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Seeing Saratoga.

[Saratoga Latter to the New York Tribune
- u5nat. why people don't come to
Saratoga in June, when the hotels are
less crowded, and the thermometer and
prices are lower p
We were sitting on the broad piazza,
Mr.. Spriggins and I,with our heels com.
fortably elevated above our heads. 1t
was I that spoke.
Reasons enough why not" replied
Mr.. Spriggins. "In the first place, no.
body wants to come when there's nobody
here; everybody comes for the sake of
seeing everybody. They don't come to
drink the waters, and if they did, they
wouldn't come in June; this filling ones
self with salt water is bad enough with
the mercury at ninety-nine, but who
wants to pickle and repeat with it down
in the sixties? Man isn't a mackerel.-
The De Mulligans and Van Murphys
don't come in June because the La
Bourkes and Van .O'Tooles are not COM
ing until July, and the La Bourkes and
Van O'Tooles don't come in June be-
cause it is understood that the De Null
ligans and Van Murphy's won't be here
till July. The fact is, no man with a
family could get here earlier if he wish
ed to. There's Mrs. Spriggins, for in
stance, she's been getting ready ever
since Lent, and says she isn't fit to be
seen now. And don't think she is,my-
self-a woman of her age with all those
gewgaws ia red thingumbob over o
yellow what dye call it, and the rear
stuck ont-made 'bufanty' she calls it
with a steel spring thingamy. We've
been married nigh on thirty years, and
I'm bald as a cobble stone, bald as an
asphalt pavement, for that matter. and
you don't think she is bald or nothing ?
Oh, nc, I guess not Why, she's heen
fixing for Saratoga these three months
past, and I've shipped out enough to set
up grocery store, and when we started
out yesterday morning she said she
wasn't half ready yet, and that I was al
ways hurrying her, and that she had
nothing to wear that would take people
down considerably. Come here in June !?
A man with bis wife at his back couldn't
get here in June unless she started to
get reads in January, and then with six
months at it the chances are she'd burst
him so he couldn't come at all" And,
biting his cigar viciously, Mr.. Spriggins
disappeared in the vicinity of the Ha
thorn Spring,stopping to kick at small
hoy who intercepted him with "Sarato
Ga, and How to See It," for fifty cents.
"The idea of seeing Saratoga for fifty
cents" heard him mutter, low down in
his beard
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Telegraphic Time.

In short time we are to have s'the
correct time by telegraph in all parts
of the country wherever the wires of
the Western Union Telegraph find their
way. Arrangements have been made
with the Government at Washington
whereby clocks at all the principal
points will be connected with the Ma
tional Observatory clock in such way
that the swinging of the pendulum of
the Washington clock will be simults-
neously with the pendulum strokes of
clocks all the way from Portland TO
San Francisco. The clocks will be set
for local time and standard time so that
astronomical observers and business
people can be equally accommodated
with the correct time by which to
measure their actions.
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Advice Il. .niarriagable Girls,

"Girls," said worthy old lady to her
grand daughters, whenever fellow
pops the question don't blush and stare
at your feet. Just throw your arms
around his neck, look him full in the
face, and commence talking about the
furniture. Young fellows are mighty ner-
vous sometimes I lost several good
chances before caught your dear grand
father, putting on airs, but learned how
to do it aftera while.''
A girl found the above in a newspa-
per, and determined to act upon the sug
gestion contained therein She had tried
many other plans to capture the wary
fuzzled-lipped-youths and had failed. As
last, desperate resort, she would try
the furniture business. So wheI the
young ghom sue was angling for
9siroppss Zee her tss other evening
she received dim with smiles. and lured
him along in the conversation up to what
she considered the popping point
She held The bait temptingly before
his eyes, and he opened his mouth and
said:
"Angeline! l have long entertained
feelings of the highest regard for you ;
/ have the greatest respect for your judg-
ment, and | would ask you question
upon which much of my future kappi-
ness depends Would you have me-"
He was interrupted The girl threw
herself across the room into his lap and,
as she held him in an iron embrace, she
stared into his eyes rapidly vociferat-
ing:
"Oh, yes-double bedstead-with all
my heart-mahogany sofas-bless you
-parlor and kitchen sets-my love
marble-topped table-and, ah" Think
ing she had lost her senses, lie strove to
pacify the girl, land find out what was the
matter with her.
As he soothed her she held tighter to
him, and between her sighs whispered Of
love and furniture. Suspicioning that
he had been misunderstood, the young
man said:
"Aneeline, calm yourself. You didn't
hear me through. I was about to ask il
you would have me-"
"Oh, YES, chairs and"
"Do listen a minute-would you have
me marry Miss Gertrude B, Of Glas
gov, or Miss Emma P, of Lexing
ton? You see l am undecided, and l.
Like cat arising from hot griddle
that girl arose from off that fellows lap
and she poured hot epithets upon him
like scalding water rushing from the
mouth of Ike tie on to dogs back.
Said she: you consarned, insanish
idiotic, green simpleton. What do yol
reckon l care who you marry, you fool
You lubberly, obtuse, unappreciative
mutton headed, Jaok-eared-"
She stopped-he was gone.
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The ChambeFs.SeddOaS Prize
Fight,

