The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-13
Items Of Interest.

A London court is deep in tho mazoS'
OF n divorce suit in which tho respondent
is ninety years old.
Talking to her husband in loud
tono OF voice " il enough to send Per-
sim wife to jail for thirty days.
A cat is popularly supposed to be
fond of her offspring. A popular do!u-
sion She is constantly licking them.
"Alkali JIM" con vict in San QUEEN
tin prison, California, hid himself in n
shoe case and was shipped to San
Francisco.
Tho high price of meat in England haa
brought to light tho fact that there il Mt
present less live stock in that country
than in any other in Europe.
Tho old State-House in Boston is
doomed. Tho leases expire on tho
first of July aud Immediately afterwards
the building will be demolished.
A man has been sentenced TO months
imprisonment at hard labor, in Enniskil-
len, ireland, for Rtealing sticks valued Mt
one penny from Lord Belmorc's estate.
AWostorn editor nys: "Wo black our
boots with l5, OOO,0O boxes Of domestic
blacking in n year" He saves 5,0OO,OOO
boxes q year by not blacking his heels,
adds brother editor.
Warren Parker, OF Adrian, Mich, has
bid for distinction in meanness by forg.
ing tho name OF one sweetheart to
note, and using tho money no obtained
in eloping with another.
A sure cure for pain in hollow tooth
is mixture OF powdered alum and con-
mon salt, applied with lock Of cotton.
A sensation Of coldncEs follows tho ap.
plication, after which the pain gradually
subsidies.
A Nevada sheep man, WHO had tried
and succeeded with sheep, said:
"Sheep are better than n government
bond; you can tear on coupon every
six months half as big M tho bond, aud
tho bond is left as big ns it was"
Three mon wcrc shot in row at n bali
at Gaudaloupo, Cal. One of them re.
fused TO stop dancing until Rphyaicinn
arrived, and then only long enough to
have tho bullet extracted from his back;
but, upon trying to dance again, lie fell
and died.
II there il anything calculated to make
even Il young swell Of the most rugged
constitution nervous, il il to lIavc two or
three children standing around eating
bread aud jan whan he has called in his
evening things, radiant in black alI
crcuc.cmur, Just before making n ntt
call on-hcr.
There are 5000 mon md women and
72, 900 children who live in tho canal
boats on the English rivers end canals.
OF these &c, 900 men and women live Ms
husbands and wives without being mar.
ried, and havo 40, 900 illcgitimato chill
drcn. Ninety'hye per cent. can neither
read nor write.
A little six, ,ycnr.old city boy went into
the country visiting. He had bowl Of
bread aud milk. He tasted it and then
hcsitated moment, when his mother
asked him il he didn't like it, TO which
he replied, smacking his lips :: " Yes,
ma'am. was only wishing our milkmau
would keep IL COW.
He entered Il car door. When the
brakeman came inside and took n key
out Of his pocket, unlocked tho stove,
put in some wood, and locked tho door
again, he asked him what he locked the
stove door for. The brakeman shut his
left eve, and Eid he locked the door 10
tho fire couldn't 60 ont.
A bill has been introduced ihto tho
California Senate which provides that
"all original articles or correspondence
hereafter appearing in any newspaper or
serial" published in that State "HhaIl
be printed in said newspaper or serinl
with tho full real name of tho auth0r Of
each article or correspondence"
Somebody said To Charlotte Cnsh'
man, not many years ago "You are
now alone in your great art-your fame
llas no competitor. Whore shall We find
au equal TO succeed you?" Miss CusL.
lnan replied simply: "No, my good
friend, nobody is Indispensable. Nine
Jauauschck il my equal, and, bcsidcs
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