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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-04-27
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to require description. Their grateful healing, sooth-
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important discoveries in pharmacy, their healing and
strengthening properties increased tenfold. In
this respect Plaster is the best in without the
Aid of electricity
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-04-27
TWO in ONE.

Thus combined we have two grand medical agents
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-04-27

Each package contains DR.. sAnfOrd's Improved In
ang Tube, with full drectinna for in all cases.
Price slOO. For sale by all whoesale and retail drug
lists throughout the United States WEEKS POT
TER, General Agents aud Wholesale Druggists, Bos-
ton,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Told Him what He THO tight OF
Him.

Falsehood enters largely into the too
frequent selfish discourtesies we see. Of
ten wssknow this very well,when we suf
fer Hom it, but few of US have the cout
age aud plainness to speak our convic
ton ssout loud"--as was done in the
bluat lesson given here.
An old, but vigoreus.looking gentles
maus seemingly from the rural districts,
got ints y car and walked its tnll length
wilko lkoatnreeeiving an invitation to- sit
down. Approaching one gentleman, who
had a whole bench to himself, he asked
''Is this seat occupied ?"
Yes, sir, it is" impertinently replied
the other
"Well," replied the broad-shouldeted
agriculturist, 81 will keep this seat until
the gentleman comes"
Tne ofigiusl proprietor withdrew him
self haughtily to one end and looked in
suited. After a while the train got In
motion, and still nobody came to claim
the seat, wheteupon the deep chested ag
riculturist turned and said;
aSir, when you said this seat was oc
cupied you told me ie."-such was hi.
plain language II never sit near liza
lif 1 can avoid it; l would rather stant
lup;
Then, appealing to another party, b.
said:
Sir, may sit next to your Yo'
don't look like liar"
| We need hardly say that he got hi
seat, and. that the original prop-ieto
thought that there was something wron!
about our social system.-Bultimore Ga
zetke.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Rad Temper,

There are few things more product
i've of evil In domestic life than a thor
ougLly bad temper 1t does not matter
what form that temper may assume,
whether it is of the sulky kind that
maintains perfect silence for many days,
or the madly passionate, which vents
itself in absolute violence. Ill temper
at any age is bad thing It never does
anybody any good. and those who in
dulge in it feel no better after It. After
the passion has passed away one sees
that he has been very foolish, and kno VS.
that others see it too Bad temper ir
the aged is, perhaps, the most trying o
all. 1t is, indeed, a pitiable sight to SCI
the wrinkled cheek of an old persor
afame with anger and passion. Since
anger is useless and an unspeakabl'
misery to its victims, why should it b.
indulged In at allY
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23

Burlington Hawkeye: Nervous gent,
who has gone West for his health, dis
robing in his room in hotel, in Idaho,
sees strange pair of boots under the
bed. Violent and tumultuous bell En-.
ter porter. "Porter. am / in the wrong
room7 Whose boots are those ?" Por.
ter, reassuringly: "Oh, yes, sir; it's all
right, sir Last gentleman slept in this
room, sir, somebody cut his throat, sir
Them's his boots, sir. Ought to have
been took away before, sir. I'll take
'em now, sir. G'night, sir" Nervous
guest sits up and hears strange noises
all night; hair turns gray before morn
ing Feels much healthier when he gets
on the train and starts East. Explains
to the landlord that he likes the climate
but his mother is alone and he has tc
hurry back home,
The decisive victory Of the Democ
racy in Ohio has demeralized the Ad
ministration, and the President anl
members of the Cabinet are unable tt
account for the Waterloo defeat the Re
publican party has suffered. Up tt
noon on the day OF the election the dis
patches received from John Sherma,
were of an assuring character Sher
man arrived home this morning Con
g-essman Findlay, of Ohio, who was
fellow-traveler with him from Mansfield
says that he received The intelligence o
defeat west of Grafton, and forthwith
assumed an air calculated to impress 81
observer that he felt as II he wanted h
bury worldly cares and dream only o
''the sweet by and by."- Waskingto'
Telegram, 10Th inst.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
what Rust Does.

