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Settlement Accounts.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
IN settlement accounts will be for hearing
Thursday, February %, 1871,
Charles Hare Administrator Of John W. Bar
nett. partial.
Joseph Howiler Administrator Of William
Il Bate, partial. = sffai $
Bassil Steward Administrstor Of Psisr Right
ley, partial.
Bassil Steward Administrator Of George ziphs
partial.
Richard Grsenbank Administrator Of WW
Kennedy, partial.
B. 3. stephen Guardian Of Sarah Z. BrumnelsI
final.
Alex. Buchanan Guardian Of " a. Prksns'
heirs, partial. IL aT.s s z s'izs /
Arthur and Samuel Gray Execatpss q John
Gray, partial,
Leonard Twinem Executor Of Jane White.
partial.
Francis Dorr and Michael Hunklsrl Executors
Of Michael Hunkler, partial.
W. T. sINcLAlR,
feb7td g., Probate Judgs.
Il
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The Elections for the French AS
Sehnbiy.

BORDEAUX, February 9.-In the elec
ton for the Assembly the Republicans
have been successful at Perpegan and
Oran and in the Departments of Ardelle
Marne-et Loire, Ariege, Indee and Her
ault. Conservative candidates have
been elected from Poictiers and Mon.
tanban and in the Departments OF Tar
ne and Garronne. The candidates O.
the Liberal Union party have been gen
orally elected throughout France where
ever they have been put in nomination
Tile Republican majority in Bordeaux is
large.
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F Monday, the third day Of April
is election day. Let the Democracy Of
Monroe County thoroughly organize fol
the Spring and Fall elections.
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Problems, Puzzles. Enigmas. Rid
dies aud Answers. "
rFor the Spirit.

Z 6a-Which will require the more rails
and howlmany to fence apiece of ground
in the form of a square or in the form Of
a circle, so that each rail will fence an
acre. allowing 20 rails to the rod I?
BINGHAM
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HOUSE, BURsr.-The dwelling Of JAS.
McABEE, (this township together with
its contents, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 5th inst.
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no snstices 81 the tseace !,

Who have not sent in their Annual Re
ports, as by law required, are requested
to do so. 5. GRIMsHAw, Aud.
Auditors Office, Feb. 2, 1871.
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EWILL1AM OKEr, Esq, who has
been seriously i'll during the past two
weeks, is recovering his health.
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EThe Summerfield and Williams
burg pike, Noble County, is completed,
with the exception of two or three sec.
tions.
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75-What is the value of a widows
dover in property worth $4,000. her age
being 40 and interest 5 per cent.
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ia and B have the same money if
A had $40 more andB SO less A would
have u times as much as B.; how much
has each -
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76-If 1 of an inch Of rain falls how
many barrels will be caught by a cistern
which drains roof 50 by 3S feet9
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fThe Board of County Commits.
sioners meet in regular session on Mon.
day. the 9Th day Of March,
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7S-A boat makes Is miles an hour
down, stream and 10 miles an hour up
stream, how far can she go and return ir
9hours? GEoRGE SMITH.
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Ag Mr.. MILLER has rented rooms OF
Mr.. p. ScHUMAcnER, Sr. He will open
'his bank within the next ten days.
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s. ~ Our thanks are rendered DR.. S.
GznsHAw for copy of the World Al
manac for 1871.
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spetial Uotitts.
TO CONSUNIPTIYEs.

TO CONSUAIPTIyES.
The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by
simple remedy, is anxious to make known
to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To
all who desire it, he ~ill send copy Of the
prescription uaed Gree of charge,) with the
directions for preparing and using the same
which they will fnd sURs cUaE FOR Con-
SUMPTION. ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS. &C.. $50
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address Rev. HOWARD A. WILSON,
ITS south Second street,
novl5Y. Wil.iawsburgl, N. Y.
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n This county is entitled to five del
,egates in the Democratic State Conven-
tion.
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AN 5 W E q 5 I.
For the Spirit.

CoRREcTros.-An error ocenrredin the
printing of my answer to problem No.
55 {; it should have been 1888 plus So. #.
instead OF 3S33plus,sq #. BUCKEYE
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EEThe meetings at the NJ. E. Church
were continued throughout last week.
There have been forty accessions.
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EEThe Springfield Republic says
"Railroad complications are numerous
now a-days. Clifton since the "Short
Line" fizzle is looking IN another direc-
ton. Last Wednesday Mr.. VIM. Spen.
Ger, of Somerset, Perry county, Presi.
dent of the proposed new road from
Perry county to Dayton, passed through
the village, looking up the line of the
"Coal Road" from Dayton and Bellair
He rode from Somerset to Dayton on
horseback, so that he could go through
field or woods, and keep on air line
He says that SO soon as he returns home
the engineers will be sent to survey the
route that he has been over
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Notice..

