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, 1874-09-13

% tnas' a1ter all, 1hese Is dcnge, thss ".
pious beqnests Ct medieval sinners to chr-,s
aud shrines Of moneys, and lands, and r;ch ..-
son, and tyout-strcams do not avail th..
the remotest degree, SO fur as legal ocni@
can look at the matter. The old custom NJ ~ ~
ing admission to the Kingdom Of He,~c
through purchased posthumous prayers 4,,.S
gatdcd a. purely legitimate means Of ent,,ss.
to glory, whose Justice no man could oaasti,.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings, of Columbia Con,t
Wis, died recently, bequeathing the buIt =.
her property to her spiritual adv;,,4
the Rev. Joseph Keenan,, Of 31ilrsaIs.
in consideration for his services ia ",
ing passes for her soul. nnd $4,000 to dest;tr..
deserving orphans Mrs. Jennings aopa,sn,s
forgot her poor mother in tho will. and Tia ii,
Indy contested the document before JUDGE -
Guppy. Of Portage. The Judge decided tn.
the will WAS yoid SO far as it related to tha /.
quest to Father keenan,, IS being coatrar, n
public policy, and equally void with regard !.
the orphans, on account OF it's indeGnitaus.,
1t remains to be seen whether the unfottrnn,.
divine will neglect Mrs. Jennings soul On Il.
score OF breach Of contract, when he kno4s III,
the lady did all she could in the flesh 10 b,r.
him decently, not to say handsomely. paid r.
lis services. A bargain like this is necess.1,;
d slippery affair; for one OF the parties It ]4ss
ls debazred from enforcing it's fulhllment.
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The recent real-estate frauds in this city h,y,
been repeated upon still larger scale in ytr
Yo:k City, and haVe created great e1ci.euea
among property-holders. The fraud Tas pe1o&
trated by ths forgery OF dead mans mama iat
deed left for record Charles Fl. Glover, = k,.
yer, has had for some TING the management q
tho estate OF Isaac Young. deceased, for his e;
ecutors. On Saturday LAST, Mr. Glover,s cls4
found in the Real E,tnke Record cou7eyancs1 Il
a parcel OF real estate for $4,000 from Is.s.
Young to Gardiner G. Gerken, and, known.
that no such deed had been executed, and tn;
Mr. Young was dead. ho informed his employs.
who took the requisite steps to ferret oct t,
matter. The result was the arrest Of three u+s
and the discovery that their forgerea had alresd,
amounted to half million dollara- The dsia+
ton of the forgoEs VAS almost accidental, I'd
purchasers OF real estate and holders OF mo1tg.s&
bonds are busily investigating their tit1sa. Ii
doubtful whether such a gigantic fraud cona
BE- perpetrated in Chicago, as our records IN
public but in New York the public ii not allowed
access to them, nor a1e the daily papers alozea
to publish them tho publication being confined
by law to ap obscure weekly paper which no oas
but real-estata dealers see. At tho same tine
the New York fraud teaches tha importance ot
the most careful scrutiny Of titles.
, 1874-09-13

SOCIETY MEETINGS.
1AFAyETTK CHAPTER, no :. + A; M.onni A. otanrg -
1,n-a,., Ercutnr conrccati"u (iuHua' estnuiS'
Scot. H. Al ~ O'Clock, Tor business. " 9;aTs ~ e a.
r. 49, "
KNIGHTS OF PyTHIAS.Ths officers sad o1 mennGfs 81 r1
OF Welcome Lodge 10 7se reAacsSa to iaae' IN n.1
uur.dsy cycnnp, Ser:. Il. By order al tac r.
Wn-l ia the 1irst and third ranks sistGTS =
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, 1874-09-13
INSURANCE IN CHICAGO.

As the 1st OF October approaches there is more
or less anxiety to know whether there will be
withdrawal Of the larger insurance companies
on thai day or not. In anticipation OF this
measure. it has been seriously considered among
large insurers, both Of merchandise aud build
ings. whether il would not be advisable to Or
sanize without delay at least Two additional home
insurance companies. There are two things
which ere complained OF by the public: !. That
the insurance companies propose to Withdraw
unless certain conditions are complied with; and
2. That such conditions arc OF themselves ILL.,
just and unnecessarily exacting. It 40 under
stand tie process OF tho insurance agencies, it
is that for certain alleged deficiencies i'll the pro-
lection OF buildings they demand additional
special rates, aud If this demand be not complied
with. they cancel tho policies. which is equiva~
lout to the withdrawal Of the company These
additional rates arc lowed on tho basis of tho
size Of the wator-service pipes, and on certain
featuxes OF cons,r1ct.on. Thu additional rates
on tho basis Of the zize Of water-pipes are as
follows:
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
A Chat About Doctors,

