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The Climate of Ireland.

1t is commonly stated that Ireland
has q very wet climate. It has undOubt-
edly a humid atmosphere, owing, per-
haps, in some measure, to a great eX-
tent of underdrained surface. But the
total quantity of rain that falls in Ire
land, little, if at ALL exceeds the rain
fall of England. In its distribution
thrOug the year, heweveF, it differs
much from the latter. The vicinity OF
the Atlantic gives Ireland, in the high,
est degree, an oceanic, and, to some ex-
tent, an equatorial climate.
Winter ia the Green Isle is extreme
ly mild. The Southern and Western
coasts, though seldom free from wind
and drizzling rain, never experience se-
we're cold. Vegetation remains in mid
winter brilliantly green and undepress-
ed, As spring advances, everything
seems to flourish; crops of all kinds
promise abundance, already, in Nav.
harvest seems to be close at hand. But
now the scene changes. There is little
or no dry summer When the sun is
highest in the meridian, there is con-
stantly GlOuded sky and no sunshine.
Rain begins to fall in June. The rain
fall of July is the hevaieSt IN the year.
In August the rain begins to abate: hut
Cled+ ehlSS anu DIiSuF sunshine can not
be reckoned on until September, when
the shortened days and the SUMS
declinatiOn have much reduced the solar
heat. The crops, in the meantime. ar
rested in their progress, are not the bet
ter for two months slUmbering under
the clouds. They have summer rain i'm
excess and too little sunshine. From
this it will pc seen that the character of
the irish climate is, that under it everv-
thing grows well, but that the process Of
is painfully slow aud uncertain.
Nature.
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Advertisements will be inserted at The
Let Him Deny It.

The Radicals are becoming greatly ex-
ercised in regard to charge made by
this paper against Hon. w. B. McClung.
in which Judge Lawrence and his
friends are interested parties. A cores
pOndent Of the Bellefontaine Press,
writing to that paper of last week SAYS:
A short time since the Logan Gazette
charged that Hon. w. b. McClung had
said he would not support Judge Law
renee if nominated The object of this
was to injure Mr.. McClung. [ was
at the Convention and was [ told
by Mr.. McClUng's friends that he said
it was not true, and that Hon. J. f. Nc
Kinney had been circulating the same
report. l am McClung man, and ask
you to publish this to vindicate him
and show how Mckinney has misrepre-
sented him, and I call OH Mckinney to
retract. LAKE TOWNSHIP.
Let Mr.. McClung deny the above
charge himself, and not by proxy, when
the fact lCat be estd6LibeI to the full sat
isfactiOn Of Lake Township and the
whole district. 1t will be further estab-
lished that he swOre he 1UO,ld Uote and
speak against the Juhgc's election should
he be nominated; and that he Coulrl
rather UOte for the leUH than for LlIV-
reace.-MlaHlj County Dem.
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Coal Mines on Fire.

There are many instances, say the
Scientific American, of vast masses OF
coal which have ignited, and been burn
ing for years. When once ignited, if all
communication with the external ar is
not cut off, land some imperceptible fis-
sUres are quite sufficient to prevent
this then the devOuring element pur-
snes its course without interruption. II
partially burns the coal and calcines the
sandstone and adjacent schists, chang
ing their lol0Ts to u sort of red, and al
tering their composition. At Brule,
near Saint Etienne, there is a coal mine
which has been on fire from time inn
memorial. The soil at the surface is
baked and barren; hot vapOTs escape
from it; sulphur, alnm, sal ammOniac,
and various natural substances are de-
posted OH it. 1t might he supposed to
be portion of the accursed cities for
merly destroyed by the fires of heaven
and earth.
Other burning coal mines are cited in
France. For example, those of Deeaze-
vile, i'll AveyrOn, and of COmmentry,
in the department of Allier. The in
habitants have even for long time
kept up these fires for the sake Of work
ing the aluminous salts which are given
off from the coal and deposited on the
surface of the soil as whitish effiOres-
CeHoe,
In the carboniferous basins of the
Saarbruck and Silesia there are like
wise coal mines which have been on
fire for a long time. In Betginm, be-
tween Mamur and Charleroi, at place
called Falizolle, the fire has been
alight for many years. The inhabitants
formerly were in the habit of working
the coal on their own account. Now, It
frequently happened that two parties
came in contact, causing endless dis
putes and sometimes sanginaTy fights.
A favorite way of keeping rivals or
competitors at q distance was to throw
pieces of old leather on a burning bra
zier, causing an insupportable stencil.
One day the fire extended also to the
coal, since which time it has never
ceased burning. Tho fire which burns
under ground is seen through fissures in
the surface. Sulphur deposits itself
round these vents, and acid gasses are
envolYed.
In England, especially in Stafford
shire, the ignition Of the coal has pro-
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The Gulf Stream,

