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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
Life IN Japan.

Jamcs Brooks, speaks of Japan, where
he is now travelling, after this fashion
What miserable life it is to he in n
country wnerG you can understand moth
ing through your ears, except the yell.
ing aud mewing Of cats, the barking OF
dogs, and the crying Of babies, strapped
on their mothers or little sisters backs.
Even dogs bark, not in English, but in
japanese way. The baby-crying is
the only real familiar sound to greet my
ears The cocks have n new way Of
growing, and the hens ofcackling. None
of the birds sing as our birds sing, if
any of them sing at all, though they
make mn internal noise for birds. There
nre no sheep to blcnt and make you
happy, and the cows, ii there are any,
aud the bulls, but very few, are so well
drilled, they never low or roar. The
temple bells, even, are not our bells.
They don't speak English, nor French,
nor German, nor any other European
ngunge, but utter notes of their own.
| should however. have the blues, in
such deaf and dumb land, If American
and English friends had not sprung up
in al directions The fish, all, are new
fish, as well ms the birds the trees, most
o. them, new trees the flowers NIL new,
II we had not imported great many Of
them il 10 America. | cant even go
a.shopping alone, where there is every.
thing wonderful to buy. l can't toll
what want ; and when / do, l can't get
at he price.of it, especially in measures
and weights, all new to us, worse, by
fur, than the kilometres and kilogrammcs
Of our French and English neighbors,
II the rascals that went to work ut that
Tower OF Babel had had nny idea OF
what confusion in the world they were
making, do you think they would have
tried to build it?
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
TIE MANAGING WIFE.

Ezra Newton had just finished looking
over his yearly accounts. "Well," asked
his wife, looking up, "how do you come
out ~
al flnd," said her husband, that my
expenses during the last year have been
thirty.seven cents over n thousand dollars y
And your income has been thousand
dollars ~ LfAfN....
"Ycs ! managed pretty well, didn't
IT
ado you think It managing well to cx'
eeed your income2" said his wife.
"What's thirty-seven cents 2" said Mr.
Newton, lightly. t-.
mot much, to be sure, but still some
thing. 1t seems to me that we ought tC
have saved 1t instead Of falling behind"
:" But how can we save on this salary
Elizabeth We haven't lived extrava'
rantly. Still II seems tti have taken all. '
"PerlnpS there Is something in which
we might retrcnoh. Suppose YOU mention
some Of your items" .
"Thc most important arc house rent
one hundred and fifty dollars, and articles
Of food, five hundred dollars"
"Just half"
- and you'll admit that we can't
&c. "re, Elizabeth. like to live
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

Fcather.edged ribbons are the latest
novelty.
The skirts Of dresses next season arc
to be trimmed with vertical or horizon
tai pullings, instead of ilouncc3.
The number of notable matrimonial
engagements announced in fashionable
society is almost unprecedented.
Small scaris for the neck Of camels'
hair, lace, crepe, and other materials, are
all the rage ut present. and will be this
winter.
A new style OF round hat for ladies' is
sort of Scotch cap of black velvet or
straw, ornamcntcd withsR black wing,
fastened with dragon-Ay composed of
peacocks' feathers
The fashion Of having the hair fall
over the forehead Ia Aagi1iss has met
with no success in Paris. except among
a few questionable women, who are now
returning to the capital after long ah-
scncc. ...
SacQucs are not so much used MS for
mcrly when all dresses were low in the
neck. Finest cashmere sacques, richly
braided and embroidered, are found at
the furnishing stores Berlin wool
sacQues are still softer, md are perfectly
shipped
The custom Of putting on black for n
deceased friend lns lately received Sc.
we're blow, from the general adoption OF
black toilcttes for street wear, which rem
ders It less distinctive. In fact, unless
Grape is worn, black is no longer consid
cred mourning.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
Testing Petroleum.

