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Length OF Days.

The days of summer grow longer as
we go northward. and the days of win
ter shorter At Hamburg the longest
day has seventeen hours, and the shor-
test seven. At Stockholm the longest
day has eighteen and half hours, and
the shortest FIVE and a half. At st. Pc
tersburg the longest day has nineteen,
and the shortest five hours At Finland
the longest has twenty-one and half,
and the shortest two and half hours.
At Wandorbus, in Norway, the day lasts
from the 22d of May to the first Of
July, the sun not getting below the
horizon for the whole time, but skim
ming along very close to it in the north
At Spitzbergen the longest days last
three months and half.
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Mob Law in KansaS.--A Town
Threatened with Destruction.

FoRr Scorr, KANSAS, August 20-A
special 10 the Monitor, from Les Cyg-
mes, the county seat of Linn County. rep
resents that there is great excitement
there this morning. A mob of 400 men
have taken possession of the town and
arrested the Sheriff. They declare that
they will hang the Sheriff and burn the
town, unless he delivers the person of
Kellar to them. Kellar is the man who
murdered his wife and two children and
his wife's sister at Twin Springs on last
Monday night. and afterward burned
their bodies. The Sheriff has been keep
ing the prisoner hid since his arrest, and
still refuses to tell where he is concealed
The mob are determined, and trouble is
apprehendea.
Fort SCoTT, KANSAS, August 90 -Ad-
ditional advices from les Cygnes state
that after taking Kellar the mob return
ed to Les Cygnes, where Kellar ate a
hearty dinner, after which he was taken
into Kellogg's law Office, where an effort
was made by many Of our citizens to
avert the murderous desire of the mob
Gen. C. W. Blair, of Fort Scott is here
and used his best endeavors to save the
life of .Kellar. He has been sworn in as
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STATE NE WS,

The Bellefontaine Republican says ::
"Mrs. Cowman. mother of James Cow
man, aged 81 years, climbed the stairs of
the court house tower a few days ago,
and enjoyed the scenery from the bell
floor of the tower, with great relish.
The Pomeroy Telegraph says: Salem
claims the oldest man in this or any ad
joining county-Mr. Jacob Swett-2who
was ninety on the 7th day of last Janua-
ry. He is now in failing health, and, it is
feared, will tive through the year.
Last Saturday evening, at Howe's me-
nagerie, in Mansfield, an intoxicated man
named Thomas McCune, thrust his hand
through the bars of the cage of lions,
when one of the animals seized him by
the wrist, dragging him from bis feet and
close against the bars The lion was
forced 10 let 60 only after several heavy
olows from aloaded cane by the keeper.
The mans wrist was bitten through and
through, and terribly lacerated. The
scene was terrible land almost caus,
ed panic. a,
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy.
fr0sM MefgS County.
Rutland, MEEGs County, Quo.
Anuuct 1E 1879

Rutland, MEMs County, Quo
August IL, 1873. !
Ed. SrIRiT. notice that the differ
ent correspondents of your County are
taking lively interest in contributing
local items, and articles of interest, and
am sure that ii is received as quite a
treat, by those within your own County,
and more especially by those who re
side in other Counties, or States.
4 presented copy of the SPIRIT to
one of my neighbors, not long since,
WHO by the way was a reading man, and
he returned it, after thorough peru.
sal, saying:
~ have examined your paper thor
oughly and find it contains more inter
esting reading matter than any other
county paper in Eastern Onio."
Down here in Old Mcigs we can boast
Of Crock based hills" and mineral
treasures, equal to any of which Old
Monroe can boast, also we have ample
evidence of another race Of men who
have lived here in ages past but Of
these things we shall, perhaps, have oc
casion to refer hereafter. @
Our season has been wet, our crop.
are good. Fruit is not very plenty, the
cold rasns of spring having blasted it
causing it to drop of. More anon.
ft, A n. DUNN.
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Written for The Spirit Of Democracy
MpdOc.