A medical writer says: Nothing helps
q doctor like mysteries. A man has 9
pain in the head and back. He calli
on the doctor. He explains his symp'
toms. Now, suppose the doctor says,
eyes, I see. Pain in the head and
back-tired. You, sir, must rest ; 60
to bed early for a few evenings you
must let up-rest You are exhausted,
that's ALL" Now, that won't satisfy
you there is no science about that.
You know all that yourself. You went
10 the doctor to learn something about
your case, and II all he can tell you is,
that you are tired and have got the
backache, what's the use OF the accumu-
lated medical wisdom OF three thousand
years. Any child could tell you that
you are tired and have the backache.
But suppose the doctor carefully ex-
amines the back Of your head, and your
spine, and asks q dozen questions about
the precise location Of the pain, what
time in the day II appears, etc., all
sorts Of nice, ingenious questions, and
then, after some moments OF profound
tighbutl uu tul1b yOu bhht Ao 10 aShAy W
say that this is q rare case. 1t Is clearly
one OF those remarkable cases OF
periodical polarization Of the cerebro.
spinal axis the case is exactly like one
reported by a distinguished German
physiologist. The sufferer was a we'll.
known military man. The doctor then
proceeds TO write q prescription in
Latin. There arc half o dozen in.
gradients, and lie informs you that the
prescription is an exact duplicate Of
that which was used for the German
general, with the exception Of single
ingredient, which he adds because ol
the difference in climate. Now, don't
you know that you rather think that
this doctor knows what's what? And
although you confound his big names
and Latin nonsense" still it looks as
though the accumulated wisdom OF the
three thousand years was something
after oil. AT any rate this cerebro'
spinal axis doctor Is miles ahead OF the
backache chap. ..lsj 81
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
Thn Son Of peter the Grent.

Alexis, theill.fatcd son OF Eudosia and
Peter the Great, had long incurred the
resentment OF his father. OF a tall and
commanding appearance, he was looked
up TO by q nation among whom colossal
stature was particularly esteemed.
Around him he had collected associates
who plunged into every sort OF vice and
licentiousness; he openly opposed the
reforms OF his father, aud, fearing his
displeasure, left the country. yl57
Peter, discovering his retreat at
Naples, ordered him TO return to st.
Petersburg, promising forgiveness II he
did so on the other hand threatening
him with the ostdreadful curses II he
refused. Alexis, relying on his promis.
es, returned, and hail barely arrived be-
fore be was surrounded and imprisoned;
and then began most painful ordeal,
which was carried oil for five months.
Peter daily visited him, and working
on his weak mind, prevailed on him TO
accuse himself OF the most dreadful
crimes, and TO name all the friends who
we're in any way implicated. He then
nominally consulted the priests and no.
bles what course TO pursue; they, in awe
OF his power, pronounced sentence OF
death against Alexis, and Peter, in
spite OF his previous protestations, con.
firmed IL. Seated In q prison at Mos
COW, by dim light, we see the unfortu-
nate prince hearing the sentence from
the lips Of his father, who actually
mingled his tears,with his. The door
opens, and o vial Is handed to the mon.
arclA who pours ont the contents and
profrers them TO his son as o soothing
draught. He then retires. Alexis
raises TO his lips tho poisoned cup, he
drinks, couvulsions Of the most dread
full nature follow, and before morning
he lies a corpse. Peter gave out thai
the news that sentence Of death had
been passed upon him had operated
fatally on his feeble constitution. Thus
persisted the heir 10 the Russian Empire.
Peter aiterward altered the order oil
succession in favor Of his consort Gath.
crime, who reigned for two years aitel
him. At her death she bequeathed her
crown 10 Peter, the son OF Alexis, who
assembled the thrown at the age oi
twelve, under the title Of Peter ii.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
A Happy Thought.

