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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Gbe democrat.
HOW 10 Rnr Clothes n Naples.

selected what seemed to mo the
least Objectionable Of tho lot, and ap-
preached the delicate subject, the price
thereof. Beppo beamed upon me /
don't know what his name was, but
it might easily have been Beppo.
Beppo said, "0nly seventy.iive francs
for that complete and lovely outfit" It
struck mo that the price was reasonable,
and was about to settle the bill, when
my friend plucked me by the coat-sleeye,
with an expression Of horror, and ex-
claimed, "You must never pay the
price asked you make him an oirerl"
1 wondered il he would feel insulted
wnreI to suggest sixty.tiye francs us q
fair bargain. Again my friend saved
me from disgraceful sacrifice.
"0fier the fellowthirty, said he. I
offered thirty sfrancs, and expected to be
stabbed on the spot. But no Beppo
thought it cruel thing for so excellent
gentleman Rs myself to thus rob him
OF "the finest suit Of clothes in Naples T"
at tint figure. He would take fifty
francs and nothing less /; ut which an
nouncement he did the clothes up in a
parcel. "AIake it thirty-two francs and
stick there" This was tho last utter
ance of tho monitor ut my elbow and
when I obeyed orders with the calm de-
liberation Of ono who proposes to fight
it out on that line, poor Beppo burst
into tears and pleaded his cause. This
was too much for q man with large
family and no mean stomach he might,
owing to the fact that, he had secretly
admired mo ever since my arrival IN Ma
pies, mike it forty francs; but friend
ship, selfish and mdying friendship,
alone prompted the generous act
With that announcement my friend
took me by the shoulder and walked me
out Of the establishment. We didn't 60
far We tarried about the threshold for
n moment, and l was once more seized
and walked back again, while Bcppo
embraced mo tenderly, and cried with
much emotion, "Take them for thirty.
five francs-take them; I am ruined
man, but would not have you go out
into the world naked and forlOrn for
the sake OF few sous" Feeling, by
this time, TINT was quite n brute, | re-
solved to brass it out, and, therefore,
put down my thirty.two francs, which
Beppo received without n murmtlr.
Atragedy in five acts could not have
SO worked up my feelings as did the pic.
ture Of Beppo weeping in the midst Of a
numerous and starving family, and this
picture haunted me as left that unhap-
py spot. A moment Inter Beppo was at
my side, begging that | would give him
a glass Of wine-only six sous II was
conscience money, and was freely given;
but rs l turned the corner close at
hand, Beppo was still watching mo, and
l saw then there was q twinkle in his
eye, that seemed to say, "After all this
shopping, have tho best Of YOU, my
boy" Or course, tho cloth is pasted
together, and the buttons are put on
with starch but time is iloeting, and
perhaps shall rise into cooler ATTITUDES
in season TO save myself.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
A Colony Of Communists.

In 1912 society of German Commun.
lists settled near Buffalo, N. Y, and after
remaining there awhile removed to q
point seventy-four miles west Of Dayen-
port, Iowa. They call themselves the
Congregations Of True Inspiration, :"
and from the name Of their principal vii
lage they arc known rs the Amana Com
munity. The society has 1,45O mem-
bers, all Germans. They own 25,000
acres OF land, divided into seven small
towns. A correspondent who has visited
the colony tells some incidents of. tho
manner OF living, etc., that arc interest
ing. fi 9a,. .i.''.F'
Their head Is q woman, who Is sup
posed to speak by direct inspiation Of
God. The villages aro about mile and
a.half apart, each having store at which
the neighboring farmers trade, and q
tavern for the public. .z.
The houses are well built, Of brick,
stone, or wood, but very plain; and not
painted. The school house, church,
cook houses and prayer houses are larger
than the dwellings. In the principal
village there are fifteen cooking and eat
ing houses for 45O inhabitants. The
men, women and children eat separately.
"Why do you separate men from women
at ttlblel" asked the correspondent.
"To prevent silly conversation and tri.
fling conduct" " was the answer.
EaclI branch OF business has its fore.
man. The children go to school from
the Rge OF six till they are thirteen.
Their studies arG alternated with knit
ting. Boys as well as girls are required
knit. Ilhg women work hard, aud
dress soberly, All ornaments are for.
bidden. To wear tho lnir loose is pro.
hibited. Great care is used to keep the
sexes apart. On Sunday afternoon the
boys arc permitted to walk in the fields,
and so arc the girls, but they must go in
different directions No young man is
allowed TO marry until he Is twenty-fourj
and matrimony is not regarded MS meri'
torious. 4t. h1f ls
Each adult male is allowed from $40
TO 800 q year for clothing, each woman
from $G to $50, and each child from 81
to $40. They have no library, and most
Of their reading is in the Bible, and in
their own books. They take no interest
in politics, and do not vote.
They employ about two hundred hired
hands, MI Germans. They are excellent
farmers, and keep the cattle. Themem.
bers do not work hard. They say that
three hired men will do as much as five
or six Of the members. They make
woolen CLOTH enough for their own wants,
md supply tho country about them.
They own about 5000 sheep, 1900 head
Of cattle, 200 horses, and $500 hogs.
They have no debt. and have consider.
able money at interest. In sickness they
praetice, homeopathy. 49, IL
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
A Pathological Liar.

