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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-16

| have been beautifully prepared anu adorned,
and everything that can be done for the &C.
CommOdation of visitors and the stock or
articles on exhibition, will meet with tho
careful attention ofthc Board.
This Fair should meet with tho especial
favor of ths eople OF
LEWIS.
UPSHUR.
GlLNlER.
BRAXTON.
aud the adjacca. counties. lsisa
NONB INsYIYVLlDE
ard deserves the patronage OF all who desire
the advancement Of the material Interests OF
the country.
The premium list
AMOUNTS TO $4,000.
And premiums arc offered on every article
usually offered ut the best Fairs in
the United States. The
lUuaAQss of Spool
orc expected to he fir;t.class. Noted horses
will be here fro.n distance and the
HONE BELT PURSE,
TO be competed for by horses owned only in
Lewis, Gilmer, Upshur and Braxton coun-
ties, will be All exciting episode Of tue Fair,
as many gentlemen are already preparing
their horses for entry il this race
a M % g DHn0mo2
will be amply provided for.
The Directors arc assured that the display Of
CATTLE, HORSES.
SHEEP. HOGS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
GRAIN, POULTRY,
VEGETABLES, FRUITS,
BUTTER, CHEESE,
HONEY, BREAD,
PRESERVES.
CANNED FRUITS, PEACHES,
WINES, FLOWERS, FINE
ARTS, FACTORY GO0US,
HOUSEHOLD MANU-
IL FACTURES, MUS
ICAL INSTRU-
MENTS,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-16

No ono remedy Ia louda
called for by tho necessities
Of tho American people thAa
8 suro and safo euro for
Fever md Aguo. Such
VIC AFRO now enabled 10 Offer,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-16

Weston, August ~.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-16
AMOUNTS TO $4,000.
.uaaaOs Of Spool
HONE BELT PURSE,

10 be competed for by horses owned only in
Lewis, Gilmer, Upshur and Braxton coun-
ties, will be au exciting episode Of tue Fair,
as many gentlemen are already preparing
their horses for entry il this race
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-16
atOMB YHsYIYVLlDE

AID deserves the patronage Of all who desire
the Advancement Of the material Interests Of
the country.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
PROM 2la O'CLOCK p. N. TO CLOSE or BusI-
FRIDAY, Sept. 17-P. n.

FRIDAY, Sept. 17-P N.
Tho stock market opened strong and ,nsome cases
little above tho closing prices Of Last nigbt, and
quickly gained new strength and higher prices un-
der the smart upward run in Pacific Mail to 36ss-
AbOnt this time gold. which had been selling 1T
sas made smart decline TO 1l5sa, and as it be-
came aseertained that the cause was due to the
adoption Of q hard-money platform at the Demo-
cratic Convention ut Syracuse. raid on the stock
market ensied which sent prices down Il to y pei
cent, Lake Shore leading, and closely followed by
Pacific Mail and Western Union Telegraph The
whale list felt the shock. but later the three sps
calties gaining courage. went back u to q per
cent, and the whole list regained more steadness,
while becoming dull at the improvement.
While there has been fair amount Of business done
at the Stock Exchange it has not been eqLa To that
of yesterday amounting to-day to the purchase and
sale Of about 2S6,000 shares. of which 10000
were Lake Shore, Pacific Mail. Erlc. and
Western Union Telegraph. viz: Lake Shore
90, 500; PaciGc Mail 47,s08; Erie a..
TOO; Western Union, 2l,700 North-W Westsrn
l2,4OO; do. Prsfersed. 100; st, Paul, 2.S00i do
Preferred 600; Uaioa Pseiae, 2,000; Central and
Hudson, 500; Delaware. Lackswanua aud Western.
500; st. Joe. Rock Island and MaTiposa. each 400
shares. The closing quotations show decline from
lass ights ANAL prices In North West Of y per cent
Atlantic sud Pacific Telegraph Atlantic aud Pacific
Railroad Preferred. QwioIsfiver and 81. Paul. each u
Western Union telegraph and ST. Paul Preferred
each d Delaware. Lsckawanna and Western. = !;
Lake Shore Apd Union Psci&c. each Y. while Ere
and Wabaah hare eaoh gained is pcs ceat ohie
and Missimippi and Pacific Mall, ssch y, Oentral
and Hudson and EortA-Wsst PrsssrrsA. each y 4
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
THE MONEY MARKET.
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AND lfl2 O'CLOCK a. n.
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q s SEQ Regstrrcd. 1852 1000 I2lish
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a & 20 cncpon 1888 n u q 5s 1881. Coupon
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FIRsT BoARD-IOAo O'CLOCK A. n.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
MISS HAINES

