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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

HAWAII, in tue Sandwich Islands, is the
scene OF some recent practical jokes. A
number of would-be-funny individuals
have been practising a number of practi-
cal jokes during the past few evenings by
removing sign-boards from one place to
another, much to their own amusement,
doubtless, but greatly to the annoyance
of their victimE. The sign of Mr.. Os-
borne, photographer, was removed dur
ing the night Of Saturday last. Next
morning that gentleman commenced q
search for the missing article, which was
finally discovered hoisted at half-mast on
the hose company's flagstaff. Another
gentleman was rather surprised one NOR
ming lately by q visit from q stranger
wishing to purchase the premises on
which he was living. The owner replied
that he did not wish to sell. Stranger
wanted to know why he had been made q
fool OF. Explanations were demanded
on both sides, which resulted in the
owner OF the premises discovering that a
placard had been placed conspicuously
on the lot announcing to passers-by.
"This property for sale. "
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24
Going to the CITY for Employment.

The great number OF young men who
have been honestly and industriously
raised in the country, who leave off til
ling the soil and tending the flock to get
q placein the city, commit suicidal act.
For every vacant situation there are nore
than score OF hungry applicants, and
he who is producer at home and earns
an Independent support should he get a
situation), finds to his utter dismay and
disappointment that the imaginary infu-
ence consequent upon his acquaintance,
is a mere visionary circumstance never to
be realized. He is unable to redeem the
representation made to his employer, and
as he receives his salary and reflects that
he is nothing more than pensioner, he
undergoes a humiliation that is extreme
ly torturing. "Hope deferred maketh
the heart sick," and it is happy con-
dition when young man is willing to
accord the "home folks"as much sense
and penetration as himself, and not I'M
agine that he is possessed Of superior
mental calibre, and must be necessarily
transplanted to the city. Let him be
contented at home with his condition
labor diligently and he will avoid chagrin,
and manifest more wisdom than by an
exercise of undue ambition.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24
A. Bold Assassination.

A merry and joyous company had as
sembled in the parlor of the st. Nicholas
Hotel to do honor TO the union of two
loving hearts-ths marriage of Mr.. J. C..
Foster, late of Bowling Green, KY, to
Miss Rose Bird, OF this city. Father
Donnelly had Just performed the mar
riage ceremony. The bride was in the
parlor attended by bevy of beauties
and merry young mnidens. The proud
bridegroom had Just passed out of the
saloon to receive the pledges and con-
gratulstions of his friends, when there
entered an unlimited guest, Mr.. Thomas
Smith, Of Independence, who at once
accosted Foster. Very few words passed
between them. A bystander overheard
the following conversation, the meaning
whereof is still shrouded in mystery.
Foster was standing at the corner of the
bar when Smith said, "You do not mean
it" al do" "Then prepare your
SELF" At the same time he produced q
navy revolver and fred into Foster.
Turning around without word OF ex-
PLANTATION, the assassin walked out of the
saloon, putting up his pistol as he walked
coolly across the street past the court
house. Turning between the Market
Honse and the courthouse, he mounted
his horse and fed out into the darkness
Of the night, unmolested, unpursued.
The bridegroom staggered backward as
he received the shot, and fell upon the
window bench. Medical attendance was
soon upon the scene, and the wounded
man carried up stairs. His cries were
continuous. His only e1clnmations be-
ing: "Tom Smith, why did you murder
me?" "Oh, why have you shot me
down upon this my wedding?" 81 who
was your best friend and loved you Oh,
Tom, why have you murdered me ?" A
hasty examination of the wound by Drs.
Milligan, Taylor, and other surgeons
whose names We were unable to learn,
showed that the bullet had passed through
the right hand and entered the abdomen
near the groin, and had glanced obliquely
downwards, lodging about three inches
from where it had entered. The opinion
OF the surgeons was that the wound vas
dangerous, but notnecessarily fatal The
scene in the parlor was beyond descrip-
ton. The fair and elegantly-attired
bride, stricken down in her grief and
horror, was surrounded by bridesmaids
and relatives. Here and there were fair
girls lying PROSTATE and insensible from
fright. Sobs and whispers were the only
sounds to be heard All was sadness and
grief where Joy and glee had reigned
supreme not twenty minutes before.
Tom Smith is now under indictment for
robbing Stone & Thornton's Bank in
1867, on information furnished by Jim
Grow Childs. Smith has been a refugee
from justice, in Canada, for about two
years, having but recently returned to
his home at Independence. His capture
is considered doubtful. We have been
unable to learn the cause that led to this
deed OF blood. The whole affair remains
enshrouded in veil ofmystery y.-Kansas
City Bulletin.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

