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4 BIOodthlrsty Woman.

A woman named Agnes Norman, seems
to have had extensive but peculiar e1-
perience in various parts of London. 1t
appeared recently at coroner's inquest
that about q year ago the child Of lady
visiting in the house where Agnes was
employed was found dead in bed, under
mysterious circumstances. In her next
place, Agnes one day brought child
home insensible, saying that it had fallen
from her arms. The infant recovered,
and within three weeks she took it out
again and brought it back dead. In her
third situation, boy of seven awoke
with choking sensation, and afterward
told his father that Agnes had placed
her hand over his mouth and given him
money to say nothing about it. At
another house where she was employed,
q child was found insensible in bed, and
on recovering showed great terror at the
sight of the girl. Atanother, she locked
child up in wardrobe, took it out and
put it to bed, where it was found dead
shortly afterward. Birds and domestic
animals died suddenly and strangely as
children in houses where she lived.
Finally she was employed by the family
OF Mr.. Beer, who three days afterward,
returning with his wife from a dinner
party, heard violent screams in the nur-
sery, and rushed up stairs to find one
child lying on the floor and another
between the bed and the wall, dead,
with two compressed marks on its lips.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury was
death from suffocation, accidentally
caused" with which, as we read in the
London papers, "the father said he was
dissatisfied. The case is to be further
investigated. A mania for murder is O
recognized, though happily not com
mon form of mental disease. The case
OF female nurse in one of the continen'
tai hospitals, who confessed that she had
been in the habit Of killing her patients,
with no other motive than an insane
eagerness to see them die, is fresh in oul
recollection. We are not prepared tc
say that women more frequently give
way to such horrible impulses than men
but we recall ut this moment severa
instances given by the books, in each Of
which it was woman who felt the insane
desire, and generally child that she
wanted to kill.
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Perhaps-PerhapS Not.

Perhaps this story is true-perhaps
not. 1t is told by q Tennessee paper,
the Jackson Wing: "We learn that be-
tween Sobby and GAINESVILLE, on what is
called Piney, in McNairy County, a
strange and frightful being has been
observed for several weeks He is said
to be seven feet high, and possessed OF
great muscular power. His eyes are
unusually large and fiery red his hair
hangs in tangled and matted mass of
jet below his waist, and his beard reach
es below his middle. His entire body is
covered with hair, and his whole aspect
is most frightful. He shuns the sight
of men, but approaches with wild and
horrid screams of delight every woman
who is unaccompanied by a man. He
sometimes, with great caution, approach
es houses, and should he see a man, he
runs away with astonishing swiftness,
leaping the tallest fences with the ease
OF deer, defying alike the pursuit of
men and dogs. He has frightened
several women by attempting to carry
them of, rs well rs by his horrid as
pect, and the whole country around
Sobby is in CONSERVATION. The citizens
are now securing the woods, and are de.
termined either to capture or drive Off
the monster"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

ThIss now admitted By the medical profession As
fundamental principle of healing science. 1t Is wisely
provided By the human economy that whenever anything
wrong in the physical system the natural forces Of tho
body brought to bear sIpe the disease The great
aim, therefore. is to strengthen the natural powers
This has been kept in view by the skfu eompounders
Of HOste;.ers Stomach Btters which operates to give
fresh vitality to all the organs Of the body The eject
Of this medicine upon the stomach. the liver and the
kidneys, is prompt and decisive, The patient who Is
wise enough to quit drugging and tn the Biter
feels he had taken lease Of life and he
.nues the Of the article he is oveoyed to End the
Of health eoursnS through his frame It pre-
pared with great care and It's component parts are en-
trey vegetable 1t is FREQ from tho objections so often
urged against preparations Of the kind As medicinal
agent it has equal. while its pleasing flavor and
beautiful effects have made it general fsrorite Il Is
free from all properties calculated impair the system
and its operations st mild soothing and eff
Gent All who have used Hostetters Stomach Bitter
attest its virtues and commend II.
Even those who in the enjoyment OF perfect health
frequently have need to have recourse TO TONES ~ pro
ventives Of disease. We arc never too well armed
against the assaults of the lila that flesh is heir TO-"
In health sickness this tonic be taken regular
" without giving vitality and elasticity to the system
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Still Life.

