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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-24

EThe World is content with the
result in Maine, and shows that in three
leading towns the Liberals gain over
one thousand votes. The Tribune and
Sun assert that Greeley's election is in
dicated by the verdict in Maine. The
Express to night says the late election
in Maine scarcely raises ripple in the
placidity of affairs at. the Democratic
headquarters. If the result in that
State had shown even mole largely the
strength of the Administrationists i,
would not have found the Democrats
unprepared. The fallaey of enthusias.
tic hopes of making respectable show.
ing there, receives early recognition by
the shrewd pilots of the Democratic
campaign, and none of the sinews o
war were placed In any such hopeless
location. From the tone of the differ
ent politicians around the Grant head
quarters, it would seem that they eA
pected their lavish expenditures Of mon
ey, and perfect organization in Maine
out to have brought at least twent.
thousand majority.
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at the lowest cash prices. ... TO
Persons desiring to purchase viii find 1t tt
their interest to CALL Place of business south
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fond mother:
Mr.. TEAoHER-If my gal gifts con-
trary and don't behave respecterbal, and
don't learn fast, and don't git into GO
gerafy, take the hide clean off ov her
il she is Is & kicks up a fus.
/ didn't write this. l amt much ed
dicated. 1t is rote by very truly yours,
Polly PErEksoN.
l am to have her grow up like Yankee
folks .r. --r.a- .....
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
WHEN DO MEN DIE?

Medical experience proves that, in
chronic diseases, the greater number
of deaths occur just before dawn.
This is eminently true of brain dis
eases, and of all those related cases
where death results from an exhaus-
tion of the vital power, through over
work, excessive excitement, or ner-
vous prostration. 1t is at the hour
of five O'Clock in the morning that
the life.force is at it, lowest ebb, and
succumbs most readily to the assault
OF epilepsy, or of the fatal lethargy
that comcs in thoss vividly beautiful
picture dreams, of which medical
science has as yet no sufficient cog
nizance. Nine-tenths of those who
die in this way expire in their sleep.
In many such cases, il a friend were
at hand to waken the sleeper when
the attack comes on, or if he were to
be wakened by some accidental noise,
he might, by the use of few simple
precautions, prolong his life for many
years, for the shock which proves
fatal to the man wrapped in deep
sleep, when the system is passive and
relaxed, would be victoriously re-
PEELED were it armed with all its
waking energies. Men who do BRAIN
work, and who are ON the shady side
of forty, should be on their guard
against this insidious enemy. They
should beware of five o'clock, A. nj. =,
for 1t is a perilous hour. Do you
find yourself unable to sleep, when
you retire for the night, exhausted
with your days work ? Do you, in
vain turn from one side to the other :?
Does your brain persist in working
when you would have it rest? Do
old songs, and scraps of rhyme, re-
peat themselves in your memory with
wearisome iteration. defying your
utmost efforts to silence them? Then,
l say to you, beware! You will be
sure to sleep at last. 1t is only q
question of time; for, soon or late,
nature will assert her rights.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
THERICHEST OF ALL GOLD FIELDS

1t has only recently been discov-
cred what almost inexbaustible min
eral wealth the soil of Eastern Siberia
conceals, and that in the district of
the river Amour, Russia possesses q
gold field explorers of those parts are
inclined to consider the richest in the
world.
Gold washing and gold digging
are going on in the tributaries OF the
Russo Chinese frontier streams and
their valleys, and repay the persons
employed in it so abundantly that Ia
borers earn from fifty to one hundred
and fifty roubles in silver per day,
and companies of diggers on the
Oukaleuta find, as rule, from seven
to eight, but in some cases as much
as seventy and even one hundred
pounds OF gold per day. The river
Sega is still more productive, and has
yielded to one company one hundred
and seventy pounds in one day.
These two rivers are the richest, but
by no means the only gOld-producing
tributaries of the Amour. Geolo-
gists have found that the Tablona
Mountains, from which the river
Sega springs, contain various kinds
of mineral treasures-gold, silver,
and especially great masses of iron,
which promise in time to secure to
Russia an extensive and remunera
tive iron manufacture. To make
these treasures available for Western
industry, company has been started
at st. Petersburg, working partly
with English capital, to navigate the
Amour with the regular steamer ser
vice. The enterprise is not, however,
to be confined to this one object, for
the company hope, in the course Of
time, to open a profitable trade with
China and Japan, and expect later on
to command the trade with the Wes-
tern coast of North America.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES

