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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-26
Facts and FancIes.

A polonaise OF Chantilly OF gu;purs
lace Is very stylish worn with q colorcd
or black silk costume.
A farmer at Cedar Rapids, Town, has
herd OF nine elk that he is trimming and
breaking into farm work.
Tight lacing caused lady Of Unadil
Ia, n Y, to burst blood-vessel two
days after her marriage.
At trial in Wilkesbarre the other day
it was testified that vein OF coal one
foot in thickness will yield one thousand
tons to tho acre.
The ship BrandenburR touched at New
Orleans lately. She is laden with wine,
to ripen which she is to cruise in tho
tropics fora year.
A disappointed Daubury lady, it is
said. attempted to shoot herself and was
savcil bya prOvidential occurrence. The
pistol was not loaded.
A company Of chairmnkcrs in Temple.
ton, Mass, are furnishing one solution
to the labor question. A party OF work.
men have saved capital Of $4,000
formed n cooperative company, and
bought n mill Of their own.
There is German lager-becr seller in
New York, who has not been outside
his pluce OF business for several years.
He has grown so enormously stout from
beer and Incidence TINT he could not
possibly be got through the doorway.
MIR. AIanson B. Farwell, welI.known
citizen OF Augusta, Me-, has become in.
sane, and has been sent to the Insane
Hospital. The particular form OF his
insanity is the fancy that he Is immense
" rich, and he gives checks freely for
10000 to S2OO,0OO to anybody who
asks.
Fisk's brain weighed fifty.eight ounces.
Daniel Webster's weighed tifty-three
ounces and q half, Cuvier Ind sixty
four ounces and a half, while Professor
Abercrombie possessed sixty.three.
RullorI, the murderer, who was executed
at Binghamton lust spring, had ffty-nine
ounces Of bnin,
Des Moines, Iowa hasa youthful Sam.
son Of twenty years, who shoulders m
hon nil twcnty-four feet long, and walks
of as though it was n pine pole, and will
strike an irou rod iive-eights OF an inch
in diameter and two feet long across his
left arm and bend it up like copper
wire. He weighs 100 pounds, and lifts
1875.
II very senational-looking story in
one OF the morning papers il true some
Of tho daughters in Now Brunswick, N.
j., have very peculiar wny Of exhibit
ing their filial devotion. According to
this story two daughters got their sire
intoxicated with rum and molasses and
then satunted his room with kerosene
and set It on fire.
The turh-table OF the new Rock Island
bridge weighs one hundred and fifty
tons. It is supposed to be the most
massive piece OF machinery Of its kind
in the world. It is certain that nothing
in the line iu this country approaches It.
The principal circle, composed OF six
segments weighing six tons each. and
the base circle, are in their places.
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CArrIr p1srAsr.-A bill for the pr.

CArrLE D1sEAsB,-A bill for the pre-.
vention Of pleuro.pneumonia and other
contagious diseases among cattle, intro
duced in the New Jersey Senate, provides
Cor the appointment oithree commissions
ers. with power to make all needful regu.
lations for the quarantine, treatment and
cure Of cattle exposed to or affected with
any disease whose spread it is desirable
to prevent. The commissioners may,
when in their opinion necessary, kill and
bury all infected cattle, and IN owner.
thereof are required, under heavy pcnHl.
ties, to notify the commissioners Of that
fact. The pay Of the commissioners is
fixed ut eight dollars per day for each dny
OF actual service. FIIf. lI
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Cold Bitterly Cold.

Nh. ti..t,,,
eyta ~, l-ul.uty c9lI
ihe moon "a brlghtt, .-.......
n Anu lhg snow y Nhiie'
"gsutial ~ % oehoia
Ih pnl 'he i VINO y hoMLng'
woIxa. SIas HanS,y, nn M .99r,vI 9i1wt'ng W.,
MOVES eh the NlntIy Wotl-
Voln'-o''teTly cold
U,. A..,,.
~ snI".s nh..,s,, ilgssg 5sls ai'a oui .
ainII,,1I dhunva.sn ~. uusei.ed Anu uhrs'
nII,pSr ln5 lny oniI " ,ISn, nJver spark
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-26

