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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
Hints About the Fashions.

Cashmere lace is used for ruchiugs
with harhs to match.
Black silk fringes arc used with grena-
dimes for mourning.
Checked and brocaded gools are tho
most fashionable.
CaIbriggau stockings embroidered in
colors are very pretty.
Turbans aro among the spring shapes
OF hats for young girls.
Drdp ddmaS8c and brocaded grena-
dimes make elegant costumes.
Riding habits admit no trim mingsex-
cept braid and buttons.
The spring hats and bonnetsare bound
with heavy silk braid.
Colored linen shirts for gentlemen
will be worn this summer.
Crepe do chcne ties with Duchesse
lacc ends are very handsome.
Linen buttons are preferred to studs
for gentlemen's dress shirts.
Bullion braids with threads OF silver
or gold arc used for trimmings.
Grape and black crepe lisse are COM
bined in making morning bows.
The vigogne cloth plaids are very
pretty for kilt plated suitsfor children.
Duchesse lace barbs are very elegant,
and only suitable to wear with silks.
Jet, relieved with gold and pearls, is
fashionable for second mourning.
A pretty tie has centerof black cash
nero net, with ends OF Cuchese lace.
Holbein work is the latest fancy occn
patton for the busy moments OF lille
women.
Sailor straw hats will TO fashionable
for girls and boys from two to eleven
years old.
Short doubled. coats or
jackets arc among the spring coats for
gentlemen.
Pretty opera or evening shawls are
woven OF soft white wool with colored
silk stripes.
The Centennial kerchiei is three
cornered and made Of lacc-any kind
that is preferred.
The fashionable gloves for gentlemen
arc stitched in color on the back OF the
gloves.
Cachmere faconne is new silken
dress fabric woven in serge effect and
brocnded flowers.
Fruit Of tue loom" and " Pride oi
the West" are excellent muslins fol
ladies' undcrclothing.
Handkerchiefs with white batiste CEN
ter and yellow batistc embroidered edge
arc quite pretty.
The new linen lawns are Of a light
shade Of one color, flowered by darker
shade Of the same
White flannel, trimmed with cherry
pink or blue colored silk, is extremely
pretty for wrappers.
Shoes with the black kid cut out in
different patterns, and white kid insert
ed, are much in vogue.
Shoes with sandal straps arc worn over
bright colored stockings for house and
evening demi.toilets.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
A Fearful Summons.

"Mr. Smith, I called to see il could
take your life"
"Wh-wh-what d'you sayl" 'ex.
claimed Smith, in some alarm.
81 say that I've como around to take
your life. My name is Gum. As soon
ns heard you were unprotected, that
you had nothing on your life, I thought
| would Just run in and settle the thing
for you ut once"
Then Smith got up and went to the
other side OF the table, and said to him.
self:
"Is's lunatic who has broken out OF
the asylum. He'll kill me If l halloo or
run. l must humor him.
Then Gum, fumbling in his pocket
after his mortality tables, followed
Smith around the room and said to
him:
"You can choose your own plan, you
know. It's immaterial to me. Some
like one way, and some like another.
It's matter OF taste. Which one do
you preferl"
"I'd rather not die at all," Smith said,
in despair.
"But you've got to die, OF course, -
said Gum; "that's thing there's no
choice about. all l can do is to make
death easy for you; to make you feel
happy rs You go of. Now which plan
will you takel"
Couldn't you postpone it until to-
morrow, so rs to give me time TO
thiuki"
"No; l prefer to take you on the
spot. I might as well do it now rs at
any other time. You have n wife and
childrenl"
"Yes, and think you ought to have
some consideration for them and let me
off,"
"Well, That's curious kind of M ar.
gumcnt," said Gum. "When I take
you your family will be perfectly pro-
tected, OF course, and not otherwise. "
but why do you want to murder
mel u
"Murder you! Murder You! Who
in the thuuder's talking about murder
ing your"
"Why, didn't you say
81 called to get you to take out life
insurance polic' in our company, and
H.
"Oh. you did, did youl" said Smith,
suddenly becoming fierce. "Well, !
amt a-going to do it, and want you to
skip out OF this Office or I'll brain you
with the poker"
Then Mr.. Gum withdrew without
selling Il policy, and Smith is still unin.
Rnrnl.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
DiSinfecting a Battlefield,

