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The Russian Revolutionists.

Yesterday afternoon, as General Won
Drentelin, Chief of the Gendal merle,
was driving along the Neva Quay, st
Petersburg, man on horseback fred
twice into his carriage window. The
General was not hurt The assassin rode
Q short distance, and then leaving his
horse escaped in sleigh The attempt
on the life of Gen. Yon Drentelin has
caused the greatest excitement In govern
ment circles. The nihilists are charged
with being the instigators of the crime
The placatds recently found on. the
walls of Moscow and other principal
cities leave no doubt that the revolution
aty element is becoming desperate The
Standards Berlin dispatch says upward
Of a hundred arrests have been made in
Moscow in consequence of the assassi
nation of government spy Telegram
26th alt, b ID
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The Weight of Cattle.

GERMANTOWN, March ~, 1873.
To the Editor of the Herald: a aibssg
Will you please inform me through
your valuable columns the exact lule or
measurement for ascertaining the weight
of cattiep / noticed an article in your
issue of January 26. but cannot you give
me more definite rule? And what is
the weight of stone, which you spoke
of in that issue BY giving me this in
formation you will greatly oblige
s svi PHILIP Week.
I A stone, in British measure, implies
weight according to the article measnr-
ed Thus stone of oats is IA pounds
weight, one of barley 16 pounds weight !:
when q jockey is said to ride 10 stone
he weighs lao pounds; while stone OF
dressed meat is only 5 pounds weight
just as 100 pounds of meat in the United
States of America represents 56 pounds
Of actual weight. Thus, if your OK OF
steer shall weigh alive I 100 pounds, The
beef to be obtained from him. or in other
words the carcass when dressed, cugh,
to weigh 675 pounds net, In extreme
cases . dressed carcass may not weigh
more than 30 pounds netto 100 pounds
on the hoof,, or again may yield as sigt
return as 81 pounds net Any weigh,
outside Of this range is entirelyr out o.
| the general rule.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-01

NEwe think it could he shown that
the election OF RANDALL to be Speaker
OF the House was not SO much q atriumph
Of the TILDEN, or hard money element
OF the Democratic party, as it was the
success OF the old members, who have
the chairmsnship OF the several comnit-
tees, 10 holding on to their places. When
It came to choice Of chairman OF the
caucus, where the eastern and western
ideas met in fair field, the "Ohio idea"
men had majority of about three to
one. 1t is evident that the Greenback
men, who are claiming the election Of
RANDALL to be hard money success,
do not understand what 1t really was
that controlled the election. 3
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fst. clairsyille aasetts.I

The so-called National members OF
Congress- are 40 put out about their fail
ure to hold the balance of power in the
House and thus force the Democrats to
yield to them, that they nearly all vote
with the Republicans on political ques-
tions. These self-righteous gentlemen
we're, in nearly every instance, elected
by Democratic votes and by protesting
to be Democratic Greenbackers but for
tunately the Democrats happened to have
q majority in the House and were under
no necessity Of suing for terms from the
little handful. Of National members -
After the loud boasts Of the Nationals
that they would hold the ssbalance. Of
power" it was very exasperating to be-
hold their insignificauce as a political
power, and for revenge they vote With
the Republicans on all questions affect,
ing the political parties. We trust that
Democrats who honestly voted with the
Nationals last Fall will now see the in,
sincerity and dishonesty of the would
be leaders of their ew-fangled party.
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rxrhe total amount Of Greenbacks
authorized nv acts of Congress was
sl47, 800, ,aO3 10 And the largest amount
outstanding at any time was oD June 30,
1866, when s432 ,6S7 ,96s 90 we're in cir
euIation. The amount in circulation on
Jane 80, 1878. was ss46,ssl,olo 90. II,
at any time between those dates and
amounts, the yalne of a Gseenback dol
lar was dowa as low as 40 cents, as is
claimed, What wonid one be sorth II ei,-
SOC, ,00o, 900 were issued, as proposed by
the Greenbsok party. with no redemption
basisf About y cents an the dollar
Money would certainly be plentiful, but
wouldn' it take about IA dollars Of that
kind to make one as valuable as We now
haye2
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County Correspondence.
Reported for The Spirit of Democracy,l
Report

