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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
Tho. East indian pOrmantcau.

A new trick OF NJ. Brunnet, a Paris
prestidgitateur, is thus described ga
thick carpet is spread out to convince
everybody there Is no trap.door in tho
floor. Alarge portmanteau is placed
on this carpet. The portmanteau is
locked. II is then tied with ropes,
placed in q linen cover, which is well
strapped and buckled; ropes are then
wrapped around the cover; these ropes
are tied on the knots seals are placed.
After all these precautions have been
taken, NJ. Brunnet introduces q man
dressed and guised as an East Indian.
NJ. Brunnet orders him TO go into that
portmanteau without touching o single
rope and without removing the linen
cover. Moreover, he gives tho East
Indian o saek aud tells him TO get into
II. When once he is in the portmanteau
lie gives the East Indian FIVE minutes
TO do oil these things. Curtains are
hung around the portmanteau. The
East Indian goes behind them. In five
minutes the curtains are removed the
portmanteau is discovered Just MS 1t was
before tho curtains were put around 1t.
1t was opened. Tie East Indian
was found init aud in the sack, which
was tied above his head. "
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
She wouldn,t Go.

Tom Wilson had been working on his
poor farm for years, and yet nothing
had been laid by "for q rainy day"
He had thought the matter over until
he came to the conclusion that the best
thing he could do was TO sell the old
place and 90 where the soil was good.
he went, found q place that suited him,
and when he returned homo broached
the subject to his wife, as they, with
their children, sat around the evening
meal. ~.
"Fannie, /" lie said, "I think wo had
better leave this country ; the old place
is about worn out, md for tho sake Of
our children, we ought to 60 where we
can do better. They are getting old
enough now"
"i'm not going to do it-no, Mr..
Wilson, I never will leave this place,
and you needn't think any more about
It."
al saw some fine land while
I was gone" he continued, "where
we would soon become well Of.
looked at q place which would
suit us exactly, being near good
schools and churches. II Is fine soil,
well improved, o good house and fine
orchard, 80 I think 1 will sell out here
and" .l. ,...
"No, you'll not sell out, I Just wont
go ; no, I won't; it's foolish TO thinl
OF such o thing"
"well, the boys and I will go
won't We, little menu"
"Yes-yeu, well go-wetll go Will
papa" exclaimed all three little voices
"Well," said Fannie, "you all may
60 Just as fast as you please, but here's
one who won't bulge step. Ge West,
indeed, where I don't know anybody
no, not l."
Mr.. Wilson was determined on go.
ing, so he said no more about 1t to his
wife, but went ahead, sold his farm,
and made all his arrangements. He
even packed up his furniture and house.
hold goods; still said nothing 10 Fan
ME. His wagons were carried before
the house and dloaded, children bundled
in, and Just before driving of Fannie
came out, wrapped up nicely, with her
travelling basket swinging on her arm.
"Where am I going to sit, Toma" "she
''S Soh-ah-yhz 1 thought you
"of course I'm going wherever you
aud the children so. Here, put my
chair in there" and sho climbed in tho
wagon" That was o long while ago.
Tom Wilson is ono Of the wealthiest
farmers In hiE county now.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15

and I-what could says That morn
ing Max seemed restless (; at every
sound he would glance toward the door,
and then turn away with n look oi
panied surprise. At last he said,
abruptly; g Grace, why does Birdie
never come to see me? Has she quite
forgotten me?"
/ was prepared for this. They had
told me must tell him. Ihad thought
and planned what I should soy, and
now / could think Of nothing. / took
tho little packet which my darling had
given me, and placed itin his hand.
"She nursed you through the fever,
and she told me to give you this. T"
And SO I left him. Had I told him too
abruptly? Had I told him at all 7 Dare
l go back?
i tried the door when two hours had
passed, but it was locked. When Rob.
ert came in, ] begged him to go and
speak to Max, but before he could obey
mes,lAIax entered the room where We
were. He looked ten years older, and
his face was inexpressibly sad. Robert
held out his hand to him with few
kindly words Of congratulation upon
his recovery,
"I must be WELL" Max said, gravely.
81 leave tomorrow, and 1 want to
thank you now for all your kindness,
when You had such reason to hato me,
But, believe me, I never dreamed that
-" His voice failed him, as Brides
canary, hanging in tho window, Just
then trilled forth its joyous song. Gov
ering his face with his hands, he hur-
ried ont OF tho room.
am glad that, while he stayed, we
were able to be kind to him. Before
he left, he came to mo:
"Gracie, forgive me, II you can. Be-
lieve mo, your angel is avenged"
kissed his forehead, and bade him
"God.speed." And so our Cousin Max
dropped ont Of our lives forever, leay.
ing no memento Of his visit, save the
picture that hangs before me as write
Birdie in her youth and beauty, with
tho passion:Aowers in her hair-only
that, and q grave in the little church.
yard by the river.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15

