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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-04-30
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
Fuesday. April SO. Is72.
Qualities of n Good Doctor,

First, let us advise you to avoid the
drunken doctor as you would viper
Avoid mean man, for you may be
sure he will be a mean doctor, just as
certain as he would make mean hus-
band. And dishonest man; he will
not be honest with you as your physi-
clan.
Shun the doctor that you can buy to
help You out of scrape--a good doc
tor can not be bought.
Avoid the licentious doctor if you
would protect your family. There can
be no compact between virtue and vice.
Avoid the untioy, coarse, laundering
fellow, for the man who is clumsy in
hitching his horse you may be sure is
not handy at midwifery or surgery.
Avoid the doctor who falters you,
and humors your lusts and sppetites.
Avoid the man who puts on an extra
amount of airs; he assured it is done
to cover his Ignorance.
Avoid the empty blow-horn, who
boasts of bis numerous cases, and tells
of his seeing forty or fifty patients g
day, while he spends two hours to con.
vince you of the fact. Put him down
for fool.
To be doctor one must first be s
man in the true sense of the word.
He should be moral man, honest il
his dealings.
He must have good sense, or he car
not be good doctor.
He should be strictly temperate. Nc
one should trust his life in the hands o.
all Incorporate doctor.
He must have some mechanical geni
us, or it is impossible for him to be {:
good surgeon.
tits good sign if he tells you how
to keep we'll
It is good sign if the members o
his own family respect him.
1t is good sign if the children lik
him.
1t is a good sign If he is heat ant
handy in making pills and folding pow
ders.
It's good sign if he is still stu
dent, and keeps posted in all the lates
Improvements known to the professic
for alleyialing human suffering.
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A Boys Experiment.

Some one says: II know boy who
created sensation by breaking in upon
the gravity of his guests in this wise
Entering the room, he commenced =
sThe class in Natural History are invi-
ted to witness living curiosity. Even
the learned Agassiz has never explained
the reason why, if you take a guinea
pig up by the tail, his eyes will drop
ont. Please walk out into the kitchen,
and look at Cavy." They all rush out
and behold the little fellow with black
and orange spots in the kitchen, as an
nounced. "Let us see his eyes drop
out now" says Tommy Lift him up
by the tail, and see," said the young
Snowman. But Tommy makes but in
different progress, Cor 10! a guinea.pig
n found to have no tail!'
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Middle Names,

The practice of writing the middle
name in full is said to have been handed
down to us by the Romans, five or six
of the noblest of them all having cele
brated themselves in that way. In
America the custom is now pretty much
confined to young men just out of coll
eye who waste the greater portion .oi
their lives in weeping because they were
not born in Rome, where they might
have been the sons of patricians. The
practice is usually the results of little
harmless egotism or of desperate effort
to prevent mistakes in the post-ofiice.-
Some very good men write their names
in the middle, though none of them have
been elected President of the United
States.
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Settlement Accounts.

PROBATE COURT, MoNRoE COUNTY, ONO,
April, 2, 1879.
The following settlement accounts will be
fer hearing,
Thursday, May 9, 1872,
T. G. Allen Executor of will of John II. Angus,
decd final.
E. Fankhauser Admir- estate of Jehn Fank-
hauser, decd, final.
Archibald States Guardian helm of Fl. B.
States, decd, lst partial
Robert Anderson Guardian Mary R. and Sa-
rah NJ. Schrawger, final.
Mary Starkey Guardian heirs Wn, e Star
key, decd inel
TO. CASTLE,
apfs'd. Probate Judge II. Y. o.
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"Apgelina, my angel, can you tell me
vhy your lovely eyes are like friends
separated by distant CHIMES mNo, NO.
Augustus, / can't. Tell me- on: tell me
why they're thus" because they cor
respond, but never meet.
Aunt Susan says: "Suppose all tue
men were in one country, an" aI the
women in another, with big river be
tween them, and no boats or bridges
good gracious! what lots OF poor wo'
men would be drowned"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-04-30
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Laughlin, Smith & Co.
VS..
Samuel Cline.