THERE is riveT in the ocean. I'm the
sseYerest drOdghts it never fails, aud in
the mlgAtiest floods it never OverfIows.
lIs tanks and its bottom are of cold wa
ter, while its current is warm. The Gulf
of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth
Is the Arctic Seas tits the Gulf Stream.
There is in the world no other so ma
Iestie flow of water. Its current is more
rapid than the Mississippi or the Anna
zOn, and its volume more than a thou
sand times greater. Its waters, as far
out as Carolina coasts, are of an indigo
blue. They are SO distinctly marked
that the line of junction with the COM
mon sea water may be traced by The eve,
Often One-half of the vessel may be per-
ceived floating in the gulf-stream water,
while the other half is in the common
water of the sea, so sharp is the line and
the want of affinity between these wa
tiers; and such, too, the reluctance, so
to speak, on the part of those of the
Gulf Stream, to mingle with the COM
mon waters of the sea. In addition to
this there is another peculiar fact. The
fishermen on the coast of Norway are.
supplied with wood from the tropics bv
the Gulf Stream. Think of the Arctic
fisheImen burning upon their hearth the
palms OF Hayti, the mahogany Of Hon
1uras, and the preciOslS woods of tbe
Amazon and QCiNOeo!
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HIGHwAYMEN IN THE FARwEsT.
HoW Wells, Fargo d, Co.'S Sage pas
RO6bed-A Passengers Story.