SEATISo FOR LuE.-A story is told Of
a man who came upon pack Of hungry
wolves while skating in the Northwest.
lie threw aside his gun and oyercoat and
whizzed away for dear life. 1t soon be,
came apparent tlat he could not hope to
get such clear as to put on a top speed,
and so leave them behind; but he was a
practiced skater-a "dabn at the fancy
work acquired at the Kinks, where people
skate for pastime, and learn to be elegant
and swan.like. His outer edge and figure
skating saved him. On came the wolves
full pelt, their hot breath reaching him
just as he put on desperate Spurt, when
whish he flew round In q beautiful circle,
and tho shaggy wretches, carried on by
their own tremendous impetus were a
long way in front, while he went gliding
off in a contrary direction. Over and
over again did he practice this manpuvre
in similar circles. till the wolves them,
selves, bafiled, and in their rage swapping
and biting at each other, began to flag,
and to think that after all they were In
chase of the shadow Of a mana hungry
dream Of human flesh. Round and round
went the skates, still with cool head and
clenched fist, working nearer and nearer
home, until at last, the pursuers gave up,
and with howl Of disappointment fled
into tile tlickets. .s FI
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have n plan which, If adopted by the
stock growers Of this territory, will do
entirely away with the present lnborious
and demornlizing method Of herding
stock, and also utilize piece Of real es-
tate that has laid in the market for years
without bidder, on account Of its be-
ing "put up" so high at tho start. Ny
idea is this: Let all stock men in the
territory unite in missing fund for the
erection OF n suitable buildingon the top
OF Pixies peak, having it connected with
the surrounding country by telegraph
wire; then supply it with provisions,
etc, sufficient TO last one person Mt least
six months. In the early part OF the
winter, man keenly alive to the charms
Of solitude, rejected lover might do,
and provided with a telescope, should be
sent up there, with orders to kick away
the ladder us soon US he reached the top.
He should be known as the "general
cattle gRzer and herler-in-chiet" Of Col.
orado. ....
Now, for the results: A heavy storm
comes on, and the herds are badly scat.
tered. Brown telegmphs up: "NTy cat.
tie are gone; look for brand b." Her,
der.in.chief replies; "can see fifty head
of stock, brand b.. down on the
Arkansas, forty. miles below Puebla.
Higgins sends up: "AIy old merino
buck hi,s gos away; swing your glass To-
ward Cheyenne for him" Cattle gazet
replies: Cant sec him; think he must
have been gobbled up at Denver" Sc
it would go. Whenever stock was lost
the owner could ascertain ut once in
what direction to look for it, thereby
saving a great deal Of trouble, expense
and vexation OF spirit
A word in regard to the salary OF the
herder.in.chief. His srecompense should
be ample. "No one to love; none Il
caress, "is, to draw 1t mild, rather-some
what-in fact, we'll" You know how u,
yourself. y WesArn Paper. fi q
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The Hidden Joy.

Through leafy by.paths, sheltered and apart,
WhiStling tho carol Of = careless heart,
In idle slRdnesa alrollod truant boy,
Up in tree.top swAycd . little bird, Z
And sang and sang nor cared II any heard
HisSo'ltary roundelay Of Joy,
A brook flowed through tho Silence ofG wood
Some gorgeous flowers upon ita margin Stood
And waved their scarlet baunen Of delight,
From evenings duslsy blue sbone out star,
And through the darkness trailed Ita splendol
lar,
Though all the world wAA buried in the night,
Joy asks no seeing ere, nor listening ear:
But carols, blooms aud shines when none |,
near,
Only because it feels so fully blesl.
The mated bird dies not on open wing, III
But sings from out tho houRh-and 80 sing
Tho happy secret hidden in my breast.
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Normal school Exercises.

