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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-02-20

A gentleman Of this city while walk.
ing over the hattie ground Of the Crater,
picked up two minnie balls Aattened and
imbedded in each other. One was a
Federal and the. .o,bersa Confederate
bal. Petersburg Tade1 asd Appeal.
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EE Lord BeaconsfeIj put sord Of
practical politics and good sense into q
nutshell On therS S'hinst {. when ne said in
the House of. Lords that .sthe Eastern
question was not otIonly.a question Of the
amelioration OF the condition OF Chris.
tians, but question Of the existence OF
|empires The Russisns ,,haxe-~pever
looked at The question in any other light.
Fsnd tliis, in nine cases ont Of ten, has
given them control Of IT'D Ell . GsnssA
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s.I' s. Az. ,PaxpARsD TO FURNISH PLANS
!. q snd .6sscIrIcArIoHs, Of steam Flourins
Nills, Grist Nils, Saw Mills and Factories
viii, tsks, .oentrscts for ths srsction OF sll
Auds sf, mills, and 70 furnish the lstsst ira-
.pToysd nsohiAsry fer them. Have had ~
,lssxs experiences In, the business. Address
-.s1 = 80 .si,sss & GE0RaE RICHNBR,
sss.s s,s.s1is ysrusalsn, Monroe Co., Ohio.
asnshll l.'7sr. sszs ~ fiss .sss! s..
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eumeQ Dy LOulSlana Qdrkey Uetore ne
fully recovered from the bite Of aitsran-
tula IL Was then discovered lthat.nhe
had been stuug BY . wasp The, men
Who contributed the whisky were too
mad to speak above whisper.
An Ohio believer in Gen. Pleasonton's
blue glass theory has had q blue glass
room made, in which be keeps his six
daughters three hours every day He
10 q poor man, but he fancies that the
mental and physical Improvement OF the
girls will increase their value in the mat
|rimonial market, and compensate him
Governor Bross illustrates lthe mar
velous growth of Chicago by saying
that in 1850 he saw q wolfpass his door
on Michigan avenue, now the principal
residence street of the city, HisDf Dffiehds
amuse themselves by telling him that he
has had better luck than the general run
|of Western editorsA The wolf gener.
ally squatted in front Of their doors and
|howled.E lsfs4 az loslogqT .ssu,1H
Ii was wa not Ben Hiil bds John Pho.
lnix'' who invented the Phrase sinvinci.
| bic in peace, invisible ID war His real
name is Captain George H, Derby and
being stationed at San francisco, where
| he was invited to public dinner given
Iby. the State militia, and on this occa-
sion being called on for a toast, he fired
lthe above phrase as ! blank cartridge a,
tthe heads 81 his hosts. ! Ana II hit.
!. Maddox, TOO, a. Is "a 4, man lot blood
though not as ierce as Wells. He killed
/, his antagonist, Lieut. McPherson,, in .
1 duel at Mier during the Mexican War
1t would be very close, fight ifWelli
aud Maddox were led Ia, contend II
mortal combat--distance, e Eve, PAGES
weapons, Derringer pistols, thug knives
and rife canes, all Of which .tbe officer
of the House. could supply Tout o
jWelis's effects. s1sdnsai sl.i paaa.a
81f Grant can spare a few troops iron
Washington, let him send them sout I,
Southeastern Arizona, where the, In
dians and white settlers are killing eacl
other. The Governor OF the Territory
in amessage to the Legislature, say
that as military operations have bee
conducted for, the last six months, th
lhostile lndisns could not be subducd i
twelve years, while he believes that q
lorganized scouting party Of twenty-av
] citizens and as many Indian auxiliarie
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s.iwibps > losIol money rife lsay e.

7: sst % inysb 4 you .apIpsss, ssat !.
tidy, sum each box containS Two thou
sand dollars, and there are fourteen Of
them-eb, MI; MansAsldfr This 70 the
loiIicer in charge, who ndrms the count.
= They have got 70 their first gsets Of
champagne when the doctor, joins them.
"WeiI, hows your pstientf' Asks tbs
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-02-20
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
2 Esiats .rs sNschacs EDDY, Dsesassd.