New York, August 3-The prize
fight between Seddons and Chambers
took place this morning, near the Pros
pect Fair Grounds, Brooklyn, just off
'Coney Island road, and resulted, after
fourteen rounds, which occupied nearly
an hour. in the defeat of Seddons, who,
it is said, was not in good fighting con-
dition. He was severely punished by
Chambers, who displayed much skill
throughout the fight. Finally Seddons
was knocked out of time, and bis sec
onds threw up the sponge. The affair
was kept very quiet, and was witnessed
by but a few New York and Brooklyn
sports.
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Ey-An old negro stretched upon a
board and slumbering, with his feet
pointing to ghmmering fire, opens one
eye and gets glimpse of them as they
stand in the obscurity. Mistakes them
for two little negroes and cries: "Get
fun fore me!'' and relapses into sleep.
After while opens the other eye, and
still seeing the intruders, says: "Git
fun fore me, say! kick you in de fire
if you don't-I will, shuah" and again
he snores. His dreams not being
pleasant he soon opens his eyes, and
still seeing the pests. he draws up his
foot for the threatened kick but is
alarmed to see the enemy advance upon
him: "Wha war you comm to now P
Ho, nv own two feet-shuah! !"
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The Mysterious Arctic Circle.

'sThe Probable Eexistence of Un
known Lands within the Arctic Circle
was the title Of paper read by Capt.
Sherard Osborn, at a recent meeting OF
the Royal Geographical Society. The
author believes that human life will ul-
timately'be traced to the very pole OF
the earth. In his opinion, the so-called
open polar sea is land bound at its north
ern extremity. Sir George Back, who
was the companion of Sir John Frank
lin on his Mackenzie river expedition,
thought this view likely to be correct
Attention was called to the belief prev
alent among the Esquimaux that there
is land to the north of their country.
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Gflegraphif,
Earthquake i'm Chill.

PANAMA, August 8 "A great earth
quake was felt at Valparaiso on July
Sth. The shocks were worse than those
of 1887. A great deal of damage has
been done TO many houses and churches,
though nothing to be compared with
the last earthquake Of San Salvador
Some few lives ha, e been lost by falling
walls, and one lady died from fear.
In Santiago the shocks were severe,
but no great damage beyond the break
ing of mirrors and rending of some
walls was done. Bells told of their
own accord and train was stopped by
large rocks being thrown on the track.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy.
COLUMBUS LETTER.
COLUMBUS, 0 July 81, 1873

