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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
The American Woman.

The special correspondent Of the Lon.
don Times writes from Newport There
is in the we'll bred American woman q
friendly irankness and fearlessncss OF
manner Of a kind which, as for as my
experience goes, is not to be found IN
any other woman in the world, and
which ilresistibly-, invites the merest
strangers confidence. II is due, l sup
pose, to the nom European way in which,
as girl, she has been brought up, md
when, for want OF perfect breeding, tho
manner oversteps the right line, so that
frankness degenerates into forwarlness
and fearlessness into boldness, it be.
comes Ms exceptionally painful as, in its
perfection, IL Is exceptionally pleasant.
She is, too, almost sure to be quick
1uickness Is essentially IN American
Characteristic, though whether due to
climate or education, or both, I cannot
say-so that you feel she willse at once
what Sou mean more clearly, perhaps,
than you can say II; and oven II she
makes wicked iun Of you and your
country, which, 7 grieve to say, she ia
somewhat fond Of doing. tho fun is so
good and 80 evidently not fun ioi
malice but OF merriment, that man
must bo sadly piiggish or vain who can
feel anything but amused at II.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
A Sad Story.

About thirty.lvc years ago O hand.
some planter arrived in New Orleans
from Martinique, accompanied by his
wife, n creole, in tho full bloom OF youth
fnl beauty. They settled in a magnif-
cent house near Lake Pontchartrain;
three children were born to them; the
husband was successful in business; the
wife was M attractive hostess; their life
was sarnishcd with sunshine. One night
a gambler met the Indy at a bal maSq1ie,
aud sho fell in lovo with him. Secret
interviews followed, and finally she
abandoned her luxurious homo and fled
to Cuba with her sedueer. The husband
followed them, but was unable to hunt
them down. After his return to New
Orleans his children were stricken down
by n Southern plague, and he was re.
duced to bcggary. The whirligig OF
time had crazed this helpless soul. He
waS taken to q madhouse, where he re-
NAMED for twenty.three years, and
finally, whom former friends had forpot.
ten him, and he was no longer IN object
OF interest TO the outside world, he was
released, helpless and penniless, to die
as chance beiell him. In his wander.
ings he reached Baltimore, carrying with
him, as link connecting him with hap.
pier days, the New Orleans and Mobile
papers which told the story Of his wiie'a
tlCEertion, the subsequent death Of his
children, md OF his eonacment in the
mllhouse. NfU. .U
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
Destruction Of Forests.

Railroads in tho United States an.
nunlly consume for fuel alono a quantity
Of forest trees representing twenty. five
years growth on $4,000 acres. Rail.
road sleepers use up thirty years growth
on 6S,U00 acres. Fences to inclose the
railroads clear rs many acres moie.
Telegraph poles for $1,000 miles Of
'elegraphs require the telling Of 2,6O0.-
0JO trees, aud tho annual repairs 250, 900
moro. For matches alone thore arc m j.
nually sawed up 100000 cubic feet Of
wood. In 1870, $4,000 acres were
stripped for brick making. Shoe pegs
take 100000 cords of white birch an.
uually. 1u 1870, for pinc packing boxes
and for wooden wNre, vAst quantities Of
valuable timber wero used, and sawed
logs footed up in value to over Sl03,.
0O0,000. Add to this voracious demand
that made for ordinary fences and fire.
wood, md TO that add the wanton des.
truction Of forests for mere clearing,
when sometimes the timber felled sub-
serves no useful purpose, and We begin
to get somo idea Of the rapidity with
which our forests arc disappearing, mud
10 dis:ov the reasons for the solicitule
inr tho future, felt by those who have
most carefully studied the subject Of the
destruction OF our growing trees.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
Sensation Of Starving.