Msjor-(we are not at liberty
to give his name) belonged to a Con-
federate regiment, and considered
himself q crack shot. In the course
of one of the fiercest battles of the
war. Major--suddenly found him
self within about fifteen PAGES of q
Federal General, who was fighting
hard and doing considerable mis-
chief. 81 fired three times at that
General" says the Major, 'and each
time took deliberate aim, but to
nv establishment, not one Of my
shots struck him. He must have
borne q charmed life. Not long ago,
Major-happened to be in st.
Louis, and was introduced to dis
,inguished politician of Missouri, and
at once recognized the man whom he
had thrice failed to bring down on
the battlefield. The distinguished
nolitlcian was General Frank Blair
| It is hardly necessary to say that the
Msior did not attempt to remint
General Blair of the little incident o
their first meeting louisville CoaTi
er Journal,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
SOME FAMOUS SHIPS.

The Boston AdUertiser, in recount
ing the history of the "Great Repub-
lic," which was built at Donald Nc
Kay's shipyard in Boston, says: Here
have been built more fast clipper
ships than in any other shipyard in
the world. Here was launched the
Lightning" the fastest ship ever
known. She made the trip from Mel
bourne to Liverpool in sixty-eight
days, a time that has never been
equalled by a sailing ship. The
"James Baines" and "Champion OF
the Seas" were sister ships, and at the
time of the great mutiny sailed from
Portsmouth, England, with troops on
the same day, and after one hundred
and thirty eight days entered Bombay
on the same evening and at the same
hour. Here originated that famous
series, the Sovereign of the Seas y
empress Of the Seas,' "Champion
of the Seas" and the "Glory of the
Seas" Mr.. Mckay has built one
hundred and fifty ships, and in the
year 1855 and 1856, within fourteen
months, fourteen were launched from
his yard. Those were the palmy
days OF this now neglected branch o.
American industry, when our yards
we're the glory of the nation and the
envy of the world. The last ship
launched by Mr.. Mckay was the
"Glory of the Seas'' in 1859. She ii
of two thousand one hundred tons
and the largest ship now sailing under
the American flag. Since then the
ward has been silent and deserted.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.

There Is a certain delicacy in the
way that the average Southern news
paper chronicles q crime committed
by some ''prominent citizen" which
is very pleasant. For instance, in
Selma, Alabama, one day, recently, a
person Of this class walked up to a
colored hack driver who was waiting
on his box, and without q word OF
warning or the slightest proyocation
shot him dead. The Times of that
place alludes to the affair as zone OF
those sad and unfortunate occurren-
ces which create dissensions in a
community" which transpired 'to
the regret of all.' 1t dilates elo-
quently on the "love and devotion
tenderly and;truly evidenced by the
young and beautiful wife, of the
guilty aristocrat, who accompanied
him to the Jail. The item concludes
with the remark that 1--WE forbeal
making any comment upon the unfor
tunate affair." Fearless, outspokeI
journalism I! Courageous editor! Out
rsgeous and impertinent negro, fol
having by his existence occasione(
the unfortunate affair"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
ANCESTRAL WISDOM.