In the Richmond Normal school 0
few days ago, the lesson in elocution wa,
upon Articulation" aud various ex'
smplos Of difficult snunciation were cited
and praOtised. At the close OF the exer,
else, the principal called for such exam
pies 10 he handed in rs the pupils might
know or be able to find. The following
are some Of the results OF the inyestiga'
ton, and furnish very good collection
Of practice:
Admlsi the msts and coolest frosts,
With baTest wrists ana st0utest boasts,
He thrusts his fngers against the post,
And still insists he secs the ghosts"
"Of all the saws ever saw saw, new
er saw saw saw rs this saw saws"
Up the hill he heayes huge round
stone"
Crazy Cnycroit caught q crate Of cricb,
led crabs; n crate Of crickled crabs cr1lzy
Craycoft caught. II crazy Cmycoft
caught a crate Of crickled crabs; Where's
the crate Of crickled CRIBS crazy Cray,
coft caught?
"Thou wreathd'st and muzzrd'st the
iar.fetch'd OK. and imprison'dst him in
the volcanic Mexican mountain Of Pop
c.cat.a-pet.l in Co.to-pax.i." 'I
Peter Piper picked peck Of pickled
peppars; u peck Of picked peppers
Peter Piper picked. II Peter Piper
picked peck Of pickled peppers, where's
the peck Of picked peppers Peter Piper
picked ?"
"Thou waft'dst the rickety skiff over
the mountain-height cliffs, and clearly
saw'st the full.orbId moon"
"When u twister twisting, would twist
him a twist, for twisting a twist, three
twists he will twist, hut II one Of the
twists untwists from the twist, the twist
untwisting, untwists from the twist"
"Robert Rowley rolled n round rol
round Il round roll Robert Rowley rol
led round. Where rolled the round rol
Robert Rowley rolled round ?"
Theophilus Thistle, the successful
thistle-siiter, in sitting sieveful OF this
ties, thrust three thousand thistle,
through the thick Of the thumb"
"Peter Pnnglc, the prickly pear pick
er, picked three pecks OF prickll
prankly pears from the prickly pea
trees on the pleasant prairies."
"Villey Vitc and vile vent voyage L
Windsor and Vest vickham Won Yitsor
Wednesday,"
"Bandy.lcgged Barachio Mustachit
Whiskerifuscns, the bald but bravo BON
bardino Of Bagdad, helped Abormiliqut
Blue Beard, Bashaw Of Belemandeb, Il
beat down an abominable Bundle oi
Bnsllnw."
.,rP.,r Li..i,, K.,o
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PROFrrABLE FARMSd.-Darius Rice &
Son, Of Worcester, Mass, sent state.
ment to the AgrietIlturiSt OF the value Of
produce sold from 20 acres Of moving
iaud and Eve acres Of market garden,
Tho items aro too numerous TO mention
in detail, but the total foots up to 50,
s2953, Labor cost 81, ,045. .9s, grain pur.
chased and fed to hogs (which made tho
manure used and gave a profit bcsides)
81, ,045.07, butchers oiIil 500. There
Is evidently good management here,
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Az EXPENSIVE JoKE.-A joking Har-
ward student recently called for doctor
in great haste, directing the servant
where he should go, The doctor came,
but found his services unnecessary aud
his call hoax. So far it wSs all very
we'll, but the servant recognised the call
er, and the next day the doctor called
on him and asked him whether he would
rather pay twenty dollars or bo arrested.
He said lio thought so, too, and paid the
twenty dollars.
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Afternoon In February.

The day Is ending,
Tho night Is descending;
The marsh is frozen, tl.
The river dead.
Through clouds like ashes
The redsun flashes
On village windows
That glimrer red.
The SNOW recommOnccs
The buried tcnces
Mark no longer
The road DER the plain;
While through the meadows,
Like fearful shadows,
Slowly passes
A funeral train.
The bell is pOaling,.
And every feeling
Within me responds
To the dismal knell
Shadows are trailing,
Ny heart Is bewailing
And tolling within,
Like funeral bell.
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An engineer ran over a man at Marys.
vile, Indiana, and the Jury, instead Of
bringing in the conventional verdict Of
nobody to blame" has actually found
him guilty Of mAnslaughter,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-26