For tho first two days through which
a stroug md healthy man is doomed to
exist upon nothing his sufferings are
perhaps more acute than the remaining
stages-he feels IN inordinate, unspeak.
able craving at the stomach night mud
lay. The mind runs on beef, bread and
other substantials, but still, in n great
measure, the body retains its strength.
On the third and fourth days, but espe.
chilly on the fourth, this incessant crav.
ing gives place to q sinking and weak
ness Of the stomach, accompanied by q
nausea. The unfortunate sufferer still
desires food, but with loss Of strength
he loses that eager craving which is felt
in the earliest stages. Should ho chance
to obtain a morsel or two of fsod he
swallows it with wol6sh avidity; but
i've minutes afterwari his suEerings are
more intense than ever. He feels as il
he had swallowed a live lobster, which is
clawing and feeding upon the very loun.
dation OF his existence. On the fifth
day his cheeks suddenly appear hollow
Anl Sunken, his body atenuated, his col
or is ashy pale, and his eyes wild, CLASSY,
Cannibalish. The different parts Of the
system now war with each other. The
stomach calls upon tho legs to go with it
in quest Of food the legs, from very
weakness, refuse. The sixth day brings
with it increased suffering, although the
pangs Of hunger arc lost in IN over
powaring languor and sickness. The
head becomes giddy; the ghosts Of well
remembered dinners pass in hideous
procession through his mind. Tho
seventh day comes, bringing increased
lassitude and further prostration Of
strength. The arms hang lifclcssly, the
legs drag heavily. Tho desire for food
iSstill left to a degree, but it must be
brought, not sought. The miserable
remnant Of lilo which still hangs to the
sufferer is a burden almost too grievous
to be borne, yet his inherent love OF ex-
istcnce induces desire to preserve it, i!
il can bo saved without tax upon
bodily cxcrtion. The mind wandors.
At one momenth he thinks bis weary limbs
cannot sustain him n mile, the next he
is endowed with unnatural strength, and
ii there be o certainty OF relief before
him. dashes bravely and strongly for.
ward, wondering whence proceeds his
new and sudden impulse.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20

1.-the way OF his death !" But the pa-
drone was not TO be hurried. He seemed
to like to linger on the pain his slowly
uttered words brought with them, little
guessing how they were paining me
also.
He went on: "Ever prodigal from
hia youth upward my boy grew worse
and worse as he reached manhood. ]
had looked that he should inherit my
business and COED name, for they were
both worth iuheritipR at one time. ]
kept m hotel at Bergamn, and for q
while he was my chief waiter, but his
vicious courses brought ruin on us
both. He contracted debts which ha,l
to pay; ran away in evil company, and I
heard nothing OF him for years. When
did it was, as usual, with demand for
money. he was then in Switzerland as
q waiter, I believe, at tho hotel OF Les
Trois Sages-the signor knows ii, Of
course, all the English know it; and
there, I afterward heard, it was that he,
in the act probably Of attempting some
desperate crime, fell one night into tho
Rhine and was picked up dead as ap-
peared. Only by miracle could it
have been that his body was not carried
straight away down over tho falls at
Schaffhausen; but it seems that be got
entangled with the chain Of the ferry
which crosses the Rhine, as you know, a
little below the hotel. Here again by a
miracle it CHANGED that he was seen by
some men who woro early working ut
some timber RATS, and was by them car
ried ashore, rs have said, for dead |"
"But was lie !" I inquired, with an
anxiety I could ill.disguiso, as the old
man paused.
"No, signor; it was not his destiny to
be drowned-would that it had been,
for then he would have been saved from
the commission Of his. greatest crime
No; he was restored, to return to me and
pile upon mo further anguish.
He came back to Bergamo year or
two after to smaller inn, which I was
then keeping, and in drunken brawl
with some OF his loose companions he
used his knife with fatal result upon
m unarmed man, whose friend on the
instant stabbed my son to tho heart
That is all, signor; but tho remembrance
Of his career has been far worse for nc
than the darkness.
"And the watch," suggested, with
a sense Of relief quite inexpressiblo,
Owns found in his possession ?"
" Yes, sgnor; but I doubt il he Ind
come by it honestly, for they tell me
tlcre arc q device and letters on the
back in no way belonging to him. But
still I treasure II for his sake, or rather
To- his mothers, for he was all that re-
mained 10 me OF her, aud she idolizcd
him for the five years that she was
spared after his birth and," added the
old man, in n somewhat moro CHEEKY
tone, rs il tho recital Of his troubles Ind
relieved him, "a good English watch is
useful to n blind man"
Most assuredly the lat thing in my
thoughts was to deprive him Of his
treW ure. I was only too well repaid for
my loss by what had just heard only
too grateful for being able inter all even
to look back with complacency upon
what I nevertheless still call "My
Murderi"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
A ColOred WOnian's Taxes.

As the officer in section OF Boston
was about posting poor colored
woman's house to answer tho require
ment Of tho law, previous to sclliug for
non. n.payment Of sidewalk assessment, he
was met by the colored woman, who ill.,
quired the cause Of the notice. at is
for non. payment OF taxes" "Taxes-
What fOr2" asked the poor woman.
"For sidewalk" "Ohl nh, that's it,
heyl Well, put him up; old woman's
days most ended; one after another the
good Lords gono and taken the chill
dren, the old mans gone to rest, and the
old woman's left all alone. Put up the
notice; put it up, I say, and sell; shA'n't
need it much longer, anyhow. Bless
the Lord; pretty soon I'll go homo to
reign with Jesus, then there won't be
any taxes to pay, md the poor old
woman'Il be at rest" The tax man said
TINT was a different reception from that
which he received from another woman,
whose house he posted Mt tho other end
OF tho street.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
An Interruption.