MiseeliansouA
NIRCULARS of several GOOD SCHOOLS
~ parents at sehernerh0rn Book store. "A Boas
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
Ex-SECRETARY McCULLOCH ON FL
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NOW READY IN

~ NANCE
NOW READY IN
THE TRIBUNE EXTRA NO. %.
EisEen Letiero from London TO THE fU0usE
T. TIE FINANCES OF Observation-Disclosures
POWER OF THE NATION.
IL FRENCH FINANCIAL P0LICY-ELEMENTs OF
NATIONAL PROsPERI
III. NATIONAL DEBTS-BoRROWISG MADE EASY.
Nv NATIONAL ARMIES-rHE MAIN SOURCE OF
NATIONAL DEBT
v AAERICAN CREDIT ABRoAD-wHY 1T Is NOT
HIGH
VI PARTIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DIsHoN
EST POLICY.
VII BAD PATH OF srATES-ITs EFFECT UPON
NATIONAL CREDIT.
VIII BONDS PAYABLE IN GoLD-HoW CONGRESS
INFANT TO PAY THE BONDS.
TX THE> INDIANA CONFERENCE.-THE FAITH OF
THE EX-SECRET.. RY's STArE.
X THE PAPER MONEY DREAM-INFLATION-
PANIC AND REPUDIAGION-
XII EVILS OF PAPER MONEY-DISASrRoUS RI
suits OF TIE SYSTEM.
FEoM THE IroS rYvy1DY JOHNSON ON
PIE NATIONS CURRENCY
Secretary and r Johnsons Letters appear
THE TRIBUNE EXTRA NO. %
sent POSTPAID 10 Twelve copies
THE TRIBUNE. New-Yors
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
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New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
Dmrins Arasemiss.

4 FRENCH DANCING-MASTER, just arrived
from Paris were he has lad several of experience
wishes tn give PRIVATE LESSONS. Terms reasonable.
Address HIPPOLY'rE. 1876 Crosby Il.
MR. TRENOR's ACADEMY OF DANCING,
We LYRIC HALL. 6rH.AVE. RESERVOIR SQUARE.
Recpeus l4th hsf- TERMS REDUCED. Send for circular.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18

Harvard graduate. PUPILS
w fas aftssAoas = syeraa heanA AddrSs u j. ". Trts
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18

l. INSTITUTE f6r Youny ladies' Genrnen, ;67. 3G9
and :T1 tn.r,-sf. VIII reopen WEDSES AY
sept Is fr. boy1 received bos7der. By the Principal
Ieinmrcii and Classical Departments. Kier-asen
Train ng fer KndcryarsrsrA RecTenccx Xe-sr
Iupk. ,iglsmrd 4. Es.sisr. h. Camzu. j. W..
FAoer, TT. r. Lssser. Er + krackowizer.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-18
Gam Schools.

I AW SCHOOL,
~ HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The academic year 1876 viii begin THU RsDAY.
Sept for admission to advanced standing
will be held THURSDAY, sept. 80 and FRIDAY Oct l.
beginning at Thursday. No applicant will be
amined bezinning of the academic
year lS77S and afterw all applicants FOR admission
canidatrs who received eoieec siu
cation. viii be required preliminary examination
For further Information and for circular giving full partel
lars address
JOHN II. ARNOLD Librarian.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
HOSpitality.