In Pennsylvania, not many years
ago, there dwelt the descendant OF
Peter Van Schrenbendyke, who had
cleared his own farm, guarded it care
fully from the attacks Of the Indians,
and willed it to his son Jacob. The
farm was transmitted in regular order
from father to son, and at last became
the property Of Heinrich Van Sehren-
bendyke-a good-natured, stolid Teu-
ton, whose son Johannes, bright,
lively youth of sixteen, was told to
saddle the horse and ride to mill with
a grist and hurry back. The grist
was on such occasions placed in one
end of q bag, and large stone in
the other end to balance it. Johan-
mes, having thrown the sack across
the horses back and got the grist
evenly divided, had no need of the
stone to balance it. He therefore ran
to his father and cried:
"Oh fadder, come and see. We
don't need de stones any more"
The old gentleman calmly sur
vsyed the scene, and with a severely
reproachful look said:
johannes, your fadder, your
grandfather, und great grandfather
all went to de mill with the stone in
one end of de pag, and de grist in de
odder. Und now You, mere poy,
sets yourself up to know more IS dey
do. You put de stone in de pag and
never mere let me see such smartness
like dat."-Erchdnge.
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To any person producing any Medicine able
| To show one-third as many living. permanent
cures as DIR. FITLERS VEGETABLE RHEUMAT-
| &c REMEDY; and a further relcdrd " SlUv Ior
anycase ofChronic or rInfammatory Rheuma-
| tism, Neuralgia, Rheumatic Ague, Sciat.ca,
and Rheumatism of the Kidneys tpiu mol
cure. This Rheumatic Syrup is used fntoGrdiy
only, pleasant to the taste, and guaranteed
free from injurious Drugs. Ii Is not a Quack
Medicine, but the scientific prescription of Os
Z. Filter, NJ. d., Professor Of TOxicology and
Chemistry, graduate of the celebrated Uni
versity of PENNSYLVANIA, A. D., 1888, whose en-
tire professional life has been devOtedspecial-
ly TO this disease. spreparation undersol'
emn oath is conscientiously believed to be the
only positive, reliable speciiceverd discovered
The proof that no other specific ever exists IL
found in every community in PERSONS afflicted
for many years past and still suffering. "
physicians could cure IL, II a specific did erist.
this irOtid moi be So,-a fact that must be uni
versally admitted. The Oft deceived sugerer
he that DIR. Filters will cure
his case. The protection offered to patients
against imposition is in a legally signed con-
tract which will be forwarded without charge
to any sufferer sending by letter a description
of affections I; this guarantee will state the ex-
act number OF bottles warIantcdt TO oTr1, and
in case OF failure the money paid Will be re-
turned to the patient. No other remedy has
ever been offered on such liberal and honora-
BILE terms. Medical advice, with certificates
from prominent Physicians, Clergymen, etc.
who have been cured after all other treat.
ments failed, sent by letter, gratis. Anicted
cordially invited to write Tor advice to the
principal Office, % South Fourth street Phila-
delphia, Pa. DIR. Filters Rheumatic Syrup is
sold by Druggists.
June is, lily Sole Agents. Findlay, Ohio
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
THE FRENCH NAVY.

The official naval gazette for 1872
contains the following particulars re-
specting the French navy: Last year
no fewer than thirty-three were struck
off the list; among these were eight
wooden iron clads and six armor pla-
ted floating batteries, of which latter
four we're sunk in the Seine, during
the siege Of Paris. On the other hand
only four new vessels were added to
the effective strength OF the service,
ore of these, the MareDgo, being a
wooden iron. clad OF the first class
There we're, however, during the year
1871, altogether thirty-one new ships
in course of construction in the dock
yards, or being fitted out afloat, and
| it is expected that seventeen more of
these will be completed during the
present year. If 80, there will be
added TO the navy list one wooden
iron-clad of the first-class, one iron
plated wooden corvette, and armor
Mated wooden vessels for coast de-
fence. But it is possible that the CON-
pletion Of new vessels may be some
what DELAYED by the absolute necessi.
ty for docking fourteen old ones,
among which are two iron plated
ships of the first class, one of the
second, and two iron monitors.-Bos
ton Globe.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.

A correspondent writes TO the
London papers: "The latest news
from Roumania is truly beartrending
Great as have been the cruelties
committed at Ismail, they were by
far exceeded by the horrors perpe-
trated at Cahul. This is town with
population OF about seven thousand,
one thousand OF whom are Jews.
These were suddenly set upon by
their fellow-townsmen, and for three
days beaten, wounded, plnndered,
driven out of their houses, winch
were battered to ruins, and the ten
ants forced to take refuge in the bar
racks, where, instead of being de-
Tended, they were allowed again to
be beaten, and for several days left
without food. In these tumults
heads were split open, arms broken,
boards plucked out by the roots, and
rapes committed. One of the sui
ferers, more courageous than the
other victims, defended his house for
three days, his four sons standing by
him. He made them swear that,
should he fall, they would continue
to fight. The band surrounded his
house were for a considerable time
held at bay by these brave men, but
they were at last compelled to give
Way, as the villains set fire to the
premises. The damage inflicted on
these Jews Is valued at 40, 900 ducats::
The two synagogues were devastated
and filthily polluted, and the sacred
objects found scattered in all direc-
lions. My informant, whose veracity
may be relied on, adds: "The suffer
Ings of the Jews of Cahul were hor-
rible. Language fails to depict what |
hey had to endure. / can not sup
press my tears when / recall these
'ufferings." And then continues:
They say there is scarcely a village
n the whole of Bessarabian Rouma
lia where there have not been fright
ul scenes. The misery is dreadful
lelp is needed Immediately" My
Informant then urges that a mass
Meeting of citizens, without dis
inction or religion, should be forth
With convened in the metropolis, in
rider to protest against these scenes,
1hich threaten, as Passover ap-
reaches, to be even more frightful.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
SMALLPOX IN NEW YORK.
The New York Herald says:

The New York Herald says: Th'
rapidity with which this dreadful
disease is spreading all over the city
has at length become alarming, and
the health authorities have instituted
the most rigid measures to check its
further progress. One hundred and
fifty cases were reported to the city
Sanitary Bureau during the past
week, making the largest exhibit OF
any week since the virus made its
appearancein New York. This unusu
ally large increase in the number of
cases is explained by the city Sani-
tary Inspector in the alarm of the
medical men having charge of the
cases on the east side. Last week q
number OF doctors were prosecuted
by the Board of Health for having
failed to report cases they were at
tending to. This action of the Board
has so frightened others that many
OF the faculty who were in charge of
cases of smallpox aud were attend
ing to them in secret have come for
ward and reported the fact of their
existence. This would, no doubt, go
far to increase the number of cases,
but independent of this the assistant
Health Inspectors have themselves
discovered fifteen new cases, which
goes, undoubtedly, to show The
disease is steadily growing. Mr. A.
T. Stewart has likewise taken fright
at the prevalence of the epidemic, and
yesterday sent one of his young men
to request the Sanitary Inspector to
send a sufficient force OF medical men
TO vaccinate all the people in his
employ. The Tenth and Seven
.eenth wards are those suffering
most from smallpox, and it is aston
shing the people will not take ad-
of the means at their dis
,osal of guarding against the disease.
Every station.house In the city is
supplied with a medical man to vac
Innate all comers, free Of charge, and |
when it has been so clearly shown |
hat vaccination is a sure preventive
If the disease, it is wonderful |
hat people don't fortify themselves
lgainst it.
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&EIiainns.

EIRST PRESB RTERLAN CHURCH, Rev. A
b Fields, Pastor. Services every Sabbath a
IOX O'Clock, A. NJ, and7 O'Clock, p. M Sab
ing7 O'Clock P. NJ, Thursday evening. Cor
ner of Main and Hardin streets.
FIRST TcOHGREGAIIONAL CHURcH,Rev
W.S.Petersen, Pastor. Services every Sabbath
at ioH O'Clock. A: NJ, and 2 O'Clock, 7, NJ.
ing o clock Thursday evening. Broadway
south of Main-Cross street.
AETH0DLST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev.
oliver Kennedy, Pastor. Services every Sab
N. ssbbzih School ) O'Clock, P. N. Prayer
Meeting O'Clock Thursday evening. SAM
dusky street, west Of Main street.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, Rev.
at loZ O'Clock. A. M, and O'Clock, p. M
sabbath School at 8 O'Clock, A NJ. Prayer
aeeting O'Clock Thursday evening. Craw-
ford street west of Main street.
United BRETHREN IN CHRIST, Rev. T.
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and O'Clock, r. NJ, Sab
bath School at O'Clock, A NJ. Prayer Meet
ng7 O'Clock Thursday evening. Corner OF
Crawford and West streets.
CHURCH OF GOD, Front street, ,westof Main.
Rev. j. w. Awkerman, Pastor Services on
Sabbath at l91z O'Clock, A. NJ, and o'cloc,
p M. Sabbath-school at ~ p. M. Prayer
meeting every Thurs day evening at
O'Clock.
j. B. YOUNG, Pastor. Every other Sabbath,
first Mass at So'clock, A. NJ, High Mass at
10, A. NJ. Catechism at 2, p. M Services in
English, German and French. Mass every
morning at o'clock, A. NJ. West end of
Main-Cross street.
GERMANLUTHERAN (Sa. JOHNS CHURCH,
Rev. NJ. Buerkle, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 O'Clock, A. M, Sabbath
school at o'clock, A. M. Singing Society at
O'Clock Friday evening. Corner of West
and Front streets.
ENGLISH REFORMED (Ir. Rnrs) CHURCH,
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. East end
of Main-Cross street.
GERMANREFORMED CHURCH, Rev. J. G.
Ruh1, Pastor. Services every other Sabbath
at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ. Sabbath School at
o'clock, A. NJ. Prayer Meeting at O'Clock
Wednesday evening. East end of Main
Cross street.
EVANGELICAL c URCR, Rev. Z. b
Grouse, Pastor. Services every Sabbath al
i01z o'clock, A. M, and O'Clock, p. M
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. San
dusky street east of Main.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
OLD SHIPS.