THE undersigned will offer for sale, on the
i premises, on
Saturday, the 1Sth day Of March, 1871,
the following real estate Is the property oi
James Carmichael decd, to wit: Lot number
forty-six in the town of Stafford, Monroe ceun.
ty, Ohio, Sold by order Of Probate Court.
Appraised at 500.
TERMS -One-half in hand and one-half in
one year; deferred payment to bear interest and
to be secured. JACOB McVAY,
Exr of the will of James Carmichael, decd.
jan17td.
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Sheriff Sale.
Peter Dorr,
vs.
Bertrand Lshgel.

~ virtue Of an order Of sale to me directed
from tue court of common pleas Of Nom
roe county, Ohio, win offer for sale, at tbs.
front door Of the court house, in the town Of
Woodsdeld; between the hours OF 10 o'clock
d. IN. aud o'clock p. M, on
Saturday. The 11ta dayof March, 1871,
the following described rsal estate situate IN
Monroe county. Ohio, to vii: Lot number
one hundred aad one in the tcxn Of Woods-
field.
GEORGE CALDWELL.
febllu5 Sheriff Z. C. o.
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ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS Tf
Ssses Ixn rRoM WooDsFfELp.

Barnesvills, which now Includes sBeallsville
and Calais malls, arrive each evening at 8
p. n. Leave each morning at An
!. Western Marietta arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays. Leave Wednesday and Saturday
at Z .. m.
Sunfsh arrives every Tuesday evening
Leaves Wednesday mornings at AN.
Southern Marietta arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays. Leaves Wednesday. and Saturday
st Z .. m.
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kB The Ohio Legislature will adjourn
on the 4th dayEof April
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72--I met a gentleman and lady, and
being Of an inquisltive turn Of mind, |
inquired what akin they were the gen
tleman answered: brothers and sisters
j have none, but this lady's father is my
fathers son." How do you explain this ?
BUCKEYE.
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65-Benjamin Franklin. Answered by
Buckeye, Bingham, G, poherty, Whetzel
ana George Smith.
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ssCIuB RATES. For clubs of 10 subscri
bers, and over that number, 81 30 each
smiuqle m subscribers So; six months 81.
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81 A r RI r. ID (,

Feb. 5, at the residence of the brides father,
by J. T. Culverhouse, Esq, Jeremiah Agin and
Hannah Ann Congef, both Of Monroe County,
Ohio.
Feb g. BY John Martin, Esq, Daniel s. Will
liamsand Malinda Knots.
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For the Spirit

WAYNE TP, Feb. TO-
EDS. SPIRIT: After so long an absence
Ireturn to the puzzle column to present a
few Here is one:
79AWhatis is that will be yesterday and
was 10 morrow? WHETzEL.
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fFor the spirit.)-

2 = 2 EDwINA, Wayne Ip, Feb7.tt
74-If L charge IL per cent per an,
num compound interest payable quar-
terly, what rate per annum is that?
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

ERRORS OF YOUTH.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
n Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and
all the effects of youthful indiscretiou. will,
for the sake of suffering humanity. send free
to all who need it the recipe and direction
for making the simple remedy by which lie
was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertisers experience can do so by address
sing. in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN,
novl5Y. No. AZ Cedar street, N. Y.
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64-f4 les. Answered by Buck
eye and Bingham.
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EEThe number of deaths per am

EFThe number of deaths per annum
is 1888, ,333, or 91.954 per day, $3.50
hour, 60 per minute, or one per second
Sixty five persons out of 1000 marry
Births aud deaths chiefly occur at
night. kg
The number of men able to bear
arms is bnt one eighth of the .popula
ton.
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7l-Find the area of an ellipse whose
transverse and conjugate diameters are
1Sin. and in, BUCKEYE.
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(For the Spirit.)

WAYNE TP., Feb. Z, 1871.
z70-If the heights of two similar pyr
amids are as and 6, what are theifrela
tive volumes? BUCKEYE.
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DR.. Barbour

Has been meeting with much success in
this place, having performed many diff
cult operations with entire success, as
for Cataract, Cross Eyes, dec. We un.
derstand one lady acho acas blind for
thirteen gears has been restored to good
sight, and many others cured of diseases
that had caused persons much suffering
for many years
He will remain here yet for two weeks
and will then spend a short time at Bealls
vile to operate upon and attend some
patients there, and viii probably visit
other points in this county.
CALAIS.
The afflicted living near Calais car
have an opportunity of consulting DR.
BARBOUR next Sunday, the 18th inst, as
he has to visit that place then, and will
have time to see Others than those ht
goes to visit.
Who is there SO ignorant that he don't take
paper2
If any, he need not speak for we don't mean
him.
Who is there so green that he don't advertise?
If any, let him slide, he amt the chap either
Who is there 50 mean that he don't pay the
printer? ~
If any, let him speak, for he's the man we're
after .
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63-75. Answered by Buckeye and
Bingham.
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j e r r. Will MS
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Woodsfeld, Monroe County, Ohio.
Norway Oats for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale, at ST. so pc
L bushel, SO bushels Of Norway Oats. q


