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GRACE cEAL0NER'S FEAPT
BY II. MARIA GEORGE.

III They stood under the maple
trees in front of the old farm
house, and the bright stars looked
down from the September sky with
a sweet. calm peace upon these two
Horace WoodwoTth and Grace
Chaloner. She was city beauty,
proud and high-bred, who had been
spending the summer with her aunt
and uncle in the country-a girl tall
and graceful. with glorious fair hair,
cheeks ike marble and eyes OF
proud grave azure, a queen among
women And she was queen, nay,
more, goddess TO the man beside
her. who, dressed in common country
garb, was looking down into that
face that for him held all there was
in earth or heaven.
The delicate far face flushed soft
ly, and the straight regal brows con-
tracted as she answered without
pity: "Love you FORAGE ? of course
notl How absurd l do not think
] shall eve.' love anybody"
'sDo not say that, Grace" he said
with shudder, while his honest,
handsome face saddened. II thought
perhaps you might love to stay in
the county. We have been very
happy these last three months"
"Pshaw And SO you thought
because / made myself agreeable to
uncle and aunt and my many friends
/ should be content to live here and
be country milkmaid all my life.
No, thank you, Horace Woodwork,
I have other Inspirations in life"
"Forgive me, you can have none
nobler. Your mother was farmers
daughter, and there is no better wo-
man in the world than Aunt Dorcas.
1t seems to me as compared with her
sweet, laborious, useful life these
city ladies are vain and frivolous.
butterflies"
"That IS because you do not I'M
derstlnd them. / am absolutely
sick OF the monotohy, the labor Of
country life. 1t sounds well in poet
ry, but there is no poetry inthe real
ity. am not like Aunt Dorcas; /
could never be happy here"
He sighed q deep sigh butremain-
ed silent, and she went on. "Day
after day lis the same dull routine,
cooking, sewing, ironing, cleaning.
/ wonder how anyone can endure it.
And when look at you and see you
content and satisfied with your lot 1
almost hate YOU"
The hard, cruel words hurt him
more than she knew; his face grew
ten years older in its look of wound
ed prlQe ana love.
II did not know that women were
so different" he said, as he bowed
gravely l thank you for telling me.
Good bye"
The panied look in his face touch
ed her just little, and she put out
her hand. 1t was beautiful hand,
slender, but firm and white, and a
great ruby glistened upon it.
"I did not mean to wound you,
Horace-Mr. Woodwork, she said
in low tone. ~ prize your friend
ship very highly, and / think you
are noble man. | never should be
proper mate for you in the world,
Wewere brought up differently. You
like the country, the smell Of the
meadow, the bleat of the focks of
kline. | love city life; / must have
gayety, splendor, change
''You would be a queen anywhere,
murmured her lover, gazing at her
beautiful figure and kindly eyes with
an admiration that was almost ador-
alton. She saw the passion in his
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face, and was too much of a woman
to spare him.
"You should never haYeloved me,
Horace, it was weak in you;a strong,
noble man of your simple ways to
think Of marrying me, a light, giddy
girl Of eighteen. Butyou will forget
me You will find some one Who"
"Neveri never one whom | adore
as l do you,' he said. II may be
foolish, but it is the love OF my life. "
"Oh, you will change; men always
do. | shall yet be bridesmaid at
your wedding. At any rate, | hope
SO, for I am rot worth broken
heart, and she laughed cold, cruel
laugh,
It seemed as if she tried to hurt
him all she could.
"You leave tomorrow said the
man. | shall not be able to see you
in the morning May Gods angels
care for you and have you in their
keeping"
N He kissed the little white hand
reverently as knight of old times
might have done that of a sovereign
queen, murmured a low adieu, and
the next moment he was gone.
F"He left me sad on the stern cold coast,
And never shall smile any more,"
She hummed, as she went within and
fastened up to the little room that
had sheltered her the last three
months. Did she love him she ask
ed herself, and her lips curled with
scorn as she drove the thought away
She, the proud heiress and beauty,
love this poor country farmer, who
had happened to cross her life OF
course she did not love him. But
she was not sure after all She had
not lived those three months for
nothing, and she had seen in Horace
Woodwork, country farmer though
he was, a manliness and nobility of
character that she had not seen in
any of her city admirers. He was
handsome after a certain way, too
q tall, strong, broad-shouldered fell
