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Hangnan's Day.

Sr LOUIS. Janury l3-Thaddeus
Barber and William Ware, colored. we're
executed in the Jail yard. this morning
Both men retired about IL o'clock. last
evening, Ware desiring TO be called at
4 o'clock. At that hour he arose, aud
shortly afterwards Barber awoke and
dressed, They then walked up and
down in the court yard for some time,
after which they retired to the cell to.
gether, and alternately read aloud from
the bible, and Ware also occasionally
singing hymns. They eat fairly hearty
breakfast and said they were ready tC
due. The Rev Drs. Cause, K. Boyl and
Clagget, visited the men shortly afteI
6 o'clock AMI remained in the cell pray.
ing and exhorting them Ware va,
huoyed up with religious ferv ,r and be.
lieved be would go direct to Heaven
Barber wns more apathetic, but profes-
sed to believe.
Up to the last m"ment both men kept
their eyes on the bible The black caps
were put on them, the nooses ,jlsted
and at 8 81 the bolt was drawn and Bar
her aui Ware were hurled into eternity
! W are'died in six minutes, and Barber il
eleven aaiuutes Fifteen minutes wer,
allowed toelapse before the bodies wer,
Gu. down. They were then taken to th
morgue.
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Written for The Spirit Of Democracy
IntemnOraDce.
SrNEoA TowNss,p. Ian IL. 1ss

SENECA TOWNSHIP, Jan II, 1881
ED SPIRIT: noticed in the AZ mum.
bed Of your paper the condition o! Lin
colu's law partner at Springfield. ILL.,,
caused by intempersnce Horrid thought.
and he is o. ly une of thousands who
have gone the same way and yet preach
els snd members Of church can GO to
the polls and cast their votes for the
parties that are making provisions for
the sale OF the Accused Drink Isn't
it really a wonder that all men every
where don't spring to their feet and
crush the infamous drink tra6c out OF
exis' 'ence? Who csn read such descrip,
tions OF its effects as is daily before our
eyes, and not feel his soul burn With an
ger against the infamous business2 He
alone whose ears are open 10 the lions
roar and the ravens cry can catch the
numDerless accents of that wall Of in.
curable anguish, and uncomfortable des.
pair which has streamed upward for
generations till the vault of Heaven has
become one vast whispering gallery to
prolong and reverberate the groans of
those who have slain their own peace by
this voluntary imprisonment. He alone
by wh I'm the hairs Of our head are mum.
bered can count the tears OF wido VS.
who are widows because of Drink. The
mad men who are mad because OF it ;
the gray heads that it has made. the sad
hearts that It has crushed with sadness,
the ruined families that it has ruined, the
brilliant minds which it has quenched,
the unfolding promise wh;on it has con-
quered, the bright and happy boys and
girls whom it has blasted into shame
and misery, the young and the gifted
which it has hurried along into dshon-
ed and untlmely graves. This picture
is ghastlv and frlghtfui and yet not over
drawn The reality is worse than the
painting. No other 6end i, like the
drunk fend. So pi,iless. so all crushing,
so brutal, and sending through human
hahita'ions such an undertone Of pain
and waiIing and despair God pity the
man who has to do with the ihfamy,
either in voting it license, or in making
the deadly poison and putting 1t upon the
market or in using in and becoming It's
victim. How shall We stop this black
River Of Death3 Only by drying up its
sources and fountains by refusing to
vote it license By putting it under The
ban OF law. By prohibiting its manu-.
tacture and sale tor purposes OF beve.
rage, and enforcing the prohibition
This is the duty of the hour Kind
Readers do it in the fear of God, do il
in the love OF humanity.
JOSIAH MAssIe.
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The School Book Ring

The unbought press OF Ohio is speak
ing out on the School Book Swindle
Read the folio wing:
The school book question will CO ne
up in the Legislature again this winter,
There is more imposition on the public
in Ohio in the matter Of school books
than any other article on which the same
amount OF money is expended. The
school books used in Ohio are controlled
by q few publishers who pocket the enor-
nous profits Shelby Co. Democrat
We feel called upon to inform the
Legislature that last month Van Ant
werp, Bragg & Co $ agents were abroad
in the State for the purpose OF seeing the
statesmen who are now making laws q,
Columbus A very nice looking fellow
Representing the firm vas IN this city and
had conversation with both Gov. Rich
ards and Representative Kithcart,- rhi:
agent has been a preacher, and was q
very slick talker. He went from here to
Belmont County. Steubenuille Gdzette
18Th inst.
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At Tifin they catch all the tramps