-
A passenger on Wells, Fargo & Co.'S.
coach writes from COrinne, Utah, to the
Helena Herald, under date of Aug. G.:
Reaching Pleasant Valley about 8 P.
M. Thursday, / saw indications of some
anxiety on the part of the driver and
gUard-bOth of whom were armed with
shot guns and reVolveTs. We passed the
first station south Of Pleasant Valley
safely, but it was between this and the
next that we expected the ft93 Lieut..
Hamilton, of Fort Ellis, was with me,
and the three Cinnamon. I only had
one weapon of defense. We were all
now watehful, and as the coach ascend
ed from the bed of Dry creek, this is
what caught our ears: Click! click! click!
Haiti and like an apparitiOn the Road
Agents sprang from the rocks a few feet
from the coach. One drew his Henry
rife on the leaders, the next an the driv-
er' and the third paid his compliments
to the Lieutenant and myself by placing
the muZZle of his needle gun in rather
uncomfortable proximity to our ears,
and as the driver pithily remark
ed, the muzzle of them rifles APP
peared as large as a nine-inch stove
pipeI ! instantly seized nay inavy-but
a touch of caution from Hamilton adj
vised patience. Not knowing what the
issue of the affair might be, l concealed
my money in the cushion Of my seat by
cutting hole in the leather, my COM
paniOn had previously placed his in the
band of his dTq1DGTa. The Cinnamon
had by this time aWOke and began their
gibberish. / silenced them, and then
noted the progress of affairs outside
The driver put on the brake the moment
they challenged him. He asked what
they wanted,
pIhe Treasure boxes y said they.
'All right, said the driver, 'here they
are and threw out the light one, from
Virginia City, l believe.)
you have another of these fish" said
the leader.
fYes,' was the reply,
Throw it OUT was the command.
This was done, and stepping aside he
picked up an ak and began chOpping the
light one open. 1t took him full fifteen
minutes, and hard work at that. He
emptied its contents.
There's nothing in that box he said,
evidently much enraged.
He next attacked the Helena box,
which contained about six thousand dol
lars, believe. He remarked to lhe driv-
er during the progress of opening the
boxes, that he was sorry to detain us so
long, but it could not be helped; that
ulated families!
'AreIthere any persons aboard" he said
when he got through with the boxes.
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THE American Bible Society is put
| ting Bibles in all the passenger trains Oh
\ the Louisville & Nashville road.
Pass along your hot weather items.-
1t is so hot in Iowa City that the catfish
come out under the trees and fan tbem-
selves with their tails.
In Galena, on the nth, a boy was
struck out by being hit over the head
with base ball club.
\ Philadelphia family left the ras
burning while they went to Europe and
back.
GIRLS in Missouri don't fellowship
any counting unless it means matri-
mOny.
\ dandy at a hotel who wanted the
milk passed to him, thus asked for it,
please send your COW this wav.I TO
whom the landlady retOrted us follows:
Waiter, take the COW down to where
the calf is bleating.'
The boy who undertook TO ride "A
hOrseradtsh is HOW practiciug on sad
dleO mutton,
Nt-N wv AstNAg oGAAiG slolNGU 10 SlilSErltfa
to a newspaper declined, on the ground
that when she wanted news she mauu-
factUred it.
The bOOUt-iii;;,elS and bOnnets of the Ia
dies grow smaller and smaller. tbO,,yh
they represent Opposite extremes
AN Irishman said lie did not come to
this country for want, He lad an
abundance of that in his own country.
COME husband, said the wife of a
understanding Stock Exchange. 1T is
time for us to get up the day is breaking.'
Wen, let 1t break, I don't hold any Of
its paper
IIlERE is an intelligence dog at Mud
zine, Ind, 50 sharp that whenever
comes tO the house he proceeds
at once to catch a chicken, a thing he
will not do at any other time.
THE Chinese make from quicksilver
the most beautiful vermiliOn for the arts.
English and American vermiliOn, as
found in the market, is far inferior i'm
hriilaney aud quality to that of the Chi
nese,
SOME bad boys at Oshkosh, Wiseou-
sin, put hornets nest nader the pulpit
last Sunday morning, and when the
sat down afler reading the
hymn, he got right up without being
told. He said he didn't feel like preach
ing that morning, and the congregation
went home in hurry,
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A speech of B. F. Williams to the
miners of RalstOn City, Grant county,
New MOXicO, glOws with a promise of
wealth that is absolutely dazzling. We
are told: THE wOTld-renOwned mines
of Real del Monte, POtOsi, or the Com
stock lode, sink into insignifceance, in
comparison to what we here behold
Men cOnveTsant with the best mines of
Peru, Mexico and Nevada, stand amaZ-
ed at the spectacle here presented. Nu-
meTOuS fisSure veins, rearing their lofty
heads far above the surface of the earth,
showing a width in places Of hundreds
of feet, and carrying silver, as has been
shown by assays, in the average of three
hundred dollars per ton. Assuming an
average of forty dollars per ton, you
still have the finest mineral interest yet
discovered by man. For an hundred
mills in an hundred years can not re-
duce this mineral now in sight While
a marc, or eight ounces of silver, is
worth eight dollars, many mares from
RalstOn lOdes are worth eleven dollars
at the Philadelphia mint, so much gold
is in the metal. Mexican mines farther
south in the Sierra Madre when worked
in the primitive Spanish way yielded
wonderfully; Sl0,00O,0O0 from COrrilitas
III UIGy years. Sz0,UuU,uuU from SANTA
Juliana, much of it at $40, 900 to the ton
and growing richer. The San Dimas
mines made TrOmbrano the richest man
ever on the American continent and
worth SS0,000,000. The ParralI district
yielded $500, 600, 900, the Santa EulaIia
$500, 600, 900, the MOrelOs $3.50, 100000 in
all, during the last century.
Those great clusters of Chihuhua
mines have yielded in the aggregate
near a thousand millions of dollars, and
they are still as rich as when abandoned
Why then shOnld not the mines of RaI-
ston richer than all these) be what
their friends claim them to be, the
mother of the silver mineral of this con-
tinent.' These wonderful mines that
before five years are to busy and enrich
tens of thousands of Workmen, are just
waiting a Southern Pacific railroad, by
the thirty-secOnd parallel of latitude,
to develop them. Mr.. Williams wisely
concludes that it is rather q singular
coincidence that the discoveries here at
RalstOn should be cOtempoTaneOus with
the agitation of the thirty-secOnd paral-
lei railroad in Congress. The mines of
RalstOn are in latitude thirty-two de-
grees, seventeen minutes, thirteen Sec
Onds, and in the gap of the Sierra Madre
mountains, through which the railroad
must Of necessity pass.
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WHOLE NUMBER l39.

