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Mrs. Hooper, in q recent Paris letter
TO the Philadelphia Press, gives this ac-
count Of au experiment in natural his-
tory "One often reads Ia the daily
newspapers and elsewhere Of the dis.
cevery of iive toads Ia the center d
treeslpr inside Of apparently soaid stone,
A -French naturalist. d. Margeiidet, has
iust puhHsi,ed the seeuks of an expert.
ment Of sthse aa4arc. On the 18th OF
January. IL thcyea 1870. he caused a
cavity 70 he followed In large stone,
pat . toad inlc the cavity, spd then
sealed up the mouth Of the cavity with
impermeab,e cement. The other day,
on the 18th Of this month, five years,
day for dav, since ne had put the poor
creature into DURANGO vile, he broke
open the cavity. at the Museum OF Nat.
ural History, and found the toad within
alive and well. though in q torpid con.
dition. Nor has it since Its release ia.
ken any n6urisbment whatever" &
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-02-23

EEThe Cincinnati Gazette complains
of the present public school system,
chiefly because it does not learn pupils
how to earn livelihood. Itsays: sit
ignores the poor and hard worked, and
assumes that they can spare their chill
dren and support them at school till they
are 10 or 18 years old. 1t does not make
provision, either by courses Of teaching
Or by rules. for those children that cannot
attend school but small part OF the year,
and only minor part Of the years re-
system is too much perfected for the ne.
cessities Of the people. Itdoes not serve
the needs of the mass as well as the'old,
irregular. cheap, and mostly voluntary
schools" ''''y = '-'.''4' =
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idea slowly settles under his corrugated
capillary tilaments ths. the United States
OF America was not invented solely TO
furnish opportunities for legislation
about negroes, be viii heavc long, sad
sish over the departed Republican Cob
gress.
Tie "a rag OF craps to Tue tail Of ou'
natioual fowl
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-02-23
AmenI,l es of Life in Colorado,

Twelve or fifteen armed men went to
the house Of Elisha Gibbs, raped at
the door and told him they would give
him fifteen minutes to come out. Gibbs
told them he would come as soon as he
dressed. After waiting until they thought
the time was up, some Of the party placed
an armful or two Of straw against the
door and was in the act Of lighting it
when Gibbs commenced firing at them
with q revolver. David and Samuel
Boone, Mr. Kane, and Mr.. Reed were
shot. David Boone died the next night
Samuel Boone died on Sunday might -
Kane's woundlwas pronounced fatal by
the physicians in attendance, and he is
doubtless dead ere this. Reed received
an ugly nesh wound After the shooting
was over Gibbs picked up two guns, o
rife and hat, whichhad been dropped
by his visitors Fair Play Sentinel. + in
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: fFs 4a4
Aywe insist that the spelling schools
In the counties south Of as shall be stop
ped, or that some effective means shall be
employed for preventing the editors there
from making the reports Of them . pre-.
text TOT perpetrating column Of execra
bic puns, yai
II our exchanges from that section
continue 70 come to us freighted viii
shese sickly specimens OF tortured
words, We shall write GRAxr to have til,
editors declared "banditti," when o
course "nothing more will probably b.
necessary than what will devolve upon
SHERIDAN.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-02-23

Dr.. John Hall ntters this bit of wis
dom: "Teachers are sometimes tempted
to nagging. They do not scold, OF re-
prove, or punish outright. Better they
did Thevictirn perhaps reports in this
way He or she, as the case may be, lis
always at me- This is mistake in pol
icy. Tie average child is susceptible, and
responds promptly to generosity, conf
dence and obvious good will. When the
child-heaYt feels that the teacher wishes,
expects and enjoys goodness in the pu-
|pil,it has the strongestmotive to be good.
But let the dark suspicion once get into
the mind My teacher likes me to fall
and trip, for the satisfaction of being
down upon me- and, that li,tleis heartily
Learned, is the less Of two evils. The
greater and graveri is the embittering OF
the child-heart, the poisoning of its foun-
tains, and the kindling Of a malignant,
vindictive spirit within it, Of which the
effect is to obliterate all that might be an
[gelic, and to produce all that is demoni-
acal.
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County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit of Democracy :,
From Green Township.