Did you ever find, lying in some neg.
lected spot, buried among the grass per.
haps, some old tool, which you remem.
ber sharp, bright and useful, but which
is now covered with rust, and useless
The rust and the dull edge have come
of its long rest. Had it been constant.
ly used il might have been broken, bu,
it never would have been that dull. hse
less thing while it lasted 1t is just SC
with human beings Iuaction is worse
for them than hard work Unused tai
ents rust The mind that is never shar
pened grows dull Ooe who has moi
done what he might finds his power gone
at last Sometimes, when mind lies use
less and hands are folded, the soul rust,
also l do not know St. Simon's his
tory, but ! doubt If he was as worthy :
saint as many another. just because III
lived at the top of q pillar, and, to quot
Miss Braddon, ''had his meals sent vi
to him in basket" Had he come dowl
for his food he might have found som
chance of being useful There is worl
in the world for every mind and hear
and body
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
LincOln's HUunO

A story is told of how President Lin
con's humor once gained him ride:
When Mr. Lincoln was poor lawyer
he found himself one cold day at vii
lage some distance from Springfield, and
with no means of conveyance. Seeing
a gentleman driving along tue Springfield
road in crrriage, he ran up to him anG
politely said:
"Sir, will you have the goodness tc
take my overeoat to town for O. e2"
"With pleasure" answered the gen
tleman; "but how will you get it again ?
sob, very easily," said Mr. Lincoln
"as intend to remain in it"
"Jump in,'' said the gentleman, laugh
ing; and the future President had a
pleasant ride.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Marietta Times. 18th inst.)
WashlnglOn County OmcIal,

The following is the official vote o.
Washington County, polled Tuesday
October 9, 1877 The entire Democratic
ticket was elected by large majority:
Govelnor-Bishop 1858, West 3464
Bishops majority $50
Senator-Irvine 40S3, Stanton 3442
Irvine's majority GAL.
Rspresentatives-Bohl 4061, Ridgway
BAIT; Boil over Ridgway 4S4; Smith
over Ridgway COS
Clerk of Courts E,z 3977, Racer 8,
$685. Etz . majority Az
Treasurer-Goddard 1887, Hoist g..
4Q5s Goddard's mojority 2S2
fPtosecuting Attorney-Oidham 1881
Hamilton 3,066; Oldham's majority /,
3l5
County Commissioner-Happel 4033
Carothers S46S; Happel's majority 565
SurveYor-Halbert 1892, Plumer 8,
636; Huibert's majority 1856.
Infirmarv Director-Caywood 1892
HiIdreth $3.50; Caywood's majority 512
Judge Knowles received 4210 votes ir
the county; the Prohibition vote is 81
and the Workingmen's 27
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Not A.Marrsins Family.

A Pennsylvania journal tells the fol-
lowing story of a singular family named
Kunkel, living near Wernerville, in that
State: s82 p isiseaa1fi & fasi
Iteonsists of four brothers and one
sister-the oldest { the sister being sew
enty, and the brothers ranging from fifty
to sixty five, and they are all over six
feet tall None of them are married.
they being an anti-marrying set They
own the property on which they live, o
flne farm, do all theit own work and are
wealthy. A sister married some years
ago, and they paid her her share ofithc
estate and discarded aer, not having
spoken to her since None Of the Eve
have ever been out Of the county Their
farm has been handed down for more
than hundred wears, and was acquired
by their ancestors over century ago.
Their house was erected more than q
hundred years ago, after the style Of the
first settlers-split logs for floor, filed
up with clay. - Ia s.as
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
True l,ollleness,

A poor Arab going through the -des'
ert met with sparkling spring Ac.
customed to brackish water, q drsught
from this sweet well, in the wilderness
seemed, in his simple mind, present to
the caliph, So he filled his leather bot
Tie, and after a weary tramp, laid his
humble gift at his sotereigt's feet. The
monarch, with the magnSnimity that
may put many a Christian to blush, CALI
ed for cup, and filing it drank freely |;
and then with smile thanked the Arab,
and presented him with q reward The
courtiers pressed eagerly around for Q
draught of the wonderful water, which
was regarded as worthy such princely
wledgement, To their snrprise
the caliph forbade them to touch drop.
Then after the simple hearted giver lefs
the royal presence, with q new sprihg tJf
ljoy yelling up In his heart, the monarch
explained bis motive of prohibition, NJ
"During the long journey. tie water
in his leather bottle had become impure
and tlis.asteful; but it was an offering Of
love, and as such / accepted it with
pleasure. Ifeared, however, that II /
allowed another to taste it, he would mon
conceal his disgust. Therefore Il wss
that forbade you to partake, lest ths
heart of the poor man be wounded"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
NUMBER sB.


