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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
aIonolnanla.

Edward Patterson read paper before
tho Medical Society OF New York on
Monomania as Affecting Testamentary
Capacity" He said that the courts were
daily committing errors in questions of
insanity by clinging to tho theories
which the medical profession has long
since exploded. It Is important to know
how Justice can be best administered in
the cases Of criminals whose mental fac-
ulties are seriously impaired, and the
law has been maniiestly unjust in many
instances. There Ia also serious evil in
tho current decisions OF the courts on
tho testamentary capacity Of certain per-
sons. In former times 1t wns held that
only total insanity could break will. In
1725 IL was decided tint only total de-
pravity or complete insanity was q de.
Tense TO m indictment. In 1756 tho
question Of unsound mind simply was
first raised TO invalidate q will. Until
then the distinction between total and
partial insanity was not recognized. Tho
speaker said that melancholia and mono.
mania belong to partial insanity, which
was that condition Of the mind in which
the patient Is intelligent and rational as
TO most subjects, but Is the victim Of
deluion or illusion on one or more sub
jects. He said that general insanity was
that alteration Of tho mind which pre-
vents the subject from exercising his
reason. He cited cases toshow that par
tinl insanity had been declared to inyali-
date will. In American cases IL seems
to be tho rule that where monomania
exists in tho shape Of tlelusion, which
has no real existoncc, against n person
who should receive bounty ut the hands
of n testator, and il tie will be the pro-
duct Of such delusion, it Is invalid. The
mere holding OF erratic or strange be-
liefs Is not evidence Of partial insanity,
and no matter with what tenacity they
arc held it does not disproye testament
tary capacity.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
A Sen Story.

The crew Of IN English man-of-war
was down with scurvy, and, there being
mono OF tho usual remedies at hand, an
old sailor suggested tho trying Of ono
which Ind saved ships crew in some
land of the tropics. This was simply TO
bury tho men upright Us far as their
chins, until the earth drew the poison
out Of their bodies.
Six pits were quickly dug In the warm
alluvial soil, aud when the sun went
down, the mon werc placed in them, and
the earth shoyeled in around them. II
was a beautiful moonlight night; and the
operation completed, the inulids chatted
gayly together; their shaggy heads Just
bursting through the earth, in the fitful
moonlight, made them look like men
coming up to Judgment; their voices
sounding weird and ghostly, as Of an
other world. After awhile, ono by one
they foil asleep, and all wns still. Their
comrades then stole away md sought
their cabins. When they rose in the
morning, aul went to SEQ how the
buried mon fared, they found tllat tho
wolves had come down In the night, and
eaten off every head level with the
ground -.-Il
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
". VIII. WESTON, W. MONDAY, FEBRUARY

lected mo all this time; they had cheered
me with their presence, and with the
prospect Of speedy restoration to liberty.
They could not, Of course, accompany
me to the hulks, nor were prisoners por-
mitted 10 see their friends there, 1 be-
lieye, oftener than once in three months;
but / had letters almost dnily, and always
hopeful and full Of regrets that the rules
forbade my receiving tho many good
things they were so anxious to send. My
health continued good, and although my
spirits were depressed, kept as stout a
heart rs possible, and in endeavoring to
assuage the anguish Of those around me,
found solace for my own woe.
In the meantime the necessary steps
for obtaining my pardon had beGn taken,
and one evening, after the expiration Of
o month, I was informed that / was swami
ed on board the hulk. When / reached
the quarterback the superintendent, or
chief officer, was there, and kindly taking
my hand, warmly congratulated mo on
my pardon, which hc had just received.
81 hope" he said, "that you have not
much to complain Of. We tried to rem
der you as comfortable as tho circum-
stances admitted, for your case was fully
explained to me, even before you nr-
rived, and you have had my sincere
sympathy" He again shook my hand,
and then told me TO go into his cabin,
where 1 found my entire wardrobe, Just
rs it had been taken from mo, and soon,
little Of the convict could be detected in
my appearance, except the excessive
shortness OF my hair. On returning to
the deck, 1 was delightfully."- surprised to
see my dear mother, and, on her loving
breast, man rs was, l wept like child.
A carriage was waiting for us at short
distance from the hulk, and inside the
dock-yard gates I was completely over
whelmed with the congratulations Of my
fellow.students and largo number Of
friends.
Twas sort OF hero for the time, and
every one sought, by unceasing kind
ness, to repair the wrong TINT / Ind suf-
fered. It was years, however, before
my spirits experienced q rebound, but I
was never tie same gay, light-hearted
being I had been before, nor indeed has
the gloom the event cast over 1t been en-
tirely removed.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
A Moss Of II.

