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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-12
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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
L Acknowledge the Corn.

This curious old farm saying, which
has become general in all American So
ciety, had its origin as follows:
The Hon. Andrew Stewart, member
OF Congress from Pennsylvania, was dis.
cussing the subject Of protection, in
Congress, in the year 1928, and was try
ing to show the farmers OF the country
that they were purchasing foreign agri.
cultural productions in the form Of
goods, while they left their own produce
at home without market He made the
remark that Ohio, Indiana, and Ken
lucky, sent their haystacks, cornfelds,
and fodder, to New York and Philadelphia
for sale.
Mr.. Wickife, of Kentucky, jumped
up, and said:
"Why, that is absurd. Mr.. Speaker,
l call the gentleman to order. He is
stating an absurdity. We never send
haystacks or cornfelds to New York OF
Philadelphia"
well" said Mr.. Stewart, "what,dO
you send ?"
"Why, horses, mules, cattle, and
hogs"
"Well, what makes your horses, cat
tie, mules, and hogs? You feed hun
dred dollars worth OF hay to horse
you Just animate and get upon the top
of your haystack, and ride it on to mar
ket. Laughter. How is it with your
cattle? You make one of them carry
fifty dollars worth of hay and grass to
the Eastern market"
Then, said Mr.. Stewart, come to the
hog question. Said L: Mr.. Wickliffe,
you send hog worth ten dollars to an
Eastern market; how much corn does II
take, at thirty-three cents per bushel, to
fatten it ?"
"Why, thirty bushels"
"Then you put thirty bushels Of corn
into the shape of hog, and make il
walk off to the Eastern market.
Mr.. Wickliffe jumped up and said
"Mr. Speaker, l acknowledge the
corn" Laughter.l
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
A Washington Wedding.

The marriage of daughter OF Chief
Justice Chase to Mr.. Hoyt was an event
in Washington. The ceremonies are
thus described
A few minutes after | o'clock q rumb-
ling of carriages were heard, and the in
teligence was quickly passed around the
church that the bridal party had arrived.
Every face turned eager to the door, and
every eye was turned to catch the
first glance Of the entering company.
First came the four bridesmaids, escorted
by the groomsmen, Miss Rathbone and
Mr.. Stanfeld, Miss Harris and Mr.. Steb-
bins, Miss Parker and Mr.. Jno. Hay, and
Miss Vail and Mr.. Delafeld. Then fol-
lowed Mrs. Sprague, the sister of the
bride, with the Bridegroom, Mr.. Hoyt.
Last OF all came the bride, leaning on
the arm OF her father, Chief-Justice
Chase, who gave her away. Bishop Nc
Qvaine, who performed the ceremony,
already occupied his place behind the
altar. The bridesmaids took their posi-
tons before the altar on the left, and the
groomsmen on the right, leaving the
middle of the altar between them. The
Chief-Justice and Mrs. Sprague stood
just behind. The ceremony was read in
very impressive manner, and there
were none of the blunders and confusion,
owing to carelessness or previous mat
tention to arrangements, such as some
times happens at the most brilliant we'd
dings. The party returned from the
church to the residence OF Senator
Sprague, Mr.. Hoyt and his bride preced-
ing, followed by the attendant brides
men and maids, and the Chief-Justice
and Mrs. Sprague last of ALL The dress
es were in harmony with all the appoint
ments, in respect to elegance and perfect
taste. The bride wore dress OF white
illusion, looped with natural orange
flowers. The bridal vail was also Of
white illusion, and there was an exqui-
site wreath of orange flowers adjoining
her head. The dresses OF the brides
maids were all alike, of white French
muslin, with ruffies trimmed with white
satin piping, top and bottom. The bod
les were cut heart shaped, and trimmed
to match the skirts. The skirts were
Topped with pink roses, and each brides
maid carried boquet of pink roses, and
wore pink rose in her hair. Mrs.
Sprague wore dress of rib-green silk,
with a court-train, and over-dress and
shawl Of elegant point lace. The bride
groom, groomsmeu and ushers wore the
English morning dress.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
A Railroad Train Among the Dogs.