SIyHB uudersi gnel has been appointed aud
aualided as Executor Of tho VIII OF MI
/, shssl Rddy, late Of Monroe county, decsassd.
Dated this ssth day u February, ,s.D. lsT7.
.leblS.,77wS. JOHN EDDY.
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= e-ff~@tt-f ---i ~ 7 "a ~lifF sIffslr
cries; ..and he dYipg; n | could only
teach him to say prayef!s a0 'N7t
9a.And do yon realty think that repeat
ing Id form eof words. inhiehtshe wonld
uot understand could 80 .anys geed?',l
asks her husband ,:Np Lat me Try
II / can rouse q Thought to work upon
" sMr Austen tukes Ills wife's place at
che Head of The cot " 9pNnisis stsIail
sas-D Dick, 2 says be, ~the7 doctors tell me
that unless there comes, some .change--
and they don't much expect any-before
night, vou must tiie !" - go
Twill it hurt bad r. asks the Rat, q
spasm Of feer passing over his pinched
face. as6a aa 10 fAidds s14s,I
!, aThat I canaot say, Some people die
quite qnietly--Qo of in their sleep, as
it were MsI Dick! wha. do you think
happsrs - - 4 !. Il g9s,ass, ;s,sFrs.Y'
sThe fnnera replies Dick promptly
Some has flteman's funeral. and ;mu-I
SIC am somo gets took on iu tne C,.y
van. Shall ! Be took Cd IN the City
.vanf ess - soaassp y ssFAs i.o' ssais
.7sfNo, my boy;fB fBanswsrsforT thatv--
But let US go back 70 thevdeathd; Where
will you 60 when you die Z e., !, s.,;-,
Into the coffin -
hsYour body willSbut yofts soal.2'i &c
Wofs fh1fp' asks dick gT s4iHiei
"ua'' iheeeus Ses' hT.e' sls iu'os :,s
IPowe. OF isnorance.I. ~ mas s,.enSsa s',.
ineoiogy-iti i nas stumpeo sia.M nl..lMoscpny.
FRAY lor MIN dear, says Mt. austen
70 MS wile. down whose lace ing tears
arc s'feamlngs 'lna1is an yoos'osn W.
*sgl si.'sFss '7SN9si 1sf.a ''qssj
sIisay-dont you cry like that, says
Dick, when she resumes her seat by bis
side, Child like, be puts up his hand to
Withdraw draw. .en ners rom a ner eyes; He .ae
touches 1t with ave.. t'does mot Dreak
or dy of. and nothing is done 70 him
for his daring. Encouraged by such
immunity, he ventures res TO give J. a little
pat, and then the face which neis watch
ing inteutly is lit up with ssm'le through
its tears. Into MS 7uniovea shie-lnte
bis half-savage mind, dswns tie first ides
of acaress.. He clasps The lady's hand
and draws it down upon his heart. He
draws It down and presses'it there with
both his little brown puds. sfhen fht
Eleans back with q long drawn sigh, and
| ehuto hio ovos
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Alive in an Air Tight Coffin,

The body Of a rnan who went to
California to ragain HE health, was
recently shipped in a metallic coffin
for his former home IN the East
When tho Central pacific train ar>
rived at Ogden Junction the corpse
was consigned to tho Union Pacific
Express Company and placed under
charge of express messenger Frank
Burgess. While the train was in the
western part of Nebraska, Mfr, Bur4
CESS heard sounds from the coffin
that led him to believe that the dead
man had come to life. Tt was in the
night, and he heard the sounds as be
lay dozing and half asleep. Again
the noiso was heard, and the attention
OF the messenger was pivited to- the
coffin, and the horrible possibility
that the dead might be alive thrust
itself upon the messenger so forcibly
that lie called the attention Of other
employees to it, but after listening a
moment, they merely laughed at him.
The convictions Of the express mesA
sengor, however, were SO strong that
he had heard moans from the cpffinr
that he had the case opened when
the train made its next halt. Tho
weather was very cold and npon the
inside Of the glass plate of the coffin
there had accumulated thin film Of
frost, such as might have been depos-
tied by the breath of person Con-
fined i'll such narrow quarters. The
face was also drawn mp against the
glass plate, and other Disturbances
indicated life. While Burgess had
no doubt that the tnan, though dead
then, had been alive ir. the coffin, the
other employees explained tue accu-
mutation OF frost ON the glass as the
natural exhalations of the dead hody
and the disturbances of tho corpse as
due to the movements in the shipping.
A private dispatch received from
Chicago says that when the coffin ar.
rived at it's destination and was OPEN
ed, unmistakable proofs OF the terri
bic truth were discovered The
hands were cFinched, the lip bitten,
and tho mouth filled with bloody
froth. The man had been alive, and
1t was his moaning that had been
heard but not recognized.-Omaha
Herald.
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National Capitol.

