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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

EcovoMY.-You pay 25cts for a bot
Ito of sewing machine oil-bring YOU
bottle and have it filled BY Chsltaut 4
Bare with the best sewing machine OIL
for 10cts. :,
Don't buy Castor oil BY The smal!
bottle, but send your bottle to DO filled
BY Chalfant & Bare.
Don't buy mustard BY the boz, but
send your empty box to DO filled BY
Chalfant l. Bare.
Never buy ground pepper or spices
and by so doing buy One.third dust
but get the pure grain Of Chaltans q
Bare.
If you want paper and envelopes
cheap school and blank books, notions
&c , 70 10 Chalfant & Bare.
Lewis Philadelphia white Lead, tn
best made and standard Throughout th'
country, which wc sell, warrant ever
pound sold. We keep no fancy brand
Of common lead.
CHALFANr & BARE.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
GEN. JACKSON FOR SENATOR.

Just us we so to press, NC get thc
gratifying information that our towns,
man. General George A. Jackson, wos
nominated for Senator, by the Buck.
haunou Convention, by reclamation
The meeting was very large, and full
delegations from every portion Of the
District were present. The oathusi.
asm vas uuboundcd. and the earnest,
solid meu Of tho District, speak Of
General 'Jacksou's election as a Ger.
tainty, aud that too, BY a large ma.
jority.
We eau say in return that the good
common sense Of the peog!s UfLswis
county, will incline them to vote for
Genera! jackson, as they loudly pro.
claim .klir intention to do. en- nlasse.
without regard to party. On this
question there will be no difference oil
opinion.
Hurrah for Jackson
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
Local Notices.

S A CARD-To Whom It Nay
Concem.-This is to certify that s. Z
Barrett, Of Weston. is my only author
lied agent for the sale Of the PelOubct,
peltol & Compauy's Standard Organs,
for Lewis and adjoining counties.
JOHN NJ. HALE, Pittsburg. Pa.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

H Ms. G. ". Hursos is agent
for tho sale Of the Peoples Standard
Edition Of the Holy Bible. and One
Hundred Years Ago on the Border
both gotten up in good style, and very
CHEAP. IIc will canvass tue county
soliciting sub scriptiOns for these works
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

ATTENTION is called to the advertise
mcnt Of s. A. Holmes l. Co.. whole
sale aud retail dealers in Hats, Gaps,
Boots, Shoes. &C., Clarksburg.
Their fa:ililie for furnishing goods in
their line arc equal to merchants in
The east and being home Institution
should receive tho patronage of the peo'
pie in this section.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

H 'sQuiRE GEORGE ". TURNER il
brought out by his friends as . cAndi'
date for reelection to the Office be nov
holds. The Squire has served many
years as Justice In his end Of tho Dis
trict, and has always given genera
satisfaction. A better officer coult
not DO found
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

TT As WILL DO seen by an adver
tisement printed elsewhere 10 this pa.
per, the sale of stock in the National
Exchange Bank has been postponed
unit! Saturday, September 10th.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
JUSTICE-FREEMAN'S CREEK
DISTRICT.

Mr.. wofindiu Please announce that our
present efficient Justice, GEORGE W.
sTRICKLER, will he supported for re cleo
tieu. by MANY VOTERS.
Frcemen's Cteel. March 20.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

At the solicitation Of many friends in both
political parties, hereby respectfully an
noance myself as n candidate for Sheriff Of
Lewis county, subject 10 the decision Of the
people at the polls. Ny past record a
Sheriff will be the sureSt index Of my future
conduct, provided | am bonored with the
Office for which AN candidate.
JAS. G. VAEDERV0RT.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

ETuE RAILROAD. BY bills priu:
ted at this Office, wo see that sealed
proposals will DO received up TO tho
10Th inst. for tho construction OF the
Weston & West Fork Railrold.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
MMMCUMGEMNMYs
County andp District Offices
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

: WELLINGTON V. CHIDESTER will ts
r q candidate for the House OF Delegates until
the going down Of tho sun on the GIy oil
election, and respectfully soiirts tIe votes
Of tie people.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
PRESIDING JUSTICE.

