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The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-01
PRETENzION RETTER ZHA.v c1rRR

The newly invented Patent French Safe, q sure
preventive against diseases and pregnancy. Sent
66y mail. Price, ". Address Dr. :. y. GnA0N, sir
o. Box, 252,
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-01
Caution to the UnrcrtaAats.

- Medicines sent to any address upon recent Of
$40 in registered letter, together with full descrips
ton OF complaint.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-01
UTAH GOLD AND SILVER MINING
COMPANY.

Location Of Mine-Illinois Ledge No. 2, Reese River
Di. trict, Lander Co., Nevada.
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A Confirmed Crumbler.

Some time nso there lived in Ediu
burgh a well known gtumbler named
Sandy Black, whose often recurring fits
Of spleen or indigestion produced some
amusing scenes Of senselesS irritobiliy,
which were highly relshcd by all except
the bu,o'a COOL, patient linle wife.
One morniog Sandy rose bent on
quarrel; the hadjiys and eggs were eG
ceIcnt, done to turn, and had been
ordered by himself the previous evening"
and breakfast passed without tho looked
for cause Of complaint.
"Wbat will you have for dinner, San
dy ?" said Mrs. Black
"a chicken" sold the husband,
Roast or boiIollo asked the wife.
"Con'ound i'll il you had been good
and considcrate vile, you'd have known
before this what l liked" Sandy growl-
ed out; and, slamming the door behind
him, left the house. Ut was in spring,
aud a friend who was present heard The
little wife say, "sandy's bent on dislur
banco 10 day; l shall no! please Him; do
what eau.
The dinner time come, aud Sandy
and his friend sat down 10 dinner; the
Gsh was eaten in silence, and, on rails.
ing the cover Of the dish before him, in
towering passion he called out, Boil.
ed chicken! hate III A chicken bciled
is a Oh iCken spoiled"
Immediately tho cover vas raised for
another chicken, roasted to turn.
al won't cot roast chickenl" roared
Sandy; "you know how 1t should have
been cooked"
At the instant broilcd chicken, with
mushrooms, was placed on the table.
"Wilhout green peas roared the
grumbler.
"Hcre they ore, deArI' s'id Mr."
Black,
"How dare you spend my money in
that way"
They were present, "oaid bis wife,
intOruptiug him
Rising from his chair, md rushing
from the room, amidst rOnr of laugh.
Ter from his friend, he clenched his Gst
and shouted "Hov dare YOU receive
present without myleSyeI"
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+ I.u II % D. Il .
Msp isons says CsAeia Far
.usr llg continual aaitysaoW from
these s5esl escressRses. iaF to get
I'D of,hsHis d qosslloa d ilen ask
ver, sariopsly, 0fsas.As NAV tried
"a as sad iSnoi worse han ai.sssc
.nsalf. A very simple d gfeetqal,
plan Is we know by aelnat a fieQos,
ia. 10 put on an Ddbstive 9sI plaster
having a hole 10 tho SeHiso aS5apply a
little sweet oil 10 thP corpsniGht and
slhosptpg, BY ps5sssst!ng discourse
,FwSs66fi Tine, The corn VII scale off
until not avesligo Of Ills LETT Most
druggilis keep the plastors we refer 10;
but a good substitute for them may be
made with any thick cloth cut about the
size and shape of copper cent, with a
hole in tho cOntro TO admit the head Of
the corn. aud fssterOl to tho place by
some adhesive substance. The plaster
keeps the shoe from pressirg on the
tender spot aud The oil scleps and
loosens tho hard substance Of the corn
The following paragraph on his subject
appeared recently in tho country Gan.
tlemnn, and Oproocss Of eradication sin
liar in principle to tho above, but at
once quicker and more painful:
The shape of a corn is exactly similar
to that of 9 carpenters nail, having a
crown or head and stem pointing
downwords, which piercing the true un-
dorskin irritatos the nervous 6bres in
its vicinity. To cut of the head Of the
corn is only temporary rolief-n cure
can only be accomplished by cautiously
digging out the stem, which may be
thus done by steady hand; stOOp il in
hot water aud rub it with a course tow
e or the finger mil will not rOmove.it;
place a small quantity Of oil on the corn
and let il soak well in. Then with o
penknife, or what is sill better, sharp
bodkin, work it out Of it's bed as you
would thorn. Not o drop of blood
should be she'd during the operation, and
its success may be tested by finding
pressure unaccompaniod by pain. A
small piece Of diachlyn plaster with a
cessation ofprossuro win complete the
cure. Should ialemmation have been
'eScitod-which may BE- known By tic
redness prevailing around il--rcst and
cmoliOnt applications such as lnsecd,
poulticc or zig, will DO found bcnif
cial."
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no Labor and TO IYnit.

