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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-10-05

ing in New York, September %
s@r The contemptrous good sense
of General Hancock's letter to Mr..
Cook, of Cincinnati, in regard to what
he truly calls the "bugbear of Southern
war claims," will make all-ordinarily in
telligent Republicans heartily ashamed
of the brazan impotence with which the
stalwart organs lave pressed this par
ticular idiocy to the frcnt during this
campaign. General Hancock puts bis
finger on the only quarter from which
there has ever been the slightest reason
to apprehend even an attempt TO saddle
the Treasury with such claims, when be
Significantly intimates bis deter mina,ion,
should he be chosen President OF The
United States, to subject all "war clalms"
whatever to the strictest scrutiny. Sena
tor Bayard, speaking With the authority
cf his position and his experience on
the FinaIce Committee of the Senate,
declared on Thursday night that of. the
vast amount of "Soulhern claims" pas
sed and paid during the Republican
control of Congress the greater part
have passed into the pockets of New
York capitalists and spectators Of the
Republican faith. General Hancock has
now given the country notice that the
business of pressing claims upon the
Treasury from any quarterin connection
with war which came to an end fifteen
years ago has been pushed quite as far
as honesty and the interests Of the tax
paying people of this country. will per
NIT Like Senator Hill, OF Georgia,
General Hancock believes that the dead
past should be left to bury its dead 1--WE
move forward, not backward."-N. r
World September 25th
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-10-05

~Our regular army has but little
hold upon the affections of the people Of
to-day, and it's superior officers should,
as far as lies in their power, legally and
with righteous intent aim to defend the
right, which to us is THE LAW, and the
institution which they represent. 1t is
a we'll meaning Institution, and it would
be well il it should have an opportunity
to be recognized as the bulwark in sup'
port of the rights of the people and oi
TIE LAw--Hascoet to Sherman, Dec
] 1876,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-10-05

r. Let Us encourage the harmony
and generous rivalry among our own in
dustries, which will revive our languish-
ing merchant marine, extend our com.
meree with foreign nations, assist our
merchants, manufacturers and produ-
GERS TO develop our vast natural resour-
ces and increase the prosperity and hap
piness Of our people. .-Haneseb' Letter
of Aeceptancs.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-10-05

New YORK, September 25 The fol-
lowing correspondence has just been
made public here:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-10-05

EEL have not thought it lawful or
wise to use Federal troops in such mat
ters as have ,ranspired east of the Mis-
sissippi within the last few months. save
so far as they may be brought into action
under the article OF the Constitution
which con:emplates meeting armed re-
ristance or invasion OF State; and when
the President of the United States inter-
Ivenes in that manner it is State of war,
not OF peace.-Hancoeb to Shernaa, De-
cesber, 1876.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
Light from Oyster Shells.

IT has long been known that certain
compounds of lime and sulphur had the
property of absorbing light, and giving
It out again when placed in the dark,
A simple way to do this is to expose
clean oyster-shells to red heat for half
an hour. When cold, the best pieces
are picked out and packed with alter
nate layers of sulphur in crucible, and
exposed TO red heat for an hour. When
cold, the mass is broken up and the
whitest pieces are placed in clean
glass bottle. On exposing the bottle to
bright sunshine during the day, it is
found that at night its contents will give
out pale light in the dark. Such a
bottle filled more than hundred years
ago still gives out light when exposed to
the sun, proving the persistency of the
property of reproducing light. Very
many experiments have been more re-
Gently made in this direction, and the
light-giving property greatly enhanced.
The chemicals, ground to flour, may
now be mixed with oils or water for
paints, may be powdered on hot glass
covered with a film of clear glass, or
mixed with oelluloid, papier-mache,
or other plastic materials. AS paint,
it may be applied to a Divers dress, TO
cards, clock dials, sign and other
surfaces exposed to sunlight during the
day; the paint gives out pale violet
light at night sufficient 10 enable the oh.
jects 10 be readily seen in the dark. II
the object covered with the prepared
paint Is not exposed TO the sun, or II the
light fades in the dark, short piece OF
magnesium wire burned before Il serves
10 restore the light-giving property.
The preparation, under various fanciful
names, Is about TO be made upon a com
mercial scale.-ScrIbner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
stories Of Jacob Bright.