At Tiffin they catch all the tramps
they can find and put them in Jail.
Holmes has the smallest delinquent
tax list OF any county in the State.
During the year 1881 there was one
hundred and twenty FIVE boys between
IA and 81 years OF age received at the
Ohio Penitenilary.
A GAINESVILLE seamstress, who suddenly
lost her voice three years ago, as sud-
denly recovered 1t Wednesday morning
The high river has already caused
some damage to the Wheeling State
Fair grounds, and it will likely cause
more
"Were it not for our Indian Empire,
says an Euglishman, "thousands OF our
middle class would be unable to tind
any remunerative career"
/ A committee of the late convention
for the improvements of the Mississippi
river has been appointed to prepare q
memorial and present it TO congress.
Il is estimated that the sum OF 500,.
O0O, 900 marks (sl25.000, ,OO0) would be
required for the purchase of the German
railways by the state, as intended.
Information recently received from
New Zealand just'fes the belief that tht
colony bas had a very narrow escape
from being involved in another Maor
war
The other evening Prof. " illiams, o
Yale College, received dispatch from
the interior of China which had beer
sent the day before. The distance il
10000 miles.
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The Scavenger's Daughter.

A queer story comes from Berlin.
Two rogues engaged blacksmith to
construct an iron instrument on the
model Of the medieval "Scavenger's
Daughter" 1t consisted of pair OF
pincers fastened to an iron tube and
forming an iron collar that could be
tightened at pleasure. Tuis was to be
applied to victims neck and steel traps
we're to hold his feet. He was then to
be forced. to sign checks or bills Of ex.
change, and his body was to he thrown
intot the neighboring canal. The police
got wind Of the matter and engaged s
doctor to submit his neck to the collar
As soon as he stamped or the ground
they broke into the room and found hin
fast in the trap. The constructor OF the
instrument was secured He is said &c
have devoted two years to periecin it.
and the charitable presume him to be
mad. As a rival Of Thomasson and
other distinguished mechanics he de.
serves to be introduced to the public.
His name is Wilke.-N. T. Herald
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Failures for the Week. (

New YoRE,l JAM. l3.-R g. Dun &-
Co., OF The mercantile agency, report the
failures throughout the country the past
seven days, as 203. The largest number
in any week for more than IL months.
The reason for the increase, probably, is
that a large number of persons toward
the end OF 1881, for various reasons,
hsve coDtrived to hold over until after
the opening Of the new year. and are
now trying to compromise and settle up
before spring.
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The People Who do not Kin Thefh.
selves.

"Too much silverware at the start is
dangerous thing for . young couple" !"
says a modern philosopher, "for it calls
for other thingsto correspond, and will
keep the young man on strain TO keep
up appearances, Il knew a pair of brass
and irons TO ruin man thirty years ago
and be has never recovered from il, Tor
they called for a. fender, and the fender
called for fine rug, and the rug for .
carpet, and the carpet for curtains and
cornice, and so on aud so fourth and
if,h and sixth, until he got in debt and
tried to sell his house to pay out and
couldn't sell II, but tue sheriff came
along and sold it just as easy. Extrav-
agance and trying TO keep up with the
neighbors is the great domestic trouble
in this country. 1t brings on tinsncial
distress, and that causes speculation and
embezzl emenl and bamhoozlement and
ends in whisky and suicide. There is
no security in this life but honest indus
try and living within ones means -
Folks who do that don. kill themselves.
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Panama Canal Affairs,

PANAMA, January I'M Reclus. the
chief agent OF the Panama Canal Com
pany; NJ. Carcenac, secretary, and NJ.
Dauzats, the engineer of the Suez Canal
Company, arrived on the 2Sth ult. by
the steamer Vile de Bordeaux. NJ Re.
clus speaks confidently of the success oil
the work conided to bis care. Two ol
the most distinguished engineers OF the
French Polytechnic School, MN JAG
quemln and Razy accompany NJ. Reclus
and will, with about thirty gentlemen as.
sociated with them, ct once tegin &C.
rious work OF excavation, for which prep
arations are we'll advanced
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China and ,JaDan..