The Erie On. W Dispatch tells fun,
ny story about railroad train getting
foul Of lot of dogs:
"The single track trestle-work over
State street, used by the Lake Shore
Railroad passenger trains, is remark
ably uncomfortable crossing place fol-
man and beast, if train happens to be
approaching. 1t is too narrow for stand.
ing room at the side, and there is from
twelve to twenty feet OF q jump to moth
er earth. A day or two ago squadron
OF vagrant dogs, numbering upwards OF
dozen, took it into their canine crlni-
ums to cross that bridge, and away they
went, skipping over the ties as lively as a
lot Of crickets. The poor brutes had
failed to consult the time card, or they
might have seen that the day express
was Just due; but perhaps that did not
matter much, as they had visual infor-
nation OF that fact about the time the
leader had reached the centre of the
bridge. The train came laundering
along, its cow-catcher protected by q
snow-plow, and the ours, after one mo-
ment of bewilderment set up chorus Of
frightful bowls. Some OF the dogs tried
to slip past the monster and Others
turned tail and made run for it, but
the result was all the same, and the snow
pillow scooped them up by twos and threes,
keeping a hundred weight or so of ami
mated sausage meat turning handsprings
and triple somersaults, until the last
yelper had been pitched of. Quite a
crowd of persons collected to count the
dead, but the dogs disappointed them,
as every one had sufficient life left to
limp away.
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on board, but they were actually afraid
to ask what had become of the other
three fearing they were either drowned
or eaten by the sharks, but one OF the
escaped men said "Pull on the others
can't be far off, and about half n mile
further on the others were happily met
with, but in most exhausted state
humanity speaking, another half-hour
would have sealed their fate. And now
Tor ourselves, who we're on shore. Many
OF us, both male and female, were assem-.
bled on the pier, looking at a Young
whale which had been killed the day
before, when boat appeared rounding
the Windmill point" All eyes were
directed toward her, and some one
remarked, There are more than six
people In that boat ; some accident has
happened" Our faces blanched, and
our hearts beat quick on hearing these
remarks. After few moments silence,
anda the boat drew nearer, We attempt
ed to count the number On board. Hav-
ing no glass at hand, wa could only
perceive nine. Three are gone, was the
mournful conclusion but whose hus-
band. son, or brother ? nov ventured
to ask but with bated breath, "Who's
steering the boat ?" Fletcher, was the
prompt reply-the only son I had out
that day. Did l feel a relief? Wasn't
it selfish l can answer the first query,
let casrists decide the second. After a
little further scrutiny of the quickly
approaching boat, a tenth person was
discovered, and then the eleventh they
were seated among the rowers. At last
the twelfth was discerned seated low in
the stern, with his head resting on the
gunwale. Yes, they were all there, but
this last undoubtedly injured. Well the
pier was soon rounded, and as soon as
they came within hail, ".All right ?" was
our half-fearful interrogatory. "All
right, thank God ?" was the subdued but
cheerful response. No one was hurt,
and the man leaning on the side OF the
boat was the English sailor, still weak
and pallid our people had stuck by him,
to the endangering OF their own lives.
What a picturesque appearance they
exhibited; some without trousers, for the
swimming party had Invested themselves
of all membranes, even to nudity, and
those in the boat had shared their gar
ments with them, which were not many,
as the weather was intensely warm.
However, here they were, all mercifully
preserved. And 1 am sure all hands
were unfeignedly thankful, for tears OF
joy plentifully believed the faces of all
present.-7Hs MutiaeerS ofhe Bounty.
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The " Heritage of WO,.

