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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
Some Queer People.

There is Young man in the neigh
hOrhool who is always melancholy, AMI
always out Of work. The other dny he
was asked by u kindly disposed mnn
whether h. could find no work.
"Sir," said he, "the only thing that
sIr,rs my happiness is my appetite. Can
I help it?"
"Nn."
"The ouly thing TINT NppeHses> my
appetite is my food. Can help it?"
"No; certainly not"
"TIle only thing TINT procuros me
food is money. Can help ~
"Of course not. Everybody Inns t"
buy fno,l."
''rIc only way for me to get money is
to work. Cm IlIrlp t?'
"rlMt is the best way 10 get it"
"But, SIR" and here the tears Cnnc
rolling down his cheek, "there's the
rub. Work spoils my appetite, md ]
Invent anything else to live for"
Right over tllat way-t!Iat is, south
there lives nan who receives IL half
dozen old be,lsteadS every day. II this
Iuan was in business it would not matter,
but M he is not, it makes one inquisitive
to know whit he does with them. Il"
satisfy my laundering, IHccoSted him one
day.
"You ser," said lie, II am n man
used to thinking. am in quest Of ii
discovery that will benefit me mud tile
world. In plain words, lam testing the
popular mind on betllmg powders. |
have u.splcntIid preparation Of ,lG,. mt
terial, aud il yorl want Il bottle will let
You lave it cheap: Int to go 10 the
bedsteals, I buy these to see how many
Use powder. "
"iThe result 2" I eagerly inquired.
"Is shocking, 10 say nothing Of tile
harlarOus lmhit Of not keeping bugs;
nine out Of every ten 'I6e coal oil.
The other of the queer people with
whom | have come in contact, il M old
lady living in ueiglboring village. The
other day SHE was told That eight mules
were killed by lightning in M adjoining
county, where her husband works.
"Good gntcious,' she exclaimed,
clapping her hands over her head ~
felt it III my homes that something Ind
happened to John.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
What Causes l,iphiheria.

The origin of iliphtheria, said Presi'lrn:
ChandlcrOf the New York b0nrtl OF health,
isumystery. Most New Yorkphysicians,
[ believe, think that the sewer gIses
started it. It is germ disease, like
smallpox, and is communicable. 1t
often seizes robust children WHO, at the
funerals Of playmNtcs, or i'll school or
church, are exposed to its direct ILL
iiuenCe.
Tile diphtlieritic poison, imprcgnMtimg
the mir passages Of the patient, affects
the entire system. The air pnssHgc ml-
pregnation speedily changes into inilam'
nation, accompanied by the formation
of membrane. Fever next follows.
The poison begins to net MS soon IFS it
falls upon tile tissues Of the mir passages,
hut doesn't sensilly affect the patient
until two to five days later. Then he
feels great prostnItiOil, his thrat is dry.
md he has prieking pains i'll swallowing.
The throat retllens, white membrane up
pears in patches, and the glands swell.
IN fatal cases the fever increases, the
throat inflammation spreads, and genera!
exhaustion follows.
The diphthcritic poison clings long to
roolnS and may occasion death months
afterwnrl. Diphtheria prefers, seeming
". children between one anil ten the
average age Of its victims now is about
two wears. Neither heat nor cold, min
nor drought, affect it. Cleanliness aiN!
pure mir everywhere in dwelling tend
to avert nnl mitigate It.
Where it exists n0 child should In
permitted to kiss strange children, par
ticularly when they have sore throatS,
or even TO play with their tops. When
any child in fnmily has Il sore throat,
the other children Should he kept rigidly
apart, III dry, well ventilated rooms.
Every throat affection Should he prompt
IL treated. The sick child should be
wntclifully nursed in well ventilated,
sunlit room.
Men wlu live on Fifth avenue are as.
toniSled tIlat their children die. 1t isnOt
ut all marvellous halr Of the houses there
are not fit To live i'll. One-half 0f their
owners, / M confident, have never been
in their own cellars. They fill their
,lrawing.roOms with sGtins and gliding,
but give no heed to the drain pipes.
Often 81 would llAve saved loved childs
life, ii seasonMhIy spent i'll repairing"
defective dlNin pipe.
A few dnys ago I went into the cellar
Of great brown stone house. The cur
rent Of sewer gus, rushing directly mp to
the bedrooms, put out my candle, and
left NE to gropc my way ont III darkness.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
r,he Approximation bills.

