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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27

The estimates OF the board of United
States commissioners fixes the land,
farms, ETC., cultivated by the Cherokee
Indians in the Indian Territory, at 20i,
CT acres; wheat, corn, etc, annual pro-
duct, 6,730, 1855 bushels; value Of farm
products, including stock, 81, ,6G3, ,Gl0;
number Of horses, cattle, etc., 4GI, 4G5;
personal property, not including real
estate, SlG,9S7,8l The government
holds in trust for these tribes abOnt Ss,-
000,0 Their common schools number
200. with IN aggregate attendance OF
5000. The investments Of the Che
rokees are about 81, 900, 900, the annual
interest OF which is applied Rs follows:
tiity per cent. to the support OF the
government, thirty-fve per cent. to gen.
Gral school purposes, and fifteen per
cent. to the orphans fund. Tho citizen
population numbers about 1900. OF
which there are 1850 native Che
rokees. They have G5, $50 acres in culti-
vation, and own II, 1856 horses, and Il,
$50 cattle. They have twenty-five saw
mills, twenty-five stores, sixty.ilve smith
shops, seventy.fye day schools, one
orphan school, one female high school,
and one male high school, These schools
have au aggregate attendance OF $500.
The Cherokees have lived under writ
ten constitution fifty years, and have
expended during tho past year about
500, 900 for school purposes.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27

The system OF awards adopted by the
Centennial commission Of Philadelphia
is original, and appears to be one that
will give satisfaction. Two hundred
Judges, one half Of whom will be for.
eigners and the other half citizens Of
the United States, are being selected for
known good character and qualification,
and each will receive 81 200 for his ser.
vices during the exposition. The
awards will be based upon merit, and
will be made by the United States com
mission upon written reports signed by
tho awarding judges. They Yill con.
sist OF a diploma and bronze medal,
accompanied by special report OF the
Judges, which exhibitors will have the
right to reproduce and publish. Over
forty foreign nations and their colonies
will exhibit in the main building; most
OF them also occupy space in the other
principal buildings, and many OF them
have special, structures. Thirteen o!
them are over five thousand miles dis
tant from Philadelphia; seven over
seven, and two over ten thousand,
the latter being about as fur as one
country can be separated from another.
Offices for the foreign commissions are
/ to be placed along the side aisles OF the
main building, in close proximity to the
exhibits OF their respective countries.
The following special events aru to occur
during the exposition: Opening cere.
monial, May 10; grand ceremonies OF
the fourth Of July; harvesting display
Bucks county, in June and July; trials
OF steam plows and tillage implements,
in che same place, in September and
October; exhibition OF horses, muller
and asses, September ! to IL; exhibition
OF horned cattle, September 90 to Octo
bor 8; exhibition OF sheep. swine, goat
and dogs, October 10 to %, and the ex
Libition Of poultry, October 2s to No
yember 10. The main exhibition vii
close on the tenth Of November, ant
, all exhibits must be- removed by thu
thirty.frst OF December.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
A Chlnaman's Project for Revenge.

All Ping, alias All Sow, q Chinese
thief who is under arrest for having
made murderous assault upon Officer
Byraw, in San Francisco, while in
prison awaiting IN examination, con-
ceived n terrible plan to punish fellow
countryman who Ind on one occasion
"given him away" to tue police. He
requested friend who visited him to
bring him piece OF sole leather and Il
paper OF tacks, without stating what he
wished these articles for. Tho China
man brought and delivered them to
Ping, who cut the leather in the shape
OF his right hand, and then affixed a
strap to it, to slip over the back Of the
hand and hold it in position. After that
he pierced tho leather, and in each hole
inserted n tack, until it presented the
appearance OF n brush. The tacks
proved too short to satisfy him, and he
requested his friend 10 bring him u
paper OF copper tacks IN inch long, At
that time he explained to his friend that
he intended to put the leather on his
right hand, with the points of the tacks
outward, SO aS to bG able to strike his
enemy across the iace and put his eyes
out. He also said that ho wanted the
copper tacks because they, being pois-
onous, would produce more pain. The
friend thought that he would no longer
be party to such scheme, and mott.
fed Pings enemy Of Pings intention.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Confidence with Wires.

