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GtSrlSg Ku-KLux.-A week or. i've
ago. We printed short item stating that
q band Of Ku-Klux had been seen on
Stone Coal, a few miles from town. Many
doubted eur informants story, but now
We have most positive evidence that such
was the case. Mr.. Alfred Smith, q well
known. citizen of Weston, on Thursday
night last, was returning from his farm
on Stone Coal, mounted on q very valua-
bic horse. As he came close to the
school house q little Above Mr.. Hudson's,
he noticed six horsemcn in the road who
were dressed in a sort of white uniform
and were well armed. They called to
Mr.. Smith to "halt," but that gentleman
gave his horse the whip, and gallopcd on
towards town. He noticed further down
the road six more horsemen, and in a
field close by some twelve or fifteen more
They fred a great many shots at Mr..
Smith. but fortunately he escaped unhurt.
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naitiniors Cattle Markets.
( BALTIMORE, June 2.


BEEF ATT LE-Priccs to-day
ranged as follows: Old Cows and Scala
wags at 81 Oou5 co.; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxcn and Cows at IS oOa6 90;
.lai. quality Bceves at Sc Ooa7 90, and
tho very best Beovcs at IS ooas 50 per
100 lbs, the average price being about 81
gross. The market was dull to-day at a
decline of % to SOC pei 100 lbs on the
rates Of last week, closing very dull.
snEEP-Thc supply during the past
week was in excess Of the demand, and
rates have declined 14c per lb. Prices
to-day have ranged rs follows: Sheep at
4!a6o per lb gross. Lambs 81 30 to
% per head.
HoGs-Tho supply during The past
week has been about sufficient for the de-
mand, and the market steady at last
weeks rates; but to-day the supply was
rather short, and the market FIRM. Prices
.to.day4rangod as follows: AT $12 5Oa
Is o5 per 100 lbs net for fair to good
Hogs. e 3tt aHlf ~ 1855
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ADVERTISING Agents viii please take notice

ADVERTISING Agents viii please take motto,
that THE DEuocRAT is but 24x34 lrcles in Il.
mensions, and that there is no present intention
to enlarge it. Our terms for advertising ARE
published consp;cuously in every copy Of ,he
paper, and the demand upon our space is So nc.
live, rs TO justify US in declining any material
variation froIu those terms.
Furthermore, We work, as earnestly as ever
mortal worked, TO do a cash business. Our
home people know tile fact, and encourage us
in it. Their regular advertisements are invari-
ably paid at the commencement of each quarter.
Their transient advertisements arc paid for
when ordered ~. twill hardly be expec led OF
US thatwe shall extend to strangers an lndul.
gence not asked by our friends and neighbors.
Wo will send 10 any advertising agency,
when requested to do SO, a sample, copy Of THn
DraocRAT, giving our terms explicitly, and
much trouble will DO saved both to them and
us, il they will forward no proposition to nd-
ysrtise unaccompanied by negotiable draft 10
pay for same at our regular rates. If.
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OBITUARY.

DlEp-At her residence on Cedar Greek, in
the County Of 6ilmer, on Sunday morning,
May 22d, 1879, SALLY NORRIS, widow of
William Norris, deceased in tho sorenty-hflh
year Of her age. .i-t..gs
By her exemplary conduct in all the relations
of life, she was endoared 10 all who knew her.
She was u faithful and devoted wife, a tender
and afftctionatc mother, and q kind neighnor.
She leaves large family and many relatives
and'friends 10 mourn her loss. Her sufferings
were protracted, which she bore with Christian
fo,titude and resignation, and died as she Ind
lived for many years past, believer in !
bsrndless grace Of God in Christ Jesus, and VIC
trust sho has gone 10 realize the full fruitien OIL
her hopes.
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MA HKHED.

On Sunday, May 30, at tn. residence Of the
BRIDES father, by Rev. Henry Laugford, Mr..
Ezra Wolf and Miss Alccs.ci Kennedy, both Of
Harrison County. !f ~ ~ re3-
o. Thursday, June 2, at the Episcopal
Church, by Rev. Mr. Sharpe, Mr.. Il. 7. Cam
den 10 Hiss Flora DAWSON, NIL of Weston.
Sand along their path may the laughing hours
Scatter only and always radiant flowers ~
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For Recorder.

VIZ arc authorized to nnnounc. GEORGE P.
OLIVER as candidate for the Office Of Recorder
sfLewis County-subjec. to the decision Of
County Democratic Convention.
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PoroMAo HsnhtSa ut Edwards /.