SAN FRAScfso January 1O-A se-
we're earthquake occurred In the district
Of Kan Tcheou. Over ESQ people we're
killed. E. n. Parker, the British Consu
lar Agent at Chun-Kine. has been mob
bed and placed in peril Of hIs life by the
natives.
YoKoHoMA, December 25.-A sepor;
from Corea states that 1000 Coreans
advocates OF ant'-progressive principles
have made an attempt to overthrow the
Government. The authoiit had the
ringleaders arrested and executed.
A fire occurred at Toxic on Decem.
ber Is, which DESTROYED 140 houses. A,
Albay, Philippine Islands, great erup
tion of the Volcano Mayor broke out or
November %.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

If half the reports are true concerning
the management Of the Insane Asylum
at Columbus, every person employed
there should be set adrift Immediately.
Patients recently returned to Tuscarawas
County we're covered with vermin and
their condition was reported as really
filthy. By the time the Legislature gets
ready to investigate the institution
everything will be in good condition
and the committee, after taking severa
drinks With the physician in charge, viii
report that The charges have no truth il
them.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Senate Committee ON Foreign
Relations referred the various bills fo
the restriction of Chinese lmmigratio,
to sun-comnittee. consisting Of Srna
tors Miller, of California: Eimunds
Pen ileton, and Hill of Georgia.
Members OF the House Committee or
Banking and Currency say that lher,
see"s to he no d,ubt tha, the hill "t
enable natlonal banking associations Il
extend their corporate existence" viii
he fav"rably reported by the com nit.
tee
The Finance Committee reported t,
the Senate with a recommendation fo
its passage, bill providing that hereaf
ter collectors of internal revenue shal
he appointed for a term of four years
and shall hold their positions until thei
successors are appointed and qualified
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Baltimore Live Stock Market. :.
CALvERToN LIVE STocK SCALES,
MONDAY, January 9, 1882. (
RECEIPTS OF THE WEEK.

Reeves, 1858
Sheep and lambs, $3.50
Swine, $3.50
Total, 1886
The quotations given in our live
stock reports are Of the retail market,
except where otherwise stated
PRICES OF BEEF CATTLE AT The MARKET
THIS WEEK
Very best on sale this week 50a6 so;
that generally rated first quality o0s5
so; medium or good fair quality 8 25a
5 90; ordinary thin steers, oxen and
COWS, 2 5Os3 so; extreme range Of pri
ces Q 50s6 80; most OF the sales were
from 5 OOa6 00c
Mich Cows-There is fairly active
demand for prime cows. We quote
them at S45 00a50 90 per head. We
have no quotations for common cows
Hogs-Prices keep we'll up as com
pared with the quotations then, showing
no change, quality considered. There
was one very superior lot offered, whicl
sold at higher figures than last week
prices 7aa94c; with most sales at Sa9c
Sheep-We quote prices at 34a6c, al
to quality. few selling at the latter price
Lambs 4a6c. Common sheep are dull
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17


A billiard match between Vignaux
and Slusson for l0,000f. hiss been fixed
for the 30th inst. in Paris.
Tue funeral of Richard H Dana took
place in Rome The rem aims were bu.
ried in the Protestant cemetery Of the
Porta Pia.
A Paris paper publishes report Ia
the effect that the Crown Prince OF Ger
many will be proclaimed Regent or
March %.
The Joint Note sent by England ant
France to the Egyptian Government
declares that those governments will re
sent outside interference 10 the affair!
Of the country.
Mr.. Parnell's friends are endeavorin!
to secure his release before the openin!
of Parliament.
A large number Of Whiteboys hav
been arrested in the County Cork OIL
the information OF Connell. a Whiteboy
who was recently arrested and who ha
turned inforner.
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The Leannatfa.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Frelinghuy.
sen, Secretary Of State, has just received
the following telegram from our Charge
de Affairs a. St..Peters5urg, respecting
the fate of the Jeanette aud her crew:
"Danenhawer aud Eve Of the crew OF the
whalehoat arrived at Z,kutsh, December
II. They are comforlahly arranged and
all their wants supplied. Melville and
six men are expected soon. DeLnng
and the crew OF the first cutter were not
found Noveu Der l5."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

