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The Female Population.

Only the United States, Belgium, and
Italy have more men than women. This
is Attributed to the wear and tear Of
hard work, which kills off so many Of
the fair ser Of these countries. Accord
ing to tho census OF Dec. 81, 1871,
Italy had q population Of 26,s01, ,1a,
yielding . percentage Of 50.27 men and
40. 70 women, fifty-eight per cent. Of old
maids and bachelors, thirty.six per
cent. Of married couples, and Ex per
cent. Of the widowed, OF whom the
widows more than doubled the widow
ers. In France there is relatively the
smallest number OF births, though old
persons are there preserved longer than
in other countries, twenty-five per cent.
Of its inhabitants being over fifty years,
and seven per thousand upward Of
eighty. In che United States there are
only eleven per cent. upward Of fifty,
while the young Of both sexes only
reaching twenty, constitute fifty per
cent. Of the entire population.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12
Earthquakes Supplying Water.

Tho Santa Barbara (Cal.) Republican
has this passage: Many people, are op-
posed to- earthquakes, and we include
ourselves among. the number, but in
this, as in everything else, we find some
one 10 difter with us. This gentleman
is J. P. Walker, who has ranch near
Rincon. Before our earthquakes he had
a fine wheat field which, up to that time,
bad never had flowing water or spring
Of any kind: all the water it received
came from the rains. After the earth
quake Mr.. Walker waa both surprised
and pleased to find alargo spring flowing
q good volume Of soft water in this field
where water had never existed before,
and, being on high ground, hc thinks Of
conyeying,it in pipes TO his residence.
Col. Hollister tells us OF q similar oc-
cursnce on q ranch belonging to him,
several years ago, where a volume Of
water was spouted to,a height Of nearly
forty feet for several days aiterthe earth
quake, and there has been q flowing
stream there ever since. -.
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Ice 10000 Years Old.

7 The altitude of the Stevens mine on
Mount cClellan, Colorado, Is 1850
feet. At the depth Of from sixty to two
hundred feet tie crevice matter, con-
sisting Of silica, calcite, and ore, to-
gethr with the surrounding wall rock,
isa solid frozen mass. Mcclellan is one
Of the highest eastern spurs OF the
snowy range; 1t has the form, Of 0 horse
shoe, with % bold esearpment Of felts-
phatic rock nearly Q, 900 feet high, which
IN some places is nearly perpendicular.
Nothing unusual occurred until dis
tance Of some eighty or ninety feet had
been made; then the frozen territory
was reached, and it has continued for
over 200 feet. There are no indications
of;n thay, GUNNER or winter. The whole
frozen territory is surrounded by hard,
massive rock, and the lode itself is as
hard and massive as the rock.
The miners, being unable to excavate
the frozen material with pick or drill,
found that the only. way was 10 kindle
o large wood fire at night against the
back end Of the tunnel, and in the morn
ing take out thedisintegrated ore. This
has been the mode Of mining for more
fhan two years. The tunnel is over $50
feet deep, and there is no diminntion Of
the frost. There Is, SO far as can be
seen, no opening or channel through
which the frost could possibly have
reached such depth from the surface.
There arc other mines in tho same
vicinity in d like frozen state. The
theory is that the rock was laid down in
glacial times, when there was cold
enough to freeze the very earth's heart.
In that case the mine is an ice house
whose stores have remained mthawed
for at least 80, 600 yearsl The pheno-
mena is not uncommon or inexplicable
when openings can be found through
which current OF. air can pass; but
cases which, like the Brandon frozen
well and the Stevens mine, show no way
for fair currents, are still referred TO
beddedicebergs and the glacial period
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12
How They Did II.

