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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
Lenp Year Parties.

Louisiana, No., leads in the leap year
festivities. Tho young ladies' OF the
Harmonica club gave centennial leap
year hop January LIST. The Young gen.
tlemen wcro invited by the ladies' and
requested to assemble ut certain dry
goods store, where the girls called atthe
appointed hour and escorted them III an
omnibus to tho hall. Instead of gentle
men rushing around with pencil in hand
to mark engagements Oh the pro.
grammes tho order OF tho evening was
reversed and tho fair damscls besicged
their gentlemen guests, calling for their
cards and engaging their partners for
the different dances. When tho inter
mission for refreshments arrived, fair
ladies' were to DO seen leading bnvomen
to the oyster supper. Supper was served
under tho hall, whero the girls showed
true leap year grit by paying for the
boys supper. The gentlemen wore
their coats pinned back, and wcrc AL
dressed rs "miss," while the bewitch.
ing ladies' assumed the role OF "mister." "
1t was altogether IN enjoyable affair,
and conducted throughout in genuine
leap year style.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
A Tramp Turns llangman.

Thomas Love was arrested in Worces-
ter, Mass, for n peculiar crime. Love is
n vagrant, with no ostensible means OF
support, and has part OF the time lived
on tho bounty Of A. J. Duncan, who re-
sides in Worcester. Tho other morning
Mr.. Duncan went to hisbarn to feed his
cattle, not in tho meantime seeing Love,
and, after he had finished, came down
on ladder from tho loft, going down
backwards. When Mr.. Duncan Ind
nearly reached the foot no felt a ropO
touch his head, and slip.noose was
thrown around his neck. Mr.. Duncan
turned round and found himself in the
tolls of Love. Love had long rope
and one end around tho neck Of Duncan.
Love pulled at the other end fiercely.
A struggle ensuCd, which ended in the
escape Of Duncan from mn untimely end
and the hasty flight Of Love from the
barn. Love was captured.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
Autumn Blossoms.

How was it that came to be an old
bachelor Not because OF hating
women, I am sure, for I liked them
very much, and never could have spoken
to one rudely or discourteously for my
life. As nearly az know, it was in this
wise:
My father died, leaving n family OF
children, wife, and IN old father and
mother, OF whom only myself was able
to earn shilling. Ho had mover saved
anything.
So, after the first great grief, when we
had calmcd down and were able to look
matters quietly in the iac", there was n
wretched sort OF prospect for us. l was
only IN accountant, and had young
fellows habit Of wasting my small salary
in thousand different ways. ! had
been "paying attention." too, to Elsie
Hall, who, young and childish as she
was, had way that some girls do have
OF leading their admirers into oxtnva'
gance. OF all the trials OF that never.
to.bo.forgotten time, think thegreatest
was appearing niggardly in those baby
DlnS eyes. lulu nOt lullu wearing plAlu
suits, discarding kid glovcsand renounc.
ing the opera; but not to lay those bou.
Gucts, and books, aud music, and dainty
bits Of jewelry, and multitudinous tritles
at Elsie's feet, was a very terrible ordeal.
Ipassed it, though; and il ever man had
reason to be thankful had, for the nc,
quisitive little beauty Tilted me in a
. month for Tom Tandem, who was rich
and lavish OF gifts, and who ran away
from her after n marriage Of ton months.
worked day and night, aud managed
to keep tho wolf from the door.
Sometimes I used to think how well
it was for Elsie that she had not really
loved me, for she coull have had moth.
ing but dismal prospect Of wearing out
her youth in dreary, hopeless engage
ment TO one too poor to marry. That
was until Tom ran of. Then l thought
it would have been even better for her
to have shared our humble homo and
poor fare md tho love I could have
given her than to bo deserted 30. And
I pitied her, rs il she had not proved
herself heartless. But I never went
near her, OF course; and I never even
spoke OF her to my mother.
grew no younger all this while, and
every year seemed to add five to my
looks. had never been very handsome
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
A New Years Diary.