The School Book Ring in the Legis-
lature, hacked by the Republican major
ity, voted down a resolution in the
House last week to investigate wha'
means the Ring bad made use OF to in
Huence the present House to prevent 6
reduction in the price OF school books
That looks very much as though the Re-
publican majority. and, perhaps, some
Democrats, (as two or three Democrats
voted with the Republicans, had money
of the Ring about their clothes The
Ohio Legislature should legislate for the
people, and not for the Ring.
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SHERNAs's three per cent funding bill
received some hard knocks in the Senate
last week. Senator VEST declared that
the Democratic funding bill Of 1881, which
was vetoed by President HAYEs under
the influence of Mr.. SHERAAN, would
have "saved to the people s15, 800. 900 a
year in interest on the public debt" The
banks demanded the veto, and SIBERIAN
persuaded. HAYES to grant their demand.
Now, SHERMAN asks, "Whst is to be
gained byreviving the contest of year
sgo9" Nothing, except TO show the in
deiensiblebess of shs syeto, and sHERnAs's
present sasitioas
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

The Democrats in the Nen York Leg
isiature refuse to purchase JeHN KELLr's
gang of nine Tammany members, con-
sequently the deadlock continues. The
stalwarts, aud Half BIeeds are watching
each other closely, and each declares
that it would be impoiitic to bargain with
KELLY and his gang Of strikers.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

PoLreAMY in Utah is agitatinR tht
Congressional mind. This blot upor
our civil sa'ion should be eradicated, bu'
care should be observed not to iEfict
great injustice upon innocent women and
children, the victims Of the foul system
Enact laws which will effectually sup
press polygamy and, at the same time
Legitimate the offspring of all The polyg.
amous marriages before the passage oil
the act and to fixed date, say one yeal
in. the future.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

It is one OF the peculiarities OF Mad
anne PATrEEsoN BoNApABTE, of Balti.
more. to keep every bonnet she ever had
in her life. What q museum OF bounets
they would make. if opttxbibirion. and
how the Gainsboroueh wearers Of to-day
would flock to see American history, as
illustrated by It's sbonnets.
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1 ,,xnurr vill he owen ,.Jndoe Ol

A BANQUET will be given Judge Okey
Thursday evening BY the.lawyers Of this
county, on the occasion Of bis retire.
ment from the bench. Judge Okey has
been an upright and concientious Judge,
and all the people will wish him we'll in
bis retirement-EatrPrise l2th snst.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

In New York politics the Democratic
party, as directed by great leaders, and
as sold out annually by JOHN KELLY, is
only useiuI as p step.ladder to aid Re.
oublicans to coisin the ascendency. A
few less JAe.Ba, HEwtrrs. and others like
them, in New York, and the Democracy
would fery soon reassert their old time
powef and independence.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

b@One week before the Presidential
election OF 1880 Mr.. Timothy o. Howe
said:
81 thought, and still think, that the
Chicago Convention committed one oil
those blunders which is first cousin to a
crime when it nominated Garfield instead
of Grant for President"
This was Mr.. Howe's ticket in the lot
cry Of assassination. He has drawn g
prize.-C'nsinnaG Commercial, Repsbli.
can.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

~T The annual wool circular of Wal
ter Brown & Co., Boston. shows a re-
markable ductuation in the price Of WOO
for the year. On the frst of January
fne Ohio wool was worth 4S cents.-
Theiprice went down gradually till Msy
when the lowest point, 80 cents, wat
reached. Then Is see-sswed. up ant
down, closing at 43t on the 1st OF De
cember. The new year opens up witt
fine Ohio wool at A to 45 cents, viii
feeling in the market thatit will ratbe
60 up than down for some months.
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Reed on Guiteau.