III connection with the reported re.
remark Of gentleman, who said
he didn't believe the ladies' he met in
Washington street knew that the times
are dull, and that their husbands Rrc
having hard timO to keep their heads
above water, the Boston journal relates
the following: All husbands do not
make their financial affairs topic OF
conversation at home, and some better
halves know less Of their husbands af.
fairs than they do o! their neighbors'.
Some weeks since lady was first in.
formed of her husbands suspension by
reading IN announcement in n paper
which she accidentally took up in 4
store while waiting to have al order
filed. Whether it was pride or fear
that prompted the secrecy cannot DO
stated, but what can be expected from
wives in the way OF true economy il they
are only silent partners IN the matri'
monial copartnefshipl In 1857 large
jewelry firm sold u costly Sc. OF jewels
TO lady. The firm knew that her hus,
band was in n failing condition, brt the
lady had been long aud profitable Gus.
toner. When the partner ordered his
clerl: not to charge tho set which had
been delivered, but to make Inemoran,
ium on the blotter, he paid the lady s
integrity high compliment. When her
husband failed the iewelry came bacE;
with note couched in such terms that
the dealer only regretted that a gift Of
the set would be construed as an insult.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27

A complete analysis OF man, recent
ly made by DR.. Lancaster, Of London,
has bC en- described by him in M inter
esting chemical lecture. The body op-
Grated upon weighed 1884 pounds, and
the lecturer cxhibitedupon the platform
23.1 pounds carbon, 90 pounds lime,
22.3 ounces phosphorus, and about ono
ounce each OF sodium, iron, potassium,
magnesium, and silicon. Dr.. Lancaster
apologized for not exhibiting 5,595
cubic feet of oxygen, weighing l2l
pounds, los, 900 cubic feet Of hydrogen,
weighing 15.4 pounds, and iifty.two
cubic feet Of nitrogen, likewise obtained
from the body, on account Of their
great bulk. All OF these elements com
binc into the following: 12l pounds wa
ter, 1866 pounds gelatine, 1872 pounds
fat, 8.S pounds iibrine and albumeu, TT
pounds phosphAtes OF lime and other
mineral substances.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Revenge Is Sweet.

The other day the dearly-beloved
daughter OF plumber in Chicago bow
ed to the daughter Of wealthy house
holder on Ashland avenue, but the
naughty aristocrat, though she had
formerly known the plebian ut school,
cut her dead, as she was walking with n
young mau who could bore hole
through pine board with the end Of
his mustache-a young man whom she
did not desire to think that she had any
vulgar acquaintances. Tho offended
girl went home. wounded to the quick
Of hor sensitive nature, and tearfully
told her iather. That worthy man called
for the family Bible, and, raising his
eyes TO Heaven, took a solemn but silent
oath; then, turning to his daughter,
said "My child, my own, your wrongs
shall be terribly avenged" Next morn
ing when he went to his establishment
he called the foreman and hissed into
his ear: "Next time Mr.. Perkins
pipes freeze, dout send out man till
he has seen nc.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
The Savage Prisoner Tanned.