.fr. d ea. = - =
Aragos the French astrdnomer, sAys
in bic aiitobiogfabhy that lis best mas.
ter in mathematics was a word OF advice
which he found in the binding OF atext-
book:
Puzzled aud discouraged BY the din.
culties he met with in bis earlier studies,
he was almost ready 10 give over the
pursuit. Some words which he found
on the waste leaf used to stif5en the GOV.
er of his paper bound text. book caught
his eye and interested klm 2 -
"Impelled," be says. sby an indednS.
Bile curiosity. / damped the cover Of the
book and carefully unrolled the leaf to
see what was on the other. side 1t prov
ed to be q short letter from D'Alembert
to q young person disheaftened like my.
sell By the difaeuities Of mathematical
study, and who had written u him SoI
counsel"
"'Go on, sir, 60 on was the counsel
which D'Alembert gsse him. The dif.
| ficulties you meet will resolve themseltei
as you advance. Proceed, and liRh
will dawn, and shine with increasing
clearfiess on yodr path That maxim,'
says Arago, twas nay greatest master il
mathematics
Following those simple words, sGt
on, sir, 60 on" made him the frst as
tronomical mathematician Of his age:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Caught Hiri,self.

Deceit needs good many sharp eyes,
and a good many sharp thoughts.1
French officers know how to detect 3
shamming rogue. tsa
AT the race for the Grand Pix quite
a haul Of pickpockets was made. One
of them played the foreigner and oppcs-
Ell the most perfect dumbness to the
Commissaire's questl1ns "Do you un
derstand French r. asked the official -
No answer, orsien ofintelligence. "You
can go-you are free," said the Commis-
saire The man started for the door,
and in a second the handouts were On
him, and he was en- route for the cells.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
The Four G's.

Field Marshal Count Moltke, it is said
was asked by princely parsonage th'
other day whether he would not presagt
= speedy and complete victory of tn,
Russians and the entire subjugation- o
Turkey "Certainly," said the Count
"the Russians will vanquish Turkey al
soon as their commander-in chief il
found to possess the four 'G's, which
are necessary to every general Sane
which four 'G's' do you mean ?" asked
the Counts questioner. Moltke replied
'Geld, Geduld, Genie und Click" (mon
ey, patience, genius and good luck)
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23

The worthy German understood the
spirit, though he was not familiar with
the letter of advertising. -.
Jim Brown died in Franklin, recently,
and his text friend, also worthy Ger
man, was appointed administrator, TO
settle up the affairs of his estate. The
administrators called at q printing.of
the other day, to have posters printed
announcing that the goods of the lats
Brown would be sold at public auction.
II want you to write up dose bills In
some Kind Of sthyle," said the admins
tfator, whose mind runs much to busi.
ness. II want Something's dat win nd.
dract der bublic eye, und pring der beo<
pies from der koundry., The printer
asked for suggestion or two. al Mrs
Brown und mineself haf dalked it over =
continued the business man, "und We
want you TO head dose bills somedines
this way,"-and he marked on the wall
with his cane to show that be wanted
big letters, ,-aHoor-rawi hoor.rawi-
Jim Brown is deadr' 2 H7ay y lsiieS
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
..swallowIng Brass ..s

Chinese music is not calculated to i'm.
prove ones ear, and therefore the shea
then" Of whom this anecdote is told, Is
excusable for his preference: s 9s
A Chinese minister in Washington
went to hear the Marine Band play he
was particularly impressed with the
trombone player, and offered him q
handsome engagement in China; "For,"
he said, N have never seen a juggler
who could swallow as much brass as
you and spit it out agains and yet the
people here regard 1t as an every day
affair" aag
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
President Hayes says he has felt all