Prof. Vande Weyde's new test for the
adultention OF kerosene MS laid before
the American Institute OF Science seems
to be of immediate practical value. This
test for petroleum is founded on the fact
that all vapors given off by petroleum
are combustible, and TINT il kerosene or
other preparation from petroleum gives
off yapor Mt the accepted standard
temperature Of 100 it is not necessary
to try whether it will burn, but sufficient
to collect it in u proper vessel, by which
We gain the additional advantage that
We may measure the quantity OF the
yapor, while none Of it can be lost by mir
currents incidentally passing over the
surface of the liquid. He takes there
fore, II glass tube closed Mt one end and
open at the other, and fills it with tho
petroleum to be tested, then closing the
open end with the finger, inverts it in
vessel, with water warmed to HOO by
mixing hot and cold water and keeping
it Mt that temperature by occasionally
adding hot water. II now any vapor DO
apparent, it will collect in the closed
upper part Of the tube, displacing tho
oil downward. The amount Of this gas
will be comparative test Of the different
qualities of oil and for this purpose tho
tube may bo graduated in order to meas.
ure the amount OF volatile liquid present
in the same. This method is not sub
iect to the discrepancies found in the
usual way of testing, in which IN impure
and dangerous quality of oil may be
made to appear better than it is by slow
and gradual heating, and which il per-
formed in slight draft of air will have
the vNpors carried Off rs soon as devel-
oped, so that it becomes impossible to
ignite them. This new method gives
freedom from the danger OF using fire,
mere accuracy, trustworthy means oi
measurement, and no chance Of decep.
ton.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
When to Sell Products.

In nine cases out OF ten it pays to sell
farm products MS soon us they arc ready
for the market. The aggregate loss OF
holding them is ut least ten times the ag-
grcgate gain, taking the experience OF
any hundred farmers together.
Take, for example, grain. In the nat
ural order of things, the supply is equal
to the demand. The exceptions are
when war takes from the producing to
add to the consuming class, which, in adj
dition to waste and expense of transpor-
tation, inevitably increases the demand,
while decreasing the production, and of
course augments the price; or when II
failure in some crop in some section
places the supply below the needs of that
section, and other districts are called up
on to make up the deficiency.
But both OF these causes arc excep-
tional. As to the failurc of the grain
crops in any section, it has become nj
most nn axiom that when corn or wheat
is below the average, something else
that can take the place Of one or both is
above, and thus the general average, ex-
cCpt in raro cases, is preserved.
Then rs to potatoes. They are gener-
ally lower in the fall than in the spring,
but the larger price in May rarely, ii
ever, nets as much rs the smaller price
in October. The shrinking during the
Intervening six months is never less
than twenty-five per cent. under the
most favorable circumstances, and is
likely to be much greater
Take, also, wool. The clip is gcner-
ally bought up in July and Angus. If
not sold then, it must be held till the
next year, and, though there is no
shrinking, il properly kept, yet there is
some trouble, the loss Of interest ou the
money and the possibility or even less
price, which the possible advance, in n
large majority of cases, never covers ;
aud thus in every department of the
farm the principle that should underlie
all operations is: Raise the best Of every
thing when the crop is ready for mar
ket, if offered a fair price, let it CO.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
Paving the Printer.