Hero is horrible description OF how
the stage has to be cleared after tho cur.
tain has fallen upon ono OF the acts Of
that vast tragedy called " "War." 1t was
O hideous and terrible drnma, that disin-
fecting OF the battlefield of Sedan, and
one that might furnish tho fearful text
OF n chapter entitled "The Sorrows Of
Glory" A Belgian physician. DR..
Cutlery, has recounted the principal
facts in a report published at Brussels.
Historians never show anything but tho
radiance of the battle. The realism Of
these works displays its hideousuess and
its corruption. You dream OF glory.
Look, and behold n charnelhouse!
Seven months after the first OF Sep.
tember, 1870, the stencil was SO great
around the battlefield that the public
health was in danger. Belgium became
alarmed. Prince 0rloif wrote to NJ.
Beraroi that iu tho eighteenth century,
in war OF the Turks against the
Persians, swarms Of insects, nourished
on decayed flesh, brought q frightful
epidemic into Russian provinces hum
dred times further from tho battlefelds
than Brussels is from Sedan. II wns
necessary to hurry, for the peasants had
buried many bodies, both OF mon AMI
horses, in summary fashion. The ex.
halations wero horrible. People took
iu their hands n little yellow snow,
charged with bubbles OF gas, and when
il melted it diffused m odor Of cOrpscs.
Then, in March, 1871, men dug and
opened in the fields under the snow the
tunui OF the dead Feet still covered
with huge boots and half decayed faces
appeared here and there. Horrible
things were discovered. A dog died al
La Moucelle from having half devoured
corpse. The miasmA Of the battle.
field gave fevers to the poor. "The
dead avenged themselves" as Corneille
says. After having disinterred the
corpses, they were burned. Pitch,
mingled with petroleum, was poured
over these human remains, and then
chloride OF lime. From time to time q
detonation was heard in the fire. 1t wps
some cartouche, still inclosed in a
cartouche box attached to corpse, and
which exploded rs though these enemies
would fain continue tho combat after
death. And it was by thousands that
these dead men, born to be happy and
beloved, and to kiss the rosy cheeks ol
their children, were buried there. Two
hundred aud seventy trenches, disin.
iected by NJ. Trouet, contained 5000
corpses. Tint was not all II. Michel
disinfected 902 trenches, and NJ.
Creteur, 8, ,213. Calculate, therefore, how
many corpses these tumun contained
.lnlSAtn. -.
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Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Vanity is omnivorous.
The smallest hair throws its shadow.
There is nothing insignificant, moth
ing.
What mighty contests rise from tri-
vial things.
A tomb is 4 monument placed on the
limits OF two worlds.
Titles OF honor add not to his worth
who is himself An honor to his title.
All that tread the globo are but a hand
full to tho tribes that slumber in its
bosom.
Timowell cmployedis satan's doadliest
foe; it leaves no opening for the lurking
fieud.
Time, with all its celerity, moves
slowly on to him whose whole employ
ment is to watch its flight.
The crowns Of kings do not prevent
those who wear them from being tor
mented sometimes by violent headaches.
He that studies only men will set the
body Of knowledge without the soul;
and he that studies only books will get
tho soul without the body.
A true man never frcts about his place
in tho world, but Just slides into it by
the gravitat;on OF his nature, and swings
there AZ easily rs star.
The exhibition Of real strength is
never grotesque. Distortion is the agony
of weakness. It is the disloCated mind
whose movements arc spasmodic.
Whatever that be which thinks, which
understands, which wills, which acts, it
is something celestial and divine; and,
upon that account, must necessarily be
eternal.
The human race aro sons Of sorrow
born; and each must have his portion.
Vulgar minds refuse or crouch beneath
their load; tho bravo bear theirs with
out repining.
Out OF suffering have emerged the
strongest souls, and the most massive
characters are scanned with scars. Mar
tyrs have put on their coronation robes
glittering with fire, and through their
tears hayo the sorrowful first seen tho
gates OF heaven.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
4 Japanese Funeral.

