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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02
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Central America is at peace.
The 7-year locusts are due in June.
Another Commune threatens Paris.
Artificial flowers are made of tin-foil.
Chicago, financially, is In a very bad
way.
Imprisonment for debt is abolished
in Russia. -
7s years ago a hesvy snow fall occur.
red in May.
Gold has been found in the vicinity
Of Lake Winnipeg.
One of the first things a colony es-
tablishes is grog shop.
A Memphis sand slide buried two
barges 100 feet deep.
A quicksilver mine has been dlscov.
cred at Exeter, England.
At q suit on trial in Boston, twelve
lawyers are employed.
A twelve-year old girl has been licen-
sed to teach school in Iowa.
A Paris banker failed and but 81
cents were found In his cash drawer.
A pair of zebras have been trained
and broken to harness in Paris.
An Indian squaw was found hanging
to flag staff at Elko, Nevada.
Another English writer is going to
tell US all about the Byron scandal.
A female child, with two perfect
tongues, appears in La Crosse, Wis.
A dictionary of the English gypsy
language is soon to appear in London.
Competition has reduced steerage
passage, Liverpool to New York,to Sl5.
A number Of New Orleans merchants
have resolved to remove to Virginia.
An extradition treaty between Great
Britain and Switzerland has been sign,
ed.
All the cotton and wooden mills in
Georgia have declared large dividends.
The size of parasols is much. increas-
ed and far more decided than hereto
fore.
Professor Tyndall says a man can't
breathe after ascending over 25,0O0 feet.
An Indiana man fell sixty-nine feet
the other day and was cured of deafness.
Within a year twentysix vacancies
will occur in the Senate of the United
States.
1t is proposed in Canada 10 prohibit
the Importation of liquor into the Do
minion.
The carrying Of concealed deadly
weapons is one of the greatest curses
of the South.
Michigan has an overfowirg treasury,
and accordingly no State tax will be
levied this year.
Husbands and wives in Illinois, under
the new law, may bring civil suits
against each other.
A man in Washington county, New
York, recently eloped with his sister-in-
law, aged thirteen.
A huge playhouse, exclusively for
the juveniles, is to be built at Cape May
at an expense Of $4,000.
Mrs. Barley, aged SO, died in Win
chester, Va, lately. She was the moth,
er of twenty one children.
The Washington Star says every ap-
proach to both Houses OF Congress is
blocked with pie stands.
Sulphur baths are to be introduced at
Long Branch this season-the sulphur
being supplied by the bar. s'-
Lancaster, Pa, claims the honor Of
having naturalized the first Chinaman as
long ago as September, 1860.
Brucetown, Ky, has a colcred girl
nine years old, who remembers every
word she ever heard read or spoken.
Oin, Iowa, proposes to establish, this
season. cheese factory, tannery, boot
and shoe factory, and wooden mill.
There is lady in Saratoga who has
so many diamonds that special police
man is employed to keep guard over
her.
The Siamese, like the Chinese, wear
their fnger-nails very long. The ladies
sometimes have them tipped with silver.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02
What is Prayer,

A little deaf and dumb girl was once
asked by lady, who wrote tho ques
ton on slate: "What is Prayer 2"-
The little girl took the slate and pencil
and wrote the reply: prayer is the
wish of the heart" So it is. Fine
words and beautiful verses said to God
do not make real prayer without the
sincere wish Of the heart,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

In q recent suit at Detroit, brought
against life insurance company by a
widow to recover policy of $4,000 on
the life of her husband, who committed
suicide while laboring under mental de-
rangement. the jury brought in a verdict
forthe plaintiff, holding that no insane
person can make or bresk contract
where the rights Of third parties, inno,
cent Of any wrong, are involved.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02
Farm for Sale.

n OFFER for sale my farm in Parkersbu'
/ township. Wood county, West Va, ontl
sand road, s miles from the city, containing
SIX Y-ONE RES,
all in good condition, suitable for gardening
or dairy; fruit Of every description; oom-
Portable dwelling, and well watsred, school
house on the farm; nine months school out
OF year. For further particulars, call on OF
address, JOHN SUTTEk,
Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Va.
may26.'74w2.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