one-half Of it, so that the maximum of
valuation at no time exceeded 500, 900,
600, nor did it reach that sum until its
depreciation had compelled Congress tn
take it in and pay it out at $40 for one of
specie.
1t kept at par the first year, as it was
about equal to the amount of specie
held in all the colonies, but the quick
succession of increase tended to depreci-
ate it, until it reached 500 for I, and fin
ally ! 200 for l, when it ceased to circu-
late for any value at all.
Public securities of a similar character
were given, bearing such names as loan
offices certificates, depreciation certifi-
Gates, final settlements for services,
supplies, etc.; and these constituted the
public debt ut the end of the war. All
these were worth but to 1, until 1883,
when they were funded and rose to par
and thus made fortunes for many.
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continental Money.
H0W fortunes We're Made During Hc
ReUOlRtiOR

IOIU Fortunes We're Made During tic
ReUOiBtiOR.
A brief history Of the progress Of coll
tinental money may not be out of place,
because so few of the present genera
ton have ever been correctly informed
respecting its operations and details. 1t
is in itself something properly apper-
taing to an illustration of u chapter Qf
THE War of Independence, ana rs such
we give 1t;
In June 1775, the first emission was
made of 81, 10000 Before the close of
that year S3,000,000 more We're issued.
In May, 1776, S5,000,000 moro were is
sued, in the autumn of the same year
So, 600, 600, and in December S5,O00,O 900
additional. Such frequent and large is
sues began to reduce their value In the
confidence Of the people. In the mean
time the power of taxation was virtual
ly denied to the confederation. They
could only recommend the measures 10
the States,
The whole amount issued during the
war was $500, 000,0O0, nut the collections
made by the Government In various
ways cancelled, from time to time, about
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A Good lining,

We have seen and tried 'Lesfies Magic
Ruttier,' and find it all that is claimed
for it. Every one who has a Sewing Ma
chine, should send 81 50, and get one
and try it, on the liberal offer of Messrs.
Cornell, Ward & COmings, the well
known General Agents of the Wilcox
d Gibbs Sewing Machine, to refund the
money if the RUffier is not found salts
factory. Address.
CORNELL, WARD & COMINGS,
WILLCOX & GIBBS OFEICE,
l33 Lake ST., Chicago,
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wIIAT A wIND-ELFHEARD AxD SAW.