4 Washington dispatch says: by
january 90 Ill the appropriation bills
will be before the House and most Of
them will have been passed. Two things
ure already certain, the sum total of the
appropriations will he from $4,000, 900
to 81, 900, goo below the expenses for
this year, and 81, 900, 900 below the APP
preparations fnr the year before. and the
deficiency hills will he. SO FIR ny III.
formation lms reached Mr.. Holman, hc.
low those Of any year for ten years past.
Tie estimates for deficiencies nre princi.
.tasllE eoiliine1 to the departments Of JUS.
t;cn no,.r NM i'HSgar, Sar, and iii the lust they
nre largely line to the tll9T e.! o. troMs.
The deficiencies in the legisI1t5SStt.. GA, A.
pelses are smaller than for eight vc;ilS
past. Tint Of the HOMse is not likely 10
he over $2S,00O. \ very considerable
saving hns resulted from the fact that
the contingent fund llas been entirely
abolished in the House, ul,l cannot be
Ir,lw1l upon by resolution ut pleasure.
Aside from the decrease in deficiency
bills, the best proof Of tie success Of
last years reductions is demonstrated in
the fNct tlMt they aT continued this
year, and, should the expenditures Of the
government be administered upon the
same principle, reductions can I've re-
peated yearly, SO that the appropriations
for the current expenses Of the govern
ment will he reduced in three years from
Sill, ,00O, ,00O, which they now are, t"
$9j. .0OO, 600 0r $I0j,000,0OO, including
i'll this Slm the pension list. This year
the appropriation hills nrc passing ut
about the figures If lust year and with
ont debate. Those in the hAn,ls Of the
committees were placed in the hands Of
subcommittee during the recess. The
most important reduction Of the winter is
To come in the Pension bill. Tile House
lmS made it rule to mlss this bill pre-
ciSely aS estimated by The pension bureau,
although it las been felt that ilc rx-
penseS incident To the disbursement Of
thu pensions were cxtrNvNgmtly large.
The Senate committee OM npprOpril-
tions has pnSSetI Ill amendment 10 III"
bill, however, wlicll will reduce this
particular item, anl when the bill comes
bNck to the House still further rUlur-
tiuns will he made III the Slme direction,
in MI Ia several hundreds Df
thousands.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
One Of OIL SIS SIISnirInnS.

Old 81, says the Atlanta IIcUid, went
10 +he theater TO zee the magician per-
tormMce the other night. Next day we
asked hun:
"Dii you sec that man handle tllnt
money last night?"
~ did, fer fNctl"
"He mule it come Nnd go i'll all sorts
Of wayS?'
Young boss, tlAt mans pow'rful slick
wild silber mnnncy!"
"W'llat did yOu think Of him, Si?"
"Dat man fool'd 7rorull dar wil dat
munney tell lle reused up my 'Spisllions,
he did,"
"SuspiciOns Of wlat?'
"IIit teks lots Of practiss fer to max a
Inf tlollcr pear an 1is'pcar in lat stilr. "
"Of course"
"Dat's what meks me lah 'spisllun
tLt ,ht white man wuz one time dc
c'lsheer oh n freclmen's bOMk-ail' l Jess
want to l,annel him few minnitS, sho's
yon horn.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
The BODY Finders Of the Seine.

The Paris correspondent Of the Pllila-
dGlphia YGiCgr0pM tells the following !:
/ must mention the strongest, perhaps,
Of nll the strange methods Of gaining II
living which are in vogue in Paris, md
that is the trAle Of imly finder. The
authorities Of Paris pay ten f1Gncs IT,
ward for every corpse tlIAt IL discovered
III the Seine and brought to the mOrgue,
As the wages Of tia poor loatmen WHO
ply on the river are extremely small il
will readily hc seen that sucll nj atldi-
ton to their petty earnings is not to lIe
IleSpiSe,l. But M bodies llont sometimes
fur down the Seine, beynAd the reach
of tie h0atman employed III the upper
part Of the river, these l,OatmeM have or
ganizci IL regular tr1lilic with those who
ply their vacation far down the stream,
and who, if they find n body cannot we'll
leave their rcgllnr work TO bring il to
Paris. The down stream bMGes are
therefore purchased at five fnucs each by
the up stream boatmen, the profits being
thus fairly divided. 1t may easily be
imagined with what care these men
watch the river for some indication Of
the presence of the mortal remains of
some poor suicide, who, il he were good
for nothing when living, is worth fully
ten frlncs now tint he is dead. These
body finders form valuable adjunct to
tile police force, and instances have been
known Of one individual bringing in twd
and three bodies in q single day.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
Detroit Free Pressslngs.