This is a question of great importance
in a family, from the educational influ-
ence it may have upon the younger
members of it and variety it gives to the
monotony of daily household life.
To entertain ones friends and &C
auaintances frequently and easily is a
very pleasant and desirable thing, but in
order to do this one must not attempt
too much in the old-fashioned way of
loading the table with q great and per-
haps incongruous variety of food.
1t is a very good plan to have company
day; to take the one day in the week
which by trial you find the most conven-
lent, and make a habit of inviting
some one to dinner or tea on that day.
Thursday answers very well for this pur-
pose, as Wednesday is usually the mid
week baking day, and whatever is baked
on that day is fresh for the next. 1t
should be made a matter almost of prin-
ciple not to make q wide difference be-
tween the family table and a table for
company. If it is all that it ought to be
for the family it is very nearly all that it
should be for friends. Of cours there
are occasional luxuries and additional
graces which we like to share with our
guests, but it is q mistaken policy, and
certainly very far from the true spirit of
hospitality, to minister more 10 the ap-
petite of our friends than to their social
and intellectual faculties.
Itisnever the extra n ortwo, or three
places of the table that makes "having
company" @ WEAKNESS and an effort, but
it is the difference we make between our
entertainment of our friends and our
usual style of living. It is the getting
out the best china, which is kept packed
too carefully away. 1t is the "doing
up" of the fine linen table cloths and
napkins, or the rubbing of unused sill
yer. 1t is the baking of some unusually
delicate cake, OF the preparation of some
half dozen troublesome dishes, and
when these things are all done, the sense
of enjoyment in the coming of our
friends is somewhat dulled by fatigue in
preparation for them.
Of course one must have "best china"
and "best inen," eve if it is a weari-
ness to the flesh, but it should never be
too good to go into regular use once a
week, and that regularity of use keeps it
in order and prevents the extra work
which only occasional use entails. Let
Thursday, then, be clean table cloth day,
and china day, and fresh cake and bread
day, and company day, and try by all
means to have it q restful day as well.
Do not invite more than two or three
persons habitually, and invite them from
different families, and let them be peo-
pie to whom it is a treat to meet each
other. Well chosen friendly meetings
are better than extra dishes, as you shall
find if you pursue your hospitable ex-
periments with iudicious care.-Ec.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
Hints in Case of Fire.

Be well acquainted with the bes
means of escape from your house, both
at the top and the bottom. Do not get
confused. Admit no one to your house
except iremen, policemen or neighbors.
If a lady's or child's dress catches fire,
endeavor to roll the person in a rag
carpet or any piece of wooden stuff.
Keep all the doors and windows closed
until the firemen arrive. If you cannot
make your way from a building by a
stairway, endeavor to get into a front
room, and keep all doors shut behind
you, for smoke will follow q draft, and
flames the smoke. II smoke enters the
room and it is difficult to stand erect,
get your mouth as close to the floor as
possible, and breathe easy, as there is
always a fresh current of air near the
floor. A wet cloth over the mouth will
greatly aid breathing. In letting out
smoke from a room, always open the
upper portion of a window. In case of
fire in a theater or any crowded place,
keep perfectly calm, and do all you can
to prevent a panic, as there generally is
plenty of time to escape if there is no
panic. Do not go into a building where
there is a thick smoke without q saturated
sponge in your mouth, or a wet cloth OF
handkerchief over mouth and nose. In
ascending or descending a ladder, do SC
with q regular step, to nfeyent vibration.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
Suing a DemiiOhn.

A peculiar breach of promise suit has
been brought in Manchester, England.
A maiden appeals to the courts for dam
ages, now that a certain innkeeper re-
fuses to take her in marriage after en-
%couraging her to hope. It is proved
that he had the delirium tremens in her
house several times. She gets a verdict
of 910. Why any woman wants to
marry the delrium tremens we know
not. She deserved congratulation at
escape from such a man, instead of e10
for the loss of him. No woman can af-
ford to take a man if she has to have de-
lirium tremens thrown into the bargain.
A man is very well, but better no man at
all than such an accompaniment. Let
women be cautious how they marry men
with highly spiced breath, the spice put
in to hide whisky odor. If a man makes
for himself unhappy connubial relation,
he may run away and so get rid of it;
but for a woman wrongly affianced there
is no escape. The young man may have
glossy hair and bright eyes and immacu-
late broadcloth; but if he drinks, even
moderately, make up your mind that be-
fore 35 he will do one of two things
either stop drinking entirely, or else go
to perdition; and if he does the latter,
he will probably take you along with
him.-Christian at Work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
The Telegraph in African Deserts.

A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Berba, in tropical Africa,
says: 1t was singular to meet with the
telegraph in the heart of the desert be-
tween Aryab and Berba !; not the tele-
graph put upin working order, as we seeit
IN Europe, but all the appurtenances of
that instrument of civilization carried on
the backs of hundreds of camels, which,
laden with coils of wire and hollow iron
posts, trod their toilsome path through
the burning sand. Every now and then
we met one of these poor beasts which,
overweighed and broken down by the
weight of his load, had fallen on the
ground and been abandoned a victim to
the vultures. All this Geographic gear
was marked "Siemens Brothers, Lon
don," and was en- route to Khartoum,
from which town it will be forwarded on
to span the desert between Kordofan
and Darfour. A good many lives will
probably be sacrificed before the line
can be considered open, as the Arabs,
who eagerly steal every piece of iron
they can meet withf for their spear points,
have to be very severely punished be-
fore they leave off cutting down the
poles. However, this difficulty once got
over, the telegraph will be as easily
worked as the one between Khartoum and
Cairo, which, when it was first laid
down, was continually being interrupted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
Too Poor to Take a Newspaper.