A BRITISH SOLDIER writes from Her
bert Hospital, Shooters Hill, to a COM
rade as follows, giving his experience in
outwitting the doctors: Previous to
going to hospital, rub your tongue with
chalk, ready for the word, Put out your
tongue ) then, when the doctor is going
to feel your pulse, be sure to knock your
elbow against the wall, and it will beat
to any number in a minute then, if you
wish to persevere to be invalided, be on
the lookout for friend to bring you a
bit of raw bullock's liver every morning,
in order to spit blood for the doctor; of
course have little bit of the liver in
your mouth, under your tongue, fresh,
ready for him when he comes round the
hospital ward, and have good piece
ready to spit out for him when he ap-
proaches your cot; then give great
sigh and a groan, and you are sure to be
ordered lamb chops, chicken, rice pud-
ding, port wine, Guinness's stout-in
fact, you may live on the fat of the land
for the remainder OF your soldering,
which will not be long but, depend up
on it, you are sure Of a pension, even
under ten years service.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CURRENT
YEAR.-The following is the official state
ment of the appropriations made during
the third session OF the Forty-frst Con-
gress, for the year ending June 80, 1872:
For the pay of invalid and other per
sons, S2O,O50, 900 for the Military Acad-
emy, S316, ,269; for the consular and dip
lolaatic service, 81, ,466, 1874 for legisla-
tive, executive and Judicial expenses,
S19, sos, 400 /; for sundry civil expenses,
including half million unexpected bal
ances reappropriated, s24, IA, 773; def
ciences for fiscal year ending June 80,
1870, and 1871, and for former years and
for other purposes, 81, ,263, ,131 and for
half-yearly appropriations, for expenses
of collecting the revenue from Customs,
50, 75O, 900, making the total Deficiency
bill S14, 4,013, 131 for the army, S27, 49,
$50; for the navy, S19, ,S32, ,317; for
public works, 81, 407, 500; for Indian
Department, s5, 112, ,240 for Post-office
Department, s26, ,032,s68; for fortifca-
tions, 81, ,627, 800 ; miscellaneous, 81, ,26l,
2OS total, STA, 4SS,962.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24
The Condition Of Cuba.

/ The Diario says " Nothing happened
at Santo Espiritus which merits the re-
joicing of the enemies of Spain. The
insurgents burnt two plantations, killed
six overseers, and carried of sixty labor
ers from one plantation. The insur.
gents also fred from an ambush upon
the troops which left the city to protect
the plantations. We understand 5000
soldiers are operating in the jurisdiction
of Santo Espiritus, but the country Is
the most mountainous and difficult in the
island, and double the number OF troops
would be insufficient to prevent crimes
like the above mentioned. The insur-
gents can commit them with impunity,
because it is impossible for our columns
to be everywhere. Nevertheless, it is
lamentable that such disorders should
occur at such short distance from the
CITY.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24
American Inst. Farmers Club.

d. b. Stoddard, Hartford, Conn,
sends the Club paper, in which he as
serts, as the result of his experience ::
My experiments, carefully conducted fo-
a number OF years, with rigid accounts
kept from first to last, having proved to
my satisfaction that though it is easy
enough for one who understands it to
rear great numbers OF chicken, it cannot
be done with profit. II any one doubts,
let him try, and keep accurate accounts.
Let it be noted that l do not deny that
few persons may, by extra accom-
modations, anticipate their neighbors by
few weeks, and make money on very
early chickens; but such basis is too mar
row for the multitude to do business up
on. A few others find profit by selling
live fowls OF fancy breeds at high prices;
but only few can do that either, the
demand being limited. As for feeding
upon hotel waste, which costs nothing,
undoubtedly that pays but what most
fus want to know is, whether it will
pay if we have no hotel of our own, and
have to depend upon grain. There has
been, in almost every county in New
England, some one who has tried the
experiment OF poultry on large scale,
and abandoned it. Now, l am as
throughly convinced that keeping poul-
try for their eggs may be profitable, rs I
am that raising chickens in large num-
bers, for the sake OF their flesh, must be
improbable. While the modus ope-
randi OF chicken raising on q large scale
has been exhibited by Mr.. Leland and
others, no large egg mandatory was
ever successfully run, so far, as l know,
in this or other countries. To keep
great number Of laying fowls the year
through in healthy and productiveness
both, is vastly more difficult than to raise
chickens by the thousand. Using proper
care to secure sanitary conditions, great
numbers of laying hens may be kept with
little or no disease, as unquestionable as
that great number of convicts may be
confined in our prisons with less disease
than in an average outside scattered
communicable. Lawrence remember
ed to have attended dinner in London
thirty years ago, given by gentleman
on the occasion OF his retiring from ac-
tive business. The host made speech,
in which he stated that he was that day
sixty years old, and that forty years OF
his life had been devoted to the poultry
business, out of which he had made his
fortune-keeping from 1000 to 1,500
fowls. Mr.. Fuller asked if any one knew
OF any person in this country who had
made living by growing fowls and pro-
ducing eggs for market exclusively. He
had never known OF such an instance.
No other member OF the Club had either
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

