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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
At the Quebec Fire.

It would bo hard TO conceive OF n sad.
der sight than the one which presented
itself as night closed down upon us after
tho fire, says a correspondent. Hun
dreds Of poor families had fled with
their few pitiable savings to tho Cove
Fields and the Cricket grounds, and
there were huddled down upon bits Of
carpet, beds, or the bare ground, and
falling as.eep, hopeless, supperless, and
exhausted. It :is wonderful TO note
what people save ut such a time, and
whether it is sentiment which comes to
the surface under strong excitement or
merely absence c: mind, could not de-
eide. saw cats lying securely in the
arms OF frantic women who rushed past,
and house plants, canarics, bouquets of
wax and paper flowers, pictures, etc.
One little fellow whom we met looked
as IL he wore willing that the worst
might come, since he had q beloved and
demure old rooster safe in his arms. An
aged grandmother seemed satisfied TINT
an unkind fate had left her several rolls
Of wall paper to begin life anew with,
and q. weary and discouraged.looking
man was struggling along with M arm.
load Of light but unwieldly stovepipe.
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Coral Fishing.

Tho total quantity Of coral annually
brought up from the bottom OF the Medi-
terranean sea by Italians is estimated to
average weight Of about 100000
pounds, and to represent value Of
81, 100 900. OF the above amount less
than $4,000 POUNDS is valuable for
jewelers. purposes. The Spaniards arI
the only rivals OF the Italians in coral
fisheries. They employ about sixty
boats and obtain somewhere about %, 900
pounds per annum which is valued ut iu
tho ncighborhood OF 100000, This
coral is not SO fine rs the other, however,
and Inns its special markets. After the
coral is gathered it is sorted and TINT
which is considered rs "merchantable "
is sent into factories where women afe
employed to clean it, reassort it, class
II out according to color and make it
ready for the us0 OF the trade. Only n
very small quantity finds sale in Italy.
More than nine.tenths is sent to foreign
markets, and the total revenue from it is
estimated to amount TO 81 ,0O0, 900 yearly.
Most Of the fishermen are convicts.
Hence the proverb: "To be coral
fisher you must be either rogue or
vnrnbond"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
A Satisfactory Prayer,

The Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon tells this
story: A poor man who had a large
family gave them o very comfortable
living while he was in health. But he
broke his leg, and was laid up for somc
weeks. As he would be Tor some time
destitute OF the means OF grace, 1t was
proposed to hold n prayer meeting at
his house. The meeting was led by
Deacon Brown. A loud knock at the
door interrupted the service. A tall,
hnk, bluefrocked youngster stood at the
door, with M OK goad in his hand, and
asked to eco Deacon Brown. "Father
could not attend this meeting" he said,
"but he sent his prayers, md they nrG
out in the cart" They were brought in,
in Tho shape Of potatoes, beef, pork and
corn. The meeting brokg up without
the bencdiction,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Where II Comes FlOm.

The veal used in the New York market
nil comes from Duchess, Columbia.
Orange, and SuGolk counties, N. Y, aud
from New jersey. The best mutton is
supplied by Canada, where the sheep
are largely led on pea meal, but a great
many good sheep also come from Ken
lucky and Ohio. and a few poor ones
from Texas. Hogs come from every
where that cattle are procurable, stock
raisers averring that neither can be
prohtably rnised, without the Other, so
that the New York market gets as its
supply the widest varieties OF pig, from
the smooth, round, snub-noscd Berkshire
and SufFolk-the porcine aristocracy-
down to the gaunt, fleet footed, alligator.
shouted "beech nut" acorn aud rattlo-
snake fed hog OF Indiana and Iowa. Tho
hog business may be deemed bettcr
systematized, in q commercial way,
than any other branch OF the meat sup
ply. Pork dealers receive hogs shipped
to them direct from different parts Of
the country, havo them dressed at once
by expeditions machinery, and then sell
the carcasses on Change by their repre-
sen.ations, on their guarantee Of the
quality of the stock. Poor, mtasley
hogs and boars, which fall below the
general standard Of the lot so sold, are
sent down to market and there disposed
OF. Tho rest go to tho packers who
have bought them on Change, and who,
after taking out the loins, which are
sold to butchers all over town, speedily
transform them into hams, shoulders,
bacon, lard, etc., etc., so that scarcely
an ounce of the hog is wasted. Tho
best pigs New York gets for local use,
fresh, come from New Jersey, where
farmers raise and kill D few each for
market in cold weather.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Iniurious Qualities of Sugar.

