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Twenty-Five Dollars the season, aud is
not responsible for accidents.
\. l.. McGINEiS,
Proprietor Excelsior Stable
January 81, 1877
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CsIgESTanORO'S
EX r. 4 NJ ID Y e.

CHRIsTADORO's HAIR DYE IS
~ the SAFEST and BEST; it acts
ins.antaneonsly, producing the most
natural shades of Black or Brown;
does NOT STAIN the SKIN. and is
easily applied. 1t is standard pre-
paration, and favnrite upon every
we'll appointed Toilet for Lady or
Gentleman. Sold by all Drnegists.
j. CHRISTADORQ,
P. o. Boy 1899. New York
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Jackson, between I'd and 80 SITS,

HORSES, BuGGEEe, HACKS ANT
III Harness always on hand for sale OF
hire ut reasonable rates Horses board
ed per month, day or single feed, 4
line of Hack leave the above stable on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SAT
URDAYS for Red Kivor banding, via
LECOMTE,
LOYD'S BRIDGE.
CHEN&YFILLE,
EVERGREEN,
COTTON PORT
Moreauyille and SimmSport, making
close connection with tHe Mali steamers
K. r. LEE, FRANK PARGOUD and
NATCUEI, up aud down.
4 comfortable IIanE, pair Of horses
and careful driver always ready at the
above stable TO convey persons to the
Sulphur Springs. H7rrisonburg. Nat
chitoehas, Many, LeesvIteor wherever
they wish to %, and as rates to suit the
times. / GUARANTEE SATfSFAC-
pION. n. l.. MGGINNIS.
May sly. Proprietor.
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Il. L. Nc&IAAIS, Proprietor
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" Particular attention paid TO
HORSES left Oh EEE2, or for SALE.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1865.
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TO DP3yeTS !
SPLENDID MULE PENS

Will rent STALLS
By DAY or WEEK
FOR HORSES
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HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES
and
HARNESS
I'LL Wf2G m }IafA'I2 E71Tf fEE
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THE EASTERN WAR.

NEw YORE, June lS.-CoDlictiug
accounts come from ROumania. Those
who regard operations imminent, Cx.
p!aiG the general movement Of lhs
Russian troops during the last week
as q preparatory movement for cgnoGn.
lraIihg the forces hitherto scattered iu
cauloaments. The departure Of por.
ton OF tue headquarters on the lii
inst, from PiojestO to Alexandra, is
regarded as u sure Indication Vi early
ac,ioa, while tho UNUSUAL precautions
taken to prevent anyone from approach
ing the Russian lines goes 10 confirm
this impression, One account states
that ell the inhaUNapts have been or.
dCECd to withdraw from tic bLOEC.
Believers in this speedy commence.
ment Of operations actually pauo JrEc
18th as the date Oh which the first 1t.
tempt to Cross the Danube will be mal1
From OgOIhcr scarce, usually not less
well informed, it is positively stated
that fortnight or 70 will clapse be-
fore the Russians arc ready to uulcr.
take operations aloug tue Iiuc, owing
to the imperfect slate Of tic prepare.
lions. TLelo were found SO far back
Wasd Gu tic Emperor. arrival at Play.
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Our Washington Letter.

WAsnlSGroE, June 90, 1877.
Editor Demotrat.
There arc two political gatherings
Fpoken Of which will BE- Of interest and
may be Of importance il they occur.
Onc is the expected meeting Of North.
crn and Southern politicians, at Green.
brier, White Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia. Southern society aud poll.
tics ago yearly well represented there,
aud this season it is supposed that
many uorIhcncrs, including the Prcsi'
dent, will DO there also, Mr. CoTcO.
ran our wealthy Degenerate banker ard
!. ELiI4aILrOpi.t goes to tic SElipgs an
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bargains i'm Farming Implements at the Moore Bros

