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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15
An EVIL Communication.

ga rather amusing story" says Col.
onel Stuart, in his "Reminiscences OF q
Soldier twas told NE some time ago
by an old lady who had an ancient ser
want that had lived with her for many
years, named Ann Brady. One day
Ann came in to her mistress in the par
lor, crying and roaring, Now amt !
the unfortunate woman? Och, what
will do at all, at ALP What's the
matter, Ann P said her mistress. Och,
man, replied Ann, the postman's out
side and he's got letter for me from
purgatory, and I know it's from my
ould mother, who's been there this ten
years, and it's all about me not paying
the masses I said l would. Ochone
but | am the miserable woman On
her mistress going out she found the
postman in fit of laughter, with let
ter directed to ANN Brady from the
"Dead Letter Office" Nothing could
induce her to touch it, the Dead to
her meaning purgatory, and nothing
else; and her mistress was obliged to
open The letter for her, and found it was
one Ann had written to a nephew in
Clare, but as he had gone to America
the letter had consequently been return
ed" t"a H
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15

GEAt Fair Oaks, while standing in
a very tempest of death, with bis sword
uplifted in command, General 0. o
Howard had his right arm carried away.
That night, after Howard had suffered
amputa!ion, and was lying spent and
racked with pain in box car that was
to take him to Washington, Kearney
drew near, and looking into the car,
said, Howard, old boy, am sorry for
yoa-sorry with all my heart; but,
Howard, have just thought Of some
Thing. When you get tv Washington
buy pair Of gloves; send me the right
and keep the left for yourself, and !
will divide the cost with you, and here.
after we will get along more economic
ally" And, turning away, Kearney
muttered, "That is better for him than
praying, and then Hoyard can beat me
praying anyway"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15
How To Keep A Situation.

Be ready to throw an odd half hour
or an hour when it will be an accommo.
dation, and don't seem to make Iner
it of it. Do it heartily Though not q
word be said, your employer will make
a note of it. Make yourself indispen-
sible to him, and he will lose many OF
the opposite kind before he will part
with you. Those young men who
watch the clock to see when the very
second of their working hour is up
who leave, no matter what condition
their work may be in, at precisely the
instant-who calculate the extra amount
they can slight their work and yet not
get reproved-who are lavish of theiI
employers goods-will always be the
first to receive notice, when times are
dull, that their services are no longer
required.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15
Victor Hugo wants No Peace.

PARIS, September 6-Victor Hugo
has written letter declining the invita-
ton Of the Peace Congress at Geneva
He says peace cannot be established un
til another war has been fought between
France and Germany. He points tc
the existence of deep and undying ha
tired between the two countries, and de
clares that the war will be a duel be
tween the principles Of monarchy ant
the republic.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15

A Vermont gentleman has bequeathed
Treasurer Spinner $4,000 toward liqui-
dating the National debt. Peace to his
ashes.
The girls at Vassar College are learn
ing to swim. Fourteen of them got into
a wash tub at once, so as to give each
other courage. a Vas
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15
nnetry
ONE AND ONE.

Two little girls are better than one,
Two little boys can double the fun,
Two little birds can build Il fine nest,
Two little arms can love mother best.
Two little ponies must go to span;
Two little pockets has my little man,
Two little eyes to open and close,
Two little ears and one little nose,
Two little elbows, dimpled and sweet.
Two little shoes on two little feet,
Two little lips and one little chin,
Two little cheeks with rose shut in;
Two little shoulders, chubby and strong,
2fwo little legs running all day long.
Two little prayers does my darling say,
Twice does he kneel by my side each day
Two little folded hands, soft and brown,
Two little eyelids cast meekly down
And two little angels guard him in bed,
'One at the foot, and one at the head"
Mary Aapes Dodge, in 81. Nicholas for Sel
tem6er.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-15
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
"Gentlemen Pedestrians"

