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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
4 Dreadful MurtlCr.

ASpanish gardener, named Segondo,
has confessed to having murdered NJ.
Blanque, the provost Of n religious col
lege at Prades, his object being to OBJ
tain from tho successor OF the murdered
man the sum OF 800 francs, which he
says he had intrusted to NJ. Blanque,
and tho payment Of his wages, which he
also maintains have not been given to
him since he entered tho service OF the
college. He relates that he committed
the crime in the following manner: On
April 6, about seven o'clock in the
morning, ho led NJ. Blanquc into tho
garden, under the prete1t Of pointing
out some necessary repairs, and on
reaching the door OF cellar seized a
gun which ho had concealed three days
before and fired at the old man. As NJ.
Blanque fell his head struck against the
corner Of the wall, and he cried ont,
looking intently at his murderer: " All,
Segondo poor Segondo!" The victim
was not dead, but the Spaniard took out
his pocket handkerchief, wround it
round the neck OF NJ. Blanque, md
drew it SO tight that the unfortunate
man was unable to cry out for assist
ance.
He then dragged him down the steps
OF the cellar and left him there while he
went to fetch spade and pickax where
with to dig the grave. The provost,
wounded and gagged, could neither de.
fGnd himself nor call for help, and was
obliged to look on in silence while the
hole WIS being made. Tears ran down
the poor mans cheeks, he crossed his
hands over his chest, aud muttercd n
hoarse prayer. When sufficient depth
had been reached, Segondo seized the
body OF the priest in his arms and cast
him into the sandy hollow. NJ. Blanquc
fell into the pit head foremost and still
living. He struggled hard to rise, and
this gave the murderer considerable
trouble, 70 that in order to effect his
purpose he was obliged to hit his VIC
tim on the head with the spade. The
blow was 80 violent that the iron made n
wound cutting through tho eye and
opening the skull. Segondo then threw
Il quantity of earth over the feet and
chest oil the provost, whose arm made
one last desperate attempt to clear away
the soil aud raise the body but the
gardener kicked it down aud shovGled
about two feet OF sand into the grave.
de then stamped upon it, and, after
watching the spot for about quarter oi
IN hour, went back into the college
kitchen, where he brealfasted heartily.
The next day he turned tho wNter of n
sewer into tho cellar, in order to wnsl
away the status OF blood. The ruiliau
was taken into the college on account OF
his being Carlist refugee destitute oi
all means OF earning his livelihood.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
A Type Setting Machine.

Near the town OF Nordhauson, in the
province Of Saxony, lives certain Herr
Henzc, NJ. D., who has invented new
type setting machine, Of which wo ro-
ceive the following particulars: BY
means of lever, which is worked by n
series Of notes, something like n piano,
the Iettcrs arc raised out Of tho box in
which they are kept and placed in po.
sition fixed for them. by using very
simple mechanism second setting ap-
paratus can be adjusted, and by this
means the sentence is twice set in the
samo time. Tho machine is Of the sim.
plest construction, and yet can be work.
cd easily, and performs the setting in a
quick and correct manner. Three COM
positors cannot work so quickly and
surely Ms one with such n machine. The
price of tho new invention will vary
from thirty to sixty thAlers.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
Tie Road Agents.

Two stagesfrom San Antonio to Kings
burg were stopped and the passengers
and mail robbed about eight miles west
of Seguin, Texas. Passengers statethat
one Of tho robbers rode alongside Of
tho coach and inquired Of the driver if
he had noticed man on sorrel horse
pass. He took good look at the
coaches and passengers and rode on.
Soon aiterward three masked men, arm
cd with repeating rifles and mounted,
advanced from each side Of the road,
ordered the passengers to alight from
stages and give up their weapons first
aud then their money. They allowed
tho passengers to retain their watches
and jewclry. The robbers then cut
open tho mail bags and robbed the mills.
Tho passengers state the robbers secured
about 5000 in currency, four revolvers
and two Spencer rifles, which were in
cases, besides the mail matter. There
were four men among tho twenty pas.
sengers armed with revolvers, but owing
to Indy passengers being in both coaches
they did not fire on tho robbers.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
Chinese Cheap Labor.

