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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-30
IMPORTANT TO
Farmers and Wool Growers

Farmers ana wool Growers
TIE WESTON WO0LDN MILLS having
been rcftted und repaired for the manuiuc.
ture Of Wool Into
JEANS, FLANlNELS, BLANK
ETS, YARNS. &c,
for which we defy competition rs 10 quality
for wear, to exchange for wool, paying The
highest market price.
We CONTINUE 10 spin Ynsns of different
grades, suitable for homo weaving, at 2Oct
per pound. Roll carling ut Sets per pound
And should our work not beNS represented
VIC aSk no pny.
ne eoni!nue 10 pNy the highest cash prl'
CeS for wOUi.
We trust Up fair dealing to meti; con.
IiRHnnrC Of the pubic patronage.
VI manufacture llVVl vi sllIrcs for those
having large lots.
BEST LUDRlCATING OIL
on hAnl aHtl Tor sale. Warranted not 10
gum mud tree tom grit.
Eu- pleAse 10 call aud examine our
gOgas aud prices.
j. II. CLIFTON 4 SONS.
Weston, April !, 1877.
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WHY lie Did Not Take II.

The following anerdlte 81 the late
Senator Nyr Is told 10y the Virginia City
.Ncy. Ea'sY-isc:
He WAS telling Ms incidents ~ Pa Jour
uev 60 Europe. from which he had then
Just returned. Among the rsst. be- satl
the sutton ~ Turkey urierci iu his
honor. IS senator oi .Ar United State.
q grand review q tine ARMY lu CONSTANT
uoplo, ami iac grand y.-.as mounted
him up O. sty"i which hc described a,
magnificent Sad Nyg. He Was %
pure Arabian. H. Lal coat like yrl-
vet he felt Ike "a myriad yt steel springs
beneath a man las eve v.s between -
bon S and "a wam4u'~. with all the c1ur-
age o.! tie oHc and Hll the human gentle
ness ami be.uty II the tG,r blended .
Ee knew | was an old u..u and w.4s Is
tender ri me- us child When | dis
mounted / could uo. refrain from ,I-
pressing tu the grand yIz.cr nay aimlm-
ton for the Incompatible creature. He
beard mn through au interpreter, amI
then. bowling sDw. begged me - accept
the horse as a mark ut tae profound .o-
gard which the sultan entertained for
me. DID YOU acccp, him. senator ?
We asked 4 peculiar look came into the
old mans eyes as he replied i made o
rapid calculation An saw that ! had not
enough money, and cpuld senl To no
place for enough money. to pay the
freight ou TIE animal O. New York. go /
tnoA high ground. / bowed low IN re-
turn io the grand vizirr, and hElc the
interpreter explain to HIM that while
t9ncLcl TO the heart by this appreciation
and generosity Of the suitau. 1t was.
was sorry % say, against tine laws Of my
country Tor senator ui the United
States 20 accept n present from any for
81 90 prince, poteutate or power.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12
Hurrylng to the store.

During the last dull season a we'll
known Chicago merchant was observed
taking giant steps in the direction Of his
place Of business at seven o'clock in the
morning. A rival tradesman, who was
well assured that large sales was not the
motive that induced this rapid transit.
hailed the swift commercial traveller, =
and interviewed him as follows:
Whats broke loose, Charley? Where
are you going in such hurry p
"Tm going 70 the store.
Trade must be active with you y
ITS not trade that has called me
ont.
" It's not woman, is il q
"No; Of course not. But I'll explain
the thing to you TO keep down your in
fernal suspicious. There are three part
ners in our store, and we have only two
chairs. The last man that comes in the
morning has 20 stand up all day. II is
very important for me to get to the store
early this morning-good day.
And Charley /" lit out like reporter
for morning newspaper ca route to n
fire.
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Pnlnr Elaboration.

Fred ID. Stuart. who was IN the expe-
dItIuu which discovered the Antarctic
continent in 1910, has prepared an arti-
Gle for publication in relation 10 the
open sea said 10 exist near the North
Pole. with some comments on what Is
claimed 10 have been accomplished in
that regard. He does not SAY there is au
open polar sea, nor that such "A thing IL
impossible. hut offers some suggestions
regarding the theory OF polar open sea
which Will be interesting, especially TO
those who have given the subject attcn-
ton. Mr. Stuart approves in the main
Of Capt. Howgate's plan Of operation
submitted to Congress. He thinks that
great care should be taken-much great
cr than herctoforc-in the selection of
those to whom the outfit and conduct Of
any expedition should be intrusted, cspe-
cially one t. be employed in polar re-
search. His remarks IN regard TO the
qualifications Of the officer 10 command.
and his views as to the means which
should be employed to solve the prob
lem Of m open polar sea, may lead to the
adoption ot other plans than those here
tofurc employed to settle the question.
The suggestions made 10y him as b. the
origin or cause Of an open polar sea, If
one should be found, will doubtless elicit
comment, and, perhaps, invite others to
give their experience and views touching
polar exploration.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12
She Knew Him.