A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Inter. Ocean writes: Not only
is II slippery outside, but indoors too,
and OF one Of the swell germans q few
nights ago three couples fell on the
floor, polished not wisely but too well.
Ono Of fthe six was the belle Of tho ball
the belle Of every ball she graees-tall
and stately and naughty. What fall
was therel She was leading; she was
the best dressed woman there; she was
the focus Of admiration; Rhe caught her
dainty foot in another girls flounce, and
while the women were onvying and tile
men aloring her sho ttmbled, in u con.
fused heap OF laces and ribbons and
flounces, and her partner, IN tho middle
OF the room She was up in a amomGnt,
shaking out her runlcd plumage and
swallowing the modification with lovely
smiles. But she turned and looked Gt
the girl who trippel ler; and, merciful
heavens, what q look
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
Tho Farmer Feedeth All.

Ny lord rides through his palace gate,
Mylady sweeps along in statoi.
Thoaagc thinks long on many thing,
And tho maiden muaes on marrying;
Tho minstrel harpoth monily
Tho uallOr ploma tho foAming son,
The huntsman kills tho good red deer,
Andthc soldier wars without cen feari
Bat fall TO each, whato'er betall,
Tho farmer ho must feed them all.
Smith hnmmereth chcuy red tho sword,
p4ostprcachoth purc the Holy Word
Dame Alice worketi broldory well,
Clork Richard tales Of love can tell
Tho tapwifc soils hor foaming beer,
Dan Pishor flahcth in tho mere,
And coartieu rliiic, strut, and shine,
While pages bring tho gascon vino.
But fall to each, whato'er befall,
The farmer ho must feed them ali.
Man builds his castles fair and high,
Wherever river runnotll by,
Great cities rise in every land, M
Great churches show the builders hand
Great asches, monuments, and towers;
Fair palaces aud pleasing bowers, N
Great work is done, be II here or there,
~.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15

How He HEARD Or IT.-This is the
way Serrano heard Of 1t. AT seyon
O'Clock A. NJ IN officer went to his quar-
tors and found him taking his chocolate.
He said: al bring Your Highness bad
news." "Do yon come to arrest me |"
said sorrano. ''No,' said tho officer,
"but to Inform you that the Army Of
tho North will proclaim Alfonso king"
at will do well, ," answered tho marshal,
calmly, "and far from opposing myself
10 such q proceeding I accept 1t person.
ally as tho only possible solution
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15

Girls should be warned Of tho danger
they run in marrying railroad brakemepi
An enthusiastic member of that fratorni-
ty, on being awakened tile other night
from dream Of an impending crash by
n train, found himself sitting up in bod,
his .wito by tho cars, having
nearly twisted hor head OF in his frantie
clortsto ndowp brakes,h
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
PRICES AND WAGES.

The New York Wsrid has had a man
engaged to hunt up price currents, and by
picking out few articles that were very
high in 1873 and cheap in 1860, make it
appear that the workingmen are worse of
now than in 1860. He picks upon pota-
toes, milk, molasses, and syrup. Had he
made the comparison upon dry goods,
clothing, food in general, or on raw ma
terials in general, the result would have
been directly the opposite. Workingmen
should understand that it is easy to prove
almost anything when one starts out with
the determination to make figures lie As
we have repeatedly shown, by fair repre-
sentatioD Of facts, workIngmen are better
paid now than in 1860, notwithstanding
the great reductions in wages. To illus
trate, in 1873 potatoes We're high, this
year they are cheap. To test the purchas-
ing powers Of wages this year in potatoes,
would be quite as unfair as to do the same
thing with the prices that prevailed in
1873. Yet thiI is just what the bullion
free trade robbers journal has done.
We will give the following table of
prices in 1860 and 1873, which will show
how easy It is to pick out items to prove
how much worse off workingman is, and
also at the same time show how much bet
ter off he must be- Each can calculate
from the wages he receives now and then
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
From Paris to Vienna on Bicycle.