Reported for The Spirit of Democracy,l
Report ,-5,
OF Reed School for the term beginning
November Is, 1878, and ending March
l9, 1879:
No. OF boys enrolled 81, No. Of girls
enrolled IA, total IS; average daily at
tendance: Boys Is, girls II, total 81 !;
average per cent Of attendance 80.
No of pupils: Reading Al, Spelling
45, Writing Al, Arithmetic 35, Geogra,
ply Is, English Grammar L. SIS
There seemed to be greater interest
manifested by. parents and pupils during
the las: term OF school than any term
since we have had charge Of the school
This interest was shownsby the parents
and local Directors who often visited the
school,. especially at the monthly exami
nations. We hope that the interest which
vas shown by the pupils and parents
may continue to increase. We had q
pleasant and very interesting time at the
close OF the term, the Directors coming
early TO the school and calling for such
exercise as they wished to hear the pu-
pills examined in, which consisted of Se-
lect Reading, Geography, Grammar and
Arithmetic, after which the Rev. Pere.
COY. OF Summerfeld, gave very able
and interesting lecture on the subject
Qualifications of Teachers" But the
Gro wning exercise OF the day was that
given by Mrs. Matsy Gibson, who pre-
seuted to the school a neatly worked
and beautifully framed motto bearing
the words, "God Bless Our School. -
The motto being presented the teacher
made few appropriate remarks in favor
of the donor, followed by T. J.gH Tag
CART in remarks to the pupils. These ex-
ercises closed with the best Of results to
all present, May Heavens uressing
rest with the mothers of the pupils OF
the school, The pupils and friends we're
then treated to candy and cakes prepared
by the the teacher and friends. In CON
clusion We will say that the term that
has just closed was very pleasant one
to the teacher, and we trust very prof
table one to the pupils.
JAMES TAeGARr, Teacher.
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Famine in Upper Egypt.

LoEDoN. March 26 The correspond
ent of the London Times, writing from
Arment, Upper Egypt, February "a,
gives heartrending account Of the con.
dltion of the population Of the Nile Val
ley. The scenes described resemble
those in India during the recent famine
In some of the villages the people are
past help, sitting naked like wild beasts,
eating roots and suffering with the endu-
rance Of despair The madness worked
on by famine stamps such brand on
the starving fellahs as cannot be easily
described In one town women and
children fought over scraps Of bread
hike wild animals. The case is believed
to be still worse in the inland hamlets
where the villagers are said to be starv.
ling like dogs. @ -' '
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PRoBLEMs.

III 800 cats kill 800 rats in 800
minutes how many cats will kill 1900 rats
in 100 minures9 itals
PA ladder standing perpendicular
against wall Just reaches 10 the top; BY
drawing it.out feet at the bottom draws
it down 3 feet at the top, what is the
length of the ladder? !? s seae'9 ss'ss
This problem to be solved by arithme-
tic. D.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-01
Prof. Tees Weather Predictions
FOR APRIL 1879.

.fft. :
lst, fair, West, stormy, East; lst and
End, clear or fair; 3rd to 6th,i clouding,
threatening weather, with local storms;
7th to 9th, clear or fair; 9th to 18th,
clouding, threatening weather, with heavy
storms in places, 18th to 14th, clear OF
fair; 18th to 18th, clouding, threatening
weather, with local storms; 18th to 10th,
clear or fair; 2Ist to Path, clouding,
threateningsweather, with heavy and Sc
we're storms in places; Oath, 25th, clear
orafair, 26th to i29th, clouding, threaten.
ing, with local storms, Goth, 3Oth, clear
or fair. The warmer days will be about
4th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 23rd and 2Sth., The
cooler days will be about 2rd, 7th, 18th,
19lh, 25lh and ,30th. .. 40 s,g
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pRoBATE ri COURT.