Under date East Windsor, % May.
1907, the following appeared in the
ConuccGcW COUr0uf. Thomas Hutch
ins has advertised that have abscnted
myself from his bed and board, and for
bid all persons trusting me on his nc
count. / now advcrti4" the public that
the same Thomas Hutrhins came as a
fortune teller into this town about year
ago, with a recommendation which with
some artful falschoods, induced me To
marry him. OF the four wives he had
before me, the last he quarrcled away;
how the other three came by their deaths
he best can inform the public; but cau-
tiou MI widows or maidcns against mar
Iying him, bc their desire for matrimony
ever so strong Should he make his adj
dresses under a fcigned name, they may
look ous for little strutting, talkativc,
feeble, meager, hatchet-faccd fellow with
spindle shanks, and little warped in the
back THANKFUL HUTCHINs.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12

The city of Baxter Springs. Kansas,
once upon q time, acting under the State
law, issued and sold certain number of
bonds and when the coupons became Que
rcpudiated them. The bondh0lders
brought suit, and the United States dis
trict court gave judgment in their favor
and ordered the city officials 90 satisfy
their demands. whereupon the indignant
property holders Ewore solemnly that
they would never pay cent uf interest
or principal, and took up their city and
walked. A letter writer states that they
are moving their houses % the adjoining
towns and that the more important busi-
ness firms are now Arranging for the pur-
chase Of eighty acres az land, north u the
town. 20 which they intend 81 move their
business houses. This viii take most 81
the personal property out Of the city
limits, and 40 when the marshal proceeds
to levy on the city he VIII have 10 make
return - non esf. Baxter Springs. As
city. will have gone where the woolbine
Swlneih in virgin luxuriaRce aud settle
there ''to grow up with the country.
while its site shall never more be iDhabi-
ted. but the Wild beasts % the prairie
shall lie there, and the houses, which
have none 20 move them hv reason Of
mortgages. shall be full uf doleful orea-
lures, and owls (which indeed abound on
the plains) shall dwell there. and the
Kansas equivalent Of satyrs shall dance
there
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Chinese Etiquette.

In China visit Of ceremony is con-
ductcd with great politeness. Your card
must be sent ON before hy a special
herald, "tngchai . tthe Chinese are
well up in the fashion of the cards,
which they have practiced), who shall
be dispatched in good time 10 allow of
proper preparation by those who are to
receive Won. Your rank being stated on
the card YOU are received according to II
by the gentleman upon whom you call.
He comes out certain distance. in pro-
portion "a your rank he bows and You
bow, while each say "Chn chi, and
You are invited in but in every doorway
he pauscs and politely proposes you
should precede him, which you decline
as politely and, M last, after many pro-
tcstations, he goes first, with some pretty
apology. When the room is entered
and each is seated, attendants enter
with cups Of tea and sweetmeats, and
the customary compliments are passed,
beginning with "Quashing?" What
ia vour honorable name ?" "What is
vour honorable ags ?" and fifty questions
which 10 MS seem half rude and almost
insulting, but this curiosity toward an
honorable acquaintance is not considered
at all so-indeed, it would be, in a
Chinese geutlcman's eyes, very rude not
10 make all these inquiries. The ortho-
dox half hour passed and the business
(if any) to be transacted beirg over the
guest is conducted away toward the door
with the same ceremony and II Of
superior rank TO his host, and he wishes
to show him great respect and honor, he
sees him TO his sedan, and waits as he
moves. away, bowling profoundly and
exclaiming "Chin-chin. - Washington
Republican.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12