An English paper relates the abrupt
and extraordinary termination OF wod.
ding party at Sheffield. all were enjoy
ing themselves immensely at the house
Of the parents Of the bride, when the
atmosphere suddenly became unbear.
able. The guests begun to cough VIC.
lcntly, and rushed into the open air.
Some ono had saturated piece Of cot.
ton wool with cayenne, lit It and thrown
it into the passage. The bridegroom
succeeded in placing il outside, but was
30 overcome that he narrowly escaped
death. The police were not able to dc.
tect tho perpetrator.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
Advice 10 Drinting Men.

Tho question is frequentlvasked. says
the Boston Traveller, what course q
drinking man should pursue to rid him.
self Of the craving APT elite for liquor.
None but one who has been there
knows how terrible is the appetite and
how difficult it is to resist it's demands.
The desire for just one more drink be-
sets every man who has ever fallen a
victim to the curse, and the cries for
something to Gil up the void without a
return to the Intoxicating cup are heard
everywhore. It is n pleasure 10 an
nounce that such substitute does
exist. a drinking man eau supply him.
self easily with tho remedies used ut
nearly oil of the inebriate asylums and
be his own physician ut his own house.
without the necessity, expense and
publicity Of visiting any reformatory in
stitution.
His laboratory need contain only a
small quantity Of cayenne pepper, pot
OF concentrated extract OF beef and q
few grains Of bromide OF potassium.
When the desire for drink recurs, make
n ten from tho cayenne pepper,
as strong as can be taken with any de-
gree OF comfort, sweeten 1t with milk
aud sugar, and drink. This tea will
supply tho same place that n glass OF
liquor would fill, and leave no injurious
effects behind. Repeated daily, or 80
often as the appetite returns, it will be
but fow days before tho sufferer will
havo become disguised with tho taste OF
the pepper, and with the appearance Of
this disgust disappears the love for
liquor. The fact is proven every day.
Tie extract OF beef is to be made into
beef ten, according to the directions on
tho pot, in quantities as may be needed
for the time being, and furnishes q
cheap, easily digestible and healthiul
nutriment, it being made to "stay on
the stomach when heavier articles OF
food would bc rejected. The bromide
OF potassium is to be used carefully and
only in cases OF extreme nervousness,
the dose being from fifteen to twenty
grains, dissolved in water. This is q
public exhibit Of the method Of treat
ment adopted at inebriate asylums. In
addition thereto the drinking man
should surround himself with influences
which tend to make him forget the de-
grading associates OF the barroom and
lift him upward. He should endeavor,
80 far as his business avocations will
permit, to sleep, bathe md cat regularly,
and obey the ordinary laws Of health.
By tho adoption Of this course, ener-
gGtically and sincerely, no man who has
tho will to reform can fail TO do 80.
Hundreds and thousands can attest the
Truth Of these statements.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
A THANKSGIVING DINNER.
4 Bill OF Fare for Eight Persons and How
10 Prepare II.

