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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-05-13
Circuit Judicial District Committee
Meeting.

Pursuant to the call of CARL n. BuER-
HAUs, Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee, and JACOB WEAVER, Chair
man Democratic Central and Judicial
Committee of Hooking County, meet
ing was held in the Court House in Lo
gan, May 2, 1884, for the purpose OF
fixing the time and place Of holding the
Democratic Circuit Court Convention for
the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Ohio, aud
also to determine the ratio OF represen-
tation.
Hon. A r VAN CIEAF, of Pickaway.
wac chosen Chairman, and CARL H
BUERHAUs, OF Hooking, Secretary.
The roll of counties being called. only
eight Of the sixteenresponied in person
or by proxy. There heine no quorum,
on motion OF Hon. L. T. NEAL, OF Ross,
;he meeting adjourned to meet on the
evening previous to the Democratic State
Convention, wherever the same may be
held to fix the time and place Of holding
said Judicial Convention; also to deter
mine ratio of representation.
A R. VAN CLEAF, Chm.
G. Ell. BUERHAUs, Sec.
The following shows the number OF
counties represented, with choice of lime
and place Of holding the Convention:
acknowledgement 10 Carl H. Buer-
haus, requesting that the matter be de.
ferred untilthe State Convention.
Adams-Not represented.
Highland-By proxy, Hon. L T. Neal
choice OF place Chillicothe: ,ime after
National Convention.
Pickaway-HoD. A. r Van Cleaf
place Logan.
Ross-Hon. L. T. Neal; place Chilli.
cotbe; time after National Convention.
Pike-Not represented.
Lawtepce-Not represented.
Gallia-By proxy; Carl H. Buerhaus
place Logan; time. no choice.
Jackson-Hou. Chas. Rhoads; place
Chillicothe; time after National Conven-
tion.'
Meigs-By proxy, Carl Buerbsus
place Logan; time after State Conven-
lion.
Hocling-Jacob Weaver; place Lo.
gan; time, no choice.
Athens-By proxy; Jacob Weaver
place Logan: time no choice.
Monroe-Not represented.
Immediately after the meeting cd.
journed the following proxies we're re.
ceived:
Scioto-By proxy, Jacob Weaver
place Logan time middle Of June.
Vinton-By proxy; Jacob Weaver
place Logan; time, no choice.
Washington-By proxy, c. H. Buer
haus; place Logan; time after Nationa
Cow, ntion.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-05-13

GENERAL WARNER and the tariff plank
of the Ohio platform are on top.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-05-13
TUESDAY, MAY fs, 1884.

"a union of hearts, q union of hands,
A union of States none may sever;
4 union Of lakes, a union of lands.
aad the FLAG OF OUR UNION FOREVER"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
militia-a primary element of the national
defense in war and Of financial security

militia-a primary element of the national
defense in war and of financial security
and Independence in peace-the loss or
or neglect of which would derange our entire
monetary system and place the entire country
in all its interests in q condition of industrial
equally fatal to the happiness and unbecom-
ing to the dignity and %honorof II nation whose
annual increase in wealth is now three-fOld
that OF any other nation, and whose pOplla-
ton now gives it the second rank among the
civilized empires and first among the free
self-governing and enlightened people.
The appeal finally declares that the wool
growers have a right to ask Congress for the
restoration of the measure of protection and
concludes in the following terms: "Finally.
believing that desperate diseases require
heroic remedies, we especially urge you to
such candidates as arc in favor OF adequately
protecting and encouraging the great industry
to sheep husbandry by voting to restore the
wool tariff of 1861, or rates OF duties at least as
protective as those embodied in that act.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The remaining session was taken up by dis
cussing methods of united action in the
pending National political canvas in maxi
ing the power Of the wool growing industry
felt.
Before %adjourning the delegates decided
to raise funds for the publication OF a
monthly journal. AT an. informal confer
ence of delegates, held subsequently, the
sentiment expressed favored Cleveland as
the most desirable point at which the organ
of the wool-shearers should be located. No
definite action was taken, but the wishes of
the Ohio men in this regard will undoubt-
eddy be respected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Concerning Tact.