w
EEw CASTLE. ONO, Feb. II, 1878,
Ep. SrIRIr As you still persist in
having township news We would be
pleased TO give you some, but owing to
the prevailing disease known as the cpl.
zootic and the cold weather, news ap-
pears to be scarce.
We heard q snake story yesterday -
Snake stories are generally considered
sensational, but we got this from re-
liable source and have no reason to
doubt the truth of it. On last Sabbath
morning the l4th inst. which you know
was St. Valentines day, Mr.. Joseph
Sindledecker, who lives one mile elst
Of New Castle, on the creek, went to
the spring after some water and just be
low the spring, on the ice, saw large
black snake measuring four feet six
and half inches long 1t seems it had
crawle,i out of the hill where the water
came from and got on the ice and froze
to death, AMI it wasn't good morning
.or snakes either.
The people Of this vicinity are put to
considerable Inconvenience just now in
regard TO getting their milling done,
which has caused the mill fever to get
up pretty high. They have come to
the conclusion tha. they will have q
mill at or near New Castle There was
meeting at the school house, in New
Castle, last night to do some Of the
wind work toward building a mill
There is to be another meeting on nexl
Tuesday night to see what can be rails
ed in the way OF taking stock In steam
mill. There were several lively speech
es made on the question last night and
the people appear to be quite cntlusias
tic in the matter. That this is good
location for mill no person can doubt
and should this project Of building one
fail, some individual, we think, with
some means would do well to build :
mill somewhere in this locality Blu
we are making our snake and mill story
too long. h2gcj = f-!2r GREEN
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Philadeiphia Wool Market.

February l9.- Wool steady comhing
scarce and higher; Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia double extra and
above 65@ Sec; extra 54@55c; medium
56@57c; coarse 50@52Ac; New York,
Michigan, Indiana and Western fine 49
@52c; medium 55@56c; coarse 5O@
SIC; combingp washed Size; combine
unwashed 35@37c; coarse and medium
do 40@4l4c tub wasked $4,000; ex
ira and merino pulled 4f@4Sc.
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Baltimore Live stock Market.

February IL.
+ o CATTLE--Are aa3c lower, owing tc
the liberal supply; very best So 12aa 7;
first quality "a 75a5 25; medium OF
good to fair quality, S4a4 Is; ordinary
thin steers, oxen and cows,S3 75a4 Is;
most sales at S4a5 25; receipts, 2,OSs
head; sales 1899 head.
HOGS-Receipts. 6, ,347 head, large
proportion Of which were common AND
small; prices fully maintained for goot
quality, and . downward tendency 70,
common; sales at 90 50al0. .Faal Il
SHEEP-The supply exceeded sth,
demand. and 4 downward tendency
sales at "a soa7 :5;receipts s,a2s head
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EEThe lecture of Rev. H. j. SArrH
at the N. E. Church. on Friday evening
was q success. OF the large number
present, We have beard none speak OF il
in terms other. than of commendation
This Is probably the last Of the series
Is not now the time to take the prelim'
mary steps for next winters series p
The interest manifested In the come
what hurrieily prepared lectures Of thi.
winter, IN our opluiou amply variants
the effort to make them permanent In
stiiution.
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NEWS ITEMS.