Before tho California Senate Chinese
commission. ut Sacramento, Lem
Schaun, II Christianized Chinese proper.
testified that it is practically impossible
to convert grown Chinaman to Chris.
tianity, though sometimes efforts in that
direction have been successful in the
case Of boys. He said the condition Of
Chinese women in San Francisco is hor.
rible. They aro bought and sold like
cattle, arc abused by their masters, tor
turcd, aud often killed for attempting
to escape. The presence OF the lower
classes of Chinese in this country is dis
astrous to both whitesand Chinese. The
Chinese hero Of tho better class desire
immigration stopped, and the whole
thing can be dono in friendly way.
The Chinese government desires to
keep its subjects ut home,' and if immi-
grafton, which is mostly from tho pro.
vince Of Canton, was stopped, it would
have no effect upon tho commercial re-
lations with China. The Chinese gov
crnment would willingly assist in stop
ping this immigration; but witness
thought they could notlo it themselves,
rs there are eighteen provinces, nnd n
revolution in almost every province.
Christianity is not advanced by this I'M
migration, but il it were stopped, some
thing might bc done with those who are
here.
The witness corroboratcd the evidence
previously given concerning the manner
in which tho Chinese secret tribunals
put price on the lives OF those offend.
ing their laws, and carried out such sen.
tences. As to the contract system, he
sGid, when the men have no money to
pay their passage to California they Dor.
row, md make Il contract to work until
they have refunded the money. When
Cinnamon desire to return to China the
Pacific Mail steamship company refuse
to sell them tickets unless they have q
check or ticket from the Six Companies,
or from the missionaries. This is done
to protect their creditors. Cinnamon
living in this country do not think the
Six Companies can stop immigration or
importation Of lewd women and i'm
proper characters, nor have they the
power to send them back to China.
Matthew Karchcr, chief Of police, tes,
titled at length rs to the ruinous effect
of tue presence Of the Chinese upon the
rising generation, leading tho boys tc
disease and death, and driving botl
boys and girls to crime by competition
in household and manufacturing en-
ployments. Mr.. Karcher characterized
! tho Chinese population, almost without
exception, as criminals, thieves, liarF
and periurers.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
Newspapers IN 1915.

There were no daily newspapers in
the time Of the Revolution, Edward
Abbotts tells us. OF some f!ty papers
which were born, mud lived, or died, be.
tween 174S and 1883, all were wneklics
or semi.weeklies. There were forty
three such in existence at the end Of the
war. They were poor affairs viewed in
the light OF the journalism Of to-day;
but, measured by their times, displayed
considerable enterprise, and cxerted an
immense influence. It was their char
acteristic TINT they aimed not so much
to print the news Of tho locality in which
they were published as to bring to that
locality news from distant parts of the
country And Of tho world. In fact, tho
newspapers Of tho Revolution had COM
paratively little to do with news Of any
kind. The gathering Of it had not been
reduced to system. The publisher
was his own editor ard reporter. There
were no telegraph tolls TO pay; and, had
there been, there would have been no
money with which to have paid them.
News Travelled to the paper by private
conveyance. 1t was twomonths coming
from Great Britain, and six months
from Constautinople. That useful and
widely known individual, "a gentleman
Of undoubtcd ve,acity," lived, however,
in the country at that time, and rendered
valuable services. The papers wero
filled with political sayings, satires and
lampoons. BY many OF them, tho larg-
est liberty Of discussion was allowed;
and there were noticeable tendencies to
tho freest sort Of speculation. OF jour.
nalism in the modern sonse Of the term,
elaborated, enterprising, competitive,
lavish III outlay, and presenting a field
for tho highest attainmcnts and most
carefully acquired professional skill,
there was absolutely nothing. And yet
we must accord to tho journals of the
Revolution, small, irregular, struggling
sheets that they were, the credit OF q
generally heroic spirit, and very noble
achievement in shaping the patriotic
temper OF tho times.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
A Singular Death.

George Drew, of Green Island, Wis, ,
recently discovered, about half mile
from the island, tho body Of man
stretched out on the ice, with his head
caught between two layers Of ice, one
on top OF the other, and where there
had evidently been cradk. The man
had been dead some time, as tho body
was cold aud stilI. Near it was n sled.
An examination Of tho position Of the
body showed that the man, Vesteen by
name, had stopped to drink, lying down
for that purpose. While drinking, o
sudden movement OF the ice closed the
crack, the side opposite to him rising
and sliding little way over the side OF
which hO wAs--iust far Nnd high enough
to catch and hold his head ny in q vice,
suffocating him, rs was shown by the
fac: that tho face, neck and breast were
black.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29