DR.. Cutter, in the Boston journal of
Chemistry, suggests that the free uso OF
candy may bo injurious to the eyes, be-
cause the injection OF sugar undor the
skin OF frog causes blindness within
half au hour. Sugar, he says, is wanting
in nutritive qualities, though starch, tho
basis Of sugar, contains them in large
quantities. Dogs fed on sugar live
forty days and die OF ulcers therefore
sugar largely partaken Of by humans Is
likely to produce similar results. Sugar,
like any alimeut, will, doubtless, when
taken in excess, 10 injurious, but wc can
500 no reason for tho scare proposed by
the doctor. There is decided differ
enoe between crude sugar injected into
tho blood or tissues, and sugar digested
and assimilated. 1t is said that milk,
one OF the most harmless Of dietary
agents, injected as above. will cause
speedy death. Are we, therefore, to
conclude that milk is unvholesome :
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Gypsy Wisdom.

The man who has not tho whip hand
OF his tongue and his temper is not fit
to 60 into company.
When the wind rs high, move your
tent to the other side OF the hedge i.
e., change your side according to cir
cumstnrces.
Never buy handkerchief or choose q
wife by candlelight.
It's like q kiss, good for nothing IN.
less divided between two.
Don't ask for thing when you can't
get it.
1t is always tho largest fish that falls
back into the water.
There may be adversity in a large
house Us we'll rs in u small one.
Keep it a secret in your own heart
and nobody will know it.
Clean water never came from dirty
place.
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
There is a sweet sleep at the end OF
long road.
An ass that carries you is better thar
horse that throws you oil.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Buying a Mexican Plug.

IN his lecture Mark Twain tells this
story OF speculation OF his in Nevada.
He said: l bought the horse at auction ;
they called it n Mexican plug" I did
not know what that was, but supposed
it was all right. The brother. .in-law Of
the auctioneer took me to ono side aud
said: "Now, I could cheat you, but I
won't; I see you are stranger. Now,
that horse is n genuine Mexican plug,
and, besides, he can outbuck anything
in the country" Ibid not know what
"bucking" was; but as I wanted a horse
that could excel in something, bought
him. The next afternoon I thought l
would ride him; so I brought him out,
and two men held his head and another
held him down to the ground by his
tail, and mounted, and Just Us soon as
they let go, that horse brought all his
feet together in q bunch and lowered his
back and then suddenly elevated it,
throwing mo some feet in the air. l
went straight up and came straight
down, and Lit on the saddle. aud up I
went again and still again. This time I
lit on the neck OF the animal and hung
fast. Then he rose on his hind feet aud
went through with all the gymnastic
performances he knew OF, aud finally
ended by throwing me up again, and
while I was in the air heard some one
say: "Ah, how he bucks |" So that
was "bucking." Before I got down
some one bit that horse, and when got
down he was not there. Plenty Of
friends gathered round to offer mo sym
pathy. They always do when you want
to be alone. I wanted to sit down, and
did sit down, and I was 80 sore and
bruised and shaken I pat one hand on
my head, the other on my stomach, and
il I had sixteen hands I could have
found places for them. Ono friend said;
why, you might have known he was
nothing but Mexican plug" Yes, ]
did know it. And another: "Why, you
could see that that animal bucked. y
Yes, that was what I bought him for.
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They Would Grumble.

A colonel Of British regiment was,
according to the Times Of India, lately
much distressed by the complaints Of
his men respecting their rations. Tho
beef was tough md striugy, tho bread
coarse and tasteless, tho. tea had no
strength in it, and the sugar was largely
composed Of sand. The colonel,
although he was unable to arrive at any
other conclusion than TINT these com.
plants were unfounded, at last sont for
the sergeant-maior, and, conlding to him
the trouble he felt at the grumbliug
which went on, asked him whnt could hc
done to stop it. "Grumble about
rations," a." said the sergeant.maior; "why
OF course they do, sir; and so they
would II you was TO feed them on toast
cd angels !"
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Take More Care Of The Mind.

II persons Of both sexes would pay
more Intention to the care OF the mind,
our lunatic asylums would be less full
than they arc now, and the health Of
the body would ho much better pro-
served; for, as Schiller truly says,
mental pleasure is generally attended by
animal pleasure, mental pain by animal
pain. Il 10 too much the custom for peo:
ple to live in ono nrrrow groove OF
thought and action. They consequently
have no interest or sympathy for matters
outside their little world, and having ono
support to lean on they become utterly
lemoralized when it fails them. A
change Of occupation is as desirable and
beneficial for tho mind as walking Is ex.
ercise for the body.-Saturday Rerieto.
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His Handwriting.