A negro is to be executed in Jacmel,
Hayti, this month, Tor cannibalism. He
ate his victim all but the head.
Charleston, s c., has hairless colt.
and if Mr.. Bergh, arrests anybody it
will be the colts mother.
Joseph Willoughby, wealthy far
mer, was found guilty Of arson at Mad
ison, Indiana, on Saturday. While the
jury were deliberating, the prisoner es-
capped. ' zls
+ They have determined by experiments
in France that trees are killed with great
rapidity by very small portions Of com
mon gas escaping from the pipes and
affecting the soil
The President has approved the joint
resolution authorizing Thos. W. Fitch,
Engineer, of the Navy, to accept OF
Wedding presents from the Khedive OF
Egypt to his wife, Mrs. Minnie Sherman
Fitch. l.'
Mr.. Samuel Mccormick, OF Cadiz,
Ohio, died ON the Sd inst, at the age OF
SO years He had resided in Cadiz
about fifty years, and had filed the off.
ces OF County Recorder, County Sur
veyor and Clerk Of the Court for q
number Of years. a;n 81 af5-
John Mitchell has been elected to the
British Parliament from County Tip
perary, Ireland. Mr. Disraeli gave no.
iice IN the House that he would move o
resolution declaring him incapable OF
election, as he had been convicted OF
felony, and sentenced to transportation.
Mr.. James Dodd, dealer in canned
articles in Philadelphia, has failed, with
liabilities of ninety eight thousand dol
lars-assetts about sixty thousand dol
lars. His troubles arose from the de-
cline in canned tomatoes, of which he
had about forty thousand dozen on
hand.
"Baron" Won Senkeisen, German
officer in the French army, was discov-
cred recently to be Baroness in dis
guise. She had worn a uniform for
over sixty years, and had fought with
all the desperation of her sex in many
hard-won battles. e
A Pittsfeld woman wants to wager
$500 that she can walk fifty hours with.
out rest or sleep. You may succeed,
madam, but it will rot be as easy nor
half such comfort to you as to lie
close to the eide Of the bed and jaw
and keep your husband awake tina,
length Of time.
The Connecticut Democratic State
Convention last week nominated the
present State officers by acclamation.-
The platform declares in favor Of Hard
Money, the supremacy Of the civil ovel
the military authority, and denounces
the recent Federal interference in Louis
lana. $3.50 .ra
Mr.. Michael Edwards, Of York eoun-
sy, Pa, who is now in West Virginia or
visit to his son, is one hundred and
eight years old, and in the enjoyment
of good health. When at home be
walks two miles on Sundays TO Church
He is widower, but has no immediate
intention of marrying again.
Butler County, Missouri, has the most
eccentric genius on record. He is now
sixty-fve years OF age. At the age ol
twenty-one he commenced to count two
billions. He has counted almost inces
sanity ever since, and his task is still
incomplete. He Gays be wants to CONT
that number and die hspny.
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SIeNrFlcANr.-Of the seven daily pa
pers in New York that supported the Re
publican party when it came into power
six are now outspoken in their anti. Re-
publican sentiments and theseventh man.
ifests q very weak attachment to the
party in power.
A Sitka brave accidentally shot an
Alaska squaw not long since, when it was
decided by a Council Of the Hnona and
Sitka tribes that the brave must pay for
the squaw 1,000 yards of calico, 4 cam
phor boxes, IA muskets and 60 blankets.
II all the dead squaws of Alaska are as
valuable as this one, we didn't make such
a bad bargain in buying that iceberg after
all.
G.F. Hoar has telegraphed to a men,
Der of the Cabinet that the Louisiana
election of 1872 was fraud, aud the
action of the Returning Board in 1874
an outrage. Next,
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EI-parties IN BeI,airc have spilled for
charter under which to make railroad
from that point to Armstrong; Mills. on
Captina Creek, having in views junction
at THAT point with the proposed McCon-
nelsvillc aud Qhin River road. -. :.
A meeting is called by them, to be held
at Armstrong's Mills, on the a3dinst.
Our people are asked to Join In the
movement. Now we ask In the name OF
common sense, wha. for9 The idea OF
q raiiroati reaching both Armstrong;
Mills and Woodsneld is simply prcpos.
terous i
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new York Ca,,,e Market.

$500 ,sisies 1e Anew YORK, Feb. IL.
BEEvES--Prices unchanged and the
tone Of the market irmer; common to
good fOal9c. 4''iisf.A
SHEEP-Demand fair and market
about steady common to prime lots 44a
Tic; extra fancy 73aS4c.
HOGS-None offered alive; dressed
hogs indemand at Saa94c for city IS. ,Saa
SIC for western. g sfs ~ II 81
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q iiFs83fsak February e.
CATTLE-Sales chiefly OF common
to good at S3 s50a5 60; stockers 03a3
Is ! shipping IS 50a6 rs, K
HOGS-Market active and firm ;com-
monte extra Sc 25s7s 40; packers bny-
ing chiefly at IS 76a7 25; shippers sc
40a6 Is: one lot of fanc, sold at 81 so.
SHEEP-Market active, but lower
sales range at 50 50a5 75; ten extra
sheep sold at 81 55; sales mostly at 81
as So 8;L g 5Frq %VkF T3
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East Liberty Cattle. market.