COLUMBUS, o July 81, 1878
Z Ed. SPIRIT: My time has been so oc'
cupied for some weeks past with my du-
ties here that l have not had time to
keep up with my promised communica-
tions to your paper.
3 We have now had the report from the
judicial Department under considera-
.tion about four weeks, and whilst we
have made some progress, yet, Judging
from present indications, we are long
way from the end
Section S,providing for the number of
Common Pleas Judges in this State, has
been under consideration for near a
neck The committee provides thirty
IA Viii Common Pleas Judges, which in
- y opinion is ample fdr the State, when
4 is admitted that the Judges will be re
Heved from District Court duty and sec
ond trials; but some parts of the State
cry out, give us more Judges. When
tAe facts we have gathered from the
counties, we see that many of the Com
mon Pleas Judges only work liz days
in year, and are asking for more Judi
cial force; but think we will be able to
keep them down. We now have prop
iosition, by Mr.. Baber, to complete the
Judicial article and have it submitted in
October, adjourn over to November and
finish the balance of the Constitution, and
if the Judicial article is voted down,
amend it. This would never do, for the
people would vote it down in order to
get better arrangement of the article.
That proposition will not be adopted
/ am satisfied the proposition will not
receive ten votes.
NEW DEPARTURE
The new party has not been named
yet. The friends of the new movement
say they will let the name be developed
by time. The new party, whilst it is not
formidable in numbers, yet has some very
good men that sympathize with the
movement. do not think the people
are ready for such movement. When
such movement does come it should
come from the people. This movement
comes from the politicians, and is ruled
principally by the Liberal Republican
leaders, and whilst Judge Collins, the
Inominee for Governor, has been Dem
tocrat, yet the parties who really run the
new party are Liberal Republicans.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
| From present indications the 9th of
august Convention will be very full
Convention. Already delegates are en-.
gaging rooms. There is no doubt that
a full ticket will be nominated, and from
present indications the campaign will be
a pretty lively one.
The cholera has now about disappear
ed. There is an occasional case, but
nothing to create alarm. This city is
said to be about as healthy as usual at
this season of the year.
- 1fs9,ss,yat,ssii9ii ef2adjorruing ever uatil
winter has not been up this week, but if
the weather keeps as warm as now, it
will soon be up again, Some few MEM
bers are down sick here and some at
home. There are about 35 members alb
sent from roll call. W. 0.
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.nguehy.
DOT sCrsMALL LEETLE BABY.

DOT SCEsMALL LEETLE BABY
Drue as I leev, most efery day,
laugh me wild to saw der way
My schmall young baby drie to play
Dot funny little baby.
When I look of dem little toes,
Unit saw dot funny leetle nose,
Unit hear der way dot rooster crows,
schmile like l vos crazy.
Sometimes dere comes leetle schquall,
Dots when der windy Wind will crawl,
Right in his leetle stchomack schmall,
Dots too bad for der baby.
: Dot makes MIN sing at night SO schveet,
Unit gorry barrie he must cad,
Unit I must chumb schpry on my feet
To help dot leetle baby.
He bulls my nose and kicks my hair,
Unit grawls me ofer Everywhere,
Unit schlobbers me-but vot L care?
Dot vos my schmall young baby.
Around my head dot leetle arm
Vos schquozin me so nice and warm
OH may dere never COON some harm
q. To dot sohmall leetle baby.
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A young lady from abroad stopped at
Ottawa, Kansas, last week, put up at q
hotel, sent for Judge .Perkin ;, who heard
her plea for divorce, and in fifteen min
utes after it was granted she tarned
around and married another fellow.
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Carl Voght, saved from surrender to
the Prussian Government by The decision
of Attorney General Williams, emphati-
cally denies he is the murderer of Cheva
lier De Bianco, and explains his posses
sion of bank notes and other securities
which the Chevalier's relatives claim, by
saying he bought them from woman
known as Mrs Vogt,who bought them in
London from German. This woman is
now earning living by scrubbing law
Offices in New York City, while the law
yers are fighting for the one hundred
thousand dollars worth of securities
which she handed over to them after
Voghts arrestto pay the expenses Of his
defense.
A poor fellow who was compelled to
pawn his watch, said he raised the mon
ey with lever.
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Veterinary Surgeon.

Veterinary Surgeon.
Having had considerable experience as a
Veterinary Surgeon, offer my services to the
people of this place and the county. Ring
bone and SPAWN a speciality. II not re-
moved in six days, no charge will bemade.
Place of business, one door west Of Scheu.
fele's Barber Shop. May n, 1871,
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GwThe New York Mail says; can
antique ring, bearing the inscription
'Etheiswitha' has been found by a laborer
in England. 1t is supposed to have be-
longed to the wife of Alfred the Great" !"
This relic is not less interesting than the
one found recently by a laborer in Bullitt
County-an antique horse pistol, bearing
the inscription Julius" 1t is supposed
to have belonged to Julius C;esar.-Cour
ier-JoarnaI
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A HINDoo's PHILosoPHY Rev. DR..
Waugh, methodist missionary from
India recently gave an illustration by
one of the chief Hindoos in Lucknow,
who was speaking upon the depravity
of man. The sinfulness of man." he
said, sis easily enough understood when
We remember that in disposing of a
good thing-milk, for instance--we
have to carry it to mems doors,-but
when we wish to furnish that which is
evil-that is, to sell rum-we have but
to open stop and they come to U.S.
That is, we make sacrifices to destroy
ourselves, but none to help ourselves" !"
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Mind and Brains.