March 81 Application was made for
the probate of the last VIII and Testa;
ment OF Elisha S Mason. On the 22d
said Will was admitted Joseph Dunn
vas appointed Executor Bond $500.
March 24-John Zessiger was order
ed to invest the moneys of his Ward,
Christian Zessiger, in real estate
Joseph NJ Cline, Executor of Harsey
Cline, fled a petition 10 sell real estate
Henry Crum, Charles Hill and Simon
Fisher were appointed to appraise the
premises Further hearing Continued
to April 2d.as
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PROFITS OF TIE BOOK PUB
LISHERS.
The Perkins Bill to Scale Them
Half q Million Year Revived. 3

COLUMBUS, March "a The annual ex-
pense of>.school textbooks in Ohio is
computed to be at least 100000
year. Necessarily the furnishing of these
is to some extent under the present sys-
tenn monopoly, as any one who will
consider the facts as 10 the use of text
hooks can easily find out for himself -
Large fortunes have been made on pub
fishing the hooks, and small army of
agents ard midd de-men are retained TO
introduce them or TO keep them in
schools when once introduced For a
number of years past bills have heen in
tre duced 10 the Legislature to make the
cost Of the textbooks to consumers less,
hut SO far without success. Milt McCoy,
of Ross, introduced bill to have the
State GO into the sehnol,book business
by wholesale and take it out Of the hands
of the publishers altogether Two years
sgo his successor, Entrekin, revived the
measure, somewhat modified; but it fail.
ed, as did McCov's Mr.. Perkins, of
Medina, then followed with bill pro.
viding that the State advertise for pro.
posals for furnishing textbooks of, any
one or number of series which we're af-,
terward to be distributed at cost to pu-
pills or their parents through Boards of
Education The friends of change in
the school book business concentrated
on the bill, it vas reported back for pas
sage by six members of the Committee
on Schools, but one member dissenting,
and it passed the House last winter bya
vote of 73 to 9 It stuck in the Senate
Why it failed to become a law is explain
ed by letter uneartbed the day after the
Legislature adjourned, in which com
mittee OF school book men called upon
dealers throughout the State for assess
ments to meet the expense of killing the
Ito them obnoxious measure Two at
torneys we're kept here, the letter stated,
until after the adjournment in 1877, and
contributions were called for in sums of
from SO to $40 Large dealers, the let
ter said, had contributed very much
more,so it is easy to see that money was
freely used One effect Of the bill, how
ever was to reduce the cost Of The text
books very much, effecting as Mr.. Per
kins and others estimate, a saving Of
nearly S500,000 to citizens Of the State.
The bill has been in charge OF Mr.. Per
kins as. a committee OF one ever since
last winter,and this morning he reported
it back amended in few particulars, but
substantially in its original form. 1tnow
provides that the State Superintendent
of Instruction shall advertise for propo
sails for school hooks, which proposals
shall be furnished to all School Boards,
giving them chsnce to have compe,i.
ton in buying books, the same as If they
were about to erect school house or
furnish the same, and leaving it with the
Boards to adopt books Of any series at
any cost, as they may deem best. The
tnilI is set for third reading on Wednes-
| day. -
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sETbe editor of the St. Joseph Her

FThe editor of the st, Joseph Her
aid has given his personal attention to
the accusations of bribery against Sena
tor Ingalls, of Kansas. The editor says
that he has read the report of the testi-
mony given by witnesses before the Com
mittee appointed by the Kansas House
of Representatives, that he has spent a
week at the Kansas capital, and has lis,
tened to the statements and opinions Of
all parties, and his deliberate conclusion
is that John J. ingalls, owed his election
to bribery Ingalls, lacked thirty votes,
and his friends proceeded to buy them
They bought Republicans, Democrats,
and Greenbackers. Some men took
lnnnny rrom the ingalls, Clique ana voted
against Ingalls,; but enough of the bribe
takers were true to their bargain to se-
cure reelection. If the ST Joseph
editor is as correct in his averments and
in his conclusion as he appears to be,
John j ingalls, is not fit to be a member
OF the United States Senate. IN. Y. Sun.
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.DIVoRoE sNOTIeR.a

ELISABETH BAKER, Who Is mon resident
III ofthe State of Ohio. and whose pest
ofhce address is unknown, will take nssiss,
that James Baker did, on the eth Of Feb
ruary, 4lS7e. sfle his petition In the sflcsiss
the clerk Of the court of common pleas. within
and for the, county Of Monroe and State Of
Ohio charging said Elisabeth Baker withlbe-
ing wilifuliy absent from said James Baksffsr
more than three years last past. and and ask
ing that he may be divorced from said Blis-
absth Baker. You are Arequirsdsto answer
said petition on or before shs Sd day of Nay,
1879. aesaa ssn JANIS BAKRR,
By spriggs &fDfisgs. Ats'ys for Plaintiff.
~ smoh4, ,'7sWs,sAae,ss vilsss-s .ig.. =;
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LEGAL NOTICE.