To prevent fish from smelling in
summer, cut their noses OF. This will
do as we'll in winter.
The young man who exclaimed,
I" Give me but her." was asked il oleo-
margarine wouldn't answer.
Choose your summer rooms or resi-
dence open 10 the south. Birds insist
on their houses fronting that way.
In England large sums are sppropri.
ated for the maintenance Of ruins. The
same sums would probably repair them.
An Iowa editor has branded his GO.
temporary as o "mangy dog-e dis
grace to his own feas." Now, will the
assailed to the scratchp
The present season has been an un-
usually favorable one for grass crops.
Meadows throughout the country are
in splendid condldton.
An Illinois farmer has received an
order from IN English lord for several
hundred live prairie chickens. He pro-
poses to acclimate them.
A man was boasting that he had been
married twenty years and had never
given his wife o cross word. Those
who knew him said he didn't dare to.
A Sacramento, CAL, paper states that
California is losing It's population by
emigration to the east Of the Rocky
Mountains OF the rate Of 1000 per
month. -ut .D .N
OF a daily average of ffty.eight and
q half tons Of matter sent from New York
over forty.nine tons are newspapers,
magazines, phamplets. books, and tram
sient printed matter.
In "ballast" are the suggestive
words OF large number. Of vessels
arriving almost daily from Che ports OF
the Old World, showing that business
is dull there as well as here.
In IN article on "summer Rest" by
Frank NJ. Hall, in the Herald Of
Health, he says, "Tell q volcano to
keew cool, advise hurricane to calm
itself, ask on earthquake why il makes
so much ado, but do not expect On
American 10 approach his work by
gradual stages, and by processes tiat
are other than exhaustive"
Thespringfeld Union tells of q man at
Leeds, Mass, who was sadly recounting
TO a visitor how he had lost wife and
children-all save one little girl, when
the child, Of whose presence he was un-
aware, ran up behind him, and clasping
his neck with her hands exclaimed, as
though to cheer up his dependency,
yes, papa, I'm here r. There were no
dry eyes TO witness the touching scene.
II is said that II perfectly clear glass
bottle Is filled with water; and afew
grains OF tho best white sugar added,
and the bottle freely exposed to tho
daylight in the window Of awarm room,
tie LIQUID should not become turbid,
even after exposure for o week or ten
days. II the water become turbid, it Is
open TO grave suspicion Of sewage con-
tamination, but il 1t remains clear, 1t is
almost certainly safe.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
A Brides Outfit.

