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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21

IN method of ascertainiDg with GER
ltaiDty when death has taken place, has
been promulgated by DR.. Danis. 1T is
the denudation and section of an artery,
which Of course Will be empty if the
heart is dead. 1.-THE temporal arterynis
that suggested as the best for the pur.
pose,. on account of its proximity to
the surface, and the slight degree in
which it etracts. ssb ~ ni "a
What small animal becomes large
one by being beheaded 2-Fox-ox.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
AN Irishman's Letter.

Here is an Irish gentleman's lettet to
his SON in college: ".My. dear Son. i
write toesend you two pair of my old
breeches, that you may have new. coat
made out of them. Also, some new
socks which your mother has Just knit
by cutting down some of mine,I Your
mother sends you ten dollars without
my knowledge, and for ,fear, you may
not use it wisely, have Kept back half.
and only send'you five Your mother
and i are well; except thato!tour sister
has got the measles, which We think
would spread among the other girls il
Tom had not had it before, and he is
the only one left: | hope you viii do
honor to my teachings; ifanot y6ua are
an ass, and your mother and myself
your affectionate parents suoil "a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
Birth ana Death.

How quickly one generation OF men'
follows another to the sgravet We
come1ike the ocean waves to The ahosc,
and scarcely strike the strand before We
roll back into the forgetfuincss whence
we came. There is a skeleton II eev-
|ery house. "i'As, in some. many. We
can stand dupon the oornepofsahylstrses,
and, looking back, VIC eshalk,see sthat all
the houses have changed occupants in q
few years. The old men have gone,
I and a generation that knew them not
has, taken their places. Yes! while .wo
look, we ourselves grow old and pass
on to join the great caravan whose
tents are almost in sight on the other
side.1 In youth the other world seems
a great way off; j but later we, feel and
realize that. it is closer at hand; and,
what is better, nature does The prepars-
tory work for passing into it, SO that
easily We grow, into it-are born into is.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21


/ widowiin Louisville, Kentucky, has
brought asuitf for 100000 against the
locallodge of Knights of Pythias, as
damages forthe loss of her, husband, who,
she alleges, was so beaten, bruised and
otherwise maltreated during hisinitiation
as member of the order as to have caused
his death. sauu:s 4a.aa.5's at3 ?,t.
A letter TO the London Times from
Cape Coast Castle illustrates the baneful-
nessof the climate there by saying that
since Sir Garnet Woolsey left, six officers
lof the First West India Regiment have
died and nine have been invalided home.
One European sergeant is dead and four
have Seen invalided home Besides
these the doctor has died ,one control Off
| Ger is dead, two invalided and another 90
ting by next MALL .5esI'a}A #5fuRh
| "A Chicagoian. whose heart is with
Beecher, writes! "I want to see some
fcomnent on that business enterprise
which caused an advertisement to be in
serted In many ny'newspapersato' the effect
thatthe Golden,Ag &c, Containing full &C.
count Of its owners domestic wrongs at
the hands of Henry Ward Beecher,woula
be mailed from the publication office to
any address on the receipt of ten CENTS
| ISunlowers furnish food for bees and
yield one gallon OF oil per bushel, little
inferior to olive OIL @ One acre will pro
duce fifty bushels Of seed lit is also
valuable food for horses and poultry
The stalks may be used for bean poles
They also, as well as the seed, mak'
excellent fuel, and contain a larg,
amount of potash, iaThe reputation o
the sunfiower for keeping off miasmati
vapors, preventive Of fever and ague
is we'll known at'h3TeiHoa '@ese- ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
! TherenghIy Explain ed.

aHere now" said the policeman, a.
he separated two fighting women, ou
on Valley street, Heres enough o.
this, what Go you mean by it?' "Musha
thin;3 said the one with the red hair
"this wur the cause of it: Sez she to
me, ses she, That's a foine morning
this morning, Mrs. Muldoon,' sez she
sez I to her, sez !, That's thrue fu
YOU seq I; 'Phwat hav yez in yer bas
ket,' sez she; Liver sez I 1T schmells
,sez she; 1T DON'T scz T; 1T do sc,
she; Yer liar sez I; Yer another,
sez she; 'Phwat!! seq l. 'Whoop! {!
sez she; and then yez come along, an
that wus the cause Of i" "-Barlingto,
HarE, ,Eue. ''-'i ti''' i.-a' l762iHp u
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
Blackberry Wine.