Dultu cOu Alu pOtAtooc'
Vermont turkey, oyster SAUCE;
Broiled sweet peppers.
Canadian mutton chops;
Cold slAT salad.
Plum pudding.
To make turkey wing soup turkey
wings may be purchased cheGply from
poultry dealers tho wings OF four tur-
keys are sufficient to make soup for
eight persons): Trim the small ends: cut
each ono in fvc pieces; put them on the
Gro in n stewpan. With two ounces OF
butter fry them till tho butter is clear
and the meat lightly Drowned; drain tho
butter Of. moisten with two quarts Of
beet broth and three pints Of water,
season with little salt, white pepper
and bunch Of parsley, garnish with
penny-shaped cut carrots aud turnips,
white stalks Of two heads OF celery cut
in square pieces, and dozen and q half
small white onions, lightly sugared and
fried in butter Just long enough to give
them Light brown color; boil the whole
about forty.Gve minutes; at that time all
the Ingredients ought to be done ; take
ont the bunch OF parsley, skim all the
fat oil, tasto and serve.
To prepare boiled cod Newfoundland
fashion: Have two middle sized very
fresh cod f; remove the heads, tails, fins
and intestires; save the sounds,
tongues and livers cut each cod in four
pieces boil them on n CRATE in fish
boiler, with the sounds aud tongues in
salted water; when done, drain them
very we'll on tho CRATE and keep them
warm boil the ivcrs in salted water,
highly acidulated with vinegar to tako
out most Of tho strong oily taste and
odor dress the fish in large dish !;
range around some thi,k slices Of fresh
peeled boiled potatoes; season with salt
and pepper pour over half pound OF
melted but not boiled butter; send to
table with the livers served on folded
napkin in separate dish and garnished
with parsley leaves.
To prepare and cook o turkey, with
oyster sauce Dress and boil the tur-
key in not too large q stewpan, with
salt, two carrots cut in pieces, gar
nished bunch Of parsley, largo onion
with three cloves stuck in, and four
stalks OF celery and two leeks tied to-
gother; add water enough to cover the
turkey; set on tho fire, let boil, skim
we'll, and cook slowly until tho turkey is
done-it takes about forty minutes:
drain it into another pan, cover it and
keep it warm; ut the sNmo time, cook
nbont three dozen good sized oysters in
their liquor, with pint OF turkey broth
and two ounces OF butter; when done
drain them; then strain through nap
kin sufficient quantity Of oyster liquor
and turkey broth and mike an Allemande
sauce with it; dress the turkey in q
large oval dish, mingle the sauce with
the oysters. season with white and a
pinch Of red pepper, the juice Of o
lemon and tablespoonful Of chopped
parsley; pour some OF this sauce over
aud around tho turkey and send the
baiHnce in large bowl.
Mutton chops cut across the saddle,
we'll fattened, seasoned with salt and
pepper and lightly Dreaded with fresh
white bread crumbs, then carefully
broilcd and served with n ladleful Of
clear rich gravy. The mutton ought
to be young, fat aud stale.-W World.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
Wanted 10 be Remembered,

"Would you like something to re-.
member me by, now that l am going
away for some time?" remarked n young
fellow ut tho Lake Shore depot to q
friend.
"Ycs, would, dearly" replied tho
friend.
"Well, then" said the ono who was
about to depart, "lcnd me sl0."
The friend was remembering too many
old associates in that WY already, and
80 complained that he hadn't cent with
him.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
The Late Alexandra Dumas.

N. Alphonse Earr had Just establish
ed himself at Nice when n. Dumas hap
pened to be passing through that town,
mud was cordially invited to dinner by
his old friend. Next day accordingly
tho author OF the Three MtBketecrs "
presented himself at tho time appointed,
III company with twenty-five acquain-
tances whom he had picked up that
morning in his walks abroad, and whom
it seemed to him tho most natural thing
in the world to bring to dinner at his
friends house. A Russian princess was
also OF the party. aud everything went
of as merrily Us n marriage bell. at
dessert the princess drew diamond
ring from her finger, and begged Dumas
to write his name on her glass, a request
to which tho great novelist gallantly ac-
cetled. Then one after another Of tho
twenty-five preferred the same petition,
which was cheerfully granted, and each
guest took away his glassin remembrance
Of the pleasant evening they had passed
together. N. Karr looked on approx.
ingly, but he may have been meditating
at tho same time over tho cost Of twenty
three handsome glasses, which had all
been borrowed for the occasion. A more
whimsical adventure is said to havo be.
fallen another distinguished French
writer who had fingered with n friend
somewhat longer than usual over the
afternoon absinthe at q caio. "Let us
60 aud dine," ho said at length, when
thirty or forty gentlemen instantly rose
10 accompany him. They too had lin
gered, having intended for reasons Of
their own 10 abstain from dinner that
d'y, when they suddenly heard those
words Of cheer, and interpreted them
into general invitation to dinner. NJ.
Dumas could alone have done Justice to
tho situatiOn.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20

HIS REAsoS.-one OF the Savannah
benevolent association encountered on
his beat. the other day, au applicant for
aid. He aaked: "Hare you u husband,
madamf" "Yes, SIR" "What is his oc,
cupation I" Cotton hoosier, sir" Qabor.
era who stow cotton in vessels, and
whose wages aro i've dollars day under
favorable eircumstances). "Well, why
don't ho go to work ; ho can get plenty
to dol" "Sure, sir, they won't give bui
four dollars tiAy." THAT settled hel
application. Equally futile was the
claim Ol man for tlire0 dollars day
for nursing his wife.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20
Farewell,