he was sent to Sing Sing, branded
not only for Immediate crime, but rs n
desperate character, who would be GER
thin to tax the constant vigilance Of the
authorities, and give thom trouble.
In prison he became known rs one
who knew well how to seize secret op.
portuuities, aud would stop at nothing
to aid his escape back to his old sinful
life. Once he actually did escape, aud
carried out his plan 30 shrewdly that he
arrived in New York, nailed up in a shoe
box, on board ono OF tho Hudson
sloopg.
Some timc after his capture and return
to his old quarters, now officers were mp.
pointed over tho prison, a1d the severity
OF its discipline greatly increased. This
convict, being already q marked man,
seemed to be singled out MS special
subject for punishment, and sometimes
received tho lash without mercy for dis.
orders or offenses against prison rules
which others had committed. Any fault
or proyocation which tho keepers could
not trace they laid to him, AID made him
suffer accordingly.
Bad as he was, this persecution male
him worse. All the demon i'll him
awokc. When they tried to break his
rcbeIlious spirit by harsher intlictions,
he only grew moro ferocious, and, at
last, when, ono day, squad Of keepers,
armed with Implements Of punishment,
approached tho forge where he was at
work, ho attacked them with his red-hot
iron, wounded two, and drove tue rest
away.
BY tho help OF several fellow convicts
he was finally overpowered and secured,
and then followed the inevitable lash.
He was whipped untilhe could not stand,
aud then confined till he should recover,
only to DO taken out aud whipped again.
But before this sentence could be
carried out, the prison inspectors in.
Quired into the case, and found That the
blame had been misplaced. Tho result
was another change in theprison govern
ment, and keepers who treated the old
offender with fairness and mercy.
Under this management he improved
so much that, from being the continual
object Of dread aud suspicion, and al
most wild beast in icrocity, he became
favorito with all, gentle, tractable,
quiet and obedient.
As reward for his good behavior, the
warden promoted him, gave him little
garden to cultivate in the prison yard,
and allowed him to raise chickens. The
chaplain warmly befriended him, and
cro long had tho pleasure Of seeing him
deeply Interested in religious things.
Before tho term OF his sentence ex-
pired he became q decided Christian, and
asked for baptism. Within the walls Of
Sing Sing new life opened to the hard
encd transgressor, who had grown up
from n neglected street boy, and had
never known, till he became convict,
the tGachingsof the Gospel.
Tho gentleness which that Gospel i'll.
spires first softened his heart, and made
him listen to truths that saved his soul.
The above is, iu brief, the story of
"Jim, the desperado," first published
in the columns Of the outlook, religi-
ous paper OF New York. Jim was re-
leased, aud became preacher of right
eousness to tho wicked class among
whom he had once been fellow crimi-
nal and ringleader.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27

One county in Illinois sold its PEP
permipt crop Inst year for s50O,OOO.
"Wby should we celebrate Washing.
toms birthday more than miuei" asked
teacher. because he never told
lie," shouted little boy.
Mary Questioning her little brother
on the gender OF nOnns)-" Now,
| Tommy, what is tho feminine Of beau1"
Tommy" Why, arrow, of course"
A doctor attending n punstcr who was
very i'll, apologized for being late ono
day by saying that ho had to stop to see
man who had fallen down well.
"Did he kick tho bucket, doctorr
groanel tho punstor.
A good cement for covering the joints
OF ovens, which becomes very hnr,l and
does not crack, is made by mixing equal
quantities of finely sifted wood ashes
and clay. Some salt is added and then
sufficient water to form dough. Tho
cracks should be covered while the oven
is cold.
The Nagasaki Kissing Sun says thnt
the Buddhist Ieligion is fast declining.
In Yamashima Ken alono seventy-ono
Buddhist temples have been abandoned
since 1873, and during the past six years
nearly 700 temples have been converted
to other purposes than those for which
they we're built.
A few days ago Il man living n short
distance from Hudson, n. T., was III
duced to test his strength by lifting
barrel Of cement and placing it in
wagon. The feat was accomplished, but
at the cost of the life of tho modern
Sampson, as he ruptured blood vessel
and died in short time after reaching
home.
A young mau III London having trod
on dogs toe, was bitten 80 severely
that he died five days aftcrward. Tho
relatives summoned tho proprietor OF
the animal before magistrate, who rem
dered the remarkable decision that, there
being no evidence that the dog was ferc-
cious before being trod upon, ho must
dismiss tho complaint.
A certain clerk in q Western village
recently made the following comment
on PocahontRs. SGid he: " Pocahontas
was great man PocahontNs was n
kind hearted man." "Hold on!' cried
his companion; "Pocahontas was a
womau." "She was, ea?' said he.
Well, that's Just my luck. How am
expected to know never rcad tho
Bible"
II your next doorneighbor has little
patch OF ground which hc intends to
convert into garden this spring, 1t Is
your duty, MS frce.born American citi-
zen, to purchase ten or dozen chickens
and lot them run Mt largcafter he getsnll
his seeds in. Nothing lends so much
excitement mud hcalthful ulcxercise to gnr-
den making rs driving out your neigh
boris chickens.
Those who buy colorcd hosiery arc in.
formed that many Of the brown stock
ings, both worsted and cotton. are 30
poisonous US to cndanger life. Those
who wcar them assume an unlovcly yell
low color and arc taken with violent
vomiting, headache, and other unhealthy
symptoms. Tho poisonous color is
used in brown shades, and is known as
picric acid. 1t may be detected by the
taste Of the article, being exceedingly
bitter. It's cheapness is the temptation
to dishonest dycrs to use it, notwlth-
standing its unpleasant and possible ia
tai effects. Persons buying brown
hosiery would do well to test them be
fore purchasing.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Something Of n " Strike"