WAsHINGroN, Jan. IL Reed, counsel
for Guileau, says he believes the result
OF the trial will be q hung jury. and II
this does occur, Guiteau will never be
arraigned again, because he will be a
raving maniac before the preparation for
another trial could be completed. He
says Guiteau is cr,zy nov, and has been
since before be asssssins,ed the Presi-
dent. and that his already enfeebled mind
is failing fast.
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Vaccinate! Vaccinates

There must be an unusual amount
either of ignorance or prejudice intte
parts of the country where smallpox is
spreading. otherwise vaccination would
have been resorled to bv every one al
the first approach of the disease. The
operation seems 80 ttifing, 80 easy to
perform ct any time, that il ia jus, the
sort of thing that every one puts oil un-
til more convenient season. but this Is
the wrong year for carelessness in this
particular respect Every one should he
vaccinated, and at once.-N. Y. Herald
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

TIE scheofbook plunderers are swarm
ing about the Senate and House at Co.
lumbus. Enact Law that will reduce
the price of school books one-halt be.
low present prices and the thieves and
their hackers will go home beaten.
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Modern Stays Prono1nced objec.
tiOnable.
From a Fashion Advocate.


A woman Of good form is only spoil
ed by the corset. The curves OF the
body are all outward curves, one arising
out OF the other. But the chief curves
of the corset are inward curves, which
are not only incorrect, hut are the source
Of grave damage in COMPRISING unnat-
urally the organs Of the body. Another
objection to the corset is 10 the bones,
whose rigidity ob: cures that rippling
movement of the body which is one OF
its chief beauties. As far as this is con-
cerned, the body might as we'll be In
cased in cast IRON. Another objection
is In the hard cross line Of the bust,
which distinctly shows as do often the
laces under a tightlysfitting dtess.a;s =.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

The Land League has prohibited
hunting in certain districts 10 Ireland
This prohibition will seriously interfere
with the sport Of the Lords who annu-
ally trample down the crops and tear
down the fences of the irish tenantry.
It is a blow al Lords and Lsdies, and in
the right direc;iontoo.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

EB Systematic vaccination reduced
the deaths from smallpox in Austria,
Germany, Sweden and Copenhagen from
62,86l during the last fourth of the last
century to 7,403 in the first third of this,
the longer period and the larger popu.
lation returning one nintbs as many
deaths as the shorter time and the small.
ler population in the same period. The
same thing would follow compulsory
systemic vaccination here; and the pres.
eEt existence and spread of smallpox
is due to disregard. little less than
scandalous, OF the known laws and
needs Of public health
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

"a The Chicago Tribune gives par.
tisl list OF The Republican Star Route
rings organized to swindle the Govern
ment, at the head OF which is the fol-
lowing:
The Dorsey ring controlled 134 routes
With an original length of 1857 miles
and at an original contract Of Sl43,
l69.42 per annum. Mr.. Brady reduced
the number of miles to $3.50 and in
creased the pay to 1922 sOs 81 y
Dorsey al the time he was swindline
The Government was Secretary Of the
Republican National Com mittee, an Office
which he now holds.
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Voorhees, to Make a Speech.

WASHINGTON. January l3 Senator
Vnorhees intends to make speech at an
early day In defense of the arrears Of
pension act. He does not wish the con
demnation u1on that act by Senator
Beck should stand before the country as
representing the sentiments Of the
Democratic party. He will claim the,
the Democratic party originated and
passed the act, and that it stands by it
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p@Thsy are getting along nicely, ,oul

"a They are getting along nicely our
fierce Republican friends. Some of them
attribute General Grants change OF
opinion with regard to General Porter 8
conduct to bribery; others, more charit-
able, assert that he is qualifying himself
to accept the Democratic nomination in
1884 Long before the ideas OF March
we shall see them proc aiming that Gen.
Grsnt vas all along in the pay OF the
C,nfedercy, and that if President Lin.
coin had but done his duty the General
would have been shot as a traitor. The
Republican machlnists who have not
made q convert since the civil war save
by bribery, cannot understand how q
brave man can change his mind and con.
ftss like a man that he has made a mis-
take unless be has been paid or is 60
ing to be paid for i,.-N r World.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-01-17

There are signs of dissatisfaction in
army circles over the statement that the
President shows no intention OF present
Of filing the vacancies on the retired
list by the retirement OF the Surgeon.
General, the Qusrtermaster.G General and
the Pay ymaster- General, sll Of whom are
beyond the legal age Of retirement.
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The Negro Exodus.

New York, Jan. 13 The Posts spe-
cial from Columbus, s. c., says: In the
State Legislature, last evening, Senator
Miller offered resolution to investigate
the cause OF the present negro exodus,
5000 negroes having left one county in
the last six months.