John W. oBLINGBR, whose place Of resi-.
j sdsncsis unknovns viii tAke s,ottssth
; petition was fled against him and Lonis p.
oblinger AZ Guardian II Amslia Oblinaef, an
John B. Mann and Hepv SsgapH.
or. the Sth day Of March, lS; s. in the, court
OF common pleas within and for the county
OF Monroe and State, Of Ohio. by Elmer (,
and Hsorgs W. Little minors, who sue by
their next friend wilAam Littis. sid ID now
pending, wherein said Rlmsr b and :esorgs
" Little, BY their said next friend, demand
Partition Of the following real estate ,sitnals
in said county, to Wit The northeast quarter
OF the northeast quarter ot section fts,
township ak Of range six. containing forty
aores more or less. You are rsQuited 10 ai :
aver said petition on. OF. before the uth. xsJ
Of Nay, 1873. sPRI0dS 3 DKI60S
meAtl .TSwS. Att.ys for Plsintifs.s
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~
Persia.

LONDON, March 24.-The Times re-
ports that there we're shocks Of earth.
quake in Northern Persia during Saiur.
day end Sunday. Minach was much
damaged, and the adjacent villages ol
Tark and Mannan totally destroyed
Ont Of l,lO0 inhabiisnis only few e.
capped death.
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AnAppropriate odor.

In DR.. Prices Unique Perfumes, each
particular character can find an appro-
pirate odor. For the clergyman and or
ator, his refreshing and fragrant Floral
Riches; for the brilliant and @itty, bis
charming Euening ~Vsolet; for the sedate
and robust, his persistent Yhibet Musk;
for the lady of fashion, his captivating
Hyacinth; for the young gentleman, his
delicate Alista Bouquet; for the young
lady. his sweet Pet Rose We know our
friends by their vSice, way not.reeog
nize. them BY their sweet and particular
od0r2 I'll i..-f a9t IS ~. s4ag.
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WWill some one Of the many able
financiers in this county please inform
us what amount of interest bearing debt
was outstanding at the end Of February.
1872 Also, what amount Of debt is now
outstanding on which interest has ceased
since maturity Also, the debt that
bears no interest. ana the amount OF IT.,
now outstanding7 81
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"A :. i
MARRIED.-On March 10th, by Rev.
WIN. PaaEaor, Miss MARY B..sWIsE to
Mr. L. p. DRAPER
On March 9th, 1879, by Rev. WIN.
RIEHEnEIER Miss AMELIA KousKR to
Mr.. EDWARD BRoMsoN.
% March 9th, by WIIsoN MARTIN
Esq , of Lee township, Miss MARI A.
KNApr to Mr. john w LIrroN
On March 25th, by F NJ BEARD Esq
of Center township, Miss BARBARA SHA1
FER to Mt. SAnuEL G. MAHosEr.
On March 23d, by JOHN RuEGsEGeEE
Esq, OF Switzerland township, Miss
EMMA v. RABEL to Mr.. AMANuEL5 G
KULL.
On February 22d, by W. Z NoRRI
Esq, of Green township, Miss MAR
MT ISAAC n. NORRIS. ensz
On January 2Sth. by the same, Mis-
MARGARET. e PlArr to Mr. isaac H
NORRIS.
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Russia.

ST. PErERsBURa, March 24.-General
Melikoff has returned to Wetlfsnka, where
it has been decided to burn sixty-sev
houses; value, As. ZIG roubles.
The Minister OF the Interior has order
ed tho Governors of the various prov,
ince to co operate vigilaatly against the
spread Of epidemics during the spring,
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Original.

The process adopted by Dr.. Price in
making his Special Flavoring Extracts
is original. By this new process be is
enabled to produce 6avorings Of the
finest quality, retaining the freshness Of
fruit, so concentrated that small quan.
tity produces each characteristic favor.
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New Gold Discoveries.