4 Detroit tailor solemnly and earnestly
remarks TINT no true patriot will try to
make n suit Of clothes Inst him over tlirco
months.
1t would be interesting to know just
what thoughts rush through the mind Of
n man who sits down OIL IL coil OF hot
steam pipes to rest. ~
Senator Norwood, Of GeorgiN, is al. old
newspaper mnn. He killed four weekly
papers i'll one year, but started II fifth V's
Il nothing Ind happened. gt.
There may have been cases where some
one wlS to blamc for IL lrolcr explosion,
nnl where the engineer hud not Just
inspected everything and found things alt
right" s-'
ASt. Louis exchange hts struck M
Original iten. II says: '' 1t is generally
thought that either 'Til,lrn or Hayes will
he President after the fourth Of March
next. ..... ......r
The two Pennsylvania miners who lit
their pipes md tlIcn proceeded to divide
II kcg Of powder were not badly manglcd.
The iact was. neither ouc has yet been
found.
Church fairs arc good things They
tr4mll II ,nal how to pr'Servrn look ii
deep humility willie paying ont two dol
hrs Of his llslrd-cnrlcd money for II ton
cent pincnSl.i"n. a.ua I
Tile Jouyndt oi ChcmistIY,MIvisc all
people 10 eat celery when they Crn get it,
and onions letweeu times. Says it puicts
your nerves. l:ut one onion eater cam
ynscttlc the nerves of u whole street chr
loN,l.
4 hen may look serene and happy rs
she sits OH II snowlritt, wings spread ont
and head up, hut We all know that she's
simply irving to keep mp appearances,
and that there is Ii powerful aching d"wn
ar0unl her heels.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
Old I.rathcr Made Into New.

On old nscd leather, sIys ScH'tcll pa-
per, there have been various schemes Of
utilization. Iiy tlisSnlving the leather
bv steam AMI certain acids, il is possible
to produce printing rollers for cotton
iabrics; but il seems prrfrrnbln to cut
the leather III pieces, mix them with It
celnentiug liquid, md then squeeze the
whole into II lnilss uf different thick
MesSrs, according tU the prUerss1 IT,
unire,l, such liz mNtrriIl for making up
the snlcs and heels of boots and sllOtr.
With II quantity of pnstr and the furcc
uf steam rIgimr, nlIre,ls nrc matlU to
NSsumo the appearance "t cakes Of
Enthusiastically, pancakes or pastel
stOck-which afe largely used i'll tie
Wholesale shoe manufacture 0f MnSN'.
clMsetts. There is HUtlIrr methnd in
that country nf using np SlMVi,gs Nnd
scl4Ips Of leather These nrc ground 10
powder resembling coarse snua, and
this powder il then mixe,l with certain
gums and other substances SO thorough
" that the whole mass becomes ii kind
Of melted leather Ina short tinlO this
dries little, and is rolled out to the de-
sired thickness, perhaps onC.twelfth of
I'M inch; it iS now quite solid, anil is
alil to he entirely waterproof. There
nre various processes patented for melt
ing down leather waste md producing
large sheets Of artificial leather, possess
ing waterproof qualities, hut we have not
space to go into any account Of them.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
That Policy.

In all policies of life insurance these,
among n host Of other questions, occur:
cage Of fnthCr. ii living?' "Age Of
mother, il living?' A man in the conu-
try who filled up IN application lna,lG
his fathers ngc ~ living" one hundred
md twelve years, aud Ills mothers one
hundred an,l two. The agent wus
amazed ut this, anIl faMciel lie l,Oi w.
cured Al excellent customer; but, feeling
somewhat dubious, lie remarked that the
applicant came Of Il very long.lived lami.
IL. "Oh, yml see, sir" replied he,
"my parents died ln'lny years ago, but
III living would be aged us there PM
down. Exilctly-I understand, sHid
The agent,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
How Engli>, Cheese Is Aadc.