A celebrated topper, Intending to 60 to
a masked bail, consulted an acquaint.
ance in what character he should dis.
guise himself, "Go SOBER" replied his
friend, "and your most intimate friends
will not know YOU.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

world do they mean? Some years ago,
along with two hundred or more Of the
citizens of Monroe, the writer hereof
moved into West Virginia" We stop.
ped on. Cheat Mountain awhile, took up
our residence at Hnttonsville for brief
period, tried the fresh air of Elkwater
{ '---"a till We tired Of it,.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

white as snow" And what can wash
them white, clean from every stain OF sin I
The Bible answers: "They have washed
their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02
MARY E. MoCOY'S ESTATE.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the subscriber
lN has been appointed Administrator on the
estate Of Mary 3. Mccoy. late Of Monroe ooun.
~, deceased. MICHAEL B0U0HNER'
msrcs'73y9,
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
Pab,ished Every Tuesday.
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One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year.

JOB PRIN TING
Rxecuted with neatness and dispatch st this
S6ioe, and at reasonable prices.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
A Moral.

A nut dropped by a squirrel fell
through the opening in the middle OF
an old milestone which lay upon the
ground, and, being thus protected,
grew into a thriving sapling that shot
up through the opening. In few
years it had increased so that it filed
the space and was firmly wedged to the
sides of the heavy stone. Still it grew,
and in a few years more, little by little,
it lifted the entire weight clear from the
earth, so that a man could sit beneath
it. All was done by atom after atom,
borne by the sap to the growing trunk.
Think Of this, my little man, puzzling
over "long division in arithmetic ;
little by little of thinking and working
will take you through fractions, rule of
three, and those terrible problems at
the end of the book, by and by; but be
sure that the little by little is not ne
elected. And you, hard working lad
on the farm, or in the shops, look at
Franklin, Watts, Morse, Field. and
thousands more who have lifted the
weight of circumstances that would
hold them down like millstones, and
who have by their steady perseverance
risen above their fellows, easily bear
ing their burdens; and keep peggSng
0U1y,"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
Trial, But Not by Jury.

.;.o ,f Tho nootbod ~ aat.
IA. As sPeHlcn =, - ea.o. vno = t;yaa. vo a;1o
I'm. ttine aisPases III ioineA 'n'' "0 e'0
'ng e. i1iiO~ing 1soo 1o,tr. Arobh;sbon ~
n,,h,;n IN 1000 na ac1 Tnrd V nhancailnr and Sir
y Duplln ANU m'u noiu VIZ , T,naoa,,ra. ~ ond
HMenry Ma.i3R, NJ .,Io I,o,anJ 49, ,ords
sa; treasurer oi .hot W. n;nnda,m - % wills hnld.
us'tces t ,ot.nr u .n"s .sane en-; fo,,"ra ..omhs.
lug Ine nSt ,Hyt1. hofora 4, ~, lor IN the lant
was .ouf1I tSa ooi0 dov tr;ei % Nv w. s;nola com
suaee ot ., Sne uay, ~ otn H. y Eostia of NH.
pa')' III 'ne couf' =. 'n0 o'''''0 - "
III; -. .,o xoh1. ton;.
a~o 0,T"n, Ieas AlISn ha5 nbarned a @ ZACH ZACH other
y;th =, snndrn UHnr treas"ns @ IN The ;ate rebel
wAVA ouHuAJ .A IL
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
A Farmer Boys Minkery.