The noble creature man vet lacks one
OF two points of being perfect, and
among these may be counted a rather
general absence of tact. To most wo-
men tact is Unborn; to very few men is
1t even possible to acquire it.
The feminine mind, it is true, de-
lights overmuch, as a general thing, in
crooked speech. An evasion is q de-
light, and a white lie fearful Joy.
Man, on the contrary-man an natural
is painfully blunt and honest. 1t
might almost be said, indeed, that the
very best men can not possess tact. 1t
is an impossibility to their natures.
The habit OF thought before speech can
not be acquired. A hearty, genial col
lege professor, most well-intentioned
and tactless Of men, was requested by
his wife to entertain a lady visitor until
the hostess herself had finished her
toilet. Descending to the reception
room, u professor beamed upon the
guest with a smile whose kindly warmth
must have gone far to overcome the ef-
fects of the wild storm which ragged
outside. "a terrible day, professor"
began the lady, with a pleasant smile.
''Indeed it is madame" the honest gen
tleman re.,oined; "a wild day. l was
just saying to my wife that those who
had homes to day better stay in them,n
A sudden rigidity settled upon the
countenance OF the lady, and the pro-
fessor could not understand why she
listened so coldly to his description of a
new variety Of fern which he had re-
Gently discovered.
Rather worse than the professor was
a mild old pastor with a small and pep
perry wife. So small was she that if she
wished to touch his toe at the dining ia
BILE, in conjugal warning, she was
obliged to slip far down in her chair.
almost disappearing from view. At the
same instant. a corresponding rise
might be observed in the pastor. He
also betrayed himself by a hurried "Eb.
my dear? What?" Upon being admon.
ished that this would not do, he prom
ised to mend. Very soon a brother
clergyman dined with him, and. ab-
sorbed in discussion of the lost tribes.
ne unconsclously served to his guest
nearly the whole of a dish of rare and
early peas. At this juncture the wife
sank almost from view below the tables
horizon. The minister was like a rev.
erend Jack-in-the-box, and began
"Eh?' Then r%ecollecting instructions
ne subs!ded, and remarked blandlv, II
think they, will go round, my dear!,
Either OF these men was capable of al
most any noble and heroic act, and if
is to be sure not a vital failing. this
want of tact.
Many things, however, which in
themselves are far enough from vital
do much affect our lives, and many ,
worried woman would become placid.
ano many a home be free from unpleas-
ant contretempt. if only the master
could be gifted with a bit of that divine
possession, tact.-Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Lazy People.

How is it that lazy men manage to
make q mark in the world? The poet
Thompson wrote some of his best verses
in bed. The philosopher Alcott, OF
Concord. in this State, was, l am told
by an ex-Concordiau, a very indolent
man when in his prime. They used to
say in Concord that the fiaton!c PM
osopher would gently acquiesce IN the
doing of all the hard household work
by bis daughters, who have since come
to fame. But his mind was far. lar
away with the philosophers of India or
Germany. Thoreau, l an convinced
was Just lazy. He liked to loaf and
invite his soul seven days in the week.
The same eN-Concordian tells me that
if it had not been for the surreptitious
conveyance of baskets of %provender to
the hut of the hermit out on the shores
of Lake Walden, Thoreau would have
starved. 1t is easy to play indie
pcndence of the world when your SIS
lers fry doughnuts for you and send
YOU cold corned beef. On the quiet. En-
Governor Kent Of Maine, now Dead
was an casy-going man. When a stu
dent of Harvard he was President OF the
81 azy Club" and one day was actually
seen running across the college campus.
After a suitable delay. for the Lazy Club
could not hurry an thing, he was tried.
and his plea, which had to be accepted,
was that he had been pushed by some
n and was too lazy to stop himself.
Another slow goer was the late Hon.
Ensign Kellogg Of Fittsfeld. he was a
brilliant man, of great strength o
mind, and held some high offices, the
latest being that of commissioners under
the treaty Of Washington. He could
have been Governor and almost any
talng else, but he would rather put on
q SLOUGH hat and go a-tishing than X
ert himself overheard. Another public
man in this State who has been nearer
the Covernorship than he will ever be
again is so lazy that his friends can not
poke him up to any work, and he vege-
1a,es in a small town, smoking and read
ing papers and books. Keen wits, brill
liancy of mind, and extraordinary tai
ents seem continually cojoined with,
bodily Incidence.
But, after all, a lazy man is to be adj
mired in these rushing, toiling days
when heart disease is on the increase,
and men watch the ''ticker' and drop;
dead with excitement at an unfavorable
quotation. don't believe a man desti-
tute OF the capacity to loaf once in a
while has much staying power. Men
need to lie fallow occasionally. Rev.
Dr.. Bellows of New York used to be-
take himself, in his summer vacation,
to the woods of Maine wh3re, with sew
eral barrels of onions, he would fish and
read all the summer. He dearly loved
onions, never ate them in New York,
but made up for his abstinence from
t~hatsonoritic vegetable when ''offduty."
-BOSiON Cor. Detroit Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Terrible Mortality Among Manitoba
Indians From Scurvy.

