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was almost unconscious.
AT last, the fire being itself burned
out, these children of nature began to
study up some other mode of pastime.
Four of the scoundrels having rifles
walked away short distance and am
used themselves firing at me, to see
how close they could c1me without sc-
tually hitting ne. The bullets whist
led past ne, they tore through my
clothes, and grazed my flesh, while the
blood trickled down upon the ground
beneath me.
Il thought of Nellie, my own bright
eyed Nellie, and then determined that
If ever my limbs were free again, l
would escape or die. Presently the
Indians raised their rifles and aimed
them with more care than usual. l
thought they meant to kill me, and when
they fred dropped to the ground so
suddenly that thought was making
my exit from the world. AS soon as
could collect my scattered senses I
found thatthe Indians had shot the cords
IN two, as a spt cjmen of their skill, and
hence my sudden descent to terra fir
ma.
For minute my limbs we're so numb
that I could not use them; and again a
vision of Nellie, of home, and friends
came into my mind, and resolved more
firmly to escape. Like flash of light
an expedient occurred to me, and if 1
could only carry it out successfully I
would be free. Calling the chief to me,
informed him that if he would let
me live a day longer would learn him
a secret that would make his tribe one
of the gr a'est and most wealthy tribes
on the face of the earth. At first he
appeared to doubt, but thinking that
NJ harm w nd come of it, he acquies-
ced, and dpmar ded my secret. l pro-
duced pint p title from my pocket fill
ed with liquii. All the Indians were
curious to h, o. what it was, and crow
ded around me. Great chief, form a
line with your noble braves and you
shall have the secret In an instant
they were in line and all attention.
Great cLief, said l, in this bottle there
i'a Ia lid, which. if you will open your
hands wide and straight; and let me
pour some OF his liquid on your hands,
and you will then press your two hands
togetl or fer little while, when you
open your hands they will be full of
god. Will you and your noble braves
try it?' A row of lands were extended,
and | pOuIel some of the liquid in each
one, and each one ofthe Indians closed
tier hands very tightly for some min
utes.
Here Uncle John paused so lor g,
that some of US were induced to ask,
What next?'
'What next?' said Uncle John. why
l mounted my horse and rode back
home to Nellie and friends, leaving a
sadder II not wiser band OF Indians
But how?' said we.
How p said Uucle John. 'Why, the
liquid that l poured into their hands
was wonderful cement, warranted to
stick anything, aud to set in one min
ute, so l had them fast enough.
Here Uncle John arose and made his
exit amid deafening roar OF applause.
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CARDS.

Furniture WarehOuse.
v.Schvirtz, Bank street, dealer IN all kinds Of
Furniture. Collins nddeto order.
Boot and shoe Makers.
Clinton Bretney, IN Leuaa's building, Bank street.
All orders promptly flLed-toork warranted.
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photographic.

"a late well-known member of the
Scottish bar, when youth, was some
what of dandy, and, I suppose, some-
what short and sharp in his temper. He
was going to pay visit in the country,
and was making a great fuss about his
preparing and putting up his habili-
ments. His old aunt was much annoy
ed at all the hustle, and stopped him by
the somewhat contemptuous question,
~ har's this you're gaun, Robby, that,
ye max .ic grand wark about yer
claes?' The young man lost his temper,
and pettishly replied. I'm going to
the devil Deed, Robby, then, was
the quiet answer, 'ye medina be sac
nice; he'll just take ye as ye are"
"A Hartford young woman exclaimed
the other day, Il have excurted three
times this simmer.
An Iowa minister was recently kill.
ed by tightening while standing on the
banks of murmurng stream and en-
deavoring to convince some bad boys
bathing on Sunday was sin. An
awful warning.
The State officers and Legislature
of Michigan visited Chicago the other
day, and struck all the people dumb
but one newsboy. Said he: "There
goes a hundred men that can read and
write"
"A New York law journal argues
that lawyers as class are very poorly
paid, and that it is only by the force of
an indomitable will and extraordinary
talents that one Of them occasionally
rises to wealth and fame.
The Detroit Free Press tells about
an urchin that was seated on the post,
Office steps, going through q Watermel-
on, when man halted and asked "This,
is great town for hogs, isn't 1t, bub2"'
"Wall no." drawled the lad, as he fill
ed his mouth again and kept his eyes
on the man; you'll be awful lonesome
here"
One reason why Wisconsin hired
girls get four dollars per week, Is be-
cause they have to go down stairs at
midnight to investigate strange noises,
while the man of the house takes up q
position under the bed.
TO obtain postage stand at Nj
agara hotel requires five minute strug-
gle with two negroes and bald-head
bOOk-keeper.
When Chicago man can't lie on
on his back and 60 to sleep without
dreaming Of his mother-in-law, 1t Is
considered sufficient ground for di-
yorce.
Noble lords are scarce at the wat
ering>place hotels, aud cruel Western
man accounts for 1t on the grounds that
it is not time for the BARRIERS to take
their summer vactions.
"A grandmother writing to the Ion.
don Times says that base ball is not an
American game, but an ancient English
one, long ago discarded in favor Of
cricket. AsprOof she cites letter ofthe
celebrated Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey,
written in 174S, in which the family Of
Frederick, Prince of Wales, are describ-
ed as "diverting themselves with base
ball, a play that all who are or have
been schoolboys are well acquainted
with"
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NENTRAL r.. Il. OF N. j.
~ LEHIGH & SUSQUEuANNA DIVISION.
rr;,,a srohIo - I.oo on 1OSl