A correspondent OF the Manchester
IN. H. Mirror tells the following 81
take it most of the sportsmen of Cen.
tral New Hampshire know something oi
Ragged Mountain, the home OF coon
and trout, woodcock and foxes, and O
few bears and those who know the
mountain as matter OF course know
Uncle John billiard, whose cabin hides
under the east side OF the mountain,
and who has for three score years and
ten been quite content to brave the
winter SHOWS and summer suns, resist
ing all the temptations to desert his
clearing and his friends of the forest
for the enervating pleasures of village
life. Johns sons are chips of the old
block-as stalwart and uncouth, as good
shots and as wild, as opposed to luxury
and as we'll acquainted with tho deni-
zens OF the woods and waters, from
which most of the food they have eater
has been secured. A year ago this
spring, while prospecting upon the side
of the mountain, Johns boys found q
family of mink-two old ones and four
young. The young were quite small,
fangless and furless,' and therefore
valueless. The old ones were nearly as
worthless, their fur being at that season
both thin and poor, and, after consider
ing awhile, the boys concluded to try
and save the lot until the next winter,
when their heavy coats Of glisten:ng
fur would turn into many an honest
penny. They accordingly went to work
and constructed a rough box about
twelve feet long by four feet high and
six feet wide. This they carried to. a
brook near the cabin, and, by placing
one end in the brook, so arranged it
that by boring augur holes in the sides
Of the box, brook ran constantly
through it from side to side. The dry
end of the box was filed with earth
about foot deep. and upon it was
thrown a mass Of green boughs and
twigs, which were renewed as they
wilted through the summer. This con.
stituted the minkery, and into it were
put the six minks, and during the sum-
mer others were added until the colony
numbered twelve. They were fed on
wild meat, the carcasses of woodchucks,
hedgehogs and squirrels, and live fish
which were caught in nets and put into
the brook inside the box. The minks
thrived and grew wonderfully, becoming
as fat as pigs, and being quite as hearty.
Last winter they were taken out and
skinned, and their skins sold for $57.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
Pixies Peak.

Pixies Peak received its name in
honor of Lieutenant (afterward Gene rail-
2. M. Pike, gallant officer, who dis
covered and ascended it in 1905, while
at the head of an exploring party sent
out by Mr.. Jefferson's administration.
Occupying the same latitude with st:
Louis and San Francisco, and about
one thousand miles from each, IN the
words of Frank Blair, cit stands as
the standard bearer, beckoning the ma
ton" Accounts differ in regard to it's
elevation but Col. William Gilpln, OF
Independence, Missouri, whose name
carries authority. in all matters OF
physical geography, places it's altitude
ct fourteen thousand five hundred ieet'
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
The Loss Of the Pilgrims.

The particulars which have just come
to hand OF the drowning OF pilgrims
from the steamer Laconia shows, says
the Liverpool Post, that the disaster is
by no means so serious as was at first
reported. 1t appears that the Laconia
left Alexandria for Tunis, Algiers, and
other ports, with 943 pilgrims on board,
including what are known as the
"chiefs." These belonged to several
different sects or tribes, among whom
an intense antipathy exists, and conse-
quently they would not associate to-
gether. The result Of this was that al
though the tween decks measured
l 900 tons OF available space, and was
divided into five compartments for the
accommodation of the passengers,
great number refused to go down, and
the chiefs lying seasick in the saloon,
could not exercise their authority. Mat
ters were in this condition when, two
days after leaving Alexandria, a huge
wave broke over the afterpart of the
ship, and fears being entertained that
some persons had been washed over
board, the vessel was Immediately
brought head to wind, and kept SO for
twenty-four hours, but no one could be
seen in the water. The loss, however,
has been greatly exaggerated, the first
report emanating from the pilgrims
themselves, whose powers in this direc-
ton are we'll known. The ships &C.
counts show that, of the 943 pilgrims
taken on board, 922 were landed, leav-
ing only twenty-one unaccounted for.
This number included the losses from
all causes-as in cases of death the
bodies are consigned to the sea by the
pilgrims themselves, without the knowl-
edge of the Captain /; and when it is
considered that, after pilgrimage to
Mecca and back, q great number would
be much exhausted, and likely to sue
cumb on the homeward voyage, most if
not all of the deaths may be attributed
to natural causes. ~ ="
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
Items OF Interest.

