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pas~ A stranger one day passing through a
certain street, was seized by runner" of a
clothing store, who, without ceremony, pulled
him into the shop, and began putting up his
fine ready.made clothing. Being old and in
firm, he made little resistance but asked the
man if he was master of the place.
"No, sir, said the runner" but l will
bring him Immediately"
The man returned with the master, to whom
he put the same question.
"Are you the master of the store, sir?''
eyes, sir; what can do for your"
"Only," he replied, "just hold your man a
minute, while 60 out"
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
II RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I
i am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
and other fine-edged Instruments Prices-for
honing and sharpening razors, Is cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
November 80 48 If
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ay- A tablespoonful Of ammonia in one gal
lon of warm water, will often restore the color
of carpets, even if injured by acid or alkali
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Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums.

With the yery liberal offer which enabled to make
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nay We read in scientific journal: "There
is a method which 1 have adopted in my
own house to cool the temperature of
any room during hot weather, and that is,
to hang sheet or blanket down outside
windows upon which the sun may be shining.
This sheet is wet, and the evaporation of
the water produces deliciously cool apart
ment The sheet is kept damp by having a
vessel filled with water above the top of it
outside, and a piece of flannel arranged to
form siphon, and touching several portions
of the sheet. The water gradually emptles
out of the vessel, and may be replenished if
necessary. The window, is, of course, open.
1t is strange that so simple and inexpensive
a method has not found favor here, more espe.
cially in sick rooms; cylindrical-shaped
tin vessel, with some very fine holes, fixed
over the window, would easily supply the wa
ter.
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SMALL MEANs,-We think that the power
of money is, on the whole, overestimated
The greatest things which we're done for the
world have not been accomplished by rich
men, or by subscription lists, but by men
generally Of small pecuniary means. The
greatest thinkers, discoverers, inventors and
artists, have been men of moderate wealth.
many of them little raised above the cond;.
ton of manual laborers in point of worldly
circumstances. And it will always be So
Riches are oftener an impediment than a
stimulus to action; and in many cases they
are quite as much misfortune as blessing
The youth who inherits wealth is apt to have
life made too easy for him, and so grows sated
with it, because he has nothing left to desire
Having no special object to struggle for, he
finds time too heavy on his hands; remains
mentally and morally asleep; and his position
in society is often no higher than that of a
polypus over which the tide floats.
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CUTTING T1MBER-If oak, hickory or
chestnut timber is felled in the eighth month
(August), in the second running of the sap,
and barked, quite large tree will perfectly,
and even the twigs, remain sound for many
years; whereas that cut in winter, and remain
ing until next fall Gas thick as your wrist),
will be completely sap.rotten, and will be al
most unfit for any purpose. The body of the
oak split into rails will not last more than
ten or twelve years. Chestnut will last long
er, but no comparison to those cut in the
eighth month. Hickory cut in the eighth
month is not subject to be worm eaten, and
will last long time for fencing.
When we commenced farming in 1902, it
Was the practice to cut timber for post fencing
in the winter; Winter oak posts and black
oak rails, cut at that time, would not last
more than ten or twelve years. In 1903 We
commenced cutting fence timber in the eighth
month. Many of the oak rails cut that year
are yet sound, as we'll as those formed Of chest
nut If the bark is not taken off in this
month, however, it will peel off itself the Sec
ond or third year, and leave the sap perfect
ly sound. The tops of the trees are also
more valuable for fuel, than when cut in
winter and spring. We advise young farmers
to try the experiment for themselves, and il
post fences will not last twice as long, we for
felt all our experience as worthless.
Jersey Herald.
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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-10
The Capitol Bill.