An anecdote is told of a farmer going
one day to the office of a New York
journal and ordering his paper stopped,
because he was too poor to take it any
longer.
"Suppose we make a bargain" said
the editor, SIN this way. Go home and
select a hen that shall be called my hen
sell the eggs that the hen lays during the
year, and send the proceeds to me as
your subscription for the paper"
The farmer was pleased at SO easy a
way to pay for his paper, and readily
consented. The result was, that during
the year the hen paidfor the paper twice
its regular price of subscription.
This is by no means a pure fiction, for
the same may be true in a great multi
tude of cases. All most every one wastes
and throws away more than enough mon
ey during the year to get a weekly or
daily newspaper that would furnish him
with intellectual food, and keep him
posted in the busy, stirring events OF
the day. A very small retrenchment in
the luxuries that almost every one indul.
ges in would secure a daily visitor full Of
gossip about the doings of the great
world around us ; full Of stirring events
in the history that is every day being
made in ou1 own country, and full OF
useful, general information, and facts in
literature, science, and art. Besides, il
is the duty of the people to support the
press, for it has always stood as a grand
bulwark between them and political mil
itary oppression ; it has sounded the
notes of warning that has often aroused
them to action |; it has stripped the Dor
rowed cloak from corruption and venial-
ity in high places, and showed them in
all their d%eformity, and is to-day the
great friend of education, justice, relig-
ion and peace. The press speaks every
where, at all times, carrying light in
places where otherwise perpetual dark
ness would reign. And when we
remember what the world would
be without the press-how dark
ness, ignorance, vice and oppression
would flourish unopposed, let no one
any longer say that he is too poor to take
a newspaper.-Printer's Circular.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01

near her. With this view I babe her
good-by for a short time, my intended
absence being only for the period neces-
sary to close my affairs at the Capital.
Scarcely had 1 arrived in Washington
whena telegram reached me that Jennie's
condition was exceedingly critical. 1t
was the recoil from the temporary i'm
provement consequent upon the excite
ment, which we had mistaken for return
ing health. I hurried through my bust
ness and returned to N at once.
Reaching the house, I went at once to
the parlor door, opened it, and looked
in. A cold chill crept through my body
as I discovered the unwelcome sight.
Not a sound broke upon the stiffness ex-
cept the throbbing of my own heart. it
was the stiffness of death. I sank upon
my knees by her ifeless clay ; the foun-
tains of my soul were broken up, and
my aching heart found vent in tears.
We laid her to rest under the willows
and naples. A shadow rests upon a
stricken home-as dear to me as to her
kindred-but the cloud that cast it wears
a silver lining, for the white soul which
left the earthly casket basks in the sun
shine of eternal bliss. In that bright
realm she will yet be mine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
An Imperturbable Witness.

Mr.. Dallas, once Vice-President of
the United States, while practicing law,
was counsel in a case in Philadelphia,
and Mr.. Scheerer, a otedpolitician, was
called in as a witness. The following
questions were put by Mr.. Dallas /;
"Mr. Scheerer, were you in Harrisburg
last June" "Last June, did you say,
Mr.. Dallas 2" eyes, last June. Don't
repeat my question, but answer it"
After some minutes of study, the answer
came : "No, Mr.. Dallas ; I was not in
Harrisburg last June" "Were you in
Harrisburg last July?" Here he reflect
ed again, and slowly said "No, Mr..
Dallas 4; L was not in Harrisburg in
July" "Were you there last August,
Mr.. Scheerer?" The witness again med
itated, and said "No, Mr.. Dallas ; 1
was not there in August" "Were you
there in September" Here Mr.. Scheer-
er reflected longer than before, and re-
piled : "No, Mr.. Dallas; I was not in
Harrisburg in September" Mr.. Dallas
became tired of this barren result, and,
raising his voice, said "Mr. Scheerer,
will you tell the court when you were in
Harrisburg2" "Mr. Dallas" said Mr..
Scheerer, 81 never was in Harrisburg in
nv life"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01

The grain markets attracted considerable at
tention from spectators, and quite an active
speculative business was transacted. Generally
speaking the market was frmer, and the cur
rent range of prices was higher, although at
the extreme close the markets weakened and
the advance gained early was almost entirely
lost. The movement has been mainly spec
~ulative, seller July being the favorite option.
The June shorts had generally made provision
for their contracts, and they were therefore in
different about buying. The liberal ship
ping movement in wheat and corn,
and the reduction in the stock in store, togeth-
er with conflicting cr~opreports, were the prin-
cipal causes of the advance established early in
the week, while the reaction toward the close
was due to increased offerings consequent upon
the desire to realize at the advance, and the
more favorable weather. Wheat closed lower.
Corn 1@2c higher. Oats &c better, and barley
a triie higher than at the opening.
Thu following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close of the past week:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
Lafltte's Hidden Treasures.