low who could have carried her a
mile in his arms without being wear
led.
She thought of all the rides and
walks they had had together, their
very many pleasant tete-a-tetes. Hor-
ace was an elegant conversationalist
and we'll educated as he was he APP
pealed strongly to her romantic
young nature. Besides, there was
much about his character that won
her deepest respect, despite herself
She felt that she would like to have
him for big, strong brother, but to
be his wife, no, that could never be-
So she thought then. To live in
that dull, out-of.the-way place, when
every day nothing but talks ofplant
ing, of sowing, of harvest, Of the yield
Of wool and the price of milk; to
spin, to mend, to cook, to rock the
cradle, her heart grew sick at the
thought. ~ should hate it, should
hate him." she murmured. ~ am
cut out to be something more than
a farmers wife"
But there were tears in her blue
eyes as she fell asleep, and in the
morning as her uncle drove her to
the depot she found herself looking
anxiously among the crowd of faces
for the noble brow and the earnest
eyes that she knew go well. The
thought that he might be there to
say another good bye, flushed her
cheeks and made her eyes shine like
stars. But he was not there. He
had not dared undergo the pain of
another meeting, another parting
when there would be strangers to
observe.
"What a fool | am |" she thought,
'to care whether he is here or not.
What is Horace Woodwork to me ~
All, many times in the future that
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mer days passed at Woodside, the
walks, the boating. the picnics, the
long chats under the trees Why
could not some Of her city admirers
have the heart, the manly presence
of that country farmer? More than
once she said to herself: "Hc is
worth more than all of them togeth-
err
Still she was always angry with
herself for thinking ofhim. "What
is he to me?' she would say to her
self, ana then to drown all plunge
madly anew into the whirlpool Of So
ciety. She dirted desperately; she
was half mad. 1t was because she
had no heart, she said. Rather was
it not because she did not know her
own heart?
The second winter was an unusu-
ally brilliant one in the city. There
were balls, sociables and entertain
ments every night, and Grace Chalo-
ner was the bright particular star at
every gathering, and ever by her
side was Guy Rushlcigh, a gay,
dashing young physician who had
taken society by storm. He was
very handsome man, rich and talent
ed, too, and his attentions from the
first made deep impression upon
Miss Chaloner. At least rumor had
it that they were engaged but then,
you know, rumor always knows a
thing before any one is cognizant of
the fact.
So, it had not gone SO far rs an
engagement, Grace was very much
interested in DR.. Rushleigh; he
pleased her and she was proud of
his attentions, but she was not quite
so sure that she loved him. When
his dark eloquent eyes looked into
hers she felt that she could follow
him anywhere in the world, but
away from him another form, anoth-
CT face would arise up between--that
of Horace Woodworth. Do what
she would she could not Danish that
memory.
Why does he always haunt me?
Do love that man? she would ask
herself. OF course not, he is moth
ing to me. But why do not forget
him? She had not seen him since
that night he babe her good bye un-
der the naples, and she fonnd her.
self wondering if he had forgotten
her.
One day she saw his name in
print. A new volume of poems
lyrics and love songs-had just been
issued, and the author, Horace
Woodwork, was receiving high
praise in all tho press notices and
reviews. Her heart told her it was
him. She went out and purchasd
volume, and as she glanced through
the contents she read his heart in his
poems. "He has not forgotten me
he loves me still, she murmured,
and she wondered that the thought
should give her pleasure.
Late in the evening Of that same
day, sitting under the orange bios
SONS in the dimly lighted conserva-
tory, DR.. Rushleigh asked her to be
his wife.
"You must know that have long
loved you, Grace" he said. "What
can hope in return 7"
And looking him frankly in the
face Grace answered, while a pink
flush crept into her cheeks: "Dr.
Rushleigh, you will think it strange,
but | cannot answer you tonight.
/ must have time to decide"
"Take all the time you wish.' said
the doctor kindly. "My action may
seem sudden, but have waited
great while; certainly would not
hurry you against your wish. I shall
hope for favorable answer, Grace
Miss Chaloner, for I love YOU"
"Hush, doctor no more tonight.
= -. ..n..rx 49,. oI~1lf l~o,n .~..x -.
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The Value OF KNOWING now.