DY virtue of a vendi. ex. to me directed
ID from the court of common pleas of Mon
roe county, Ohio, will stler for sale at the
front door of the court house, in the town of
Woodsfeld. between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a, m. and o'clock pm. on
Saturday, the 4th day OF Hay, 1872,
the following described real estate, situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
The northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section nineteen, township three
of range eight, containing thirty-nine acres
acres and ninety -one hundredths of an acre.
Also, the southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of same section, containing thirty
nine acres and ninety-one hundred.hs of an
acre.
Appraised, lst tract, at S6o0e
I'd "H 400.
GEORGE CALDWELL,
mch2w5. Sheritf NJ. C. 0
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One of Grants Supporters.

ST.. LOUIS, April 14.-The Republican
has special from Springfield, Missouri,
stating that George D. Omer, Revenue
Collector of the Fifth Districts accused
of defaIcation, and suit has been COM
menced agaiest him and his securities
for 100000.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
lN signed has been appointed, by the Pro.
bate Court of Monroe county, Ohio, Admin.
istratrix of the estate of Reuben Lands late
of Monroe county, Ohio, deceased.
mch6w3. NANCY LANDS,
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$1,000 REWARD!
EbR. H, FAEfRNEY'S

CELEBRATED ;
~ Blood Cleanser, or Panacea. :
1t must be a better Cathartic better Al
terative, a better Sudoriic, better Diuretic,
better Tonic, aud in every way better than
the Pan ace a. No matter how long it has
been in use or how lately discovered Above
all it must not contain anything not PURELY
VEGETABLE.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign-
II ed was on the 10h day of February, 1872,
appointed Administrator OF the estate of Mo-
ses Earkley, deceased.
fsb13w3 JAMES OKEY.
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Select School.

Select School.
The next regular session of the ANTIOCH
SELECT SCHOOL will commence on
NJ o N ID AY, Nj AY 6, Is72,
and continue ten weeks.
20: -
TERMS:
U;sor = m
Tuition invariably required in advance. No
deductions will be allowed for absence dur
ing the term, nor will any money be refunded,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
ENOCH MARTIN, Principal.
Antioch, O., March 5, lS72-td.
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THE NEW MACHINE,

confident that it possesses all the advantages
which experience has shown to be essential
to perfect Sewing Machine.
The principle is the same as in :he old
Wheeler and Wilson Machine, but changes
have been made which increase its efficiency,
while at the same time, less care and skill
are required in its management. Seams are
crossed with ease, The work guided with
scarcely an effort. Nearly double Its former
power, No under tension to manage, Every
joint can be tightened as fast AS it wears.
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$500 REwARDt!

$500 REWARD.
reward of Five Hundred Dollars Will b
paid for medicine that will permanent
cure more cases of Costiveness, Consump
tion. Sick or Nervous Headache, Liver CoEl
plant, Bilious Disorders, Jaundice, Rheuma-
tism, Gout, Dyspepsia, ChilIs and Fever, Tape
Worms. Boils, Tumors, letter, Ulcers, Sores.
Pains in the Loins. Side aud Head and FEMALE
COMPLAINTS, than
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DR.. FAHRNEY'S

DR.. FAHRNEY'S
Blood Cleanser or Panacea.
which is used more extensively by practicing
ply ysicians than any other popular medicine
known.
Gyprepared by P. Fahrney's Bros & Co.,
Waynesboro, Pa, and DR.. P. FAHRSEy 80
North Dearborn street Chicago. Price - q.
ST Is per bottle; for sale by Whole sasSA Vj
sale and Retail Dealers, and by J. 7. Essss
Judkins, W oodsfeld novl4m6.
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M Y q r Q Q ER Y

OYSTERS served at all hours.
dec7Y. WILLIAM SCHEUPKLA
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The next regular session of the ANTIOCH
SELECT SCHOOL will commence on
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13
A Mon ey Match-DeatIi,