was much Mortified in going over the
battlefield Of Gravelotte to find many
OF the corpses of the poor soldiers quite
exposed. The soil in front of the Wood
de Jaumont, which lies between the
village of Gravelotte and st. Privat,
is very stony and have no doubt that
in the month of August the ground was
then so hard as to make it almost i'm
possible for the Germans-upon whom
alone fell the task OF interring the heaps
OF slain-to spare the time to bury them
deep. l could distinctly identify one
poor fellow as Zouaye, and could make
out the position in which he fell. The
whole of his face had quite disappeared,
but his blue jacket and red pantaloons
and boots were scarcely Injured. / could
also discover another to be Prussian !;
and from many Of the graves one could
see hands and feet appearing. For the
sake OF decency and humanity, measures
ought to be taken at once Jas 1 believe
has been the case at Sedan) to bury these
corpses deeper. The distress in the
villages around is something too terrible
to be described, especially at Recon
vile, Gravelutte, and St. Privat. The
houses have been denuded OF everything
windows, doors, cupboards, and
hoors-all have heen perfectly destroyed.
So one may imagine what they have had
to endure this terrible winter. One
poor woman in the village of Gravelotte
begged me to go into her cottage to see
her daughter, a girl of u years old, who
was dreadfully i'll with typhus fever
She could get no doctor. The woman
had nothing to give the child. There is
no work to be done. The men cannot
repair even their own houses, for they
have no tools and no money. The
farmers have lost all their horses and
cattle and corn, and are therefore almost
ruined. There is one loud lament
throughout the land, and the poor say
the worst is yet to come for as many
of the bodies have been buried in the
little courtyards and gardens of the
cottages, and with all the decaying
humanity around them, they quite dread
q pestilence during a summer, and
doubtless one fears such must be the
case unless immediate steps are taken to
prevent it. Horses and seed are here
the great demand. A French gentle
man told me that unless the farmers can
get the land ploughed and sew well in
this district by the middle OF March, they
will get no harvest at all this year.
Var Correspondence.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
Behind the Veil.

1t is not always the practice of pretty
ladies to wear a veil. Not even coquetry
will dispense with the pleasure of show
ing lovely countenance, and the most
modest and retiring beauty likes to be
admired for the regularity and delicacy
Of her features.
These reflections passed rapidly through
the mind of a well-known New Orleans
magistrate riding up town recently. By
his side sat lady, who from q single
glance OF her countenance he imagined
that he knew. At last he ventured the
remark that the day was pleasant.
eyes, murmured the female.
"Why do you wear veil ?" inquired
the dispenser OF justice.
Lest 1 attract attention"
at is the province OF gentlemen to ad-
mire, replied the gallant man OF law.
"Not when they are married"
but I'm not"
Indeed !"
"Oh, no ; I'm bachelor
The lady quietly removed her veil
disclosing to the astonished magistrate
the face OF his mother-in-law. He had
business elsewhere suddenly.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
A Short Cut.

Mark Twain in his last funny chapter,
tells story of his tricks as printers
devil, as follows Next 1 gently touched
mp the newest stranger-the lion OF the
day, the gorgeous iourneyman tailor
from Quincy. He was simpe-ing cox
comb of the first water and the ''loudest'
dressed man in the State. He was an
inveterate killer. Every week
he wrote lushy poetry for the Jour
nal" about his newest conquest His
rhymes for my week were headed "To
Mary in HI, meaning to Mary in Han
nibal, OF course. But while setting up
the piece I was suddenly riyen from head
to heel by what I regarded as perfect
thunder-bolt of humor, and I compressed
it into snappy foot-note at the bottom
thus eve will let this thing pass,
Just this once but we wish Mr.. J. Cor
don Rummels to understand distinctly
that we have a character to sustain, and
from this time forth when he wants to
commune with his friends in hi he
must select some other medium than the
columns OF this journal"
The paper came out, and l never knew
any little thing attract so much attention
as this playful trifle Of mine. The poor
poet had to leave the village.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

GIVING THE PRECISE WoRDs.-The Al
bapy Law Journal tells this story: A
witness was examined before judge, in
a case, who required him to repeat the
precise words spoken. The witness hes
'tated until he r,vetted the attention Of
the entire court upon him, then, fixing
his eyes earnestly upon the judge, be-
MAY it please your honor, You lie
and steal, and get your living by steal
The face of the Judge Redeemed, and
he Immediately said:
"Turn to the jury, sir.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