The corner stone of the capitol was
laid by Washington, on the 18th day
of Semptember, 1893. The building
was opened for tho meeting of Con-
gress November 17th, 1850. En-
largement and new dome completed
in 1857. The edifico fronts the cast,
is 751 feet long, 348 feet wide, and
covers 81 acres; court-yards, 81 acres;
in all, Z acres. The predominant
material Of the exterior is white mars
BILE. The dome is of cast iron, 1861
feet in largest diameter, and 2S7%
feot high, surmounted by a statue OF
Liberty 193 feet high. The interior
OF the dome forms q remarkable cir
cular chamber or rotunda, 96 feet in
diameter, $50 feet high. One thou
sand gas jets, flashed by electricity,
illuminate the interior by night. The
walls of the rotunda are adorned
with historical paintings by eminent
artists. The Senate Chamber, House
of Representatives, Supreme Court
rooms, and other apartments, are
spl cndidly decorated. The halls are
lined with polished marbles from
every State in tho Union. Frescoes,
paintings and sculptures abound
The front portcoes are supported by
one hundred Corinthian columns of
white marble. The cost of the build
ing was $13,0OO,OOO.
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Slander

Never use lady's name in an i'm.
proper place. at an improper times
or in mixed company. Never make
assertions about her that you think
untrue, or a(lusions that she herself
would blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple to
use woman's name in o reckless.
manner, shun them; they are the
very worst members of the commu-
nifty; men lost to every sense of honor
every feeling of humanity. Many o
good and worthy woman's character
has been forever ruined and her
heart broken by lie, manufactured
by some william and repeated whereit
should not have been, and in pres
ence of those whose little Judgment
could not deter them from circulating
the foul and Dragging report. A
sIander is soon propagated, and tho
smallest thing derogatory to a wo-
mans character will fly on the wings
of the wind and magnify as it cireuo
lates, until it's monetrous weight
crushes tho poor unconscious victim.
Respect tho name of woman. Your
mother and sisters are women, and
as you would have their fair name
untarnished, and their lives unembit,
tered by the slanderer's bitter tongue,
heed the i'll your words may bring
upon the mother, the sister or tho
wife of some fellow creature.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-02-15

Tie SOUTHERN DRY GooDs TRADE.
We had occasion in q communi-
cation at the opening Of tho full sea-
son to refer to the frightened pros
poets for healthy trade for the bu
siness season now closing. We re-
grct that the "elcction muddle" has
had tho effect to seriously interfere
with the fulhllment of these hopes.
More especially has this been the
case in The trado with the South; all
branches of manufactures have na-
turally looked to this quarter as a
large market for their products, and
unquestionably the demand from it
has grown with the development of
their homo interests since the close
Of the war. But the disturbed condi-
tion of Southern finances has led our
merchants to pursue q most conser-
vativo policy in extending their lines
of Southern credits, and now the
uncertainty of their political future
has for present almost completely
paralyzed the trade. This is seen in
the preparation being made for q
late spring business. Lines of goods
strictly adapted for the Southern
markets are in light supply, and
staples for which the first demand
comos from tho South arc much short
of their usual showings, manntac-
turers preferring to await the West
ern and home demand before putting
on their full force.
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WONDERFUL, IF TRUE.-The Savan--
nah News tells the following Centen-
nial incident:
A few days since whilst somo chill
dron were playing in tho old ccme-
terry, on South Broad street, ono of
them, in knocking around tho ground
with his stick, suddenly caught sight
of bright, shiny object. On ap.
preaching to pick it up, he saw it was
handsome gold ring. He carried it
homo to his mother, who, on inquir-
ing whore ho found it loarnod that
it was near the spot whore tho rce
mains of her ancestors had rcposod,
and that the oldest surviving member
of the family was Colonel E. G. AM
dorson, to whom tho ring was accord
ingly sent. On the inside of tho ring,
in legible English text, was the in
scription Fl. w. to E. c., 17G0-ono
hundred and eight years ago-Honry
Wayne TO Elizabeth Clifford, the ring
being none other than the wedding
ring of the grandmother of Colonel
Anderson. The remains wero rcmov~
ed from the old cemetery somo timo
ago, and the ring was brought to tho
surface at the disintormont unpor-
ceived. 1t is singular that tho ring
should have been found by one of the
children, the descendants of tho family
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History Repeats Itself.