, Put the berries nfaalarge tub; to, ey-
cry gallon q. berries pour on one pint
OF boiling water. Brpise them with a
mallet, and let them remain until next
day, Strain through thick CLOTH
To every gallon of juice add two and
q half pound Of sugar. Drain. again
and put into cask; cover the bung
with muslin putt in cod place.
Shake theea daily until fermentation
|ceases; cork it tight, and By September
it will be ready Tor use, but improves
with age. This recipe has been follow
ed for ten years and never failed .-daa
RAJ SoUgtelner. So ssiSss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
For Keeuing Meat Fresh in Hot
~ ~ Weather. }ItdI9E1 1.

Place, it in clean porcelain bowl ,and
pour very hot water over it SO as to
cover It, Then pour oil. upon the wa
ter. The air is thus quite excluded and
the meat preserved. Jsq
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
Professor Donaldson.

Donaldson has added another fright
full trick to his eyolutions, in the clouds
on the trapsze bar He says the regu-
lar drop is uninteresting now. Now he
does something worth doing, he says.
The ring TO which the trapeze is attach
ed affords him an enlarged opportunity
He hangs on hts toes on this ring, and
when away up half a mile above tho
.house-tops he lets go entirely and
drops headlopg down and again catch
es himself with his toes on the bar
This dropping act is pronounced tie
most 'frightful and, blood curdfing ac'
ever Witnessed The aeronaut, hangs
down his full length, Straight and stiff
and all Of a sudden he drops and come:
swooping down, only to catch b lhir,sel
nicely at the proper time. A wave O
the hands and graceful salute from
them hanging head downwards bids
the awe.strieken multitude below quie
their fears, for he is all safe and sound
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
- TERMS or "a ADVERTISING:

- - ! : - a 49,. -
one square.
-GAn legal advertisements will be charged
by the line, and must be paid in advance OF
publication. fJo6J1lfEtJ Sfia{C
6H Notices of the appointments of Ad-- %
SE ministrator's and Executors; also. -
6H Attachment Notices aud Road nett -
- ess, two. dollars and fifty cents, in %
a. ADVANCE - us sss y Of isiit o; ,st,,lss
,HAdvertising. done at published rates
md payzas1it required i" advance, in all
.sasss'sss .ss's Sd tsriu haea gbij ia So -. ~.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
Published Every Tuesday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year.

JOB1P' RsI9NTcI Nc
Executed with neatness and dispatch at this
eface, and at reasonable prices. - -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21

This Is the Best Hotel in Bdrnesoille
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-07-21

!. TAis,they did quickly, little dreaming
what waslto follows He and his COM
panions now tossed the pile to and 'fro,
completely mixing i. up SO that no pair
would remain aesether or no man know
where his owH were. f.4isa:y Vag .a7
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
OVERLOADING.
From the New York Times of ofyesterday.

From the New York Times Of yesterday.
No observing man can have failed to see, within
the past three or four years, some significant indi
cations Of q tendency TO overload the National
Government. The people became accustomed to
thinking that there was not much limit 10 the
sphere Of activity open to Congress 1t made and
unmade State Governments. 1t granted and took
away the right of suffrage. 1t policed the South.
It supervised elections. 1t suppressed local dis
orders. II dispensed charities. 1t made money
from paper. 1t substantially abolished State banks
It indirectly regullted the rate of interest 1t in
terfered in tight money market. 1t fought the
'.buls" on question OF raising the premium on
gold. Why should it stop herep Why should it
not step wholly into the shoes of the State Gov
ernments2 Why should 1t not go even beyond
these, and lay its hand on every evil that afficts
the American body politic2 The politician, dissat-
isied-and perhaps justly-with the mode OF con-
Quoting an election OF the States, asks that
q new one be ordered from Washington. The
State Governor, apprehensive OF an election fight
In q disordeIly town, telepraphs for Federal
troops. Tho debtor, finding it hard work TO meet
more thSn when the engagements were made,
clamors fer 'relief" in the shape OF more paper
money. The Granger, finding freights high and
many roads corruptly managed, appeals to the
General Government TO compel the railroad cor
porations to serve him at lower rate. Our familiar
friend, the negro, who has had liberal taste Of
what the General Government can do, II 1t is
backed by o. heavy majority OF voters demands
that 1t shall again intervene to obtain for him
equal access to cars, and concerts and hotels dur
ing life, and to the graveyard when dead. All
men, encouraged by the successes that have been
achieved in the past, bring to Washington private
axes and axes of class, of race or of sect, to be
ground at the national expense,
Among the latest examples Of this tendency to
| lay on the shoulders of the National Government
burdens for which 1t is In way fitted, and which
it was never devised to carry, is the "movement'
| for National Government University.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19