Tho disease known among alienist
physicians rs aphasia, aud the symptom
Of which is the patients inability to ex.
press his meaning by n proper use OF
words, so that should hc wish Cruel hc
will call for snuff or his boots, Inns re-
Gently caused some curious develop
ments in tho case Of tho Corotter, about
whose moral and social accountability
there has boon much discussion. Sheis,
says Paris correspondent writing toan
American journal, utterly unable to tell
the truth on any subject at least she
has not for years been known to tell it
and in her defense on tho charge OF per
jury her advocate, NJ. Henri Bernouilli,
has pleaded her cause on grounds very
similar to those so often urged in Amer
ica in behalf OF nals-tenporary in.
sanity, moral insanity, and the like
first used, believe, by the lato Mr..
Seward in his defense OF the.ncgro Free
man. In q trial that grew out Of q caso
Of inheritance, Madame Corottier swore
so wildly TINT at its close she was immo.
diately held for perjury, and her colnse!
proved by physicians that, beyond oil
manner of doubt, there was such a tler.
yous disorder as aphasia, and that those
afflicted with il arc not alwnys and In
every instance subject TO its influence.
They can at times call things by their
right names the disease Is IN obscure
one, nor is It possible to detect its pres
ence by other external signs than this
misnanling Of facts and objects. This
being proved, NJ. Bernouilli next called
numbersof witnesses who had known
the prisoner for years, and whose testi-
mony was to tho effect tlat 1t always
seemed impossible for her to tell the
truth. In questioning the prisoner dur
ing the process verbal she had been do
tccted In numerous misstatements slie
called one physician n COW; said that .
slop.bowl examined her. and addressed
NJ. Bernouilli under the title OF hair
brush" NJ. Bernouilli is one Of tic
most eloquent and subtle OF Parisiap ad-
vocates, and, on tho grounds shown
above, actually succeeded IN acqnitang
his client Of the crime with which she
was charged. To many her case will
seem to bo simply that Of m enormous
liar but, rs her swearing was gratlii-
tous, and she was in no way benefited or
could have been benefited by it, her
position wns peculiar. But how many
gratuitous liars arc there in the world,
and il aphasia can be used as plea for
them what is TO become Of morals aud oil
criminal instice1' ff-
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NJ. Dumas, at q recent meeting OF the
French Academy Of Science, stated that,
in examining the process Of securing
fabrics as usually practiccd by cleaners
of old clothes (washing in benZile), he
had discovered q novel and dangerous
cause Of fire. Worlmun engaged in this
industry Ind frequently complained of
the bensino becoming inaamed during
tho scrubbing and in order to test the
question, NJ. Dumas caused piece Of
cashmere TO bo dipped In for a length Of
is feet, Every time tho stun partially
emerged from the bath, while bcing
rubbed between tho hands, a sharp
priclting sensation upon those members
and on the iace wRs felt and finally
sparks were emitted from the fabric,
sufficient, IL the securing had been
hriRkly continued, to have ignited the
inaAnmable fluid,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Thn snnnlsh Repnbllc.

The spaniah republic llas lasted a
little less tlan two years. On Saturday,
iho sth Of February, 1873, King ANA
deus announced to his Ministers his In:
tention to abdicato. They endeayored
to disauade him, but without effect and
at nine in the evening Of tho following
Tuesday the Cortes, specially assembled
TO deliberate on the emergency, adopted
q republican form Of government, on
motion Of Senator Ply Margall, by o
yota Of $50 TO 80. The Carlists wore AZ
ready active in the North, and the abdi,
cation Of Amadeus greatly raised their
hopes Of success. The king, IN his mes,
sage u tho Cortes, had stated that nus
abort reign had been kept in perpetual
disdnict BY the spaniafls tlicmAsly,Sg, N elves,
and That he resigned in despair Of being
nble to bring peace to tho Distracted
country. Since that day the troubles
and disorders which drove out Amadeus
have rather increased than diminished
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Caldwell of Springfield.
INV IralEr. ,(NBo).