There are people of every civilized
country under the sun who have mis-
takes ideas about the business OF print
ing and the manufacture OF newspapers.
They believe that a newspaper can exist,
thrive and flourish on itself, without any
external aid, on the principle on which
the bear manages to tide over the cold
weather, without requiring sustenance
or board. Many of the people Of Canada
labor under this strange idea, hence 1t
comes that some of our brethren Of the
provincial press are driven half yearly
to dun and clamor for what is due them
and to browbent readers who believe
that they eau read their paper without
money and without price, Our brother
of the Allison Star, of the Goth ult,,
makes M appeal nd dmisTicoriiam, which
is fair sample of what printers are
driven to by the wanton neglect and
carelcssness of those whom they faithful
ly serve. He says: "We want money
and must have it. From the date of our
commencement to the present, We have
not urged upon our subscribers or ad-
vertisers the necessity Of paying up.
There is an end to all things, and we
find that the time has arrived when we
cannot refrain from asking for what
should have been paid long since.
Printers, like other people, require
money. We have large weekly outlay
in the way of wages, paper ink, &c.
We therefore trust this hint may be
sufficient Every straightforward
man will admit that there is something
desperately wicked in the system which
c0mpels decent man TO turn buInbailiif
and throw out such vivid hints and in
situations ms the above. Every straight
forward man will admit, also, that the
parties who are the cause OF such
transformation are guilty not only of
uncharitableness, but downright dis
honesty, and should be placarded ms
swindlors OF the poor and needy. The
printer ought to be the last man in the
world subjected to gouging. His profits
are small-for years often invisible-he
has then to toll early and late, to slave Of
ten when men are ut rest, to steer his bark
throught multitude of abuse which,
il iHstce were done, should full on other
shoulders, and-bcsidcs doing all this
he must never lose sight Of the interests
Of his readers, nor cease to push them
forward with might and main, Toronto
JplgJruDL
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

A California hotel has vase labeled
"2th picks"
An African giant, eight feet higiG is
on his way to America.
scventy.scven different kinds Of rice
are cultivated in India.
A California Chince pugilist is felici-
tously name All Bung.
Staten Island cows become inebriated
OH grain from the refuse OF brewerics.
The Lowell Courier complains of be-
ing abridged to Glow Cour," by its
exchanges.
Money is said to be the sinews Of war.
It is equally the sinews Of marriage.
Without it no couple can carry the war
on.
The bats in Wisconsin kill sheep. Ono
farmer has lost 800 by them. The bats
perch on the animals neck and suck his
blood.
One of the candidates lately before n
California county board of examination
gave the following definition OF the word
phlebotomy -" Phlebotomy, pertaining
to the bottom Of phlee."
doesn't this lovely scene animate
youl" asked Annn Of her lover. "No,"
said he, "nothing but you can Anna
mate me. Oh, say yes, my darling"
She did say yes, and his cup OF anima-
ton was full.
An official, who was called upon to
administer IN oath recently, absent
mindedIy subscribed himself, "YourS,
truly, Rogers S Smith, Justice OF the
Peace" II was a firm name, but it
wouldn't stand.
Judge Barnard, OF New York, in n re.
cent decision said it is idle and foolish
to sue IN editor of paper for libel
that he knows nothing about, and is
willing to render any proper redress that
mistake calls for.
Fossil Creek, Kansas, was invaded re-
Gently by drove Of three hundred bnf-
fNloes that had been frightened by train
Of cars. They went through the town
on the double quick, hurried by the shot
guns OF the citizens.
An Arkansas paper says that 400 calves
were shot ont Of one herd during the
drive from Texas to Kansas last month.
All young calves are shotaS soon rs they
are born, so rs to be got rid Of and al
low the cows to be driven.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

Mr.. Chittenden, of Kentucky, was at
one time defending u man who had been
indicted for capital oflense. After nm
elaborate and powerful defense, he
closed his effort with the following
striking aud beautiful allegory:
"Whcn God, in His eternal council,
conceived the thought Of mans creation,
he called up to him the three ministers
who constantly wait upon the throne
Justice, Truth nnd Mcrcy--and thus nd.
dressed them: Shall we make man p
Then said Justice, 20, God, make him
not, for he will trnmple upon tho laws.
Truth made answer also, %, God, mako
him not, for he will pollute the sanctua'
RIGS But Mercy, dropping upon her
knees, and looking up through her tenrs,
exclaimed, 20 God, make him; l will
watch over him with my care through
all the dark paths which he may havc
trod, Then God made man and said to
him, 20, man, thou art the child Of
Mercy; go and deal with thy brother. "
The Jury, when he had finished, was
drowned III tears, and against evidence
and what must have been their own
conviction, brought in verdict Of not
guilty.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