Some of our readers will recall the
facts connected with an attempt some
years ago, mode by two printers in a
small sailboat, to reach Enrol Island,
some few miles southwark of the Chan
deleurs, in search of hidden treasures.
A tradition had been handed down in the
family of one of these Adventures that
an old negro cook, once employed on
one of Lafitte's vessels, had been a wit
ness to the secreting of a large amount
of gold on the Chandelier islands.
About five years ago the last of the
brothers in this family, in whom the pos
session of the facts were, started out
singly and alone in a small boat toward
the fatal Enrol Island, and he has not
been heard of since. The repeated at
tempts to reach this almost mysterious
land and the many failures have given
occasion for considerable superstition on
the part of those who look with awe
upon the unfathomable. Time after time
have various parties attempted to land
upon the weird shore of Enrol Island
after secreted treasures of the bold
smuggler, but in every instance their
efforts have been attended with fatal
results.
The stories of the past coming down
to us tell of considerable sums of Span
ish money having been hid by a Lieu
tenant under the command of Laitte,
in one of the chain of islands to the
southwark of the Chandeleurs, but as
yet no proof of this tradition has been
found. We learn that, Notwithstanding
all the hazards said to be incident to this
Quixotic pilgrimage, there is a party
forming to make another venture after
this secreted gold. By the 18th of next
month three stalwart young men of our
city propose to dare the dangers of the
deep and the strange spell said to be
resting about this mysterious island,
and, come what may, bring a solution to
this time-worn question.-New Orleans
R1Llefi1.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01

VINEGAR BTTTERs.-The great merit of
VINEGAR BuTERs has made them the
leading medicine of the day, and respect
able druggists everywhere write: They
are the best and most popular prepa-
ration in the market" They have stood
the test of public opinion and won conf
dence. They sell rapidly because they
cure. If you are sick you want reliable
medicine. VINEGAR BTrrERs commend
themselves to the ailing and afflicted, as
they IRE deficient in one thing alone,
VIZ: the Stimutant that unduly excites
the brain, and creates a morbid thirst for
spirits There is no phase of Indiges-
ton, Biliousness, Nervous Disease, or
Physical Debility, in which they will not
effect a cure. Invalids who are wasting
away from a want of proper action in the
liver, stomach and bowels, will find them
a constitutional specific, and a fountain
of vitality and vigor as refreshing and
exhilarating as a cool, gushing spring of
water to the parched and fainting traveller
in the desert. Al
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-01
THE AvENGING ARMY OF LoCUsTs.

The Arabs believe that locusts bear on their wing
n Arabic characters words showing them to be Il
Ivenging army of Allah. The following Is a tram
alton of an old Eastern poem, with which some {
'ur readers may be acquainted:
A day of darkness and of gloom:
A day Of clouds at morning spread
In lurid CLEANS, presaging doom,
Around the mountains stormy head.
And loi a people matchless, strong,
Rise DER the far horizons rim,
And sweep like fire the lands along,
Led by sYenging seraphim.
Swifias an Arabs charger reels
In laundering fight DER desert ground
They come, while ring their chariot Wheels,
And loud and shrill their trumpets sound.
Before their face the DC ople mourn;
Before their breath the granary stored,
The field, the threshing-foor, the corn
Shrink from the army OF the Lord.
like mighty men they eager run;
Like men of war they climb the wall;
Etch speeds his way, nor any one
Can break those ranks; and Though they fall
Upon the sword, they shall not die,
Yea, through the city shall they go
Like pestilence, and man shall fly
Before their wrath; Goo wills it so.
The earth shall quake beneath their tread,
And darkness shroud the stars and moon,
The heavens shal tremble as in dread;
Like blacklist night shall be the noon.
Then in the van the Lord shall CRY,
Great is the Lord who is beside?
His armies fill the earth and sky;
His day what mortal shall abide?
.Netc York Graphic.