Tile Ut!ca yfa-e'f SAYS The Suspen-
sion bridge over Niagara river WAS built
ia ls4s. by Roebling oi Trenton, y. J.
IL was the first railroad bridge built
over the Niagara rivcr, and has a span uf
S2l feet. Wire cables sustain the bridge
with sunening Of timber trusting. and
between the ahuimouts are GOO tons Of
wood and 900 tons ut iron. The passage
~ au ordinary train. estimated a. weigh
eighty tons. caused a DETECTION ot Al
foot. uf which II ls estimated that .lS2
foot was dine to the elongaton Of tho
cables. There are two floors. one nine
teen feet above the other. leaving clear
space uf fifteen fee; between them. The
lower one Is used Tor vehicles and foot
passengers, and the upper one contains
the foot paths The upper flooring Is
2f5 feet over the surface Of the water.
Two cables support each roadway, four
IN all. and all are connected, SO that the
strain is distributed.
The cables are tea and half inches IN
diameter. and ere composed Of seven
strands Of $40 wires each. every wire cal
culaicd 30 bear a weight Of ]. Gas pounds
or II. 600 tons in all The upper cables
are brought. by means of braces, 20 with
in thirteen feet Of each other at the cen
ters, and the suspenders incline inward,
90 give "a broader base to the structure
and iusure stability. A separate tower
supports each pair of cables. The upper
and lower floors are connected 10y wooden
posts IN pairs five feet apart, with one
inch diagonal truss rods Of wrought iron
passing from the top Of one pair to the
bottom Of the fourth over a space Of
twenty feet ON each side. secured 10y
screw nuts TO allow for shrinkage.
Diagonal wire STAYS extend from the top
of each tower 60 prevent vertical oscilla-
tion, and smaller STAYS attached to the
under side are anchored 20 the rocks
below.
The new bridge, nearer 10 the falls,
was completed in 1869 II has a span Of
$50 feet. and is sustained by two cables
about nine inches thick.
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Thoughts Tor saturday Night.

LINGERING lalors come to uaugAt.
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Tie only Is un acute observer Who can
observe mtuuts.N without being Oh
served
Faith Is the root az all Eood works. \
rout that produces nothing Is dead.
Let MS fear the worst, hut work With
faith the best Will ALWAYS take care Of
itself.
The proper means "I increasing the
love We bear our native country ls to re-
side M foreign one
Philosophy is "a modest pralts~is il
Is all reality and PLAIN dealing. We hate
solrmnlty and prrigncr, with nothing
but pride at the bottom.
The pleasure of being master Of ones
self and ui ones passions should hv hal
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12

The Galveston CTcxns) Ncirs says that
about three weeks ago the Gillespie
County (Texaa) Mounted Rifles captured
one Donaho and three other chaps, who
had robbed a mail stage between Austin
and Fredericksburg. On the person of
Donaho was fonnd an incomplete letter,
which stamps him ns one ~ the romantic
and sentimental sort of robbers read 0f
in dime novels. Tho young man viii
have 10 serve Eve or ten years in the
penitontiary bc.mc be- cnn lay his for.
tune nj the feet of gentle Anna Parsons
and claim her hand. His loving epistlo
reads thus
Mise 1nHd ParsOna
DIAN DAKdsa Tris with pleasure
that seat my selfon the Banks a Llan0
River a Beautiful stream Ripping iis
way through the Western armament and
on each aide far hs the eye Can behold
is Mountains and prairiea which vast
herds Of Buffalo roam the lean Cyote
Can be seen akulking around and nll is
lovely 10 the eye Of ono aad Boy and
Could Anna But know the ead and
shocking feelings that exist IN my bosom
When / think Of my Anna who il 10 far
away. Yes the Rnse the day star a my
life am winding my way through this
barren Country 10 Mexico for my idea ia
10 be a Western Warrior Desperate, and
when think Of You Anna we may never
see each other again but live nith hope.
NV desire is that we shall both pass the
short but treacharOus hours away Will
ing and well Darling 10 dream Of you by
night and sigh for you by day What n
luxury for me il would be b. behold your
illustrious imigo yes Anna your eyes
burn Liquid fire 80 flaming 10 my heart
that Ia irresistible. Yes Anna as I
travel along the Western horizon / sell
dom meet any one except the old hunter
who Is as grave a. the Wind. Ny only
Companion iR three Young men ID IA
needless % assert that we are on the
make. We have a lonsirne Time Of it we
R0bei fellow to-day but did not get
much. We have no Certain Country 10
dwell We inhabii the Western Country
and viii continue until we get Rich
which most eInphatickly think We win
and when we do / am Coming Back 10
dallas. Wait for me Anna for i am
solid with you God is my witness ] DO
love YOU / am held % no Locality
Bound 10 no personal object except
yourself Yes wait for me and / win
make you a generous husband
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A Paris Telegram Ia the London Stan
dard says Information 0f the QTnveat
kind reaches me from a Well informed
source. think il very doubtful that
the government viii allow IL 20 be trans
mitted by telegraph, and therefore sent
Il by post The German government
have assumed an attitude toward France
which il calculated 10 cause serious nm
easiness a. 30 the maintenance a peace.
The German government have been con-
sistent In their manifestations of ill-Will.
First came their refusal 90 take part in
the exhibition Of 1878; next the attacks
Of the German press against France.
and nov understand that the cabinet at
Berlin have intimated % France that
they regarded the construction II sec
ond line Of f0rtnesses as a hostile step.
The second line 0f foriresses was intend
ed 30 create an artificial frontier line be-
tween Germany and France. without
which the latter country j. open b IN
vasion. This pretension on the part Of
the Berlin cabinet In simply m0nstrous.
The French have as good right 10 fortify
Aruas, Yerdun, Besanoon and the plateau
OF Langres as the Germans have 30 in-
crease the fortificAtinnk uf Mavence,
Strasburg and Metz, and 90 f0rtIfy the
Vosges. The French government have,
/ understand, complied, partially II least,
with the demands Of Germany. and hsve
undertaken not 30 continue the fortIfica-
tions og Arras. but il is feared that fresh
concessions viii lead b fresh exigencies.
and that these viii be carried 10 far that
France viii in self-defense have 20 say
no and bad the Germans do their worst.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-12

