPOSED
to their government taking any part III
the Centennial exhibition. For all that
it will be held.
A satirical writer in German paper
observes that If people 60 to the apotlc-
carries because they are cheap, then doc
tors must be frightfully dear.
When freedom from her mountain
height unturled her standard to tho air,
her skirts, pinned back so very tight,
made her appear exceeding spare.
When man sees cat moving uns,s
pectingly along, within easy range, no
will involuntarily lookaround for stone,
however good and noble no may be.
In 1874 the United States furnished
five per cent. Of the importations into
Brazil, and received forty.six per cent.
Of the expectations from that country.
There is lake in Lagrange county,
Ind, called Wall lake, confined by au
embankment evidently artificial, and is
thought to be the work OF the mound
builders.
When Canada girl loves she loves
like hand.engine going to fire. IN n
breach of promise suit tho other day it
was shown that young lady wrote to
her lover eight times per day.
The elevators in the new Palace Hotel,
San Francisco, have their upptrmost
landing on the roof, where fine place
is prepared for the guests to promenade
and enjoy the extensive Wow OF the city,
suburbs and harbor.
A little boy in Amity township, Bcrks
county, Pa, although seven years old,
measures but thirty-two inches in height.
He has grown but little, il any, since hc
was two years old. He is said to be
very bright and intelligent for one Of his
age.
A hen belonging to citizen Of Beaver,
Pa, is said to be as fond of catching
mice and to be rs expert in that art asa
cat. She will pass a long timc watching
n hole, and spring on her prey tho mo-
ment it appears, almost always with sue
cess.
A farmer in Des Moines, Iowa, while
driving his COW to pasture by n rope tied
around her neck, was thrown down bya
sudden movement Of the animal, and
turned q complete somersanlt, break
ing his neck and driving his head vio-
lently into the earth.
A very tall and shabby.looking man,
after having n glass Of liquor, asked the
bartender II he could change n $40 bill.
The gentleman informed him that he
conld. Well," said the tall one, with
n sigh OF satisfaction, " III 60 ont and
see il l can find one"
An ennged woman, within knife i'll her
hand. pursued her lover, of whom she
was Jealous, through the Paris streets.
People ieerel at his flight, and, ashamed,
he turned and waited for to come up,
when she plunged the knife i'll his throat
and he died in three minutes.
This illustration Of Sankey's melody is
given in the London Times:
Weary. working, butdOn'd one, wherefore toll
you SO?
Cease your doing; all was done long, long ago.
Till 10 Jesus work YOU cling by simple faith
Doing Is Il deadly tlIng-loing ends in death
A youth named Stanislaus Morell was
instantly killed by lightning while feed.
ing horse in stable i'll tho town OF
Clay, N. Y. On removing his clothes
the perfect image Of tree was found i'll
delibly stamped upon his left side. The
trunk, limbs and leaves OF the tree were
OF red color, and were as perfect NJ
could be drawn with pencil. No OTHER
mark or wound was visible.
A youngster being required to write
composition upon some portion OF the
human body selected that which unites
the head to the body and expounded MS
follows: "a throat is convenient to
have, especially to roosters and minis
ters. The former cats corn and crows
with it; the latter breaches through his'n
and then ties 1t up. This is pretty much
all can think Of about nocks."
There is in Dallas, Texas, chain four.
teen and half feet loug, and consists OF
ono hundred and fifty different silver
coins, no two Of which are alike. The
coin Of almost every country on the
globe is represented in the chain, which
islinked together with small silver wire.
1t was found in the Indian Territory, TO-
Gently, and at one time was, doubtless,