We arc authorized to andouncs JASPER
PETERSON, ESQ.,, Of Stone Coal, as a can
didate for the position Of Presiding Justice,
subject to the will 0flhe people, as expressed
Gt The polls.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

FNotIcr.-Tho Examination o.
applicants for teachers 10 the Weston
Graded School. will be h:ld on The
14th day of September, 1876. at The
School Building. 49,
Those wishing to apply will please
give 90 early notice.
LOUIS BESSEEr, Principal.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
AssESSOR-1st DISTRICT.

Mr.. Editor: Please announce Mr.. ROB.
ERT r tilNZNASas candidate Tor Asses
Eor Of the First District Of Lewis couuty,
subject to the decision Of the people at the
polls, &ad oblige MANY VorrHs'
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

LIZ MARRIED, at the residence oil
Rev. Lambert, on tho 9th cf August,
MIR. W. B. Maxwell, Of St. George,
Tucker county, to Miss Carrie Lind
say, Of Madison, Indiana.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
TILDEN, HENDRICKS AND JEFF
DAVE.

When the TiIdsu and Henlri,L:
POLE was put Up at Beverley. it va.
suggested, in good earnest. to put a
Confederate Sag above tho strepus
bearing tho names Of the "Dsmo.
cratic" Candidates; and Onlv upon the
protest Of several sensible men wrs tho
deposition defeated. They arc Dem
ocrats" about Beverley.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

SlNRoD D. FOSTER respectfully aa-
uouuccs hilnselfas n candidate for the posi-.
don Of Assessor Of the 81 District, aud
pledge, himself II elected, to perform the
duties OF bis office faithfully, and to tho best
oil his skill and judgment.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
JUsTlCE-CoURT HOUSE DIS
TRICT.

Please state that many friends Of Squire
GEORGE W. TURNER will support him
for re- election to the office Of Justice Of The
Peace ia Court House District.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
COUNTY SURVEYOR.

NJ. WoHiudiu: Please state that | am q
candida tc for &c election 10 the office Of Sur
yeyor-subject to the decision Of the voters
At the polls. ID. I. PETEhS0N'
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
FOR AssEssoR-2ud DISTRICT

Nh, WoYFNuIX: Please announce that
Mr.. GEORGE FISHER, Of Gurpby's Greek,
(present Assessor) will be candidate for
XsrssOn Of the I'd District Of Lewis county.
And oblige, MANY CITIZENS.
Ht.tea, iUarch l. 1875.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

. Raass authorized to say that Squire o.
H, P, WASHBURSE Is = candidate for
Presiding Justice, subject to the decision Of
the people At the ballot-boI.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

JOHN KEE respectfully asks the support
o, bis fellow citizens for reelection 70 the
office Of Assessor Of tho LIST District of Levi:
county.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

N. c, RoHRBoUGH desires to announce
himself as candidate for the Office Of AS
sessos Of the ID District and respectfully
to!ici,s the supper, OF The voters Of the
county.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

We are authorized to announce THOMAS
A. EDWARDS, Esq as a candidate for
Presiding Justice, subject 10 the will Of the
people, asexpressed Il. the polls.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
SHERIFF..

C.P. SUMMERS respectfully announces
himself as q candidate for Sheriff, subject to
the will Of bis iellow.citizeus, as expressed
At the polls.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

HREv. r WrEsE will preach ia
the NJ, E. Church Sunday morning,
September 10th.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

Fresh bread every day a. ]. A
Barns.
Barns has = fne assortment OF
Fresh Groceries.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

Choice minca.meat, peach butter aud
ample butter for sale at J. A. Barns.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18
1876. i; ~. Z 1877
VEST VIRGINIA. UNIVERSITY,
MOrgantoWn, w. Va.

The Fall Term begins September 4th, With
A corps Of ten efficient aud accomplished
Professors and Instructors, with all the De
part fully equipped, and under the 81.
perinteudency Of Rev. John " Scott, b. D.,
L, l.. D., acting President, whose large ex-
perIcuce, scholarly attItnmentS, and rtesg-
nized standing as an educator, justifes the
expectation Of continued aud increasing
success.
Winter Term begins January 3. Spring
,srrn begins March 81. For catalogue or
fuller information address
R. q. BERKELEY. 4. NJ, -.
tnarl Secretary Of F aculty.
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}haIfaEt's RniIding, WESTON, W. Va.