A story with quaint old-world flavor
about it is told Of the Quaker cotton
spinner and his Solomon-like mode OF
delivering Judgment in cases which his
neighbors brought before him IN an in.
informal way. Some pigs belonging to
certain Mrs. Ann Jones used to be
put out to feed on Cronkeyshaw Com.
mon; hut, prompted by desire for bet
ter fare, they were in the habit of stray
ing into Mr.. Bright's garden, much to
the ennovance of the man-seryant.
Samuel Sheriff. Samuel expelled the
swine from time TO time in his own
rough way and one day, his patience
being exhausted, he gave one of the
pigs such tremendous blow with a
stick as to render the hind legs of the
animal completely useless. Mrs. Jones
appealed to Mr.. Bright to give her JUS
tice and Mr.. Bright summoned Samuel,
the pig and Mrs. Jones before him in
proprtd persona, and after hearing all
the evidence and considering the argu-
ments brought forward on either side,
summed up TO the effect that Mrs. Jones
had been to blame for permitting her
pigs to trespass in the garden after re-
peated warnings and that Samuel had
no right to deal the pig so hurtful a
blow His award was that the animal
should be slaughtered and divided into
two parts, Mrs. Jones to retain the un-
damaged half and Samuel to take the
wounded half, paying Mrs. Jones for it
at the then market price of pork. Mrs.
Jones was thus insured of the value of
the pig and, al the same time, Samuel,
though ordered to pay sum of money,
had the satisfaction of having his mon
ey's worth of eating.
Mr.. w. Robertson, who has written a
biography of Mr.. John Bright, tells how
Mr.. Jacob Bright would take his stand
at the mill-gates on winters night,
with a lantern in his hand and thick
overcoat wrapped tightly round him,
and as his work people trooped out of
the factory would give the children into
the charge of their elders with instruc-
tions that they should be seen safe
home. In taking his walks about the
mill during working hours, it is also
said, he was always armed with a sup
ply of "Spanish juice" and if he heard
any of the children coughing he would
instantly take the confection from his
pocket and present goodly piece to
the sufferer.
1t was the custom of those days for
overlookers to carry leather straps
which they used freely upon the backs
and shoulders of the children under
their charge whenever they considered
a corrective necessary, which, unfortu-
nately, was very often. Mr.. Jacob
Bright, however, would never allow
such an instrument to be introduced in
his works, but in cases of neglect or
disobedience the offenders were put out
in corner of the stairs until they showed
signs of contrition. None could have
been more kind or considerate toward
factory children than he and no surer
way of obtaining holiday could be de-
viSed than sending deputation of chill
dren to plead for it.-LOndOn Society.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

They were placed there by Roberts
sailor brother, who, the same winter,
returned from long sea-voyage.
How often look at these small me.
MORALS, and 20 back in spirit TO the old
school-house and that bleak November
day, when the poor threadbsre oyercoat
was flung eontemptuously from its nail,
and little Robert, in his ill-fitting boots,
went, with heart full of bitter distress,
TO pick up and replace that which he
knew his mother had taken such care to
brush and mend. ...-
o dear little boy how long the scene
has been over-the cruelty, the heart.
ache, the teaTsl But a lesson was
learned at this winter term of the coun.
try school which reached away down
into the lives of all the surviving actors
in that small drama of the past
Youths Conlpdnton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

TROUBLE seems to be brewing be-
tween France and Italy over the ques-
tion of the right of the former to obtain
footing in Tunis. The Italian press
is doing its best to foment a squabble.
Among other works of civilization the
French have constructed, with the con-
sent of the Bey of Tunis, lines of sub
marine telegraph between Tunis and
the French colonies in Africa. The
Italians desire to establish offices in
Tunis and to use these cables. To this
the French object, saying: clay all
the cables you want yourselves, but
don't interfere with ours" The Paris
Figaro informs the Italians that they
must be content to play second fiddle
to France in a country in which she has
already the upper hand by the right of
being the first conner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
An Address Before the Limekiln Club.