The steamer Lodona, on the line be-
tween Now York and Now Orleans, has
been wrecked off the Florida coast, The
announcement OF the sad affair came
first in dispatch from st. Augustine, MS
follows: 1.-THE LOdona wrecked seven
ty.fivc miles south. Twenty drowned.
Mcss.hoy picked mp yesterday. He
brought the news. She is total wreck.
Survivors Captains son, first and sec
ond mates, chief engineer first assistant
engineer, fireman, -four sailors, head
cook nnd moss.boy." The LodonN was
mn iron stcamor Of about 800 tons bur
den, buit in Hull, England, in 1862, land
rated Al. The first voyage she ever
made was ny II blocladc-runner, and she
wns captured while trying to run into
North Carolina with a valuable cargo.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

How Much DID HE LOSE PA New
York gentlemen Mt dinner on board Il
Cunard steamer laid a wOgcr with the
captain that he could not give him cor
rect answer, within 4 minute, to the fol-
lowing question "a Yankee rushed in
to b0otmakcr's store, in Broadway,
Here, look sharp ~ cried he, "iust on
for Californin-ship sails in half an hour
want II pair OF boOts--look aliyc!"
Down tumhlcd the boots or the shelves,
from which he was soon fitted. How
much 2" "Fiye dollars" "Giyu me
change for this frty dollar bill-shnrp-
quick" Tho bootmaker, not having
change, rushed to mouey-chlngcr.
"Quich, give change forth fifty dollar
bill--paSscngcr JUST oil to California y
And in few minutes away ran the
Yankee with his boots and his change
OF to California, OF course. In abou, an
hour afterwards the mOncy.chnngcr came
down TO the bootmakcr "llalloa
see, Luoih he, this is bad lii pay
me down fifty dollars at once which
the poor fellow, much disguSted Ind TO
do. Now, how much did the bootmaker
llosO7
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
Positively no Advertising Wanted.

Such is the sign placed by one OF the
insurance companies Of this city on its
Office, MS n warning to all canvnssers who
represent the press, or anything else
whereby publicity is offered to those
who seek the patronage Ofthe communi-
tyl Positively no mirriiSing rdnted!
Are the dark ages upon us again, that
men should seek to hide their light un-
der n bushel, instead Of setting IL on q
candlestick ? Is it true that any com
pany does not really desire to be made
known to those who read the public
prints d? Usually those who read the
journals of the day are tile intelligent
men they mr. the business men; the
ones likely to be interested in all insur.
ancc enterprise. 1t is a notorious fact
that the whole insurance family, ,he
men through whom ninety per cen;. Of
the business of that company land all
other companies, for TINT mattcr) is
done, lead the insurance journals us they
read no other papers; they are inluenc-
cd by them; they are attracted towards
those institutions that sustain them. And
the companies whose names and plans
arc made familiar to them, through the
frequent meeting of them in the col
umns Of their lavorite insurance papers,
are the companies for whom they will III
tmntely influence business, Postiueil
no ddrriisbg rGnicd! Is is almost
equivalent to saying, Positively no bust
nCss wanted l-hSWaRcc Monitor.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
A Memory.

We walked across tho meadow.lAnd,
And through the field OF clover,
reached aud clasped your slender hand,
And the song Of the thrush trilcd over,
And she seemed to say "Bo glad, be gay,
For life Is an endless holiday"
And asked you, as We crossed the lea,
"Whon shall our two lives sevcrf"
And lips and eyes both answered me,
"Ecyor, my darling, never"
heard the thrushs song to-day
ut il late for her to be singing),
And 1t thrilled me with the past away"
And set my whole soul ringing.
And she seemed to say, "GrOw old and groy,
For the JOY you tasted has flown away"
And asked the wind aud the singing bird,
"Oh, must our two lives soyerf'
And II seemed to ne the answering word
Was, "FOr ever, and for ever"
count my grief as little thing,
For this Il world OF sorrow,
And Joy IL tickle and fleet OF wing;
But there Is light We may borrow,
five only will, to cheer until
That mystic day when the heart Is still,
And God IL wiser than men, | know.
But think life would seem brighter,
LiyOu and had not parted So
And my heart, love, would DO lighter.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