President Hayes says be has felt all
along that the Republican party in Ohio
made serious mistake in not indorsing
the Administration squarely. II the Re.
puhlicaus had indorsed his policy square
", instead Of in the half hearted way
they did, he thinks the result might have
been different; and he further thinks
that the Democrats gained q great nd.
vantage from the fact that they indors
cd hts policy more squarely than did The
Republicans.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
A shipwrecked Irish sailor was n

A shipwrecked Irish sailor was mar
rating how he and his companions had
doated about at sea for twenty days In
an open boat. Sand what did you dc
for food, Pat, when the provisions gave
out r. asked a bystander "Shure and
we dined on one Of tn officers. Twas
the first mate we'd had in q fortnight, y
was the reply.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
Pennsylvania Rejoices,
Harrisburg Patriot-Dem.

The result is most gratifying to al
who hope for the restoration Of good
government. To the people of Pennsyl
vania, who so earnestly desire the over
throw of ring rule, it will be tidings o
good cheer The triumphant election o
our State ticket will now be assured.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
L. r. FARQUHAR, M. ID.
fFormerly Of Zanesville, Ohio,l 2

Physician and Surgeon,
Once and residence in the Kirkbrids property,
W 90 D SCI e L D, o d 10.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes BY
close attention to business to merit pablo
Hoon6dsncs and patronage.
Chronic Diseases will receive special
attention. may4,:6Y.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23

information furnished by the Indians
themselves that seventeen redskins wei e
killed and nine wounded in that wild
charge through the village.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23
NOTARY PUBLIC.

80 sss sSE, ss&Eer8s -
.NHN undersigned, having been appointed
i Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to ,nl Pensioners Blanks. admin
ster 0aths, take Dispositions, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgages, and other instruments Of
writing. ~ JOHN JRFfBRS.
aprlS,"7er. .Besllsville. Monroe Co., Ohio.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-23

Ouly that and nothing more, and the
records OF the frontier forts show, from
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28

SPoRTIvE.-The editor OF the Phila-
delphia Times, is furnishing the Radi.
cal Senators with some timely conun.
drums. Hero is the last one "Wouldn'i
It be better to put two honest men and
honestly elected Senators like SpofTord
and Butler honestly into the Senate to
vote with the Democrats, than to put
in two dishonest men and dishonesty
elected Senators like Kellogg and Cor,
bin dishonesty into the Senate, TO bo.
tray their helpless friends and give
Democratic votes as the price of their
safety Don't all speak at once2"
Here is another one: "The Republi.
cans of the Senate have just discovered
what an unmitigated fraud Patterson
always was, and now they propose to
hand HIM over to the penitentiary
forthwith. What do they know about
him now that they didn't know four
years ago, when be was welcomed to
bis seat with all his shameless venali-
ty, save that now he has played his
natural bent upon his own party ?"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28

A RIoHrEous CoNvIcTIoS.-After O
trial of fifteen weeks, the Huntzingers,
Father and son, President and Cashier
of the defunct Miners Bank of Potts
vile, were found guilty of all manner
Of crookedness, in their banking bust
ness. They had plundered the people
of Pottsvillc to the tune of over mil
lion of dollars. And the excitement
was so great against them that they
had their trial transferred to Berks
county. These rogues will now "bank"
in the penitentiary for some time to
come. Robert L. Case, of New York
has also, come to grief for his crooked.
ness as President of life insurance
company. He has been convicted Of
perjury, embezzlement and other com
mercial rogucries, so numerous in these
fast times
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28
IN A Split STICK.


The Radical leaders are just now
rendered oearly as unhappy as Rache
was, although they do not weep audi
bly,, but they are doing some cussing
outside of their caucuses, loud enough
to be heard. A Washington telegram
to the New York Times contains this
paragraph:
"That the result of the caucuses has been sat
islactory to all the Senators cannot be said. Their,
Ia much regret that the President did not make
some decided concession, and now and then a
senator will bo found to take gloomy view o
the political situation and to predict that all th'
conferences have done no good"
We are "not much for Hayes, al
our readers are no doubt aware, but
if decided concessions will make
the Radical family happy, why not dc
mand "deeided concessions for the
leaders in the Senate who are making
so much iuss about Hayes policy
which has done more in six months tc
wipe out the bad sectional feeling on.
gendered by the war than Grant did
in eight yeWs-just because the Gov.
ernment is being Constitutionally ad.
ministered-and if continued to be SC
administered must eventually produce
our former prosperity, Notwithstanding
the huge national blessing" entailed
upon us by eight years of misrule, be.
cause the people were foolish enough
in 1860 to hand the management Of
our Federal affairs over to set OF
demdgogues instead of Statesmen, and
the fruits of which are death, debt and
bankruptcy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28

