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CIGARS! CIGARS! CIGARS {!

"sohNC OtunuU UluayO 9
fESH E friends, patrons and public at large
Il are respectfully notified that in consc-
quence of the large demand for my favoritc
brands OF Cigars, have been compelled tc
open another branch
In the Columbia Hotel Rotun6a.
My Retail and Wholesale Departments
arc kert i'll full force, to moet the demand.
All trends from the country are invited to
inspect our Factory, at No. 1t3 Main street
three doors below the Wheeler House, sign
OF Indian Chief.
Nov 10 IL. .sULzBACHER.
GOVERNOR MOSES
In changing the Commissioners of Eiec-
lover of peace. THE PROPRIETOR OF
THE INDIAN QUEEN sEGAR STORE. in
introducing tho FIVE CENT MANILA.
OF the weed, as
ON THE
Day OF election, the people fock to the
polls, each To deposit their ballot for their
favorite candidate, so do tho many cousu-
mcr- hock to this popular resnrt to obtain
this FAFORlTE SEGAR. Let 1t DO under
stood that VIC are not on the
WAR PATH
Against other dealers, We merely claim
that the scgar offered by others il far in
FENIOR to that sold by the
INDIAN QUEEN CIGAR STORE,
Nov 1054 Assembly Street.
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New Books, at Dryans Bookstore.
WOhkING to Win. story for girls,
w $l.75.
Mistress OF tho Manso, by DR.. Holland,
author of Arthur Bonnycast!e, 81 80.
A History OF Germany, from the Earliest
Times, by Charlton Lewis, 81 So
Manual OF Mythology, Greek, Koran,
by Murray, s225.
Prairie and Forest, the Game OF North
America, with adventures in their pursuit,
by Gilmore. 81 50.
Health and Education, by Kingsley, II rs.
iiogatth's complete works, in tliIoc vo.
lumes. The Wild North Land, by Major
Butler, with plates, 50 so History Of Clubs
and Club Life, London. Book Of Wonder
tul Characters, with portraits. The Slang
Dictionary. historical and anecdot al.
Homes and Haunts Of the British Poets,
London. and 0ther new books. Nov1
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Noble County Items.

from the Republican. 1st inst
T. F. Thompson, an old and eccen-
trio citizen of Elk township, died efbrain
fever on Christmas day.
Geo. Morris. of Point Pleasant, has
purchased 800 hogsheads of tobacco, al
price not exceeding S3 per hundred.
A mathematician of our village calcu.
lates that for every quail shot by the hun
ters of Caldwell, 81 IS is expended fol
powder and shot.
A new storein Middlehurg; Hupp &
Morrison are the proprietors. They have
purchased about 220, 900 pounds OF to.
bacco at an average price of So Is.
A protracted meeting at Stone school
house in Marion township, conducted BY
Revs. Timberlake and Wilson, has done
much good Twenty-three persons have
united themselves with the Church, and
the meeting stilfin progress.
INcENDIARY FIRE "A wheat stack ot
jacob Rich, residing in Seneca township
containing It's bushels of wheat,was de.
stroyed by fire last Tuesday week. The
work was un loubtedly that of an incen.
diary. A man who will wilfully destroy
the property Of another for fancied
grievances, only lacks the courage to be
come murderer.
SAD AccIDENT-An infant child o
Henry Stackhouse, of Marion township
on the 10Th fell out of the cradle where il
had been placed by its mother, to sleep,
into kettle of boiling apples, that haf
been taken from the fire and set on til,
hearth to cool. The infant, about ter
months old. was so severely burned tl.at
it died from its injuries in short time.
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Virtues of the Mad Stone.

Miss Mary j. Graves, daughter of
Henry Graves, Esq from Layton, Essex
County, Virginia, passed through our
town yesterday, accompanied by her
brother, to take the boat for home in Es-
sex, having just returned from Richmond,
Va, where she sought relief from pain,
having been bitten by mad dog on the
9th. She found maidstone in the pos
session of Mrs. Hix,on FIRST street, No.
4lO, Richmond, Va and had the stone
applied to her thumb Eve times at cost
of SIS for each application. The stone
had to remain twelve hours each time, land
on the first application afforded her great
relief; and she is now in good'spirits, ,and
feeling no pain Or Inconvenience what
ever from the bite The stone is about
the size of hickory nut, and was for.
merly owned by Mr.. Humphrey Sale, Of
Caroline County. After his death at 8
sale it was bought by a Mrs, Harrison, o.
Richmond city, who still owns it, she hav
ing paid ST, 600 for it, Miss Graves wa:
informed that this stone had been applied
to over 800 persons proving entirely sue
cessful in every case, no person ever ex
periencing any trouble afterward frou
the bite VTginia Star.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
Management of schools.