There is ship now sailing from
Holland built in 1865, when the
Prince of Orange was fighting Philip
H., OF Spain, then at the zenith of his
power. She was sailing to the Indies
when the Hollanders organized them
selves into the "Beggars of the Sea"
and as privateers-men earned q rep
utation which astonished the world.
This Dutch ship is called the "Com-
miscaries des Koning Won der Heine "
She passed the Cape of Good Hope
October, l764, from Batavia for Hol-
land, then two hudred ard ninety
four years old. A few numbers back
in the Boston Daily advertiser is o
notice that the whale-ship Rousseau
(another of Stephen Girard's ships,
built at Philadelphia, in 1907 was
then undergoing repairs at New Bed.
ford Her planking is being remov.
ed, the first time for seventy years
The live-oak timbers underneath are
reported to be as sound as they were
the day they were first put together
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-04-05
HOW EDGAR A. POE DIED.

The true story of Poe's death has
never been correctly told. 1t is this: !:
In the summer of 1919 he lett New
York for Virginia. In Richmond he
met Miss Almira Shelton, whom he
had known in his youth, renewed his
acquaintance, and, in a few weeks
they were engaged to be married.
He wrote to his friends in tn North
that he should pass the remainder OF
his life IN Virginia, where the happi-
est days of his youth had been spent.
Early In October he set out from
Richmond to fulfill a literary engage
ment in New York, and to prepare
for his marriage, which was to take
place on the 18th of the month. Ar
rivlng in Baltimore, he found that he
had missed the Philadelphia train
which he expect6d d to take, and would
have 10 wait two or three hours for
the next train He went into a res
taurant near the depot to get some
refreshments. There he met some oi
his old West Point friends who invit
ed him to a champagne supper that
night. He accepted the invitation
and went. At first he refused to
drink, but at last he was induced to
take a glass OF champagne. That
set him off, and, in few houIs hs
was madly drunk. In this state he
wandered off from his friends, was
robbed and beaten by ruffians ant
left insensible in the street all night
The next morning he was picked uI
and taken to the Maryland hospital
He vas delirious with brain fever
He was well cared for by the physi
clans Of the hospital, but he was be
yond the skill of the doctors. HI
fingered two or three days, and diet
on Sunday, October I, 1S49, in tn
thirty eighth year of his age. Hi
funeral was attended by the Hon. Y
Collins Lee, DIR. Snodgrass, Nelson
Poe This cousin, and Henry Herring
(his uncle. .)-Hpplston's Journal.
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A QUEER REQUEST.

The Indianapolis Journal, OF the
16, gives this:
'The Governor is frequently called
upon to refuse requests OF various
kinds, which act oftentimes causes
considerable bad feeling, if not down
right grief and pain. One OF sns
hardest cases TO refuse came Deiore
Governor Baker yesterday. A ie.ser
wss received at the Executive De-
partment directed to the "SuperVisor
of Indiana prisons,' in which tne
writer informs the Governor tnas ne
has heard that there is woman d II
prison for life, who will give SOW
600 to any man who viii marry ner'
and thus release her from ner imPsls-
onment. This person, who signs
himself G. w. Schwartzmiiier, OF
Tiffin, Ohio. proposes to sccommo,
date the lady in this matter provloeo
she will behave herself. he ieieIs Dy
narmission to the Judges OF the high
and probate courts, Tiffin. As our
laws are deficient in this regard, that
they do not provide for the pardon
or release of criminal on marriage,
as an old vulgarism asserts, the Gov
ernor Is compelled to disappoint two
souls, one of which might be made
happy by the acquisition Of $50, 900
and the other by recovering her free
dom and securing q husband"