I heard The WslT-tTump' clangOr
/ hear, the drums az play:
And l saw maiden weeping
Upon her marriage day;
For the battle call was sending
It's drcarful sound alar,
And her lover must not lingcr,
But speed him to the war.
] saw them when they parted
She kissed him on his check:
And Ter fearful eyes told mutcly
The pain she would not speak.
She kissed his lips and whispered,
While rang the baglc's call
.'Good-by, good-by my darling
Those saddest words ofaHl
Oh, know his heart was aching
When he kissed her once again,
For his pale lips quivered straingly
And his face was while with pain,
And heard him whisper softly
.sIfon earth VIC meat 10 more,
win wait for you in heaven,
On the rivers further shore
heard the shrek oil Dugics,
The clang OF martial drums;
I saw the war flags flying,
heard the whistling bombs;
heard the crack OF rifles.
The cannOn's thunder tones,
And, like a minor melody.
The wounded soldiers grOans.
sayV fh1 n uiohf rpulp duyyuyvgrd
In robes Of sombcr hue;
And knew her tears Ofpity
When mingled with the dew.
And I saw the camp fires blazing
Through shadows dense and dun.
Where soldiers hearts were guarding
The field their bravery Won
Down where brook ran swiftly.
Through banks where alders grew,
] saw a dying soldier,
Whose face and form knew;
[ heard him whisper family
dear name DER and o'cr:
As his lifc-bark drilted swiftly
Toward the rivers further shore.
The moonlight dropped its blessing
Upon the moumful scene,
And gave the dying soldier,
An angels kiss, 1 wccn.
saw his face grow icy
Beneath Deaths white eclipse
And he touched the shores Of Heaven,
With MY Darling!" on his lips!
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sz-AsK FOR TICKETS via EBIE RAILWAY,
,,-,,i.I can he obtained at the prinolpql Ticket
Ofices in she West and Soull- " ~
?, 1STrUrp VIM. r. BARR,
j.. u. hGaI NJ GhFsi n g., Gent Pass'T Ag't.
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Tons of Silver.

The Richest SilUer Mines Yet Discovered
The Mother Of the SiLUer Mineral cfthe
Continent Found IN Southwestern NclO
McricO.
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NEW YORK WITHOUT CHANGE
- ONE .bange 10 BOSTON.
On, and after Monday, June l5th loll, tI;li's ram
will leave Urbana, AT the following holIs' Ni1'