NEW JERSEY. ,(l7So).
Hores tho spot Look around you. AbOyoOr
tho height
Lay tho Hcssians cncampOd. By that church
on tho right
stood tho gnunt Jersey farmers. And hererar
awkll--
You may dig anywhere and yoall turn up
ball.
Nothing moro, Grasses spring, waters run
lOwen blow
Pretty muei, as they did ninoty-tllroo yeAnaso
Nothing more did sAyf Stay ono moment
you've heard
OF Caldwell, the rarsOn, who once preached
tho word =
Down NJ sprInghOldP What MOP Come
that's lad, why hO had
All tho Jerseys allAne And they gave him
tho name aa
otthc " rebel high PRIEST lie stuck in their
gorge,
For he loved tho Lord ood---and he hated
King George!
He had cause, you might say When the Hes
SLAMS that day ftt
Marched up with Knyphsusen thcysioppod on
their way y
At tho " FArns," whore Ills wife, with child
In licr arms, =
sat alone ia tho house. Howlt happened none
know ,. .l
Bat dod-..and that one Of the hIroling crew
Who fired the shot Enough l-therc she lay,
And Caldwell, tho chaplain, hor husband,
away
Did ho pre.cll--dld lio prays Think of him, a.
yon H.ands
ny the Old church to-day ;.-think Of him and
that band
or militant plowboys 500 the smoke and
Vi A4ls tsosops
OF tbat ,ccltless adyaace--oi that struggling
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Spontaneous Combustion in Hay.

Tho question of spontaneous combus-
tion is undoubtedly TO be credited with
many Of the burnings Of barns, stacks,
etc, Many fires in cities are clearly
traccable to this cause, for many sub
stances liable to decay, especially vcge-
table fibor in state Of compression, and
in connection with moisture, will heat, md
sometimes break out into flame. In our
dry climate where hay may bp thoroughly
cured before stacking, or moving, this
combustion Is rare, but IN England 1t is
not uncommon.
Able NIoigno, in Les Afondes, gives
the following az the theory OF tho pho
nomonbn Hay, when piled damp and in
too large masses, ferments and turns
dirk. In decomposing, sufficient heat Is
developed to 10 insupportablo when the
hand Is thrust into the mass, and ynpors
begin to he emitted. When the w,ltCr Is
almost entirely eMponted, the decom-
position continues, and tho hay becomes
carbonized, little by little and then the
chared portion, like peat, peat cindcrs
mixed with charcoal, sulphurous pyrites
and Ignite, etc., becomes kind Of pyro-
pllor1ls, by virtue Of its great porosity
and Of the large quantity Of matter eS-
posei to high oxidation. Under tile
Influence Of air In large amount, this
charcoal becomes concentrated on tho
surface TO such q degree that the mass
reaches q temperature which results in
it's bursting into flames
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Crime in High Places.

A New York correspondent Of tho
Boston Journal writes: z In nil these
dull seasons, when n large number of
men are out Of work, desperate men
come to tho front, The present style is
robbing in the cars. These desperldoes
select the most fashionable parts. Of the
city. The Second md Third avenues
have ceased to be the dangerous avenues
on which to ride. Tho real aristocratiC
CIR is the Fourth avenue, running up
through Madison, md on to tho neigh.
borhood Of the park. Hero nightly
scenes Of violence and robbery occur.
The residents on the line OF the road
have had public meeting, and threaten,
il the city does not protect them, they
will protect themselves. The plan Of
operation is this. Everything is safe
TIL the car sweeps by the Grand Central
depot. Above this the localities are very
elegant but the population is scarce
The time selected is night, when tho
theaters break up, and ladies are loaded
with jewels. -Four burly fellows, two
back and TIVE front, throw OF the CON
ductor and any gentlemen who may be
on tho platform, rush into the cars, seize
Indy round the neck, strip lOr Of
watch, jewels and money each des.
perado selecting avictim. The work is
done in n flash, the parties disappear,
and the police arc no wiser for their
movements. This is m exact description
Of whit took place on n Madison avenue
car one night recently. Wealthy, but
timid gentlemen arc afraid to 60 out
nights and instead Of meeting their
friends at the Fifth Avenue Hotel rs
usual, those who want to SEQ them have
to call for them. Murray He'll d not as
safe at night Us Five Points.
5r.a-J : I.tr..I-t4 'SsrN .T0t W.. /.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
rnr WEAR 1sa4.
Notable Event. aud incidents Of tho Year