jtsso. tl.at he !. ,.,l to haze expressed
his LisplcasurO. Despite the obstacles
caused bY tho rairs ii Ras lhOcghG that
moTo might have been done Il It had
70! been fer tho want Ct hRrmOny and
cooperation, extending even to those
Occupying very high positions. The
establishment Of magazines close to the
Danube and the collection Of bridging
material arc particularly considered
very backward.
Since the Cars arrival fresh energy
has been infused into all preparations,
but Ills =, first was nCutralizei By tue
various railway break downs. Those
who do not believe in Immediate opcr.
ntions explain the present great move.
men: Of troops by the supPcsiIio u that
the commander. in.Ghief had reasons
to considerably modify his plans, and
that according to the rev arrangement,
six Ct eli ghI army corps arc to be con.
ccnira!cd on comparatively short
line between Guirgcns and l,lans on
the riTcg A!rta. Both opinions arc
founded on observations taken OF the
spot At Gjurgcvo. Steam launches
have arrived, and a large siege train
is being collected, while tue Eight
Eleventh aud Twelfth corps are ready
to converge on that point. In AIuta,
behind Targumagurlli, the Ninth corps
is in waiting, and tie Thirteenth is on
the march to join it. Tic Fourteenth
corps is in Gala;z but will proceed
westward, aud probably cross about
TechcvnavOda or Kalaraash. With
Fourth corps ostenlahous dcmonstra.
items ale being made in the ncighbOr.
hood Of Brailc, REM and Ismail, but |
Imagine they are merely feints.
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and We want You, before you spend 4
dollar for your Spring Quits, 10 give
Us . chance 10 show you that We
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23

WILL YOU CONFER THE VEy.
EXITS UPON YOUR owe SEC.
TION WHICH JUDGE FERGUSON
SAYS FOLLOWED THE LOCA.
TION OF TIE CAPITAL IN TlIE
THIRD DISTRICT; OR WILL.
YOU VOTE To SEND IT, WITH
ALL ITS INNUMENABLG Ap.
NANTAGES,TO APPOINT WHERE
n CAN NEVER. BY ANY rOSSI.
BILlTl, BE OF ANY ADyAN
TAGE TO Us Oh our rOSTgRI.
TY?
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23

cam cEic'ly what We say when
We advertise that We shall allow no
other store to give You more or better
goods for
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CAPITAL NOTES.
What the PaEerS Say.