Probably the best ms well us the muSs
famous English cheese is Chetldnr, the
excellence and sweetness Of which de
pends MS much upon the management Of
The Processes Of manufacture rs upon
tie quality Of the material used. 1t j.
made principally in SOmersets!ire, md
il produced in tie following mnnner:
The evenings milk is placed i'll cooling
vdts so that it will lie brought to n tenn
pcratnre Of about sixty leg. hy the FOL
lowing morning. when the mornings
milk is added, and the temperature rAis.
ed to about eighty deg. Tie large vat
which contains the milk is gently heated
III the w.Gtrr lmtll; and when the milk
reaches thu lust mentioned temperature,
sufficient renurt is added 10 cnuse coagu-
lation III about forty minutes. Some
whey is added To hasten tile development
Of llctic acid Mll finally, when the curl
lns become sufficiently firm, it is cut
with curl knives. It then contracts rap,
idly, expressing the whey; ;nMl in about
twenty minutes it becomes quite firm,
whcn il ID broken into small pieces l'y 1t
wire shovel breaker, Wld the temperature.
raiscd to ninety.cight deg. Tho whey is
now drawn oil, aud the curd lett for
about twenty minutes longer, when IL
becomes u coherent, partially solid in'S+.
When firm enough, it is removed,
broken into thin flakes, anil spread ont
to cool. After the lpSe Of another tweli-
W minutes, it is turned nVer "nd left
until it nttains IL peculiar mellow ami
Haxy condition, well known to The eXlH-
rieIcrd cheese unkcr. by this time, the
temperature has been reduced TO about
seventy deg. The curtl is now put into
Il hoop and pressed gently for about tit-
teen minutes TO drive ont. The whey, Wy
.7.i;l too rapid fermeNtatit,sS,s-.I1stee
vented. wt i!aasrttHAsG q then ,at ,aa.tttf Out; cus INTO
small bits by II curl mill, md then suited
with one pound Of salt to fifty'sixpomds
Of curl.
The curd is now agIin placed i'll tho
hoops md kept under process for from
twenty to twenty-four hours. 1t il then
removed md the sharp edges pnrcd OIL.
after which it is turnel,, bantlOgCd, ,7lId
put in the press agIilL for ,L,thly or tw"
longer. The temperature Mt which 1t
goes IN press is matter of great impor-
Mncc, because, if too high, fermentation
with evolution Of gus is liable to take
place aMd make tile cheese porous.
ChetltLr goes to press ut HlNtlt sixty.tive
deg. While III the curiNg.roOm, which
is kept nj seventy deg, tho cheese is
rubbed with melted butter and turned
,,.n, 1,SI,.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
Whit Is Believed.

II is slGd To be the belief in the Senate,
says Washington dispatch, TINT the
House will insist upon the observance
of the following programme for the opcll-
lug Of the certificates Of the electoral
vote, especially III the treatment If the
doubtful ones likely to come frum some
Of the Southern States The House will
take the pOsitiOM TINT nfterthe President Of
the Senate lNS opened the certificates in
the presence Of the twn houses. without
discrimination md without other drrlar.
alton than the mere fuct II whit they
State aS tn tho result Of the elections,
there his duties end. md it will rcmnin
for the two houses to decide what shall
be done with the conflicting certificates.
The House will resent positively the us-
sumption that the president uf the Senate,
has any authority whatever t0 decide
which Of two sets Of conflicting crrtili-
cAtes shall he selected. There will bc,
81 says II prominent Republican srnAtnr,
10 appeal from the decision Of
the president Of the Senate, hut
when this condition Of affairs is reached
Il representative will rise nn,l announce !:
"I object :" whcreupoM the two houses
will separate for consultation, md rs soon
W II decision il reached nv tn what shall
bc done it shall he announced uMd further
action will he accordingly taken. He
further says;
at is nj erroneous opinion Of Senator
Morton that an appeal will be taken frum
the decision Of the president Of the Sch
Nte, aud il not sustained by both houses
Of Congress will fall. He Mlds tint there
is no such motion to he made, aud TINT
it would be futile to t,tke my such posi-
ton in case Of II disagreement from the
decision of the president Of the Senate ut
the counting Of the electoral vote"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
A Storm Of GraSSllOpIlerS.