Tho Detroit Free Press says: A large
number of tho Detroit young mon have
purchased diaries for 1876, and have
taken up their pencils with firm de-
termination to keep track OF every day
in the year. Every youug man should
keep diary. When he is old and gray
his grandchildren will fish it out Of the
rag bug and find it more valuable than
gold or silver. There is no set style Of
jotting down thoughts and events, but
perhaps it may be well to give the
record Of 1875 rs taken from the pocket
diary Of an average young man:
"January Went to sec my girl.
Shall leave of swearing, drinking,
euchre, smoking, chewing, being ont
nights, betting, going TO tho opera, and
shall try to save $40, 900 this year"
"January Went to SEQ my girl.
Lost box OF cigars somewhere.
"February 1-Won $25 betting on a
dog fight. That's the way to scoop 'em.
Am trying to get along OH fifteen cigars
per day. Went to see my girl. She
says l shouldn't swear"
"April 2O-Went to SEQ my girl.
Nothing new"
"July LThis isthc gloriousFourth. "
"September Went TO see my girl. "
November 11-Glorious weather.
Wont to SEQ my girl"
"Decembcr This is the first OF
December"
December 25-This is Christmas. "
"December 3l-This is tho last day
OF tho year. Imust commence to.mor.
row to save money aud break of my bad
habits. Went to sec my girl last night,
and made her happy by telling her that
l was going to save $4,000 next year.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
How Robberics are Carried Out .

The New York Tribune hasthc follow.
ing: The other day in Hartford, Conn ,
n banking house was robbed in broad
daylight Of some "a, 100 in cash and n
large amount of valuable securities,
Tho sufferers kept to themselves the fact
Of the robbery, and quietly went to work
to recover so much Of the stolen proper
ty rs they could. It is now said that
shortly after the robbery n well.known
attorney OF New York city, OF some
prominence rs q politician, put himself
in communication with the victims OF
the robbery for tho purpose OF ncgotia'
ting n settlement between them and Ger.
tain clients Of his who had possession Of
the securities and tho cash, tho object
being to arrange for the return of the
securities upon payment OF stipulated
sum. The negotiations ended in the
payment Of Sl,2 $50 in addition to the
81, 100 cash proceeds of the robbery,
and tho return to the bank OF the sccllri-
ties stolen. So that Ms the mat or stands,
these clients OF tho attorney, having
planned aud carried out their little en-.
terprisc, and found themselves i'll
possession, among other proceeds OF the
same, OF certain securities which they
could not uso and which were OF nc
value except to the owner, went immcdi,
atcly to their attorney, and informing
him of all the facts employed him to
whatl We'll, to the unprofessional mind
it looks very much us though they ON
ployod him to finish up tho work they
had only partly done, to secure for then
not only immunity for the oiTenso bni
81, 250 additional profits from tho rob
berry. Tint is tho way it appears to tht
uuprofcssional mind, but We are aware
that tho relation Of counsel and client is
not thoroughly apprehended by tht
average layman. They retained tho
legal gentleman then rs their couuse
aud attorney.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
Living in Cities.

At tho lato annual meeting Of the
American Social Science Convention,
tho committee on social economy in
thcir report mado the following state
mcnt:
In general terms it may 10 said that
there were in 1870, when tho last ma
tional census was taken, about sixty
cities in the United States with popu-
lation exceeding $4,000, Of which seven
New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn,
st. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, and Bos-
ton-had each a population exceeding
$50, 900, and seven mOro-Cincnnnti,
New Orleans, San Francisco, Wishing
ton, Newark, Buffalo, and Louisville
had a population OF more than 100000
each. The aggregate population OF the
tirst.namcd seven, then somewhat cx-
cccdcd 5000, 600, New York alone con
tanning 9i2, ,292. Tho aggregate popu-
lation Of the second grOupuf seven cities
did not quite reach l,OOO,0OO, Cincin-
natl, the largest, containing 2l6,939 in
llabitauts. The remaining cities OF the
sixty had an aggregate population q!
about 100000 so that tho wholcnrban
population OF the United States dwelling
in towns OF moro than %, 900 people was
not far from 6,20O, 900, or nearly one
sixth part OF the whole population OF the
United States. So rapid is the increase
of our urban population, however, that
in the year 1875 the eight cities contnin.
ing more than quarter Of million in
habitants each have MI aggregate popu-
lation Of not less than 1000, 900; the ten
or twelve cities containing moro than
loo, 900 inhabitants each have MI nggre
cato population Of more than l,5OO, 900,
aud the seventy or eighty cities ranking
above the $4,000 standard have prob
ably more than 9,000,00 inhabitants, or
nearly one.fifth OF the whole present
population OF tho United States. Ten
years hence it is probable that tho Uni
ted States will have hundred cities
larger than Boston was at the beginning
OF the cent? y, and that nearly fourth
part Of all our people will dwell in such
cities. Hence tho great Nnd growing
Importance Of The question We are now
considcriug-thc ownership, situation,
and quality of the homes i'll which no
many millions Of our people are to live
and where their children are to be
brought up. SLmll they ba tenement
houses like those Of New York and Bas.
ton, in which 80 many Of the industrial
classes now dwell, or shall they bo small.
or houses in better localities owned by
tho occupants, like the humble homes
of Chicago, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Do
troit, Worcester, and 80 many Of tho
smaller American citiojl
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
A Court Case.