The first successful experiment in the
way Of outre advertisingwas made about
fifteen years ago by q tobacconist, who
adopted the following method: De
string TO have his goods introduced ex-
tensiyely among the retail dealers, he
employed a number Of men to "work, "
as the politicians say, the various wards
Of the city. One Of these canyassers
would enter o cigar store. and ask the
proprietor for paper Of "-'s fine
cut" The tobacconisti in all probability
had never heard Of the article, but
recommended some other makor's,
which the canvasser contemptuously
declined. In about m hour another
customer would como in and mako o
similar demand, and before the week
was over the proprietor would find SO
many inquiries for this special brand
that he was compelled to make pur-
chase, and as tho article was only sold in
large packages, it became necessary for
him, in order TO effect o sale, torecom-
mend it to his customers, and so the
article became quito popular. The can
vassers were oftentimes compelled to
buy, but as the goods were returned to
the manufacturer and resold, very little
was lost on the transaction. Ten men,
therefore, OF salary Of $Sa week, for
those were the days Of low wages, could
in three months have induced every
cigar store proprietor to make pur-
chase, and thus at an expense Of hardly
81, 900 the goods were effectually intro
duced to the trade.
It is related that Day & Martin, Of
London, caused their wares to be ex-
tensiyely introduced by having an ele-
CANT equipage, with footmen, etc, drive
up to store with great clatter and
cracking Of whips. One Of the footmen
would descend, and in loud voice ask
for a pot Of "Day & Martins patent
blacling." The storekeeper, unac-
customed TO have such m aristocratic
class Of customers, approaches respect
fully and is very sorry that he has not
those particular manufacturers wares
on had, but he can recommend something
equally good. ssNo, no." cries the
footman in decided tones, "master is
very particular and insists on using that
polish; but as I'm here now, I don't
mind waiting il you'll send out and get
q pot" The shopkeeper, fancying that
by little courtesy he may secure the
custom Of John Thomas's master, is only
too delighted, and resolves to have o
stock Of Day & Martins on hand against
similar contingencies,
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A "sham - Wedding.


Tho Washington correspondent Of the
Rochester Express writes: Speaking Of
shoddy in matrimonial goods reminds
me Of q, wedding which occurred here
the other day. The morning papers
stated that tho evening before the &c
complished Miss Dash, youngest daugh-
ter Of our distinguished townsman Cen
eral Dash, who Is here in the interest Of
one Of the largest manufacturing com
panies in the world, was united in the
bonds Of matrimony to the Hon. Blank,
q highly respected and well-known goy-
ernment official. Tho happy couple will
make an extended tour to our principal
summer, resorts, terminating with . trip
across the winter. Tho display Of pres.
ents and tho numerous gathering Of
friends were quite noticeable. This was
oil very well, and in the main the truth,
but not the unyarnished truth by any
means, as the sequel will show. I hap
pened to know the female party to the
contract, 90 I began to strip of the tin
sci in tho interest Of q few old maids Of
my acquaintance, and this is the result:
Miss Dash is the daughter Of . sewing
machine agent, who isas poorasa church
mouse, il he is the representative Of one
of the largest manufacturing companies
in the world. /. Sir Charles Henry is o
postmaster in Prince George county,
Md. They visited our principal sum.
mer resorts-Harvey's, Freunds and
several othor ice cream saloons; and TO
mike "short-cut," and at the same
time save expense, he rowed his Dul.
cinea across tho Anacosta river, which
constituted his Atlantic trip. The only
present ] heard of'was the bill Of tho
solitary hackman who conveyed them to
church; and as for the gathering Of
friends there was quite number Of
gaD,ias collected when the old man and
the hackman had little tilt about the
ufare," : V1r Eu
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His Home.

"where is your housel" asked a trav-
eler in the depths Of ono Of the old
solemn wildernesses Of the great West.
"Housei Iain't got no house"
"Well, where do you liyei I"
81 live in the woods, sleep on the
great government purchase, eat raw bear
aud wild turkey, and drink out Of the
Mississippi" And he added: "It's
getting too thick with folks. You're the
second man Two seen within the last
month and I hear there is q whole fam
lily como in about ffty miles down the
river, and ] nm going TO put out into the
woods asafn!S l amt fond Of too much
company. - 81. :. q I
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Presidential Candidates.