A mental reservation is that which
under. lics statement. ''h ''5q
Illinois farmers are posting up signs
To- the effect that they'll murder the
Arst agent who comes upon the prsmi.
ses. '-''iH 4IN!H
There il chance for curious reAee-
ton in the fact that large diamond
recently exhibited was worth 5000 bar
rels OF flour. .'H ..'i '.''''''''''''i
"Will some ono move that I may
take the chair? said Sheridan, when
he went to crowded meeting before 1t
was organized. "''''
Brotherly love is not the only kind
they cultivate in Philadelphia. For
5,782 fond hearts were made to beat
As 7, ,891 in that CITY last year. ~
An Indiana man has Just received
notice of a $4,000 dividend on an oil
we'll which he had given up as total
loss. Oils we'll that ends we'll.
Beecher's advice is: Don't drink
at all /; second, il you must drink, let it
be Of the right kind, at the right
time, and under the right circum-
stances" ...t..
Suicide was committed in an extraor-
dinary way by young man at Paris.
Utah, lately. He deliberately drove q
nail into his head, and died in few
hours after. .,..
In Switzerland there is law which
compels every newly-married couple to
plant six trees Immediately after the
ceremony, and two on the birth Of every
child. Birch?
A Missouri jury, in the case Of man
found with ten bullets in his head, de-
cided that "he had been shot or met
with some accident in some manner not
just now known"
Taking care of baby and sewing
buttons on wife's shoes were adduced
in trial as evidence tending to show
q husbands affection for wife whom
he subsequently shot. .....
A Chinaman on trial in California for
larceny proved that he wasn't within
half mile of the property when it was
taken, and they sent him up for year
for contempt of court.
But few persons have been both
Governor OF Massachusetts and one
VI 1Ub S0uduOIbs 1uCoO uAO OnAAHso
pher Gore, Caleb Strong, John Davis,
George s. Boutwell,, and now VIM. B.
Washburn.
John Spinks, barber, Of Council
Bluff, whose shirt, saturated with blood,
was found concealed in shed near his
residence, has been heard from by his
,reditors. He is in Nevada, and not in
thA other n1ac0.
A Lutheran minister in Freedom,
Wis.,, refused to conduct the funeral
service of farmer belonging to his
parish because the man had been
granger. His society promptly re-
luested his resignation.
Our wives, mothers, and sisters are
wearing vests-real masculine waist
,oats, to be more explicit. They are
made of bright colored silk or satin.
md are intended for evening wear. All
Iinds of trimming can be used.
An act passed by the Legislature of
Maryland prevents the manager OF any
,lace of amusement from marking seats
they were sold be-
ore the entertainment opened-under
penalty of SIS for each seat 80 marked.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
The French Navigation Company.

The French Navigation Company
which has been so unfortunate int h,
loss cf its steamers, was organized IL
1861. The capital was to be 4O, 0OO, 90,
francs, or SO. 000, 900, raised by the sal
OF shares. The French Governmen
granted the company loan OF nearly
half that sum 100000 francs) fol
twenty years, and without interest. A
the same time the company was to re
ceive q yearly subsidy which was tt
vary according to the run OF the steam
ers, and which averaged 10000. .0O(
francs year the minimum run being
assigned at 58 marine leagues day,
In this wise the company gets, for in
stance, for every round trip between
Havre and New York S24, 900 gold. The
original loan Of 18, 60O, 900 francs was ID
be repaid by q yearly deduction oi
93O, 600 francs, or five per cent. of that
sum, from the subsidy paid by tho same
Government, SO that by 1881 the com.
pany will have paid in full its debt to
the Government without having ever
disbursed q single cent of its own
money. uHa
The company also issued in 1864 and
AouO AVxty buOubhuu U0uuo "a WlUU cuCu,
making another twenty millions Of
francs. So that the whole amount of
capital at the company's disposal ap-
preached very closely loo, 600, 600 francs,
or $40, ,000, 900, while their outlays, as
given in the company's report, were
68, 500, 900 francs for the twenty y.one
steamers Of the Atlantic lines, and o.
600, 900 francs for the three steamers of
the South Pacific line, all the incidental
expenses Of the general establishment
included. .....
M. Vandal, the present President and
formerly Postmaster. General, shows in
his report of April, 1873, (the last at
hand) disposable sum of II, 700, 900
odd francs. The gross receipts for the
year preceding are stated at %, go, 136
francs against 1862, ,059 francs ex-
penses, notwithstanding that the COM
pany had made considerable outlays
for the reconstruction Of several of her
ships and that she was losing money in
the South Pacific trade. This it has
been decided to abandon, and the ships
working on that line will be transferred
to the Atlantic. The company will
run it's steamers on three
lines only instead of four, those of
Havre and New York, st. Nazaire and
Santa Cruz, and st. Nazaire and Aspin-
wall, it's feet consisting of twenty-one
steamers exclusive of the three recently
lost.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08