she sail, "whethor Mr.. Mnylnm. n
bus conductor, comes here ?" "I'm
hr, miss" said and then l rccollected
that she was tho girl WHO had lost her
purse. "Oh, I've brought you the
money for tho iare," she said, "Nlr.
Maylam, and il you wouldn't mind ac-
ceptiug n shilling ooh, no, thank
you, MISS" I said. And then We begun
talking; but slo said that she couldn't
stop, because her mistress didn't know
she had run out. "And what do you
think |" sho said. "That was my rev
master who came up in the bus with
me, tim. sodden complcxioned gent !"
Sand what's his namGi' I asked.
"Why, Baker," sho said. Then / saw
who he must be. He must be Bakers
eldest son by his first wiie-the one I
had thrashed SO badly good many
years ago.
Well, I thought it all over and over
again that night rs lay awake, and l
couldn't help fancying that these Bal
kers, who had been tho ruin OF mo all
along, had some hand in this last rlisfor-
tune. They hated me badly enough to
do anything to bring nc to destruction,
although one would have thought being
au omnibus conductor was low enough
for them. Then I seemed to recollect
that every time I had been short OF cash
young Baker had taken the journey
with me. Still didn't seelow he could
have robbed me, and even if he had it
would never be found out now. l was
done for, and that was M end Of it.
Next day Baker travelled 6ack with
us, getting in at Oxford street. It was
early, about four o'clock in the after.
noon, before the regular stream OF busi-
ness mon set in; consequently, after we
passed the Redcap, there was no one
else inside. 1t Ind often happened so
before. He always came homo early,
not having much to do, I daro say,
living comfortable, no doubt, on my
mothers money.
"Well, We crossed the canal bridge
and passed under the railway arch, and
Just beyond We pulled up, OF course, to
change horses. 1 always Inado prac-
tice Of giving n helping hand during
this operation, and was going to jump
of my perch as usual to go and help,
when l saw sort Of wicked sparkle in
Mr.. Bakers eye that put mo on my
guard.
"Jack, whispered to the driver, run
ming 10 the front, "iust look over tho
side and see what the man inside is DO
ing"
Well, Jack looked over for second,
and. then he jumped of his perch aud
ran behind. ran too, audwc got there
Just in time to SEQ Our sollen looking
friend with n pencil in his hand, iotting
down a few extra figures on the waybill.
Well, lle went home 10 his friends
aftcrward, looking n deal more disre-
putable than me, and I don't think he'll
very soon forget his trip that day. He
hal to givo me ESQ too TO hush the mat
ter up, and that will pay my passage
over to Melbourne, and leave me with n
few pounds in pocket. So I fancy, al
though the company are quite willing to
keep me on, that you won't hear any
more from mo as M ill.conducted con
luctOr,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
The PhcnOmrna Of Dcath.


Or. Frederic Il. Marvin, in a lecture
at New York, gave physiclan's Wow Of
death, his subject being Tho Physi-
ology OF Death. Tho history OF death
embraces three periods, the fabulous,
the superstitious, and til? philosophical:
Tho fabulous period was III NEUROLOGICAL
times, in which death was pcrsonltied Hs
tho goddess Mors, tho glance Of whose
eye vas fatal: the superstitIous err was
that long period IN which death was re-
gafdcd as IN instantaneous change; q
atroko that came md cut oil life from
tho whole body Mt once. Ours IS the
philosophical age.
The lecturer had eSperimented on
dogs. to discover the order OF time IN
which tue senses die. 10 ono dog he
gave arsineous acid. The second died
Instantly upon his Introducing needle
into the mcdniIa obIongHta; and the
third he b!ed to death. In tho last, tho
order oil death was, sight, taste, smell,
hearing, touch; which established the
fact that tho senses disappear in the
same order rs they do in sleep.
The human body IS an aggregation OF
cells. Llie IS the segmentatlon oil these
cells; death their disintegration. Each
cell dies for itself. Every moment cells
aro sprlnglng into life. Every moment
cells are dying. Our bodies are COM
posed Of these little points. Take them
away and there is nothing left Of us but
tho connecting shreds. There arc dead
cells in your body, and when you are
dead, there will for some time continnc
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
British NeMSpAnerS.

There arc now published in the United
Kingdom one thousand six huudred and
forty-two newspapers. distributed Ms fol.
lows : England-Lopdou, three hundred
and twenty; provinces, nine hundred
and ilfty.six-one thousand two hundred
and soventy-six: Wales, ffty.seveni
Scotland, one hundred and ilfty.two;
Ireland, ono Hundred mud thirty.eiSht;
Isles, nineteen. OF these, there arc
daily papers England, ninety-eight;
Wales, two; Scotland, sixteen; Ireland,
nineteen; Isles, one. On reference to
the first edition Of the nseful directory
Q8iG) We find the following interesting
facts, viz: thAt in that year there were
published in the United Kingdom five
hundred and fifty.one journals; Of these
fourteen were issued daily, viz: Eng
land, twelve; Ireland, two; but in 1876
there are now established and circulated
one thousand six hundred and forty.two
papers, of which no less than one hun.
drcd and thirty-six are issued daily,
showing that the press OF that country
has very greatly extended during the last
thirty years, and especially 50 in daily
papers, tho daily issues standing one
hundred and thirty-sir, against fourteen
in 1916. The magazines now in course
of publication, including the quarterly
reviews, number six hundred and fifty
seven, OF which two hundred and thirty
eight are Of a decidedly religious
character
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
A Quiet Bit Of Scandal,

