Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1878 — A Suit tor a Mustache. [ARTICLE]

A Suit tor a Mustache.

A young gentleman of Peoria, 111., has brought suit against a tonsorial artist of that municipality for SSOO, which amount, in lawful currency, he claims as indemnity for loss and damage sustained by reason of malpractice on the part of defendant, the melancholy result of which was the sacrifice of a portion of an incipient mustache, which the plaintiff had thus far reared with tender care and infinite solicitude. We do not know how the court and jury will regard this suit, whether they will treat it with gravity or levity; but a little reflection will convince even the most thoughtless man that the injured youth has solid ground of complaint. In all ages of the world the hirsute adornment of the head and face has been regarded with an interest amounting almost to veneration. The ancient Israelites, the Arab tribes of old and recent times, the Chinese and other Orientals, all shared or share this feeling. The scriptures show that the hairs of all heads are numbered. Whether the plaintiff, in this case, has taken a census of his mustache, and, in his bill of particulars, charges at a given price per hair, we are not advised. It is likely, however, that his bill is for the entire mustache, for the remaining section cannot be regarded as of much utility. Fractions, such cases, are of no account. Victims of the careless handling of razors will watch the progress of this case with interest.— Washington Post.

The atmosphere of London is vitiated by the fumes arising from its innumerable coal fires. In a paper read before the Society of Arts it was estimated that the coal annually consumed in London is over 8,000,000 tons.