Iii 10 herd 10 wait. We can labor,
but we know not how to wait for the
fruit R.q proposed enterprise be one
requiring considerable lapse oftimo be-
fore the investment can yield returns, ii
is usually passed by, because it is too
long to wait. Yclthe ability to wait is
talent of no mean order, and for want
oft men fail Of great results,
We have inst been reading an account
of Mr.. Hoyle's perseverance in raising
that great Pelargoium. the "Diodem."
|, is admitted to have been the "crown.
ing beauty of the season of 1884, and
is no doubt day the chief among chief
tains in this class of flowers. And this
great success was not the result OF a
chance sowing. He had learned not
only to labor, TO cross and select, and
cross again, but 10 wait This "crown
ing beauty" was not achieved until he
had labored in the selection and raising
of seeding Pelargoniums for eighteen
years. Yes, for eighteen years he woi.
ted, and then this flower for which he
had been working and waiting, flower
OF consummate perfection, crowned these
long years Interpretation. Had he given
up discouraged at the end Of seventeen
years, he would not have achieved the
great result which he obtained at last.
Fellow toilers, let US think OF HoylG
and take courage. Let us learn TO
wait. Our operations are not many Of
them such as 10 require eighteen years
Of waiting. We undCrdrain our gardens
aud the very next year they begin to
repay the outlay. We plant vines and
trees, and long before half eighteen
years of waiting have gone by, we reap
an ample return, We could name q
Canadian who planted an acre with
vines Of the Concord grape. A part
have now been planted four years and
the remainder three years. Were thoss
vines all now four years old, he assures
W that bis crop this season would DO
ten thousand pounds Of Concord srapeS,
He has sold his crop for one hundred
dollars per ton. An acre Of Concrd
grOpe.yincU, according to his statement,
whom planted four years, will yield a
crop that will sell for five hundred dol.
lars. This is only one instance going
to show that it is profitable to wait
The cultivation Of fruit of all kinds adap'
ted TO the climate of Canada, opens o
most romunorOtivo field Of labor to him
who can not only labor, but who can al
80 watt Canada Farmer.
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na. EyerrbodY has heatd q be Lun.