The following is from Wheeler's
History of North Carolina, volume
1, page 35: = ~e-.,
"TEomas Gary, was appointed De-
1Pnty Governor by Sir Nathaniel
Johnston Q705). The Lords Pro-
prietors Gsapproved of the choice,
and directed their deputies to select
one Of their own number rs Governor
Of North Carolina. The deputies
selected Glover. Cary who was Sc
lected qs Deputy Governor, had been
collector Of the rents of ike Lords
ProPrietors, and had neglected to
settle his, accounts. For while ho
seemed to yield to the sway of Glov~
er;. but aided by his friends," Grant
and ChandlerD J 'he seized the records
of the province, and proclaimed
himself Governor. The colony now
was a scene of anarchy; the laws
were suspended, and justice fled
The respectable portion of the colony
adhered to Glover, while Gary poss-
essed the force,' Gn command of
Gen oral R.) "a General Assembly
was called, which met at Captain
Heckelfeld's, on Little River, to de-
eide this Vexed question. Members
appeared under writs of election
issued by President Glover, while
another set appeared under writs OF
election issued by President Cary
Glover aud. Gary sat in separate
rooms with their respective councils.
Great confusion prevailed, and the
partisans Of Glover, irritated by the
prosecutions from Cary and his ad-
herents, songht refuge IN Virginia.
II At this period, Edward hyde
arrived with the commission of Lieu
tenant Governo", but Gary refused
to yield. \ x Edward Hyde, who
was appointed Governor the mex
year, issned Ills proclamation, Jan
nary, 1712, granting pardon to al
the late insurgents, except Thoma
Cary, John Porter aud three others.
And SO Chamberlain was sent t,
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HE Pig FOR TIE SoUTH.-Black or
slate colored pigs are trcest from skin
diseases in hot climates. The choice
is practically between the Essex and
Berkshires for males with which
TO improve the native stock of hardy
grubbers of the root-or-die variety.
Those who have tried the former
have been delighted at first, but af-
ter a few years begin to recall with
longing lean hams and thin but solid
and f1avorous bacon of the old race,
horse breed, The trouble with the
Essex pigs in the South is that they
are not active enough. They are not
the eat and-sleep, and wake-to-ea
kind, and their grades are of course
like them. The side fat is surpcrb,
and sosis the leaf lard, and 30 far
the breed is all til at could be desired:
but the hams and shoulders are too
tabg fer profit, and the ham is not
narbIed with fat like the Berkshircs.
The (the Berks) are much more en-
terprlsing, more wide awake, less
easily controlled, but good foragers.
The grades are a wondcrfulimprove-
rnent upon the original stock, may
be made very fat, and yet the pro-
portion between, fat and lean in the
hams, shoulders and side pork or
bacon, is such as TO develop and pre-.
serve the excellencies of the meat. -.
The hams are large and rich, and
JUICY with ditfnsed fat. Bcrkshires
arc not quite SO easily fattcned whom
peDned and systematically fed rs
the Essex grades, but they will take
much better care Of themselves in
the woods, and when penned for
tatteuing may be finished off with
half the feed the original Gland
Pikes' would rcquire.-Arnerican
Agriculturist.
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1t is worth nothing as an indica-
ton of the times that many of the
leading savings banks in the West
ern cities begin the new year with
an announcement Of reduced rates of
interest. In Chicago, for instance,
three of the strongest Institutions
there have led the way, and the signs
there are that others will soon fol-
low. These banks heretofore have
been paying depositors 6 per cent
for their money. In the future it
will be 5. '... g..
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CARLYLE AND DARWIN.-Thc Brit
ish papers publish the following ex-
tract of a letter written TO q friend
by Mr.. Carlyle: ga good sort of a
man is Darwin, and well meaning,
but with very little intellect. All, it's
a sad, terrible thing to see nigh
whole generation Of mon and women,
processing to be cultivated, looking
around in a purbined fashion and
finding no god in this universe. l
suppose it is reaction from the
reign Of cant and hollow pretence,
processing to believe what in tact they
do not believe. And this is what we
have got to. All things from frog
spawn; the gospel Of dirt the order
of the day. The Older I grow-and
l now stand upon tho brink Of eter =
nity-the more comes back to me
the sentence in the catcchiSm, which
learned when q child, and the fuller
and deeper its meaning becomes,
"What is the chief end OF man? To
glority God and enjoy hi'n forever"
No gospel Of dirt, teaching that men
have descended from frogs through
can ever set that aside"
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The Story of a Child.