Speaking OF "strikes" before the
Legislature Of New York tho Tmca
says: A common trick is TO get some
preposterously "striking" bill intro
duced, and then go to the persons or
corporations it is aimed at, and tell
them that for q certain amount Of money
they can get il defeated. There is no
possible chance for tho bill passing, and
perhaps it is never heard Of after its
reference to a committee but the OBJ
ject OF the lobbyist is gained by its in.
PRODUCTION. II gives him all the ground
he needs to work upon, and 1t would
certainly appear thnt he does not often
work in vain. In fact, his occupation
seems to bo a profitable one, for very
littlo money ever gets out Of tho hands
Of the professional lobbyist when once
it Is placed there.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Suffers Posts.

An army officer, who has spent great
many years on the frontier, and who has
long been familiar with the profits aris-
ing from these traderships, furnishes
the following statement As to the num-
Der and profit OF these posts. The capi-
tai necessary for trader to start IL
single post is $4,000 A five company
post Of infantry or cavalry is called a
single post. The annual profits to n
trader OF five-company cavalry post
are about s5O,OOO, with additional
profits derivedtrom contracts for forage.
The profits at a single post from the sale
OF goods alone amount to $4,000.
Three posts, as they are managed by
most traders, yield from regular sales
fully Sl50,000. The best three posts
are Fort Laramie, with from six to ten
companies; Fort Sill, with ten compa-
MES; Fort Buford, with from seven to
ten companies. These yield from fifty
to one hundred per cent. profit. Other
posts are Fort Russell and Fort Rich.
artlson, eight companies; Fort Sully, six
companies; Fort Union, ten companies.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Currents In the Living Eye.

The existence OF O continuous, though
sluggish, current in the eye, flowing
from behind forwards, has been demon.
strated by DR.. Max Kuies. The follow.
lug was the method OF investigation
pursued: A minute quantity OF solu.
ton Of potassic ferrocyauide was intro
duced into the pOsterior part OF the
vitreous humor. After the lapse Of from
one to four hours the animal was decapi.
tated, and the. .cyeball soaked in a solu.
tion OF ierric chloride; it was then
hardened in alcohol, and subjected to
microscopic examination. The distrlbu.
tion Of the precipitate OF Prussinn blue
furnished evidence Of the displacement
OF tho PARTICLES Of ferrocyauido during
life, and betrayed the paths along which
it had travelled. The current mentioned
above was found to exist in the interior
OF the lens as well rs in the vitreous, the
fluid feQuired to nourish the former
percolating through tho latter, and thus
following the same course as the blood
in the hyaloid artery OF the frtus. The
aqueous humor consists partly Of tran
sudation from the ciliary body, partly
OF liquid which has made its way through
the lens and vitreous. It serves to
nourish the cornea. The nutrient fluid,
whether iu the vitreous, i'll the lens, or
iu the corpea, is conveyed along the
intercelluIar substance; aud the author
is inclined to extend this proposition to
all the tissues of the body, regarding
the interstital substance everywhere as
the channel along which the nutrient
juices are conveyed to the corpuscular
elements Of parenchyma or connective
| tissue.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27

Chinese physicians treat hydrophobia
in highly original manner. Two sand
stone bottles, half filled with wine or
spirits, are placed upon the tire until the
liquid boils. The contents are then
einptied, and the redhot mouth Of the
bottle is applied 10 the bite and held
thefe until it is filled with blood, when
the same course is pursued with the
other bottle. A decoction Of rice, in
which cantharides have been boiled for
au hour, aud then removed, is also
given to the patient, who is required
to keep perfectly quiet for eight or ten
days.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27
Willfulness.

