The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-06
Items Of Interest.

A iaree number Of cotton seed oil fac
tories are being erected in Georgia, Ala
blmn and Mississippi.
Since 1873 the Cousolidntcd Virginia
miro his yielded S40,G00, 900, nearly
onp.hai ol which was gold.
The London Times las heen trying
American made paper, and praises it ns
ths best article in the market.
Great Britain has IS, ,0C0. 900 OF Mus
sulman subjects, and is, ncxtto Turkey,
the largest Mussulman power in tho
world.
A tall man having rallied friend on
the shortness OF his legs, the friend re-
piled: "My legs reach the ground
what moro can yours do !"
The value Of the natural and manufac-
tured products Of Rhode Island for the
year 1876 was over $500 for each man,
woman and child in tho State.
Gen. Cortina, the notorious Rio
Grande robber, but recently prisoner
in the city OF Mexico, is again at work
plundering and numbering on the from
tier.
Bright OF my 1is10ce give me an
MI" said printer his sweetheart.
She made - at him and planted her
e6 between his 2 lis, which made him
O F"F.
Thoughtless, that is to say, selfish
people who hoist car windows at this
season OF the year, and let the wind
blow upon people behind them, are
morally responsible for colds, consump-
ton and frequent deaths.
A Springfield girl, having rebuked her
brother for using the term "sweat, the
latter bitterly remarked: When its
horse, he's sweaty; when it's man, per-
spire is the word; but when its young
lady, like you, she only glows." 70, - =.
When any one is run over in ST.
Petersburg, the carriage causing tho &C.
cident is conascated, tho horses are
taken to the fire brigade for public use,
aud tho driver is imprisoned and hogged.
Hence fewer accidents than anywhere
else.
One Of the chief results OF tho election
is to convince large number OF young
men who made bets that it isn't going to
be very cold winter, and that an nm.
brella trimmed with fur will be very
comfortable substitute for winter over.
coat.
She wouldn't stand to have tooth
pulled for one million two hundred
thousand dollars, she said, and yet she
walked the street all day in tiny CATERS,
two sizes too small for her, and thought
nothing Of it; but then nobody saw that
tooth, and several saw the CATERS.
An agent representing several compa.
nies Of English capitalists, has written
to the Tennessee bureau OF agriculture,
statistics md mines, asking whether or
not there are 800, 900 acres OF coal lands
in the State for sale, md il so, to in.
form him at once, that his principals can
purchase.
Several months ago the Practice Of
shaving tho heads Of prisoners in the
San Frauciaco Jail was resisted in the
courts by Cinnamon, who preserve their
queues rs Il part OF their religion: but
the judicial decision is in favor Of tho
olilciais, and tho hirsu!o desecration
goes On.
When Prince Albert died, an editorial
IN the London Telegraph SO grati6ed
the queen that she ordered L copy OF tue
paper to bo sent daily 10 each OF the
royal palaces. Ever since then royal
edition OF twenty-five copies has bGOn
daily printed iu tho highest style OF Mt
and duly forwarded. No payment has
ever been asked or ordered.
A professional traprer with two hun
ired traps is catching muskra@ OH tho
HoUfatonicr river, below Pittsiield, Mass,
moving two miles 4 dly and catching
about three hundred rats week. He
aJ 4 TINT in twenty years experience he
has never seen them better or plentier,
and he gets twenty cents apiece for
them from the dealers OF New York.
One OF the richest men in q New York
town put an attachment upon the poto-
toes OF poor creditor, and in its exc
cutiou the matter was complicated by tho
exhumation Of fifteen bushels, more or
less, Of potatoes belonging to a pnuper
who had expected soon to be Rble to re-
lieve tho town OF caring for him by tho
crop, but now falls buck into the arms Of
the town again.
"L." writes to tho London Times
that his butcher sent him prime ribs OF
American imported beef at ninepence
pound. The meat was fresh nnd tender,
although perhaps not OF quite so fino q
quality as tue best English. He pub.
fishes the fact as au encouragement, not
only to American exporters, but to oil
countries where meat is cheap. Tho
lowest market price for prime ribs in
Ia,.ln., In a nhsll,nnI N .an.,nd