Tho chief Justice OF Cape Colonj,
South Africa, has given decision in Il
Observation-Disclosures. Kruger
sued Schalwyk for damages to rcputa
ton. A game Of forieits was il progress
at Schalwyk's house, and Miss Scht.
wyk. n pretty dnmsel, incurred the
pSnalty OF having to kiss every man in
tle room. She kissed dozen persons,
but stopped the osculatory process when
size came to Kruger. Iu the very next
round OF iorfeits it devolved on Kruger
to kiss Miss Schalwyk. He refused.
The male schalwyk then denounced
Kruger rs drunken Hottentot. Hence
the suit, which resulted in a farthing
damages for the plaintiff.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
CaIne Rack.

Newport is excited over curions
matrimonial complication. Some forty
years ago threG.tlny-Old bride suddenly
anI mysteriously disappeared. Some
time after she returned, announced that
she had obtained divorce, and again
vanished. Nearly half century goes
by, md the husband has now a family
and is rich. The other day, after forty
years OF silence, she put in an appear
ancc and asked for her husband, claim
ing that hor story about divorce was
falsehood. The matter will probably
come before the courts.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31

A touching incident is related in a
st. Louis paper Of the way II little girl
III the public school attempted to keep
up appearances. The pupils wero ac'
customed to bring thoirlunchcou, which
ut noon they ate together, but one day
the teacher noticed that this little girl
looked wistfully at her companions rs
they went out with their lunch, but
never brought any herself. The child
was neatly but poorly clad, and always
attentive to her studies. On another
occasion the teacher observed that the
little thing had apparently brought her
lunch with her; but when the moon honr
came she still remained in her seat, with
tho package wrapped in paper on the
desk before her. The teacher went to
tho child and asked her why she did
not go out with the rest, Mt the same
time putting out her hand toward the
package. Quick rs thought, the little
girl clasped her hands over it, and OK
claimed, sobbingly: "Don't touch il,
teacher, and don't toll, please! Its
ouly blocks" And that was the fact.
Having no dinner too bring, and too
proud 10 reveal tho poverty Of her fnmi'
", the child had carefully wrapped up
number OF small blocks in paper, and
brought the package to present the Np'
pcarance OF lunch.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
Not TO be Sold.

Tho Pail Mall Gazette, Of London,
has special telegram from Copenhagen
as follows: l am authorized to contra
dict the report Of the proposed salo OF
the island OF st. Thomas, in the West
Indies, to Germany. The idea was moot.
cd in 1878 OF exchanging st. Thomas for
North Schleswig, but was dismissed as
impracticablo.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
The Model Church.

Wcll, wIfC, found tho model church I wor-
shipped thcro to-day
1. mado mo think OF good old times, before my
hair was gray;
Tho mcctin' house was fixed up moro than they
woro ycara ago,
But then fclt whom wont in, it wasn't built
for show.
Tho scxton didn't scat mo away back by tho
door;
lie know that was old and dosf, as we'll as old
and poor;
lie must have boon Christian, because he led
mo through
Tho long isles Of that crowded church to find
Aplaco and pow.
wish you'd hoard tho siugin'i 1t had tho old
timo ring:
Tho preacher said, with trumpet voice, Let
all tho pOoplc sing"
Tho tune was Coronation, and the music up
ward rolled,
Till thought heard tho angels striking all
thclr hErps OF gold.
My deafness seemed to melt away; my spirit
caught tho fro:
Joined my feeble, trembling voice with that
mclodious choir.
And sang as In my youthful days, " Let angels
prostrato fall;
Bring forth tho royal dIadem and crown Him
Lord Of ALL"
1 tell you, wifo, 1t did mo good to sing that
hymn 0nco more;
l felt like somo wrecked mariner, who gets a
glimpse OF shore;
l almost wanted to lay down this weather.
beaten form,
And anchor in tho blessed port, forever from
the storm.
Tho prcachin'? woll, l can't Just tell all
that tho preacher said;
know 1t wasn't written; know 1t wasn't
read;
lilo hadn't timo to road It, for tho tighten OF
his oyo
Wont llashin' long from pow to pow, nor pass
ell einner by.
Tho sermon wasn't fowCry; twas simple gospel
truth;
1t fitted poor old men like mo; it fitted hopeful
youth;
Twas full OF consolation, for weary hoarts
that bleed
Twas full OF lnyitattOnst to Christ, and not tc
creed.
Tho preacher made Elm hidooua In dentilos and
In JOws;
Hc shot the golden sentences down In the
finest pews;
And-.houSh can't 500 worry wcll-t saw the
falling tear
That told mo hell was somsways OF, and
heaven very near.
How swift tho golden mOmcnts nod, within
that holy place;
How brightly bcNmcd tho light OF Heaven from
every happy face;
Again Ilougel for that sweet time, whom friend
shall meet with friend,
"When congregations ne'cr break up, and
Sabbath has no end"
hopc to meet that mnistcr-that congrega'
ton too
In the dear homo beyond tho stars that shine
from heavens bluO;
doubt not III remember, beyond life's even'
ing gray,
Tho happy hour OF worship in that model
church to-day.
Dear wifc, tho eight will coon bc fought, tho
victory DO woni
Tho shlnin' goal Is Just ahead; the race il
nearly run;
o'or tho river We arc nearing thcy arc throng-
ing to tho shore,
To shout our sAfo arrival where tho weary
w0ep no more.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31