The brains Of idiots have usually
been found quite small-oiten less than
half the ordinary weight, and in some
instances less than a fourth. But in a
list of crania contained in a recent work
by DR.. Flint, one idiot is shown to have
had brain that weighed "a 33 ounces
two others had brains weighing little
more than As ounces the brain of an
other, Of "the lowest degree of intelli-
gence," 1856, and that of one 'below
the condition Of a brute," Al 3, or less
than fonr ounces below the normal
weight Of the human brain. The cranial
cavity was measured by Morton in 623
instances; the largest, ia cubic inches,
was that of German the smallest that
of an Australian, only IS cubic inches.
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@-If Mont Blanc were solid lump
of gold, and if, in order to become the
owner of it, we had nothing to do but go
over in Prof. Wise's balloon and take
possession of it, we would a thousand
times rather sit down on the shore of
Massachusetts, Bay and starve to death
For.we should then have at least the stern
satisfaction of knowing where we were
and what we were doing g,-CoHrier Jour
nal
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MI e. A L Nh A R TX EFT.
,SFIELD, OHIO.

WOoDsFIELD, OHIO
T'HE undersigned is prepared to furnish
1 Beef, Mutton and Pork, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
EY Cash paid for Cattle Sheep and Hogs.
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING:

TERMS OF ADVERTISING. 3
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One square, three months. ........... 8 90
One square, six months. s..............l0 10
One square, nine months. ............l5 O0
sOne square, twelve months. ..lo w
Two squares three weeks. -........... 0o
Two squares, s,three months. s............ 90
NaaQ1c thss.... .--.i z 90
~ o316s, nine mont LIZ w
'zNceqnsres, Twelve months. .......lS 90
Dne-fourth column, three months.. 10 90
six months. ......25 90
=" nine months .....30 90
+" twelve months. .35 90
0ne-haif column, three months......20 90
wsA " six months. s........30 90
81" nine months ......35 90
a twelve months. .....4O 90
AHe column, three months. .........3O w
ssI g six months. ..........4 W
: vVIa& nine months. .55 w
-. ~, twelve months. 90
ETwelse liaes, or less, viii be charged as
enc square,
EEAn legal advertisements will be charged
iby the line, and must be paid in advance OF
ipublioa.ion. -
1r Notices of the appointments of Ads
= ninistrator's and Executors; also -
a. Attachment Notices aud Road nsti- -
EG ces, two dollars and fifty cents, in %
- advance. -
&Advertising sdone at published rates
and payment required in advance, In all
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The P1oce to Purchase
NJ OSlCAL INSTRUMENTS

OF nearly all varieties: -
CeseaA 49, 9qF1peoss. Dasses, Cen.
Draas or German SILVER; Piston or
Rotary Valves;
Drums. Cymbals, Flutes, Piecoios, Flies, Flage9
lets. ClaTionets, French and Ger man Accorje
eas, vieias md Guitars, yiOlOncellos,
Deeb0o uasoont ConseFei1as, E1utiaas,
Harmeaieae, Dan(os. Music Boxes.
viN1in - GnitaS 6t1Dgs. and
~ Montu1 0OuuAanGss,ts
he we'll knoWn store Of
John C. HAYNE6 8 CO..
soeIs1 s1ssn. te'P''l'' ces ss House,
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Seeds.