PLYMOUTH CHURCH DEscRIBED.-Gath. in
his interview with Tilton, thus drew him out
in a photograph of Plymouth Church:
"What il Plymouth Church, anyway p'' said
I. "Well," said Tilton, ct is a kind of club
house with female attendants. Thereare about
22O0 members. There are also about fifty very
rich and cordial men in the church, who look
on it in the light of a social club. They are
generally worldly men, who like Beecher and
the snappy smartish things he has to say, his
humor and his company, and they put up their
money, rejoice in the Institution, and other
wise play poker, go to the theatre, or what not.
Beecher is magnificent preachar, full of
things which touch the sensibilities of people,
and vast mass of women go there for their
souls to be comforted and made good. Now,
put these two clements together the warmth
public spirit Of those men, and You can make,
In detached, dullish town Like Brooklyn. an
institution equal to a merchants exchange
There are plenty Of men belonging toPlymouth
Church who do not care whether Beecher is a
debaucher or not
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
A DECIDED DIFFERENCE.

The salary of President Grant is $4,000 a
year. His house rent and perquisites and al
lowances Of all kinds, swell his annual salary %
day for each of the 3l3 working days in year.
Most Of his time is spent in loafng at Long
Branch or travelling about the country. A
laboring man gets 81 80 day for working ten
hours under the blazing sun at laying street
railways, or S4O6.9O year, if he works steadi-
" without loafng or being sick. The differ.
ence between his salary and that of President
Grant, which he helps to pay, is about 500, ,593
So much for having a Republican Congress
No wonder such lot Of ravaging thieves ad.
NIT that they deserve the name Of the grass
hopper payty,-Rsadirg Eagle.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
Too Romantic.

The romance OF Bazaine's escape is very pretty.
The knotted rope overhanging the clif and stained
with blood from the fugitive's torn hands; the
little boat waiting at midnight in the shadow Of
the crag, with brave and faithful wife at the
oar, ready with her little strength and her great
courage to bear her husband over the deep away
f.on captivity all that Is almost too prettily ro-
mantle to be true. Tie ory was, no doubt,
invented to draw attention from the real manner
OF the MarshAl's escape, which was probably
effected with the connivance of the Government,
by the very simple process Of opening doors,
without any rope-climbng or periious adventures
wha' ever.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
AN ATROCIOUS ACT.

NINE HORSES STABBED BY AN UNKNOWN LIS
CREANT.
A most rascally crime was perpetrated last
night by some unknown persons at the foot Of
East Forty ninth street. Nine horses belong
ing to Patrick Dwyer were found this morn
ing to have been cut in the stomachs so as to
allow the entrails to protrude.
A large crowd of people has gathered in the
neighborhood, and expressions of sympathy
for Mr.. Dwyer are plenty on every hand. Sew
en- of the poor horses were cut in the right
flank, while two were gutted in the left flank
just in front of the hip. In every instance
the knife opened cash about twelve inches
long.-N. Y. Neags, 18th.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
The Rich Men Of Chicago and New
York., -