When cannibal savases attor fight
Mako fcSst OF the bodies OF those they
have beaten,
Tho grisy repAsL yields keenor delight
From tho knoWledSo that every unfortunate
wight
Would have deem d it tho deepest disgrace
10 be eaten.
Though tho custom Is fast dying ont In F,rjec,
As tho influence OF Western example In
crcAseL.
In civilized c'Gutfios YOU often may soe
A circle OF friends, in tho highest Of glee,
AL busily picking some nelghbor to pieces.
And the best Of 1t is that the noishbor Is not,
As in Islands barbaric, person deceased
His flesh has bceu baked Ia no caldron or pot !;
They don't even trouble to serve him up hot !;
For tho victim still lives In the midst OF tho
foast.
Some good natured friend, p'r'aps, may mako
him aware
OF tho nature OF those hungry monsters
employment
And though in reply hc may stoutly declare
That such vivisection won't hurt him hair,
Yet he writhes at tho thought Of their aend-
ish enjoyment.
Still ono comfort romans. In tho Isle Of
Fecjee
No possible vengeance Is left for tho victim;
Hos cooked and defunct. But In Europe he's
FREQ
To sock satisfaction and sometimes We see
That no wounds in exchange for the wounds
which hayo pricked him.
Then beware, Mrs. Smith; beware, lovely Miss
Brown;
Young Jones, whisper nothing that Isn't
quito t.nei
Do a little moro careful OF othors' renowu,
For Thompson in yonder recess haa eat down
With IIi.s Grcon, and Is quietly cutting up
you.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
Tie Two OuincyS.

While tho venerable Josiah Quincy
was president Of Harvard University, his
son, afterwards mayor, was president OF
the common council Of Boston. Both
wero intimately connected with tho
moral md material interests Of the me.
tropolis OF the old Bay State. Tho elder
Quincy had been mayor OF the city.
from 1928 70 '29, having beenthe second
incumbent Of that Office. It was during
his administration that Quincy market
was built, aud other important works
carried forward. On n certain occasion
father and sou were present Mt social
gathering, where they were toasted rs
1.-THE Two President Quipcys."
After the toast had been drank amid
warm and hearty demonstrations, the
younger Quincy-tho president of tho
common council-arose. As he looked
very serious, and even solemn, tue as.
semblagc became ut once silent and Mt
tentiye. He told them that he felt CRATE
full for the kindly feeling they hadmani-
tested. Said he:
81 wish always to be courteous to
others, claiming for myself only that
which is my due; but l cannot tamely
submit to anything dcrogatory to my
own dignity. You have been pleased,
gentlemen, to allude to two President
Quincys; but I beg that you will bear in
mind TINT tho old gentleman .At the
head OF the table only presides over n
parcel Of beardless boys, while l pre-
side over n body Of grand aud inhuon'
tial men,
Had man been standing tpon tho
roof Of tliat building Just then, no
might have fancied that an earthquake
had burst beneath his feet,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
An IrrcpreSsiblc Girl.

A little French girl, twelve years Of
age, has Just been tried in the Sarthc,
France, for having smothered two chill
dren confined to her care. One OF the
victims wns three years, tho other eigh-
teen months old. 1t was elected in
court that tho murderess could not 70.
sist committing tho crimes with which
shc was charged. After having smoth.
cred the children OF her mistress she was
removed to the hospital Of La Flecho,
and there felt impellcd by some unnatu.
nl iorcn to AssassnAte tho patients.
The jury wished to aequt tho prisoner
on the ground that she was not respon.
sihle, and but for tho direction Of the
Judge, she would have been let loose on
society to continue hOr sanguinary
career. Tho Judge considered that,
whether tho prisoner were responsible or
not. society should be protected. and n
verdict Of guilty was found, followed
by sentence Of imprisonment.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
Youthful Sorrows.

Says tho Danbury NetGS: The very
small boy has his trials and sorrows like
tho rest Of us. With his cropped and
barred head he eau bO seen Mt almost
any hour tearing along after some mis-
ct0ant who has his hat, and bawlmg at
the top Of his voice. Tho very small
hoy doesn't seem to understand that he
Coull run faster and longer il ho kept
his mouth shut. But perhaps he
wouldn't L" quite 80 sure OF his Int.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29

Coral is coming rapidly into fashion
again, to the great delight OF those who
happen to hnvc the stock on hand,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29

The supposed reason why they call n
sensational report "canard" is because
Quo cAnarily believe it, you know.
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