GIVE THEM JEssrR.--1he nine Dem.
ocratic Congressman who voted with
the Radicals to raise the standing
army from 10000 to $4,000 men, de-
serve hasty political damnation. They
evidently expect number Of commits
sions as Generals, Colonels, Majors,
etc, for themselves and friends, or
they never would have agreed to sad.
die the country with keeping up 5000
moro men in idleness. According to
the bill the Secretary of War present.
ed to Congress, for the support of the
army, these 5000 extra men will cost
the people si.t millions Of dollars Would
1t not have been better to have ap.
piled that sum toward the cxtinguish.
ment OF our huge Federal dcbtY Say,
true rcformers
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28


HORACE GREELEY RoBBED.-The fuss
kicked up by the Vanderbilt family
over their undivided millions, develops
the fact that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
has robbed the Greeley estate of 500,
900. The New York correspondent
of the Washington Capital, in alluding
to the family controversy, says; "Cor.
nelius, Jr., would borrow money with
the rccklessness Of a cavalry officer on
leave OF absence, and was equally care
less of whom he got it or his prospec.
tive means prepayment. Notably he
borrowed, from time to time, large
sums of Horace Greeley, giving in ex.
change his notes of hand, which valu.
able relics were found among Horace's
unpublished manuscripts to the lively
tune of $4,000. The Greeley girls
still hold them among the assets of
their fathers estate, probably marked
'uncollectable and of no value The
Commodore once broke into Grecley's
sanctum in towering rage, after hear
ing OF a loan young Cornell had af
fected from his good.naturcd old
friend DO you suppose | am going to
pay damned cent OF that money you
lent Cornell p he demanded. who
the hell asked you to, Commodore ?
replied Greeley, who was struggling
over his desk with an editorial, turn.
ing his bonignant old face up to the
angry money king. The Commodore
gave tho girls $4,000 at Grcclcy's
death" The shame of this transaction
is that the prodigal son, who is heir in
an estate of one hundred millions of dol
lars, and yet that estate has failed to
pay the Greeley heirs the $4,000 lit
orally stolen from them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28

AN ELECTION FREAK. The most re-
markable outcome of the labor move
ment in the recent elections was in
Luzerne county, which includes the
cities of Scranton and Wilkesbarre
The county last year gave Tilden 49,.
1896 votes and Hays 1890. On the
9th it gave Bentley (Labor Reform)
for Supreme Judge l4,52l votes; Ster
rctt (Republican) 1896 votes, and
Turnkey (Democrat) 1886 votes. II
will be observed from this that the
Democrats were completely sold out
by somebody, not visible on the sur
face. The fact that Mr.. Tilden had
1885 votes and Judge Turnkey only
1886, is conclusive that the sale was
not a retail ono.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-28
coNoLUslVE PROOF.


There seems to be something radi
cally wrong with the negro race in the
south since there are all free. The
Charleston, South Carolina Courier
of late date, publishes some curiou.
statistics in regard to the comparative
mortality Of the whites and blacks in
South Carolina. In the city of Charles
ton there is a remarkable equality in
point of numbers between the whites
and blacks. There are 25,9S2 whites
and 26,jS7 colored. The health stats.
tics of the city show that the total
number of deaths for this year, from
June |, to November 3, was ,4sl, OF
which l,O29 were colorcd and only 452
whites. Tho NelcS and Courier says
that the cause of this great disparity
lies deeper than want of food, comfort
or proper medical attendance. In
proof of this it cites the comparative
mortality of the two races in the city
hospital where there is an absolute
equality Of treatment in every respect,
and whore two negroes die to one
white man. From these facts the in.
ference is pretty strong that under the
most favorable circumstances the col.
cred population must eventually go to
the wall in this country. They do not
seem to have the vital force to com.
pete with the white races in the lati.
tudc of the United States.