Having associated our
selves together for the
purpose Of conducting the
DRUG TRADE. VI call
the attention oil the public
10 our stock, which is var
led aLd comllsie; md QUO
long experience ia tie
practical bearings 81 tho
Drug business Is Sufficient
to command Tie confidence
heretofore re1oSCd in the
members Of tie hm. Cur
only desire Is to conduct
the business in every PAT
ticular 10 the satisfaction
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-18

Our Lamp and Lamp Fixture De
spartment
Is full and complete and prices to suit tho wants Of
the purchaser. Government Test Lamp .0il, always
in stock. Paints Oils, Dye.Stutfs, VArnishes aud
Brushes of every variety. Window Class Putty, Co..
obec, is business and to secure the same BY compe.
teaey, accuracy, purity of goods sold at low prices
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-14
Too Much of a Good Thing.


It is very certain that we cannot have
too little of bad thing. 1t is just as
true that we may have too much of a
good thing. Any substance with high
flavor soon pals upon the senses If we
have too much of it. No hungry man
would care to sit down to a dinner of
confectionery. Books made up of ele-
CANT extracts, or newspaper squibs, or
miscellaneous anecdotes, are rather dry
reading. There are certain excellent
qualities of character which some peo-
pie have in excess. We know few
persons whose chronic amiableness is
so intense as to make them repulsive.
You do not care to see mans or a
woman's face wreathed in perpetual
smiles. Others weary you by their Sc
dateness-woOden people, who mistake
gravity for virtue. Some takers offend
you by their candor and communion
tiveness; others by their caution and
reticeDce.
The man who censures without dis
crimination is of course a nuisance; aud
so is he who praises without discrimi-
nation. Even the Bible cautions us
against being righteous Overmuch;"
and once in a great while you fall in
with a sanity person, whose interest in
the next world makes him oblivious of
the duties which pertain to the present.
There are good people who give too
much good advice, and sometimes wear
out the patience of saints as well as sim
ners. Parents may exercise too much
restraint over their children, and teach
ers demand too much study of their pu-
pills. AS general rule, we have too
much talk and too little action. Too
many speeches are made at public
dinners, anniversaries, and meetings of
all sorts. Clergymen are expected to
preach too many sermons, and occa-
sionally may preach too long. Law
yers are apt to traverse the universe in
case of petty larceny. Physicians,
until recently, gave too much medi-
cine, but they are doing better now.
Too many women try to live by needle
work, and too many men and women
try to earn something by their pen.
We have too much so-called philan-
thropy, which, with the best inten-
tions, only serves to aggravate the
evils which it seeks to cure; and too
many societies do the work which
would be better and more cheaply &C.
complished by few. If the percentage
of receipts required by some of these
great institutions in order to Keep the
machine in motion-expended in build
ings, salaries, agencies and stationery
were generally understood, we are in
clined to think that many princely be-
quests now bestowed upon them would
be directed to other uses.
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How Prostitutes Are Made.

How to put an end to prostitution is
problem not easy to solve, but 1t is not
difficult to perceive that its supply de-
pends largely upon one chief cause, viz:
the barriers placed in the way of poor
girls and women to obtain honorable
employment.
A boy may be a scapegrace, and his
parents may have bequeathed him bad
character, but he can, as rule, find
work if he is willing to do it. But q
girl, under the same circumstances, has
literally no chance. She is generally
quite equal to an emergency, and often
proves sharper in turning an honest
penny than boy.
In Liverpool some of these girls, and
even women with families, are known
as "basket girls" against whom the
hands of every man seemed to be raised.
Recently the police summoned num-
Der of them for obstruction while offer
ing their wares near the fish market. 1t
is quite a common thing to fine these
women, and one of the magistrates
asked "do the women pay the fines ?"
to which the answer was given:
t'They almost all go to gaOl, sir. II
the amount is small they make an effort
| to pay, but if large they don't" The
cases were then heard, but most of the
defendants did not appear, and fines Of
%. Sd. cost were imposed. One woman,
being asked what she had to say, re-
piled "that she had five children to sup
port, and went out on Saturday even
ing with her basket. When the police
officer came up he kicked the basket,
upsetting the contents on the pavement.
1t was very hard upon her." she said,
"for she could not afterward sell the
fish, worth 3s., they were so dirtied.n
Would it be surprising to learn that a
woman thus deprived not only of her
means of living, but the little capital OF
9s., which she had possibly temporarily
acquired by pawning some article Of
clothing or bedding, was driven by this
policeman's conduct to prostltution?-
English WoHdn'S ReUie1O. Z
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HANDKERCHIEF