Tho trousseau OF the German bride
is decidedly substantial in It's nature.
It is furnished by the brides parents,
and consists entirely Of linen, both
household and body linen, generally
sufficient to last a lifetime, and adapted
TO the rank and means Of the bride.
Thus tho rich mother buys what is the
best and finest in the shops the less
rich one buys up gradually-years be-
iore the occasion-good, strong, house.
hold linen, carefully kept in lavender,
and cut up and sewed by the girl her.
self when her marriage is settled. The
poorest classes do the same, beginning
almost at the birth Of the girl; and the
peasant woman grows or buys her fax,
spins II herself, and lays by pro.
vision Of strong linen, durable as sail
cloth, for her daughter, as her mother
and grandmother did before her. The
pride OF German woman, no matter Of
what rank, is in her linen.press and
II ia exhibited to friends, and discussed
with gossips as one Of the chief subjects
OF n female conversation. II happens
rarely that any well.outatted woman
has TO add any material store to her
treasure. The wedding iewelry-en.
tiiely o minor consideration, by the
way-is invariably the present Of the
bridegroom. He presents TO his be-
trothed tho ornaments suited to the
rank and station hc intends to place
her in. Tho rich man presents his
pearls and diamonds; the less rich ono
his pretty gold ornaments ; the simple
artisan his plain gold brooch, with a
lock OF his hair at the back, to be worn
by his loving wife solemn1y on grand
occasions to the end Of her days, and at
the last bequeathed afectionately to
some loved individual as her best
treasure. All the gifts are carefully
chosen with view to their future use.
fulness; for the FIRST principle is that
these love-offerings are for the "young
household" not for the young Indy.
Accordingly theyare invariably adapted
TO the rank, station and means Of the
young couple, and arranged on pre-
concerted plan, so that duplicates are
Individual tastes arc duly regarded.
The result Is that as all is well con-
sidered and wcll.ftted together, the
young people start in life with o well.
fitted house, prettier and more yalua.
BILE than would be tho case II provided
by themselves alone. From the richest
to the poorest household, the wedding
gifts are ever preserved, valued, and
exhibited from pride, vanity, or affec-
ton; and no giver objects to sec his
gift treasured for life as the wedding
gift, which Is TO last a life. % -
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
The Human Body.

When the human body is ut It's prime
with youth, yigor, purity, and good
constitution on its side, no degree Of
ordinary exposure to cold gives rise to
any unpleasant effects. Allthe ordinary
precautions against colds, coughs and
rheumatic pains may be disregarded,
and no Ill effects eiisue. But lot the
blood become impure, lot the body be-
come deranged from any acquired dis
ordor, or lot the yigor begin TO ware,
aud the inhrmities OF age be felt BY 90;
casional arrangements In rome vital
nart either from inherited or acquired
abuses. and the action Of cold will excite
more or less disorder Of some kind, and
tho form Of this disorder, or the disease
which will ensue, will be determined by
the kind Of pre.existing blood impurity,
or the pre.existing fault Of the organic
processes, fi f s7s
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
Thn iron nomo OF ille Canltol.

Tho iron dome OF tho Capitol at
Washington is 800 feet high, and Is sur
mounted by q metallic statue. In re-
ply TO an inquiry, as to whether there
was q daily movement OF the statute,
duo to the heat OF the sun, the archi-
tect, Mr.. CLARK, gives the following par.
ticulars /:
Tho statute on the Capitol has mo.
tion resulting from the unequal expan.
sion Of the opposite sides OF the dome.
The entire length Of tho line OF oscilla.
tion Of the plummet from tho eastern
limit to tho western limit Is only four
and q half inches, which would make
the inclination in the morning two and
q quarter inches to the west, md in the
afternoon the same distance 10 the east.
This apportionmentof the distance for
morning and evening, however, is not
strictly correct, and for this reason {:
that in the morning the east side Of the
dome is rapidly heated, while tho west
side is chilled by radiation through the
night. Now as the sun passes to the
western side Of the dome, this side is
heated, but as tho east side still retains
agood portion OF its heat, the expansion
Is more nearly equalizOd on both sides
aud the inclination of the statue to the
earth to some extent counteracted, so
that the inclination to the west is liz.
tie greater than that toward tho cast.
The variation is probably about the
same all the year around. the extra con.
tracting by cold on one side OF the
dome during the winter producing the
same effect as the extra degree OF e1-
panSion BY heat on the other side in the
atimmarD -
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
where States ARC sorereIgns..