No murmur from the outward world
Disturbs the slumbroas summer air;
Soothed with sweet visions OF delight,
She sits, she dreams, my lady, there.
30 soft her breathing and SO low,
Life scarcely seems her pulse TO thrill;
All mute and motionless: It's life,
Yet life how still
Her fancy's form to shadow forth,
Her girlish scheme Of art to trace,
The pencil scarcely had essayed
When sleep came down upon her face,
By thoughts own sweetness overpowered,
She glided into pleasant dreams,
Joyous and bright, as yonder sun
Through easement CLEANS.
Fair dreamer, in that vision world
In which your spirit now is free,
What glad ideal meets you there
Or deign you bend to such as me7
Or draw your inspiration forth,
As soon your tablet there shall show,
From visions which the waking eye
Lacks power to knowi
All WE'LL as sunlight on the sea,
Or respite from consuming strife.
Are moments, maiden, snatcheG, like these,
From out the hurricane OF life.
Still life it is: whateer your dreams,
wbzte'er the thoughts your fancy fill
Enough OF Joy It's thus to live
The life that's still.
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Proclamation by the Pr.aldsnt.
The Pre,ident OF the United States has

The President Of the United States has
issued the following proclamation
The Act of Congress, entitled, IAN Act
to Enforce the provisions OF the -Four
tenth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, and for other pur-
poses," approved April 20, A. D. 1871,
being law of extraordinary public i'm
portance, consider it my duty to issue
this my proclamation, calling the atten-
ton of the people of the United States
thereto, enioining upon all good citizens,
and especially public officers, to be zeal.
GUS in the enforcement thereof, and
warning all persons to abstain from com
hitting any of the acts thereby prohib-
tied.
The law Of Congress applies to all parts
OF the United States, and will be en-
forced everywhere to the extent OF the
powers vested in the Executive. But
inasmuch as the necessity therefor Is
well known to have been caused chiefly
by persistent violations OF the rights
of citizens OF the United States by COM
binatlons OF lawless and disaffected per-
sons in certain localities lately the thea
ter of instructions and military conflict,
I do particularly exhort the people OF
those parts of the country to suppress
all such combinations by their own
voluntary efforts through the agency OF
local laws, and to maintain the rights OF
all citizens of the United States, and to
secure to all such citizens the equal pro-
lection Of the laws.
Fully sensible OF the responsibility i'm
posed upon the Executive by the act of
Congress to which public attention is
now called, and reluctant to call into
exercise any of the extraordinary powers
thereby conferred upon me except in
cases OF imperative necessity, I do never
theless deem it my duty to make known
that l will not hesitate to exhaust the
power thus vested in the Executive
whenever and wherever it shall become
necessary to do SO for the purpose OF
securing to all citizens OF the United
States peaceful enjoyment OF the rights
guaranteed them by the Cons titution
I AHi linS. II ID ny St1utot Nl5h bllbt
peace and cheerful obedience to the law
may prevail throughout the land, and
that all traces OF our late unhappy civil
strife may be speedily removed. These
ends can be easily reached by acquies-
cence in the results OF the conflict now
written in our Constitution, and by the
due and proper enforcement Of equal,
Just and impartial laws in every part OF
our country.
The failure OF local communities to
furnish such means for the attainment
Of results so earnestly desired, imposes
upon the National Government the duty
OF putting forth all its energies for the
protection OF its citizens of every race
and color, and for the restoration OF
peace and order throughout the entire
country.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City OF Washington this
third day OF May, in the year OF Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one and OF the indie
pendence Of the United States the
ninety-ffth.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

FREE ADVERTISING. From family to
family, from city to city, from state to
state, the fame of WALKERS VINEGAR
B1rrERs rs a specific for all deranSe-
ments of the stomach, bowels and liver,
is continually extending. Every invalid
who tries the great restorative, every
individual who has ever witnessed its
effect, becomes its spontaneous Advertiser,
It's voluntary missionaries are innumer-
able, and public enthusiasm in its favor
spreads faster than q prairie fire.
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U. S. GRANT.
By the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.