A story is told Of Governor Chilten.
don, who waa one Of the early Govern
ors Of Vermont. He was quite an ex-
tensiye farmer, and in those days to be
a Governor did not greatly interfere
with the incumbents ordinary vocation.
He had two sons. One Of them was a
boy OF bright intellect and the other de-
cidedly dull. The old gentleman
thought that nature had done enough
for the youngest and that he would
make his way in the world without
more than q common.school education,
but that the elder one would need oil
the aid OF liberal education TO make
up the natural deficiency, and he was
accordingly sent to college, while his
brother was kept on the farm. It hap.
pened one spring that among the fruit
Of the Governors herd was very
stupid calf. II would not suck or drink,
and no amount OF effort on the part OF
the father, son, or hired man, could in
duce him 10 take his sustenance. Alter
repeated trials the good mans patience
gave out, and he said to his son,
Z freeman, what on earth shall We do
with this stupid fool 2" 81 don't know,
iathei," was the ready response, Gun
less We send him 10 college with Mar.
~, fnN H9iH-NInN. -fflfl
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
4 Cats Dream.

She was very still, and appeared TO
be asleep, when suddenly she sprang
into the middle OF the room, where she
fxed her feet on o limited spot on the
floor, TO which also her nose was ap.
piled, MS II closely grasping something
which she held in her claws. This
continued for q short time, when the
nose was gently raised, and the visible
attention was directed TO the feet,
which still continued their graspj but
after q time one OF them was gradually
removed, and then the other, on which
puss appeared greatly at loss to i'm.
agine whittier the imaginary object
could have gone so rs to escape her
grasp. She looked in various direc.
lions along the floor with o foolish face
OF confusion and then again her atten-
tion was directed to the spot on which
her feet were closely pressed, as II TO
examine closely whether tho presumed
escape had been sinking through the
floor; and when this seemed uusatis.
factory the disappointed animal, now
widely awake, retired once more TO re.
examine tho place, as II she found II
impossible 10. comprehend how an OBJ.
ject she had SO plainly seen and
grasped should have sunk into nothing.
Many minutes elapsed before this cat
appeared TO be reconcilcd 10 the con-
yiction that what had been o dream
was not In truth q reality.-Ldnd
and Water. lir .Lt r
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
Who'll be Victim I

This Is q game which may be played
by any number OF persons; the more
players the better. The Victim and the
Leader are the more important personi
IN the game. Care must be taken by
the Leader to ascertain that the Victim
does not know the game. This donehe
Is requested TO retire from the roomand
wait until summoned. l
The Leader then arranges his COM
pany In semicircle, and instructs them
that thcy are TO initiate every action oi
the Victim from The time he has been
Informed OF his duty, which is TO find
the name OF word thought Of.
He Ia now requested to enter the
room. The Leader gives him the fol.
lowing instructions: r.ta.-.,! .
"You are, II you please, 70 watch
the actions and the words Of the com.
pany, and from them elicit the word
thought Of"
Now begins the fun. The Victim
looks around him, and very likely
twirls his mustache-a very natural ac-
tion expended in the first nervous Curl
osity TO discover his whereabouts. The
players simultaneously twirl real OF
imaginary mustaches, and make any
other restless motion the Victim may
make, initiating his smile, and 50 close
" Watching his movements that II he
attempts to beat retreat to the door,
all must follow. 'f
Let us Illustrate: The Leader has
introduced his Victim. Victim says;
Well, this is a comical situation.
Chorus OF voices: "Well, this Is, etc,
Victim laughs. All the players laugh.
Victim puts a question. All repeat II.
After many attemptsto solve the riddle,
probably he plunges his hands in his
pockets, and says, "1'll give 1t up"
when he is informed that the word is
~ Imitation. y Efa eur - 4h
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
Reading The Lips.

The possibilities Of lip reading are
we'll illustrated in the case Of Walter P,
Chamberlain, Of Marblehead, who de!
liyered an address upon the subject at
the CONVENTION Of articulation teachers
Of the deaf and dumb, in Worcester,
not long ago. J. Mr.. Chamberlain is now
A years old, has been stone deaf since
the age Of Ave, and attained such pro.
fciency In the art Of lip reading and
articulation that, during the war, he en-
listed and successfully passed medi-
cal examination. Hewas In the service
some time when, one night, he had 90
casion 10 40 TO the spring supplying the
camp with water, when he was chal'
leiiped by tho guard. Owing TO the
darkness he could not see the sentinel,
and, Of course, did not hear him. He
was arrested and had an examination
next morning, and, in response TO the
question, "Are you deaip" heansweredt
iii were deai 'howcould l understand
your question Z" He successfully
passed the examination, until an inyes
tieation Of his ears revealed the fac
that hs was totally deaf. iH
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
A Small Story.
rNot CopyrIghLed.l