WINNIPEG, Man., May 2o.-Scurvy is
killing off the Indians at Qu'Appelle and
Indian Head, and the agents telegraphed that
trouble is brewing. A Regina dispatch
says that fifty-three mounted police
men, with two cannons under command of
Colonel Herchmer, left yesterday for
Qu'Appelle to anticipate the Indian
outbreak. Chiefs Little Mountain, Piapet
and Yellow Calf complain that their re-
serves are ovelrun with lizards and snakes,
and are too swampy to raise grain, SO that
their people are forced to subsist on
bacon, and that the scurvy is the
outcome of this lack of fresh food. Over
fifty deaths have occurred in three weeks in
one tribe. Piapet says that he has sum-
moned Indians from all parts of the Cana
dian Northwest to a sun dance and council
of war. A number OF Piapet's young
bucks were in town armed and acting sui
laOIv
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

A philosopher says: Wharfage il
like whist; you may ask for trumps.'
but-will you get them?" Sometimes
you will when clubs are trumps.-Bu.
1alo Express.
-Natur doan make no difference in
de kere O. her chillun. She takes ez
good kere O de jimpson weed ez she
does O. de stalk er cotton.-Arhansav
ITavelter.
Sarah Bernhardt is now learning to
play the flute. When she appears with
it in public she should wear a blue rib.
bon and the flute a red one, for pur.
poses OF identification.-Boston Posi-.
Little Jack: Lets play we is
married." Little Nell: "No | won't
1t amt right" Lit lie Jack: why
amt it, Little Nell: Clause mamms
said we mustn't quarrel."-Chicaq'
I1idune.
A Sweet Thing in Collars-Lady'
81 should like to choose a few of tho:e
lovely collars. Isuppose they are the
newest style out?" C~ounterman: sly
cuse me, madame, those are not collars
eSa.tly, but lamp-shades!'-Haaa'
Made German Joke.
Toilet Secrets for Homely We
men" is the title of a new book. We
don t believe the author will sell .
copy. He should have called it ''Icl'
let Secrets for Pretty Women Who Fay
just Short of Royal Beauty" Then
would go.-M. Y. Mail.
NO." remarked Ponsonby, I'm!
wife and | never quarrel, nowadays. W.
agreed when either of us was sick anu
wanted to growl at the other that W. Y
would wait until we felt perfectly wei,
and then have it out, with interest 10,
waiting. But after we get better ANY
the time for growing arrives, we iet.
SO well that we don't want to grow ~
all. Yes, it's a big tn ng. just .yGa
try it, young man. It'll be money
the bank to you.-Rockland Courier
The letter-carrier had been ringing
the bell OF an elegant Austin mars .Is
for at least fifteen minutes before NV
lady OF the house appeared. The ll nad
OF letters was somewhat annoyed a"s
said peevishly: .'I've been knofhluii
at the door eve so long" con- o ',lr
let that worry you, replied the ld II.
with a sammy smile; you did not av
turb us. We thought you were onH
loafer." The lady should not have ~ az.
that remark, for it gave the l%etier ,nut
rel an opportunity to retort: 80
usband has not come YETI"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Now Will the Hens cackIe.

Fort SCOTT, Kan, May 2O.-The mails
bring into the postoffice here a large num-
Der of letter addressed to L. L. johnson,
Fort Scott, Kan, in response to an adver-
tisement appearing in many Eastern,
Canadian and Southern papers, pur.
porting to be q letter from John
son setting forth the value of a
certain egg incubator. Information is fur
nished by the Postmaster that there is not
now and never has been any such person as
L. L. johnson in this city, and any state
ments in reference to egg hatchers or egg
incubators purporting to have been written
from here by said johnson, are fictitious
and fraudulent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
following is given as a ready

The following is given as a ready
method of testing water for sewage con-
Examinations: A clean pint bottle is to be
filled three-quartersfull of the waterto be
examined; in this a teaspoonful Of pure
white sugar is to lie dissolved. Granu-
lated Or loaf sugar is good enough for
the purpose. The bottle is then to be
corked and placed in a warm spot for
two days. If in twenty-four or twenty
eight hours it becomes cloudy or muddy,
it is unfit for domestic use; if it remains
clear it is probably safe to use. This
method is known as Heisch's test for
sewage contamination Chicago Jour
mol,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Mr.. j. Sanford saltus, of Fairfield

Conn, has in his possession an ivory
image OF IN elephant. The image is
about six inches in height, is cut from a
solid piece OF ivory, and is inlaid with
diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
and other precious stones. The eyes
are Two unusually handsome diamonds,
and in the center of a crescent at the
top OF the head is a sapphire Of great
brilliaucy. The image is the badge Of
office of the standard-bearer of the King
of Siam.-Boston Transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
The will of Aaron

The will of Aaron Somers, an old
Connecticut farmer who died recently
in Bridgeport, states that his property
shall go to the worthy poor, deserving,
American Protestant Democratic wild
" and orphans in Bridgeport until: al
Is expended" His es. ate is valued a.
$4,000. Hartford Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