The handwriting Of tho late Mr..
Bross, OF the Cincinnati Enquirer, q cor.
respondent says, was u terror to all com.
positors. 1t was probably tho most fan
tastic chirography that ever found its
way to composing room, md no one,
not even himself, w0uld pretend to read
it aiter IL got dry. I say no one, though
there are four or five men who are en-
ploycl on the Enquirer who can de-
cipher it, aud for possessing this accom-
plisllmOnt they arc given tho "fa." Of
the advertising, I believe. While writ
ing ho always hummed in a sort OF sing
song way, not in words, but in tone, and
IL he were interrupted in this he would
immediately give up work, saying that
he must write and sing or not do either.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Dreaming 10 a Purpose.

Iii the Boston Traveller We find this
statement: The brigantine Fred En-
gene (of Portland, Me. }, Capt. Adam s.
Smally, sailed from Bordeaux Nov. "a
for Key West, in ballast. On the night
Of tho twenty-ninth, when about six
hundred miles from land, Capt. Smalley
dreamed that he saw number OF men
in peril, and could save them. He went
on deck, and ordered q sharp lookout
kept, but saw nothing; then he went
below again and turned in and slept.
The dream was repeated, and again be
turned out. It was still dark, tho vessel
was going free, but he changed her
course two points nearer the wind. At
daylight ho went aloit and saw a vessel
to windward with a signal OF distress
flying. He Immediately close hauled
bis vessel; tho wind was blowing q gale.
bu. he increased sail and commenced
beating to windward, but what he made
Oh ono fack he lost on tho next, for his
vessel was flying Light. At last he de-
termined to make a long stretch, calcu.
lifting on tho vessel drifting toward him.
After considerable timo he had an i'm.
pre- ssion to stay, and shortly afterward
observed three boats pulling toward him.
he hove to and received twenty -one men
Oh board, the crew Of tho ship Sparken-
hoe, OF Dublin, which they had aban-
dOned, unmanageable in sinking con-
dition. A fierce gale followed, which
continued four days. When it abated.
Capt Smalley put into Gibraltar and
landed the men, but by doing SO lost
twcnty.seyen days. Freights during
this time declined, much to tho injury Of
tho owners Of the brig. The British
government made Capt. Smalley q pres
eut Of a chronometer gold watch and
chaiu, with this inscription on the watch:
"Presented to Captain Adam s. Small
Icy, Of the American brigantino Fred
Eugene, in acknowledgment Of his hu-
manity md kindness in rescuing the
crew OF the Sparkenhoe, OF Dublin, on
the thirtieth Of November, 1876" Capt.
Snalley is q native Of st. George, Me-,
and went 10 sea when only eight years
oil ago. At nineteen he was captain, and
since then has never experienced any se-
rious accident to any vessel under his
charge. He has sailed many years for
Hon. Nehemiah Gibson, Of East Bos.
ton, who speaks Of him in high terms.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Gold Coinage.

The total gold coinage for the month
ef May, rs appears from reports by DR..
Lindcrman, tho director Of tho United
States mint, was So, 176, 100; trade dol
lar coinage. 1918, 100; subsidiary silver
coinage, s2,19O,1O5 |; minor coinage,
sl2,475; total number OF pieces struck,
lO,2l5,6 ,634; total value OF the coinage,
So, G96, $40. This is regarded as very
largo coinage. OF the amount. 5,757,-
5ls pieces, representing 81 ,3O1, $50,
werc coined at Philadelphia; 2,66l, ,00C
pieces. representing S3.sl4, 900, at San
Francisco. and 1.707,116 pieces, repre-
senting 1851, 100, at Carson. IL
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
Strolllng in the Lane.