The substitute for House Bill No.
IS, the original bill for removing The
Capital from Wheeling, passed !hs
House Monday by vote Of 40 to 16
The bill provides that at the next
regular election for school officers,
three places within the limits Of the
State shall be voted for as the perma.
men. Capitol, which three places are
Clarksburg, Martinsburg and Char.
lesion After the result Of this cleo
ton shall be known, that one Of these
three towns which has the lowest vote
shall DO dropped. aud at the next gen
eral election in October 1878, the vote
shall DO taken on The other two. the
one then receiving the highest number
Of votes to be the permanent seat from
May 1885.
The school officers Of the Weston In
dependent District arc elected in May,
and the voters Of the district. under tue
present bill, will not be allowed to par.
ticipate 10 the election. But as this
election will cost The county Of Lewis
in the neighborhOod Of 800, we hope
our Senators will have the bill SO
amended that all of their constituents
may indulge in the costly privilege Of
declaring that Weston shall noT aud
torerer DO de5urred from competing foI
this prize.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON b. C FBB. /, 1877.
A great macy Of the most enthusi.
astic Of the supporters of the arbitra.
ton plan Of deciding our Presidential
disagreement are reluctantly forced to
admit the condition and imperlec,ions
Of the bill now that it sOugb. to affect
the settlelnen. by its terms. The ina.
bility to adjourn Congress until the
count shall have been completed, aud
the necessity Of dating back to last
Thursday everything consuma.ed in the
way Of legislation by the two houses
during the time consumed by the court
iI not one Of the least Of the evils an.
ticipated from the hastily adopted plan.
It promises to create almost inIermina
bic confusion. Every intelligent obSer.
yer Of Congressional proceedings since
its rcaasembling in December is i'm.
pressed with the hopes and fears By
which its individual mem bers we're OK.
allied yesterday and cast down to-day,
these violent alterations have produced
a state Of almost absolute demoraliza-
ton.
Never has body Of fifteen men
guarded better the secret of their dc
cision in any given case, than have
those Of the commission relative 10 the
admission Of evidence 10 the Florida
case. The arguments were completed
on Monday BY the legal giants, Evarts
and O'Conor, and up to this hour not
one reliable hint has come to the pub.
lie, as to the conclusion reached :; and
we are reduced to the yankee alterna.
tive Of guessing, having Us basis for
our cobjectures. only tho known polit.
ical autecedents of the respective mem.
bers.
Littlefsli is turning out q rather poor
investment, the moral stains upon bis
character and many contradictions Of
bis sworn statements BY other witnesses
uniting to destroy bis creduli,y. For
the past two days MADDOX and prickett
have oeen pushed aside from the wit.
ucss stand by ex.GOv. Wells, Of the
Louisiana Returning Board. From bis
statements it appears that everything
pertaining 10 tho election 10 that State
10 November is shrOuied 10 doubt. II.
regularities certainly, aud perhaps
t.aads, mark almost every proceeding
bad in that State from tue beginning Of
the canvass to the 9Th Of December,
when the rival electors met and cast
their votes. one sot for Hayes, tho other
for Tilden. Charges Of murder, fraud,
intimidation, etc are met by counter
charges Of a like character; and now
comes the story Of Gen. Anderson that
be was offered $500, 900 for manipula.
ting the returns 10 favor Of a particular
candidate. While Louisiana 'enguges
the attention Of The gentlemen at The
south, cud Of tho capitol, hlis.issippi's
gnod name sutftrelh violence ut the
north end. One witness teslifes to aee.
ing for bis life, having personally wit.
icsscd many political murders and other
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minor crimes in the supposed interest Of
a political.party. Where are We to find
a bre1thiug place where we arc not ner.
vous lest abreatb nay blow. away the
flamentous covering which has been
stretched BY conscienceless intriguing
politicians across entire States 10 hide
! the fraud, corruption, and dead meu's
bones beneath Do these alleged mi
quities extend all over the South.
Sufficient time has elapsed since the
reception Of the Presidents message in
Congress relative to tho resumption Of
specie payment, to make apparent to
tho most careless observer tho general
apathy existing or positive disinclipa.
ton to entertain the matter during this
session; and those who were so san.
guiuc few days ago are now hopeless
Of any cooperation or aid from the
present Congress.
Among other matters Of gossip heard
on the street is one to the effect tina,
Mr.. 0'Conor had called upon the
President. in company with Mr.. Fish,
aud Apologized for the matter contained
in letter written by 0'Conor a few
weeks ago very severely rejecting up,
on the Preaident's mental capacity and
bis social habits; and as the illusions
we're entirely gra,uitous, no one see'
any improperly in Mr.. O'ConOr's al
legged apology, but on the contrary al
most every ono agrees that it was I
very proper thing to be- done under th,
circumstances. KNOX.
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OF this worthy. in regard TO whom
such damniDg testimony is now coming
out at Washington. Lieutensnt.G ener-
al Sheridan painted this startling pic
tute: II say now, unsquiyocally, that
Governor Wells Is q political tricksssr
aud dishonest man. y y His con-
duct has been as sinuous as the mark
LETT in tho dust by the movements Of .
snake. | say again tha. DO is dishon.
est, and that dishonesty is more than
can DO expected Of ne. Il y lie
has embarrassed me very much since
came into command by biz subterfuge
and political cbicanery. T. y lie
has not one friend who is an honest
man." Yet this is the man that Sena.
tor Sherman delights to honor by bis
Endorsement. So much the worse for
that Senator. The public will have
no more confidence 10 the endorser 10
such case than they will in the in.
dorsed.
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satNxAaN vseuosY 40
The Capital Question and constttu-
tlonaI' Amendment.