Mrs. Timothy NJ. Allyn, OF Hartford,
who has been blind for seven years, has
had IN operation which partially re-
stores her sight. One Of the first things
that astonished her was to see how old
all her friends had grown ; the next was
tho queer headdress fashions OF tho
women.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-25

While at Pali'ade recently, we Wis
tied the public school OF that town, in
comrany with A. T.. Kaye, County
Superintendent of SchOolmarms. AT
the time of our visit, Miss Thompson,
the teacher, Il hearing her class spell
and define words. The word pub
lican" was given ont, aud a boy spelled
it correctly and defined IL a. u tax
eatherer; but The definition not being
sufficiently explicit, the teacher called
on the other scholars to define it more
at length. A little girl held up her
hand hesitstingly. hung her head and
whlmpered out, "Cap'n Rabbits, he
gathers taxes here in P~alisade."
ThenCap,air Rabbits is a publican?"
"Ies, mann"
"Aud a sinner. too, | suppose"
ayes, ma'am."
"Oh, yes; | know" called out a lit
tie boy in the far corner of the room,
he's a publicsn-a black publican"
Captain Rabbits is Deputy Sheriff for
Palisade, aud AS such collects the taxes
there. When he heard the story which
Is related above, he said he believed
that after all the system of popular ed
ucation was a mistake; that it tended
tn deprive children of that due and
proper respect which they should en-
terrain for official position.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-25
POLITICAL SPEAKING.

TNHE CITIZENS OF EUREKA COUNTY
L will be addressed at tbs following times
and places by the following gentlemen:
Ruby Hill Proper, Thursday, October e6-
c. }. Lansing, Geo. w. Cassidy and Geo. W.
Baker.
Ruby Hill. Richmond side. Saturday, Oc-
tober 2S-Thos. Laspeyre, d. Z. Baily and
Geo. W. Merrill.
Palisadc, Saturday, October 2S-Lansing,
Cassidy and Baker.
Ruby Hill Proper, Tuesday, October 81
Laspeyre. Baily and Merrill.
Ruby Hill, Richmond side. Thursday, No
vember 2-Lansing, Cassidy and Baker.
Palisade, November 2-Baily, Laspeyre
and Merrill.
Eureka, Saturday, November 4-HON. II.
h. MITCHELL, Lansing, Cassidy and Ba-
ker.
Eureka, Monday. November GA. NJ. Hill
house. Crittendon Thornton. John ii. Dennis,
0rrin Mill r, Baily. Laspeyre and George w.
Merrill.
Any of The candidates upon the Republican
county or legislative tickets are respectfully
invited to meet the above named Democratic
candidates at any of the appointments, and
divide the time with them in the discussion
of the political issues Of the day.
Per order Democratic County Central COM
mittec. A.. Il. TITUS, Chairman.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-25
THE RICHMOND,