Ed. SPIRIT: In the issue of Decem,
Der 16th,a communication appears sign
ed "R." the author of which says he is
not a teacher. As he is not, we wonder
whether he ever filed that responsible
position His views are good and zoe
can not help thinking that R is awake
to the interests of his country's welfare
in regard to the discipline of our pub
lie schools, and seems eager that tile
best methods of securing Good Or
der" in our common schools be dis
cussed freely, in the columns Of The
SPIRIT Not only TO secure good order.
but the best methods of "waking up"
the minds of pupils"
an teacher myself, have had sew
eral terms of experience, and during
those terms have arrived at a salts
factory conclusion, TAT least to myself
of the essential qualities that must be-
long to every successful! teacher.
The first and most important is self
government, without this, no individual
is fit to step inside our common schools
as teacher He that cannot govern him
self cannot jadicious!y govern others
Another requisite is, apatient, for
bearing. and at all times agreeable dis
position. In some teachers this is
seemingly natural, in others it can be
acquired ] knew teacher once, in
whom the above stated requisites seem
ed fully developed. Teaching seemed
to be his calling,it seemed that he could
secure the conf leace and love of all
his pupils ere they were aware, but this
individual was an exception His pow,
er of government laid in his "gilt Of
language" he would daily lecture his
school, and he could gain in these lee
lures, or during them, the undivided at
tention of the youngest. One minute
he could have his pupils in tears, ant
the next have them seemingly trying tc
each outstrip the other in climbing
1.-The Hill of Science" He had it illus
] trated, by a drawing on the 'blacl
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Washington Township.
.JANuARy I. 1S

JANUARY 1, 1914.
Ed. SPIRIT: / live about two miles
west of Graysvile, on what we call
Pleasant Ridge. Times are hard, but
Notwithstanding all that there is quite a
fine business carried on here.
The Relay school, taught by A. V
Slack, is conducted with credit to both
teacher and scholars
There has been some tobacco sold, and
the highes. price paid for it was So 80;
but the most OF the farmers think they
can't stand it to take that price, ,and they
will hold on for more.
The young people of this vicinity
thought they could not enjoy the holi
days any better than to get married; so
quite number of them thought they
had went single long enough. There
has been three weddings here in two
weeks, and four of the houses where the
parties lived are inside of half mile of
each other.
An old lady from Wayne township by
the name of Mary Smith, informed me
that she would be Is years old her next
birthday, and that she had walked from
Rich Fork in half day. The distance
is or miles. She also told me thai
she was the grandmother of lQl children
and that she had about so great grand
children. Now, if anybody can beat thai
| would like to hear from them. More
anon. y. j. b.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Washington Township,
EVANSVILLE, o., Dec. 20, 1873.