ED, SPIRIT: There has been much wri.
ting about the Modocs and the Modoc
country, and think (but l don't want to
be cgotistical) that the writer of this
knows os much, and probably more, in
regsrd to the said Modocs, and the coun-
try they inhabit, than great many that
have been writing up the history of that,
at this time, somewhat celebrated tribe
Tor band) Of Indians
In the first place there is 40 such tribe
of Indians, properly speaking, as the
Modecs; they are simply a band, as they
are called, of the Klamath tribe. The In
dians inhsbiting the country between the
mountain range dividing the country be-
tween the Umpqua valley,in Oregon, ,and
the Sacr amento waters in California, the
Siskiou Mountains which forms the di-
vide on the South, are all, properly
speaking, Klamath Indians; but they are
divided into a number of bands. They
are called among them the klamath
proper, the Modoc, the Rogue River,
Shasta, Grave Creek, Applegate and Cot
tOnWO0d bands, out, as salu OelOre, are
all Klamath Indians. .-.,-
It is true that these Indians are dispos-
ed to be somewhat treacherous, and not
to be relied on, but any person that has
ever been in the Indian country long
enough to see how the Indians are treat
ed by the humane agents sent out by our
Government to look after their interests
aud welfare, they will readily see how it
is that they get ungoyernable and break
out in these little wars. ,.. ...l.y.s.s.
The writer Of this has been there, and
has a knowledge of the way the Govern
ment Agents transact the business with
them. They (the Indians are swindled
in every possible way imaginable by the
very men sent out by our Government to
protect them. There are some excep
lions to this mode Of dealing with them
but they are very rare. Knowing this,
speak from the book. Respectfully
yours, V1DI.
August IS, 1873.
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Notice..

OSCAR ToPLB and Hook o. rsple, Of the
" Regular Army Of the United States, will
take notice, that on the 4th day Of August
4. D. 1878, Jesse Miracle, as Administrator Of
the estate Of John &. Topic, desessed, filed in
the Probate Court Of Monroe county, State Of
Ohio, his petition against them and the widow
and other heirs of said decedent; the object
of which was to obtain an order Of said Court
to sell the following described lands Of said
decedent. situate in said county, to pay debts
of said decedent, to wit: Being part OF the
northeast quarter Of the southwest quarter sf
section eight, township six Of range seven;
commencing at the northeast corner OF lot
number Eve in Stafford; thence south eighty
eight degrees east thirty seven and half
links withline Of street, thence south thirty
eight degrees east fifteen and tvo-dfth poles;
thence south two degrees west Eve poles and
seven links; thence north eighty eight de-
grses west eighteen and three nth polesi
thence north two degrees east four poles ana
twenty -four links with east line Of alley;
thence south eighty-eight degiees east four
poles; thence north two degrees east eight
poles to beginning; containing one acre moro
or less. Said petition will be for hearing
September Is, A. D:lS73. .aay
HUNTER 3 HUNTER,
Atsys for ssld AaMT
Ausu.tis, lssavs.
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The Project for an Inter-Oceanlc
Canal. ,H

The Navy Department will submit to
Congress during the first days Of the
session complete report on the subject
of an inter-oceanic canal between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. All the
available routes, the Tehuantepec, Mica
rauguan, and Darien have been carefully
surveyed and mapped. The informa-
ton respecting the advantages Of the
respective projects is very complete,
and oil that is necessary is some final
action on the part of Congress to in
snre the completion of one of these
canals at an early day. That which
seems to meet with the most favor is
what is known as the Nassipi route on
the Isthmus of Darien. The Nassipi
and Atrato rivers being made tributary
to the canal, requiring but about twen-
ty.eight miles of digging to connect
them. At both ends of the line there
are Ene harhors and safe approach
The cost will be 100000, 900. 1t is
hardly possible for private corpora
;icn to accomplish the work 1t might.
however, be made an international affair
on this hemisphere. There are several
schemes suggested. An effort will be
made to get the matter agitated in Con
gress during the coming session.
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George N. Sanders, the ruling spirit OF