A recent New Y ork letter says: The
event in the clubs here is the ten-mile
walking match which came off this morn
ing between James Gordon Bennett, pro-
prietor Ofthe New Y Ork Herald, and John
Whipple, lawyer of this city, for $1,000
side. The morning dawned inauspl-
ciously, a drilling rain and northerly
breeze keeping many wOuld-be spectators
away from the scene. Those whose
pockets were interested in the result were
not to be deferred. The street in front OF
Mr.. Benefits residence, on Fifth avenue,
was lined on both sides with carriages,
filled with eager sight-seers, small knots
of whom gathered on the sidewalk and dis
cusSed in subdued tones the latest phase
of the impending struggle. Among those
present were Robert Bonner, Vice-Com-
modore William Douglass ofthe New DIRK
Yacht Club, eX-Judge Cunning 5. Bed
ford, Mr.. WillOughby Bacon, Mr.. John
Cross, and a number of other well-known
gentlemen.
By O'Clock some 80 people and II car
riages had gathered before the house. At
this time the betting was Sl25 to 500,
Whipple still being the favorite. A few
minutes before Z, Mr.. Bennett emerged
from the door of his residence, attired in a
light blue shirt, light tweed coat, dark
pants, and white cap. At his side was Mr..
Whipple, in dark shirt, dark pants, and
black cap. He wore no coat. The judges
Commodore Douglass for Bennett, and
Mr.. John Cross for Whipple-with the
referee, ranged themselves along the curb
stone on the west side, watch in hand,
waiting for the clock on the church, two
corners below, to strike the hour.
The contrast between the two rivals
was most striking. Bennett was nearly
half head taller than his competitor, his
flesh about the amount in which lightness
and muscle are best combined. His OppO-
nent was shorter, of more compact build,
though to all appearances well endowed
with muscle and wind.
On taking their places, short but gen.
erOus rivalry ensued as to the choice,
position, each offering the other the in
side. Bennett finally accepted the coveted
position, and, just as the clock pealed out
the last stroke of Z, the referee gave the
word go" The men started about even,
each accompanied by his trainer and sever
al assistants. A rush ensued from the
carriages, which came driving up the av-
enue at trot, and nearly abreast of the
pedestrians. For the first few hundred
wards the pace of the men was terrific,
each putting his "best foot foremost" evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of firing the 9th.
er. if possible, at an early stage of the
race. After splendid contest, Bennett
won, reaching the entrance to Jerome
Park at S:46:55, making the distance of IL
| Is miles in hour 46 minutes 80 seconds
Whipple came in 6 minutes and 90 second;
| later,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
The Book CanyaSSer.

About eight years ago, while at dinner
with my family, | waZ informed that thar
waZ gentleman in the parlor who must
see me imegiately on very important bizi-
ness.
Fastening from the table found myself
in the presence of a plainly dressed, but
very nervous man, who informed ME
that he was canvassing mi distrikt for the
sale of DR.. Erastus Spignot's new work
entitled the Normal Circulashun ov the
Blood"
l at once informed the man that did not
want the work.
He then began a long account ov its
value and importance TO every human
being, when broke in upon his elo-
quence by repeating that ] did not want
the book"
He continued bi telling me that no library
would be komplete without it. Again
declared in the most postitf terms " that
did not want the book"
At this point the stranger seated him.
self in chair, and deliberately drew the
book in question out ov his satchel, and
informed me that no gentleman to whom
he had offered it had failed to subscribe.
Growing desperate ideklaredin the most
emfatik tone - that would not hev the
book at any price"
Rising from his chair he took oph his
overcoat, and, throwing it carelessly on the
sofa, struck an attitude, and for ten min
utes gave the most glowing akount ov the
circulashun ov the blood and the anatomy
ov man that ever listened to.
l once more assured him, in a beseecl-
ing manner, ''that did not want the
book"
Seating himself again in the chair, and
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
The Fees of New York Physicians and
Dentists.