TnE GRors. The Department Of Agri-
culture reports that the following States
have gathered in crops better than the
average during the season that has Just
closed. II the average crop be repre-
sented by 100, then the large crops are in
the following proportion I: New Hamp.
shire, Ill; Massachusetts, 1903 Rhode
Rlahd, 100; Connecticut, los; New
Jersey, 1O2; Delaware, los Maryland,
lO3 Arkansas l02 Missouri, 10 ;
Ohio, 1O4; Wisconsin, l0S Minnesota,
l10; Iowa, III Nebraska, 112; and
Kansas, 1t0. The total production Of
which is about7 per cent. less than last
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1t does seem that in civilized, we'll
regulated community, these precaution.
ary measures would have been sufficient
to prevent highway robbery, but the
man says that he was attacked, knocked
down, the pitcher broken, and the two
cents taken from him, aud no arrests
we're made and this too, at s o'clock in
the morning.
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Dr. U. w. Holmes, III the FeOrlnfy
Atlantic. thus discourses about children /:
The Old Master, who is bachelor, has
a kindly feeling for this little monkey,
and those Of his kind.
al like children" he said to me one
day at table. al like EN-, and respect
EN-. Pretty much all the honest truth
telling thore is in the world is done by
them. Do you know they play the part
in the household which the kings jester,
VINO very often had mighty long head
under his cap and bells, used to play for
monarch? There's no radical club
like nest Of little folks in II nursery.
Did you ever watch a baby's fingers :?
| have, often enough, though l never
knew what 1t WIS to own one" The
master paused half n minute or so, sigh.
ed-perhaps at thinking what he had
missed in liic,-looking up at me little
yacantly. saw what was the matter ;
he bad lost the thread OF his talk.
"Bahy's fingers" | interpolated.
eyes, yes didyou ever see how they
will poke those wonderful little fingers
Of theirs into every fold and crack and
crevice they can get at That is their
first education, feeling their way into the
solid facts OF the material world. When
they begin to talk, tits the same thing
over and over again in another shape.
II there is crack or flaw in your an.
swer to their confOundod shoulGer-hit-
ting questions, they will poke and poke
until they have got Il gaping, Just MS the
baby's fingers have made rent out Of
that atom Of a hole in his pinniore that
your old eyes never took notice Of. Then
they make such fools Of us by copying
on small scale what we do in the grand
manner.
"CAprArS Scorr. 1t is said Of that
famous hunter, Captain Scott, that when
he sighted coon in tree and was re-
cognized by the "critter," the sagu-
cious coon, knowing that II was all up
with him, would call out; "If that's
you, Captain Scott, don't fire, for ri
come down" The famous person allud'
ed to was an officer in the regular army,
who rose from the ranks-haying been
commissioned for gallant services in the
war Of 1912. He was very illiterate, and
could not write his own name, but he
could make his mark witha rifle or com
\ mon smooth.borc, hint.lock musket o.
the olden times. Many anecdotes werC
told of him in'tho obi army, where he
was universal fnyorite with the officer
and men. He had for a great many
years before the Mexican war been cap
tain in the Fifth Infantry, and his com
pany were noted as good mnrkSmen. \
was the boast Of his men that their ole
captain could pick upa musket at any
time and ofr.hand put n dozen bullets ii
the bulIs.eyc, one after the other, as iast
as he could load aud frc. His own sol
diers, who idoliEed him, got up the story
about the coon, which is correctly told
above. This bravo officer was killed ii
the battle Of Molina del Rey.
! Ftn a. - Iu-.I..-N NJ. r.,
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GREETING VNEs-A curious fact in
regard to the creeping and twining
plants hns been noticed by Mr.. Ander.
son Henry, and by him communicated
to the scientific committee OF the Hort:
cultural Society. This is, that they will
be attracted by certain species Of climb
ers growing near them, and repelled by
others. It has been observed, in tropical
forests, that the climbing vines seem to
prefer certain kinds OF trees, and go far
out Of their way to reach them, at the
same tine avoiding other trees much
nearer, and apparently more convenient
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A gentleman in Kentucky was recent
ly killed in a playful seuflle by the sharp
point OF q lead pencil penetrating his
lkull,
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RATES OF ADVERTISING
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Local notices 20 cents per line, which must be
paid In advance. Five dollars will be
charged forannouneipRcandidlto for eoun.
ty and ten dollars for state and United
states odiees. Lengthy Obituary notietSmust
b paid for Hl-Alllegalnotieesare charged
tothe attorney presenting them.
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Neatly and Promptly EIeeutsd,t this once.
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The heirs Of John Slidell have brought
suit to recover real estate in New Orleans
eonnscated during the war
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The MessaulA lNlonLanal Pionta', for
December 0, wasprinted on a hall.sheet
Of Wrapping paper. The edition con-
Humed all that was left in town, and the
editor announced that tho next issue
would be printed on gunny bags unless
II stopped showing,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-26

II saw Esau kissing Kate,
The fact Is We all three saw,
Isaw Esau, ho saw me,
And she saw, Isaw Esau.T
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
Economy in Coal.

IN exchange gives a recipe
for one species of economy rec
commended to those who prac~
tlce it. Some housekeepers act
upon the supposition that an ad-
dition of the fuel will cause in
creased combustion, and conse-
quently develope additional
warmth. This is an expensive
mistake. Its only smothering
and retarding the fire to put in a
thick layer OF coal, or as some
do, fill the fire-box from a layer
of two inches of ignited coal
TO its utmost capacity with fresh
fuel.
No more coal should be put
on a fire at one time than will
readily ignite and give offa pure
white flame-not a blue flame,
as that denotes the presence Of
unconsumed gases.
In cleaning the CRATES of coal
stoves in the morning, there is
always to be found a quantity
of unburnt coal which has been
externally subjected to combus-
ton. It's covered with ashes,
and looks like cinders. 1t is Of
ten dumped into the ash box.
The fact is that the lump is
only roasted on the outside, not
even cooked, and it is in a bet
ter condition for igniting than
green coal. Never waste it
Attention to these few hints, it
is stated, will save many dollars
in a winter. The experiment is
at least worth trying.
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VALUABLE TABLES.
StrayS Taken Up.
1st K5ndof Animal isgiren-2nd. Color
Sd. DESCRIPTION 4th. Aqe--6fh Poster's
nGms-6th T. ime and Ptaesof arrest
It'll. Valuation -
LINCOLN COUNTY.