THE HANDKERCHIEF SEVENTY
YEARS AGO.-The handkerchief, which
is now an Indispensable appendage of
every lady's and gentleman's costume,
is of comparatively modern intro
duction. 1t was, not very many years
ago, deemed vulgar object, instead of
mark of neatness, as now.
Until the reign of the Empress Jose
phine, a handkerchief was thought, in
France, so shocking an object that a
lady would never dare to use it before
any one The word was ever carefully
avoided in refined conversation.
| An actor who would have used a
handkerchief on the stage, even in the
most fearful moments of the play,
would have been numerically hissed;
and it was only in the beginning of the
present century that a celebrated
actress, Mile. Duchesnoise, dared to APP
pear with handkerchief in hand. Hav-
ing to speak of the handkerchief in the
course of the piece, she never could
summon courage to call it by it's true
name, but referred to it as a light
tissue. A few years later, a translation
of one of Shakespeare's plays, by Alfred
de Vigney, having been acted, the word
handkerchief was used for the first time
on the stage, amid cries of indignation
from the audience. 1 doubt if to-day
French eLegdnteS would carry handker-
chiefs, if the wife of Napoleon I. had
not given them the signal for adopting
them. The Empress Josephine, though
really lovely, had ugly teeth. To con-
ceal them, she was in the habit OF
carrying small handkerchiefs adorned
with costly lace, which she continually
raised gracefully to her lips. OF course
all the ladies of the court followed hel
example, and handkerchiefs have rap
idly become an important and costly
part of the feminine toilet; so that the
price of single handkerchief in tht
trOlsSedu of the Duchess of Edinburgh
would make the fortune of necessitou:
family. chronological Journal.
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ITO be continued.l

A GOOD WORD FOR THE MOTHER-IN
LAw.-Some man of sense and feeling
has written some sensible advice con-
cerning the common treatment of this
much-abused but useful and necessary
part of humanity. His advice is
summed up this way:
Treat your mother-in-law as you
would your own mother; don't let her
feel that she is a stranger in her sons
house. You ought to love her for the
good husband she has given you. Don't
be Jealous of the affectionate attention
he shows her; remember how well she
has earned it. Your husbands heart
would be a poor contracted one, if it
could not find room for wife and mother.
Help him love and cherish her. Think
of the vacant chairs around her hearth
stone-of the voices she misses that
used to make melody in her heart. 1t
will be but fer little while; and when
her work is accomplished, when her
work is over, and the shrivelled hands
are folded meekly on that bosom on
which your husband has wept out his
childish sorrows, cOmforted by those
now silent lips, it will be the sweetest
! JOY to your heart if you can say, "She
was to me as Naomi was to her as
| Ruth
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nucb dexteritv Madge moved about the