The phenomena, which are vnlgagly
called suction, are merely the effects of
atmospheric pressure. Ii piece of
moist leather be placed in close contact
with heavy body having a sm7oth sur
face, such as a stone or piece Of metal,
it will adhere to it; and if a cord be at
tached to the leather, the stone or metal
may be raised by it, This effect arises
from the exclusion Of the air between
the leather and the stone. The weight
of the atmosphere presses their surfaces
together with force amounting to fif-
teen pounds ON a square inch OF the sur
face Of contact. The power Of flies to
walk on ceilings and other similar sur
faces, in doing which the gravity Of their
bodies appears to have no effect, is ex-
planned upon the same principle. Their
feet are provided with Rn apparatus ex-
actly sinilar 10 leather sucker applied
10 q Etens,
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The Latest Sen Serpent Starr.

The San Diego World saws A party
81 Chinese fishermen caught sight Of
what Is believed 20 be the veritnble sea
serpent. out near the Coronado islands,
Yesterday. They were very much fright
ened, but describe the appearance Of the
monster as follows: The body was about
fifty feet long, the head about ten feet,
and the tail AZ least one hundred feet.
The creature was moving very rapidly
southwark, its head elevated about SIX
feet from the water, and seemed to ha
catching fsh or seals, as il constantly
ducked its head in the water, which was
quite calm, except in the wake Of TINS
monster. When last seen il had turned
to the northward, ms though 20 20 round
the island. 1t was OF a brownish color
and apparently about three feet IN di-
ameter. CAPTAIN Gus Gregory and Jack
Wall have chartered the CuyGmaca TO 90
out on n prospecting tour, as it is be-
lieved the serpent lives in the kelp out
side, where there is good feed for such
creatures. They place implicit faith in
the story Of the Cinnamon.
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kirkys WAS ten minutes behind time
You want 90 know how 81 happened
Certainly yuu must have guessed llullt-
day hdlt 4 man was found Che neat
dsy who confessed g. have seen Jack
umprrug with the time pieces ma tho
engine house that night. hut be- haj
Thought nothing ui ii, hc said
Jack oh, he left town. and was last
heard II m Austmlla HIS little game
WAS mot "a success.
\ few month, later, Kuke was married
IL Floss Wmtcly, for being ten minutes
behind time.
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MAsnlNaros. March l