EVANSVILLE, ", Dcc. ~, 1910.
ED. SPIRIT: Another year with its
record of joys end sorrows, hopes and
fears, successes and disappointments,
services performed and duties neglect
ed, is nearly at close How speedy
time flies by, and how indelible the ira
ces they leave behind. Who can look
on the past or almost past year without
regret days gone never to return. no
never. =,
How many unkind words spoken ?
once spoken can never be recalled
How many tears have been shed by
those we hold dear, caused by unkind
words? Who is it that would not, il
he could, amend the record of the past
year, and blot out all those words OF
deeds upon which we cannot look with
pleasureI But the idea OF recalling
them is vain. The word is spoken, the
deed done, the effect is produced, and
Time has snatched them all away, and
as we cannot mend the errors of the
past, lei US avoid them in the future.
Soon the last year for US will come
and pass away, and life's history be
closed forever. Let us endeavor the
coming year to make such record that
we can look with pleasure upon it, in
stead OF pain.
And TO secure this end let The SrIR11
find a place in every family in oul
County, for it is destined to give usefu
entertainment, to lovers of good select
stories, jokes, and all useful knowledge
found in first class country paper, a.
The SPIRIT surely is.
We wish you happy New Year, Mr.
Editor, and a greater circulation o
Our Home Paper. L.
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cd on their numerous customers, at this
stand.
Next to this was the stand where was
kept for sale all indescribable parapher-
MALTA of notions, of all kinds and fancy
goods Miss Katie Kmple and Miss
George Foggin very gracefully did the
honors of this department.
Next was the fsh-pond, established for
the benefit of the little folks, from which
was brought forth many varieties of Gu
rious things, such as hats, caps for baby
dolls, and such like. But we particularly
noticed several grown up persons partic-
ipating in this amusement.
Crossing over to The other side of the
hall there was long table,very nicely ar
arranged, at which was served up oysters
for the impatient palates Of the many, by
the most attractive and engaging young
ladies.
The next place in point of attractive:
ness was the stand at which was kept for
sale mush and milk; this was certainly
something new TO us. as we never had the
pleasure Of partaking of this luxury
since the days of our childhood. This
brought to our recollection the days! of
our youth. when we were at home enjoy.
ing it.
We noticed many of our most distin-
guished citizens present. of whom we
might mention DR.. j. Smith. Capt S
Thompson and family, c. II. Dankworth
and lady, W. F, Booth and lady, VIM
Sims and lady, Will Cochran, Tom Smith
j. B. Gordon, and many others whose
names we did not learn
The ladies all were dressed in excellent
style and taste.
The Clarington Cornet Band furnished
most excellent music during the entire
evering. BEN.
L
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written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Franklin Township.
STAFFORD, MONROE COUNTY, ONO,


December 80, 1878.
Ed. SPIRIT: As 1 am very fond OF
reading the communications from the
various townships in the county,
thought few items from old Franklin
might interest some of your numerous
readers.
The people of this community are
stemming the money panic manfnlly. AL
though stock has been low, the farmers
have well rid themselves, which has been
a great help to them at this time, but an
other fall think they will have to raise
their money in some other way
Tobacco is pretty much all sold at a
price of about three dollars. The mer.
chants at present are offering as high as
four dollars
The prospect for wheat is good-bet-
ter than it has been for years.
Hard times does not appear to stop the
progress of education. The schools are
in fiourishing condition throughout the
township Rev. T. A. Ryan is teaching
the school in Staff ,rd, with success; he
appears to be the right man in the righ
place.
A new school house is building in this
town under the direction of Mr.. Isaac
Gooding. Mr.. Goodlng owns the plan
ing mill in this place and is fine work
man.
The Christian and NJ E. Churche
have just passed through series Of meet
ings the latter adding ten to their mum
ber
The general health Of the people i
good. For fear Of taking up space il
your valuable paper that might be bette
occupied, will leave Off Wishing Ia
SPIRIT success, yours. M.
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wWe were moved to saw, few
weeks ago, that as coal b,rge acciden-
tally sank in exactly the right spot to
cork up Spanish war steamer at New
York. it would he remarkable coinci
dence if the Virginius should acciden
tally sink.
Well. sure enough. she did acciden
tally sink though accidents are notrven
for it was after she had been delivered
and rumors were rife of a demand fol
her re-de!ivery by Spain, that she sur
prised everybody by going to the bot
tom OF the ocean.
Spain will conclude that VIC are peed
liarly subject to accidents, or that theY
is slight suspicion Of design lurking
about somewhere.
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board" He governed by laneuage.-
In extreme cases only he used the rod
But of all teachers ever knew he was
the most successful He is we'll known
to many teachers in our county, for
within its boundary lie labored.
l for one, am opposed to corpora
punishment, until all other resources
have been tried. have never said that
/ would teach school without using
the rod, if it was really necessary, and
if the time ever comes that this mode
of punishment must cease, then I will
Withdraw from the list of teachers, un
less some resource yet undiscovered
will be substituted, and prove as effect
ual. We all know that it is far better
to "rule by love than fear," but have
been alluding to EXTREME CASES.
There are few questions | wish to
ask the teachers and I wish them to
answer.
First-1n large schools, say from
fifty to seventy five, do you approve of
recess? give reasons.
Second-What is the best plan to
pursue, to prevent whispering, or cor
respondence between pupils?
-1hird-Do you approve of music in
schools? Songs adapted to scholars
of all grades?
Fourth-I have number Of young
women attending my school, who have
a habit of reading SO low that they can
not be heard across the room distinctly
l have tried many rags to break it ap
but with but little success. What plan
must l adopt?
/ / know OF other teachers similarly
lperplexed. As this is my first cor1mu
nication l will not tell all this time, bu
EV the teachers of Monroe respond te
Trend Rs solicitations, and my own
you may hear from me again. D
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The Frc.dmen's Bureau Robbie.