No greater misfortune could bulall
our people than to have the capital
again at Charleston RandOlpE En-.
terprise.
Vote. therefore, foy ClarL,Lurg.-
Pa5ker'bgrg 7imeL
Should tho Capital DO located ut
Clarksburg, she will furnish, free of
cost, Q building for tho use Of the
State, until the Capitol building is
completed. C2arhsbury Telegram,
Tie MOrgaDtOWn Pos, fuds it up.
bill work supporting Charleston for the
Capital. 1t is aboGt ss hard as the
registers kicL;pg asaiast the pricks
STANDARD.
WESTON WEST PORE RAILROAD.
Clarksturg has voted $40, 600 stock
to tue Weston & West Fork Railroad.
The vote stood $50 for the subscai2
ton to 81 ngainst it. Well done fa.
ture Capital Of tic S:a;e.-ga ekhaa-
10. Bamar.
As it is almos! impossible to reach
Charleston in the winter time, it is
suggested that the Legislature nee, III
tue summer time, should that city be.
come the State Capital. However,
there is about a. much danger Of the
one event as tic 9Itcr.- Fheeling
Standard.
--CharlcIton gave gees 900 to tue
Chesapeake and Ohio RailrOai-ani
then after the road va built repudia.
ted every cent Of il. This is The gift
that Ferguson is h owliug about
through the State. Ho viewer. be fails
to speak of its ever icing rOrrd.E!cl.
KiagroOI IourUG!.
We, as citizens Of the State, must
consider what is best for our own in.
icresls, and when We vote upop tbi,
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=
things. The other gathering is only
hiut:l a: 10 the public, -nl may be ouly .
the Offspring cfsOmO 'ngrant imagiDa, !
iicu i j, 10 less Ihan n meeting Of
American politicians in Europe TO con.
slider, rs tic others consider b. the
SPRING, the future politics Of the couu.
~. The thrcV leaders Of men who
"a'r 50 csicU'a!ously gone abroad will
be remcmb'IGd at once. Others have
already g.nV, aud others they say will
'oon 20. Why 60 to Europe to cen.
So. eacG other when they could hold
consultations at home with more SO.
cioiy, is Lot plain. give tic gGmOr;
for what it is worth.
This muddlc Of civil service reform
id, muidlc'---:s apparently as,
confusing 70 its svthors, aiJcrs and
abc;lorg as it ia 20 a wondering public
slsr;:pg ont .a a courss that Tho ro,
able and experienced man could not
successfully follow, and having for
guides such visionary and rya,ic men
as Schurz, able bu, politically incxpc
ricucrd men !iEc Eyarls. dead INC, like
Key and Taonpson aal sly and selfish
men Ike Sherman (wLg II mus, M, bc
forgotten /, strongly b,urd 10 tho
rroa, leader Of ,bc o,no,;rior> i, ;spo,
s,raaca that the President ortca MISE,
hi. way Determined 10 90. opl of,bc
old rut, which perhaps led to the rl;i.
mate ruin of the pariy. HAYES NAV be
said 10 hLye 70, out Of tic highway
itself aud into the woods The reccn.
appointments do no, compare fayoroblv
with Grants later ones. Instead oil
building up 4 new party by this kind
Of reform" Hayes would ruin an old
one BY Il let UloLc other causes Of
trouble.
Ex-senator Pratt. who died on the
lIth last, vas q aaliye OF Maine. bu,
or many yeats had lived Indiana. lie
was Of gigantic size. of simple and re.
firing habits, ind, Of uuqucs,ioped
honesty, and outside of his official
duties as Senator and Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, made few ucauaia.
tauCcS here.
Wien andrew johnson was lighting
bis party aud the party him, and the
Democrats had no, shown a dispo si,ion.
to support him, the city Of Peoria, ILL.,,
CHANGED to elect johnson man to
some local efice. 40 one on. Of Peora
ever knew how i. happened. It never
happened again. But the sanguine
President took the little isolated event
as beginning Of the johnson party.
Look" said he "at Peoria u" Our
sec,ud but diminished johnson has
found his Fcoria Tho Rcnuhli,.p
Convention in vcnandO Co., Penn. has
boldly and uucquiyocally endorsed the
Presidents policy. To be sure il is
no, much of county. and of the thirty
or more in tn. State which have held
conventions /: is all alone in this mat.
ter, bu. here is au endorsement, and
Mr.. Hayes is properly proud Of it.
Whoever fluids laul, with Washing.
ton in June knows no. what a beautiful
city or q perfect climate is. Prom the
Soldiers Home southwark to the POto.
mac, and from the Eastern branch
westward to the heights of GEORGETOWN
tie eide s,rcc,, arc all we'll kent. tho |
numerous reservations green and do.
rious with vcrIurc ; an fountain, here
and there pIay iuccssapllv The dust
aud mud Of ten or fifteen years AGO.
lace li.,rr.,rod and tho so,l;.. o,,
tue Iatc war WHO TemGIhbeFg the CITY /
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23

lMPORTANT To
Farmers and Wool Growers
THE WESTON WOQLDS MILLS having
been Telilted and rVpAiFvd for the mAuulac.
ture Of Wool lato
JEANS, FLANNELS, BLANK.
ETS, YARNS, de,
for which We defy competition as 10 quality
ior wear 10 exchange for wool, paying i6r
highest market price.
We continue TO spin YRrpI Of different
grades suitable fer hOm9 weaving, al a0cl
per pound. Roll Saraing at sclI per round
Aud should orr work not bc as ytpTc.enled
We ask no pay.
We SonI! aue to pay the highest cash pri.
Ces for wool.
We Gusl bp fair dealing 10 mSri, q Con.
Nnuance OF t5t pgbliC patronage.
We manufacture Wool on shares for those
having large lots.
BEST LUBRICATING OIL
on hand and for sale. Warranted no, 10
gun aud free from grit.
E0- Please 10 call aud CNtmfpc our
goods aad prices.
J. II. CLIFTON & SONS.
Weston, April :, 1877.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23