"THAT BLESSED BABY. The western
newspapers are greatly excited over the
double baby which is now on exhibition
in Cincinnati. One editor says: "The
children flor children they are) are rath-
er pretty and intelligent looklng-blue
eyes, fair hair, and light complexion.
Their bodies are joined together so that
there appears to be but one body, and
their heads lie in exactly opposite direc-
tons. The question has often been
asked, Can they ever walk 2 1t will be
an odd-looking sight if they do, for
their lower limbs are placed at their side,
and at right angles with the line OF their
body. Besides, the right leg belongs to
one and the left to the other, and being
governed by different minds, should
think they would fail to move in har.
mony. While Twas there one child fell
asleep the other remaining awake,
laughing and growing"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

A Few OF OUR MoN1ED MES.-
Though the Revenue Department has
forbidden its officers to publish the in
come tax returns, as was formerly the
custom, We have contrived to ascertain
the amounts returned for 1870 by many
OF the wealthiest men in this city. A. T.
Stewart still heads the list, his income
being over million and a half there
are only two others in the same Fifth
avenue district over three hundred
thousand dollars, namely E. S. Higgins,
S37S,000, and B. G. Arnold, S346, 900.
Then come eleven men with incomes less
than three hundred thousand but over
two hundred thousand Moses Taylor, P.
Goelet, James G.. Bennett, of the Herald
1921, ,000), A. R. Emo, G. Bliss, L. P.
Morton, Rufus Hatch, A. Arnold, G..
Kemp, r. Bonner, of the Ledger (S205,
OOO), and H. Fisk (of Fisk & Hsteh). A.
S. Hatch heads the list of twenty-si1
men whose incomes are between one and
two hundred thousand dollars Henry
Clews, Paran Stevens, John ]. Cisco,
Peter Cooper (S1O5, ,00O,) and L. Delmon-
leo are in this list As a general thing
these incomes are far below those Of the
same men for the year Immediately pre-
ceding 1S70.-M Y Paper.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

They tell IL story OF an ofd-fashioned
miser. He was never known to have
ANYTHING in the line Of new apparel bui
once then he was going on journey,
and had to purchase new pair OF boots.
The stage left before day, and so he got
ready and went to the hotel to stop tol
the night. Among whole row OF boots,
in the morning, he could not find the old
familiar pair. He had forgotten the new
ones he hunted and hunted in vain;
The stage was ready, and as he looked
carefully round to see that he was not OBJ
served, put on nice pair that fitted him
called the waiter and told him the CIR
cumstance, giving him ten shillings FOL
fine owner. The owner never called
The miser bought his own boots
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

An important feature OF the market
this week has been the return to the old
terms Of sale-net cash, 80 days, l per
cent of 10 days or, as it is usually
termed, for "prompt cash by Lead
ing jobbing firm, instead of the terms
adopted at the close Of the war, when to
defeat dealer here who has giving 60
days time, iobbers combined and offered
BUYERS per cent. off in domestic and
prints, for 80 days bills, or two per cent.
of 10 days,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

The DRY GooDs TRADE.-The New
York Bulletin says There has been a
good jobbing trade doing during the
past week, although the increase in the
movements has been only moderate, in
consequence of the stormy weather,
which has acted as serious check on the
retail distribution. The volume of bust
ness continues fully equal to that OF the
same period in former years, and is gen.
orally regarded as satisfactory by iobbers
and package-dealers.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