This frequently attempted feat (says the
London Standard has at last been accom-
plished by one Of the FrenchmeI who
started from the Chateau d Eau, Paris, on
Tuesday week, on a couple Of gentle
mems bicycles, made by the Co entry
Machinists' Company NJ Laum allie ar
rived in Vienna on Sunday evening, &C
cording to telegram which has been re-
ceived in Loudon, ''as fir, sh a. a daisy,
the machine being still perfect after going
over nearly seven hundred miles Of ground
the greater part If the road being in a
horrible condition from the long continued
rains Nj. Richard, who had not reached
Vienna up 10 two o'clock yesterday. il be
lieved to have broken down between Linz
and Vienna, or after 600 miles Of the
journey had been covered, as he IS going
all right on Friday AT Snnbach, which il
across the frontier III upper Austria. The
time occupied by Mr.. Laumille was twelve
days and three or four hours, thus beating
Lieutenant Count Won Zubowitz and his
mare Caradoc by nearly three days, and
there is no doubt that had the blcyclists
run :aonth earlier they could have Gov
cred the distance in nine, or at the most,
ten days, for they have had everything
against them. All along the route tn,
light machines were the admiration and
the envy of the people, who had hitherto
known Of no other bicycles than the wood
ed wheel " bone shakers" which have
now been entirely abandoned in this
country
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
ARGUMENT VS.. BL ACKGUARDING.

A few months ago while conversing with
an honored representative merchant of
Chicago on the corruption of our public
officers, we inquired why he, or men Of
such calbre, 50 persistently refused to &C
eel office or nomination for Office.
Why" said he, do you suppose that
any man who has business to attend to,
is going to surrender it, enter the political
arena, and subject himself to the vilest
personal abuse that this OF that BLACKBOARD
can pen | have all | can attend to, but if
| could be induced to accept a nomination
for the mayoralty, my opponents would I'M
hesitatingly resort to personal villifcation
ana abuse, and what is more, the public
press would as unhesitatingly give public
ity to the same. And this statement
furnishes the Key to the situation. So
long az the principles involved in politi-
cal contest are ignored so long as sheer
blao kguardism is regarded as the staple
argument, there is little hope for reform
in the administration Of our municipa
State, or national affairs.
A case in point will illustrate our argu-
ment. In 1852 Cass and Douglas were
competitors for the Democratic nomination
for President. After long and bitter
contest, Franklin Pierce was elected as the
compromise candidate. Although a man
of blameless character, from the hour OF
his nomination he was assaulted as
vilest of the vile; vituperation was substitu-
ted for reas n, and a stranger would have
naturally supposed that peniten-
tiary graduate instead of christian gen
tleman was running for the highest office
within the gift Of the American people. Sc
far was this line Of policy pursued that we
remember a stump orator protested against
his election on fairgrounds that he was once
thrown from his horse during the Mexi-
can campaign. The same arguments were
employed against the election Of Lincoln,
Seymour, Grant, Mcclellan, and Greeley,
especially the latter.
Now the legitimate and inevitable re-
suit Of this line of policy is that thieves,
gamblers and vagabonds who have the
| epidermis Of rhinoceros, and no charac-
ter to lose knaves and tricksters, whose
profession is attendance at political eau
cuses and ballot box stuffing, offer them
| selves as candidates for this or that office
with IMMUNITY, and get elected too, while,
as a rule, men of intelligence, standing,
and character, knowing the crucible
through which they are expected t.
pass, stand supmely by, refuse to en-
ter the political arena or allow their names
to be presented for the suffrages Of their
fellow citizens.
Is there, or is there not, room for reform ?
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
FLUNKE YISM.

OF all tlunkies, the British are the most
nauseating and obsequious. The majority
of landed heir is invariably made the occa-
sion for lot of gasslers to vent their 10y
atty in maudln and unmeaning phrases.
The Mayor of Gravesend, however. has
recently formed an honorable exception to
the rule, and has had the back bone and
pluck to resent in a becoming manner the
impertinent interference Of the Earl Of
Darnley. 1t appears that the Earl who
was formerly Colonel Of Yomanry repi-
ment had an alteration with some of his
officers, petulantly resigned in conse-
quence. Not satisfied with his resigna
ton, he insisted that all Of his tenantrv
who were members of the regiment should
follow his example, and to their shame belt
said they generally followed his advice
Among them was the son Of the Mayor OF
Gravesend, who refused to oblige his
lordship in this particular, and as a result
his father, tenant of the Earl. was in
formed that as his representative had
failed or declined to act upon the hint
given-leave the regiment-the estate
which he titled and paid for, and upon
which he had spent vast sums of money.
would know him no more. In vulgar par
lance, he has told "to get up and get"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13