New Years night an infant child
was found in basket at the Centre
vile depot, on the New Jersey Cen
trail Railroad, by Edward Marshall,
track walker, and by him taken
home. Il card inscribed "Martha
Jenkens" fastened to the child's
clothing led the old folks to believe
that it might be their daughters
child, she having eloped from their
homo in Liverpool !; England,
with man named Jenkins. They
we're 80 strongly impressed with the
idea that they requested the report"
ers who called in search OF the facts
to mention it in their story, and to
say that their daughter would receive
welcome home if she would return
to them, she being their only child.
Chief Whitney, Of the Bayonne po~
lice, learned of q probable case Of in
fanticide, and in working it up learn,
ed that poor, miserable woman,
living in q tenement house on Av-
enue D, Bayonne, had had an infant
child until - few days ago, but re-
Gently it had not been heard or seen.
He learned that the woman was
Mrs. jenkins, and on questioning
her about the fate of her child learned
further that she had put it ont in the
snow in basket on New Years
night. She told him her story, how
she had clipped from Liverpool, and
Eived in New York with her hu3-
band until about a year ago, when
he took to drink Lecause he could
not Oh ain work, and then deserted
her. She had four children, but
three had died, and the last one was
born after her husbands flight. She
nearly starved after the birth of her
child, and was kept alive only by
The charity OF her eishbors, as poor
almost as herself. When she could
go ont she could not find employ
ment, and by reason of i'll health and
scant food she could not nourish her
child! She know from u letter she
received from friends in England
where her father was employed, and
knowing his fondness for children
determined to put her child in his
way. Sine watched him, and know
ing when he would pass the depot at
Centreville che LETT the child Just
where he would see it. She hid to
see what became of it, and when he
picked it up she ran away. She in
tended to commit suicide the follow
ing day, but her courage failed her
on seeing the ice on the river, and
she went back to the tenement house.
She would scarcely believe the chief
when he told her that her father
wanted her to come home again, be
cause he had been so much incensed
at her elopement. Finally she con-
sented to 60 to her father and re-
turned home.
|
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A darky who was stopping to
wash Iris hands in creek, didn't no>
tice the peculiar action Of a goat just
behind him, 80 when he scrambled
ont of the water and was asked how
it happened, he answered.: u dunno
Zackly; hut 'peared as Of dc shore
kinder h'isted and frowed me-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-02-15

Judge Hoar once said of a lawyer:
'He has reached the superJative of
lite; at first be sought to get on, and
then he sought to get honor, and now
he is trying to get honest
And now the community had bet-
ter look ont, or they will be horn
swaggled.
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Keep your own counsel. Nothing
can be more injurious to yonr own
piece of mind than TO have too manv
Confdants. You live in abject elav-
cry every day, as you are constantly
fearing some Of your numerous con.
fidants will reveal asecret you would
not have anybody TO know for the
world.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-02-15

EeaP~ycar is past, and q young
fellow dosn't feel SO many cold chilIs
running mp bis spine, If he happens
to beleft alone with an academy girl
for few minu!cs.