Trsins leave Lehighton as follows:
For New York, Philadelphia, Easton, &c., a, 7 81,
IL OF a. M, 227, 4 AZ pm.
For Mauch Chnnk at lO.15 a. M, LA, 5.3s, and
903 p. m.
For Wilkes Barre and Scranton at 10.15 a. M, LA
5.3S p. m.
Returning-Leave New York, from station Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey, foo' of Liberty
street, North River, at5.l5, 900 a. m, 1910,
4OJ p. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, from Depot North Penn'a
Il. r.. at 100, o As n. M, 2.l0 10 p. IN.
Leave Easton at 3O 1905, 1l.4s a. M, 3.55 and
40 p m.
Leave Mauch Chunk at 7.3O, IL on a. M, 2 20 and
440 p. m.
Fo; further particulars, see Time Tables at the
Stations.
IL. p. BALDWIN, Gen. Passenger agent.
July 4, 1874.
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Railroad Guide.
NORTH PENNA. RAILROAD.

Returning, leave depot at Berks and American
Streets. Phila., at 100, $50 and 945 a. M; 2.10
$50, and 515 p. M.
Fare from Lengh;on to Philadelphia, s2.55.
Feb I, 1874. MILLS CLARK, Agent
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Colorado EXcurSiOns..GO West
Through 81. Louis.

During the Summer Season, the MIS-
SOUL Pacific & KANSAS PACIFIC THROUGH
LINE, via st. Louis and Kansas City, will
sell Excursion Tickets from st Louis to
Denver and return, good ninety days
from date of sale, at extremely low rates,
thus affording an excellent opportunity
to visit the famous resorts OF Colorado,
among the beautiful Parks of the Rocky
Mountains.
To all who are seeking new homes in
or about to take trip to Missouri, Kan
sas. Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska,
Oregon or California, We recommend a
cheap, safe, quick and direct route, ria
St. Louis, over the Missouri Pacific
Through Line. 1t is equipped with Day
Coaches, Bucks reclining Chair Cars,
Pullman Palace Sleepers, the famous
Miller Safety Platform, and the celebra-
ted Westinghouse Air Brake ,and runs its
trains from St Louis to principal points
in the West, auithout change. The Texas
connection of this road is now compile
ted, and, passengers are offered a first
class, ,all-rail route from St. Louis to Tex
as, either over the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas RAILROAD, pia Sedalia, or over the
Atlantic g. Pacific Railroad, ola Vinita
For full information in regard to Colo.
RADIO Excursions, or tripst 10 any point in
the Great West, address or call upon eli
ther of the following named Agents Of
the line: j. F. THOMPSON, I57 Exchange
street, Buffalo, n Y; S. H. THOMPSON
Union Depot, Columbus, Ohio; or E
A. FGRD, General Passenger Agent, 2;
South Fourth street, St Louis, Missouri
Questions noW be chesrfuNy and prompt
ly answeredl apr2Stf.
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Legal Notice.