- ,r,o. Monday. June 18th, 1870, Trains
will leave Urbana, at the following IoluH' Wa
GOING WEST.
II:5j A. NJ DAY EXPRESS, daily AioRaays 2l IN I'M
ceDtpd for Cincinnati and me Me,u ',I.a IL
s0uth Connects at Cinclnniti Mllt ttS III
SSfio and Mississippi and LOUISVILLE , 9HoIu
line Railway, for st. Louis and tl'e 9o"'h
541q u ~ PsfS NAIL. daily, Sundays cx
f'' cenfed. f0r Cincinnati and the MeS5 aIla ,
south Connects at CiqcinnaI Ml'G t,,i.t ,I
Ohio and Mississippi ana AouiNNiii
Line Railways.
- A. n. NIGHT EXPIRES, dailgr LOT t .,i.i1 ~
1,ati and fhe West and South, ConheciS a!
IsincinnaN with the Ohio anu atiN9N9ii1,l, ~
onJ ToUisyiIIe short Line Railways lot
a. Louis and the South anc 9oull- 9oiult' 49,
also stops at principal stations anu 0oiii'' ~
me points along main line, .,
s;Ieeving Coach is attached 10 lalS tL;Iu ~
New York. running through 20 my! nv ,, -l,.'i
1925 A. n. ACCOMhODAIlON' ''''i'U''9 . 80
ga p. M WAY FREIGHT, Sundays excepted
GOING EAST.
I.s5 4 NJ. LIGHTNING EXPRESS, daily, con-
meeting at New York for Boston anu is,l NV NV
England cities, and stopping 'lt ~! pl 5t ~
s..fSrn1 pfIfafe st tationS and connecting pOlnlN.
Ieening Coach is attached 20 TINS It;llll ~ Nli
e5umafi, running through 10 NeW Jun
,sses a n. CINCINNATI EXPRESS, sundays
excepted stopping at all ilnioilsS-tv S- l15,,1i Sr
On mails line, and connecting ny Ne" Ao'N
FOR Boston and Sew England glllts, rroD,
4 Sleeping Coach accompanies tihS 'i'''' ii'''
MeadviIle to New York. ,.. ,,-,..,,,t..,l
i.5n p NJ DAY EXPRESS, s2turl'iS y 1(vti',, ~
Connecting at Owego for ithaca: AT hlil2liii- u
ton for COoperStOwn and A4nallN anu, anu ~ ~
Seranfon, and at New York Win I Aluih5tl l T.
5s@,reSS train Of New Jersey ballfoao' lo'
Philadelphia. mic ti. train rror,
Ci.,-siond < 10 Hornellsvilie, conhectlHs az
ti,of 1,oiDf With trains having new ana IN I'M
rSs5l Trsayging Room Coaches attacheo' run
ming thsOugh 10 NeH aoIA- ,..,.,
- A. M. ACCOMMODATION, Sundays eNcep-
ted. ,4
5.oo D NJ WAY FREIGHT, sundays eAeeP'2''
t,sio1, and New England PaSsengeif, Pass M & SiiI, IN
.,S Ilaysr,p are transferred Free OF Ol se III
New York. .,.,l aud most luxurious Sleep
- ~ ST,o-,es R5-IN THE W0hiHy - "ooo'''
~ ny ciI night trains on this Kan WgS' ,.,l q,
ayS-r'e FTie Railway Company HSs i ~,
- EeTI- nom their Jersey CITY DepoI ~ oIe
H Se~ y 31i 81 New York, thus ellii9lllE
LoSs @ % - 1-eaeh the upper portion OF lqe cltS w ~
IN, s.-nerse and annoyance OF q stie-y S vi
on llle scenery along the entire IOuleoi I
- I5ofiyvav IS of the most pleluIes4.tTI -, irH
Eas ri character Admirers OF H;ti1IS , LII mn
-. = daylight journey over TINS l.iie, l,l,t " ~
go - IS ever changing ltilus-til - ''
a1,IeSslI1g5 adLniratiOn and interest,".
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Official Directory.
COUNTY
TO WNSHLP

7 r1rT.IIr- Il II LUCCLUIIIIi
,r n Berry.
~ d W Todd.
TE' RhOads,
d ~ WA uamcs Ed b NicGeary, Adams.
CunstablUs p y ''Ohos'
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BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH
And Fare always as iosy as by any other route
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Fire Department.

YOUNG AMERICA FIRE CO., MOI.
7Fs,t first "Wednesday evening in each month at
their Hall over G. c. COulsOn's Grocery.
L. G. HOVEY, PTcs't.
JOHN NJ. PENCE, Scc'y.
MOLUNKEE FIRE CO., NO. 2,
Meet second Tuesday evening in each month, at
their Hall in rear OF Court House.
B. F. GANSON. fres't.
HORACE 6. HAPPERSETT, Sec'y.
RESCUE HOOK AND LADDER CO., NO. !.
Meet first wednesday evening in each month at their
Hall in Kaufman & Nelson's Gothic Block.
ROYALJ. WINDER, Foreman.
GEORGE F PENCE, Sec'y.
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MiuneoIa Tribe No 81. meet every Tuesday evening,
in third Story Of Weavcr's building-NOHhcast cor.
Of Public Square.
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From the Miami County Democrat
Letter from sSpiritaaIist

Troy Radicals on the Rampage The
Fifteenth amendment GLIB III session
Bill NJ CJ0lg Receives an OUdtiOP-A
hdpllN AdiOtYnnIent.
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ATLANTIC CITIES
AND THE
WEST and SOUTH-WEs EsSI
rms RAILWAY EXTENDS PROM
% to 81 MILES the SHORTER ROUTE

New and Improved Coaches are run from
cincinnati, DAYTON, UTbana, Marion,
Gallon, Mansfield, Ashland, Akron,
cleveland, Warren, Meadvllle, DunKlrk'
BnfFaln and Rochester to