The daisies stT the summer grass
And, With tho dancing leaves at play,
Aiowu this iAle tho broezes pass,
In pleasant mlslc, ali the day.
l love the sweet, soquestered plaza,
The gracious roof OF gold and green,
Where arching branches interlace,
With glimpses OF the sky between.
1 seo the dropping roses trail
From tangled hedserows to the ground
I hear the chanting swell and fail,
otfond love lyrics, all around.
And here, adown the shady walk, 81
Iu days divine now passed away.
Eutrancrd. I listed to..he talk,
That ever hold my hear. In sway,
Iu days when BIRDS begun to slng,
Because thoy found tho Garth was fair (;
In halcyondaya Of happy spring,
Noae Aught but us our Joys to share.
But pleasure past Is present pain
The petals Of the rose arc shed
Tho piercing therns alone remain
Hive to sorrow for tho dosd.
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away until I called him back. saw
you failing and sinking, my boy. I saw
my sisters son wasting and dying OF n
disease which could not be cured except
he could be lifted up from the pit into
which he had fallen. saw his young
manhood-so full Of native power and
goodnoss-bowed and"-
"Stopl stopl" said Paul, missing his
other hand. al see it all."
Sand do you blame me-"
"Blame you !"
"Aye, do you blame me for the hard,
harsh remedy 1appliedl"
"Blamo you, uncle Shall I blame
you for my salyation2 Shall I blame
You for my manbood's health and
strength and vigor I Shall j blame you
for-this? And ho let go his uncle's
hand, and drow his wondering wife to
his side. II only pray to God that the
return OF the lost wealth may not cause
may wife to love me less. 1t can never
oversLadow with its bulk these other
Joys which have grown up from the
better lifel" ~ -
II was all as Uncle Betterman had
said. Lovett had gone away at his
order, having, first secured the property
so Tint no harm could befall it-and it
had all been done that Paul might be
thrown upon his own resources, and
thus saved from the sloth that was eat
ing away his young life. And it had
worked well. -
And when Paul Renford had received
back his great fortune he was trueto tho
promise hU had made concerning the
beautiful tract Of land beyond the river;
and this is the true story Of how the
toilrrs Of tho city came to be blessed
with those pleasant, healthful homes in
The Eden Of Wildwood.
"| ~
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VERY CLosE.-A wit was dreadiully
bored by stupid fellow who persisted
IN talking to him on natural history.
There's the OYSTER" at last said the
bore "what's your notion as to the ideN
that the oyster Is possessed Of reason q
"I think It may be true" said the wit,
"because tho oyster knows enough to
hut It's mouth"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-24
FOREIGN.
Russia's Attitude.


Vienna, Oct. 23.-Ignatieff, ambas-
sador at Constantinople, will insist on
six weeks armistice. He is instruct
ed to explain Russia's motives to the
Porte. 1t is believed that his represen-
not take the form of an ultimatum, and
that the other powers Will support Rus
sia's proposals.
Touching Harmony"
London, Oct. 23.-The most touch
ing harmony reigns again among the
powers. Germany's answer, uttered
with that almost cynical frankness
which has more than once started di-
plomacy. may be credited with having
brought the new understanding about.
While she saw no objection to a six
months armistice, the only chance for
preserving a common understanding
and common action of the guarantee
ing powers was to declare with Russia
in favor of the equally Objectionable
six weeks armistice, because Russia's
committal might not leave her free to
compromise, while Others had perfect
liberty of action. Even England, which.
had already accepted the six months
armistice, decided to accept the basis
lOr the ItSloIdllOn Ol SO-cdlltu mar
mony by offering no opposition to the
six weeks truce, but having at the
same time disclaimed the lead which
she hitherto held in the negotiations
with the Porte. The initiative now
devolves on Russia, and General Igna-
tieff has returned to take it.
Desperate Deril.
London, Oct. 23.-Leonard Amblam,
a Belgian, who was arrested in July,
accused Of the robbery and murder of
NJ. Marsut and his housekeeper at
Civry, near Brussels, was delivered on
Friday to Belgian officer at Dover.
Arriving at Ostend the officer and his
prisoner, the latter manacled, took a
special compartment in the Brussels
train. On the arrival of the train at
Brussels both were missing. The COM
partment they occupied was deluged
with blood and bore marks of ter
rible struggle. The body of the officer
was found beside the track with the
skull and face battered. All of his
valuables were missing. 1t is conjec-
tured that Amblam watched his oppor-
tunity to attack the officer with his
wrist irons, and beat him to death,
after which he unlocked the manacles
and escaped. He has not yet been
captured.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-24
MIG HIT REPORT.
A DENVER DUEL.
Too idiots Shoot Each Other, Neither
Receiring Fdtal Woainds.