Note to Mc Editor Of Me Courier.
Journal: Some people, you know,
have way Of reading one chapter Of q
story, and II It does mot please them or
come up TO their standard as TO what a
chapter should to be good, will condemn
the whole, and throw the book or paper
aside with the remark that "that is
enough OF that" I have endeayored to
bar this practice as applicable TO my
serial, and think I have succeeded. !
would have such people to understand
that, in order to get the sense and beau
ty out Of the following tale they must
take it all in.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

The other day q Colorado miner from
Fairplay came to the valley for sup.
plies. He carried his right arm in n
sling one eye was twisted face
scratched, torn and indented with
ridges, and head as guiltless Of hair as
billiard ball, and looked as 10 ho had
been invited by some OF the Indians TO
niscalping d picnic but IL turned out
that he had received all these wounds
from the claws Of grizzly. The griz.
ely obtains full growth in four years.
AT six he is in his prime, and able to
cope with any animal in existence. The
lion would stand very poor show in
the hug Of n grizzly. The average
weight Is 1900 pounds, but n number
have been killed in Colombo who kick
cd the beam at ], 800. Old man Griffin,
Of Canon, an early settler, and reputed
10 be q sharp bear hunter, knocked over
q grizzly last fall that weighed 1,600
pounds after being dressed. The claws
were long enough 10 anchor good
sized sloop, being nine inches in length.
He fought TO the last, and, with three
balls square through the heart, charged
upon tho enemy, and dropped down
stone dead so close TO tho old man that
he could touch him with his paw.
They tell q story Of o foolish young
fellow, residing on Current Greek, who
made q bet that he would lasso q griz-
ely and bring him into camp. He
made the experiment, and slipped q
good moose over Bruin; but the latter
sat down upon his launches coolly, and
commenced hauling In on the line. In
vain the horse struggled-the power OF
the other end was irresistible but,
fortunately, the lariat broke and the
rash young man escaped, r
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

much to their own satisfaction, II not
TO that OF the recipients thereof.
Mrs. Tyron sighed. Widow Fuller
laughed-somewhath Historically, itmust
be confessed-Rnd Miss Hobson talked
oi a suit for breach Of promise. Not
ono Of the three ever forgaye him.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

pox. His mother put him to bed and
administered the usual remedies, and
the next day he was much better, but
IL was with great difficulty thathe could
be restrained from scratching his nose
with his finger.nails. He said that it
itched SO dFeadfully that he couldn't
help 1t, and didn't care whether he had
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
High up.

/. A Atrayeler describes the weather sta.
ton on Pixies Peak as Q building Of
stone, walls two feet thick, thirty feet
by fiiteen, and nihe in height. Three
men are spending the winter there,
taking observations. They are used to
the liphtness Of tho air, anddo not ex-
perience any serious inconvenience.
Water boils AZ so low q temperature that
ittakeS about three times as long 10 cook
food as the ordinary level. The air Is
so clear that tho eye can sweep a dis.
tanco of two hundred miles IN every
direction. iFifii
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

ApyERr1s1SG.-A good advertisement
in o newspaper is the beat Of all possi'
BILE salesmen. II Is salesman who
never sleeps and is never weary who
goes after business early and late; who
accosts the merchant in his shop, tho
scholar in his study, the lawyer IN nus
office, the lady at her breakfast tablet
who can be In Thousand places %
once. and speak to million people
eyery morning, saying TO each enc tho
beat thing In the best manner.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

Once on time, q little boy, who was
q fisherman's son, and lived on Long
Island Sound, went home from school,
carrying with him q successful case Of
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
CHAPTER III.

left or not. On the following day,
however, the little boy was 50 much
better that his mother told him that he
might go down upon the beach and
play in the warm sand, provided he
would promise herthat he would not be
SO cross the next w.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16
CHAPTER ".

time he got sick. He promised her
that he would not, but gave her to
know that he didn't go much on chicken,
no how, and didn't want no more
chicken:pox. He said that the next
time II came round 70 him he would
pass, and take oySter.po1 in his'n for q
change. ,irp.,. .'f r'l5' q. 1tsf #.
~ 80. THE END, -.II 5,.. .4.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-16