out that the theoretical economy taught
by the LEARNED English authors who
know nothing about the struggles of real
life, are delusive in the farthest degree,
and the questions which Adam Smith,
Ricardo, Matthews, Mccullough, and
others claim to have settled forever, are az
much an open question now, as they were
three hundred years ago.
y Combination to purchase il not co-opera
ton in its best sense by any means. CO.
operation, to be- effective, should consist
in q combination to produce wealth, then
distribute it where it is needed for con-
sumption To combine and cooperate
effectually labor should have all the profits,
and 50 long us we are continually aiming
merely to get ali equal division of the
profits, we will wander in the dark to a
considerable extent. One of the most
hourishing establishments in Chicago, il
the Rochester Cooperative Stove Com.
pany's store. This company does not
make much noise, but does q good bust
ness. The owners are workmen who have
combined to make stoves and sell them
and what these workmen have done othel
workmen can do.
The greatest obstacle to be overcome il
managing cooperative enterprises is tt
obtain men Of executive ability and business
sagacity. 1t is not SO much lack of capita
as it is lack of the right kind of ability
that renders cooperative undertaking
hazardous, and it is difficult to see how thu
obstacle is to be overcome unless the mel
learn to value such qualities, anC
to trust those from their owl
ranks who profess them. Hon
esty is, of course, the first requisite
then ability and business sagscity are indis
pensible. 1t is comparatively an easy mat
ter to mine coal, but it is not so easy
matter to sell it at remunerative figures
The same ia true of every department o
industry. 1t is easier to produce than +
find a market, and yet the generally accept
ed idea of over-production is a stipend
GUS humbug. There can be no over-pro
duction Of articles while people suffer 70
the want Of them. 1t is perfectly absur
to talk of an over production of coal Will
people are freezing to death for the want 9
it, yet it is equally as true that it is NOR
difficult to put coal in such markets as yiel
fair return, than it is to produce it fror
the mine. Cooperation, therefore, to b
effective must be thoroughly organized, il
diligently and honestly managed, or it
foredoomed to premature failure.
In this brief article We have only ou
lined the course to be pursued in maxim
Investigations. Cooperation in buyin
the family supplies is a comparatively sin
pie matter and can be successfully intr,
duced almost anywhere among large bodi,
of workmen, but cooperation to be effe
tive, should be constructive as well as di
tributive, and in this the first point is
secure market for the article to be pr,
duced
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
COOPERATION.

In its widest sense, and in the economic
sense, as taught by all English writer's upon
political economy, capital and labor have
always co-operated in producing wealth.
They certainly have worked together. and
always must. These authors, however. all
teach that all exchanges are merely the
exchange Of equivalents. According to
their theory all men who receive wages re-
ceive an exact equivalent for their services /:
and yet the manufacturer grows rich
while the workman and farmer remain
poor. The people are getting sick of such
one-sided theoretical, exact equivalent non
sense.
Working men know from experience that
they do not receive an exact equivalent for
their labor, nor a fair share of the profits
even. They also know that by combine
ton they can obtain what they buy, much
cheaper than they can when each man
looks out for himself. They have found
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
Hints for the Newspaper Carriers.

you see, F" said one in San Francisco, I'll
don't take back seat to no man in this
town III landln' paper just where its
wanted. Up on Stockton street there is a
little French woman who hangs a parrot
out in a cage from her window every after
noon, and when | sling the paper VI it
falls on the ledge above the cage. and the
parrot grabs 1t with his beak She can't
read a word Of English, but she takes the
paper because she likes to see me sling 1t
around 50 lively never missed but once
and that was one foggy day last winter,
when | suppose didn't make proper cal
culation for the condition Of the atmos-
phere. ''Pshaw That amt nowhere, "
chimed III another. I've been serving a
morning newspaper all along to man
who's never left his bed for seven years
Got the rheumatic. There a hole busted
In one of the windows about two inches
wide. and it's two stories higher ] shoot it
up through that slit at 20 minutes past 3
every mornin', and it strikes him in the
face and wakes him up. On these dark
mornin q, when there is a high wind, it
wake some mighty lively calculation to hit
the place just right. One mornin' | drop
ped it on the foot of the bed and didn't
take him up, so he stopped the paper next
day"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-11-13
The Conductors Brotherhood

The Annual Convention of the Conduc-
tors Brotherhood was recently held in At
lanta, Ga. Grand Chief Conductor Crosen,
of Crestline, o., was expelled from the
Brotherhood for misdemeaLor and fraud
in office. W. L. Collins, of Horpellsville,
n. Y, was elected Grand Chief Conductor;
G. A. Staunchield, Of Crestline, Iowa,
Assistant Conductor; J. c. W. Long, of
Fort Wayne, Grand Secretary; J. NJ.
Bradley, of Atlanta, Grand Treasurer;
Calvin S Wheaton, Of Elmira, n. Y,
Grand Conductor of Ceremonies; w. II.
Morse, Of Omaha, Neb., Grand Inside
Sentinel; Lewis Kugler, of Catawissa, Pa,
Grand Outside Sentinel; nj L. Smith, OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, Past Grand Chief Con-
ductor. The next meeting will take place
on the first Tuesday Of November, 1876, at
Omaha, Neb.