INSECT APPEr1TE.-The man who wish
ed he had a throat mile long, and pal
ate all the way, might envy the feats per-
formed in the world OF insignifcance.
Some insects are endowed with an appe-
tite so keen, and digestion so rapid,
that they eat necessarily throughout the
whole OF their lives. They begin as soon
as they are born, and go steadily on until
they die. Their existance is a feast,
without a change Of palates or a pause
between the courses. Morning. noon,
and night their mouths are full and al
endless procession Of favonte food graft.
fes the unwearied palate. They know
not the name OF meals. Breakfast com.
mences with infancy, and their only after
dinner nap is passage to another state
OF existence.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

THERE have been and still are disputes
as to the age of typography. The Chin.
ese claim to have invented the system OF
printing on blocks or tablets, $50, and
almost Immediately after by L. Roster, at
Harlaem (Holland), with separate wood
types with metal type, by John Geisis-
fetch, his brother, Gutenburg OF Mentz,
and Faust, 1441. Peter Schaeffer inven-
ted the method of casting type, 1852.
Printing was introduced at the Univer-
of Oxford, England, with wooden type,
brought from Harlaem by FIR. Corsellis,
1859; brought to London by William
Caxton a mercer, l471, who had press
at Westminster until 1894 when he died.
Aldus Mauntius cast the first Hebrew,
Greek and Italic characters; the first
Greek book was printed in 1476, and the
first Hebrew book in 147S.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

THE Rome, n. Y, bank burglars, who
were convicted at Watertown, attempted
to eyade sentence by blowing open the
Watertown jail with powder. A heavy
explosion followed, blowing off the back
door of the Jail and blowing out one OF
the windows. The Sheriff hastened to
the spot and found the gang ready to
come out OF the hole the powder had
made, which was not quite large enough,
so none got away. Each Of the burglars
were sentenced the same day to the
Auburn State Prison for ten years each.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

The Governor of Massachusetts, went
down to take a look into the Hoosac
Tunnel the other day, and a venerable
farmer, if we may credit the Boston Tran
suipt, addressed him thus: "Ihaye lived
hereabouts, off and ON, about forty year,
and my opinion is, that ef l was the com
monwealth Of Massachusetts,, and / had
MT gone into't, l wouldn't go into't.
But ef had gone into't and got es fur
es you hev, my opinion is that 1 dunno
what / should do about i'll"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24
4 pRrzE F1eHr STOPPED BY A WOMAN

A PRIZE FIGHT STOPPED BY A WOMAN.
The Lyons Iowa) Mirror relate how
prize fight was squashed ''rhe prize
fight was projected by Hauntovners a
little while ago between two boys oil
smuddle.' The ground was staked OF, a
crowd gathered, respectable in numbers,
and eminently SO in character. But in
the nick Of time the mother OF one OF
the bully boys appeared and asked what
was up. A ringleader replied In very
unpretty manner, and instantly received
n souse on the side of the head from q
mop with which the good dame had
armed herself, and then made Tor two or
three others of the party. Whereupo1
every yalorous fighter and spectator fled
terrified"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

FROM all parts of Northwest Missouri,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, come the most en-
couraging reports Of the growing wheat.
II is stated that the crop promises to Dc
one OF the most abundant that was ever
produced in these States.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

CHARLES ROBINSON and Charles Stew,
enson got into fight, over a game go o.
uireon.hole, at Jacksonville, ILL. steY
snson threw Robinson and got one OF
his thumbs in his mouth, whereupor
1s Robinson seized stevensonby the throa
and choked him to death. Robinson
WAS arrested.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

The Man in the Moon.
Only the moon saw US,
Kitty, my darling;
Only the man in the moon.
Grandfather sleeping and grandmother knit
ting,
You and l in the old porch sitting.
Bats in the dim beyond aimlessly fitting.
Imust be going soon
Give me another, for nobody sees US,
Only the man in the moon.
Maybe there is man,
Kitty, my darling,
Queer fellow, up in the moon.
II so, be sure he has stolen sweet kisses
There must be matrons and there must be
misses
Up in that silver-white country but thi, ia
Better than bliss in the moon.
One more, my beautiful nobody sees us,
Only the man in the moon.
Kitty, sweet Kitty,
Ny darling, my darling,
Don't mind the man in the moon.
Now that you've listened, and nov that I've
told you,
Dearest, my love, my souls love, shall hold
you;
Close to my beating breast some day shall fold
you,
Kitty, my darling.
Only one more, loye-I 'rW snatch another,
Spite of the man in the moon.
Grandfathcr's stirring, sweet;
Hurry, my darling;
He will be coming here soon.
I've only taken two; threes an odd number:
Therei now the old man may wake from his
slunber,
Talk about stock, and the four-milI, and lum-
Der.
I'm Just as happy,
Kitty, my darling:
Only III have four, the next time, remember.
How are you, man in the moon?
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-29
Pittsburgh Live Stock Market.

