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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21
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[ From The Noble County, Press. 9th ihst.j
The TrIal Of Nicholan lksaS ).

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Alarge number ofawitnesses were ex.
amiuedlfor the defendant Tue etyidrnce
was circum stantial and failed 10 Elicit
any facts upon cross exsfiiinatIon fiat
developed any motive on the TART 81 NE
prisoner. 70 takrtIle life ii his sviIe-
The originsof tho Aspiciou WAS aol dis.
covered 1t surely did not originate
with the family or any of the relalixeA
of the deceased. After the most ex
haastiyel examinatioH that wsssss even lIal
of any case before tried in this county,
thetestimony was closed ani the stsors
neys began their arguments. William
G. Okey, opened for the State and spoke
for over three hours He vas followed
by the counsel for the defendant, B F.
ISpriggs, D s Spriggs ana y 5. fore-
man who each spoke at length The
argument was closed by VIM Chambers,
Prosecuting Attorney on Fridsv -afier-
noon The charge of the. aC)urt,. was
given to the jury and they retired,
At about ,two1o'' clock S lturday after
noon the bell rang, announcing that the
jury had agreed upon verdict The
Court room. was soon. filled by .specta.
tors all eager to hear the result Of their
deliberations. Mr. King was brought
in by the Sheriff. the Judge sat in sol.
emu, silence, the Clerk stood atthe couni
sci table with the jary book, before him
and the lawyers disposed themselves
around the tables, before he jury filed
in led by the Sheriff The fury were
called and in response to the inquiry of
The CT rk, Henry Tener, The foreman an.
nounced The verdict equity of Man.
slaughtera'ia The jury wasa polled ana
each one declared that his verdict. The
prisoner seemed during this awful sus.
lpense about the ealmest man .Bithins,he
bar. Indeed during the whole trial Mf.
Kings conduct and bearing were digni:
fed, modest and becoming. F1' Sea
M 1t was q subject Of general remark
among those who are not learned Ia the
peculiarities Of the law, that tie verdict
was strange one it being the general
opinion that ia'prisoner acharged dMitli
the crime of murder by poisoning must
necessarily be guilty either ofsm6fdsr III
the 6rstrdegreeoor entirely innocent.
/ The charge of the Court vas very
clear upon the, law of the, whole case
and entirely satisfactory to the attor-
neys engaged in it. Mr.. King was re-
manded to Jail to await the Sentence Of
the Court. '7'' : a.
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and valleys. So excellent are the uses
OF these "water bearers" of Nature! 5
Have not shown you there is "a
''life" in the cloud? We can witness
its birth, we can observe it in its matu.
rlty, and we know it when dying and
extinct Think of this when summer
again brings her sunny days, her leisure
and the charming seaside life. There is
a chapter of biography in the changing
aspects of the sky II j. f., In Th.
Gardner's Mdoazine. sgs-f.fe - ;sssf.-sssf
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wThe anecdote has often beeenn en rela


wT The anecdote has often been rela
ted about the man who importuned Noah
to takenbim on board his. vessel, but
who, his request, being denied, told Noah
to 60 ahead with his old ark, lie didn't
believe it was going to BE much ,of a
shower. This was rather cool, but there
was another individual during that sea,
son Of unprecedentedly high, water
whose GOODNESS went long way ahead
Of that. He was discovered upon the
utmost peak Of the very highest noun
tain, with the water tapping the soles Of
bis shoes, He was STOPPING down in the
ACT of rolling up the bottoms of his pan
falcons, and as the ark sailed along by
lie raised his eyes, and seeing Captain
Noah, i, remarked 5caasrreelessly, "A little
s'oPPy:i aHg ,s F.rzf fs..1esi ,-.s-f~..f.l
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21
sWisfrellau,p,.. !.
now sxyAGEs SWEAR.
Curious 70, ma OF Oalh-TakiuI