The New York Sun says; The names
lf the gentlemen from whom tho re-
hective parties viii be pretty sure TO
Alect their candidates for President next
y " arenot many. Hore isa catalogue:
RRrunMcAss.-B. Il. Bristow, o. p.
Mkton, Z. B. Washburre, E. d. Nor
gan Il. Wilson, j. @. Blaine.
DlaocRArs.-T. A. Hendricks, A. q.
ThutA ban, ". Allen, T. +. Bayard, Jts.
BlAcA s. ]. Tilden.
Eaf Of these lists seems complete rs
the caA stands 1t present. Itispossible,
but no probable, that new men may
come uPin Nc course Of nert fall and
winter. r \ Instance, it Gem. Hayes
should b elts ted Governor Of ohioby
o worry rs 4 fnaiority, hewould take !
Lplaco "a RI Aplblioau list. Moak II
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srAsn sR.ex f the Bunker Hi1
monument "a ebfation tho crowd pressed
mon M the ptxttorip fdE the speaker and
aistinedishsd guest, md were In dam
eer 81 brcaking il down. The chair.
msoX 6nlrenties to tho crowd to fau
plck being unhScded, he appealed %
DANIEL Webster, who arose and SAID:
% Gontlemen, you must fall back
q We cannot, - was tho reply, VA ~ 5
possible; the crowd behind 'aro pnst I'll 2
Us forward" " Webster Eaid: 49,
mon; nothing Is iinpoeFible ~
Hin. you must ION l ,,I ens y I.,s1 ont ~
.tiRiiyI ecuidgct hold .--.s
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Tho Arctic Expedition.

= = Fsoa THE WOMEN IsnE..
o,lot mo smile a littJs, l ppf
just q litaie, and while IHeyr
Even as : child apiles: sasf to-day
,IsSali have whole i 5&ts to weep In.
,olet me talk lIile clf1s unehid:
I Aftertoday sFiIlaIl bfbldi =,
ohand win nc ap thJ cofin-lid
Scf thojlence 1 ihAll sleep In. n
1nPor.sp6nth harl6r tho good shiprides
hooked sAfoly upo4 the plaeid tids,
As losein > hsppi heart abides
Moving with each cao.ioiY
VIII voices andhands alive sn o'er:
And Tomorrow perhaps f,f eyermose-
rsEat look out from d fOlate shors
Upon an empty oSeS ii
20 loYc, my hsro and u saint,
nv knight Of the sdtebhicld, without tain
This zoman-hsarsturns sick and faint,
Although myAps may fan not:
j see.the rocks nder smiling reas,
j hear i temp1t in.oser bseeze,
'tIfeel tho icelargs as they freeze q
Iathstscps where ship can sail not.
oloyo ys love, 80 brave. 50 young,
strons6m, pure heart and silent tonguel
S ,Oio.diy years that stretch out 10 iOIsl i
/. bhe cry, % Of lost existence,
AZ ms soul sits dawn before its doom, \
All Write ghost sits at the door Of tomb:!
moan, no sllrieE, no tears, no gloom,
Only asdll persistence;
Besf good cheer saii on, eail on,
Unto liie o. death; for botharo ono. -.
To tho inahits faith in sweet days gone,
10 theinanlte love that folds thee.
These girllsh arms arc weak 4 know,
! Bu. ny hearts strong "A . well:Sent bow;
And whithor thou soest ] wiz so,
In my spirit that upholds sithee.
Z 1slil on, sal On, through tho frozen seas,
{ 10 endless lAbors, and little eass:
IComshacls triumphant, II Hsasehs 70 pioas6,
II Or With unwon, goal, inelorious;
Only come back tho. Should Godnay R
\ THAT he has crowned thee another way, ;
tioyol see, beyond our night Els day,
And wo arc yet victorious, !. -
e ~ !. 9 MS, -anlloek.
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Large traets OF lands in tho southof
Ffance, mot hitherto cultiyatsd, re be-
ing planted with q kind Of oals tees, be-
meath which triiffios arc gcnergty found;
and II iSe Sexpected TINT each 6cre Of this
land lateIy sold ns lnwng fy6 pounds
+ Nails. Bund5rS crsiwsf trtalsg
5lSc., At cbalianl & Moore ysSs,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12
MIxwELL,s pRsAM.