~OA1OnOA1g GON. - 1911
CATTLE The offerings have been
heavy during the week Just closed will
prices from to &c lower. The advices
from New York are ~unfavorable, and the
market closes with the feeling not quite
so good, though most everything is
shipped, and but very little stock re-
mans unsold. Some very choice cattle
were on sale this week, and sold as high
as S6.25 2 100 bs. The great majority OF
the sales range from 81 to SIS. The fol-
lowing are the rates current for the diff
ferent grades: Extra, 300 70 1,5OO ms
steers, $3.50 to $575; prime, 100
to 1900, S.75 to S5.25; common to me-
dunn, 1000 to 1900 lbs steers, AtoS4,5O:
bulls and cows, $3.50 to 1915; Texas
steers, s. to $3.50.
HoGs.-The market has ruled from so
to 75c lower than last week. The de-
mand has been fair, but the supply was
so largely N excess of it that buyers had
things pretty much their own way, and
the prospect does not look fattering. The
following are the rates currents: For
Extra Philadelphia S4.30tO435 p 100 ms
prime Philadelphia, %.25; Yonkers, S4.O5
to S4.l0; common, $500.
SHEEP.-The arrivals Of sheep for the
week were very light. The market has
ruled steady, with a demand fully equal
to the supply. Everything is sold, and
the market closes at the following prices
for the different kinds and grades; Ex-
ira, 100 to 1I0lbs, $3.50 to SIS; prime, 90
to IS lbs $4.75 to 5.25 medium, so to IS
fbs, S4.00 to $3.50; common, 20 TO 70 MS,
s. to 3.75.-1 Commercial
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-29
Warren & Sharon r. r.

By a notice published in this weeks
CHRONICLE, it will be observed that
the c~orporators of the Warren & Shar-
on Railroad Company have appointed
an election for eve directors, to be
holden at the office off. Palm, Esq,
on December 30th, proximo. 1t will
now devolve upon the stockholders to
see that an active, earnest, energetic
Board Of Directors be chosen, who
will do all in their power to press for
ward the work on this road as rapid
" as may be. We feel that we can
now congratulate those of u cit
liens, on the situation, who have
shown their public spirit and dis
position to advance the interests of
the town by the aid they have Civ
en- this enterprise. Its complete sue
cess is no longer a matter of reason
able doubt. To the perseVering efforts
of MI. Palm, who has given special
attention and much time to the ardu-
Gus and not very pleasant task of
procuring subscriptions to the capital
stock, is largely due the present en-
couraging prospect.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-29
New York Live Stock Market.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 1871.
BEEyEs.-The weather is fine, but
markets full of everything, and the de-
mand runs on poultry. Cattle r a
dead set, with $500 for the week, and
$500 to-day; 1876 cars at Communipaw,
9S at One Hundredth Street, and SIS at
Weehawken. This being the third week
of the heBvy run, piling up lust when
Thanksgiving day requires less beef,
thoroughly breaks the market, the losses
being frightful. Drove after drove sells
at costin Chicago. The average decline
for the week is 1 cent, Z cent on best and
It cent on poor. Texans won't sell I;
they are held at 70. Thin western steers
brought S4a9c; fair cattle, 93c; good to
prime 10al1c; a few fancy butch
ers' steers l2c; rverage of market la{o.
Many cattle left unsold, There were g
number of fat droyes, Ohio sending 2, 900
for the week, and Kentucky 1900, Texas
only roo. 3 cars Indiana 81 cWt, sold at
Sla10c; II cars Illinois 81 cwt, saS7c; 6
cars good Ohio u ewt. 9alOo; 1 cars
prime 8 cwt. l0allci Gears 7 cwt. Illinois
9lc.
SHEEP-Receipts 300 for the week,
and $500 to-day. Market steady at 4Ia
&c for sheep, and 53a6tc for lambs.
3 cars Kentucky sheep 73aS5 lbs. 5sc ;
2 cars Ohio So lbs, SIC.
Hoes Receipts 500 for the week,
and 1890 yesterday and to-day. Live
are worth 4la4sci dressed brought sta
64c in s somewhat active market,