While Judge Tracy wasin the cir
cult going from court, his trace broke.
The judge spent over q half hour
trying to fix il, bat to no purpose,
His patience was exhausted, and he
expressed his yexation In words. A
negro came along and the Judge told
him Of his diiilcalty. The negro let
out the trace, cut hole in It, and
the job was done.
Why said the judge, could mot
have thoughssof thatg
Well, MASTER said the negro,
don't you know that some folks is
jest smarter than some other folks n
That's so,' said the Judge. What
shall ! pay you FOR fixing my trace q
We'll, ma ster, fifty cents will do
replied the negro. 60
Fly centsp said the judge. X on
were not five minutes at it!'
i do not charge you fifty cents
Tor doing it, said the negro. i
charge you twenty Eve cents for
doing it, and the other twenty-five
cents for knowing how to do it.
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Love for the dead should not cramp
our duty to the living.
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He hath no leisure who useth it
not.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

any country. and as great enthusiasm
for our children becoming educated as
anv essternsparents, and will fdrther saw
that there Isl tas much refinement Ind
intelligence as you will find in the mssses
iG ctber statse. *As far as soil is coz.
cerned our Yalleys are as good. as 5ean
he, have raised over onehundred btiah-
els OF corn to the acre and as low as
fifteen on the same land. Wheat does
weIl'or has since l have been here, hut
one short crop in five years, and that
wooldk average twelve bushels, ! have
Eiaised four crops Of wheat, three OF them,
averaged over thirty bushels t, The acre.
Wheat looks splendid at tais writing al.
though we have had a colder winter
since the first of January than we usually
have in Kansas Wetbads Six weeks
straight winter considerable snow, it
then began to let go its grip and is Civ,
ing way to spring. Land has increased
in value very fast since 1 came here, 1t
hss'raised from ten to Thirty and thirty
five dollars per acre on the vsilee, upland
10 about the same ratio and il worth
about ten dollars. There il q railroad
building up our valley this winter-gta-
ding is neatly completed-snd cars will
be. running gainst May. fret next. It
crosses nv farm and Is about three miles
to depot. We will have good to own at de-
pct a. there is no town in less than 16
mixer. This would be good chance for
some of your moneyed men to speculate,
and don't iorgetit it. Nat n. EDDY.
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MILTONSBURGH ITEMS.

Ed "SPIRIT: see the former writer
Of your pfper omi tad his Milionsburgh
letter last week, 40 thought I would
undertake 81, inform the readers. Of tie
sood old ssisnch Democratic paper ot
Monroe, q some Of the news Of MAI
ags township.
Free Trade is being discusses nv some
of our prominent ci izens. / end that
we democrats OF this end of the county
generally favor Free Trade IL Is the
opinion oteseveral that Free Trade jwill
be one, and Prot 'ctive Tariff theL other
party, IN less than ten years. :, -
We appreciate the interest you take
IN school mat ers. 3
Protracted meeting closed here, with
hut two accessions. Manual said tina,
'MiItonsburgh is the Devils den" so
I~beard. | heard some If the citizens
saw. they thought so to after he got lin
Flowing and gruhting are the, present
occupation of, the farmers.
Several Of our young men went west
the 9th inst. We wish them success. :"
Mrs. Yunkes, sold cher property on
Bait mrre street tn. Mr.. Burkhard. Mr..
Burkhard suli his property T. Mr. Geo.
Killer, one sof our shoe.makers.
Mrs. Jrseph Haren, who has been ON
the sick lit f,r some :tim. past is i'm.
proving finely, being underithe care OF
Dr.. R,senherrv IN
sLieut. Bid,Ienharn, gave Mltonshurgh
a shOrt'sisit on Wednesday last. "a
The Miltonshurgh mill is doing good.
business under our new miller. Mtg
Waters. .-sRIFFALo. BILL = e
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