ECCLESIASTICAL TRoUBLEs.-The Ec.
clesiastical Court for the trial OF the Rev.
Charles E. Cheney, was held at Chicago.
The defendant is now under sentence of
suspension from his ministerial functions
because OF the omission OF the word
degenerate" from the baptismal service
and the present Court is assembled at
the call of the Bishop to try Mr.. Cheney
for alleged contumacy and disregard OF
the sentence found by the former Court
and promulgated by the Bishop.
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CLOVIS. Quiet oolors, particularly

GLOVES. Quiet eolorS, particularly
different in shades Of tan or wood, are
chosen for the street. Those fastened
with two buttons are preferred; price
two dollars and fifty cents pair. Light
kid gloves, for evening wear, which are
fastened by four buttons, cost three dol
lars AMI fifty cents. Kid gloves have
been offered at all times during the past
season for one dollar; but, there Is no
economy in buying cheap gloves; They
are made OF the poorest part OF the skin,
they are poorly sewed, and never tit the
hand.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

THEY TELL the story OF Tennessee
lawyer who, recently married to a
widow, fell asleep the other day in the
court room, and was suddenly awakened
by the mention OF the lady's first hus.
bands name by one OF the members Of
the bar. Springing to his feet, he e1-
claimed "What! what you shan't
have her !" This, OF course, nstonished
the ,ourt, and he blushingly explained
that he was dreaming, and thought B.
was coming back to take bis wife from
him.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

A New IDEA.-The New Orleans Plea
yune says ga half dozen OF our best
war steamers could not be more profitably
employed in time OF peace than in bring
ing monthly loads of immigrant passen-
gers free OF charge. No more useful
occupation could be found for thou
sand consular agents than the diffusion
OF information in European countries
about America"
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WANTED ADA Western lady writes
70 noted editor on behalf OF her hus-
band won't you" she says, "see if
you can get him n situation as cashier in
Q bank in New York, or something OF
that sort He is very quick at figures
II you can't get him that place, will you
please get him one as conductor. know
you can do it. And if you can't get
him a situation there won't you lend
Lin $4,000, so he con start hat store
here He will pay you, and will see
that he does"
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For Dyspepsia,

Indigestion, depression of spirits, and
general debility in their various forms
also, as q preventive against fever and
and ague, and other intermittent fevers,
the Zero Phosphorated Elixir OF Cal.
isaya," made by Caswell, Hazard d Co,
New York, and sold by druggists, is the
best tonic, and as tonic for patients
recovering from fever or other sickness,
it has no equal.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

FRANKLN's GrT.-Dr. Franklin used
to wish that he might, after good long
nap, live the last half Of his allotted
years some time in the Nineteenth Cen
fury. His equanimity, the greatest with
which n great man was ever endowed,
might be q little disturbed if he should
wake up just now in Boston. He left by
will small sum of money, the income
of which was to be lent to "young mar
RED artifcers." This has been invested
and reinvested, until it now amounts to
more than $4,000, but no young mar
RED artifcer has ever been favored with
farthing OF it. 1t is now proposed to
lend it in small sums to persons of moder-
ate means, to enable them to secure neat
and comfortable homes in the vicinity OF
the City OF Boston.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

SEVERE PUS1sHMRST.-In ireland a
man has been sentenced to seven years
penal seryitude for carrying of $50 yards
of telegraph wire and three insulators.
The Postmaster General prosecuted, and
great stress was laid on the calamities
which might result from such crime,
the telegraph being the medium OF life
and death communications.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22
Curiosities OF Life.