There seems to be no longer any
doubt tlat General o. o. Howard, as
chief of the Freedmen's Bureau, has
been guilty of gross corruption. 1t is
not pleasant thing to see a man in
whose integrity and piely we have had
faith, fall to the level Of vulgar thieves
and plunderers.
We knew General HOWARD in the Ar
my of .he Potomac. as an upright and
exceedingly devout man. Whatever
doubts may have existed in regard to
his skill. as an officer, there was but one
opinion in regard to his high standing
as Christian.
In fatal day he was placed at the
head of that hot-bed of CORRUPTION, the
Freedmen's Bureau. When he accepted
the place he may have been weak enough
to suppose it to be the benevolent enter
prise its promoters pretended, but he
could not have remained there long
without discovering that it was mere
political machine to consolidate the votes
of the Southern negroes for the Repub
licau party It's sub 'rlinates were as
graceless a set of scamps as ever plum.
dered people.
.On learning this, HOWARD should have
abandoned it, and exposed it. But in
stead of doing so he allowed his repu-
tation to be used as cloak to hide the
rankest knavery. From this to partici
pating in that knavery was short and
easy road. Instead Of employing the
funds entrusted to him il relieving the
destitute, he permitted them to be USED
in electioneering From this to divert
ing the funds into his own pockets and
those of his friends, was but one more
step in the same direction.
+ The skirts of General HOWARD, ter
years ago so conspicuously stainless, are
to-day besmeared with dlth to which
Boss TwEED's stripes could add no dis
grace.
The system and surroundings which
thus drag down men of fair fame need tc
be overturned and destroyed, The tree
which brings forth such fruit needs more
than "pruning knife :" it needs to be
hewn down and cast into the fro.
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From Salem Township.
"Tt,e Festival at ClaringtOn.'
REPORTED FOR THE SPIRIT.

ED SPIRIT: The Festival given by the
ladies' Of Clarinoton, at Messerly's ball,
on Tuesday evening, the 23d ult., for the
benefit of the NJ E Church, was one Of
the best we ever had the pleasure of at
tending.
Taking everything into consideration
wethink that there never was such com
plete arrangement held within our town.
This we presume was due to Miss Ma
ry Lobenstein, Miss Emma Booth, Miss
r. f Thompson Miss Mary Burt, and
Lizzie and Katie Kimple, and Others
whose namas we did not learn
Ga entering the hall the first thing that
attracted our attention was the cake
stand, on our left, which was loaded down
with every variety and description o.
cake, Miss Emma Booth, Miss Mary
Ii bernstein and Miss Lizzie Kimple wait
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Summit Township.

JANUARY l, 1914
ED. SPIRIT. The farmers in this COM
munity seem to be in very good heart ;
they have got the largest portion of
their corn and tobacco ground broke up,
and now, since the snow, they are busy
hauling in their summers wood, DC, 50
when spring comes there will be no
rush, but all will GO smooth and nice.
The wheat crop looks well, and there
was larger crop sowed last fall than for
several years, so We think Summit will
live through the panic.
Tobacco is selling at from So so to
81 25 per hundred, tied up. c. G Oh.
lInger and John Gramlich are buying in
Lewisville; they are both good men and
do an honest business
The youngsters commenced sleighine
last Sunday, for the first, with very poor
success. There were three couple neal
town got sled and started to nigh,
meeting, some eight miles distant, broke
down, got another sled, broke it down
and had to get the third sled before arri
wing at home They spent the next day
taking sleds home and gathering up the
fragments along the road. 4.
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PhiIadelphla Wool ,larke ct,