The best & cheap
est place in town
to buy pure drugs.
Pure Dru gs&c
A, N. Smith
DRUGS IND WHOLESALE d
RETAIL STORE,
Smiths Corner, Main ST., Weston
Keeps constantly on hand full end
fresh assortment Of
Pure Drugs, Chemicals, DyO Stut,
and everything in the Drug Line,
Pcrfnncry, Notions, Fancy Arti-
Giles, Lamps and Lamp CHM
ncys, all sizes Of Window
Glass, Paints 4 Oils
Of I'll kinds, white
Lead, Putty in
Cans,
Varnish, Turpcntinc, Glue, Paint
Brushes, Alcohol, Pure Old
Rye Whiskey, Brandy,
Port and Sherry Wine,
for medicinal and
sacramCntalpur-
poses,
Gin, and in fact everything usually
found
In a First Class Drugstore
F3" Physicians Prescriptions
carefully compounded at all hours.
I have nlso on band large stock Of
SADDLES, BRIDES. HARNESS,
COLLARS, &C.,
And'in quality and price l dCfy con-.
petition.
employ none hut the best work.
men in this department, aud use the
best material that eau be procured.
@9PGdoaduo3
Neatly and promptly executed.
CALL AND EXAMINE
my goods and prices, aGd scc..it theJ
won't compare faVOrably with any
house in town.
a. NJ. SMITH.
Weston, Jan, %, 1877.
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It is well that the public should be
informed that with the other mass of
rubbish, with which the journals
brought up 10 the interest Of Charles.
ton seek to delude tho people, that the
claim tLrI il The Capital is located at
Charleston, tho people will be saved
tho expense Of paying for State
House, is q sna;c aud delusiOn. The
fac! is they have no State House bull.
ding to offer. Tho building there,
tie State pnyed them $4,000 to get
away from, is mOrIgugCd to Hunting.
ton for large amount, aui another
heavy mortgage TO- or the right Of the
property il the building is in tue
chesapeake & Ohio railroad. This
We challenge them to dQay, So this
great oGcTr so prominently parudcd. is
very much like negotiation once at.
tempted u be made on an L" exceeding
high mountain" when the kingdoms Of
the Garth we're offered as cOnsidera.
ton, and tue clOven footed nCgOtiatOr
had no more title to tho said Kingdoms
than the Charleston people have to tho
bcilling they talk about. And even
il they had u clear title, the Capital
bill comcs with it up appropriation Of
$4,000, payable Immediately on the
location Of the Capital, which the
Charleston people would as immediate
ly pocket, and the people would be
taxed to pay il oil the same, aud the
greater part Of which will have to be
paid by the First and Second Dis.
ITiets.-CIar acknowledgement.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23
Reform is Necessary, Ctcn
In the Tobacco LiNc.
Great Reduction il Prices.
Have you bccn to the CITY CIGAR STORE,
Mlln SIrL..l Mn-lunL

OASuI lbSuuGllull Ill IEllpS.
Have you bccn to the CITY CIGAR STORE,
Nam Street, Weston?
Il ron wantaii I've cent Cigar, viii liavsEa
filling, you can get !; ikc,c-You u.- yet s
Couurcliyg. Til5 for dime. -YGI en- gel
q 81 Domingo Tip. lar dime-YoU can gct
! Siogiys for CrHts.-lUu can get ,,urc
HAVANA Tor 10 gruiS,-ur, II yuu Slgi
llome-Malc Smo'Jng tobacco you rnn Hiyc
u package for - H. GU eau get Eiliiea-
Ilick, real Turkish = r Rirrp, Apricot,
The Weed, Nanilla!Nt ,.j-Sily, Sweet liursv!,
or Fun BOB smokinEN .AAggO ysry vhgag.
And nav !oOl At my great variety Vi
Chewing IonaClO-Old . miuion aurl,
plug, Paragon Twis; only licls p.u.. tiu!.
zen Tw'l. 2Ucts. Golden lFla,-sl'i preset
Scots, Double Navy -icls, GEyy!y 20 /
= fine aTI!tic--jVc;s, giuy CALIFORNIAN.
ion, 81 apoarl
li!Ou want good blue Match YOU eau
gci!i-.0F !lyUu wauta haudsomc ,u.IericI
Pipe yoG CIT get il. You can gr' o s;onr
pipe for almost uolhiag. Or wou,i ,ugIiLr
10 -; ,1u,r Scotch SGui3 YUu ga get il
a"l Ravcr SgEii also. You can &C: iIri.n
Tobacco SEED.
u there isanytbiug In the way OF Smol.
Ing, Chewing or SaU1ing, /, !, ALWAYS ,obc
bad At tue CITY CIGAR STORE.
Come OMC---Soy\g Nh, |
ROBERT JUFER.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05
SUNNI er Diet