Too idiots Shoot Each Other, Neither
Receiring Fdtal Woends.
Especial Telegram to SHE LEADER.l
Denver, Oct. 23.-On Wednesday OF
Thursday of last week a number Of men
were together at conyival entertain
ment, during the progress of which two
of the party became involved in per-
sonal alteration, that reached such a
pitch that to their blinded senses it
seemed that nothing but blood could
wash out the stains on their honor, and
an immediate resort to pistols was de-
cided upon. The weapons were large
sized Smith & Wesson revolvers, and
the entire party took carriages and
went across the Platte, where, finding
a secluded spot, the preliminaries of the
contest were arranged. The parties
were separated by only ten PAGES, and
one of the combatants, resident of
Central, received four shots-one in the
shoulder, one in the cheek, one in the
side and one in the arm, the Denver
party receiving one ball just over the
right eye, which glanced off. None of
the wounds are serious, and both of the
parties are lying quiet until the affair
blows over. 1t is impossible to obtain
their names or any further particulars.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-24
Sitting Bulls Impudence.

SittinB BULL s Anpuoence.
Op-the 18th inst. the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs received the following
from Thos. T. Mitchell, Indian Agent
at Fort Peck Agency, Montana:
cUsTER's FIGHT.
Little Buck Elk stated that he was
in the fight in which Gen. Custer and
all his men were slaughtered, and that
eleven different tribes were engaged in
the fight He said "the Indians were
as thick as bees at the fight" and that
there was SO many that they could not
all take part in it; that the soldiers were
all brave men and fought well; that
some of them when they found them
selves surrounded and overpowered
broke through the lines and tried to
make their escape, but were pursued
and killed miles from the battle ground.
There were plenty of watches and
money taken from them which the
young warriors are now wearing in
their shirts and belts.
Little Buck Elk promised Agent
Mitchell that if the watch belonging to
would bring it to the Agency.
Agent Mitchell adds: If the relatives
of the soldiers who were robbed of their
watches and other valuables after they
were killed could send description of
the same to me think might recover
portion of the captured articles.
Little Buck Elk, in reply to the ques-
tion, ''Where do you get your ammuni-
tion?" answered: 1.-THE soldiers brought
it to us,' (meaning that it was taken
from the bodies of the dead soldiers)
s'and the traders from the Burning
Grounds furnished US with some.'
(The Burning Grounds embrace the
country extending from the south Of
the Black Hills to the Platte river.)
Agent Mitchell writes in conclusion:
SIT is my judgment that if this trade
could be prohibited all the hostile In
dians would be driven into the agencies
before the close of the winter to avoid
starvation ,,
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MINNESOTA.
The Var against the Jerky Bird.

Inc war Against the Jefky BiTd.
st. Paul, Oct. 3.-State-Auditor
Whitcome, who just returned from
sales of State lands in Otter Tail, Pope,
Douglas and Swift counties, says he
found the people of those counties gen.
orally in very straitened circumstances
from continual ravages of the grasshop-
pers. Only enough wheat is left for
bread and seed, though many are
obliged to sell to meet pressing neces-
stiles. But the settlers are not despair
ing. They are blowing and narrowing
to turn up and break the eggs and CO.
coons, saving the grass to burn next
spring after the hoppers have Matched,
and are making new breaking. In Of
ter Tail, Pope, and Douglas counties
the eggs are being rapidly destroyed by
a small grub which, if warm weather
continues two weeks, may nearly re-
lieve that section of the State from
hoppers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-24
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Gold closed yesterday at 1O9t9110.
The Centennial Commission yester-
day decided to turn the main building
over to the association of citizens of
Philadelphia.
The loss on the New Bedford whalers
in the Arctic is nearly half a million
dollars, mostly insured in Boston and
New York offices.
Tho paint ollvps Uf the michigan
Central road, at Grand Trunk junction,
burned Saturday night, with contents,
and several cars. Loss S25, 900.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum, an i'm
posing new edifice on Calverton Heights,
Baltimore, was dedicated Sunday, with
solemn religious ceremonies.
The steamer Rosa Miller, of the
Memphis s. Arkansas River Packet
company, laden with 400 bales of cot
ton, struck snag and sunk near Swan
Lake Saturday.
Roumania has decided to declare her
independence and rely on Russia for
support. This action is likely to pre-
cipitate the threatened war between
Russia and Turkey.
1t is announced that the British gov
ernment intends to present Saint
Georges house, at the Centennial
grounds, to the city of Philadelphia, af-
ter the close of the exhibition.