George N Sanders, the ruling spirit OF
the Niagara Falls Peace Commission Of
1868, died at New York last week. The
story Of his life, career full of event,
and with much in it Of instruction and
suggestion, remains to be written by some
future historian.
The amount of United States moneys
and securities redeemed and destroyed
during the year ending June 80, 1873,
shows a total Of $144,743,962. The as-
erage daily destruction of fractional cur
rency was over $4,000. The amount
of legal tenders destroyed during the
year was s65, ,0r9, ,Oe7.
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tits said that the Rev. Mr.. Black, of
Indianapolis, so closely resembles P. T.
Barnum that circus agents frequently rap
him on the back and call out: Allows
things, you old mud turtle ?"
A jumping match took place in New
York, last week, between Costello and
Harry Ryan for five hundred dollars.
Ryan at single jump cleared IL feet
u inches, and afterwards increased
it to IL feet 104 inches. Costello le-
fused to jump and Ryan got the stakes.
Hon. Benjamin F. Butler says that the
purchasing power of dollar is less now
than in the days of George Washington.
We think not Nowadays you can buy
an average Congressman for $4,000 wit.
ness the back pay grab)-and they have
ruled as low as 1926 You couldn't have
bought one in G. WIS time for any price.
Cincinnati Commercial.
The largest farm in England is 5000
acres in extent, and in its cultivation the
"four course" system is adopted, $50
acres being devoted to wheat, $50 to bar
ley and oats, $50 to seeds, beans and peas,
and 750 to roots. The live stock is val
ucd as follows: Sheep, S35, 900; horses,
5000; bullocks, $4,000, and pigs ,$2-
500. The artificial fertilizers used annu-
ally amount to $4,000, and the entire cost
OF manures is $4,000 The oil cake
and corn produced annually amount TO
$4,000 The yield of the sheep sells
for $40, 900, and this animal is the most
profitable stock kept.
The other night Richard Ritter, Of
Richmond, Indiana, thought it would
be nice thing to scare Mrs. Bailey,
who keeps toll-gate on the outskirts
of that city. So lie broke in the win,
dow to her humble dwelling, and: crawl
ing through the sash, entered her room
But Mrs. Bailey wasn't to be scared
that way, and rushed to the defense
robed in her chastity and an embroider.
ed night-gown. Robert continued his
pranks by kicking Mrs. Bailey's shins
and trampling on her bare feet. Their
Mrs. Bailey's fourteen-rear-old boy
thought it was time for him to inter
fere, and with his little pistol shot
Robert through the right lung, causing
him to pass In his checks.
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Nova SCOTIA.

HALIFAX. N. S., August 19-On Sun
day last Peter Mailman, of Bridgewster,
is supposed to have lured his wife into
the woods and murdered her, and then
set fire to the wood for the purpose Of
destroying all traces of his crime Ash
es, the remains Of human being sup.
posed to have been those of his wife,
were found in the burnt district in the
woods, and Mailman is now under ar.
rest. After he came out Of the wood he
was heard to threaten to hang his chill
dren,and persons seeing him go into the
bush with them followed him and pre-
vented the commission of the secono
crime.
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Judge pro fem. of the District Court
He adjourned the Court until Monday
next, and then went with the infuriated
to the woods near by, and
again addressed the people in vindica-
ton of law. His remarks were temper
ate, but not sufficient. Elder Gore was
then called for, and appeared, and Of
fered prayer for Kellar, at the close of
which he was taken by twelve men and
hung Until dead.
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New Mode of KillIng.

Medical science has lately made a
frightful discovery. One of the most
eminent professors of Paris has sub.
mitted to the Academy an invention of
his own to kill animals by blowing air
into their eyes. A few seconds only
are required for the operation, which,
besides, causes littleEsudering. Expert
ments, it is affirmed, have been made at
Alfort which have succeeded perfectly.
One remarkable feature in this new
method of killing is that it leaves no
trace behind it, and is as applicable to
human beings as to animals.
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A OaeerC Case.

PORTSMOUTH, OHIo, August 1S.-Judge
H. A. Towne was nominated to-day by
the Democratic County Convention for
Recorder of this, Sciota, county, on con-
dition that, if elected, he would give
bonds and let the emoluments of the Of.
flee 60 to Mrs. Currie, who has had
charge Of the Office since the death of her
son. who was elected at the last election
but died shortly after. Mrs Currie's hus
band and eldest son we're killed in the ar.
my. She has given general satisfaction
in the discharge Of her official duties, and
it seems to be the general desire Of both
parties that she shall continue to receive
the benefits of an Office which, though
perfectly competent and able to fill, she
cannot hold by law.
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from the Daily Register.l LA
Wheeling Cattle Market.