There is great deal said in praise
of French cookery, but the demands
of the intense life Americans lead can
not be met by mere flavors and simu-
lated dishes. Our palates may be
cheated by the CUISINES, but he can
not cheat our stomachs. Food we
must have-food that on analysis gives
fbrin and gluten and albunen, and
puts such restessness into our muscles
and brains that we cannot choose but
work and think. The hearty worker
is invariably the hearty feeder. While
1t is right and proper to utilize every
thing edible, and wrong to waste what
may serve useful purpose, there is no
economy so unwise as that which
leads us to detraud our blood by fill
ing the stomach with what seems to
be food, but is lacking in the essential
elements of food.
In the summer time fruits and veg
etables naturally form large part of
our diet. When neither under ripe
nor over.ripe, nothing can be more
wholesome than fruit. But there are
no articles of food more deranging to
the system than unripe fruit, or that
verglng on decay, in which the termen.
tatlons OF decomposition have begun.
So far as possible, fruit should be eat
en- without sugar. Sugar is carbon in
saccharine garb, aud carbon is heat.
Curds are very delightful articles of
food. For breakfast on a sultry morn
ing In June and July, nothing can ey-
coed cream cheese for delicacy and
satisfaction.
The habit once formed of eating
cold dishes in summer, and the Ameri-
canideathat every meal musttaste ofthe
fire, being discarded, large comfort
ensues TO the cook and the eater no
less. Cold tea and cold coffee, if
rightly made and cooled, are as re-
freshing and stimulating as the same
beverages at 212o Fahrenheit. Cold
meats are as nutritious as warm meats,
and many vegetables are as palatable
when they have been half day from
the fire, as when first cooked. Salads
of all kinds are specially grateful in
warm weather, and should form a
part Of every dinner Golden Rule.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05
- MANHOOD:
- How Lost, How Restored !!

just published, new edition of DIR. CuI-
veryell's Celebrated Essay on the
radical cure without nedicine) of Sperma-
torrhGa or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and
Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Mar.
riage, etc. also, Consumption, Epilepsy and
Fits, induced by sef.indulgence or sexual
extravaganza, &c.
~ Price, in q sealed envelope, only Gets.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarming
consequences of self abuse may be radically
cured without the dangerous use of internal
medicine or the application Of the knife (;
pointing out mode of cure at once simple,
certain, and eifectual, by means OF which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be, may cu.e himself cheaply, privately,
and radically.
~ This Lecture should be in the hands OF
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent. under seal, in a plain envelope, TO
any address, ON receipt Of six cents, or two
postage stamps.
Address the Publisher.
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann St., New ork; Post Office Box 1856
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05
How People Get Sick.