A marine on the Japanese frigate
Tsukubu, at San Francisco, died re.
Gently, and was buried according to
Japanese rites. Tho remains, iu coffin
shaped box, two and one half feet high,
covered with the japanese hng, were
brought ashore in tho steam launch. es-
corted by four officers md sixteen
marines. Tho coffin was placed in q
hearse and conveyed to the cemetery,
tho escort following. A double line was
formed, through which the coffin was
carried to the grave. The remains were
lowered into the grave 10 that the body
faces toward the east. After the firing
Of three rounds by the marines. the
grave was closed, n short address was de-
livCred by one OF the officers, and then
tho marines formed the sand over the
grave into shape resembling the coffin.
This concluded the ceremonies, and the
marines returned TO their ship.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
No Use In Going,

"Pm going to stop attending our
church." peovishly exclaimed a vinegar
faced spinster, not II thousand miles
from Chicago, the other day. "Why,
what has happenedi" anxiously inquir
ed friend. "There amt nothing hap
pened, and that's Just what's tho mat
ter" continued the spinSter through her
nose; "Lere I've been regular attend
ant for moren two years, and there
hasn't been no gossip, no scandal, nor
nothing to talk about in all that time,
and I can't SEQ the use Of going any
longer !" And she squared herself down
in tho chair with the look Of q martyr.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
Items of Interest.

Tho newest floral sentiment: "If
you wish for hearts ease, don't look to
marigold."
The Changers of the United States
have over SlS,000,O00 invested i'll their
various enterprises.
"That," said the tramp, ais the top
buckwhcat it has been used to keep
the others warm, and 1 don't eat no
coverlids." So ho laid it ono side.
II you want to know whether your
grandmother was crosseyed, or whcro
your great uncle stood in his arithmetic
clnss, just run for office, and you'll know
it all.
OF sixty Indian agencies which have
made their annual report to the board OF
Indian commissioners, twenty.seven
have military forces within their rcscrva-
tions.
1t appears that Captain Wobb's swim
across the English channel will turn out
to be very profitable job. The testi'
monial being raised for him hns already
reached S20,0O0.
The glass dome OF tho Centennial art
gallery will bo lighted by 1000 gus Jets.
The dome is 26G feet above the level OF
tho SchuylIill, and will be visible at
night nil over Philadelphia.
When French army officer is con-
victcd Of felony his epaulets are torn
of, his sword is broken, AID n private
steps from tho ranks and kicks him.
After that the civil authorities take care
Of him.
A servant who plumed herself upon
being employed III genteel family, was
asked tho definition Of tho term.
"Where they have two or three kinds
Of wine, and tho gentleman swears,"
was the reply.
"What's usee play poker" remarked
m almond.cyed denizen OF Tucson,
Nev., the other day. "Mo hold four
kings and n lace Mclean man hold all
same time four laces and king; whole
week washee gone likee woodbine."
Miss Susan u. Anthony has lectured
100 times during the last locturing sea-
sou, and has realized enough to pay OIL
her $4,000 debt incurred by the bauk.
ruptcy OF the Rerolutioa. The last dol
lar of this obligation has been paid.
Mr.. James Lamont, the Arctic OK.
plorer, yatchman md sportsman, says
that ho is perfectly suro TINT the vibra.
tioEs of boat striking against m ice
field arc conveyed n distance OF two
miles or moro. Whenever in his cx-
peditions the bow Of his boat came in
contact with icc every seal for miles
raised its head aud was on the alert.
A young man who was partner in n
Boston house which suspended some
time ngo, said, Just previous to the dis.
aster, that no young single man could
live respectfully in Boston on less than
S25, 200 year. He il married man,
and his expenses have for years been in
tho ratio of S2j, 900 for a single man. He
has sported his private carriagc, his
retinue OF servants, and his boxes ut
tho opera.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
Wanted 10 lie an Editor.