The aggregate receipts of stock have
been larger during the past week than
ever, and it has been of a better quality.
CATTLE--Receipts of "a head most
ly prime beef cattle, at 8 75a4 90 for
best. There is not much demand for in.
ferior cattle and they are held at 8 25a
8 so per cwt.
HOGS-All that offer are readily
sold at s 90 per cwt. The stock offer
ed is mostly No. l, bat few, if any in
ferior lots come to market.
SHEEP-Sales during the week in
clude 36 head prime sheep, which were
taken al 4a41c per pound.
CALVES-There are very few calves
offering. Three fine head were sold at
6 90 each. The prices range from 90
to 6 90 per head.
LAMBS-The demand for spring
lambs is excellent. Sales include %
head, four Of which sold at 5 90 and
the others at 2 90 each.
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Reign of Terror on the Texan
a Border.

WASHINGTON. August 19-Letters
from the Rio Grande frontier continue
to utter complaints of the reign of ter
ror which prevails there. Men, women
and children are murdered or carried
into captivity, and the property of the
settlers is stolen or destroyed. It has
been shown conclusively that these dep
relations are committed by hands of
Mexicans, organized in Mexico, and that
their operations are conducted under the
direction and connivance of the Mexi,
can Governors Cortina and Casfales.-
The force of United States troops is en-
tirely inadequate to patrol and protect
the extensive boundary. The general
uneasiness among the Indians on the
western borders renders it impossible to
reduce the military force in that region
in order to strengthen the forts on the
Rio Grande le
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@Hon. WuII.M ALLEN ia not

t@ Hon. WILLIAM ALLEN is not so
old as he is popularity supposed to be =
The erroneous impression prevailing
probably arises from The fact that he en-
tered public life'yery young. He is not
so old by several years as vas Jackson
at the close Of his term as President
'ALLEN:is strong and vigorous, and will
be heard from on the stump.
The idea OF his feebleness viii be sud
denly dissipated when his bold bugle
call awakens the echoes, and fires the
Democratic heart in every corner OF
Ohio. si 30 ls- .sya . i8w b..
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HAVANA, August iS-A telegram from
Puerto Principe says on the 18th inst, a
body of insurrectionists under command
of Maximus Gomez attacked a force of
Spanish cavalry stationed on a-cattle
farm near Puerto Principe. After short
engageme at the insurgents withdrew, but
not before they had captured 19 horses.
The Spanish loss was 81 killed. On the
17th the insurgents, commanded by Go;
mez, San Quito and other prominent
Chiefs, attacked the village OF Yeguas,
but were finally repulsed after sharp en-
gagement, .a.s
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Spetial Noti.ts.

Children Often Look Pale and Sick
from no other cause than having worms in
the stomach. BRowN's YRRMIFUGE CoMFrrs
will destroy Worms without injury to the
child, being perfectly WHITE, and free from
all ooloring or other injurious ingredients
usually used in worm preparations,
CURTIS & BROWN. Proprietors,
- No. 215 Fulton street. New York.
Sold 6y Druagists and Chemists and dealers in
Medicines at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box.
August rs, 1897. g
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Thurman is Coming,

1t affords as extreme pleasure to be
authorized to announce to the people Of
our county that Hon ALLEN G. THUR
MAN will address them at Woodsfeld, on
Thursday, the 11th Of September.
1t is not necessary to make any extra
ordinary effort to secure large crowd
to hear Judge THURMAN. Our people
know him, and know him to be one of
the very foremost statesmen of the age
A purer patriot does not live in any
country ;and certainly no abler one lives
in ours. He ranks with such statesmen
as WEBSTER and CLAY and BENTON and
DcUGLAs. Who would not feel proud
to-day to say that he had heard one OF
those grand old Senators3 A few years
hence It will bejust as proud a distinc
ton to have heard ALLEN e. THURMAN.
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Notice to Bridge Builders.

CBALKD proposals. win be received At the
u Auditors Once Of Monroe county, Ohio,
until September 2, 1873, II O'Clock, nosn, for
. wrought iron bridge across Wittsn's Fork
Of Auskingum Greek, In said county. ninety.
four feet span, fourteen feet roadway. Plans
and specifications must accompany bids. The
Commissioners reserve the hight 10 reject enc
or all bios. No bid will bs entertained IN.
less this notice Is complied with,
: By order Of Commissioners. r4, ~
n. H0RFFLKR, Auditor.
Weods6eld, August S, 1873.
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starch from the Buckeye.