E9- Everybody has heard Of he iun.
mel uudsr Mont Cents which is 10 CON
meet the railroad systems Of Italy and
France and shorten the overland route
to India four hundred miles. Butt is
going 10 take u years at least 10. con-
struct this tunGel, and il is desif s 10
Ihave the advantage Of jsuch RphqeC
ton at once: aud is now proposed Ia RiiId
q railroad across the south face 0 abe
Alps, using as basis tho great hlISAry
road OF Napoleon. The road VIII be
forty.eight miles long, and it is beli gtd
can be constructed in two years, v lie
ills believed locomotive has been in.
vented, which can successfully surmount
the steep activities, turn the sharp curves
and descend the steep grades. This To-
connective has recently been lried and
found to accomplish the service perfect.
ly. 1t is ia fact a double engine, har,
izontal and vertical engine combined,
and so arranged that it may be worked
either together or separate, according to
the steepness Of the incline, and always
with perfect safety, The horizontal
wheels referred to facilitate tho passage
OF curves, enable the driver to stop the
engine in the middle Of the steepost gra.
dent. give propulsIvo pressure of sew
eral tons, and by means of tho aanges
which underlsp the center rail, rendet.
it nearly impossible that carriages can
be overturned. The brakes are exs
tromely powerful, and as they Gro at'
tachod to each carriage, no danger con
arise from the coupling chain giving
way. The locomotive weighs sixteen
tons, and ut the recent trisl assembled
and descended a gradient Of one 10
twelve, with four cars, laden with TWEEN.
ty.six tons of ballast, attached. It's trac-
tive force is thirty.two tons, Tho rail.
way over the pass is 10 be covered with
wooden, iron, and stone galleries. TO pros
rect it from avnlanches and snow drifts.
The line will be worked at an average
speed Of twelve miles an hour, and as
many as one hundred cnd ninety pas;
5engers can be carried on each TIP.
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a5rAn Irish soldisrsnd wit, in the
hospital at Resaca, Ca wrote TO q
Western Tapor, Il SEQ my name reported
in the list ofdeatbs at this hospital,
! knew it was lie as soon as I saw Il,
Hereafter, when, you hear Of my death,
write 10 me and find outfit is so before
publishing it.
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BIRDS OF FGATuER-The rebOl pa.
pOrs of Richmond agree with tho cop,
Pcrhcad papers here in joking about the
recent attempt to bum down this city
Thus birds Of feather flock together, and
our hotel burning journals join in tho
laughter Of traitors 10 arms,-N r
Herald.
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TT Captain Hines. who SO success.
fully engineered Morgan out Of The
State Penileniisry, and was frst to
emerge from tho underground canal,
he's heen detected as one Of the partieS
engaged in the attempt to burn the hos
tells in New York.
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NUMBER IS.
Goop atsulra Tnon PnArlao. 80
x Judge tells he following story:

ex judge !Ols the following story:
he was trying petty case in which
one Of tho parties was not able 70 pay
the coudss and uaasflook l1 laed
his own rau, But ~ spud lhS ]
course 81 The lgia TIA sc ke1 aSa
!pdToil attorney o fas lhase
lpf tho other 6o much 7ior
HMM legal slfs iaey tly nah ing
The WORSE afpeSt ihe beslSr caps5
The poor man; Ne A, @sih )
notwithstanding on .dosfeya ti6n. when
the opposipg counsel closed hisplea, and !
The case was about to 6esdmitted 10 tho
jury fOrlecislon.
May itpl'aso your honor, said the
mNn' may Prayf
The Judge was taken somewhat by
surprise, and could only say that he saw
10 objections,
Whsreupon Mr. A went down upon
his knees and made feryent prayer In
which he laid the case before tie Lord
In very cloar and methcdioal state.
mcnt of all the paricplars pleading that
riph, and justice mlsia prsFpl.
oh, Lord, thou bnouss hat this !.
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re- Some few days since a suit was
terminated in Hungary which had en-.
gagged the courts ia that country for one
hundred and Gighty'onO years.
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B5~A young bride of IS, in Marseil.
les, was burned 10 death on the morning
OF her marriage, by treading upon a
match, which igntOd and Get her clothes
on fire.
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DR.. DANES Il. HOOf,

tElENDERS his professional services 10 the
l. citizens Of Point Pleasant. and vicinity.
He keeps constantly on hand large supply
of drugs, oil, paints, dystuGrS, varhish, Essences
xtracts, perfumery and soaps of all kinds and
patent medicines and avery superior article Of
Iarsaparilla.
He also has large stationery, tobacco, cigars
and an excellent 'ricle of pure cider vinegar,
Feb. 81. faG2..lY,
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nEWe look upon cyery true though

EEWe look upon overy true thought
asa valuable acquisition to society,
which cnunot possibly hurt or obstruct
the good effect of any other truth WHAT
ever; for they all paHnke ofone common
e,soncoj and necessarily coincide With
each other and like tho drops Of rsiR
which fall separately into the ryer, mig
thomGOlyeu at onoe with the stream, and
the general current.
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EccEvrmcITY.-We were unused not
long since. at hearing The following
question addressed to q lady by On epi
centric genius: Stepping Into tho doop
he observed "Will you, madam, give me
drink Of water for | amSo hungry I
don't know worO TO stay 10 nisbL,9
WO doubt whether the meaning could baI
conveyed in SO few words.
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R3 Young mechanics, who would
prosper in busioess, have only two rules
to 1.-Two up to insure success, First, do
your work as your customers wishes 70
have il done. The other rule is 10 do Il
by the time you promise TO have It done.
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nyThe San Francisco Bulletin saws