EAST LIBERrY, Pa, February l9.
CATTLE-The buyers have all gone
home and very few. changed hands to.
day; only l19 head not enough to form
fair quotations. ,s.I al es-66 s,fy,e
HOGS--Yorkers $6 60a6 60; Phih-
delphias 81 60a8 90. iaq II isvssi
SHEEP-BestS6 0oa6 so medium So
25a6 90. ' - bei ggea 81
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Three Children, Locked In q
House, Burned 10 Death,

McCoNNELsBuRa, PENN, February 16.
The residence of B. D. Mellott, Of
this county, was burned to-day, and
three of his children, burned to death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mellott went away on 8
visit and left the children locked up in
the house On their return few hours
afterward they found the bones OF the
children among the ruins. ..asr. 4,
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arc that there will be an unusually large
number Of candidates for each of them.
An exciting contest may be expected, es.
.peciallyif the campaigu should be long
one.
Wbetierthey are Justified or not there
are nearly always charges Of unfsirpess
aftera warm srd close struggle. Defeat.
ed deauiidatesofte sincerely believe they
have been defrsu,led, aad their friehd.
arc dissatisfied. so
II these.things cannot be wholly obvi
atet', can they not be greatly modified b,
following the precedent Of last year
and throwing the safeguards Of the iav
around the procesdings7 We trust tn.
committeeman will matureiy conside,
this matter, and decide upon such g
course as will best secure q fair chance tc
every candidate, and best pro mote bar
mony in the party.
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EFT The Tennesseeans think they have,
in ANpT JOHNSON, q formidable eaudldatc
for the Presidency &
II Is clear that they do not understand
AsDr: he started rs alderman Of my
native village" aud Oiled sll tue ortices az
to and Including that OF President; now
lie ss passing down through all the Offices
inthe reverSe order. This Is the mean
ing Of his Swinging around the circle"
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Land for Sale.

Z
T>HE sndersisned VIII oasr at pubiio sslsen
8 ssss. esss County oso on IA
Saturday. the 18th day N March, 1875,
between the bours of 10 Sislcck a. N. aad
O'Clock p. m .ths following 6esesibed real estate,
TO Wit:
The east part Of the southwest quarter Of
section twenty-five. township six Of range siK.
containing seventy.seven and one-haif scress
TERsfs-0ne-half cash TO be paid Ut the time
Of purchase; ons-fourth in one year and cnsf
fourth Ia two Years from day Of sale. Tho d.
ferred payments " bear interest snd 70 6c ~
oused BY mortgage on the premises.
%. O. WEBER.
LOUIS MATZ
feb:s, 15wS. Admir- P. Mscklings satass.
For Sale. - = : Y
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re- The commencement of 8 new vol.
ume Of this paper furnishes an occasiod
for few words in regard to Its condition
and prospects.
Since we took editorial charge OF this
paper, little more than a year aud q half
ago, 1t has added eleven hundred names
to It's subscription list, and the increase is
still progressing as steadily and as salts.
factorily as during any time in the past
And while We do not assume that our
editorship aud this Increase are cause and
effect, we feel warranted in saying that
We have done our best to make the paper
entertaining and useful. e.
tits our expectation In the future, as 1t
was our effort in the past, to receive pat.
ronage ny deserving it, To this end we
shall conscientiously endeavur to make
the paper reliatle, and to keep the public
interests paramount to private interests.
No clique, or clan, or combination II men
runs US, or tries TO-. In the contests with.
in eur party for county offices this paper
will hold aloof. This is not only in 40.
eordance with our feelings and judgment,
but unqnestionably meets with the ap.
probation Of the best men in the party
No selfish object. noprejudice and no
clannishness will ever cause US to swerve
from this rule. Weexpect to criticise Of
icials when We think they deserve it; but
will endeavor to do none injustice, or less
than justice. Our readers need have no
apprehensions that this psper will ever be
found traducing any man through selfish
or unworthy motives. e ~
tits our greatest ambition to build up
for the paper and maintain for it high
character for oand ,r, justice and intelli'
gence. ~ ~ a i
We would be doing violence to. our
feelingsH ws scloscd these remarks with.
out expressing our gratitude to the peo
pie OF the county for their generous pat,
ronage, and for the marked manner in
which they have commended our efforts
to make trustworthy aad useful paper.
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ENarruw gauge railroads are at
sxacsl ls IN unusual degree Of attention
IN the southern and western parts OF this
Ssate. Thersis probability shat sever
ralvill be eonstrueted during the coming
6smmers led ai.tsa3 - ef fs4ga s,,.sit.i
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EyThe last Louisiana Committee
found Two white men who we're willing to
testify that the negroes we're intimtdsted.
One Of them swore thst the Republican
negroes were iutimidated, the other swore
it was the Conservative negroes who were
intimtdated. All the neighbors of these
two witnesses swore there wasn't any ;.
body intimidated. This Is the state OF
affairs which Is held to justify the pres
ence Of q standing army. - -
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EV-As she OLD war fssues have been
sqaeexcd aboat dry. GRANT seems dis.
posed 10 try the efficacy of 8 new war