En- RA1srOs-tdc irr.pressiblo--has
lifted the veil; aud this week offers to the
public the most complete and varied stock
Of Jewelry in The world. See bis adyer-
tiscnent in another column.
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DrcohArloy DAr.-whcelihg and
various other citico have been blowing of
their superfuOus gas in decorating the
graves Of Federal soldiers The people Of
this county, regarding sincere grief as too
sacred for q public procession, decorate
the graves Of the heroes who fell on either
side silently and sadly. When grief has
to be purchased by brass bands and n big
parade, its sincerity may well be doubted.
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no EDITORs.

W7ANTED, A SITUATION, by A FIRST
W. class printer, Ia member Of the Typo
GRAPHICAL unlon), competent to take charge
o. newspaper and job Office. Apply for ten
Iays to "Printer,n Democrat Office, Weston,
West Virginia Q
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R,Eg1sAlll1RIs. NEATLY MEEcUzYD
',A.i;NNloUiycEs.NEN7ISs.
EtEar ,Sler,11iHA I.
we.i.h Jsns'o..

For Sherry =
Nh Error :APlease announce VI. Il. "
Mo0DFcRD as candid ate for The eiliee Of
Sheriff Of Lewis County -snbjjcssto the .deei-
aion Of The Demo cratic Couaty Convention
and oblige, Many VOTERS.
wEare authorized 70 announce JOHN ~.
CUMMINGS as candidate for the Office Of
Sheriff Of Lewis county L subject to The decision
9th. County Democratic Convention.
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.
TAxEs FOR PRlMARY EDucArloy.-Tb,
boards of Education for school district
have no right to impose taxes for primar,
education without first obtaining the as
sent of,the people.
The Constitution of our State prescribe,
as condition precedent to levying til.
school tax for primary education, that the
Board shall first obtain the assent of N.
people, Until the people SO consent, The
Boards of Education nave no right to i'm.
pose the tax. Let the Board of Education
OF the Weston district fix day for the
people to determine by vote whether they
shall impose a school tax for primary edu.
cation or not.
AS there is much complaint among The
taxpayers of our school district as to the
school funds and the manner of their dis
trIbutlon, We hope our new Board of Ed.
ucatlon will provide for taking the sense
OF the people as 10 whether they will levy
a tax for primary schools or not.
1t may be well enough to remark in
this connection that erery Taxpayer uill
be enlitled to rotc upon the question.
School, DlsrRlcr OF WEsros.-IIow
much tax can the Commissioners impose
for the year 1870, on tho 500 value Of
real and personal estate? The 10th Sec
ton Of the act incorporating the school
district Of Weston provides that the taxes
to be raised for school purposes in said
district, shall never exceed tho rate pre-.
scribcd for State taecs tr any one gear.
To ascertain what amount Of tax the Com
missioners of Education for said district
may impose for any ono year, two ques-
lions are to be considered: 1U
LIST, What is meant by State tores'
%, What amount Of State taxes is i'm
posed on tho real and personal property
for the year 1870?
The whole tax ordered to be collected
by the Legislature from the people Of the
State for tho year 1870 is 81 cents on the
500 value of real and personal estate.
Oftliis So cents, 90 cents is for State pur-
poses, 8 cents special tax for building the
Hospital for Insane, and 10 cents for
schools. The Constitution and laws of the
State have separated and defined State
taxes and school taxes That portion Of
the tax which is collected from the people
and placed in the treasury and paid out
for the ordinary expenses of the State
government is called STATE taaes, and the
taxes imposed for the establishment Of q
system Of free schools, pursuant to the
Constitution, is denominatcd school tares.
The S cents special tax for building the
Hospital for Insane is Independent, separ'
ate and distinct from The taxes denomina.
ted Stale faces and school taaes. and con
sequcntly tho Board Of education canno
impose for schools greater rate of taxa
ton in tho Weston school district fol, tht
year 1870, than 20 clnt, on the 800
value Of real and personal property.
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For A,.c.sor-FTts District.
weare authorized to announce Col. JOHN
KEE as candidate for Assessor Of the First
District Of Lewis unty-sulject to tho decis-
ion Of the Democratic County Convention.
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The RAlLRoAD.-On Monday last the
surveyors commenced their work again,
starting from the mound on Mr.. Butchers
farm, and crossing the river SO as to come
directly through the alley between the
houses of DR., Camden and Major Edwards
thence along Third Street, past the
Methodist Church to the Buckhannou
pike, They expected to make Buckwheat
in a few days,
LOG CABIN smoking TOBACCO at Ed
wards.
On mother, may | go and swim
Oh no, my duck, my daughter. But you
may go to Alinnich's ice cream saloon, and
get some of his excellent ice cream.
LAKE HERRIyo and Mackerel at Ed.
wards,
IA FEW WORDS OF WEIdHT.-"Do you
mean to say, madam, that be has taken no
other medicine 2"
This question was asked the other day
in relation to young man, "thc only son
ola widow" who was then rapidly recov-
ering from state Of absolute prostration,
occasioued by chronic indigestion. It was
asked by friend of the family of the in
yalid's mother, Mrs. Herman. 95 Abing.
don Square, New York.
The medicine referred to was PLANTA-
rIoS BIrTgns. LIDO mean to say it,"
replied Mrs. K, eve had led twenty
other remedies before, without tho slight
est benefit; but we tried mono afterwards,
for the Bittcrs proved all sufficient"
The lady herself is the authority for
this statement; and she further states her
belief that the restorative in question is
the best tonic and invigOrator ever admin
istercd. tJl
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Ear fuera oftl. l,;reuil ca,,rl