ST., LOUIS, March PA special from
Wichita, Kansas, says gold has been dis
covered thirty miles southeast of there,
and great excitement exists. among far.
mers and others. A New York compa.
ny is said to have bought mile square
of land, and is trying to secure more =
-Four companies have already been or
ganized. Ore from shaft sunk some
time ago is said to have assayed over
$4,000 a ton. One farmer has been of
fered $4,000 for his farm, and refused
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s@Taat Congress is now in extra ses-
sion is no fault OF the Democrats, but the
blame must be: charged to the account Of
the Republican majority in the Senate of
the late Congress Because Democrats
insists on the plain requirements Of the
Constitution in regard 10 free elections.
they are charged, with Revolutionary"
But the action OF the Dem
ocrats is not intended to create but TO
prevent revolution by means of force
rule. The danger to the peace of the
country is in the assumption of the acting
President that he is greater than Con
gress lin his holding his veto power &C.
companied by the shadow OF Federal
bayonets, asa menace over the Legisla
tive Department Of the Government.
Therein lies-the Peril of the Hour
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EgA Legislative committee has been
investigating the management Of Long.
view Asylum. The testimony ad,iuced
shows state Of affairs that is truly ter.
rihle and revolving. Sleepless and feeble
patients we're quieted with the fst, and
ducking was source OF amusement to
the brutal attendants. II the powers al
Columbus do not summarily discharge
every employe, from Superintendent
down, then the powers should be kicked
out. e
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Bishop and Rice,

Hon. Milton /. Southland, late Con-
gresham from the Zanesville district,
has, just been interviewed on the guberna
torial question BY a correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial, aud among
other things took occasion to say: s8s
at seems that there is good deal OF
opposition to Bishop. and q rather con,
centrsted tffort made ia behalf Of Rice,
and / think that he is more generally
spoken ofamong the followers OF the par.
~ than 10 Gov. Hshop."
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s%O Over 10 the Republican county OF
Guernsey the Times rallies the boys in
this style:
"Let US have majority Of the Trus.
tees in every Republican township. This
will give US fair count 10 the important
election next fall" 5al
Monroe County Democrats should re
member the above. ts
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~When the great Russian plague

RFWhen the great Russian plague
of 5l77l had carried of three fourlhs of
the people of Moscow it was checked
by the frost. Expecting that it would
break out again in the spring, Catherine
IL, commissioned Count Orlof TO de-
stroy all the clothing and rags left by
the victims Of the seourge. The Count
knew that even despotic power could
not compel the people to obey this or
der properly, SO be set up in the rag bu-
siness "The highest price paid for cast
off clothing" "Clothing bought. and
no questions asked" were among the
tempting official advertisements of the
day Thieves and scayengers we're his
industrious allies Bonfires of clothing
we're made, and the houses and streets
we're cleared and disinfected. Next year
there was no plague in Moscow.
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n~ Republicans in Democratic town
ships are extremely anxious that politics
should not enter into the Spring cleo.
tions. Their State Committee at Colum
bus is anxious too-that majority Of
Republicans be elected to GIL che town
ship Offices 10 the State. M
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-01

nE Republican politicians are dispos
ed to doubt the wisdom Of the leaders OF
their party ia granting negroes the right
OF voting and holding office. Chickens
invariably return to the parental domicil
to roost.,
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ETA Cincinnati drinkist in the Leg
islature and Hon. j Nj. DALzELL, Of No
bla County, got on regular drunk few
days since. We are opposed to making
merry over the matter, and disposed to
denounce the Cincinnati man as grace
less scamp.
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Correct.

s.Jayhawker." in his letter to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer from this point,
says: Hp
"The feeling for Gen. Rice is rapidly
gaining here, AMI by the 4th of June he
will be on top, or miss my guess. The
Republicans, and among them is Gen.
Grosvenor, fear Rice more than they do
any other man in the Democratic party |;
hence they keep up cry for anybody
else, no matter who. The Democrats,
however, will hardly be liable to allw Re-
publicsns to name their candidate"
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Ew The expenditures Of the Govern
ment for the fisca! year ending 10 1878,
we're S23B, 1854 ,3z6 50, which Included
interest on the public debt, var and navy
departments. Indians, pensions, civil aud
miscellaneous.
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eyThe Republican State Cen.r.

nE The Republican State Central
COMMITTEE Is terribly afraid that some
Democrat will slip into pitiful township
Office. In fact so fearful is the commit.
tee, that circular has been issued to the
Republican whoopers-up that i! is i'm.
portant to elect majority of township
officers in the State on April Z. The at
tention OF Democrats is invited TO the
circular published else where in this pa
Per, IS 80