A recent letter from Boston tells this sad
story: "a funeral procession passed by
yesterday. A young man told me a story
that | think has a peculiar sadness about
it. AT Saratoga last season, at one Of the
largest balls, was a young lady with
the most charming and fascinating manners
and graces. Her toilet was equally as
pleasing. She was the belle Of the
ball-an honor accorded her without
dissent. Her attendant during the even
ing was a young mar dressed almost gau-
Oily, and bearing himself with all the dis
tasteful self-conceit Of a brainless million
aire. He was the son of a Boston leather
dealer. He met the lady at Saratoga for
the first time last season, and she, by di-
rection of her parents, who were also veal
thy, and who insisted upon the arrange
ment, became his afiianccd. Previous to
this she had met a young gentleman, also
of Boston, of the utmost responsibility, of
thorough honor and integrity, but without
fortune. TO him she had been something
more than a friend, in fact, almost a be-
trothed. lie was young, had risen by his
own stern efforts, and was, it is said, pos
sessed of sterling and promising abilities,
which in time must have won him wealth
anu pcIlidpS ulSJlllCllull, VII tiC IcluIn
of the lady from Saratoga last season
her engagements prevented her from
further intercourse with her first suitor,
and he was dismissed. His grief was
pitiful. He strove not to reverse it by
word OF action but the very efforts he so
laboriously made exposed the poignancy of
his wounds. The lady lived with her hus-
band in the suburbs of the city at a large
and costly residence for one month after
their marriage. BY that time the abuse
of the husband compelled an immedi-
ate separation. He was mcontinently
shipped to Europe, where he still remains,
and the young wife was left to gradually
decline in health until death ensued ; but
not before she had reproached her parents
for driving her to the alliance which
wrought such early ruin, and blasted
such bright hopes and expectations.
AS the funeral procession passed
up a public street, the first lover,
while watching with blanched cheeks and
moist eyes the sad cortege, fell to the
ground while suffering an attack of hem
orrhage of the lungs. He was carried into
a physicians office near, where he died be-
fore the body of one he so tenderly and
truly loved was laid in its last resting
place."
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PROPOSALS.
UNITED STATES Army BUILDING,

OFFICE OF CoMMIssARY OF SUBSISTENCE,
pRopSSssxshfsS,h T In 5ul S6 u, if9a
- will be received at this office until IL o'clock
M. August 10, 1872, for furnishing for tho United
States Army one hundred thousand pounds OF
tobacco.
The proposals will state accurately in detail
the quality and kind of tobacco, its history, If
any, as to its keeping qualities in hot climates
and in transportation of what leaf, as to stock,
year and curing the wrapper and filler Is made
whether the bindeIfis used what casing is used
and when, where and how TO be manufactured
in what kind of package put up for shipment
andswhether machine or hand made.
The tobacco to be made in pings, weighing full
one-half pound each, and to equal the best grade
of army or navy tobacco not to be lower in
quality than the sample to be seen at the office of
the Depot Commissary, New York city.
The tobacco to be packed in boxes, (caddies),
to contain twenty-one (2I pounds net each, and
the boxes to be packed in cases, eight to a case,)
head lined.
Samples five cases packed as above required)
of the tobacco proposed to be furnished must ac-
company tho proposals and be referred to there
IN. No conditional future perfection, to equal
sample grade, will be entertained. The samples
If deemed of sufficiently good quality for sales to
troops, ii the proposer so desires.
An officer OF the army and an expert will be
required to examine and inspect the tobacco in
the leaf, in course OF manufacture, and when
shipped.
Two sureties, who will agree to guarantee the
execution of the contract according to its true
intent and meaning, and who will enter into a
bond in the sum of ten thous and dollars TO that
effect, if required, will sign bids rs well as the
proposer,
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
Major and Commissary of Subsistence, U s. A..
jy1l-Gt
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13

THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

We have heard nothing to modify the of
fetal report of the Convention in the
Fourth District. Mr.. Stowell received q
clear majority Of the votes in the Con-
vention counting all that withdrew, as
against him. The claims of Mr.. Porter
had been fully canvassed before the people
az well as those Of Jenkins and Stowell.
Mr.. Jenkins finding himself voted down,
gracefully accepted his defeat, and endorsed
the nomination of Colonel Stowell. We
sincerely hope that Mr.. Porter will follow
this example, and not damage his good
standing and future usefulness in the party,
by boiling a nomination when he had SUBJ
mitted his claims to the Convention. Such a
course is neither honorable nor polite. We
had hoped to receive some authoritative ex-
PLANTATION of the grounds upon which Mr..
Porter and his friends have bolted. Having
received none, we assume That there is no
adequate reason, and we must denounce
their coursc. ra
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13