CoSsrrRAcIEs.-W When the discovery
of n conspiracy is in progress in Fr nee,
The agents Of the law pounce down
upon tho houses of the persons impli.
Gated in il, and sweep up all written pa.
pers. Tho signatures appended to notes
and letters nre put upon suspected list
which suggests new domiciliary visits
productive in their turn.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

ADHrIcuTTY. "A Texas paper reports
a little difficulty" which occurred in
Bastrop, that State, thus: "Lntc in the
evening Il difficulty occurred between
the son Of Mr.. =. Yoast and n frcemason,
in which Mr. Yoast became engaged.
One policeman was killed and two citi-
aens wounded accidentally. Mrs Hal
ter, wife of Joseph Halter, died from
fright. All regret this. Yoast escaped. "
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18

Tar Territory of Utah covers mn area
OF 10000 square miles, including in this
measurement large tracts fwild, broken,
rocky, mountainous country, But com.
pNrNtively little of the territory is 1T for
cultivation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-07

OuE S~ESATORIAL ELECTloN.-The ques
ton who shall be our next Senator in
Congress? 2 j. becoming frequent through
out the state, and considerable interest be-
gins 10 be felt us to whether Judge John
ston is to he retained or displaced. Several
Eastern Virginia gentlemen are spoken of
as his probable competitors, OF whom Maj.
Sutherlin seems to be the most prominent.
II is said that hc will receive u large vote in
the Legislature, if he is not elected. But
while there IL this difference of opinion
among the wise men 0! the East, there is
Il remarkable unanimity Cf sentiment
throughout the entire Southwest. Judge
Johnston, as far as we can ascertain, will
have the support Of every member of the
Assembly from this portion Of the State.
We know that he has received an editorial
endorsement from nearly every paper pub
lished west Of ~Lynchburg, and from many
III other sections OF the State.
Gun own opinion upon this subject is we'll
known. We have frequently taken occa-
rIon TO express our approval Of Senator
Johnston>s course in Congress. We do not
tAink that Virginia has ever had u more
worthy and useful representative, nor do
we hin that there Is now u citizen within
her limits who will represent her in future
WIFI more credit TO himself and more benefit
TO The State. Let the Virginia Legislature
therefore do justice TO our worthy Senator
by returning him to the Senate without q
dissenting voice. We know that he Is trust
worthy, and we have a great many risks to
run IN the selection Of q new man. While
we cannot do any better, we may do much
worse. Peradventure, we may get hold of
another Trojan horse like unto Lewis /; but
hod grant that we may never look upon his
like again HytheUiAe Enterprise.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-07

TRADE IN 1S71.-The New York Tribune
has been summing up the gains of the last
year, and gives rs q result that "We are in
creasing in wealth and productive capacity
at Il rate unparalleled by any other country,
whether Of the Old or New World"
1t finds that our population increased at
least one million during 1870, but one
fourth of this increase is the result of immi-
grafton, leaving the remaining three-fourths
to be accounted for by the excess of births
over deaths.
Our agriculture was very productive, and
its gains over 1869 in value were very con-
siderable. The gold and silver returns of
the mines were over sixty millions, and in
the same period numerous new mines were
opened, but they will not in many instances
show notable results until this present year,
4 source Of general congratulation is the
approach Of our national currency to gold
value !; while in 1869 it was 20 per cent. be-
low, it is now scarcely above 10 per cent,
and there IS no reason why during 1871 it
should not reach the standard of coin.
A remarkable feature of the year just
closed was the construction of over 10000
miles Of railroad in the United States, at a
cost of not less than $500, 00O, 600. Our
cities have also increased the number of
their buildings 100, 900, and it is not unfair
to suppose the country outside Of the cities
has erected quite as many.
In June, 1853, the reported balance of
trade against us was $75, 900, 900, while in
June, 1870, it was only a little over S25,-
0O0, 900.