For Cleric fMs Circuit Court.
wa are authorized to announce lir. JOHN
g. JACKSON as a cahd idate for the Office Of
Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Lewis County
subject to the decision Of the County Democrat
10 Convention.
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JOB PAisrisa. Having occurred for
two or three weeks the services Of an OK.
Perienced job printer, we are now pre-
pared 70 do all kinds Of printing at rea.
sonabls ptices and vilhdispstch. Bring
along 3odr work bills, blanks of all
kinds, and, IN fact, every kind Sfspriut'
lug j
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To CANDIDATES Our friends WHO ex-
poet to, DO candidates for the various
county offices, would do well to announce
themselves. They will not gain anything
by saving the paltry fec which We should
receive. Radical aspirants-if there are
such-wil recollect that four columns are
open to ALL" \
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
INVEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
Hon. 1T. HoEE, Prs't Board of Regents
G. Q. Sturgiss, Secretary.

y. u "
ALEXANDER MARTIN, D. D. President,
Professor of Mental and Moral Phlosopy.
r. S. LYON, a.. n. Vice-Prcsident Professor
ofEnglsh Literature and PRINCIPAL ofPrePar-
atory Department.
s. G; srEvEss, A. NJ, Professor OfAstrenepy
and Physics. -
II. II. PIEpcp, a. ~, Capt. o. S. A., Professor
of Mathematics and Military Tactics.
J. J. STEVENSON, A.. NJ, PHI D., Professor Of
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
F. W. WooD, Phi. D., Professor Of Ancient ard
Modern Languages. 4al
.. ". MILLER, A. ", Assistant in the Prepara-
tory Department. -
D, B. PuRlSTos, Tutor, j4an1
GEoRdE N. lIAdASs, Esq, Superintendent o.
Grounds aud Buildings. 77
HuGH w. lsRocS, " D., Lecturer on Pbysiolo-
gy and Hygiene.
Hon. J0usA 4. OLLIE. Lecturer on Civilaad Con-
s,itutiunal Law. 81 49,
Fall Term begins LIST Tuesday in September.
Winter Term begins LIST Monday In December.
Spring Term begins Sd Tuesday in March.
Commencement, Sd Wednesday in June.
Tuition-Prcparatory, $3.50 per Term Of 10
weeks. ss.,..
{" University, ss,oo.per Term Of Ia
weeks. IaN
Boarding-Not to exceed $500 per week.
Gs- Send for catologuc.s y3nl4.
.
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A WAY WITH spECTAcLEs. Old eyes
N made new, easily, without Doctor or
medicines. Sent post paid on receipt tf ten
cents. Address Dr.. E. D. F0OTE, 2lcl Lex
ington Avenue, New York. 5sa aptls-ly
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A Row tx TIE RADICAL CAMp.-On
Monday last, or some days previously,
General George A. jackson, Clerk Of the
Circuit Court Of Lewis county, rendered
his resignation to Judge Irvine, and it
was accepted. Mr.. Ross, agood radical,
was holding the position of Deputy, and
it was supposed that he would receive the
appointment of Clerk. The public was
doomed to disappointment, for early on
Monday morning it was announced that
the Judge had appointed Allen Simpson,
Esq.-leaving Mr.. Ross out in the cold.
We a:e informed by several radicals that
this action Of tho Judge has rendered
very general dissatisfaction among .hem;
tue more so as Mr.. Ross was severely loil
aud much better qualified for The duties Of
f.he Office than Nj. Simpson. However,
Its is none Is our funeral; anu We bug to
our bosom Che truth If tEe s'yiig that
"when rogues fall out, there's chunss
for honest men, - lsssss q "a +
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JEKELRY