Farewell! my dazzling! the words must be
spoken; ,..r
Now We arc parting for ever and aye.
Tears may be flowing, and hearts may be
broken; % .a'
Ahl lot mo tell you my love while may.
HOre In my arms, darling, cease your wild sob.
bine, '.. '1'f'M ..
Silently lIe with your face on my heart.
stcn, my own one, for you It Is throbbing
We'll nigh to bursting, because We must part,
All your fair gold hair about me Is streaming,
And your soft white arms around me are
5presstl,
Down In. your gray eyes tho love light Is CLEAN
Ing "r
Bright as the Jewels that flash en- your
breast.
What can do, swset3 Our love dream ia
over,
Dark Is the path must traverse alono;
Not ono bright spot shall | ever discover
When hAyo left you, my darling. my own
Lifo Is hut mAdo up Of all such sweet seeming.
But 1t has sorrows that no simo can quoll;
Ours has Just como to us-we have been dream
lug Ul
Too bright dream OF love-dAIling, fare
wrll
Farewell for ever !-no meeting tomorrow,
Nothing but memory with US 10 stay;
Here must leave you. alone In your sorrow.
Weeping and lonely, and 1 far away.
But you will think Of mo only and ever,
breathing my namo In each puro trusting
pray'r;
And whom you bond the knee to the groat
Oliver,
Darling, my spirit will surely DO there!
FAREWELL my own one! The words have boon
spoken,
Given aud Aton tho last parting kiss;
Tears may be flowing and hearts may be
broken,
But In the world, love, what rock they Of
this?
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-20

The total value Of gold produced in
the United States from its first dis,
covery in California to 1868 was 81 .332,'
100000; aud Of silver, S26l, ,450, 600
making 81, ,594, 10000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-13
fIlO CAPITALISTS
Or Parties Of Small Means DesirVus o.
Engaging 10 Grape Growing,
Coal Mining OF Market
Gardening. .....H,.i

On account Of advanced sc am DESTROYS Of
changing my residence, and therefore oaer for Alt
my farm dtlltsd opposite the city Of wheeling, 0n
The river bank midway betVecn Bridgeport and
Acknowledgement tmmeiiseely adieiHfne the vi.
llRe Of Rtniyille. The properly cQpEists Of q
GcrA q hlI add liable Lind Ind u dSes bottom.
10 the hill there are two selr15 Of coal, 6h and
Iest thick, three deposils Of limestone, an 3 i6Ot
vein Of clOs texture Etnd Or tFea StGne, an ISiopt
yein Of mari, which altogether make sOl md IA
underlying bed Of dsPNdu Of > rieh and ValaAblt
ehAnfld. ~ i,
On he surface, the larger portion Of which liel
RrniIy Doping 70 The cast and all under direct ~
pd1fc 10 The SIN, ia vineyard Of Is alIeS, mostly
fStlNbS gFapA, klIn fne barring condition. about
SsT TQsfS az, which has proven Itself able 10 pay
hsndsouls pei cent 10 the culuyAtcr.
The properly Is being approached above and ec;
bS by an advancing tide Of, perSonS seeking small
home;telds, and Il now really the only unoCrHpled
tsrdl0Ty between Bridgeport and Martins Ferry
ItS,yainlhle q IN investment Tor capital teekipg
SiSperth1sf, nd valuable 10 thoSe who want MIR
~ gardening ground close 70 The city. ttont
bS,tifuiiy Iip0n the river and commands VieH d
M dty, he Island and tho whole eeenefy o. ths
III terms d ale viii b one-thlra cash, tAla1ot
In t1oADnual "a Insats, Spor cent intifot On &c,
ferred rGymentG For furthef paIuenian !n1ulre
-. RICHARD CRAWFORD
On the promIsss, or by mall a Bridgeport, ONO
as " - -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-13

NEW YORK, September 12.-Cotton-
Easier at ii 9.i6ai1 7l.S2c. tFlou-Low
grades a shade frmer; superfine western
and State % 40a4 10; common TO good 81 81
al 95; good to choice s. 00a5, 80: white
wheat extra 50 45a7 80; extra Ohio 81 s0a
z rs; st. Louis S. 00aaS50. Wheat-Clpsed
quiet; No. spring 81 81; ungraded do 81 09
d is; white Michigansf 25ai 80; No. 2 Mil
waukee 81 10, Rye-Quiet; State S5a90c
Barley-Fim; No. 2 Canada 81 02Al 90
Malt-Firm. Corn-In moderate demands
western mixed unsound 50a52c; mixed nc
grade 5l1Sa53c; yellow steam sec. Oats,
Rather more steady; western mixed aud
State 37a4gc. Cofee-Quiet; Rio cargoei
15la1sc. Sugar-Firm; fair to good rein
ing 9a9I<c: prime SHc. NOlasses and Rice
Quiet. WhiskylDull at S1l0.. ~