LINCOLN COUNTY.
Steer, red, underbit in each ear and swal-
low-fork in left, about years old this
spring; j. L. Routt, 21st dis, Feb. 5-S7. =
Horse, deep bay, small white spot on left
Jaw, also on neck and right flank, some white
on right hind foot, small black spot on left
hip, 1434 hands, or years old; H. NJ. Shell
ton, 22nd dis, Jan 26-$65. s,s
Steer YearliRg, white, black spots about
his neck and head, underbit in the left ear,
about 2 years old; r. II. Templeton, 25th
dis, Jan. 1876.
I'co Steers, both red, one with white
face, each about years old this Spring; a.
j. Swinford, 18th dis, Dec. 1886 each.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Fiily, iron gray, branded on left hip with
letter o, and some appearance of V or w
on left shoulder, 3 years old; w. c. Arm
strong, 9TH dis, Oct. 19-value not given.
BEDFORD COUNTY.
Mare and Colt, sorrel; Mrs. Eliza j.
Newsom, Dec $50.
MADISON COUNTY.
Mare, chestnut sorrel, blaze face, both
hind feet and left fore foot white, branded
on left shoulder with letters 81 A." about
IA hands, about 6 years BENZ. B. Clark,
June l6-$87 50.
LIMESTONE COUNTY.
FLY, dark bay, black name, tail and legs
no cuts, scars or marks, 1219 banda, about
year; Thos. i. George, on his premises,
Feb 2-$38.
Mare, brown, large star in forehead, snip
on nose, white speck in right eye small
splint onleft fore leg, branded with IN" on
left fore shoulder, about Az hands high,
about II years; w. A. Milhouse, on his
premises, Jan 1886.
Horse, sorrel, small spot in forehead, shod
before, 16 hands high, 10 years /; Albert
Garrett, on Peter F. CARROTS plantation,
Nov. 1-$65.
Horse Hale, black, mouse cOlored nose,
in cined to be white under the tanks, hair
rubbed off left hind leg in two places, the
name lying partly on both sides, about Ia
hands, 10 or u years old; John B. Pink
ston, near Golfers store, Feb 1850.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Horse, dark bay, left hind foot white,
three or four white marks on back caused
by saddle, about l6 hands, 6 or years old;
Geo. w. Sweeney, on the Lewis Bluff plant
alton, Feb Valuation not given.
GILES COUNTY.
Mare, brown, no marks or brands. Az
hands high, or years old; NJ. F. Marks,
18th dis, on Bradshaw Greek, April 5-S75.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
Carbolic Acid as a Disin-
fectant.

A correspondent writes to the
Philadelphia Ledger that the use
of carbolic acid as disinfectant
and curative agent in small pox
and Other contagious diseases
should be universally known.
DR. Burgess, of San Francisco, SAYS
in the Boston Journal Of Chen,is-
try, an the late fearful epidemic
of small poX | have tested the dis.
infectant and prophy lactic power
OF carbolic acid IN way that
leaves no doubt in my mind OF its
superior merit. Indeed, during
the latter part of the course of the
epidemic, / trusted to it exclusive
ly. In thirty.six instances of its
exclusive use, the disease spread
in but one, and that was in fam
lily of very filthy habits, where
cleanliness and proper nursing
were uQdttdlndOI6.
Carbolic acid in a fluid form is
a cheap article. To disinfect an
apartment two or three teaspoon
fuls may be put in a small bucket
OF water, and scattered about with
whisk broom. Or the same, Oh
even smaller quantity, may be
placed in dish and mixed with
sand. The evaporation from this
will disinfect the air. If the air
should become too strongly
charged, the evaporation may be
checked by covering the dish more
or less, as required. This atmos-
phere, containing carbolic acid, is
healthy. and soon becomes quite
agreeable, especially when as,o-
clated with its power as a destroy
er of infection.
The bed clothes, blankets, etc,
and clothes worn by persons hav-
ing the disease or coming in con-
tact with such, may be washed
with soap now manufactured con-
tanning carbnlic acid. Or com
mon soap may be used, with two
or three teaspoonfuls Of carbolic
acid added to the suds. Thus may
complete dislnfection be produced
in bed clothes or body clothes of
patients subjected to small pox Or
any other infectious disease.