Macmillians Magazine gives an &C.
count Of some curious forms of judicial
oatbs:
When d Gala Of Abyssinia sits down
over a pit covered with hide, impreca.
ting that he may Tall into pit if be
breaks his word, or when in our police
courts we make Chinaman swear By
taking an earthen saucer and breaking il
on a rail in front Of the witness box.
signifying as the ihterpreter. then puts ii
in worsisss 2Eyod tio1not tell thesttuth
your soul wilFbe cracked Ike this sau
cer," we have here, two full oaths o:
which the penalty, magical or religious.
is shown in pantomime before US. es'a
The rude natives of New Guinea
swear by the sun, or by certain noun
tain, or by weapon that the sun may
burn them if they lie. The savages OF
the Brazilian forests raise the hand over
the head or thrust it into their hair, OF
they will touch the points of their weap.
ons. r.4& 5as-pslr .ftt f> .,sssr
AS to swearing by weapons another
graphic instance OF its original meaning
comes from Aracan, where the witness,
swearing to speak the truth, takes in his
hand a musket, sword,a spear, tiger
tusk, a crocodile's tooth, and a thunder.
bolt THAT is, of course, stone celt ~
The oath by the weapon not only lasted
on through classic ages, but remained
so common in Christendom that it was
expressly forbidden by synod. Ever
in the seventeenth century to swear on
a sword (like HamIet's friend lin th.
ghost scene, was still legalaoa,h in
Holstein AS for holding up the hand
to invoke the personal divine sky, .ths
success of this primitive gesture remain:
to this day among the chief acts in the
solemn oaths of European nations.
One of the accounts from New Guine;
is that the swearer, holding up an arrow
calls on heaven to punisb him il he lies
but by turning the arrow the, other way
the oath can be neutralized- ~, q,
An Abyssian chief, who had sworn ar
oath he disliked, has been sent to scraps
it off his tongue and spit it out. There
are still places in Gsrmanyywhere the
false witnesses reckon to escape the spir
itual consequences of perjury by crook
ing one finger, to make it, ! suppose
not straight but crooked oath; or be
puts his lett hand on his side to neutral
ize what the rightahand is doing. Here
is our ideas of '.over the Left, but sc
far as / know this has come down with
US to mere schoolboy's shutting.
| Probably to this day there may be
seen in Russian Law Courts lin iSiberis
the oath on the bears head. When al
fOstayak is to be sworn a bears head i.
brought into court snd the man makes
believe bite at it, calling on the bear tt
devour him in like manner if he does no
tell the truth
Among the hill tribes of India tiger
skin is sworn on in the same sense a
the bears head among the Ostayaks =
Rivers again, which to the savage anf
barbarian are intelligent and persona
'divinities, are sworn by, in the strons
belief that their waters will punish hin
who takes their name in vsin.
L . H
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The nlorai Emec,s o. hurry.
ILondon Lancet. Iaoii

tLohuon Lancet. t4F-v'3 - ~
To the thoughtful, the moral aconse.
quences of tensionand hurry are very
saddening, to the physician theif results
are matter of profound concern, their
grave, evils come Under his daily obser-
vation. No evolution of force can take
place with undue rapidity without dam
age to the machine in which the trans
formation is effected Express railway
stock has a much shorter term OF use
than that reserved for slower traffic
The law is universal that intensity and
duration of action are inversely propor-
toned, 1t is therefore no matter of sur
prise to find that the human nervous
system is no exception to the law. The
higher salubrity of rural over urban life
is not entirely matter of fresh air and
exercise. Rural life involves leisure and
pauseiin work, which are very essential
TO the maintenance of the nervous sys-
tenn in o state of due nutrition. .Unre-
hitting spasm soon ceases, altogether
The tension Of life produces I &eakhest
at the very place where strength iss most
neededd The damage doneito the heath
of the most valuable part of the com
munity, the best trained thinkers, most
useful workers. is cinealeulahley Work
and worry, though not proportional, are
closely connected, and an excess Of the
former soon entails an increase In the
latter beyond the limits which the ner-
vous system can bsar with ltnpnnityses.
peeially, under athe eebondIigns under
which york has to be done, oiThe, ma
chincry and organizing the work OF q
community had to be rigid ana iphexf.
bic, and in the slra1ih nygo]lysd ip bring:
ing a changing organism into harmony
with q machine, the ifoqmef Q must "ineH-
tably suffer. haa trao3 Ilsf .asv Cd
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.p9li Snsi A'oSA ~ xNSws-IsFea
5s The Colorado, pstato beetle, Or potato
bug, as we generally cali it, has at last
found its match in the shape 81 d mite
parasite. Prof Riley, at q meetina Of
the St Louis Academy OF Science, ex-
hibited a potato bug Which xas ID CON-
pletely covered with a mite parasite thst
theipoint Ola needle could netsbe placed
on any part Of the. beetles body, with
out touching one of the parasites. He
estimated the number Jf mites ct Soc
9 The bug had been attacked bys tliese
enemies and killeda The potat0I, bug
seems to have number of natural enc.
mics, such as the toad the ssfow; the
'rose-breastedD, grossbeak land domestic
fowls. There are no less than twenty
three insect enemies that attack and kill
it. The bug has also been migrating
eastward across the continent for sever
alyears, until itr'has lno&a feaChed iih6
Atlantic aceans I'VE hope il may and b
watery grave, and let the waves, sing its
requiem.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21
A MateriaIized Hole.