AS soon as the meeting was fairly un-
der way Brother Gardner announced
that Judge Affidavy Martin, late of Ala
bama, but now travelling in the North
as the agent of patent fish-hook, was
present and desired to address the club.
1t was voted to hear the address, and
after being received in due form and in
troduced, the Judge stood upon the plat
form and began:
"We mus not look in de past fur our
fucher. No man kin tell what de mex
hun'erd Vars will bring fo'th by lookin'
ober de fence of ole graveyards. What
am our fucherP Who kin tell what dis
nashun will amount to if it keeps on in de
way it hez begunP If any one had told
you twenty years ago dat tonight l
would stan befo' you wild apaper collah
on my neck, you would have set him
down as an assassin, yet de march of
improvement has accomplished eben
more dan dat. Fur de sum of fifty cents
you kin have brass watch-chain fixed
up so nigh like gold dat you kin work it
in on hoss trade for fifty dollars. Eff
any body had told George Washington
dat de day would come when shirts
would button behind, what would dat
great man have saidP Dis kentry am
mighty clock. Ebery time de pend 'lum
swings a child am BON. Ebery time de
mint hand takes jump some body
comes to the front wild a new sort o.
stomach bitters or an improved rat
trap. Ebery hour ticked off am a mile
o. railroad built, bridge laid down, a
hill leveled or forest cleared. Such of
- L L 4
Vars realize de change more dan de
young folks. Sich of us as lib hun 'erd
Vars in de fuchur will not be surprised
to see jugs wild free handles, coffee pots
dat shet up like jack-knife, rat traps
dat illuminate de house, an rockin'-
chairs dat sail aroun' on wheels.h
The speaker closed amidst cheers and
applause, and for the remainder of the
evening was given the seat of honor un-
der the Bear ar-trap,-DetroH Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
ma BAYFIELD.

BEFORE the mowers sweeping scytho
tTne dewy grasses bend and fall
ARrouD OF Children, gay and blithe,
Amid The hay keep carnival;
While rising high In azure sky,
The morning sun shines lovingly.
Tlienowera and grasses slowly fade,
Ara DER their wrcaths the children sigh /;
A1haidcn sees in ev'ry blade s
Emblcms of hopes but born to die;
Yet in the sky, still rising high,
The golden sun shines lovingly.
The mower works with haggard eyes,
For bitter grief is in his breast;
A lark ilies up with startled cries
i'rhe scythe has swept away her nest;
Yet, risen high in deep blue sky,
The sun still shines on lovingly.
From ivied church the mourners 20
(The sun is sinking In the west);
The mower Death has laid one low,
With fading flowers TO be at rest;
Yet in the sky, mid smile and sigh,
The sun shines ever lovingly.
'F --CdsseiPs Magdsine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
Extract from the .LIe Of Washington bring By As
rephelo Pierre " frrinQ. HoL ", D. gI2.

Extract from the LITE Of Washington HDin0" By htS
Hephso, Pierre u. lrrfng. Vol w, p. 272
'The doctor prescribed, pertinent, what had
been suggested by Dr. (O W. Holmes his late VISIT
JOINS Whitcembs Remedy for Asthma teaspoon.
full In wine glass of water. TO be taken every four
hours good night the result"
II have derived very great beneht from Jonas
Whtcombs Asthma Remedy" G. F. OSBORNE
President Neptune Insurance Co., Boston, Mass.
my mother had suffered eight years from the har-
vest asthma. The recurrence of this three months
agony every year must wear her out Jonas
WhtcOmbs Asthma Remedy arrested the terrible dis
great Joy of the family" Rev. JOS. f. ROY,
Chicago Agent OF the american Home Missionary Soc
ETY., TO the " 7. Independent.
Published in the Aierdndrfd Gazette. HTy 1877
TO THE SUFFERERS BY ASTHMA, BRON-
CHIIIS, Ec.-In the interest merely of such persons
without any conference with those who advertise f.
earnestly urge all who suffer by these distressing maa
dies TO DersfsfeHtly Jonas WhitcOmb's Remedy
for Asthma, Rose Cold, etc " T. B. ROBERTSON,
Broad Run, Fauquer Co, Va.
Jonas Whltcomb's Asthma Remedy is manufactured
only by the proprietors, JOSEPH II URNETT a
Co, BOSTON.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
tSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.1 ]

AT the close Of course Of lectures at Bur-
lington lately, Prof. Tice was taken suddenly
and alarmingly i'll with Neuralgia of the
chest, his pulse falling from so to 35, and
physicians failed to relieve him. Thinking of
st. Jacobs Oil, the professor ordered it to be
applied on flannel and was instantaneously re-
lieved; in one hour the pain was gone, and
he left for his home in st. Louis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