We are reminded by the reception of the
catalogues of the seed-merchants that the
time is approaching for the annual pur-
chase of seeds. and we desire to express
our conviction that the crop depends very
much on the care with which We make the
purchase. The fiat went forth early in the
creation. let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is
in ITSELF This fiat has not been changed.
The herb continues to produce after its
kind. The principle has long been recog-
nized that the animal produces after its
kind, and, acting on this principle, farmers
have greatly improved their fiocks and
herds by selecting for breeding only those
animals that approach to perfection. BY
breeding from the right animals for a suc-
cession of generations, the desired ouali-
ties have become so fixed that the breeder
is certain of their reproduction, and calls
his animal thus propagated thoroughbred.
Ii is not so generally recognized that vege-
tables can be thoroughbred that the seed
gives character to the future plant Just as
surely as the sire to his offspring. An on
ion can be made to grow round as globe
or fiat as cracker by planting for sue
cession of years only round or fiat onions
for seed. A cabbage is thoroughbred
when the seed are seen to produce uniform
ly large, solid heads, either fat, round, or
cone-shaped, as was the parent cabbage.
To produce such seed the most perfect
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cabbage-heads must be selected for series
of years as the propagating plants. In
our first attempts to raise cabbages, we
found that some plants headed well and
others poorly, while those of neighbor
uniformly resulted in large heads. The
secret Of his success we soon found to be
in his seed. which was secured from that
prince of cabbage growers. Mr.. Gregory,
Of Marblehead. On securing some Of Mr..
Gregory's thoroughbred seed. we had
equal success with our neighbor.
To make sure of good seed it may be
Necessary to raise our own, and save only
that which natures early, and Is plump and
heavy. In the matter OF corn. farmers
have quite generally done this, going into
their fields and selecting the ears which
ripen first, and from stalks that produce
two or more ears each. The consequence
is that the corn crop of the country has
steadily improved, both in quantity and
maturity.
The improvement in the English grains
is not so marked, as less pains have been
taken In the selection Of the seed. Now
and then a farmer makes his oats weigh 80
pounds to the bushel. aud other grains in
proportion. by careful selection of his seed
year after year, and wnnowing out all the
| light stuff. but most cultivators SOW good,
bad, and indifferent. just as the grains
grow. or course they reap as they SOW.
In the case OF small garden seeds, 1t may
not be advisble for any farmer to raise his
own. This involves much labor, but II is
labor that pays where there is time and
taste for it, The next best thing is To pur-
chase of a scotsman who is known to raise
his own seed. and has reputation for
skillful ard honest propagation We have
known some seedsmen 10 propagate from
all sorts Of plants, and TO save all the seed
that grew, no matter whether the seed
bearing stalks were strong and healthy or
week and feeble. II may have been sin
of ignorance; but such ignorance can he
winked at no longer. We can generally
determine the quality of seed by its plump
ness. color and weight: but AFTER all, our
main reliance must be on the character of
the scotsman from whom we purchase.
Much seed is raised every year, that does
not find a market. and il is a great tempta-
ton for the producer TO mix this old seed
with the new. As there is 4 great and
most provoking loss in sowing seed that
has lost its vitality. 1t is worth while to
make trial, In flower-pot, before sowing
any large quantity. II. on trial. dozen
seeds are sown. and only half dozen ger.
inmate, we may conclude that some of it is
too old or too feeble to produce amer its
kind.-AleI. Hyde in v. y. Times.
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WHAT TO DO IN CASE or ACCIDENT.
Prof Wilder, of Cornell University
gives these short rules for action in cas- e
OF accident. II would not be bad thing
TO cut them out and carry them in one's
pocket-book. or better yet commit them
10 memory:
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing !;
dash water in them; remove cinders, etc,
with the round point OF a lead pencil.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water-NEvER put harl instrument into
the ear.
If an artery is cut. compress above the
wound; if a vein is cut, compress, below.
Ii choked. get upon all fours and cough.
For slight burns, dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is de, troyed, cover with
Varni-h.
smother fire with carpets, etc. water
will often spread burning oil. aud increa -e
danger. Before passing through smoke,
take full breath and then stoop low, ut
If carbon is suspected, walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds. unless your
mouth is sore; enlarge the wound. or better
cut out the part without delay; hold the
wounded part. as long as can be borne to
hot coal or end OF cigar.
In case OF poisoning, excite vomiting by
tickling the throat, or by warm water and
mustard.
For acid poisons, give alkalis; for aka
line poisons, give acids-white of egg is
good in most cases; in case OF opium
poisoning give strong coffee, and keep
moving.
If in water, float on the back. with the
nose and mouth projecting.
For apoplexy. raise the head and body
for fainting, lay the person fiat.