Eating too much and too fast
swallowing impertectly masticated
food ; by taking too much fluid at
meals drinking poisonous whiskey
and other intoxicating drinks keeping
late hours at night and sleeping too
late in the morning wearing CLOTH,
ing too tight, so rs to relax the circu-
lation wearing thin shoes neglect
ing to take sufficient exercise to keep
the hands aud feet warm; neglecting
to wash the body sufficiently to keep
the pores open; exchanging the warm
clothes worn IN a warm room during
the day for costumes and exposure SO
incident to evening parties: starving
the stomach to crafty VAN and
foolish passion for dress keeping up
constant excitement tretting the
mind with borrowed troubles swal-
lowing quack nostrums for every mag
mary i'll taking meals at irregular in
tervals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05

The first object IN lite with the
American people is to "get rich ;" the
second, how to regard good health
The first can be obtained by energy,
honesty and saving; the second,
(good healthy by using GREENS AU-
GUST FLOWER Should you be q de-
spondent sufferer from any of the
effects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
Indigestion, &c, such as Stick Head
ache, Palpitation of the Heart, Sour
Stomach, Habitual Cos:iveness, Dir
ziness Of the Head, Nervous Prostra-
ton, Low Spirits, &c, you need not
suffer another day. Two doses of
AUGUST FLOWER will relieve you at
once. Sample Bottles 10 cts. Regu-
lar size Is cts. Positively sold by all
first class Druggists in the U. s.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05
NORTHERN RAILROAD

1877. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT 1877
an and affair J,,v q 1877 p,sson,o,, n,.,'
| viii rnn ma fniIcws e'' i'u'h
y VIII '"' Ir aS uo,ipTs 'rpAINc
Dovp,,,,so,o N.Y., ,oo',nn 49,, -. IN :.
Az and aoa .,,, ,S rroin ~ ~, i ~ az
A'u.ror VIII DE-. f'mot;o, onr,'o o 800
ith trai, r t'.o WI KY ;on q, II oht,s
warton Nn wn m'i viinnah, W. ud Mn
Balcs S,on"tpooh oaho" g., I'' ;,m musUs
ITancost S""''ono' VheV yT',. n". L'Iclch'
MomntoinS' a ahu INC w nlto UNIV rialGolli"
naIinr Ma,sf nsp' 4, WilhIiains ior MoHt
TAIh,ns RomSe's p oiouh'u'l'' puii I d.
bnrnb and the Wost o'"'' Aioii're"i' osochs
hoco III W.. g." v' w., ,,,
s30pM] for WHc Pi H,M i1uvy? UohIoru AZ
Evrx,yc II vpnp ,U nv ru 81 Junction nristoi;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05
Russian Funerals.

Much as | dislike funerals, | have
had to see many, and Of all kinds, but
none, except at times, in the form of
the Episcopal church, arc to me SO
beautiful or so pleasant as these Rus
sian funerals The Presbyterian form
is too cold, too black, too still. We
bury our dead too much as if we were
trying to draw 4 lesson from the dead,
and as if we doubted where the soul
had gone. The Catholic service is
too grandlose. There lis fine music,
but the ceremony is too long and too
entirely confined to the officiating
priest. In the Russian church every
one seems TO be taking part in the
service, and the dead are treated with
a tenderness and love not elsewhere
found. The bows and prostrations,
the tapers in each ones hands, the
kissing the hands, 1.-The earth thrown
IN the coffin with its beautiful SYM
bolic meaning, are marks, of affection
ate respect, as we'll as the carrying of
the coffin and the earth thrown into
the grave by the hands OF the friends
and relatives. There are no black
pals, no double collins or burial cask-
cts. no horrible screwing down of the
lid. "DusL thou art, to dust must
thou return" is truth which man
here does not attempt to evade. As
| said above, every ceremony and
every repetition here tends to make
us realize the fact of death, without
destroying any Of its sanctity.
My thoughts and reflections have
detained me long, and the funeral
procession which gave rise to them
has passed my window long since, and
the church bells are silent Eugene
Schuyler; in ScRIBNER for September.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05

ST.. NICHOLAS for September is brim-
full of youthfulness and life, and starts
the youngster off with a new bound
into the new school year. The 'front.'
ispiece is wonder of spirited excel
ton and the first article, "Young
Folks Fun in Central Park" from the
pen of Mr.. Charles Barnard, with pic
lures by Kelley, sustains and adds to
its exhilarating effect. George Mac
Donald follows with the first half of a
charmingly simple story of Scottish
shepherd-life, marked by his charac-
teristic touches, aud flashes ofinsight,
and carrying an admirable lesson.