THE NEW POSTAGE LAw.-Many
persons are ignorant of the provisions of
the new postal law, and the consequence is
that a great deal of oVer-paid matter is re-
ceived at the post-oflice for transmission.
The new law makes a general reduction in
the rates Of postage. For the information
of our readers, we compile the following
brief abstract of. rates ! Mail letters, 8
cents each %half-ouncc drop letters, 2
cents each half-ounce. Mailable matter of
the third class, including transient news
papers, pamphlets, circulars, hand-bills,
posters, book-manuscripts, proofsheets,
letter paper, envelopes, cards, prints, sam
pie cards, seeds, cuttings, &C., postage
must be prepaid at the rate of one cent for
each two ounces or fraction. Packages of
seeds, cuttings, &C., mustnot exceed twelve
ounces in weight. Books, two cents for
each two ounce or fraction. Samples of
merchandise, metals, ores, minerals, &c.,
not exceeding twelve ounces in weight,
two cents for each two ounces or fraction.
No package weighing more than four
pounds will be received for conveyance by
mail. "
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13
LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.
PETERSBURG, July Is, 1872

PETERSBURG, July IL, 1872.
Preparations for a Grand Ratification Meet
ing on Monday Night Neyt--Music and
Speeches-Mr. Stowcll Serenaded
To the Editor qfhe State Journal:
Arrangements are now being made for a
grand Republican mass meeting to be held
at the courthouse, in this city, on Monday
night next, for the purpose Of ratilying the
nomination of Grant, Wilson and Stow
ell. We will have a band o. music, q torch
light procession, and a big time generally.
Distinguished speakers will address the
crowd, and it is expected that we shall
have one of the largest gatherings the Re-
publicans have had in this city for years.
A party of enthusiastic Republicans call
ed on Mr.. Stowell last night, at Jarrett's
hotel, with a band of music to give that
gentleman a serenade in honor Of his NOM
nation. Mr.. Stowell responded in a few
words of thanks. In response to calls
Messrs. Plat, Jenkins and others appeared
and excused themselves from extended
remarks, reserving their fire for the meet
ing Monday night.
1It1 u NJ a n y
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Gssnina State 9olmnal.
THE BLOODY FOURTH OF JULY.

AS our country exchanges come in, the
fearful. array of crimes and casualties on the
Fourth horrifies us. From shutdown of
July Sd till midnight of July 4th, every
restraint of well-ordered communities over
the use of firearms and explosives is re-
moved, and the Carnival of noise and law
~lessness begins. What thousands of weary
men and women who can not escape, are
kept awake and tortured by these brutal
hilarities. and toss all night in feverish rest
lessness, arising next morning unrefreshed,
and with no heart to enjoy the freedom Of
the day. We happened to be in Boston
during the Fourth, at the house of a friend.
An old lady, over seventy, was sick, and
her two faithful daughters, weary with
watching, sought in vain to get alittle sleep.
The suiferings of that old, worn frame, as
each explosion reused her, and the anguish
of the poor girls, already worn out with
care, would have touched any human heart
strongly, and made it feel how cruelty the
rights of a large portion Of the community
are outraged by firing in the streets. The
deaths, maimings, and injuries to person
and property, o N each recurring Fourth,
equal those of a great battle! Let us have
the rights of quiet in our homes, and re-
quire those who have not heard explosions
enough, and smelt their share of gunpow-
der, to retire to vacant places and indulge
their tastes without restraint. We claim
the right for ourselves and our family to be
free from annoying noises, and we believe
it is the constitutional right of every citizen
to be protected one day as we'll as another
from the annoyance of fire crackers, de-
scending rocket sticks, and all the damnable
machinery of the modern Fourth Of July.
There is room enough in the country for
this, and if need be, let the city lease or
buy a park, where the bedlamites may go,
with hospital and grave yard attached. In
nocent and valuable lives will thus he saved
by the thousand, and Fun may dance with
Death at its leisure.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Tho Bristol NewS says: " Such crops
of wheat, oats, apples, peaches and corn
as abound in this vicinity have not been
previously seen for very many years. The
seven fat kline of Egypt were not typical Of
a more splendid abundance than that
which now causes our farmers to SMILE"
The Fincastle Herald has the follow.
ing "Judge Thos. ID, Houston has sent
to the Governor his resignation as Judge of
the County court of Botetourt, and a petit
ton was also sent to his Excellency, by u
number of the members Of the bar here,
recommending Major John j. Allen as a
suitable gentleman to be his successor"
The Fincastle HeraM relates the fol-
ago, a gentleman in rusticating among the
mountains on Big Pattersonis creek, in
this county, a few miles from Mr.. Vim.
A. Rinehart's mill, came across a newly
made Craze, six feet long, three feet wide,
and three deep, with head and foot-boards
lying conveniently near. Very little was
said of the matter at the time, but the place
was visited often TO see what would come
of it. The grave Is still empty, and the
question arises: Who dug it, and whom
was 1t intended Tor
Our Wuvanna correspondent, "Old
Confed, " concludes q letter too long for our
columns) with the following newsy, gos-
sippy sentences, concerning local matters
in Columbia: "The JOURNAL is meeting
with a kindly welcome in this county, even
among Democrats the most of whom here
abouts arc sensible and intelligent men,
anxious to hear both sides, and need only
''more light )" to enable them to emerge
from the political thralldom in which they
have been so long held. Among the
ent erprises Of this place, which / for
got to mention in my last, are the foundry
of Mr.. John Bowers, who points a moral
to honest industry as well as plows; and
the bakery of Squire Billy Hopson, where
Bolts mo kin to John MINOR hakes such
brown and crusty loaves, that the comely
housewives of the village enjoy a perpetual
sunshine of smiles and serenity at break
fast, tables free from the calamitous APP
proach of bread that wouldn't ~''rise.'' All
that is needed to make this a grown up town
is a butcher, who will connect that business
with that of a green grocery as they do in
villages and smaller towns at the North.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13