"Well.n said tho Captain, running
his fingers through his hair, "if this
don't beat all Rum critters, them
women !" :,
WAnd bold enough, some .oi 'em,'
ioihed In Mrs. Tiller. ITO be making
proposals to q m lrried man |"
1why, you sec, they don't know yet
that l am married."
1Then, best lot 'em know 1t at once.
Suppose you accept all their invitations
right away, and take me along by way
Of explanation, you know"
The Captain chnckled with IN inward
appreciation u his wife's cleyerness
and Wit, He took her advice, and The
! pair made their round Of bridal CALI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-29
THE FLOOD.
AID KNOW EDGED.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2S-Among the con-
trlbutors for the sufferers by the overflow are
Sl000 each from Washington CITY, Manchester
N: IT,, and Bath, Me. The distributing COM
mittee are theoretically forwarding supplies to
ALL accessible points in the overfiowed dis
trets.
New ORLEANS, April 2S.-The steamer Ibe-
ria from Bayou Teche reports all the Tausse
Point under water from seven miles above New
Iberia. The water from Grand Lake is only
150 from flowing over the east bank of the
Teche from the Atchfalaga to New IBERIA
Families are pouring in from all quarters and
settling on the high lands. Most of the large
plantations are abandoned ON the east side Of
the Ieche, where five thousand hogsheads of
sugar would have been made. They now only
hope to save the seed. Portions of the towns Of
FRANKLIN, New Iberia and st. Martinsyile are
under water. The water is running over Nor
gans Railroad, distance of twenty-five miles
from Brashear. The streets of the latter town
are covered with water. Three men wers
drowned Monday at Pearl river at the crossing
of the Mobile & New Orleans railroad. The
Superintendent of these roads says it will take
thirty days to repair the DAMAGES caused by
the flood.
MONROE, La, April 2S.-The river has fallen
an inch and a half the past twenty four hours,
and the water is receding slowly in the rear of
the city. The steamer which left Camden yes
terday morning reports that the river is falling
est ever known by two feet The planters liv-
ing below report that thirteen miles of the river
front is out of the below Morrison's and Cuba,
but the rear is all under water. Below Cuba
all is overlooked.
MEMPHIS, April 2S.-The Mississippi river is
now stationary here at this point with no land
visible except portions of the railroad track to
Madison, Ark. distance of forty miles, which
may be given as the width of the river. The
Memphis Louisville route is still water
bound between Paris and GAINESVILLE, while the
mississippi Central is still broken between Cam
ton and Grenada.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The following tele-
gram was sent to Mr.. Lewis, Master of the
State Grange of Louisiana:
Washington, AprH 28.-By order of the ex
ecdtive committee send you BY express to-
night $1,000 for the benefit of the suffering
members OF our Order in Louisiana.
(Signed.) OH. KELLEY.
Secretary of the National Grange.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-29

TRIENNIAL FEsTIvAL.-The third triennial
festival of the Boston Handel and Haydn So
ciety will take place at Boston Music Hall tho
second week in May, holding from the 9th to
the 10Th. The following eminent talent has
been engaged: Miss Edith Wynne, Mrs. j.
Houston West, Mrs. II. FL. Smith, Miss AIDE
laide Phillips, Miss Annie L. Cary, Mr.. Nelson
Marley, Mr.. George L. Osgood, Mr. William j.
Winch, Mr.. Myron w. Whitney, Mr.. j. f. Ru-
dolphsen, Mr.. John +. Winch. Theodore
Thomas celebrated orchestra. increased by the
addition of eminent Boston musicians to eigh-
ty-five performers. The Society's chorus of
six hundred voices.
Carl Zerrahn will be conductor f the festi
val. The opening concert will be given Tues
day evening. on which occasion HandePs "Ju
das Maccabaeus" will be given. During the
remainder of the week the, following will be
given Wednesday afternoon, miscellaneous
concert by Grand Orchestra and Vocalsts; eve
ming, first part of Haydn's Seasons" Beetho-
ven's Ninth Symphony, and other selections.
Thursday afternoon, oratorio matinee, Mendel-
ssohn's 'Christus' and 'Hear my Prayer" and
Dudley Bucks Psalm, "God is our Refuge"
Friday afternoon, miscellaneous concert by
Grand Orchestra and Vocalists; evening, Bach $
"Passion Music Saturday afternoon, miscel-
laneous concert by Grand Orchestra and Vocal
lists; evening, j. X. Paine's Oratorio ''St. Pet
err. Sunday evening, close of the festival,
Handel's ''Messiah."