FROM experiments made upon tho
pulse and temperature as affected Nv,
smoking, it has been found thattbe ra,e
OF both has been increased. Let tho
average temperature of non-smokars ' ho
represented by LOCO, then that of mod.
crate smokers would be l,0OS, and Wills
inc neart among the former class WAS
making 1000 beats, in the latter there
would De i,lSo in the same space Of
me. This quickening of the action o of
Inc neart IS considered a dangerous
MISUNDERSTANDING Recora loos
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

-Stuyvesant's pear tree, at the
corner OF Third avenu and Thirteenth
street, New York, is the oldest living
thing in the city. 1t was planted by
Governor S%tuyvesant in 1647.-M Y.
Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

! 1t is told of quite a number of dis
Greet citizens of G%reenville County, S
c., that they have dug storm pits into
which they can conveniently slide when
another cyclone comes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

Notice has been given thai u ~
found near the ostrich corrals 1n,td
Diego, Cal, will be shot. The swil
a dog makes tho birds frantic w."
fear.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Wholesale Poisoning.

HARRoDsBURG, KY, May ia horri-
BILE case of wholesale poisoning by hemlock
took place near this place Sunday.
Eighteen boys, after playing a game of base
ball, started in search of wild parsnips,
but got hold of the deadly hemlock instead.
the boys ate freely and all were taken VIC
lently ILL.,. Two died almost instantly, five
are in a critical condition and not expected
to live and the others are suffering more or
less from the poison. Particulars are
meager thus far. The names OF the boys
are not given.
MARYLAND fruit-growers along the North
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

oo ~ wall street millionaire has re-
s e' @ao a begging letter asking for
sz3'ooo to establish a h,me ~.
-uecayed p~oint-givers' on the 1lnanci.l
slluatlon.'-M \. Heyuln.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

Maryland fruit-growers along the North
Severn expect a large yield.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
PITH AND POINT.

A philosopher says: ''Marriage il
like whist; you may ask for trumps.'
but-will you get them?" Sometimes
you will when clubs are trumps.-Bg.
1uI0 E.lDress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11
BRILLIANT GATHERING OF
LADIES AND CENT? EMEN.

One of the largest and most brilliant en-
tertainments of the season was given by
Hon. G. Simmons and lady on Wednesday
evening last There we're about three hun
dred invited guests present The mansion
was brilliantly illuminated, also the con
servatory, which was handsomely lighted
with Chinese lanterns Mr. Simmons made
extensive improvements to his dwelling last
fall; it has been elegantly refurnished and
has probably no superior interior attractions
in this part of the state. Hardwood floors
provided with bear skin mats, and elegant
paintings adorn the walls The illuminated
mansion and conservatory were seen from
long distances away with fine effect.
Mr. and Mrs. Simmons and their two ac-
complished daughters met the guests grace
fully as they came and were ushered In. The
conservatory was used for dancing hall,
the floor being covered with canvass for that
purpose. Freiberg, of Chicago, furnished
the music-fve pieces The dancing, for
those who participated in that amusement,
began little after 9 o'clock. Whist tables
were also furnished for those who preferred
that way Of enjoying the evening. The
company did not vacate until after A. NJ
A description of the ladies' toilets would re.
saire superior skill to do justice. The re-
freshment room was literally supplied
Among those present from Chicago were
Messrs Phelps, Sweet, White, Schaefer,
Wheeler, DemIng, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and
Miss Emma Hoyt. From Milwaukee, Miss
Rugee, Miss StebbiBs, Miss Stevens and Mr.
Ryan. From Racine, Messrs. Steele ant
Robinson. From Omaha, Miss GARRISON.
The names of the guests from the city anC
vicinity were received too late for this paper
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11
RANnALL
ITO be continued. J

In his Letters to Young People"
DR.. Holland relates that he once car
ried on a tender correspondence with a
young lady, which came to an untimely
end in this manner: In one of her let
teIs she said, +" What spell of aCetheT
we have been having lately In his
next letter he quoted her words and
emphasized the tCetheT. adding that
be hoped he would never see another
such a spell. She never answered his
letter. Like DR.. Holland, we ardently
hope we will never see another such
a spell of weather as we have had
lately.
The east and west roads are good
the north and south roads are passable,
but not good.
The Kenosha train got stuck in a
drift gu the farm of Kenyon Reynolds
Thursday night, and had to stay there
until Friday morning.
The thermometer of E. B. Carter, Of
Genoa, who keeps a record of tht
weather, shows % degrees below zero
on the 4th, and 80 degrees below zert
on the 9Th.
Mrs. John Ell. Robertson started fol
her home in Harvard, Nebraska, OF
the 9th.
Herbert Williams returned to hi
studies at the Oshkosh Normal on tn,
9Th.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11
THE
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PROSPECTUS FOR 1884.

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discussion OF matters relating to the interests of
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