The Supreme Court Of the United
States, in q recent decision involving
the validity Of certain acts Of the Mich.
igan Legislature, authorizing the grant
ing Of municipal aid TO railroads, lays
down the principle that State Logis'
lature is sovereign and able to do what.
ever is not in terms prohibited to IL by
the Federal or State Constitution. The
effect Of this decision is to prevent o
large number Of towns in that State,
and other Commonwealths, from avoid
ing the payment OF bonds which they
issued in good faith, but subsequently
undertook to repudiate.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15

sErrIrp.-The Philadelphia Inquirer
says that o settlement has been effected
between the executors Of the will OF tho
late Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, and
the widow Of the latter for the sum OF
$4,000. The money will be realized
by the sale of property on the North
river. The entire estate OF Mr.. For.
rest Is worth about 81, 100000. In view
Of this settlement there Is now a fair
prospect for the carrying out OF tho
directions left by Mr.. Forrest as to the
building OF IN actors home.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15

TIM USroRruNArE CLAIMANT. AR.
thur orton Is confined in q dungeon
hardly bigger than q small eoal.cellar,
and to which very little light is adj
mitted, with q single chair screwed to
the floor, so that rs occupant Is chained
aA II were to one posture, cut and crop.
ped like o felon, and in wretched prison
garb, fed upon skilly and such miHer-
able diet, with no one TO talk to, with
no writing materials, and with no book
10 read. So DR.. Kenealy'S paper, tho
Enoltshpan, says,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15

Apoor widow In Farmington, Mimi,
lost her house by fire, and before the
ashes were cold the villagers had begun
to frame another aud o better house for
her. Such things make one feel proud
Of humanity.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
a ThOrns,

"EyOry ROaO, you sang, hal rs Thorn, :
Dat this has mono, Ilnow."
sho ciaspOd my rivals Roac .t
Over her breast Of snow.
IbOVSd to hide my pain,
With . mans unslsilliul art,
Imoyod my lips, and could not say
The Thorn was In my hoartl
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10
The Dangers Of Well Water.

We take the following important
article from the Springfield (Tenn)
Record: .
The dangers Of bad milk, says the
London Lancet, are engrOssiDg so much
attention just now, that there isreasOn
to fear the far greater dangers of bad
water should for the time be overlook
ed. We trust this serious error will
not be committed. For one sample of
dangerous milk thousand of danger
Gus water could be obtained in almost
any part Of the country. Let it never
be forgotten that very few rivers or
wells are safe sources Of Water-supply
and that many are as unsafe as loaded
firearms. The shallow wells ofVillages
are among the pests of the county, and
IL is high time that a Jealous and we'll
organized crusade should be brought
to bear upon them 1t is siekening in
most country places to observe the
uniformity with which the cesspOOl
and we'll are made stand side by side,
as though each was necessary for the
other; and to think Of the twenty feet
or so of foul, sewerage -reeking soil
through which the water percolates to
its fetid bedl The question should
engage the earnest attention of every
health-offieer, and will, in too many
cases, tax his energies severely, for tits
one of the hardest sanitary problems.
1t is always possible to provide a city
or town with good water-but in vii
lage, where houses are few, money
scarce, and intelligence scarcer, il is a
matter of exceeding difficulty"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10
TO EMMA HATCHER.
4 BY GEORGE D. pRENrIcx.

Young wanderer from q Southern cline,
Forgive, i pray, this humble rhyme.
That welcomes thee, with heartfelt tone,
To colder skies than thou hast known.
May love and hope and joy enfold 10
Thy young form like q mist of gold:
And may no Northern blast have power
To chill the tender Southern flower.
All, Emma, Time has set his sign
or gray on these thin locks of mime;
Yet thy dear memory will remain
Twill be as IL a lake, unstirred,
Should catch the shadow of bird,
And the sweet image still should stay
When the bright bird had passed away.
Oh, Emma, thou art wondrous fair.
A new moon waxing in the air;
The lOve-star, with O tender beam,
Hovering above IL like a dream.
love to muse in reverie, 8 u
On what thou art, what thou wilt be;
The angel picture in my heart.
The gentle swan that oars his way
Upon the waters of the bay;
The cloud that seems to move in sleep
Upon the blue and upper deep;
The slender willow, 1.-THE and frail,
That swayS before the singing gale,
Are emblems of the grace that dwells
In all thou art, young queen Of bellies.
Time passes ON, but may'st thou live
To share each good that life can give;
May every year upon thee fling
Rich blessings from its dewy wing;
May gdntle lovers round thee throug,
With smile and sigh and vow and song,
And ali thy life. with tears unwet, u.
Be o sweet song to music set. lIf3
But All /! 1t may be thou wilt not
Escape dear woman's common lot;
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10
American Morals.