y3IILLIAM MCCOY, who resides in the
w State of Iowa, Louisa Erlewine, wife Of
Isaac Erlewine, who resides in Nebraska; the
unknown heirs of Stephen Mccoy, deceased,
who reside in the State of Indiana; Mary Jane
Gilbreath. and James Gilbreath, who resided in
Jefferson county, Ohio, when last heard of;
Charles Mccoy. whose place of residence is un-
known, Franklin Ross, who resides In Law
renee county, Ohio, will take notice that Mi
chael Boughner, Administrator of the estate Of
Mary E. Nc Coy, deceased, on the 10th day of
May, 1874. filed his petition in the Probate
Court of Monroe county. Ohio, against them
and the other heirs Of Mary = Mccoy, deceas-
I'd, the object and prayer of which petition is
to obtain an order, on the Sd day of July, 1874,
for the sale of the following described real es-
cato, of which the said Mary Z. Mccoy died
keized, situate in Monroe county. Ohio. to wit:
beginning at stone on the section line seven
teen rods east of the northwest corner of sec
ton eighteen; thence east with the section line
nine rods and twenty links TO a stone on the
bank of the run; thence down the run south
seventy-one and half degrees east eleven and
half rods thence south ffty-6ve and a half
degrees east twenty-five rods; thence south
eight and half degrees east across the creek to
a stone thirty-six rods; thence south seventy.
five rods to stone on E. Daily's line; thence
south sixty degrees west with said Daily's
line thirty-six rods to a stone corner to S. l.
and NJ. J. Ross; thence north with said Ross
line one hundred and forty-eight rods to the
beginning, containing twenty-five acres NOR.
or less in section eighteen, township three
range four. SN g e7siss
HUNTER & MALLORY,
june9, Tiwi At,'rs for Petitioner
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Profits Of Sheep Farming In Ne
braAkA.

The farmer who settles on the fertile
prairie of Nebraska, should make olive
stock" a watchwo A correspondent
in that State sends us the following en-
couraging showing" made by Mr..
Myers, of Gage County, sheep far
mer, who has been about four years in
Nebraska. Gage County is in the south
ern portion of the State; and branch
of the Burlington d Missouri River
Railroad runs through it. The land is
good and the natural grasses sweet and
nutritiYe; but it is no more than fair
average of Nebraska, south Of the
Platte.
Mr. Myers thus s'fgures" the prob
lem Of sheep farming in Nebraska, with
a flock of 1000 head: 100 tons of hay.
costing So 90 per ton for putting up,
$500; 500 bushels of sheaf oats, 500;
shepherding for s months, $50; wages
of one man for 4 months, S100; do,
one month $50; washing, shearing and
packing wool, 5000: salt,S35; shedding
for winter, $50: losses at two per cent i,
S70-total, 81 ,035. BY 4,500 lbs. of
wool, at 40c per lb, 1900; 400 lambs,
at 80 so, $1,000; total, 50 500.
Mr.. Myers considers his allowance
for expenses very liberal He charges
hay at too high a figure; and the per
centage of loss is not generally so large
as. stated, as sheep are subject to no
disease whatever, on the Nebraska
prairie One man also could take
charge of flock of thousand during
the summer months; and, in winter, one
boy could feed them, as it is best to let
the sheep run to the hay all the time,
and the oats are to be fed in the sheaf.
Mr.. Myers further claims that if far.
mer will do most of his work himself,
hiring help only when it is necessary
for harvesting hay, shearing, &c, the
sheep will pay him So per head, as
against So when help is hired literally
Mr.. Myers estimates his sheep to be
worth So so each. On 1000 sheep the
investment would be $500: and, as
the net profit shown above amounts to
SLIGO, the return en- the investment is
over 80 per cent.
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STATE NEWS.

A domesticated Orange tree at Waver-
ly has produced $50 oranges the past
season. %,
Dayton has crazy woman whose
madness is an idea that her body is being
consumed by vermin
Cornelia Bowsen, Is years of age, was
burned to death near Dayton on the 23d
by the explosion of lamp.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Of Kenton, has OBJ
tanned a $4,000 verdict under the Adair
law againsta saloonist OF that place
John H. Warrington was almost in
stantlY killed on the 18th, near Youngs
town, while coupling two passenger cars
While working in his garlel1 recently
DIR Rannels, of Macarthur, found an Old
English sovereign of the reigu of King
James, dated 1889. at
The taxable valuation placed upon the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway by the
recent Auditors Convention was Ss056
600. g sat
The annual races Of the Licking Coun-
ty Agricultural Society will take place at
Newark, July s, g., 10 and IL Premiums
are offered to the amount of $4,000
A manageable woman recently called
on very old and respectable citizen liv
ing near Ironton, and proposed marriage
She did not succeed in her wooing and
went away sorrowful ..
A young man named Beatty. in Nor
row County, who went out to plow few
days ago, taking with him gun to kill
muskrats, was aiterward found dead in
the field with a bullet hole in his head
A$S,000 libel suit against the Findlay
Jeffers oman has terminated in a verdict
of one cent for the plaintiff, whose rea-
son for bringing the suit was that the pa
per had called him a a"scalawag."
DR.. Fales H Newhall, President elect
of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Del
aware, has become deranged from over
work, and has been ordered to an asylum
by his physicians. He was to have as,
sumed the Presidency of the University
at the approaching commencement in
June. -
A whole floor of the Masonic building
al Akron has been secured for the pur
pose of providing means whereby the
whole community may be improved in a
moral, social and literary sense-some-
thing between the church and the saloon
between the prayer meeting and the
gaming table-some place for virtuous
and instructive evening enjoyment and
entertainment.
Cyrus Young, Of North Lawrence,
Stark County, and one of the most exten
sive coal operators in the Tuscarawa'
Valley, who has heen very incorporate
man, has reformed and has been deliver.
ing temperance lectures in that section o
the State He is one Of the richest mel
in Ohio, counting property not less tina
million dollars, with an income large
than the Presidents salary.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