The San. Francisco Mining and Sci
entifc Press contains the following no
tice of the above named properly,
from its travelling correspondent who
has recently visited this district:
A London Incorporation, and by far
the most productive and valuable in
the district, is situated IN Ruby Hill,
a spur of Prospect Mountain, about
w and a half miles from Eureka.
The vein cropped out on the south
west side of the bill. and has been fol.
lowed probably in the neighborhood
of | 800 feet on the dip of the vein
to the northeast, the workings
passing below the crest Of the hill, at
the depth of about 800 feet.
WnIle il has been Technically termed
a ''pipe vein,'' it i, represented by Rev.
Mr.. Probert-the managing director of
the company, and to whom / am
wholly indebted for this and all other
information in regard to this valuable
properiy-a- in reality made up a Sc
ries of bonanzas of an ellipsoidal
shape, with their longer axes in the d.
rection of the dip. The ore consists
mostly of an argentiferous carbonate
of lead, with nodules of galena inter-
spersed, together with some decom-
posed gold-bearing arsenical pyrites.
Large masses of oxide of iron. more or
less rich in gold and silver and with
other material, making an excellent
1ux, alternate with the richer VEIN
matter, constituting in the main what
may be termed the ''gangue." Some
rarer minerals are also found, always
rich in gold, such az mimetite, an ar
SENATE of lead in combination with a
coloride.
The ore for the most part is very
easily mined and admirably adapted
for smelling, requiring no previous
huxing, which is attributable mainly
to the very high percentage of rerox-
ide of iron it contains, amounting TO
upwards of 40 per cent. of the entire
contents Of the vein. The stirring is
removing the intermediate products is
performed by machinery and is CON
sidered a decided improvement on the
old process.
Five large furnaces of the most i'm
proved pattern are kept constantly in
operation during the whole running
season.
As to the enormous amount OF bull
lion that must have been yielded dur
ing its successful run since it was first
opened, little can be said, as it is prob
ably only known to those most deeply
interested; the total product for the
two years ending January LIST, 1876,
alone, being definitely ascerlained to
amount to something upwards of 49,
100000. The mine at present is repre-
scented as looking fully as well and to
be in every way as promising and
productive as at any period Of the past.
1t ia looked upon 10y those best ac-
quainted with its merits as not only
one among the grandest silver mines
of the State, but in many respects, at
least, as scarcely inferior TO the finest
IN The world, the rich honanzas of Vir-
ginia City not excepted; for while
the ore is not so rich ton for ton, the
ore bodies thus far are believed to hold
out proportionately longer.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-25
NOTICES.

STILL IN THE FIELD.-Received from New
York, a large assortment of Drugs and
Patent Medicines, Paints. Oils, Chemicals,
etc. also, a large invoice of fire-proof Lamp
Chimneys OF the La Bastie French1 process,
guaranteed to stand fire for six months; also
a large assortment Of chimneys Ives patent.
fire proof; also a large assortment Of other
kinds Of manufactures. Agent for Combs
Lamp Co. VIII sell at bedrock prices for
cash. La Bastie fre-proof chinneys, 80 cents
each. Ives fre-proof chinneys, p cents
zach. Gamecock student chimneys, p cents
each. Sold at the City Drug Store by
SV2 L ERE
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-25
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

While at Elko recently we paid q
visit to the State University, which is
located at that place. The University
building is a handsome brick struc-
ture, situated on the outskirts of the
town at just a sufficient distance from
grounds are inclosed, but not yet
beautified by grass and trees, but al
falfa clover, trees and shrubbery of
various kinds will be planted next
spring, there being ample facilities
for irrigation; and in the course of a
few years the grounds viii form a
beautiful park. Attached to the Uni
veisity is "A handsome dormitory build
ing. recently erected, where pupils are
boarded and lodged at a small cost to
themselves. This department of the
institution is under charge of Mrs. NJ.
A. Rood as matron, and who by habit
and experience is fully qualified for
that position. The University itself is
in charge of Prof. ID. X. Sessions, than
whom there is not in the State a more
competent instructor nor m more
thoroughly devoted to his profession.
The branches taught at present are
such as to qualify pupils for an eXami-
nation for admission TO the colleges, be-
inc a complete and rigid preparatory
course, including the study OF Latin,
the higher mathematics and chemistry,
and French, German and music, the
three last named being optional. TUT
ton is free, being at the expense of the
Stale, which supports the institution.
This is written Tor the benefit of Eu-
reka boys and girls, with the hope of
inducing paren's and guardians to
send their children or wards to an edu-
cational institution located almost at
their w door, where they can receive
the benefits of an education free from
the bad influences of association with
The hoodlum element, which, we regret
to say, is found in all the mountain
towns of Nevada. Prof. Sessions pays
as much attention to the moral as 10
the educational training of his pupils,
and the discipline OF the University is
such that no bad influence can posi-
bly, be intruded on the pupils.