Take sheet of stiff wriliDg paper and
fold it into tube an inch in diameter =
Apply it to the right eye and look stead
lastly through it, focusing the, eye on
any convenient object; keep the lett eye
open. Now place the left hand, held
palm upward, edgeways against the side
of the paper tube, and about an inch or
two above itslower end siv Ice asev
The astonishing effect will be- pro
duced Of hole, apparently of the size
Of the cross-section of the tube, made
through the left hand This is the. hole
in which we propose to materialize an
other and smaller hole. As we need a
genuine aperture, andIit would be incon-
venient to make one in the left hand, let
a sheet, of white paper be substituted
therefor, and similarly held. Just atthe
part Of the paper where the hole equal.
ing in diameter the orifice Of the tube
appears, make an opening aquarter inch
/ in diameter. hssl ts@ ss.,'''.'i9'l tiiA
Now stare intently into the tube, and
the second hole, defined by its difference
of illumination, will be seen q ,ating in
the first hole, and yet both will be trans.
parent. The illusion, for of course it is
one Of those odd pranks our binocular
vision plays upon US, is certainly one o.
the most curious ever devised.
Besides, here is the actual hole clearly
visible, and yet there is no solid body
to be seen to define It's edges. 1t is moi
mere spot Of light, because, If page
of print be regarded, the lines within the
boundaries of.the little hole will rot co.
Iincide at all with those surrounding it,
and extending to the edges of the large
apparent aperture. Each eye obviously
transmits an entirely different impression
TO the brain, and that organ. unable to
disentangle them, lands us in the palpa.
bic absurdity OF a matefialized hole. -
Scientific American! d"ol' 5sIa' t'aif.
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Catching HAWKS. /,
From the, California Hortieulturist ]

From the, California Hortieulturist -
"a As the season sis approaching. when
hawks are most destructive 10 young
poultry, q method OF catching and xiii,
ing these7mataudefs will be M ofders 1T
is well known fact t.hatla hawk will a.
ways light on some conspicuous place
close to the poultry Yard. from which
10 ecswoep down on his victims. Taking
advantage Of this, erect a p, le with 4
fiat surface at the top just large enough
TO hold strong steel Trap Fasten this
trap by cIiain to asstaple in the pole,
and await 'resullsoilNo bait will be nee,
ded, for the hawk viii he quite certain
to- light on the Trap. and be caught. A
gentleman who has tried this method
has succeeded in killing all tie hawks In
his neighborhood, and now can raise
poultry without loss except by accident.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21

= No direct tax for the support OF the
poor is levied in France, The support
of poor relatives is strictly enforced by
The ciyilleede; the ebliga;ion presses in
the direct ascending linelfrom the child
10 its great-grandmother, and ason-in
law or danghterrin7law where no closer
relation intervenes such obligations are
all reciprocal. An almshouse or hospi-
tai relieving pauper belonging to an
other commune may sue the relatives to
recover expenses. sl.T iss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21

p A Preston man, who called upon
musical friend last evening at supper
time, was warmly welcomed,as they had
a party. and were just going to have
symphony. He said he thought he amclt
IL az he came over.-NorWich Bulletin.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-21

a man dates his FIRST enemy
from The time he commenced keeping
hens.
r"What is heavens best elf to man p
asked young lady on Sunday night,
smiling sweetly on pleasant looking
clerk "a horse,p replied the man with
great prudence. qbaG geisl uoiss sa,,,
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WATCHES, CLOCKS, sc,

J Z w ELRY EPOT.
W 90 lDiSFFsIfE LaD, OHIO
f. issh ifsfg 2 sm ----- .o8 s68ggH H19,
Nv motto 10 ynaT 90 h.ssa SGI.ta q r9s
b t-hE FAIL b d EA LING,
With ALL, 4 solicit share of the public pat
tonage. Particular attention paid to the re-
pairing Of svEd '4s.F sTtlg 9. doEi - O.
W a &c hes, Ctoc ks and Jewelry,
Watches, Clocks and Jswelry for sale on req
souable terms. WoRK WARRANTED. tNh 70
ap23ly. ~ 90 5akS FRITZ RERP
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Let us have Peace!
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13
Farm Paragraphs.