The Charleston Courier Of the 81
inst, survcpders the Capitol removal
question. and adviser tue represents
lives Of Kanawha county to cease the
agitation Of it during tho present sss-
sion. s4.--T
This QUESTION. and the Constitution.
al amendment Of the judicial system,
has occupied much Of the valuable
time Of the Legislature up to the pres
CIT, and the sooner both questions are
laid aside. the better it will be for the
State, as we'll as for the reputation Of
tie members Of the Legislature.
We do not believe that the Cons.lt.
utional amendment will or ought to
pass in its present state; and if it did
pass the Legislature, VIC do rot think
t. would meet the approval Of the 70.
t,rs Of the State. The increasing Of
the Circuit Judges to l6, must add
greatly to the expenses Of the Judicial
department and the decreasing Of the
members Of the Court Of Appeals to
three. is certainly very Questionable
90 much so that, il for no other reason,
the people would be justified in voting
The amendment down. If the friends
Of this measure bad made II Circuit
Judges and S Judges for the Court o.
Appeals, the measure would be much
more favorably considered BY the 70.
tors Of the State. Twelve Circuit
judges could readily hold 8 terms .
year in every county Every citizen
Of tho State has a deep interest in The
proper decisions Of the Court Of Ap'
pcais, and our young State should mol
throw aside the experience Of olde.
States and reduce the number o.
judges ofthe highest Court below The
number that nearly every State in the
Union regards as necessary aud desir'
able. We know Of no State that ha'
less than 5 Judges in the Court Of Ap'
peals, and many Of them have is higt
rs nine.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-10
Description Of Land In west
Virginia,

WtsTox, ". Va, Jan. S, 1877.
Editor ofthe Pilot:
10 the PilOt ofthez9d Of December,
1876, l saw d notice from Jersey City,
New Jersey, inQuiriag about lands in
West Virginia. Being 4 citizen Of
Virginia anu West Virginia since 1850,
l thought could give such iuforma-
ton as might DO Of some advantage to
those seeking such. The lands in
West Virginia are gencrally rich and
fertile, though billy, and generally the
hills are as fertile as the bottoms, il
not more so The timbers are COM
posed Of beach, poplar, oak, walnut
and sugar, b'sidss birch, cherry, and
many other qualities which are not the
general growth Of the country. The
climate is mild and healthy, beyond a
doubt; as for water, we have the best
streams and springs in any part Of the
New or Old World, and minerals Of oil
sorts 10 abundance, such as coal, iron
aud lead. There is no part Of West
Virginia that you cannot get plenty Of
coal and iron in The mountains. We
havO q few leading roads running
through the State, but during the war
they we're rather destroyed BY hauling
lover them. and that is one Of the great
drawbacks in tue State. l say this to
all inquiriug countrymeu, that West
Virginia, to-day, is the best State in
the Union for poor man to come to
and why! because 1t takes less capital
for man to start with than in auy
other State 10 the Union. The best
and cheapest way for settlers to come
to this country would DO that say
twenty or fifty persons want homes, Lot
them buy tract Of land Of ten or Gf-
teen hun lred, or two thousand acres
or more if they think fit; tract OIL
that kind they buy at smaller aud lower
figures than they eau pick prices here
and there, and form colony for them
selves.
Plenty Of such tracts can be found
in this State, aud at figures that the
poorest man :an buy. They can buj
these lands Mt from 80 Is 10 IS pei
acre, by buying large tracts. Ths
land is wood land, forty or fifty mile:
from railroads, Sut God knows how
soon q railroad may be made through
that part Of tho country; besides, it al
good grazing land for cattle or sheep AZ
you can SC. in any part Of the country
have the sale Of six or seven tracts O
land. aggregating 20, 900 acres, which
lies well, and the title indisputable.
will be happy 70 give information tt
any person who may require such,
We have here in the county Of Lewil
about 125 families of Irish birth The
majority Of them came here poor, but
to-day they are better of generally
than what you term the natives. The
country which j refer to is some dis.
lance from Weston, which is % miles
from q railroad. We are making a
railroad to Weston, aud arc working
on it now. In any part Of the State
you will see settlers already located
There are two colonies OF Germans
within eighteen miles Of Weston, and
one about 40 miles, all doing well.
The Washington and Cincinnati Rail.
road, which was surveyed some eight
years ago, il ever made, will g
through the heart Of this State.
PATRICK TlERsgr.
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JUDICIAL SALE.

BY virtue Ola decree Of the County Court
ofLewis county, rendered at The April term,
1876, Ia The ehaneery cause OF Edwin Max
well, executor, &C., Of the last will and los
lament ofBurton Despard, deceased, plain
tif, against Noah GreenleaVes and others,
descendants, ! will sell by public auction, 10
the highest bidder, at the front door Of the
Court House Of Gllmer county, on tho
l2tb day Of March, 1877,
the same being a Court day, the tract Of
1861 ACRES OF LAND,
on Cedar Crock, In Gilmes county, In said
cause decFeed to be sold, upon credit ofG ,
u and 10 months, with interest from the
day Of sale. The purchaser will be required
to give bond With good security fol- ,he pay.
ment Of the purchase msnSy, and lien will
DO retained as further security therefor.
LOUIS BENNETT,
febl0iW Commissioner.
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fc0i4W
V0K fS77.
REDUCTION IN PRICE,

For fourteen years the Theelisg Register
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family. !
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