Lay your finger on your pulse, and
know that at every stroke some immortal
passes to his Maker some being
crosses the river of death and if we
think of it, we may well wonder that
it should be so long before our turn
comes.
Half OF all who live die before seven
teen.
Only one person in ten thousand lives
to be hundred years old, and but one
in hundred reaches sixty.
The married live longer than the
single.
There is one soldier to every eight
persons, and out OF every thousand born
only ninety-five weddings take place.
II you take n thousand persons who
have reached seventy wears, there are Of
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

TN-INED LEAD PIPE is safe pipe
for drinking-water. It has all the adj
yantages OF Lead Pipe without the
danger OF being poisoned by lead water.
1t is flexible, durable, and easily soldered.
Price Is cents a pound for all sizes.
Sold by the CoLwEILs, SHAW & Wn.1ARD
MIRO. Co., No. 2l3 Centre Street, n. Y.
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CHArrzD hands are very common with those
who have their hands much in water. A few
drops OF JoinSons Anodme Einiment rubbed
over the hands two or three times day, will
keep them soft and white Fishermen, sail,
ors, and others will do well to remember this.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

A lecturer on the "moral sentiments"
in Philadelphia remarked that the :" dear,
est ship in the world is friendship"
whereupon young man arose from the
congregation and stated that he knew
another dearer ship still-and that
was courtship. This young man had
once been q defendant in a claim for
breach OF promise OF marriage.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-22

Tn Hms nays Dr.. walpOle has lost n,
beautiful chestnut mare. She died sudd.nIs
in hsrness, 1t is supposed from bots or Mn
worms II the doctor had used Sheridan ~ f.'
clry Caldition POritr', he would no doubt bS~.
had his mare to-day = they are death ON
worms.
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VINEGAR, how made in 10 hours without drug.
AN Particulars 10 cents! 7. SAGE. Cromwell, Comp
DOCKET Rines with Extension Breech
Il and Globe Sights Send stamp for Circulars, Tar
gets, &c. % N. W. DOWD. Bristol, Conn.
Time Tests the Merits Of all Things.
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Clergymen, orators, and public speakers. .4s
Farmers. .........,.........'.. ....4O
Morkmen. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. '-.....-.....5 80
soldiers. .,....,.,.. ,..'.''''.......... 90
Lawyers. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
Professors. .......''.....''.''..
Doctors. .....................' IA
These statements are very instructive.
Farmers and workmen do not arrive at
good old age as often as the clergymen
and others who perform no manual labor;
but this is owing to neglect OF the laws
OF health, inattention to proper habits OF
life in eating, drinking, sleeping, dress
and the proper care OF themselves after
the work OF the day is done. These
farmers or workmen eat heavy supper
of summers day and sit around the
doors in their shirt-sleeves and in their
tired condition and weakened circulation
are easily chilled, laying the foundation
for diarrhea, billions collie, lung-fever,
or consumption.-Journal of Health.
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TERMS TO CLUBS.
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY sun.

THE sBMI.wEEKLT sun.
Five copies, enc ysar, sspar.telJ addressed,
Eight DsIiars.
Zen sspis. en-. ysa ,sp.rrssy addressed asd an sE'
sopJ 10 rSttsr ap st slubl
Sixteen Dollar
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SEND YOUR MONEY

In Psst once urdsrs, shssks, drafts on Nsw iers
wherever eoBvsisnt II not thea register the lstsf
containing nonfg. 1ddrsss
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Has been tested 10 every variety Of climate and by al
most every nation known to Americans II is the almost
constant companion and nestimAho friend Of the mis-
sonAry and the traveller, and land and no one
should travel on our lakes or rivers withoutit.
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