| bushel, SO bushels of Norway Oats. He
says:
81 have tried them for two years, and ind
them TO be far better oats than those raised
BY our farmers. They have large stif straw
and will stand up better than other oats =
They will produce one-third more of the
same ground than the common oats.
slu 1859 Isowsd bushel and the yield
was Is bushels. saF
sin 1870, I sowed 2 bushels and the yield
vas rs bushels from 60 dozens.
"They average from 40 to As pounds TO the
bushel Ny horses eat them in preference to
vther oats"
Persons wishing to buy the Norway oats
can obtain them BY addressing
Al. doODHUE,
CIarington, Ohio.
Or, by calling at Ronnsn's store. .Clarington,
Ohio.
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Notice.

AUDITORS oFrlog, Moyeos Co % !
WoopsnsLD, Feb. |. 1871. ! ~
JOSEPH ABBOTT will take no.ics That the
y money for the redemption Of Lot No. 10,
Graysville, sod for taxes June H.. 1865 has
been redeemed and the mooev deposited IN
this office. SAM'L GRIMSHAW,
feb1w3. Auditor.
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81-What is that which occurs twice in
a moment, once in a minute, and not once
in thousand yearsa WnErzEL.
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ENIGMA,

Ny FIRST makes company.
MY second shuns company.
My third assemblies company.
My whole puzzles company.
WHETzEL.
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ENIGMA,

|S2. ENIGMA.
lam composed of letters.
My 32465is kind of auid.
My453 is number.
NV 653 is small bird.
Ny % is what some do by betting.
My 6 "a SIS ceremony.
Ny whole is that which is twothirds
gone. WHETzEL.
83-If man says lie does he or does
he tell the truth? l leave this for Tyro
to answer as be is pretty sharp.
= WHETzEL.
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CALAIS.
If any, he need not speak for we don't mean

Who is there so ignorant that he don't take
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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
lS was on the 7th day of November, 1870, ap
pointed Administrator of the estate of Ja6ot
Il ang, deceased. MICHAEL LAPP.
janl0w3
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Whether it was because he did not
thoroughly know what was coming, and
so declined to commit himself, or wheth-
er he had delicate consciousness that to
reply to such a question would imply
misconstructiou of It's purport, Jim main
tanned grave silence, merely shifting
his great hands alternately, the one
above the other, upon the vertical handle
of his pick. The uncertain light in the
eyes of the speaker grew by impercepti-
bic degrees into positive eleam Of in
tense longing, as he continued:
'Jim, I'm not feller TO ask favors
you know that. Ever since we two've
been pardners, you ve never knowed me
to git a man to bold my dust while at
tended to the cards, without my bein'
wiliin to hold his'n the same. Now,
pardner, feel that can't drift no fur
Their on this level, aud I guess I've got
to go down lower. But fore I go,
want you to tell me, honest, who twas
shot me that night ut the fandango over
| to Spanish Camp. The thought that 1
was fred into by some stranger who
wasn't takin' no hand, and come near
hayin' my light enuffed out by some one
unbeknown to me, is not a good thought
to die on. When / get down yonder,
aud theN ask me "who made this yer
hole in yer back 2" I'd like to tell 'em.
so't they could spot him when he comes.
'Taint no case for human justice We
haven't got nothing invented yet as d
do right to him. And, Jim, don't you
never go for him yourself; that man 5 roo
mean for killin'." The dying man ceas-
ed, but Jim bowed his head lower and
lower over the pick handle in silence,
aud seemed struggling to suppress a
sob Finally he asked, in an almost in.
audible tone:
''Bill, are you quite sure you're play.
in out fast Z"
I'm a collin up my RATA, jim"
ssHow long mou't you last yet p
mot more n ten minutes at the out
side"
Jim Strengthened himself upon hi.
rock with jerk.
bill, | won't never get after that
feller-leastw not till commit sui
eide. | fred that shot that's a doiu
for you!' Then half apologetically Il
didn't know you then. Bill, or l shouldn't
a shot without singin' out to you that
was on it"
That extremely moribund miner rost
to his feet; more properly, there was a
vast upheavll of his frame, " hich seemel
10 expand at every point as it fuaily
lowered ;4loft like blasted cedar:
jim he famed out, .sboard's fair
play; and ever since we two've beer
parduers YOU never knuwed me to tax,
back card. But in saying what di,
about human justice, throwed away
queen when | khowed held righ
bawer. Jim. | take back that play; IN
after your scalp. partner p
! he spot is still pointed on. to thu
traxe er.
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Very Cool.