late on 1, summer afternoon the Mil
sIsneton express was rushing along Of
fgSsning speed through the beautiful
Valley oi wannahannS, mal1nsa terrible
bar among the cli18 and senafg up a
Iarning cloud q steam thftagh the
In;el,ty pines and oaks that grF erect
mon fhsi hi1sides. In one OF stlA broad
:nhrlof cars sat a group of three teople,
coYSisting Of apale, richly -dresset tonng
lpdy, a stout, commanding okint imam
d. sixty, and thin-faced, delicaN fear
ttred old gentleman, whose age wa per
hips eighty.
TN a little distance from these peple
at Maxwell Bryan, an important. s.
shage Of fifteen, whose dress o
insnted with brass buttons and nv
id lace. showed him to bea pupil
scne military school. He was on
nm home for his vacation, aud he feI
( yektly hoped nothing would Interfere y
tiday or prevent mis- coming delight. 4
Having little else TO do-he had beei
fsSeIing since eight O'Clock that morn
ink-he ssazed about him. II was no
loig before his attention was attracte'
byi the odd behavior Of the venerable
geltlenian ofswhom / have alread!
sptken. ~, Z
the eyes OF the old gentleman wer
brilliant as Goals. They pierced every
thhg and searched everywhere. No,
thu would fasten themselves upon th
dIontei rodf Of the car, now the.
would exanine the nails Of his fingers
no9 they would rest upon the faee 9
hisSady conplpion, and now they woul
apparently study the type Of o magazin
thit he held in lis hand.
Maxwell tried Sliard to keep the cob
webs at i distance, but be failed. H
began to doze, and q most deightfu
medley arrayed itsaf before him, an
the noise Of the train sank into q lol
nusic in his dnlled sais.
!, Suddenly strange thing seemed t
happen. He thougRt he saw the fas
ofithe old gentleman seyes between b
hall f-elosed lids; also tint he put up hi
thin white hand and drew aside th
handkerchief from his face; also thf
the face was very enssr md very wide
awake. 55
BE also thought that The other gentl'
man was, like almost eyeiSb body els
asleep. Tho old gent appeasSd 10 SCR
< tinize him witlfthe utnjo& cre. The
to advance one hand with thu creates
Ncaution, and to unfasten one ebuItpn [
Es coat. This was done saiely. The
n second. Still the sleeper did notBti
= Theh o third and the last. Tho lappe
Z OF thS coat fell back. The told gent,
H man inStantly pretended, to Maxwell
J Imagination, TO go TO sleep once NOR
but only Ior au instant. IN q momen
seeing tint he had not disturbed Il
sleeper, hswls up again.
Maxwell thought he raw HIN lean 10
ward, Allowing his white teeth, M
'tNvith a smile upon his face, re6ched o,
toward the sbleaat Of tie others coa
Ffpmit he drew ny alog slerrees a lar,
Z Aat wallet made o. yed MOROCCO, al
ciaspSa with two nickel itsps. This
held ~ al instant, nodaps over II. Al
pattinait as iii were ahreat treasur
Thep Maxwell'ss fathet appearSd
tho 81, and then his onnGes mount,
into air one by one, and \ they I.
tho yHenble old gentlstan caught d
lasgq which had turned aark.red
SOM curious way, and threw it out
the Pen window OF d tall cdstlo whe
10 ned TO be. Just as he did 10
,llAr RhAdl,,,. sfnlIs ,,.r,,,,d ,,,J No.
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PnrvEsr1osL Prevention Of cruelty
70 animals, prevention Of cruelty 70
children, and now il Is suggested that
there. be . society for the prevention Of
cruelty to women, with special reference
70 clerks and others who are required to
ltand constantly, even when thair duties
aonot make tbis always needful.i Hu.
.naeity isopposed to cruelty, whether Il
~ toS,nan, woman, child, or animal;
Y '. ,s1TcmcS sdiaeatlcn sI4a rlle that
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12

She Meets the Gamblerwho Won her HAS,
bands Money and Scene Enauos.
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At eleven o'clock that night Maxwell
stepped from the. train, and he aund
himself instantly caught in the arR b Of
tho lady. She was wild with joy. lSho
gnlsped the pocketbook with q d OF
intense delight and kissed the bluSl sg
boy time and again, to the great 'as b.
ishment Of Maxwell's father, who std n
near by. ,Theluncle, too came up, lodk,
ing profoundly ashamed, and he thankdp
the boy in the most earnest manner.
It was, indeed, true that. the eldei
gentleman was insane. Thus the finding
Of the wallet was doubly fortunate, and
double gratitude fell to 'MaxWells Llot,
Thus ends this short historyof hework'
ing of o quick perception and a Tesolute
and quick mind, Thousands OF mer
would have failed to do likewise; and
soboyS are not always children.
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tbss II ths one VII, haILsSoI0Ap ILslsl
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-12
Marble Works.