THE Investigating Committee on re.
counting the ballots 10 precinct r OF the
Ninth Ward Of Cincinnati, discovered
that every ticket was stamped and regu
lsrly strung The Republican Judge and
Clerk 40 well ss the Democratic Judge
itsnd Clerk and officers who witnessed the
/, count ell testified thatthe returns we're
properly made and the official vote was
correct in every particular. and that the
testimony OF EVANS and DEACON could
not possibly be true and was absolutely
false. EVANS and DEACON testified that
one hundred tickets we're thrown 10 the
b,x while the count was going on. :
,ssTbes .laet- that those hundred tickets
con!d not have heed regularly stamped il
thrown In that way, and the fact that all
tickets we're regularly stamped and
strung ia evidence enough that the Ev-
ASs-DEAcoN testimony was mannfac-
tursd lie.
Sach 10 the kind Of stuff the Photo
graphic Legislature 10 spending the peo.
pies money for in hopes Of nanufac,ur.
ing Campaign Documents. The Photo.
grsphie Legislature Of Ohio and US
Senate sFs doing nothing bot preparing
campaign dirt, and the Republican pa
pers are sllgging it according to order.
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Letter From Ottawa. Co., Kansas.

ED.s SPIRIT: As there has been several
Of the readers of your Paper writing TO
me for nv opinion Of this part OF Kan.
sss, and ss l have heen here five. years,
they think of course that i ought TO-, be
able to give some infor mation, thst
could be relyed upon, which l AN willing
to do II ! csn. In the 0rst place will
say that was we'll pleased with the
country when I first got here and have
never changed nv mind j in the least.
Tais country is as good as any part of
the United States or any other country
and Is sc tiled With people of msny coun-
tiles and from almost every state in the
Uainn. ] helieve there are more from
Oaio and Pennsylvania on this valley
than from any other two states and they
q we'll IS thoss from foreign countries
have come here t,.t.y, and are gener.
ally honest upright industrious people.
they seem to have lots OF vim and push
and go ahead in them. We have as good
school houses and as good teachers as
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TEE cst,lemen since leaving the Indian
Territory are establishing their ranches
without moIeststjon on the territory or
strip Of country living between the States
OF Kansas and Colorado and Texas,
known ss Noman's Land-marked on
some maps "public land" This portion
Of the country vas omitted by mistake
in the originsl surveys and belongs to no
Sssteaov Territory, hence is wholly with
out Judicial authority. It contains sew
srslt millions Of acres Of excellent land,
and 10, sod has been, the sbods Of thieves
and criminals Of oil kinds.
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II DEMOCRATIC
Primary Election Notice. ice


The qualified electors OF the Democratic
party of Monroe County. Ohio. In ailFtha
tnwpships in said county, are notified to meet
at the usuai places Of holding elections
therein, on -sstes..a.
MONDAY, APRIL B, 1886,
and then and there vote by ballot for the
following officers, to be elected on the 6fst
Tuesday after the frat Monday in Novem Der,
1885. to wit: -.s-e -,
Oae Commissioner,
One .Surveyor,
One Infrmory Director. -
The following frdtes have been al opted by
the Central Committee for duoting said
Primary Election, to Wit. lsea ~
That, said Psima mary Election shall be
conducted unisr the provisions of chapter l.,
title Is. part lst, of the: Revised statptss Of
Ohio. a, o. t,Ts s.aa ~ sgl.,u % .;..Isto &
2. That sa'i Primary Election shall be
hold,n in each Of the several townships
Within the county, at the usual pla,e Of
holding elections, on the 6rst Monday Of
April, 1885 and the persons hereafter named I,
be and are hereby appointed Super visors Of
said elections In their respective townships,
TO wits srtacs a,s-s ylaa
igAdams --SrEPENa BoCeHNER. yau
y Berton--Rs My CLINE ga loa
BethelLRi A. CoSoR. aa
Cen'er-O +. LiTTLE live h-s
Franklin-F. NJ. r. BINsoN. baa .
Greeu-J. G LAPP es7gs lae.
Jackson JERE sWl7TEN.
Lee-JonN THoMP ON. os
Malsga-F J STAuDr. So
Ohio-A. 6. w. PorTs. e a
PerryAW. C K,SKAID.
sSalem-W...T. HURD. 80 eta
Sc eca-C. l.. EBERIB.
Summit--W. l. RUcKER. M
Sunsbury-JoHN N. MARTIN.
Switzeriand--FRED KlNDLEBERGRR.
Washington Tp.-ALEx. HARMAN
Gravsvile Precinct sni
Washington Tp.-WILLIAM MIRACLE
Rrnards Mill Precinct. ~ 5.es,.
q. Wayne--D. w. DAUGHERTY. 4 .
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LEcoMpToN ITEMS.