EYWe have as yet hai no opportuui
" OF examining fail and correct copy
Of the new Constitution, but from what
has come under our observation incline
TO the opinion that it is an Improvement
on the present one: There are some
changes which We do not like, hut there
are others which We're certainly demand
ed.
The reorganization of the Judiciary is
a much needed reform, and this part OF
the work the Convention have done in 4
manner that seems 10 give general salts
faction. Tho objections seem to be
chiefly urged g,inst provisions Of minor
Importance.
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Permanent Nhiteyyasl,.

Take half a bushel of unslacked lime
slack with boiling water, covering it dr
ring the process to keep in the steam
strain the liquid through fine sieve
strainer, and add to it peck of sa
previously well dissolved in water; thrt
pounds ground rice boiled to q .thi
paste, and stirred in boiling hot; half
pound Spanish whiting, and pound
clean glue which has been previousl
dissolved by soaking it first, and ,thei
hanging over a slow fire in small ket
tie inside larger one filled with water
add five gallons of hot water to th'
mixture, stir it well, and let stand a few
days covered from the dirt. 1t shoult
be put on quite hot; for this purpose i
can be kept in a kettle on a furnace A
piEt of this mixture will cover a yarC
square of the outside of house, it ap
piled with large paint brush.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02
Calendar of Political Events.

Corrected to May -, lS7i)
June l-Ofegnn election.
June l0-lllinois Independent Con
ycn,ion
June 10-Indiana Reform Convention
June l0-Kensas Independent Con,
ven,inn.
June l1-I!Iinois Republican Conven.
ton.
June l7-Indiana Republican Conven
ton
June l7-Vormont Republican Con
vention.
juno lS-Maine Republican Conven
ton. -.--.
June 22-CoDgress to adjourn-per
haps! N -.-.s
June s3-Maine Democratic Conven-
ton
June 2l-Iowa Anti.Monopoly Con
vention.
June 30--Illinois Prohibition Conyen
ton.
June 30-Arllansas election for Con
stitutional Convention,
July Iowa Republican Convention
July 14-Arkansas Constitutional Con
vent'on meets tt
July l5-Ohio Democratic Conven-
ton. e
July 15-Indiana Democratic Conven
ton.
July 99-Alabama Conservative Con.
yention
August 3-Kentucky election
August 6 North Carolina election.
August 1S-Ohio election to adopt OF
reject new Constitution. -
August 19-Pennsylvania Republican
Convention.
August l9-Tennessee Conservative
Convention.
August 26-Pennsylvania Democratic
Convention
Sept Vermont election.
Sept. 14-Maine election.
Oct 13-Ohio election.
Oct 13-Iowa election.
Oct. 13-Indiana election.
Oct l3-Nebraska election.
Oct 14-Georgia election. .a-
Oct 22-W est Virginia election.
Nov. 2-Lpuisiana election.
Nov. 3-Elections in Alabama, Arkan
sas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jer
sey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Car
olina Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wis
consin
NorE-Ali the above named States (32,
elect Representatives, for the Forty
fourth Congress, besides State officer
varying in each State. The elections tc
the Forty fourth Congress will be com
pleted, next year,a follows: New Hamp
shire, in March Rhode Island and Con
necticht, in April California, in Septem
Der; Mississippi, in November. Th
Forty-fourth Congress will l,unless soone
convened, meet Oh the first Monday il
December, 1875.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

EEItis provided that at the election
for the ratification or rejection of the
new Constitution on the 18th of August
the several ballots used shall be in the
following form: -s-e o,a
THE CONSTITUTION TICKET.
First Vote. f2t
For the New Constitution.
Against the New Constitution.
Second Vote.
For Minority Representation.
Against Minority Representation
2 Third Vote. g,
O For Railroad Aid.
9 Against Railroad Aid.
Fourth Vote.
For license. @
Against License.
II one clause be erased, the other shall
be counted ;if both clauses be erased, OF
neither clause be erased, the vote upon
that subject shall not becounted.
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ayHere is one of the current bits