The International Review discours-
es thus spiritedly on the condition of
morals in America
"One law is unehangeable as Heav-
en-. Corruptions make towards, and
towards make panies. Let us hon
estly admit the truth and Inanfully ap-
ply the remedy. The peril in our
American life is dishonesty. This
produces the lack of confidence which
is the root of panics. Slavery invOly-
ed us in the flames of civil war
Better if it had burned Us to ashes
than that we should survive to perish
hereafter in corruptions. The urn is
less offensive than the putreseence of
the grave. Our very existence IS at
stake. American life presents an an
omalous spectacle. We are socially
pure and commercially depraved.-
Men who are upright in their neigh
bOrhood and admirable in their homes,
will hahituallyand knowingly and sys-
tematieally 30 wrong in their business.
Nay! even churches, to draw crowds
and rent pews and raise revenues, will
resort, not only to sensatiOnaiIsm in
choir and pulpit, but make earth blush
and heaven weep over tricks which are
degrading, demoralizing and insulting
to all manliness and religion. &
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10
Putting Ii FOrcihlY.

That the Treasury holds in trust for
National banks over three hundred
and ninety-three million dollars TO Sc
cure circulation. The Government
pays on this to the National banks
nearly twenty-four million dollars a
year interest, at six per cent, although
it gives back to the banks, in their own
currency over three hundred and forty
eight millions to invest and make in
terest on over again. These favored
institutions, in fact, have ninety per
cent. of their capital in their hands in
use, and yet receive from the Govern
ment six per cent. upon that capital.
Mr.. Richardson wants money, and pro-
poses to tax commerce and the neees-
saries of life to obtain it. If he will
propose to sweep away the National
bank circulation, and make all our
currency of one denomination, legal
tender, he will save nearly twenty-four
million dollars, now given as a bonus
to the National banks, aud be just so
much richer. without taxing the people
at all.-N. T. Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-10
DIScoMBoBoLATED


As Panic Prices have become SO very
fashionable, V. l.. Williams would
like to say q word or two in regard to
the aforesaid P. P's. IT'S very clear
to a casual observer that these panic
prices have become very much discon-
certed and disturbed, or, as stated
above, discombobolated, by the still
lower prices at which V. L. Williams
is offering his stock of Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Gents Furnishing Goods,
&C., at No. % Franklin street. The
stock he offers you to select from has
no superior, either in this market or
elsewhere, for cheapness or durability,
are not mixed with old stock or dam
aged goods. but nice. new, fresh goods,
bought from manufacturers direct, at
lowest cash prices and sold at as short
profits as any living man can offer.
Since the opening of the fall trade
it has been, and will continue to be,
my constant aim to sell goods at prices
commensurate with the wants of my
customers. Asevidence of this, many
of those who have traded with me this
fall will testify that my goods are sold
at less prices than many of those who
sell at the Panic Prices" /" AT Cost,
&c. The Panic" has not effected me,
simply because / sell superior line of
Boots and Shoes, and at less prices
than they haveever been offeredin this
market, and in this connection | would
say, please consider me competitor of
any place you may designate, and be-
fore you leave Clarksville to buy cheap
goods, call on v. L. Williams, who
will fit you up for as little money as it
can be done at any place in the Union.
A nice line of Calf Boots, any size
from 6 to 13, at 81 90. Call and see
them. The 81 80 Ladies Calf Shoes,
the 81 30 Mems Kip Brogans, the s. 80
Kip Boots, and in fact all these goods
which / have brought to your notice
through my advertisements, have given
to the best of my knowledge, entire
satisfaction. / claim to sell Boots and
Shoes cheaper than any in the market,
and reasonably too, for when l go east
to buy goods l spend my entire time
amongst the shoe factories of the east,
selecting the cheapest and best goods,
and do not have my time divided be-
tween two or three branches of the
mercantile business, and at home l
manage my business on strictly eco
nomical principles.
When in need of Boots or Shoes,
Hats, &C., please give mea trial before
you buy. My store-room is No. @
Franklin street.
Very truly yours, ~.
s V. l.. WILLIAMS.
Dec. 20. 1873-tf. y5f