At ten o'clock Mt night there WIS MI
immense number OF Grasshoppers pass-
ell over aud through Washington, Mo-,
local paper says. The night wills very
dark Int the choppers came butting
against the buildings, rnttlimg against
the windows, entering the houses at the
u,A'n windows and doors, and playing
havoc with the over superStitiOus, for
many persons Ind gone to bed and were
in their first sweet sleep, Ns the "hOp-
pers" commenced 10 nlttle against the
glass of the windows anil jump about
roums, making All Internal small noise
like unto parcel Of baby spirits out on
their first spree. 1t wss u strHnge expC-
icnce for those who were awake Nnll
took the pains to 60 out doors and listen
to the odd smnll noise tllut tillel the mir,
produced by the conclusion Of their
wings and tile butting Of their heads
against any obstacle i'll tlIcir way. As
far ms could he Judged from tl,t nnise
they nude, they were i'll great force, and
came from the north going in IL southern
direction: but mlIiy thousands. came to
grief i'll town, either giving ont through
S'.;;.e4s.lr the many accidents Of attempt
'n'tS"' M.t !" ,',,l,. Tl.l night trip without g"I
" I" hl"Kt "S-7z,,nriiilg thousands Of
pilots, as the next lis+S sss 1r,,n"ru woro
dcmh and maimetl' grssSf,S sSf,SpI'" i, Via ~"
lying nhOut loose OIL the streets, :" - ~ ~
yarls md houses. They were Of in
largest type Of Rocky mountain species,
some Of them measuring fully three
inches in length from "head to toe. y"
They evidently came ncrOSs the Mis-
souri, river, which Mt the place is fully
three-follrths OF mile wide, and those
that did not perish kept on toward the
land Of tile perpetual green.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
Worth and the lrltc Duchess.

Worth il in trouble agniu-with Il
spirited Partisan duchess this time. He
hHd, after II full fortnight's consultation,
md iii infinite deal Of assistance on the
lalyis part, designed toilet Of toilets,
magnificent, unique. Not long afterwnrtl
the duchess, while ut her milIiner's, was
surprised rtller than pleased to discover
displayed on the milliner's snfa the exact
duplicate Of her costume, the same
shades, lie Slme trimmings, everything.
The milliner also pItrnnized Worth. The
patrician, furious, sent word 10 VI.
Worth that she did not want the dress;
he returned reply TINT it had been or
dered md executed according 10 order,
and must he accepted and pnil for.
TEerenpon the duchess took Il fearful re-
venge. She wrote to N. Worth "I
shall take and pay for the dress, but not
wear it. l send yon this by my cook; you
will he so good us to alter the costume ~
tlmt it will fit her." And now tllat cook
III her tlIy ont appears i'll one Of Wurth's
most exquisite creations, aMd the cream
Of the Joke is that the blow llns been ef-
fectuAl, anl Worth thinks himself lis
gruccd.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08
The Letters at School.

?
Ono day the letters went to school,
And tried to learn each other:
They got 50 mixed twas really harl
To pick out Que from tother.
Awcnt In first, and z went last:
The rest all went between them
K, L and u, aud n, 0, P
(, i wish you could have seen them!
D., CD, E and J, X, l.,
Soon jostlGd well their bcttcrs
so,JR y, I'll gricvc to say
4 Wcrcyery naughty letters.
or course, ere long, they came to words
What else could bc cxpccted2 4
It'll E made D, J, G and 7
Decidedly detected.
Nov, through it all the Consonants
We're rulest and llncouthest
sWhfeall tic pretty Vowel girls
gwcro certainly the SnloOthcst.' ,j}
.NTid simple Y kept lar from V
= With faec'danurc and moral,
'tlSecause,r : she said, ''wc are, We two,
50 apt to start a:quarcl!"
But spitcful p said, "Pooh for Ur'
(Which made her feel quite bitter),
And, calling o, L, E, to help,
He really tried to bit her.
crelA &: "Now, E and G, come here!
II both will aid minute,
Good 7 viii Join in making peace,
Or else tho miscliers in H."
And smiling Z, the ready spite,
:, Said J: t.ies, and count me double"
This done, sweet peace shonc DER the scene
And gone was all the trouble!
Meanwhile when U and = made VI.
Tho Constants looked about them,
And kissed the VowOls for, you sec,
They couldn't do without them!
/. s., Nicholas.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08

III Texas all doctors are required un-
der the new Inv governing the practice
Of medicine to appear before the county
board Of examiners appointed by the dis
trict court aud stand mn examination iii
chemistry, anatomy, physiology and ma
tcriu mCdicG before they can collect
their bills. Any one viOhting this law
il liable to be indicted, Nh 4 and imprs-
Onel. 80
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08

Chip straw, 80 mNcl, used for honnets,
j. the braided bark Of a willow grown ii
Frahce uud Belgium. Its wlliteness il
no perishable tlut it will Change over
night, becoming the cream color gener-
ally NNCM.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08

The innocent blush more frequently
tllan the guilty; tue face Of the lIttpr Is
not 80 easily red,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08

an WIS pullin' very slow, for ] WIS
feelin' uncommon low, P"ppets, COS OF
havin' buried my little girl andher mother