A GREAT PARIS PRINTER AND HIS MEN,
Before the war, NJ Paul Dupont, the
great Paris printer, carried on business
Of 100000 francs year. He divided
ten per cent. OF the net.profts among
his workmen, according to their individ-
ual merit, and not in regular proportion
TO their different salaries. This house,
says Mr.. Thurlow's recent report, has
followed this course for twenty years,
and claims the first place in the applica-
ton of one OF the happiest and most
successful ideas of modern times. Each
new hand, on admission, receives sill
yer medal worth five francs as badge
of office and link between him and his
employer. This establishment has its
sick and provident funds of all the usual
kinds, its loans of honor to its workmen,
its Caisses de Retrqite, its savings banks,
its schools, libraries, reading and sing
ing rooms, its cooperative stores, its
familisteries, gardens, baths, in short,
every invention of modern days for pro-
noting health, wealth, happiness, and
religion. To use the words OF NJ. Du-
pont himself, 1t Is more than work
shop it is a family, composed of q
thousand persons"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

IT IS COMMON for men to smile in lofty
superiority at the little scrapes into
which women are apt to get when travel
ing alone But we have never read or
heard of any feminine act so delciously
unsophisticated as that Of the man
who, starting from Boston for San Fran
cisco, stuck his hundred-dollar ticket
for the whole distance into his hat-band.
Whether he was proud of the distance
he proposed to traverse and wanted to
make manifest the fact to all men, OF
whether he really thought the device
would secure him from being accested
by any conductor until he reached the
Golden Gate, We are unable to deter
mine. He kept his ticket in place fol
fifty miles or so, and then it fell out as
lie went for cup of coffee, and he was
compelled to buy another. Fortunately
the loss occurred at the honest station Of
West Brookfeld, and the traveller will
get his money back; but it should be q
lesson to his fellow-creatures.
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.HN AitNtnl lime.
Hail, Peace thou that stapest
Thine olive blood bright;
That highest ashamed
-'. "A a thief in the night;
BOO Thy robes all sulled and torn. thine sy.s N.
..r-s ref of light. '''' 's'
Thy path through the vineyard,
Empurpled with gore,
SWeetIrance at thy presence
Rejoiceth no more
d. ftho9 orlnger Of shame to youth bright brows;
disgracer OF heads all hoar .
slAl hail, thou the queenlyl
Thou contest in chains,
Subonedt to the purpose
And stern vengeful aims
"oi might, the oppressor and lord Of Right tn
10. the power the master claims
-- This Peace? Nay, It's silence,
Black stiffness OF Death,
- The reaper, the stern one,
The robber Of BREATH
s,gOf the tomb that closeth to opo no more on the
= ,r- hopeless soul beneath.
Praise Godl None such is there.
All dead things must rise
% To witness His power
That ruleth the skies.
He summeth each tear, each sob, each grOan,
each form that lfeless lies.
There remains but His Peace and Rest
For our dead in their thronSed graves
And what vengeance is Just and best
He stills all the restless waves
or passion in the troubled breast
It's He condemns and saves
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

CALIFORNIA reports that most of its
earthquakes are confined to small dis
tricts, and are so weak as to be barely
percephble. The San Francisco Ala
saws that the centres OF the several dis
tricts in which majority of the shocks
are felt, are Humboldt Bay, Monterey,
and Los Angeles. On the LIST and I'd
Wednesday and Thursday
shocks were. felt at Humboldt Bay and
Weaverville, and probably at various
points in the same region. The concus'
sions are generally most severe in the
low land. and the shock OF the I'd was
no exception to the general rule, for
while It was so severe as to shake down
the eight work =" Of buildings, and
brighten people at Eureka, at Viewers
Vile it had scarcely force enough to
make itself felt.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

AHUMBoIDr Kansas paper says that
city his the champion mailer in the
world, "a the person OF Edward Minor,
a lather ~ trade, and son of Yer
mont. The paper adds that "Minor
can drive more nails in one day than any
other living man. He will drive nails
faster than the fastest compositor can
pick up type. He will drive sixty lathe
nails minute, ten hours out OF the
twenty-four, the year through, which
is 5000 an hour, SO, 900 day, or $685.
900 per year."
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