One OF the happiest and most independ-
ent of all human occupations is that OF an
intelligent farmer, whose land is paid for,
and who keeps out of debt.
People, like plants, grow pale and puny
il the sun Is shut out. Good health is the
sunshine of the body; CHEEKY disposition
is the sunshine OF the soul
Have your plan of work marked out
for the day OF week in advance, and al
ways keep ahead Of it; this will save halt
the hurry, worry, and spoiled work OF
lite.
The healthiest site for family dwelling
is on an elevation declining on every side,
so as to convey the water rapidly away, OF
on a sandy soil which admits the same in
effect.
The legislature Of California has enact
ed law which allows every citizen who
will plant trees, and maintain them for
three years, a deduction from his taxes of
81 foT each year so planted,
Nova Scotia fruit growers claim to raise
the finest apples in the world At a recent
exhibition apples weighing more than Il
poullu dJlcCC NtlC tAHlDlIeu, dllu luG
flavor was said to be excellent.
Apples placed ip clean barrels and. after
the escape of all moisture, tightly headed
up, keep about as well as by any method
Filling in among the apples ground plas-
ter is said to promote long preservation
Always remove the harness from the
work-horses at noon, and allow them &c
be free from all membranes. 1t is cruel
to work horses all day in a heavy harness,
and allow it to remain on their backs while
they are eating
TO cure dogs of killing sheep the Turf
Field and Farm says that fastening a doc
between two rams and leaving them tC
wander at their own sweet will for day
Or two has effected cure where all other
means had failed The dog so treated is
apt to lose all relish for the company O.
sheep.
Farmers sons should learn how to graft
and every spring change some varities o
fruit that have proved less than first-class
either in quality or productiveness. There
are but few orchards that do not contain
more or less trees that are Improbable
because of the varieties they bear.
Moore Rural New Yorker says "Thert
is a vast difference in the flavor of eggs
Hens fed on clear, sound grain and KEEP
on clean grass run, give much finer fla
vored eggs than hens that have access tt
. stable and manure heaps and all kinds O
filthy food. Hens feeding on fish ant
onions flavor their eggs accordingly, the
same as cows eating onions and cabba pe
or drinking offensive water, impart bat
taste to tie milk and butter. The richie
the food the higher the color of the eggs
Wheat and corn give eggs the best color
while feeding on buckwheat makes then
colorless, rendering them unfit for confec
tionery purposes"
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13
VOLUME 4G.
Comfort of Farm Stock.

A writer in the Country Gentleman
makes the following timely suggestion:
''Some ten years ago, in december. L de-
voted a half day work, 81. to tightening
up stable for five cows so that no ma
nure trcze in it afterwards and instead of
having less milk every cold snap and more
every thaw, it was more right along, in
milk, comfort in milking cleaning the sta
BILE, health of COWS and thrift OF calves,
and only less in amount Of feed required.
One small Ayrshire coming in lust then
didn't vary eight pounds from thirty-five
pounds of milk per day and ten pounds
of butter per week, tor five months. Pub
hshing my experience i'll the New Eng
land Farmer led others to 90 and do like
wise, and some years after, one CORES
pondent said that one item was worth
more to him than the cost of the paper
and so gave the ball another push. as all
should do. | found that with Il properly
constructed stable, the animal heat from
a COW will keep Il space five times her
size above freezing temperature, and still
allow good ventilation about her head,
regulated at pleasure by an adjustable
door in front The winter profit OF dairies
may be increased third, in saving of
calorc and food, and increased milk and
calf produce, by remembering that a kind
man is kind to his beasts, and that disre-
garding their comfort costs more
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13

Not every one watches in vain, though
we may not always be looking in the
right direction. 1t was so with the wild
ow AS she sat one day, with straining
eyes gazing on far-otf-sun-lit sails, and
seeing how some Of them hoyered nearer
and nearer, and some, alas took wing
farther and farther away, the doorway
darkened suddenly; there came rushing
upon her, as if dropped from the clouds,
q plump, dark-eyed, rosy-cheeked lady,
who flung herself into the arms OF the
watcher with cry OF Joy.
ooh, mother she exclaimed, half sob
bing, halt laughing, ''oh, mother don't
you know me? Why, Im Toms wife,
and I've brought the captain with me!'
Mother, : said Captain Tom, that
night, you've seen better days, perhaps,
but | never have
"For didn't l tell YOU" said Mrs. Tom
archly, that was in love with Tom ?
And father owns his ship, you know; so
if Tom is Captain, I'm second mate, you
see. And were going to take you away
to where we found our better days. -
liarper's Weekly
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13
Ducks Without Water.