A New FORK correspondent writes: a
physician in good practice will receive pa
tientS at his office four hours daily, and
make calls about the same length of time
From ten to twenty callers, and half as
many house patients, would be fair aver
age the fees would be s. and So each.
At these figures it would not be hard to
make up an income of $4,000 or more. 1t
is said of DR.. Willard Parker, | believe,
that having been called out of town 10 at
tend patient, returned bill of $500, and
when it was disputed he showed by his
books that his daily receipts were much
over that sum. Surgeons single charges
are much larger than those of physicians,
though the incOmesNOf the latter are prOba-
bly, the highest. For ordinary attendance
their rates are about the same, or say So a
visit. From S25 upward is the charge for
operations. For setting an arm or leg
$3.50 would be asked, larger undertakings
being in proportion. For case requiring
a delicate operation and six weeks con-
slant attendance, sometimes two or three
times a day, 81 900 was lately asked by a
leading surgeon. In another instance,
where a wealthy gentleman was badly
iammed by a railway car, he was attended
by DIR. James Il. Wood, who made about a
ton, and sent in bill of $500, which
was paid. This is exceeded by DR.. Carn-
ochan, who charged $4,000 for an operation
alone, while another surgeon is said TO
have received 81 800 from one patient.
The prices charged by dentists are quite
as high as those of physicians. a man OF
ordinary reputation in the profession will
ask from So to $50 for pulling a single
tooth, while Mr.. Atkinson, one of the most
fashionable dentists, is reported to charge
SO for simply eXamininga persons teeth,
and So an hour for operating upon them.
Many people refuse to pay these fancy
prices, but it is a common thing to have ia
pay from SO to 500 for dentists bills.
Most practitioners of any reputation have
engagements far ahead. Ten days is q
short time to wait for your turn, while a
friend of mine, who went to EurOpein the
middle of last October, on applying to heI
dentist for treatment, was told that he
could not give her a single hours heed
until February, or nearly four months in
advance. Dentists are kept busy all the
year round. and seldom have any leisure.
Their practice is combining and not healthy
but it is very profitable. Their incomes
range from $1,000 to $4,000 year.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
The Inyalid-A Pen Picture.

See her pallid cOuntenanCe, but short time
ago the picture of rudy health, the envy of
the school and the pride of the household.
She was ALWAYS welcomed by her schOolmates,
for her 1.-THE form and pleasing disposition
carried cheerfulness into their ranks. Dlll-
gent. punctual and exemplary, Obedlent ana
graceful at home, she won the hearts OF all.
But, alas, we are sOrrOwful. Those rosy
cheeks and ruddy lips are blanched by Con-
sumption. The voice once so enchanting In
laugh and song is feeble, husky and supplant-
ed by hollow cough. Let us approach her
couch gently and take her hand. Do not
shudder because of the feeble and pasSlonless
grasp. The hand once so hearty and plump
is emaciated and shows bony outlines, while
the cords and tortuous veins are plainly
mapped upon the surface. The pulse that
bounded with repletion, carrying yigor to the
whole system, and imparting life, beauty, VI
yacitv, health and strength, is delicate to the
touch. The feeble heart cannot prOpel the
thin, scanty blood with force. Must we lose
her while vet in her teens! Companions and
friends gather around with words of cheer
and consolation, and depart with mOistened
ewes and silent steps. Must we lose her!
MOI there is relief! We can stay this de-
stroyer of our happiness and not suffer the
loss of so bright a gem. Something more Is
required now than dietary and hygiene OBJ
servance, for nature calsfor aid and she shall
have it. Take this pleasant medicine. 1t Is
invigorating. How it allays the irritable
cough, improves the appetite and digestion
and sends a healthy Jingle through the frame.
The blood is enriched, nervous force lncreas-
ed and the heart bounds with a new impulse.
See her face brighten by degrees; the color is
returning, her voice is getting clearer, and
pleasant words are spoken. The strength
falters vet, but is gaining. Let US take her
out in the warm sunshine. In short time
she will be able to go without our aid, a cheer
God-blessed. 1t is restoring health to our
loved one. She is emerging from her sick
ness sweeter and nobler than before, and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery must have
the credit. 1t has raised her.
S. r. EGLAR, druggist, of West Union. o.,
saws that DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dlscov-
erv has effected a wonderful cure of Con-
sumption in his neighborhood.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
The Way to Produce Large Melons
and SQuasheS.