WAsmAoros, March i3 1922
JOINS TAYIoR am glad to bear from
you again, and 10 learn that you are well,
and that your teams and tools are ready
fur springs work, whenever the weather
will allow YOU to begin. ! sometimes
read books un farming, and ! remember
that sensible old author advises far
mers Ito plow naked and "a SOW
naked. Ey this he means that there is
uu use IN beginning springs work tll the
weather is warm, that farmer may
throw aside his winter clothes and roll up
hin sleeves. Yet lac SAYS We ought 10 be-
gan ar early iu the year as possible. He
wrute some Very pretty verses on the
subject, which, A. far as l remember,
run thus
While yet the spring Is young, while earth un-
binds
The frozen bosom 10 the western winds
While mountain SHOWS dissolve against the sun,
And streams. yet new, from precipiccs rla--
Zen in this early dAwuing u the year,
Produce the plow and woke the sturdy steer,
And goad him till he smoke beneath his toll,
And Tie bright share BE- buried IN the soiL
John TAYLOR, when You read these
lines. do you not See the snow melting and
the little streams beginning 10 ruf down
the southern slopes of your PunchbrOoA
pasture, and the new grass starting and
growing IN the trickliag water, all green,
bright aud beautiful And do YOU not
see your Durham oxen smoking from
heat and pcrspiration as they draw along
your great breaking up pillow, cutting and
turning over the tstgh sWard IA your
meadow in the great field? The name
ui tins sensible author ls Virgil, aud hc
gives farmers much other advice. some Of
which Won have been following all this
winter without even knowing that he had
given H.
But when cold weather, heavy SHOWS aud rain
The lAborng farmer ia HE house restrain,
Let Lun forecast his work with timely care,
which else il huddlrd when the skies are fair
Then let him marx the sheep, and phei the
shining share,
Or hollow trees for boats, OF number Ger
Hls sacks. or measure his increasing store
or sharpen stake, and mend each rake and
fask,
80 g. be ready. In good tine, 10 work
Nla4i AAae NiNHANA LAd44r 81 ra&4A mum
Iso,A o. bic grGnAry. and shell hls corn
Give good breakfast 10 his numerous kline,
His shiyering poultry and bis timing swine.
And Mr.. Virgil says some other things
which yon understand up At Franklin as
well ~ ever Ae did
ID chilling winter sgalns enjoy their store,
Forsei their haulships aud recruit foF more
The farmer 20 fau fcasts invites his fTlends.
And What hc go, with pains with pleasure
spends
ngavs chairs around the Gre, and tells once
mur,
st0rics which often have lccn told before
spreads a clean table with things good TO eat
And adds some nloisteulng 70 bic fruit and
meat
They praise his hospitality, and feel
They shall slceP better after such meal
John Taylor, 10y the time You have
got thr1ugh this yuu viii have read
enough. The sum Of ali j.. be ready for
your spring work 90 soon as the weather
becomes warm enough, and then put
yuur hand Ia the pillow and look not
back. DANIEL WEBSTER
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Redemption Of Bonds.

The secretary of the United States
treasury has issued the forty-third call
for the redemption of five-twenty bonds
of 1865, May and November. The call
is for so, 900. 600 of which $500, 600 are
registered and SO, 800, 900 coupon bonds.
The principal and interest will be paid at
the treasury on and afterthe fifteenth day
of June next, and the interest will cease
ON that day. The following are the de-
scriptions of the bonds: Registered bonds
-SlO0, Nos. 6,3S7 to 1894; $500, Nos.
1914 to 1916; 81, 900, Nos. 10, 164 to 15,-
1T; So, 900, Nos. 7,386to z, 493, in all cases
both numbers inclusive. Coupon bonds
$500, Nos. 80, 401 to 1890; 81, 600,
Nos. 1O8, l01 to 12l, 900, in all cases both
numbers inclusive.
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As Bad rs Burning.

The Hindoo widow, though no longer
burnt on the funeral pyrc Of her hus-
band, il subject 10 n process for the rest
Of her life which may sometimes cause
her 10 doubt whether her latter state is
really any better than that which British
law terminated. Nomattcr how beautiful
the young widows trcsscs, they are
cropped off, all her ornaments are taken
away, the very notion of second
marriage regarded as worse than murder,
and the poor thing never permitted TO
leave her room. This is simply the sub
s'itute Of Imprisonment for life in place
of death
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The Red Sen.

IL il rumored that the Red sea is losing
the ruddy hue which obtained for it its
popular name This may be owing TO
climatic or chemical reasons, for. as is
well known, the red color is given by the
presence in places Of myriads Of minute
and all but microscopic plant, belonging
10 the seaweed order. Many spots in
the open ocean are similarly discolored,
and over wide regions the same fact is
true of the Antarctic ocean. Still more
recently il has been discovered that the
dark green discoloraton Of some portions
Of the Arctic ocean was due, not 70 the
presence or absence Of ice, as was once
believed, but 10 the abundance Of one Of
those minute species of plants. Still
more curious was the fact brought out
that the whales food, also minute AMI
mails. lived ON this microscopic yegeta-
ble, and were not found IN localities
where the dark green discoloraton was
not observed.