Here is one Of the current bits of
gossip: An American gentleman oflarge
wealth and resident Of this city recently
retired from business, and after turning
over to his wife his estate, valued at $3.50
600, sailed for Europe upon pleasure
trip During his absence his wife died, ,
and under the laws Of the State Of New
York, there being no child as heir,the en-
tire property goes to her father The
latter-named person failed in business,
some time since,wit debts amounting to
$3.50, 900, aud this entire vast property
now goes to the liquidation of the father
in-law's debts. ". Y Tribune.
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Written for Tha Shirt of Democracy.

80 SPIRIT: intended to give the
reauers OF your paper, this week. and
from time to time, some explanations
and comments on the new Constitution :;
but must defer it for the present, for the
reasons, first, that have not yet receiv-
ed corrected copy Of the Constitution
as enrolled; and, second, for the reason
that | am compelled to go to Noble
County. | hope soon to be able TO give
my views Of tue Instrument in da'ail,
and rs whole W.O.
May 80. 1871.
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LOUISVILLE, May 22.-About Z this
morning, the Allegheny Belle. No. 4,
bound for Steubenville. Ohio, sunk about
200 yards from the Indiana shore, oppo-
site Portland. She was trying to cross
the Portland bar with two barges, and
grounded The pilot swung her around
all right, but the current drove her again
on shore, knocking hole in her. She
soon sunk, and is q total wreck. She
WAS valued at $4,000, with no insu
rance, and was owned by Captain John
Booth, OF Cincinnati. Her hull was new,
but her machinery was put in in 1850
She had about 1000 bushels of coal on
board, most of which will be lost. Ma.
chinery will be lost.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

EF The partial paralysis that has fal
len upon New York has visited Brooklyn
also. The correspondent of the Phila,
delphia Ledger says:
"Some time since attention was called
to tue fact that larger number OF houses
to let were tolbe found in Brooklyn than
was ever known at this season since the
war. A prominent real estate dealer
there, states that to-day there are al.
almost as many unoccupied dwellings in
the outer wards as there were before the
first Of Nav"
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New Vogk Cattle tsarkct.

BEEVES-Receipts I,l00 head. Pri-
ces for good cattle wereo14c higher
than on Monday, and range from lO@
13c
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Fresh arris
'vals $500. The market closes weak at
5000 for sheared sheep; 7@Sc for
ordinary to good unshorn.and l0012ac
for Western and Jersey lambs.
HOGS-ToAsy's receipts $3.50, ma
king 1880 for three days, against 1927
for the same time last week. None
offered alive. Dressed slow and triie
unsettled at 78@7sc.
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Baltimore Live stock Market.

May rs.
. CATTLE-More active and e@4c
higher; closed with advance, partly lost;
very best on sale 6s@7Sc; first quality
58@6ac; medium or good to fair quail
ity 55@5sc Receipts l,008 sales $50.
HOGS-m moderate demand q. TAG
SIC. Receipts 9,l93.
SHEEP Quiet and lower at 44G6{c.
Rpcejuts 9.SSJ
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-02

kFThe commencement of the prom
ised series Of articles on the subject OF
the new Constitution is deferred, for rea-
sons given in another column by the
writer Of ahem. 1t can scarcely be ne
necessary for US to say that they will be
prepared BY our member Of the Conven
ton, Hon. WIN, OKEY.. a g,s
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ETWould it not be better to hold
elections for Stae and county officers
not oftcner than once in two years p
The change could be effected without
materially increasing the terms of Office,
and We could have one year of compar.
atiyc rest from the turn oils of politics.
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kT GRANT is said to be the luckiest
man in America, but he has provokingly.
bad luck with his friends. They are con-
stantly being caught in some corrupt or
disreputable transaction and in helping
them out he is often forced to so far
identify himself with their operations as
TO bring disgrace upon the Republican
party" ~ ,h tA}
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Pittsburgh! Cattle Market,

EsE t t=E43 May II. !
CATTLE--The supply this week has
been unusually light, and with an aver:
age demand The market is firm and
plices higher, qaolable at 5(57, as to
quality
SHEEP-Market steady at about last
weeks closing rates. sales at a 50aS6
SO for common to ezra clipped
HOGS-MaFisct steady, and there.are
but few remainihg urso!d at TIE close
to dav; quoted at 50@6 rs, IS to
nnSiilX