'hhtNh ~ ~ hA AthahOa-
Have you had any experience in the
business 7" we asked Of ver'lnnt look
ing youth who applied for m editorial
position the other day.
"Haven't though I" ho replied, as
he showed one foot under his chair to
hide the unskillful patching Of back
woods cobblcr. "I should say I'd had
some experience-havcn't I correspond
ed with tho Pumpkinville Scrcamcr for
six weeks1 Hain't that experience
enough 2"
"That will do very well, we replied,
"but when We take young men on our
editorial staff, we generally put them
through an examination. How much
arc twelve times one I"
"Twelve! why any little boy ought
to an
"Hold on, please-don't be so fast
who discovered America I"
Klumbus Pshaw, them questions
arc Just as easy as
"Who was the first mani"
"Adam why, mister, know oil -
"What was his other nnme?'
"His other name? why he didn't
havo none."
"Yes, he did. You sec that's where
we've got you. His other name was
Ebenezer-Ebenzer Adam, Esq, late
OF Paradise. Nobody knows this but
editors, and see to it that You don't toll
anybody"
Ho said he wouldn't.
"How many bones arc there in the
human body ?"
"Well, forget now, but l did know
wunst."
"What! Don't you know that? Why
there's 7, ,4S?, 92l, IA bones inan ordinary
man. A man that snores has one more
than other people"
"What bone is that Z"
"The trombone. 1t is situated some.
where in the nose. You won't forget
that, will your
He said ho wouldn't.
"How long would it take mud turtle
to cross the desert Of Sahara with n
small orphan boytotouch him UP behind
with n red-hot poker y
"Well, look here, mister, if I had n
slate and pencil could Ggger that ont,
but dog my skin il I'm much on mental
'rithmetic.
estate and pencil Did You ever see
q slatc and pencil about sanctum
Well, we'll lot that question slip. Have
you got good constitution T.
Putty tolerable."
"How long do you suppose You
could live on raw corn and faith, aud
do the work OF q domesticated ele-
plant ?"
"Lordl l don't believe 1 could live
morn week"
"Well, that's about rs long as you'd
want to live il you got M editorial posi-.
ton on this paper. You appear to bo
pretty well posted; we shall ask you
one moro question, and il you provo
equal to it you can take of your coat
and sail in.
"Let's have 'er, squire. l didn't
correspond with the Pumplinyille
Screamcr six weeks for nothin. Let
'er come-l'm on deck, I am"
"Wcll, sir, if two diamctrical circles
with octagopal peripheries should col
lido with a centrifugal idiosyncrasy, or,
to put it palmer, we'll say discnfran'
chised nonenity, what elect would the
catastrophe exert on crystalized co +
fish suspended by the tail from the
homogeneous rafters of the empyreanl"
As tho full force of this ponderous
problem broke upon his bewildered
j! brain, ho slowly dragged his inartisti-
cally cobblcd shoe from under his chair,
and started from the room. We heard
him descend the stairs, go out, and close
tho door. We then placidly resumed
our duties, rcgretting that 50 promising
youth should have been weighed in
the balance and found wanting.-Frank-
lin Patriot.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
Lady Washington Dresses.

For fairs aud parties this centennial
year Lady Washington dresses and CO.'S
tunes will be in demand. Tho Bd:ar
tells us something about them that will
be interesting to lady readers: Instead
of making the dress to ho laced in front,
costumers use n pointed waist, with half
high square neck, and lace it behind.
Two materials appear in such dresses,
viz. brocade or striped silk for the court
train, and plain silk or satin for tho pot.
ticoat. The brocade or material OF the
train forms oil the waist except vest
like plastron in front, which is OF the
plain silk. This plastron is five or six
inches broad ut the top, desccnds sharp
to q point, and, to be in keeping, should
be wadded lightly, and quilted in small
diamonds to match the petticoat. A bow
OF velvet is at the end Of the point, and
lace garniture, beginning under this
bow, passes up each side Of the plastron
and trims the square neck. The sleeves,
OF the brocaded silk, are straight, plain,
and made to reach to the elbow, where
they are finished with full ruflles OF lace.
Instead Of n separate petticoat, Co.'S
tuners merely quilt wide front breadth
OF the plain satin or silk, and simulate
court train by making back breadths
OF trained brocadcd skirt, and sewing
them straight up the sides OF the quilted
tablier.
Notwithstanding few houuces and
laces are seen on the dresses OF revolu-
tionary times. costumers today add a
deep hounce OF silk or lace around the
train, and pass it up the sides to the
waist, graduating it to n narrow ruflle at
the top. Ladies' who do not wish to ex.
pose their necks and shoulders use the
snowy kerchief, square OF sheer white
lawn-organdy is best-doubled like a
three. e.cornered shawl, folded to cover the
neck, and the ends tucked in the square
corsagc. The muslin cap. with its full
bag crown and plated frill, is worn Just
back of the Pompadour roll OF powdered
hair. Long white kid gloves arO but
toned to the Uelbow. Another has Il GRIM
son petition. with pGarlgray brocaded
train, trimmed with black lace liounCes.
Another has orange coloredqrlilted satin
for the front, with dress Of antiquated
chene silk.
A more youthful Lady Washington
dress has q Vatican polonaisc, with
trained back, very short apron front,
square neck. and elbow sleeves. This
is made up of white satin, to be worn
over any blue or rose silk or velvet
skirts the wearcr may choose. 1t is
trimmed with pearls. The coiffure,
without powder, should be strings ol
pearls looped in the back hair; tho front
hair should be drawn plainly buck from
the face.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
4 West Point Story.