Notable Events mud Incidents Of tho Year.
JANUARY.
8. Tho Spanish Cortes forcibly dis
solved by General PAWN ; Serrano made
President. A gee
i. First services Of tho Reformed
Episcopal Church held in New York. {
Is. Meeting Of Congress, }l
0. The New York State Legislature
3. Caleb Gushing nominated for Chief
Is. Communist riot in Tompkins
Square. Surrender Of the Cartagena In!
transigentes.
is. Charles Astor Bristed died. R
IL. Death Of the Siamese Twins.
10, The new Texas government takes
possession OF the State Offices. .-Nomina-
tion OF Morrison r. Waite for Chief Jus
tice.
20. The appointment Of Mayors given
to the French government.
%. Death Of Madame Parepa- Rosa.
%. Marriage Of the Duke Of Edin-
94. English Parliament dissolved.
20. Announcement by cable Of the
death Of Dr. Liyingstone.
9s The FAshantee city Of Goomassie
surrendered. ~ *
fRpRuAHY. n
a rsnrisonment Of Archbishop LIE.
dochskosli. Of Posen, Prussia Death
Of King Lunalilo, OF the Sandwich
gs,onds = 2
t a Rsron Maver tle Rothschild died in
1,oniSn. - ~
II THE Afasaachusetts Senate rescind-
oil tle resolution censuring Senator
Sumner.
10. Burning Of Iaylors ;Iantechnicon
in London loss slo'VvV'VVo' 'Mo ilsei
t9n ~ A A strorso boraa d;sease broI,e ont
". " q ysr,a ssss,nse n't'e 'A''''' o.VAe o"' s
IN ~ MeE LOT lolh h.. In ,.,or1, -tt
~ '.o,a res ine aro,v M storra s IN Nav yo,,
~ az syqs ~ psas;1ont s% s'y1 rasnsdas a. L .bst n
~. ~. Ext te'iuVHs Ss9psN 4S' -
oqSa' nS mn. r;.h,,orno c,o;man n. son.oncod
n fonrteen years' penal seryitude.
70 iour'eei s' st'A y ~ y 't'1S'
MARCH. 5l
8. Death Of ex.President Fillmore
Rev. John Stevens, American missions
ary, @ murdered BY amOb at AhualulCO,
Mi1.'fj IL Death Of Charles Summer; &
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
Hereditary Crime.

Some Of the most remarkable statistics
regarding hereditary disposition to crime
that Inns ever been collected were lately
produced by DR.. Harris at n recent meet,
ing Of the New York State Charities Aid
Association. It appears that the atten-
ton Of DIR. Hnrris was attracted to q
county on tho upper Hudson in New
York, in which tho proportion Of crime
and poverty to tho entire population waa
extraordinarily great, there being about
one criminal or pauper to every ten In
habitants. The recurrence Of certain
names among tho list OF unfortunates
also excited his interest, and led him to
genealogical investigations which lave
resulted in the following astonishing
statement Of facts:
Seventy years ago q child, having no
other natnc then Margaret, was n vagrant
about That locality, There wns no aims
house, and 1t seems TINT tho girl lived as
o waif, occasionally helped by tho cllarita-
Die, but never educated and never given
q home. she gave birth TO children,
who became paupcrs like herself; they
increased and multiplied until, up to the
present time, nine hundred descendants
Of the friendless woman can be traced.
Or this immense progeny, extending
through six generations, two hundred Of
the more vigorous are recorded as crimi.
nails, and n large number rs idiots, luna
tics, prostitutes, and drunkards, In
one single generation there wero twenty
children, three Of which died Young, and
tho balance survived to maturity; but
'ninO were sent to State prisons for aggrc.
gatc terms Of fifty years, and the rest
were constant inmates Of pemtentiaries,
iails, aud almshousos. on
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18

IuxAcY.-A Canadian official report
on lunacy says about fifty per cent. Of
tho idiots Of large towns In Canada are
the children Of drunkards, while o long
catalogue Of other diseases il given as
especially common with tho same un-
fortunate class. The marriage of first
cousins is strongly denounced as pro.
ductiye Of idiocy and insanity. The
taiht from the mother Is far more fro
quont and dangerous than from the
tather,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18

The Typographical Union Of Harris
burg, Pa, has resolved to reduce the
price Of composition from 40 to 35 cents
per 1000 ems, This proposition originated
In the Union, there having beon no de-
mand on the part Of tho employers,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18

A philosopher has discovered TINT
"iolks Who have no mind to be Of use
havo always tho luck tob bo out Of theway
when anything Is 10 be done"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18

1. The headquarters Of tho United
States Army transierred to 81. Louis
Marriage of General sherman's daugh.
ter-Firo at Saratoga; the Grand Hotel
bnrnt,-Reyolution in tho Argentine Re
p! ,. Explosion Of q gunpowder barge in
Regents canal, London.
h Arrest Of Count Won Arnim,
G. Overflow Of tho Nile; considerable
damanO 10 crops,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-05
Caution!