'E,R RALsToN,
Respectfully announces 10 his friend, and
aad tho public that he has just opened, at the
stsre one door above the building recently occu-
pied BY Irving Bailey, a fall and complete as
ssstmert oi5zil .ll,gc t9
WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWElRK
,HhyEs9 SNff 3 sii'N'-SNf
Ills stock Of LADIES 5EwELRy, comprises
q full stock OF q $500
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HEAp.AcuEs, nervous as well as others,
arise from a torpid state Of The stomach,
liver and bowels. Never take any min
erals or morphia for it.. They hurt more
than they do good. But take Roscn-
helms Stomach Bittcrs; the Great Yves
Tern Remedy, and ysu are sure Of cure.
See Advertisement.
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BR1As scy.hes at Edwards.

Bu7IExlzlso.-In our last issue We
mentioned tho fact that the store Of Mr..
J. Darlintoa had been broken open
on tho night of the 9th ult:, aud some
money and goods stolen. IS
On tho same night some burglars ef-
fcctcd an entrance into the Office Of Hon.
II, P. Camden, and, from appearances,
must llayo made desperate efforts to break
into large iron safe belonging to that
gentleman. Their efforts were unsucccss-
full, however, and as nothing Of Especial val
10 was loose in tic Office, their labor was
lost.
On Monday night last, some thieves
attempted to break into the Drug store o
I. NJ. CLalfant by boring q holcin th'
shutter of the back window. They were
about ready to mako an entrance, when
they were interrupted BY. JUNE Bare, Mr..
Cllalfant's clerk, WHO very opportunity
came into the store and heard the noise
made BY tile augcr.
No clue has yet been discovered to the
perpetrators of those outragcs; but it
might be vol to state, for the benefit Of
the rascals, that our citizens are fslly
aroused and lyadcn pills will be freely
administered should any ofthcm be caught
at their internal work.
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Wool! Wool Ira Hart, at his store
on Main street, offers SO cents per, pound
for wool. ~ VI.
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IRos hillside plows at Edwards .

srrrosED NluRDrs.-0p Monday last,
the body Of a strange man was found in q
path three miles below Sutton, in Brazton
County. The body must have been there
for solno time, as the flesh was very much
dceayed, rendering it almost impossible to
say whether or not violence had been
used. His coat was found few yards
from the body; and on his left side were
two holes, looking like those made by
bullets. His pockets were turned inside
out, and nothing was found upon his per-
son but an ambrotypo piciurc-supposed
to have been of himself. As yet, no clue
has been found as to who tho unfortunate
man was.
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"a. A. Observation-Disclosures
pleasure we call attention to tho advor-
tisemtnt, to be found in another column,
of A. A. Lewis, Esq, who has just re-.
ceivcd from the East an entirely new stock
Of goods, Of every kind and variety, to be
found in first-class Dry Goods Store.
It is needless that we should say anything
in relation to Mr.. Lewis as q business man
tho fact of his being leading merchant
from 1s49 until now speaking for itself.
We advise our friends in the country 10
give him call before going elsewhere.
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JOHANNESBURG MUTUAL INSURANCE
W st-7' COMPANY. 5.5,i,.
Insmes against loss BY Fire or Lightning
Principal ce,-CLARKsBURGs W. va.
Authorized Capital 100000
Capital Stock $4,000
INSURES ON the MUTUAL BASIS.
Policy Holders receive pro rata division Of
oil profits. s
Rates ofTnsuranco as Low as in any other
~, Good Paying Company. z
1T DOES A REG CLAR RANKING BUSINESS
Discounts Paper, Receives Money on Deposit,
paying upon the same liberal rate of Interest.
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CLARKsBuRa MARBLE Wonks.-We call
attention to tho advertisement in another
column of N1cssrs. -Plymiro & Payne, Of
the Clarksburg Marble Works. They are
excellent workmen. and worthy Of the
extensive patronage they receive. Tho
elegant monument over the remains Of the
late Minter Bailey, Esq, was erected by
them. .-r,, ~
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suPEsros Norway nail rod iron at Ed
wards.
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ALI kinds. ofquecnsware and glassware
a. Edwards. 49, ''-i''.s3'
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Twenty-Five cents will buy packet Of
SEA Moss FAmsEof your grocer or Drug
gist, which, in ten inmates, will make
sixteen quarts Of Blanc Mango, Iuddings,
Custards, &c.
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Test OF MowNo MAcnlSE.-Mr.
Woodford requests US to state that the
celebrated Clipper Moving Machine will
be tested at his farm about noon on Mon
day, the 18th inst. lie desires as many
Of his neighbors as can possibly attend, TO
do so, as the machine will be fairly aud
fully tested.
On!the SNOW, tho beautiful snow
And oh tho delicious ice cream ut Min
nieh's.
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FACTORY GoODs FOR Wooh.--Ira Hart
is now Offering, ut the old stand of Irving
Bailey. on Main Street, in this place,
Genuine Factory Goods in erehange for
Wool. Call and examine lis stock and
you will be plsascd.a The Goods will
wear longer and look better than any
homemade. mny2S-tf
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Coon INTENT washing soap at Ed
wards.
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LOG CABIN smoking TOBACCO at Ed
wards.
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Gu! mother, may | go and swim :!
Oh no, my duck, my daughter. But you
may go to Alinnich's ice cream saloon, and
get some of his excellent ice cream.
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so,ir of our physic,nTs arc absent at
the Medical Convention now in s session at
Parkersburg. b
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CLEANING Uf.-Our streets are UNDER
going thorough course Of cleaning up
the dirt being gathered in piles and carted
of, Only sG2,72G,s43,274 loads were
hauled from the Alley Canal.
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LAKE HERRlSo and Mackcrel at Ed.
wards,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-28
PROFANE FEMALES.