Jan 2.-Wool strong, with advancing
tendency stock scarce. Ohio, Pennsyt.
yania and West Virginia, double extra
and above 55a56c; extra 54a55c; medi-
um 55a57c; coarse 50a62c New Yosk,
Michigan, Indiana and Western, fne 50a
SIC; medium 52a53c: coarse 50a52c;
combing washed 60a624c; combng un-
washed 4Oa42tc. Canada combing 63a
65c fac unwashed 35a47c; coarse, and
medium washed 35a37c; tubbed 59a57c.
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THE AGE OF sHAMs.
Hid ,yecks and Other Inventions
Of the Enemy-.The Man Of
the Period Also a fraud.
from the New York Graphic:

tits really no wonder that the "oppo-
site sex" occasionally burst forth iuto
plaintive reproach, and upbraid false fair
ones for the many means resorted to in
order to deceive them For, in the con
test for the prize awarded by Paris to the
most beautiful, deceits are invented and
boldly worn, such as are sometimes too
astounding for belief. Years ago we re-
member of hearing of French singer at
a cafe chantant, whose husband upon be
ing complimented upon the dazzling fair
ness of his wife's neck, lifted off a pair
ofshoulders of tinted wax so arranged as
to be easily adjustable! But that any of
our bellies should consent to the paltry
deception of wearing false kid necks,
made in Berlin and in Paris, and seEt with
vast amount of mystery to the beauty
ambitious OF full, l,roand neck and shout
ders, is something that needs to be almost
"seen to be believed" Yet this is done.
Let one fancy meeting lady at ball
whose tulle scarf deXterously wrapped
about her throat and careessy thrown
back, serves only to soften the gloss and
enhance the symmetry of what seems to
her dazzled observer pair Of superb
shoulders. Fancy discovering afterward,
perhaps, when said lady has become a
bride, that those shoulders were but a
dream-made of kid That is worse than
nightmare, and it would seem that even a
very Bayard could hardly say, "False
one, love thee still~
That the desire TO have the credit for
having what does not belong to one
should urge to such fragrant deception is
astonishing, but still more so is the blind
ness that leads the deceiver to suppose
that thin arms, etc, can be reconciled
with this roundness in the neck. And
here puffad tulle sleeves are called into
play. 1t is said that flesh -colored enamel
makes the complexion, down to the join
ing hidden bv the tulle, perfect match to
the kid! Does not this cap the climax ?
What climax? the reader may demand
Well. that of the piled up ieceptions oi
enamels, rouges, dyed or bleached hair
false eyebrows, false teeth, pads, colored
lips, stuffed bustles, altitude, bestowine
heels, artificial calves, etc.
But the men are '.jnst as bad,' it is
claimed. A fashionable druggist informs
the ladies that he sells as much "Magno.
liza Balm a sort of enamel to gentle
men as to ladies'; while the tailor whis-
pers of false shoulders made of wool land
the barber, the dentist and the vender OF
uniforms all tell their anything but fiat
tering tale The biters are bitten.
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from the D.rly Register.l
Wheeling Cattle Market.
December 81.

UecemDer 81.
CATTLE-The price for cattle is
steadily advancing and as high as 4 25
per cwt has been paid during the week
for good cattle. Scalawags are hard Of
sale and the prices continues low, but
2 25 being the offered rate. The pros
poets is that 50t95 90 will be the ru-
ling rates, for first class beef cattle, be-
fore long.
HOGS-The price Of hogs hasvefy
materially advanced, as high as 5 40
per cwt. having been paid. The ruling
figures, however, are 5 00@5 so per
cwt for fat hogs. The report is that the
major portion of the hog crop of the
country is already in barrels and, as the
demand is still very active, and the crop
short, we will have to slaughter the re-.
serve crop if much more pork is made
this season If this report is true we
may look for still further advance in
the price of hogs.
SHEEP-There are no sheep offer.
ing and butchers have great difficulty
in procuring mutton for the city mar
kets. The price is nominal, being sta
ted at 4G4ic per lb.
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es-Thus far seven comets have beer

Ny lnuS LAT SeFcu CoiiittS udFc pec-l
observed this year. According to the
Scientific American they were found as
follows: No l, on the Sd of April, by
Stephan, at Marseilles. This comet is
identical with No of 1867, originally
discovered by Tcmpel. The second
body is new one, and of short period,
and was noted by Tempel on July 8, at
Milan. Another new comet was OBJ,
served by Breollv. at Marseilles, on
August 90, and fifth, of considerable
brilliancy, passing so,ithwafdlv, 5by Paul
Henry, at Paris, ON the<2Saaf the same
month On September Stephan, Of
Marseilles, obtained fecble views ol
Brorson's, and on the 3lisof Faye's
comets. Another new discovery was
made on November 10 by LIE Verrier, al
Paris, Of comet which has a. sligh,
motion to the southwest; and the las,
new arrival has been found, on Novem
her IL, by the Vienna Academy of Sci
ences.