Has it ever occurred to many OF our
readers that ducks can be raised, advan-
tageously, upon premises where there IS
neither pond nor stream for their amuse-
ment? The common idea is that such a
convenience is absolutely necessary to
their thrift But we have the assurance
of n breeder in Massachusetts who has
tried the experiment for three successive
wears. that this notion is altogether erron-
eous.
Our domesticated ducks. like the wild
ones, prefer 4 brook or lakeIet to pass
their leisure in, and swampy piece of
ground through which & river branch
sluggisly flows, affords good deal of ami
mai food for this race, which helps to keep
them through the summer.
But the party spoken OF above has no
open water on his farm, and he has raised
several series of common ducks in the
past three seasons. among his flocks Of
barnyard fowls, which have turned out as
profitable 50 far as he can calculate, as the
chickens he has marketed in the fall and
winter.
These wcb-footed birds have been fed
with the other poultry, and all the duck
Iings are hatched and reared by hens. He
makes no distinction in feeding as to va
riety or kinds or kinds of food, All his
poultry are lin common" and all have
the same chance at the grain, the grass,
and the scraps from the house; but he has
never provided his ducks with any water,
except what his fowls have at hand for
drink and he says he knows no difference
in their thrift from the shell upward to
killing. If the common mongrel duck
viii thus do we'll without water to wash
and swim in, why may not the Pellin, the
Aylesbury, the Rouen duck, be bred to
similar advantage This kind of poultry
is fully as profitable as are hens, and If it
can be raised without pond or stream on
the premises, why is not this experiment
worth the trial by others?
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13
Vino Santo.

Once | read a strange, sweet story,
OF a sacred snowy wine,
Made by peasants on Lake Garda.
Brewed beneath the cross's sign;
Vino Santo called forever,
Sealed with seal of things divine
Vino Santo, Holy Wine!
On the first days of October,
Only i'll shining sun
Only in the dew of morning.
Clusters lifted one by one;
Thus begins the solemn vintage.
Vintage with the cross for sigh
Vino Santo, Holy Wine!
Pales the autumn, falls the winter,
Lie the grapes untouched and still;
No man haste and no man binders
While their subtle juices fill,
Til the sacred day of Christmas.
Day of days, of JOY divine,
Then is brewed the Holy Wine.
Past the winter, past the spring-time.
Into summer far and late;
For the joy Of Vino Santo
They who long must long and wait
Only glowing heat can ripen-
Glowing heat and cross's sign.
Vino Santo, Holy Wine.
Dear, to-day, the strange, sweet story,
Sudden seemeth thine and mine;
Thine and mine and all true lovers,
Sealed by seal and signed by sign;
Silence. patience, from Loves Vintage
Drink at last, in joy divine.
Vino Santo, Holy Wine
Srribner for January.
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13

Thus we see that the ash from the 1900
quarts of milk is about the same in amount
rs from the acre of wheat. and that it does
not differ greatly in composition.
Nitrogen is another element that the
wheat and cow both remove from the
land Wheat contaiifs Is per cent. of al
buminiods, which Will Yield two per cent,
nitrogen The - bushels will, therefore,
remove 80 pounds of nitrogen. Milk con-
tans on an average four per cent. OF nitro
genized bodies. whcL will yield Gl4 per
Gent OF nitrogen: or the 800 quarts will
give - l. pounds Of nitrogen 1t is not
quite Sc easy to make the comparison OF
the amount of carbon removed; nor does
il make 50 much difference. as the carbon
is derived mainly from the atmosphere, in
the one case by the wheat plant directly
in the other by the grass which is eaten
by the COW
From the above it is easy to see why
cid pastures run down and the remedy is
exactly the same as should be used it
wheat had exhausted the soil; that is, the
ground must be manurcd. And the COM
position OF the ash of the milk shows why
potash salts and superphoshates produce
such remarkable effects on old, worn-out
pastures These furnish exactly the ele
ments that have become exhausted. Farm
ers who buy grain largely for feeding and
apply the manure produce to the land, are
thus almost uncOnsciously returning to
the land that which they have removed in
the form Of milk. Boston Journal OF
Chemistry
The Republican journal., 1876-01-13

A Silver City (Nevada) young lady.
who has passion for pretty babies, to i
little four-year-old angel who has brand
new sister: Il say, bub, won't you give
me your baby sister? love little babies -
Young hopeful: mo, | won't" Young
lady (winking at her young man) Why
sonny why won't you give your baby to
me;' Hopeful Indignantly; "Fy, he'd