From the Louispil COurier-Jo,rndL .-'
We have never for moment doubted that
every one of the shrieking sisterhood would
ultimately learn to swear. Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, one of the oldest and toughest
of them, has got so far along that she begins
to look upon profanity as almost pious In
one of her recent letters from the Northwest
to the Re00IutiOn she says s... .......
'Being informed the special train would leave at
6, was ready at that hour but the conductor being
drunk, had gone OFF an hour before, and was anX-
i0usy inquirng for me at every stopping place along
the line. At the end of the route large audience
waited my coming. My son and lyceum managers
telegraphiDg, "Where is the train?' "Where Is Mrs.
Stanton?" At the other end stood tired dsgusted,
indignant, replying, "Here am, but where is the
back to the hotel, bag and baggage lin good state
OF mind to ay.- 1tl while the audience at Month
cello dispersed at O'Clock, cursing all womonkind."
When Mr.. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, quietly
nursing his sickly infant in his widowed
home, read that letter, what must he have
been sin good state of mind to say?" He
must be a very strange specimen of hem
pecked pusillanimity if he doesn't think that
it is bad enough for women to go struggling
about the country alone, haranguing mob at
every town, but that it is a great deal worse
for them to hang around railroad depots at
night and swear like trooper when the trains
fail to arrive on time If we must have the
ballot for women let us postpone it until we
shall have read the obituary of the last of the
women, male and female, who are now
clamoring for it, so greatly to the disgust of
all sensible people.
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THE PLEBISCITE.

From the N. y. World.
The sense of the Emperors pIebiscite to the
French is:-Are you willing my son should
reign after me? The text puts ''liberal re-
forms" in the place of ''son," and thus,
though everybody knows the terms are not
synonymous, the peculiar wording of the
formula makes hostile vote upon it very
difficult. To vote for liberal reforms is to
vote in favor of the Prince Imperial becoming
Emperor on the demise of his respected sire;
to vote against such succession is, in so many
words, to vote against liberal reform, and
few Frenchmen will care to write themselves
down lovers of Bourbonism by such ballot
as that Accordingly, by clever petiti0 p7j1s-
cipii, the Emperor puts himself in position
to almost certainly receive nineteen out of
every twenty votes cast; while nothing is
left the irreconcilables, legitimists and
other anti Bonapartists but to persuade
people not to vote at all. In this it is not
likely that their efforts will meet any great
success. There is certain fascination about
putting ''the thing in the box" which few are
able to resist. At the moment of standing
at the polls with his ticket in his grasp, a
man is, or thinks he is--which is pretty much
the same thing, so far as he is concerned-a
king, a sovereign-the one human being
upon the expression of whose will all other
human beings must wait To ask him, then,
to forego this all glorious moment is thing
abominable-so abominable that the chances
are an hundred to one he will Immediately
resent the same by tearing off forthwith tC
the polls, and there depositing his ballot with
even more altitudinous feeling of sove
reienty than usual, the effort to induce hin
to forego his rights heightening, by the very
sense Of contrast, the joy-sppsSb, grandS