The ENJOYING OF LIFE.-It is singu-
lar to what an extent people believe happi-
ness depends on not being obliged to work.
Girls are considered well married if their
husbands are wealthy, and boys considered
provided for if enough can be left them for
support, and enough surplus to play :" BUSH
ness " with. Bosh! Honest, hearty, con-
tented labor is the only source of happi-
ness, as well as the guarantee of life. The
gloom of misanthropy is not only a great
destroyer OF happiness we might have, but
it tends to destroy life itself. Idleness and
luxury induce premature decay. much
faster than many trades regarded as the
most exhaustive and fatal to longevity.
Labor, in general, instead of shortening the
term of life, actually increases it. 1t is the
lack of occupation that actually destroys so
many Of the wealthy, who have nothing to
do but play the part of drones, and like
them, make a speedy exit, while the busy
bee fills out its day of usefulness and
honor.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13

: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS"

Yes. that is the name of 'em-the Gree
ley folk. Senator .Doolittle called them
that, and this morning the Dispatch has the
qualifying adjective to our name. Well,
go on gentlemen, you have taken our old
platform, our oldest and most Radical Re-
publican Editor, and now you have appro-
priated our name. But you are only selling
old secondhand goods, remember, under
the name of a respectable firm.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13

THE LATE TORCH LIGHT process
SION. - A correspondent of the STATE
JOURNAL, writes as follows: +" On dit.
that honest Horace sent three thou
sand dollars from New York to buy
tar barrels, fire crackers, oma candles,
etc., with which to fire the heart of the
Democratic Conservative Liberal Conven-
ton on the eve of its assembling in Rich
mond, and that only one thousand dollars
of Horace's money was thus burned up,
making but a puny and economical show !;
while as to the other two thousand, madam
deposth not what became of it.
Oh, for honest Horace's honest Liberals
if this word means being free with other
folks money. O, tempora, o. mo,cs I
Please have another allgorical figure put
up along with I" Justice, " Colonial
Times" &C., on Washington's monument,
and name it I" Decency." 1t will be a
good study for demoralized Virginians!"
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-13
RAILROAD TRAVEL.

RICHMOND AND DANvIILE RAILROAD COMPANY, !
OFFICE OF GES'L TICKET AND FREIGHT Agent, :
RICHMOND, June 25th, 1872. }
GPECIAL NOTICE-On and after Satur.
- day next until further notice, an ACCOM-.
NOTATION TRAIN will run between Rich
mond and Burkeyille,
Leaving Richmond every SATURDAY at $50
=. M,
Arriving at Burseville at $50 p. M.
RETURNING:
Leave Burksyiiie on MONDAY at 5:S5 A. NJ,
Arriving at Richmond at S:55 A M.
BB"THIS TRAIN WILL SrOP AT ALL
WAY STATIONS
JOHN r, MACMURDO,
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
r. M. r. TALceTT, Engineer and Sup't.
IL 25-om