In tO-days' GAZETTE will be found the
card of the marble works of J. c. Smith
& Co., Knoxville. Mr.. s. is well known
to the citizens of our town as being an
excellent and an experienced workman
in his line. He is also known to be a
gentleman of integrity, that viii trans
act business On a strong principal basis,
and who will stand up to any contract
that he may make. While it causes a
peculiar sadness TO creep W. Us aud
makes us dislike very much to intimate
the propriety of such materials to our
friends and patrons, we are compelled,
and, were it in our power, we would be
pleased to have our lives spared; but as
death, inevitably, must be melted out to
us all sooner or later, we deem that such
things are worthy of notice inasmuch as
they are erected to the memory of our
Smith s. Co. deals in all kinds of Ameri-
can and Italian marble, and can fill any
order for any design of work that may
be favored them. They nave a book of
designs at their establishment, from
which persons a make their selections.
Prompt attention given to orders. In
shipping monuments, tomb, head and
foot stones, they pack them carefully in
boxes and give their attention at the de-
pot to see that nothing is broken. When
you need anything in their line, call on
or write them, and you will be literally
dealt with.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-12
STATE NEWS.
CLEVELAND.

from the CtoHe3auu Banner.
On Monday, the 18th ult., Pickens'
Chapel five miles east of this place, was
burned down. School was being taught
in it at the time, and the building was
fired by the stove-pipe.
Men who are too lazy to work, and
have no visible means of support, should
go to stealing and quit dead-heading it
upon their friends. One is about as hon
orable as the other, but we think stealing
will pay the best.
One day last week, a little son-aged
3 years-of Mr.. Daniel Boone, of this
county, fell in a well twenty-three feet
deep. No one was about to see the acct
dent, and there is no telling how long
he remained in it. He was missed-search
was made and he was found in the wei
"a grown sister, who had great presence
of mind, got a hook and fished him out,
apparently dead. The hook Of grab
caught in the clothing on the extremities.
and he came out of the well feet fore
most, which, no doubt, was the cause CT
his resuscitation. The young lady, af-
ter she got him out rolled him over the
floor to get the water put of him, and by
the time the physician arrived, life had
returned, and he survived, and Is now
well. This is truly a most miraculous
escape. We would advise the owner of
that wen to fix it so that no more acct
dents of this kind will occur.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-12
KnOxyiI in Trouble.

We presume, from present indications,
thai Knoxville will be the place this
time that will take a lively interest in a
"big damage suit" We CLEAN from the
Sundays Chronicle, that the market
house in that city, on Saturday nights,
has been made an designation house, and
in order to put a q~uietus to it, the Mayor
ordered the policemen to arrest every
woman caught in its walls of a doubtful
character. So, on Saturday night, the
policemen, bent on carrying out the plan
of the Mayor, visited the market house
and &C billed up twenty-six women, whom
they supposed to be of a doubtful char
acter, and whom~they Immediately lodg-
ed in the city calaboose. Two or three
of the women prisoners were identified
as being respectable citizens of the town
and were released on the appearance of
their husbands. The citizens of Knox
vile seem to be in a bad humor about
the indiscriminatiOn made, and there is
strong talk of instituting a damage suit
against the Corporation for false impris-
Onment.
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KNOXVILLE.
From the Grange Outlook.

NOTES Oh WEATHER, CROPS, Eric.
T. Lowe, Secretary of Salisbury Grange,
West Tennessee, says:
"Weare needing rain very much. Corn
not all up. Had a big frost on the 10Th,
10th, and 18th. Ice on the 18th half inch
thick-killed most all the fruit, and in
jured the gardens very much. 1t also
damaged the o that was up, and in
jured the wheat some. The negroes are
working well in this part of the country"
F. F. Keller, of Knox county, reports
that he has plenty of peaches, apples, etc.
and that he thinks the wheat is not seri-
ously damaged in his neighborhood.
T. A. Middleton of Washington coun-
ty, says:
1.-The entire fruit crop is killed, and
wheat badly injured. AL the best wheat
is totally killed. Some farmers are now
ing their wheat with the hope of its com.
ing anew"
Recently we took a trip into Anderson
county, and found field after field of the
most promising wheat about ruined
Peaches all gone. A few apples, and
plenty of cherries, plums, etc.