EBsItis nnssurprisin : that Congress:
men should think there was plenty Of cur
rency in circulation when three quarters
Of a million OF Pacific Mall fund was
hunting their pockets. g4g s ia gtas,
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AE0ar neighboring State across the
Nvcf inaynovest AMI sleep inpeacei--
SAshas at last elected Senator. and or
assed the Capital removed TO Wheeling
Her sempestuous tea pot viii nov aim
mex down. .,rsG fi.,,ss 4;,sl A4q.
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HIs hc hrn-stf Ishe capable =
Let syerys voter in the county Be abund
aatiy prepared TO answer these ques
Gons In tho Affirmative before he prom
tses sovote for any candidate in oul
aext County Convention. 3
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Cincinnati Live stock Market.

'{'s2o!si 7s6aani February 18.
CATTLE-Common 3a4c; fair to me-
dia,n 4ta5c ;and good butchers' and ship
ping grades 54a6c.
ID HoGS--Sales to-day rangedias FOL
le@sso Common s6 a5a6 IS ;fairso me
dium s6 90a7 IS, and good 81 s0a7 go
SHEEP-Market quiet bat o6rm, =,
from 81 50a6 55 for common to extra
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HH eGRAsT would undertake to
And out, hy tho only known method.
chat will be his angel name, the south-
rrn people would sorrow not as those
vho are without hopc, : .gss2 = ~
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Meriden Fire Insurance Co.
~ ia - imgias Ter
Pc @ OF MERIDEN. CONN.
- SrArs OF OHio. IssueAscs DzrARrxExs. I
- CotoxBus, January "a, 1S7s.o y;

80 SrArs or ONO. lEsueAacE DErAxfnExf,
CotcxDus, January "a. ls7s.o sfT
Whereas. the Msridsn Insurance Company,
located at Meridsn. in the State Of Connect.
cut, has hlsd in this Office sworn Statement,
by the proper ofhcsrs thereof, showing 80
condition and business and has complied n
I'll respects with .he laws Of this state rslls
ting to Fire Insurance Com paniss. .incorpSra I'd
ted by othsl States Of the United states. sslra
Now. therefore In pursuance Of law, IL
William +. Church. Superintspdsnt Of lnsu.s
rance Of the State Of Ohio. do hsrsby certify
that said Company Is authorised TO .trans46
act its appropriate business Of Fire InsuransS
in this State. in accordancs With law, durisSs
the current year. The condition and business
Of said Company q the date Of such state
msns (Dsssmbsr 81. ls74) Is shown q fol-
Aggregate ar,ouns of..Aiiabls Z OF !
assets -. .,............. ..$3l7,z37 -
Aggregate amount Of Liabilities,
lsnosps. espit.l) inelaaipg rs.y
insufAnos. s.....s,.......s.... 64,l61 ~
~ - H!ss Ift n -i---..-fr7r ----...f7..
Nat Assets. .$93s, s,oss IS
Amount OF actual paid up Cap. - ;sssiafie
ital -. ...,s. aoo, ,oos ~
Surplus $33, ,osk ~
Amount Of Insene for the year
/ In Sash .sss. ~.. !. ss.....s.. 164 39A ~
Amount Of Expenditures for the = 80 = y %
year N eAsrig-.,..., r. ......i l351Se -
.sai'ass In Witness wherso1 !, have hers. :
unto subscribed my nams. ana
lssAL.l caussd ths Seal Of ny sfass u bs
! afRred, the day and year show
written. LOO W gfsyeF.
V.RiCHUReH, Superintendent.
A. G.. W. Potts. Agent at Hannibal,
Monrss Colnty, Ohio. fsb93. .'Istl.
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Philadelphia.

Feb. 19-Flour 75a7 IS. Wheat
|l7@l % Corn 77a7sc. Oats 65s69c; !;
Rye CSC.
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m,nneso,a senator Elec,ed.

ST.. PAUL, February l9.-The first
ballot to-day in joint convention result
ed in the election OF j. R. Mcmillan
United States Senator, in place of Ram
sey, by a vote of 80 to 81 for Lochern
The Senator elect is at present Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court of the
State. a4ef...,a s.,.. ,,o1-,5aa ,fsr.-.,