Gen. George A. Custer, in lis "War
Memories" says that he spent sixty..ix
OF the usual holiday Saturdays during
his four years at West Point on extra
guard duty for breaking the strict rules
Of the institution. He was officer OF tho
guard OH one Of these days, aud "had
begun my tour ut the usual hour in the
morning, and everything passed of sat
isiActorily in connection with the dis
charge OF my new responsibilities, until
| Just at dusk l heard commotiou near
the guard tents. Upon hastening to the
scene Of the disturbance, which by the
way vas Mt considerable distance from
the main camp, l found two cadets en-
gaged in personal dispute, which
threatened to result in blows. Quite n
group OF cadets, rs friends and specta-
tors, had formed about the two belIicose
disputants. l had hardly time to take
in the situation when The two principals
of the group engaged in regula' set'to,
and bagun bcla5oring each other vigor-
ously with their fists. Some OF their
more prudent friends rushed forward
and attempted to separate the two con-
testants. My duty as officer of the guard
was plain and simple. should havo
arrested the two cOmbatauts and sent
them to the guard tents for violating
the peace and the regulations OF tho
academy. But the instincts OF the boy
prevailed over the obligation OF tho
officer OF the guard. Ipushod l my way
through tho surrounding line OF cadets,
dashed back those who were interfering
in the struggle, and called out loudly:
Stand back, boys: let's have u fair
fight"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17
Tie Rustic of the Dress.

Lowell wrote these lines years ago,
but ho wrote it for these times rs well rs
for those:
lark that rustlo OF dress
Still with lavish coStlnoss
HoTc comes ono whose check wonld flush
Dr: 10 kGvo her garment brush
'Glinst tho girl whose fingers thin
Wove tho weary broidory in,
And in midnight chill and murk
Stitched her Iiio into her work;
Bending backward from hor toll
Lost hcr tears tho silk might soil;
Shaping from her bitter thought
IIeart's-caso and forgct-me-not
sStiriziug her despair
With tho embems woven thoro.
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How Could I?

lie carried my Saclel to school,
And me through the drifts carried, too:
Could think why he hugged me 80 closely
II couldn't, how could ?-could youi
At eve he tied under my chin
Ny looI, with its ribbons 80 blue:
Why ho gnzed in my face could tell
II couldn't, how could I?-c5uld you2
He told mo my eyes wero quito black
And tho brightest OF any he knew:
blushol and looked down-could holp
II couldn't, how could I2-could you2
Ho loft on my check warm kiss,
Then on with the lightning speed flow;
II I could I'd hAve scolded him soundly;
II couldn't, how could ?-could you?
Twas long years ago, and since then
He has spoken words loving md truoi
And now lean closo, rs his wife,
10 his breast. Can help it?-could you
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17

A FAR1E.-As coroner was entering
saloon to SEQ a man, he beheld a care,
loss boy, who was eating banana, cast
the rind Of the fruit upon the slippery
stone sidewalk, but instead Of chidipg 6
the urchin smiled and passed on. As he
was coming out Of the saloon, having
satisfied his thirst, he slipped on the
peel Of the banana, and falling, broke
his neck; so that a rival coroner made
the fees from the inquest. Moral-lt iG
stIange TO see the coroner hoist with biz
own petard.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17

GoISd Too FAE.-A doctors collCc-
tor after making score or more OF calls
on a debtor, gave expression to the opin-
ion the other day TINT tho debtor didn't
want to and didn't mean to pay. "See
here, mister" replied the debtor, in an
angry voice, "I've used you like gen
tleman. I've lot you come and go when
ever you wanted to, andI've triedto talk
encouragingly. Iu return you now
doubt my honesty. Be little careful,
young mani When you attack my
character you attack my lifel" The bill
hasn't been paid yet.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-17

SMrrn.-Coloncl Nicholas Smith de-
riyes the name "Smith" from Shem
as Shem, Shemit, shmit, Smith. This
recalls Jeremy Cocklofts derivation OF
mango" from "Jeremiah King !" as
Jeremiah King, Jerry King Jcrlsin,
ghcrkin, cucumber, mango. s
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