A large factory near Paris is making
starch exclusively from horse-chestnuts,
the yield being fully 16 per cent. With
this nut the buckeye is closely allied,
the constituents Of the fruit being essen
TALLY the same. 1t is proposed, in view
Of this fact, by progressive California,
to enter upon the business of rearing
buckeye trees for starch-making purpo.
6eS, LeEC, ",st f.s-t
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Removal from Omce for IntOxi.
cation,

The State of Mississippi has rather a
peculiar law, passed by the last legisla'
ture, by which it is provided that every
person holding Office in The State who
shall be found drunk shall, upon con-
viction, be deemed guilty Of q high mis-
demeanor, and shall, by the judgment
of the court and sentence, be removed
from Office.
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PARIS, August 20--A report from the
vessel in which Henri Rochefort was
shipped for New Caledonia says that
his fellow convicts, considering his
course as reasonable to the cause Of
the Commune, made an attempt to lynch
him. The officers Of the ship were
obliged to assign him to quarters apart
from and protected against the Com
munIst exiles.
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Afraid of Ghosts.

1t was thought the days of su!ersti-
tion had about passed away from en-
lightened countries; but the manifesta-
tions made by the so-called dead Demo
cratic party is making the Radicals
quake with terror. The ghosts are after
them
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Acheen,

WASHINGTON, August 19.-It has been
ascertained from naval officer just re-
turned from the east that all the tribes
of the northern portion of Sumatra,
heretofore tributary to the Dutch, have
Joined the Sultan of Acheen. From one
tribe alone 14,0Q0 men have left their
pepper plantations and gone to the as.
sistance of the Sultan. The pepper
trade is temporarily suspended by the
war. si.1
Great fears are entertained by the
Dutch as to the success of.their contem.
plated second attack. The Dutch had at
Pedang, their base of operations, and on
the way $4,000 men. .reinforcements from
Holland. 1t was designed to attack the
Acheenese about the middle of Septem-
Der. ty las to
The Sultan,in response to an overture
by the Dutch to make treaty, said that
before he would do so every man in
arms under him should perish.
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Beats the government.

The action of the Missouri LegisIa-
ture, and the absence of any law au-
the United States to sue a
State, will compel the Secretary of the
Interior to accept currency for the
Missouri bonds, which mature in a few
weeks,and are held in trust by the Gov.
ernment for certain Indian tribes. The
United States, however, will be able to
recover the premium on $75, 900 in coin
of the amount, by collecting it out OF
the unsettled Missouri war claims.
1t is stated that the Mennonites WIN
have just gone out West, brought with
them to this country, S340,000 in gold,
of which sum, one man named Peter
Isaacouns has $4,000.
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E1f the Republicans think they ca

g1f the Republicans think they can
damage the Democratic prospects by in
sisting that the election of ALLEN for
Governor means the election of THUR
MAN for Senator, why, We guess, they
have unanimous consent TO do so.
THURMAN has hold Upon the atfec,
tons Of the people in Ohio which all the
political mud.slingers on earth cannot
shake loose.
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Baltimore Live Stock Market.

Il August IL.
CATTLE-The market is dull and
heavy; receipts depress the market sa4c
lower; very best on sale at 5 25a6 62t !;
that generally rated first quality, 4 25a
s %; medium or good fair quality, Is
al 25. Receipts, 2,25S head. Sales, L.
926 head. l.o ,rsa
HOGS-Active and shade higher at
7e7 62t Receipts, 6,849 head.
SHEEP-Fairly active at 44a6c. Re
ceipts, 4,792 head.
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How TO SAVE Your STOVE Pre-
When stove pipes are taken down, clean
the SCOT out thoroughly and apply coal
oil to the inside, The application, it is
said, will prevent the rust which uses
up an average pipe in one or two sea.
sons 1t is simple, cheap and worth q
trial.
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ELet the people remember that the
Radical majority in Congress perpetra-
ted the Credit Mobilier and Salary Steal
upon the tax payers. A Radical Con
gress passed the Salary Grab law and a
Radical President approved it with his
signature.