Chicago has been making q list of her veal
thy men. 1t is admitted that Cincinnati has
somefew men'of wealth, and St. Louis ga town
to the south of u.s." Chicago thinks it necessary
to explain, has several but Chicago ,fas usual
''beats creationv' Real estate has been the
means by which these lmen rose. By far the
greater majority of Chicago's millionaires are
old men who came there about 1856 or earlier,
and bought land and sold. and bought again ;
or who simply bought land and happily held
ON to it. We find, moreover, the admission:
Another characteristic Of our wealthy men 10
the evident lack of social attainments. Thew
were not, as a class, born to kid gloves. FL
nancial acumen has been o gift with them, but
the finer culture of breeding, and the refine
ment that comes Of good society, was not their
portion in early youth, nor have they had time
to attend to such things in the busy whirl of
money making.
The two wealthiest citizens are said to be
VIM. B. Ogden, the first mayor of the city,
I5,OOO.OOO; and Cyrus w. Mccormick, SIG 600,
600. Then follows the ell-known names Of
Lafiin, Farrell, and Peck brothers, and some
fifty others whose Golfers are supposed to con-
tain from four million dollars down to pitiful
one million.
those OF New York, with glimpse at the heirs
for the New York millionaires are all old men
II: b. Astor heads the list. He is now eighty.
His father put his money in land, land, and
Still more land. He was always buying and
never selling, owned real estate everywhere in
the city, single houses and solid blocks, i'm
proved and unimproved. He commenced when
New York was not much more than avillage and
the rise in value has been enormous. VIM. B.
Astor has two sons, VIM. B. Astor, Jr., and
John Jacob Astor. After Astor comes Alexan-
der I. Stewart. When he left for Europe late
| ly his estate was estimated loosely at one hun.
dred million dollars. This is an exaggeration
He is worth between. forty and fifty millions.
Vanderbilt Hits across the board next,
/ carrying from thirty to thirty five millions,
varying according to the price of railroad
bonds. All others come long distance after.
acter; none seem to have many friends. and
| all leave the impression of being unhappy-so
many King Midases.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
THE BERKs COUNTY FAIR.
TWENTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE BRRKs
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.


COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The twentieth annual exhibition Of theBerks
County Agricultural and horticultural Society
will be held at Reading, Pa, September 9th to
llth, inclusive on the Society grounds, contain
ing seventy acres, adjacent to the city itself,
and well supplied with halls, sheds, stables
and buildings The railroads centering there
will transport all articles for exhibition free,
on an order from the President, A. E. Boas-
Notification Of intention tomake entries should
be sent to c. T. Fox, Secretary, with the name
and age Of animals, patentee and designation
Of machinery. Hay, straw and grain will be
furnished free. The premiums are payable
September 14th. They amount to almost s,
600. Of which 1896 in for trotting and pacing
matches. Premiums Of varying amounts are
offered for horses, cattle, swine. sheep poultry,
-four and grain, roots, vegetables, frnit, flowers
bread, preserves, manufactures and needle
work. There will be display Of fish, q foot
race and a trial of velocipedes-~r A diploma ia
offered for agricultural impliments. The
great excellence Of our State, and particular
y the eastern portion, in agriculture and hor-
ticulture,in stock and agricultural machinery
is meintained and advertised by such displays
as this, and the success that has attended for.
mer exhibitions will undoubtedly be repeated
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
Concha Hard Pressed for Men.

HAVANA, August l8.-The recent decree order
ing draft Of citizens for military contain
ed q clause exempting any coDscript ON payment
Of 81 ,000 Great numbers have ,ayailec them
in Iiine mn he cont for tSs drent eorns
is very slow, and men not coming In sufficient
numbers to meet the requirements Of the war
The Captain General issued another decree to-day
requiring persons drafted for cavalry and colored
militia seeking exemption not to pay 1000, but
to procure able-bodiey substitutes. Conscripts
for white infantry will continue TO be exempted
on the same terms as heretofore.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19

How A PRIEST SToPPBD Price FIaHr.-Two
men in Shenandoah, Pa, arranged q prize light
to come off last Saturday. The stake wss Sl0O
and was placed in the hands Of o woman. Faith
er Riley, hearing OF the arrangement, went TO the
stakeholder took possession Of the sl00, and told
the fighters to fight. But they didn't. $500
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19