EFThe San Francisco Bulletin says;
The destruction caused By animals, 10 lbe
Aocks and herds has been very serioas
this year. We are informed that of the
rancheros in the lover counties who
have lost hundreds Of sheep, horses and
cattle by bears, lions aud coyotes
These destructive bruies appear to hive
bCea deprived by the excessive drouth of
their usual supplies Of venison, squirrels
coons, badgers, oaI5, acorns, and wild
fruits, and have endeavored to make up
their loss, by waylaying the fattsSt and
youngest ranch animals which have sur.
vivcd the season. In August and Sep
TENDER past, the bears in the mountain
pastures Of Santa Borba and Los An.
geles have killed thom for weeks in great
numbers, particularly cattle, The farm
hsuses in the San Morcos mountains
have been Tedeoea often night alter night,
by grizzlies OF the biggest breeds, and
their tracks lie about as thick next NOR
ming as from a band of horses. Their
boldness is extreme and not without
much danger, even to tie best hunters
and raQaeros.
Gals, lynxcs, lions and coyotes have
truly been death on sheep and colts
But, what is curious, tho coons, during
the summer and fall, have LEFT the noun.
tains in great numbers and descended
to the cultivated lands in mony parts Of
Los Angeles oni Santa Barbara, ard
eaten up entire crops OF gardens and
fields, and cleaned out eggs, chickens,
gophers and squirrels, They are called
mapaobees by the natives, and their
holes and those Of badgers may frequent.
ly be seen cxcava.ed by the grizzlies in
their attempts TO get taste Of coon
meat. In fact, the rancberOs say they
we're driven out from their retreats in
the higher canadas and hill,sidcs, and
several fields were cleaned out by them.
SIM ular to say, there bad been a great
mortality among the gophors and ground
squirrels, and they have been itOmondu.
ously thinncd OF by starvation and the
predacious birds and quadrupsdS.
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RB-In curious article upon the
causes of hurricanes and meleors,' the
Scientific American thus concludes
The earth should be stopped in Its
orbit, it would begin to fall straight to.
I@aro the sun, AS it approached more
nearly to dat great source of heat it
would soon reach a point whore the
aemperature is as high as two hundred
bad twelve degrees, and then all the wa
!er Of the ocean would be eyaporatcd.-
it drew still nearer, the rocks would
bomeltcd, and arterwurd they would al
70 BIO eyaporatei. Before it reached the
spn, this solid earth would be converted
bio q vast volume of red hot gas, which.
when it follintO the fiery atmosphere Of
ela sun, would merely produce blasts of
Biha from the point where it struck oul.
gnTd "a all directions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-05

EyApplicaiions for pensions are now
presented at Washington, the soto Of
five thousand per month, and the rate is
constantly increasing.
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A CuRlOus WAoER-SWbsa SAeri.
dan was hard up for cash 10 used 10
make hid wit earn tho means tOrsabsis.
tepce, and he could secoGplish thiH in
hpbsil9 way than BY laying sphgers
with the Priaoo Regent, A disvpsyon
once arose Os 10 tao respective Ee&ilg
capabilities Of turkeys and geese, aanl'
theNil expressed himself very iucredu.
lous Of tho assertion ;bat ,uraoyS would
walk twice as far as geese in given
spsoe oflime, He sGected 10 believe
thstteese could 30 driven as lfaS q.
turkeys over lhasroaa,szud'tbs thing ap.
peared so very absurd. that Che Prince
instantly latl him heavy wager that
such was not the case. Sheridan, how
aver. knowing the early to.bed' habits
Of turkeys, took care to arrange a long
distance 10 be lrSveIscd, and 10 fix the
period of trial late in the artemoon.-
The consequence was that evening set
ia before the rival aocks had anything
like arrived at their destination, and al,
though the turkeys outstrippcd the
gGesc ut tirst, MS the shades of uight fell,
fhey refused 10 be driven forward, and
'gotlo flying up on branches of the trees
81 the road side. The geese, however
were driven steadily on TO the Winning
point, and the Prince Regent, as usual,
lost his wager.
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I2. p, R8lail',