All such vegetables require rich soil. A
small shovelful of the fine and rich manure
beneath the stable floor, if put in hill,
will operate like magic. If you want
to beat all the neighbOrs," dig holes two
feet square and one foot deep in the gar
den, fill them up nine inches with manure
and stamp it down well, and on this set a
box one foot square and nine inches high.
Then fill up six inches of the box with
loamy soil, and on this plant the seed, ten
to twelve seeds in hill. Over the box
put glass, then bank up around the frame
to the top with manure. 1t is well to have
the south side of the box an inch or two
lowest, so that the rays of the sun may
strike the glass more directly. If there is
a prospect of frost or cold nights after
plants come up cover them under the glass
with newspapers, and also sheet over
the glass. When plants get an inch or so
high thin out to three plants in hill and
when they start 10 run nip off the ends of
the vines TO make them grow strong and
stocky. 1t is good practice, also, after
vine has run four or five feet, to turn the
ends around towards the hills, as runners
are not inclined to grow towards the roots.
N Y. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
"LOnely Tonight, Love. :"

Husband Travelling. Room in
hotel. Spittoons full of cigar stumpS.
Bourbon whisky. AL hands equipped for
a nights spree. Husband, in a hurry TO be
off, writing home:
DEAREST SUSIE: Ny time is so occu-
pied with business that can hardly spare
a moment TO write 10 you. Oh darling,
how miss you; and the only thing that
sustains me during my absence is the
thought that every moment thus spent is
for the benefit ofmv dear wife and children.
Take good care of yourself, my dear. Feed
the baby on one cows milk. Excuse
haste, ETC."
Wife at Home.-Scene IL.-ParlOr. All
the gas lit. Thirteen grass widows; Fred.
from around the corner. with his violin
Jim, from across the way, with his banjo
Jack. from above, with his guitar: sam.
from below, with his flute; lots of other
fellows with their instruments. Dancing
and singing. Sideboard covered withnuts,
fruits. cake. cream, wine, whisky, etc.
Wife, in hurry 10 dance, writing 10 nus
band:
"DEAR HUBBY: How lonesome feel in
vour absense. The hours pass tediously
Nobody calls on me, and am constantly
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
Low Spirits.

A lOw-spirited turtle, who came creep
ing near me the other day, gave such a
melancholy puff of sigh that | couldn't
help asking him what was the matter.
''Matter?" he gulped. "Matter enough,
en- tell you. / heard schOolbOy say
this very morning that this earth is over
$4,000 miles in circumference. That means
around, doesn't it?''
Certainly" said l.
"Well, then. how do you suppose L
feel? How, in the name of all the inches,
am | ever to accomplish it? Why, life
isn't long enough for the purpose? | can't
do it !"
DO what, my friend?" -.
"Why, 90 around the earth, of course"
Well. | tried and tried to persuade that
turtle that there wasn't the least sense IN
his trying to do such a thing-that nobody
wanted him to and nobody would care a
snap if he didn't; but | might as well have
talked to the wind. Around the world he
must, could, should, and would go. So
said. at last, by way of consolation:
"Well, my friend, it might be worse.
Think of the planet Jupiter, one of those
worlds that twinkle up in the sky. / heard
schOOlbOy say that Jupiter was fourteen
hundred times larger than the earth Think
of that. You ought to be thankful that
YOUR lot is cast here instead of there"
At these sensible words what did that
ridiculous turtle do but roll his eyes and
gasp harder than ever.
"Alasr' said he, Il didn't put myself
here; and how do | know but, as soon as |
get around this globe, shall find myself
suddenly placed on that other one; and
never. never would travel around that, |
am sure. Fourteen hundred times bigger
fourteen un-dred-times- Oh, my ~
Out of all patience, shouted out. as he
hitched himself along: SECT out OF your
shell, then, and scamper, you absurd thing
Get out of your shell and scamper, ryou'll
never finish your jOurneyi"
But, children, if you meet that poor, mis-
guided turtle, don't turn him around. Il
will put him back, you know. 1t is no.
| ton common to all the turtles that they
must travel around the world, and | sup
pose that's why, if you pick one up and sci
him down with his head in an opposite
| direction from the one in which he was 60
ing, he'll turn right around again.
wonder if girls and boys ever are SC
foolish as my low-spirited turtle.-S
| Nicholas
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21