Ed. SPrRrT;EThe health Of this com.
imunitysis good, With fen exceptions.
The Literary At tpe school house las,
Thursday night proved to be d ersad
',ncces,. Thesqlession was "Resolvsd
That SomensshouId vote" Decided In
she affirmative.
;. The Thornton school. taneht nv John
II Bilfmsn, near Stafford. closed Thurs.
lay, the s1lth irs,. Qiite numb oi
our young folks were present, among
hem we're I. 3. Kelley end James Bill.
man. ss ' y Ss-fTssf - ~
The measles are making their appear.
sDce in this place.
Rev. G. W. Wilson preached at Rrack
en- Chapel last Suudays quite a large o.
tendance. r..
The school at this place, tanght nv W.
o. H. Butt, will close Saturday, after o
long term OF six months. No ONE
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23
Enquirer.

One OF the precincts on which an at.
tack was made BY the Republicans was
Precinct + OF the Ninth, Vert. The
~itnesaes on whom they relied to prove
their false claims Were ex. Police Oflce,
Evans and one W. H: Deacon These
two elegant specimens OF truth { stitied
that over Two hundred Illegal Demo
cratic tickets had been placed in the box
while, iG fact, there were only one hun.
dred and ninety vets cast and counted
in the entire pteeinct This wonderful
statement We offer to our readers as Z
good problem to solve. .au ,.aN
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

WHrTELEY, manufacturer Of the Cham
pion Machine, discharged about 400 en-
ployes 8 few days ago because they be-
'Ionged to the "Knights Of Labor
WHirkLEr 10 . Republican snd organized
splug hist brigade in BLArNE's campaign.
Hon. JoHS W. BooKwALrER Of the same
city, Springfield, Ohio. disapproves Of
the discharge OF the Kni hts OF Labor
at WHlrELEr's works and says be is
ready to give them $1,000 Il they should
come to want. BooKwxLrER Il Dem
ocrat. t
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

WHEN the ballots In precinct ga"
Fourth Ward Of Cincinnati, we're re-
counted abou, the same number OF votes
we're found In the box ss the tally sheet
sho~ed and al properly stamped The
Republicans through Indexer NoYEs oh.
jected to recount Of the votes In order
thss : true state Of facts should not be
.kno wp, .s.
= The people want no biua game tn this
investigation, bat The facts In regard to
the frauds II any exist, no matter whom
1t may hit.
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A Remarkable .Escane.

Mrs. Mary A. Daley. ofsTunkhan
mock, Pa, was afflicted for six years
with Astbms and Bronchitis, during
which time the hest physicians could
give no relief. Her nfe was despaired
OF, until in Octobef she procured Bet
tie OF DR.. Kings New Discovery, when
immediate relief vas felt, and by con
tinuing its nse for short time she was
completely cured, gaining 10 4esh SO lbs.
10 q tew mcntfs.
Free Trial Bottles Of this certain cure
of oil Throat and Lung Diseases at R,
W. Po2e's Drug Store. Large Bottles
$l.00.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

D@ The t s,imony already, taken be-
fore the Senate Inve' tigating Committee
shows that the cry of fraud made by the
Commercial Gsz,te and its folio wers
was fraud OF itse,f 1t also shows
that the kicking out OF the Democratic
representatives. from Hamilton county
was the mott damnahle outrage ever per
petrated. in Ohio, and the perpetrators
-Hals,ead, Poorman, &r.,-of that out
rage, should be in SOLITARY confinement
on bread sad ter for tte rest of their
lives. That punlshmer would he far
better than. they deserve.-W yae Co.,
Democrat. "
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TUESDAY, EARCH Is, 1885.

SENATOR BEck IN reply to EDnuxDs
ssid @That forty pafson power would
not do Justice 10 much OF the hypocrisy
that is now presented to the Senate 10
pretensrs Of desire TO establish public
iqsaice." g...
Senstr EDMUxDs was forced to the
wall by BECK and had to dodge.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23

War does the senatorial investigating
committee neglect to summon those 1873
Republicans who swear they voted last
October in precinct A, fourth ward.
where only 48 Republican votes we're
counted i-Gssrnsey Times
Because they know that to be only one
Of the many Republicsn lies saoat about
the Cincinnati election.