AN Old Judge of the New York Su-
preme Court meeting friend in a
neighboring village exclaimed, "Why,
what are you doing hereT' "Tm at
work, trying to make an honest living"
was the reply. "Then you'll succeed"
said the Judge 'fof you'll have no COM
petition.n -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
[Buralo On. Anrora1

Mrs. D: WIEcKMANN, wife of the proprie-
tor Of this paper, says: 81 can recommend
Hamburg Drops most highly. had suffered
for six years with Salt Rheum In the face, and
tried all known remedies to effect cure.
Now, after having taken the Hamburg Drops,
the redness and itching have entirely dlsap-
peared, and / am well and strong again"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

"WERE there cats in the arkP' is a
question that is troubling the religious
editor of an exchange. Certainly there
were, and the first thing they said after
leaving that ancient craft was, If
there's Ararat round here, we want to
gopher it.n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

The Herald and Globe Rutland, Vt, is the
THE cheapest, most successful tricks we
know OF are now being practiced, and are the
miraculous cures now being effected in dis
eases such as Bright's Disease aud Diabetes,
by the use Of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure.u
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

The University of Chicago has re-
Gently conferred the Degree of Doctor
of Music upon Prof. H. r. Palmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

Major Ben. Perley Poore wrote TO
the Boston Journal that the water at
Cincinnati Is " of the color and oonsis-
tency Of weak chocolate"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

LITTLE boy seeing an actress on
the stage with her hair all banged and
frizzed, said; 'Ma, see how her hair
aneeZesO -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16
THE MARKETS.

A DISTINGUISHING feature of Redding's Rus
Sia Salye is its power to reduce Inflammation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16


Wept because there were no more worlds 10
conquer, but the propuetors Of DR.. Plerce's
Family Medicines who have found II necessary
TO- establish a branch of the Worlds Dis
pensary at London, England, In order 70 sup
ply from that great commercial emporium
these remedial blessings 10 foreign countries,
where they are, largely In demand, do not
snare the great cOnquerOrs sentiments, as
their conquests are Of disease and have made
happy not only the conqueror but the people
who employ them. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ioal Discovery cures all blood and skin dis
eases, scrofulous affections, swellings and
Internal soreness. DR.. Pierce's Pellets are
the little-gant cathaftic; Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription -woman's tonic and nervine !;
Dr. Pierce's Extract Of Smart-Weed, the
great remedy for colds and all bowel affec-
tions as diarrhma, dysentery and hux.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, pro-
prietors, Buffalo and London.
Frazer Axle Grease.
Best IN the world. Made only by the Frazer
Lubricator Co., at Chicago, New York aud st.
Louis. Sold everywhere.
. - .N ri. To
Use only O. Clilbert1a nure Corn Starch.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

WmHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic. The
old reliable remedy now sells at one dollar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-16

USE only 9. 0nbert's pure Corn Starch.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
Whisky and Charity.

Two notices, framed, glazed and sus-
pended upon the walls of a dramshop
on the New canal, at st. Petersburg,
close to Nine. Sassetzki's "Refuge for
the Homeless" are reckoned among the
curiosities of the Russian capital. They
run as follows: II exhort the gentlemen
who honor my establishment with their
patronage to forego robbery and theft
while within it's precincts, not to thrash
one another, and, on the whole, not to
make unpleasant noises. Those who
act in contravention to this warning will
receive punishment in my dramshop of
a sort they will experience no difficulty
in feeling" The second notice affords
q quaint contrast to the first: Gas soon
as the cold and rainy weather shall set
in, five copecks will be here advanced
to each needy and weary man, that he
may pay for bed whereon to rest his
body" The author of these notices
faithfully adheres to the text of both.
If his customers misconduct themselves
he lays into them with a cudgel; but
any poor wretch presenting himself
after in the evening for assistance re-
ceives the five copecks after he has ex-
hibited his legitimation papers and lis
tened to short exhortation, read aloud
to him from religious book.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
The Cause of Whooping Cough.