A mountain trait-a narrow, fortuous.
difficult path. Two miners with their
estates tied up in ropes aud sinng across
their backs, scrambling wearIy up it
just ut the steepest part the foremost
halted short, turned about. deliberately
unslung his pack. sat down upon it.aad
sighed. As he-looked across the green
expanse of the ralley below, to the brow n
majesty Of the opposite range. and over
in'o the ta;homless ether beyond, Inok
not Of earth crept int, his eyes. impress
ing his face with something of the glory
of the CHARACTERIZATION His companion
rough and hard though he was observed
the change, and appeared 10 have some
vague and imperies.t idea Of its nature.
for. without word. he grounded his
own baxIase and sat hin,self ,lought-
fully upon i rock For snn.e time the
two maintained i silence which was ia
fensifeI rafher than braken BY the ia~,
distinguishable murmnr of the river a
thousand feet belDw. The wind whis-
pered It's eternal secret to the pines, and
The sun. tiaming grandly abora, fun.
wave after wave II light against the hills,
which sent back faint pulsations Of heat,
as it were an echo.
Jim. and the voice of tho mine,
was choke and husk u, n troubled in its
lower depths by struggling emotion
dun, We fwoye been good friends
amt We
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The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided that the act of july IA, 1870,
abolishes the exempt IN heretofore pro
vided for the apothecaries, under para
graph thirty three. section seventy
of the act of t'apgress oi, june 30, 1864
This paragraph, which it is decided has
cen repealed. provided that apo hecar-
les who had taken out a license as such
should not be required to take ont a
license as retail dealers of liquor in con
sequence of selling alcshol. Under the
decision it would appear that sapothecar-
is after April 30 must fate out licrnse
as retail dealers in liquors.
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Heroism and Cruelty.

A most tonching instance OF herosu,.
and one of the m',>t atracious acts #
cruelty, the truth of which is vouched
for by the most respectable authority
| occurred during the Columbia struggle
for independence.
The Spanish General Mnril!o, the m ost
blood-thirsty and treachernus tool OF
he Spani-h King. was created Count OF
Carthagenia aud Marquis de la ria,
for services which rather entitled him to
be butcher or hangman. While seated
10 his tent one day, he saw youug boy
before him drowned in tears. The CHIEF
demanded of him for what purpose he
was there.
The child replied that he had come to
beg the life OF his father, then prisoner
in Morillo's mp. '.W hat can you do
II can do but little but what can
shall be done
Niorillo seized the Iittl, fellows ear,
and said
Would you suffer your ear to be taken
off to procure your fathers life ~
"I certainly would" was the undaunted
reply.
A soldier was accordingly called. and
ordered to cut off the ear with single
stroke of the knife
The boy wept, but did not resist while
the barbarous order was executed
sWould you lose your other ear rather
than fail in your purpose?' was the
next question.
II have suffered much, but for my
father | can suffer still,'' was the an
swer of the boy.
The other ear was taken off piece meal,
without filnching on the part of the
noble boy.
"And now go r. exclaimed Morillo.
untouched by his sublime courage; ..the
father OF such son must die
In the presence of his agonized and
vainly suffering son, the patriot father
was executed Meyer did life picture
exhibit such truthful lights and shades
in national character, suel deep. treach
erous villainy, such lofty, enthusiast {
heroism
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we have jnsf Published
why and where

0ur pamphlet confains wings ~ ali the dir
Fer It styles ef inssuments that We maunfncturc
siv in .uli description of each. so that person
can seet the style they may desire order, With
the assnrsree that tfcs will receive jnss az good
Piano as Il they were warerooms to select Il
We have sold aver Five Thnusnnd Pianos many Of
tien being dipped great distances. nt-d ~ have q.
VT rsceived the 6rst complsint. A. W give;
writscw yuarantee with every Piaho vi ID sntfnc-
fuTe- for FIVE ars. the purchaser runs no risk 4
Don't st p scsife for our let chich sDe staiS
Fee. aad .asea yen erife state soas pepper yos sa,o
thi- sofice IN. 1
n y We canton ths pnblic from pnreiasing = q
eheap Piano. which has recently bcen put ;n the
Arinn Panos hear the name {. Patent Arion y and
can only he purchased from onr Nov York Wsre
ro ms or cur authorized agents throughout the
United States. s'ss go ls- {
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DollingeY is now as mnch a name z !
interest ia the apostolic world as that q
Deringer In the pisiolic. One - auf
religious contemporaries hopes the 70 !
.inasr movement WON'T prove ssaasn "a
the pan.