Winning the drops ov perspirashun from his
brow. he went back to the days ov Adam
and Eve. and for half an hour talked eZ no
man ever talked before on the various dis
eases the human sistem was subjekt TO,
closing with a vivid recital Ov the circula-
shun of the blood.
Again insisted upon it that the book
would be ov no use to me and that would
not hev it.
Springing from his seat with his book in
his hand, and his eyes flashing fire, and
his whole manner intense, he began to sho
me its kontents, commencing at the title
page.
/ saw at last that it was wuss than mad
ness to resist any longer, so / subscribed
for the book, consoling miSelf with the re
flecshun that if ever had book to sell
miself would hev it sold by subskripshun.
The more think Ov it, am so delited
with the pious energy and long suffering
ov the book canvasSer, that wouldn't sell
book any other way.
He is a man whom yu kant eskape any
more than WI kan your own sha lido, he
follows his victim like ghost and hangs
around him grinning like an undertaken
The only way tn git rid oV him is tn sub,
skribe at once, and let him go for the mex
pnellOW. 49,
The shaving-sope man, and the life in
surance agent are very good in their way
but they don't kOmpare with the book
canvasser for lively work any more thai
the pensive cock-roach doz to the red-hO
muskeetO.
They steal on yu like kat on mouse
when yu amt looking for 'em, and, lik'
the fly in the spiders web, the more VI
try tn git out the further yu git in.
l love the book-canvasser now, hi;
words are like bunny in the comb, and hi
logic il like sweet lie, and tho he ma!
sell me book don't want, and wont hev
there is real plum in the way he duz it.
| subscribe now, at least once a year
for some kind of a book, that never lool
into, with a title tn it az long az the tai
Ov a.kat, just bekause the book-canvassel
il so polite and so utterly impo jsible II
i git rid ov.-JoSh Billings.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21

DON'T TAMPER WITH A COUGH.-Perhaps
in the whole category of diseases to which hui
mainly is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in its early stage. A simple cough Is
generally regarded as a temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more; but to those
who have paid dearly fer experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful OF al
Diseases Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumptiOn-if not checked-sO sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, vet it is an easy enc
NV to thwart, if met by the proper remedy.
Aliens Lung BdlSGm is the great cough rem
edv of the age, and has earned its reputation
bv merit alone Sold by all good druggists.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21

IT WAS AN ANCIENT CUSTOM OF the
Spartans, in order to inculcate among their
youth an adherence of mtemperance ana
its kindred vices, to make their slaves
drunk with wine in the public market
places. so that the rising generation, upon
whom would some day devOlve the honor
and safety of the LacedemOnian Republic,
might see before them all the CHASTITY de-
tails of the drunkard's disgrace, his loss OF
reason, and of physical strength. 'Twere
well, perhaps, to-day, could some OF our
young men contemplate similar instruct
i've lesson drawn from the life, showing
them by sharply drawn contrast, the adj
vantages and true loneliness of abstinence
and virtue.
For such as appreciate these, VINEGAR
BITTERs is the beverage best adapted, il
being purely vegetable draught, devoid
of alcohol or mineral poisOns, and posses,
sing all the virtues, but none OF the damn
ing curses. of the different pOisons which
year by year are sweeping away thousands
of dollars and lives.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21

ENGLISH butchers have novel way of
keeping up the price of meat. A couple
of butchers from an adjacent town opened
a store at Reading, selling beef and NUT
ton about 40 per cent. below current rates.
Rival butchers were incensed, and threat
ened to drive them away from Reading.
The cheap butchers headed procession OF
workingmen, hOisted a leg-Ot-mutton flag,
and paradcd the streets. The result was
a riot. in which several policemen We're
trampled under foot and seriously injured,
while the cheap butchers were saturated in
brine. Finding themselves in an undesir-
able pickle, they retreated to their shop,
but the crowd who preferred high meat
followed them, smashed things generally,
and remained masters of the situation.
This beats trades-unions all to pieces. The
roast beef of Old England would cease to
be beef if it could be purchased on reason
ahln
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21

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