~ VN1NbI ~ INW'
tSyfLI. attend the Courts Of Mason county at
w its regular FERNS. All business en-
lrus,ed to his care will receive prompt ten
ton. Address, r. S, BLAIR, Richie 0. H.
West Va. Sept. ~ ls63-iy
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U. S..Rt.Qvvn,

-. = --kIiisAaEI.r AT Law. ~.
KILL practice II The counties,oE Mason,
w jackson andW Address, :9yyrns'
wood, West Va. IApri!! as763+d
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M psI0Gic0Iiuloho & th6ToFI

.tlF - III 4 q
wa reaiRkSlSo
palr o. platl
beantifUkspiop, BeREld lhe. emblem q
our codutty's flag, andShO was waiting ]
on the iowa boys alta festiyfl lately giv.-9
en- on their.return home. Tho Colonel /,
wishing to mako tho lady'sucqnainlGnoe. !
rcmorked "
Thati'n very pretty oprcn you weaF
Miss
Yes said tho fair maiden Chs Is my
flag
Il have fought many hard battle uh'
der that Gag, reioiued tho Colonel
Not under this dag, sir iudignontly
exclaimed the beauty rs she swept
away, leaving the ssllaui son of Mars
perfectly jumbfounlcd
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EDr S. q SHAW,

PaYsIcIAN AND SURGEON,
7TENDERS his professional services to the
l. public. Calls IRON the country promptly
attended to. Office on Front Street, adjoining
the!'Tirginia House."
Feb 81. le62-ly,
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@I)el1) eeItIp Register.


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BDnPOy up your indebtedness to this
office,
New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-19
HOW TO GET IN.
system.

Mr. JIM. Cayanaugh, formerly NJ. G. from
Minnesota, wants 10 "wring in " TO Congress
again as first representative Of Colorado. To
this end, he presents himself on the following
PLATFORM:
Fytt stand by. and will sustain and advocate. the
reconstruction policy OF Andrew johnson President Oh
the United Statos
Second. am in favor Of and will advocate an amend
ment 10 the charter Of the Pacific Railroad Company
so that said road shall be located through the State Of
Colorado making Denver. and other places in said
State points on said road
Third am In favor Of and will advocate the passage
of bill by Congress- giving 10 the prospsct0rs miners
owners and occupants of mining claims. title In fec
simple from the United States TO their several claims
Of every name and nature.
Fourih am in favor Of and viii advocate the pass
age Of bill by Congress, for the payment by the
United States OF all losses sustained by citizens Of the
Territory Of Colorado from depredaons committed by
hostile Indians.
Fi1h am In favor o. and will advocate the passage
OF bin by Congress- for the payment, by the United
States Of all debts contracted by the Territorial
hortes Of Colorado Territory In raising citizen troops
for the suppression Of Indian bostiteS within her
borders.
Sirh am In favor Of and shall insist, that the State
of Colorado shall be furnished with more ample and
complete mail facilities than has been accorded 10 her
citizens for the past two years.
Serenh hereby pledge myself IL elected, 10 devote
nv entire energies 10 promote the growth progress
aud best interests of Colorado and her people.
This we judge likely 10 win. unleSs some
New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-19
ANELECTIONRERING FALsEHOOD.

A correspondent in one Of the darkest regions
of Pennsylvania writes US that good many
votes were won there for the Copperhead ticket
on the strength of the assurance of Jewish
Rabbi that THE TRIBUNE had proclaimed that
Jews and Catholics ought TO have no vote.
OF course, liar will say anything that serves
his immediate end; but en- elector who could
DO influenced in casting his vote by such
story, even had it been true would go very lar
toward demonstrating his Orn unfitness to ex'
ercise the precious Right ofsuirrage. What have
our notions Of the worth or unworthiness ol
Jews aud Catholics" to do with the issues
decided by Pennsylvania in her late Election '