THE WISH NOT THE FATHER TO THE
DEED.-Very much indebted customer
enters provision store, remarking, "I'll
take a leg of mutton, and / want to pay
for it." IAN right, replies the dealer,
handing forth the meat, which customer
takes and starts to go. "Look 'er here,
cries the dealer, 81 thought you said
you wanted to pay for it ?" $50 1 do, ="
was the reply, but l can't" The deal
er looked little sheepish at being sold
himself and not selling the hindquarter
for cash in hand.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

The Biddeford (Me.) Journal says a
family troubled by neighbor in the
same building borrowing things without
leave in their absence. lately tried the
experiment of leaving their kerosene can
filled with water. The lady Of the other
part of the house, not long after, called
in to inquire where they bought their
kerosene, for hers wouldn't burn. She
had wasted nearly bunch OF matches.
but could not light her lamp!
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

DEATH OF AN EcCENTRo.-The Mis-
souri, journals mention the death of an
eccentric person, Horace Kiphart, not
far from Rolla, in that State. He had
been n Methodist clergyman then en-
tered the confederate service; after the
war turned Mormon soon went back to
his old home married woman young
enough to be his daughter, who died
suddenly and mysteriously and finally
took up his residence in cave in the
Ozark mountains, and is believed to have
persisted for want OF proper nourishment
and shelter. He was O native Of Ken
lucky, and in his Goth year,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

A FINE GIRL cannot be described. To
tell the color of her eyes and hair dimin-
ishes the conception of her. To relate
the elements of her dress is to weaken
her by analysis. As she is, all life and
flesh, and noble raiment wrapping her
round, and every rustic OF her robe the
appropriate music to her movements,
what is it like At ball, she is en-
nobled by the consciousness OF her beau
ty and that all men feel it, forgetting for
the time that money or power is its SUI
perior and as for goodness, it is always
supposed in the truly fine girl. Where
she glides the eyes and the better
thoughts of men follow. She is always
most beautiful with her father, and suf-
fers much disparagement when with any
young man. The young man, somehow,
appears to be ringing in. The young
man is an interloper. Young man, 60
away from that fne girl.-G. A. 7oTn'
Send
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

CHURCH SINGERS are Letter paid in New
York and Boston than anywhere else in
the Union. Chicago, although ahead in
fornication, divorces, and other polite
accomplishments, is somewhat behind in
the matter of their salaries, although
possessing some frst-rate material. In
New York and Boston first-class sopranos
command from $500 to 81, 500 I; contral-
tos from S7OO to $1,000; Ienors from
$500 to $1,000, and bassos about the
same. In the Western and Southern
cities less than one-half of these terms
are generally paid, except in rare cases.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

THE Crown Princess Victoria, Princess
Of Prussia has devoted her entire income
Of the past and present year to the German
soldiers wounded in the late war and
tbe German women made widows by it
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10

How TO Cook. In almost every Scotch
farmhouse and kitchen is to be seen the
big earthen pot, in which bits Of mutton,
pork, beef, every vegetable almost that
can be named, together with q liberal
amount OF barley, are thrown. This
furnishes the nourishing and sayory
broth for which the Scotch are famous.
With the less carnivorous French it is a
more simple affair. A Partisan dame
described it as follows ANY quantity of
beef from one to five pounds must be
put into an earthen jar or pan having
a close-ftting lid, with little salt, and
water in the proportion OF quart for
each pound. Boil it so as to skim the
grease of, and then add carrots, pars-
nip, leeks in abundance, turnips, celery,
four ground cloves, and let it simmer on
the top of the oven for from seven to ten
hours. Only simmer-for bouillon
boiled is bouiIlon spoiled. The meat
and vegetables may be served on one
dish, and the soup in another, with
bread. The beef when cold next day
can be eaten with shalot or tarragon
vinegar.