Iotlered hand and heart and self
To somobody-R willful Off
Who heard mo through, thoa turnod away,
And Answosel but a scorntul may !"
In vain stove to plead my case
No gentle pity touched hor face;
Bat listening with polite surprise,
shstr:loI from miIo her careless oyos.
Lore driven back within my breast,
rsido volunteered to do tho rest.
Ice4sel to argue sud implore,
And vowed to trouble hcr no moro.
Then, 10 tho mlidon's checks grow rod,
Aud downward ben: tho htuShty Load
Tho sweet lips lost thor careless smile,
And quivorOl as paused tho while.
4 sudden hope within nc grow:
dared to think her heart WAS truo,
E'on though her lips, for mischiet's sake,
Htl trel my pTofTGrol heart to break.
Just what whispered, never mind
But shO-she aRswered: "Mon arc blind {:
When will they learn womln's nay
By dint OF cOaxing- but yea2"
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-25
PARTISAN LANDMARK GONE.
The House In which Charlotte COrhay
Assassinatcd Warat

A house Of sinister historical interest
is about to be demolished to make way
for the Boulevard st. Gormain that in
which Marat was assassnatcd by Char
lotte Corday The room where this
event took place now forms part OF an
apartment occupied by DIR. Gaultier,
and it appears that the preceding tenant
several times received Il call from Mile.
Albertinc Marat, who used to visit the
spot where her brother was stabbed !;
she died in 1912 in extreme poverty,
Another person used to visit the house,
NJ. Pillct, who died quite recently, and
who was the last person who spoke to
Marat before Charlotte Corday was ad-
mitted. He brought Marat a bill, and
the terrible member of the convention,
who was in his bath, asked him to open
n bit of the window AS Pillet was leay-
ing the house he met Charlotte Corday,
who was trying to persuade, and who
finished by persuading, Simonne Evrard
to allow her to see Marat. SO writes a
chronicIer in the Gatlois. According to
Lamartine, who calls Charlotte Corday
the Joan Of Are of liberty, her name was
not Charlotte Corday but Marie, and
Catherine Evrard was Marat's servant,
who assumed the name Of Albertine
Marat. Chicdgr Times.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-25
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.

than the first. We must blot ont
| that debt which we cannot pay. and let
the world know our reasons for doing
it.-Ljhie Roch HfraH.
Fort Smith Herald. March is1
We have had some very severe frosts
during the week. and many reports are
that tho fruit is killed We have CON
veised with many. and have made some
examination, aud are satisfied that O
large portion Of the crop is killed. Yet
there will be enough left to mako all
teel good. provided we have no more
heavy frosts.
MISSISSIPPI.
Fortunately not many of the fruit
trees had put out to u great extent when
the killing frost of Monday night came,
ana yet there IL Il prospect for fair
crop. The plums are generally killed
ami the garden vegetables will in many
eases have to be replantcd Erchauge.
Jackson Clarion. March 2Jl
me trains that came in from the
Notth yesterday morning we're covered
with several inches of snow.
tNirkshurg Herald. March 2s.1
TIE IATE Corn SELL The late cold
weather has been Of untold ,lnmape To
our frult crop. and all who have had
courage enough to examine their peach
trees, proclaim that not u vestige of ~
chance remains for the crop the present
season. Trees that bad not bloomed,
but whose buds had swollen ready to
burst into blossoms, have Jared. ii is
feared. little better than those which
had fully blossomcd The cold has not
confined itself to the peach. as carly
trees Of all varieties have suffered more
or less from it. All the young leaves
which wore such beautiful colors u few
days ago now have n crisp. dry appear
ance. and will in II few days more fall to
the ground.
In the storm ut Beauregard last Sat
ntday night, the Methodist church,
Boaurcgard Institute. Midway Semi.
nary, owned by Mrs. Iaire, and the Ar
ricHn church. together with thirteen or
fourteen. residences, were blown en-
tirely down or badly damaged. No lives
were lost. though all the residences were
occupied ut the time.
The Legislature has passed two bills
which should hava. been passed long
since. One Is to prevent The sale Of cot
ton in the seed, corn, wheat and other
productions of tho farm between sunset
and sunrise, and fixing penalty. The
other is bill making the stealing Of
any hog. pig. cow, calf. yearling. steer
bull, sheep, lamb, goat or kid, consti-
tute grand larceny.
tIinds County Gazctta, March 22
Another Mississippi Republican is
charged with dealing in crooked par
dons. 1t Is no less parsonage than
Hon. Fred Parsons. of Adams county.
one Of Ames' earnest defenders. He
assisted in securing the pardon OF u
man named Smith. charged with rape,
for which service he received the sum of
5000. Packer IS also mixed up in the
affair he is charged with receiving $700
for his influences and services. Thus is
found corruption Of Radical legislation.