much dexterity Madge moved about the
room, warming the milk and feeding
the little one with careful tenderness
that was just as willingly bestowed as
though other than angel witnesses had
taken note of her devotion to labor of
duty and love. Then, with the hushed
baby in her tired arms, she fell asleep
in her chair and dreamed.
She saw herself weighed down with
heavy manacles, that CALLED her flesh
and fretted her spirit, while she toiled
ceaselessly in climbing a rocky accliv-
ity, above which, on either side, great
perpendicular walls frowned at her in
the dense gloom of moonless night.
The journey seemed to be endless, and
the babe she bore on her bosom was so
heavy that her arms almost refused at
times to carry it; but an irresistible tor
rent of tangible impulses, that took on
fantastic shapes and bore the word
"duty" in large letters engraved upon
wands that they waved about her head
incessantly, seemed to nerve her to con-
tinued strength. After what seemed,
in her great sorrow, to be an age of
struggling, she saw, just above the sum-
NIT of the steep ascent, through which
she was now wading, ankle deep in
muddy water that, strange to say,
seemed almost boiling hot-just when
hope and strength alike seemed ready
to desert her, she saw, at the top of the
mountain, bright and steadily beam
ing star.
"It's been there, shining all the time,
but 1 couldn't see it because of the
bluffs" she said, aloud, and she seemed
to struggle harder than ever, as, inspired
by the new hope, she urged her man.
gled and manacled body onward.
"Did you speak to me, Madge?" asked
Mrs. Perkins, awakened by her excla-
nation of delight.
But Madge was away in dreamland,
and she did not hear.
Again she journeyed on. The way
grew yet more difficult, and the muddy
stream through which she waded was
so hot that she could scarcely endure tC
walk therein. After a while the wall:
of her narrow prison grew lower nnC
broader, and the light shone yet more
brightly at the top. Rising suddenly t.
make the last effort to mount the top
most steepo of the great ascent, she awok'
to consciousness, to find her feet aImos
blistered in the hot ashes upon tn,
hearth, the babe asleep upon her bosom
and the morning star peeping at he
through a rift in the window curtain.
"T'lIwade through all my trouble ant
outlive it," she said, as she rubbed he
smarting toes. ~ know rll conquer
for feel it in my bones"
ITO be continued.1
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HER LOVE HAD WAIVED. D.-They came
out of Michigan avenue grocery, he
carrying big jug, and as they reached
the walk, he said:
"Now, Dolly you carry the jug and
give me that quarter of a pound of tea." "
"1'd like to see myselfW she replied.
"Dolly, do you want to see your hus-
band Juggling an old brown jug through
the crowded streets of the metropolis
do you want others to see him ?"
"Come along with that jugW she inn
patiently exclaimed.
dolly, there's gallon of molasses in
here, and we know it, but everybody
else will think it's whisky if carry it,"
"Let 'em think"
"Dolly, if you love me, you will carry
the Jug"
81 won't carry it ~
HThen 7 won't! pye got twice as
much character to sustain as you havepi
"Sustain it, then,n she said, as she
started for the wagon around the corner
He called to her, but she did moi
answer. Giving the big jug terrific
swing into the air, he let go his hold
and it came down with an awful crash
GLASSES is nothing to principle ~ be
explained to the little crowd, and theI
followed on after Dolly.
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NUMBER 33.

said Yours Truly. "But I object to be-
ing made the unrenumerated vehicle of
all your generous hospitality. II Phil
wants family, let him foot the bilIs.n
"Don't you love your brother?" asked
the governor, in voice as solemn and
reproving as the hoot of an owl.
T ought to! Pve darned socks,
washed shirts, patched pantaloons, hid
den old boots, burned fishing-tackle,
cooked dinners, washed dishes, scrubbed
floors, and made beds enough for him to
endear him to even a less sisterly soul
than myself. But I don't go meekly
through the same process for his wife
and baby without compensation. Re-
member, Pm likely to marry some inn
provident mortal, and then, what'll be-
come of the dear creature if 1 haven't
saved any money ?"
"What'Il you take to stay ?" asked
the governor.
"That's sense, an that's business y
said Yours Truly. "You were to give
me fifty dollars month, and found, sir,
AS I've never graduated as matron in a
lying-in hospital, pll be reasonable in
my charges with Phil. Guess, seeing
it's him, I'll take 'em through for fifty
dollars extra"
"pll never stand that ~ roared the
governor.
"You're to charge it to Phil" said
Yours Truly.
"Charge my own boys for favors re
ceived in my own house? Not if
know myselfw
''Then you can foot the bills yourself
I'll stay on no other condition"
'Tt beats the very old Nick ~ growleC
the governor.
"Can't help it," said Yours Truly
"When I go voluntarily into the fam
lily business, T'll be willing to foot tn
bills"
"But my own children must alway
be welcome to come to the paternal roc
whenever they feel like it,"
"Whether they work or not ?"
Certainly"
'That means me ~ said Yours Truly
"But you're a girl! and" the gov
ernor didn't finish the sentence.
Phil came in at this juncture with hi
pale and interesting partner for lif
leaning languidly upon his arm; an
the old gentleman had barely time t
, say "keep quiet, and you shall have th
, fifty dollars for waiting upon them,
, when they appropriated the best parlo
and deprived Yours Truly of a IongeC
: for visit to that grand opening at Lew
| & Strauss, where all the other girls
: the period are getting their spring ou
5 fits.
] Mrs. D., if you could imagine half IL
= work that looms up before her as sf
writes, yon wouldn't wonder that tn
! letter is so dull as to fail to do full ju
t tice to the descriptive powers of
YOURS TRULY.