In 1871, DR.. Ludwig Letzeriek began
microscopic investigation as to the
cause of the disease. he showed for
the first time that the phlegm coughed
up in the early stages of the disease
contained eliptical-shaped brownish-
red fungus spores. This discovery
gave a clew to its true nature,
and to new channel of treat
ment. These spores are lodged by
infection under the tongue, where
They remain until they terminate and
spread along the sides of the tongue
and backward until they reach the
larynx and pharynx. When the growth
has extended thus far, the full whoop
is established. Small elevations OF
Jumps can be seen under the tongue
before the patient begins whooping.
The time required for the termination
of the spores is from nine to fifteen
days, varying in different persons. DR..
Letzeriek proved his theory by intro
ducing spores into the trachia OF young
rabbits, in which he produced all the
symptoms of the disease. AS quinine
readily kills all fungus plants, it is
found to be an efficient remedy, the
speaker said. In administering this
the immediate result is good, the
patient usually not whooping more
than once day. The best way to adj
minister it is to place powder upon
the tongue and let it gradually dissolve,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
A Story of Lincoln.

Your readers will recall the Peace
Conference which occurred IN Febru-
airy, 1865, at Fortress Monroe, between
President Lincoln and Secretary Sew
ard on the one side, and Alexander Fl.
Stephens, John A. Campbell, and r.
"a. Z. Hunter on the other. The at
tenuation of Mr.. Stephens has long
been matter of such general notoriety
that it is not offensive to speak of it. It
seems that MIR. Lincoln had never seen
MIR. Stephens before. At that time a
kind OF cloth was worn by Southern
gentlemen, nearly of the shade of the
ordinary corn husk, and Mr.. Stephens
great coat was made of that material.
But Mr.. Stephens, who always has been
frail man, wore many other garments
beneath to protect him against the raw
wind of Hampton Roads, and Mr..
Lincoln watched with much interest
the process of shedding until the man
was finally reached. At last Mr.. Ste
phens stood forth in his physical en-
tity, ready for business. Mr.. Lincoln,
giving Gov. Seward one of his most
comical looks, and pointing to the dis
carded coats, says: well, I never saw
as much shuck for as little nubbin in
all my life Washingto,a Cor. Chi.
cGgo Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
Inlrnt nsity of the Stars.

It is known that the stars are true
suns, that some of them are larger than
our own sun, and that around these
enormous centers of heat and light re-
volve planets on which life certainly ex
lists. Our sun is distant from us 3S,-
100000 leagues, but these stars are dis
tant at least 100000 times as far-a dis
lance that, in fact, is incommensurable
end unimaginable for us. Viewed with
the unaided eye, the stars and the
planets look alike; that is, appear to
have the same diameter. But, viewed
through the telescope, while the planets
are seen to possess clearly appreciable
diameters, the stars are still only mere
luminous points. The most powerful
of existing telescopes, that Of Mel
bourne, which magni6es 5000 times,
gives US an image of one of our planets
possessing an apparent diameter of sew
eral degrees. Jupiter, for instance,
which, seen with the naked eye. ep-
pears as q star of the first magnitude,
with diameter of forty five degrees at
the most, will in the telescope have its
diameter multiplied 5000 times, and
will be seen as if it occupiedin the HI w.
ems an angle of 100 degrees. Mean
while, star alongside of Jupiter, and
which to the eye is as bright as that plan
ct, will still be simple dimensionless
point. Nevertheless, that star is thou
sands of times more voluminous than
the planet. Divide the distance be-
tween us and that planet by 5000, and
you have for result distance relatively
very small; but divide by 5000 the
enormous number of leagues which
represents the distance of star, and
there remain number of leagues too
great to permit of the stars being seen
by us in perceptible form. In con-
sidering Jupiter, or any of the planets,
we are filed with wonder at the thought
that this little luminous point might
hide not only all the visible stars, but q
number 5000 fold greater-for Of stars
visible to our eyes there are only about
5000. All the stars of these many con-
stellations, as the Great Bear, CASH
opeia, Orion, Andromeda, all the stars
of the zodiac, even all the stars which
are visible only from the earth's south
elm hemisphere, might be set Ia one
plane, side by side, with no one over
tapping another, even without the
slightest contact between star and star,
and yet they would occupy go small q
space that, were it to be multiplied 5000
fold, that space would be entirely GOV.
cred by the disk Of Jupiter, albeit that
disk to us seems to be an insppreciable
point j. Vi1aot.