SuEr Pupp1Na.- ounces OF suet, q
eggs, pint of milk, 1 spoonful OF GIN
ger, 8 tablespoonful Of -four /; mlnce
the suet fine. roll it thin, salt to taste,
and mix we'll with the -four beat the
eggs we'll and mix with milk and spices;
Aonr a cloth that has been dipped IN
boiling water, tie it loose stes ;,in~ se lug
in the mixture put it into ooinng e.,ur wa
ss,ve , ev w;th sauce according to fancy.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08

An Iowa Judge has decided that it is
more of sin to steal horse than to
elope with another mans wife, because
there are 5000, 900 women in the United
States aud only 5000, 900 horses.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08

According to the Memphis Glenn.
papers, that city is one OF the most
licentious, corrupt, and generally vicious
of any town in the vSole South.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
3. F. STANTON, Editor & Publisher
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Moving Day.


hope you are satisfied now, Marin;
I hope you arc pleased tonight: ~
We've got all the furniture In, Marin,
And every thing seoms to be right. IA
There's knob, though, of your bureau,
But the cabinst-maker 10 near:
II you will inslst upon moving, .
wishyou would pay for It, dear!
OF course We can't have any supper
!. The dishes are all packed away;
Besides, the stove Crate is broken;
There arc sandwiches, though, a. you say.
Ion ought to have soms In your basket
No, thank you, not any for me:
When you are little more settled,
think I'll go out-and get tea!
The silver 10 safe in the closet, :
Except that the cream-jug is gone.
II taking on, Marin, would restore it,
I'd willingly lot you take on;
But it won't: must buy you another
I'll 500 its cheaper one, too.
Your portrait is safe, as you see, Marm-
Or was. till the stove-pipe went through!
set the children down any where, Bridget
An armful like that isn't light;
Put them to bed il they're sleepy,
But don't take their shoes off tonight,
Whatever 70 om you go into,
Nothing hut tacks will you meet;
Every tack on its head is standing,
To run into their dear little feet.
Yonid better take care Of your poodle,
And put him to sleep in your muff;
II he happens to tread on a tack, Marin
They say that one tack is enough
Look out at once for the children,
For the days are uncommonly hot:
Pou may like to have the dog bito you,
frankly confess would not
Were there ever such fools as We, Marin
We were we'll enough off last year;
You liked the house when hired it
at is just what wanted, dear!"
bought new carpets and oil-cloths-
What didn't buy you. pray7
But nothing would satisfy you, Marin,
But moving again to-day
EsHave you been over the house. Marm.
Ihave-and what did l see.
There are Croton-bugs in the kitchen.
And very industrious fea
Why, the mice walk out Of their holes Marin;
They are taking it mighty cool;
l think know what they're thinking
Here's certainly one more fool!"
Bridget, make up the bed for your mistress.
And nobody sit up for ne:
I'm going around to my club, Marm
For something stronger than teal
I've but ono thing more to say, Marin,
In view of you and the day
She was born OH the First OF April
Who invented the First of May.
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08

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Hal and stock for this department, and wsnow
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

We are to have yet anotbe, nj,
ical party in Illinois. One W..
hardly imagine that the Demoo.'s
host was large enough to be div
in three parts in this State. hn.1
seems that it is. We alreaav
two wings, viz: L. The HTa,1
Steers" under the leadersbin !
Smith, Gore & Co., with the Ia'
trial Age as its chief organ. 9 NJ
"Skin-fiints," managed by Mc6o.s'
ack, Palmer and Hesing, with n
Chicago Times and Tribune AS oro,.
and 8. We are to have, it seem
sort of Modoc Crowd under the la,
ership of the old Democratic NJ,
horse, Richardson, supported /
Singleton & Dedie, who will m,,
those sterling old Democratic prIn'
pies, niger hating and repudiatio
the chief cornerstone of the fsis
The latter wing is the strongest,
the three, but none of them n
amount to much at the polls. m.
are richer in words than votes. and
buster counted for ballots, each vi,
would carry the state by 100000 d
jOrity.-Infe1' Ocean.