I,s ~, ~ TO NOTIFY ALL PERSONS
sooa a.. 70 purchase from Daniel Frazicr the
|tots 'shhcn shcnn situated in Antelope Mining Dis
|knowna auout ~ miles easteriy from Alpha.
|has baans ~ n. Whalon's ranch. Said Frazier
power 1S ~ .ryins as to sell the properly undcr
Roach \ H. attorney from John Roach. Said
properly My ny nor never had any title to the
jy2l-Sw' "nich belongs exclusive TO me.
WIN. WHAL0N.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-05
Stock Speculation.
SAMsL MCKEE 4 Co..

brokers IN "PUTS,' "CALLS" AND
ID Double Privileges, No. 3l9 California
street. San Francisco, Cal.
Pamphlets mailed to any address, explain
ing this system of stock speculation.
Parties of limited means can operate with
the same facility as a capitalist.
Ten dollars and commission Of one-quar-
stock secures a contract on 10 shares.
Twenty dollars and commission secures a
contract on 20 shares.
Fifty dollars and commission secures a con-
tract on 30 shares.
One hundred dollars and commission se-
cures contract on 100 shares.
This system Of speculation has become re-
markably popular in New York. and is used
by such operators as Daniel Drew, Russell,
Page and others. jyl3
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-21
THE WAR IN CUBA.

HAVANA SOCIETY SADLY DEMoRAL1zKD-rHE
REBELS IN FORCE AT c1ENFUEoos-DAR1Na
ACTION AND THE sPANIARDs IN DREAD
HAVANA, July 10, 1875.
The Chief of Police continues displaying unusual
ACTIVITY in bringing TO arrest the immense crowds
ofloalers, robbers and assassins who mad become
terror to the city, ana hardly q night passes
without the capture of thirty or forty
The Chief is endeavorIng TO Induce the govern
ment to snip all bad and suspicious characters to
Fernando Pc.
From the seat OF war there has been but very
little intelligence for the past week. Through
Spanish sources IL Is reported that two small
forts defending Baracoa were surprised by the
rebels on the I'd inst. and the garrison were all
captured The rebels carried OF all the arms and
ammunition and then set the forts on fire. From
Cuban sources 1t is stated that the Spanish
troops made no show Of resistance In the capture
the forts, and wnen they dio follow the retreat
ing rebels near their mountain Businesses q few
volleys from the woods and charge from the
negro macneteros put Them all to light with a
loss or twenty headless bodies left on The field,
with any amount OF liked ammunition and other
material OF war.
on the och inst the reoels appeared In force all
around this place, burned inc little village called
Caimanera, situated on the opposite side OF the
bay, also the village OF Charco Azu, and have be-
come so bold IN the whole nelghborhood that no
one can VITA safety leave or enter the town after
elsuG ocloch az nlgut. Inc Town is lull OF regular
soldiers, 1remen and volunteers, VINO take thelr
usual daily tramp around the outskirts, but gen.
orally manage to return in time 10 spend the
us dal loahng hours i'll the billiard saloons and
Gales, where they indulge IN profuse goblets OF
gin ana relate tie wonderful feats performed, IN
imagination, against the c0wardly rebels who
do not yet retreat across the dreaded Trocha
now SO rapidly being covered with the Lanched
bones OF Vamaseda's oeardless spanish troops,
on the points OF whose bay nets-as they have
been informed from the fortified headquarters at
Las Cruces-they are finally and eventually to
meet COuulgn punishment. Old Maxine Gomez.
Sanauto Rolotf ana other chleitains, VINO, doubt
less ere this, have read the new amnesty procla-
NATION wrung from the enraged tiger at Las
Cruces, look with smiling faces on the tempting
fields OF Colon.
There is rumor in Cuban circles that one OF.
the small Spanish gunbVais had been captured by
the rebels in the Cauto River, her crew MADE
prisoners and the boat destroyed; but the re-
ports up to the closing or this letter had been
continual.