No Perssm c0m take shrsc u itters accoro-
Ing TO directions, and remain long unwell, pro-
yided their bones are not destroyed by mineral
poison or other means, and vital organs wasted
Oeyond the point OF repair.
Dyspepsin or Ind gesti0s, Headache, Pain
In the Shoulders Coughs, Tightness OF the Chest.
Dizziness, Sour EructatiOns OF the Stomach, Bad
Taste In the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Papitaion OF
rho Heart, Inflammation OF the Lungs, Pain In the
symptoms, are tho olfsprngs OF dyspepsia. One
bottle will prove better guarantee OF Its merits
than lengthy advertisement.
Fer Female Com mplnints, In young or old,
married or single, at the dawn OF wOmanhOOd, or
the turn OF life, these Tonic Bltters display de-
cided an influence that Improvement Is soon per
ceptible.
Fer Inaan,u ~ atory md Chronic Rhes
matfsm and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intel =.
mittent Fevers, Diseases OF the Blood, Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder, these Bltters have no equal.
Such Diseases are caused by Vttated Blood.
They are n gentle Purgative we'll r =
n Tenie, possessing the merit of acting az y
powerful agent in relieving Congestion or lnham
nation OF the Liver and Visceral Organs, and In
Biious Diseases.
Fer Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter. Salt
Rheum, Blotches Spots, Pimples Pustules, BOils
Carbuncles, Ring -worms, Scald- Head, Sore Eyes,
Eryspelas Itch, Scurfs. Discoorations OF the Skin
Humors and Diseases OF the Skin OF whatever name
nature literally dug up and carried out OF tho
system In short time by the use OF these Bitters
rRRs the most wonderful lnygorant that ever sus.
tanned the sinking sygtem.
n. H. MCDONALD e. CO.
Druggists and Gen A xts., San Francisco, CAL,
.o- OF washington and Charlton Sts., N Y.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS DEALERS.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
Camp Meeting, DC.


CAUTION To LETTER WRTTKRs.-No
amount OF caution to letters writers is sufficient
t, warn them again dropping ii, mail matter
into the letter boxes without aft King the proper
postage. Some put op out of town letters a
two cents stamp, others on city letters an inter-
The consequence is that these epistles are ''hsld
for postage"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-19
DROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
1 SUTTON oF THE STATE oF DELAWARE

DROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
L SUTTON OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
AN ACT proposin0 an Amendment 70 ths censfitu-
to enact a General Incorporation La,O
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State Of Delaware
deeming it necessary and concurring therein and
By and with the appreciation Of Governor.( That
By proposed to the seventeenth section to the sec
ond article of the Constitution of this State, to
words. subject to the provisions aforesaid The
Legislature shall have power to enact general in
and
poses ior the preservation OF snimai and yessta6e
ing low lands and no attempt shall be made in
such act OF otherwise to limit or qualify the power
Of revocation reserved to the Legislature in this.
sEoTIoN 2 And be !, further enacted. That the
above proposed amendment and this act. duly to
publish the above proposed amendment and this
o h e
three and not more than six months before the
next general election for Senators and Representa-
r"'''" ~ D''''' - x.v. LESLEY.
JOSEPH ESRRsrfBsG5 BGSoassxn. st III sin1s''
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Executive Department.
June I'd, 1874
Ihis Act was passed py anu WIN inc appropation
And I, JAMES PONDER, Governor of the State of
Delaware, do hereby express my approval of said
amendment as proposed in said act.
|HuArN Witness my hand and the Great Seal Of
)said State, the day and year aforesaid.
By the Governor. JAMES PONDER.
JOHN II. PAYNTER.
Secretary of State.
STATE OF DELAWARE, |
Executive Department
/. JOIN H. PAYNTRR. Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing 10 truo copy of the act entitled
act proposing an amendment to the for
| q general Incorporation @ Law" passed at Dover
proval Of the said proposed amendment the same
having been compared by me with tho original roll
now on file. in this Department.
| In witness whereof have hereunto set
(auAT( (my hand and affixed my official seal at
IL S dover this sixteenth day of June, in the
S6Syear Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy -four.
JOHN II. PAYNTER,
ie23te Secretary of state.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-21
CON ST. MPTION
And Its Cure.

Victims of this awful disease are found in every
neighborhood in Almost every house.
For them and for their friends, we have tidings of
good cheer and hope-the announcement of q most
important discovery, firmly based upon common
sense and reason. by which the terrible malady Is
positively controlled. and its victims restored
TO health
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-21
WILSON'S
CARB0LATED COD LIVER OIL

Is not secret empirical nostrum. 1t is happy
combination of two remedies known to physicians
everywhere the best means of combating con-
sumption. This combination is Mr.. Wilson's dis
coNery, and is founded upon the following
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-21

DR.. Sharps Specific cures Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Constipation, Vomiting Of Food. Sour Stom
ach, Water Brash. Heartburn. Low Spirits, SC, In
thirty five years never failing to the most OBJ
stinate cases. Sold by druggists generally Depot
las Eighth street, New York Circulars mailed on
application. Sold by EL-il Dehler- I'll 3d&w6m