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A Camp.Meeting Ejaculation as the
Minister IderstOOd.

At spirited meeting during the
services at Heilmandale camp-meet-
ing some one of the members were
frequently induced to cry out, Scott
sci dank," as is customary. A min
lister who does not understand any
German was present and listened
intently for some time, trying to in
terpret the meaning of the frequent
EXPLANATIONS. Then turning to a
person near him he said: "Why dc
people so often say, upside down at
this meeting" The interrogation
raised considerable laughter, but it
was explained to the satisfaction OF
all.-Lebanon, Pa, Independent,
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Kaiser Wflheln's Way.

A story told Of the German EN-
pcror says that the private secretary
is accustomed to read aloud to his
august master from a great packet
of journals which arrives every day.
In order to make the reading as lit
tie burdensome as possible, high
court official marks with red ink the
passages most interesting to the
Emperor. One day the Emperor
asked the meaning Of the red strokes,
and being informed said with hear
ty laugh: Then, my dear fellow, let
me beg yau, fofance,, to read every
thing in this journal which has not
a rcd line underneath"
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Rescued from Death.

William j. Coughlin, of Somer-
vile, Mass, says: In the fall of 1876
| was taken with BLEEDING OF LUNGS
followed by severe cough. | lost
my appetite and flesh, and was con-
fined to my bed. In 1877 Twas adj
mitted to the Hospital. The doc
tors said I had a hole in my lung as
big as q half dollar. AT one time a
report went around that ] was dead.
/ gave up hope, but friend told me
of DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS. | got a
bottle, when, to my surprise, | com
menced to feel better, and ts.day
feel better tnan for three years past,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-10-05
VOLCANOES and Earthquakes.

The name volcano is derived from
Vulcanus, the god of fire of the an
cient Romans. They are generally
divided into three classes-aetive.
intermittent and extinct. Strombo-
Ii, in the Mediterranean, is a good
example of the first class, making a
fiery beacon light for sailors on the
neighboring sea. Etna and Yesu-
vius are good examples of the sec
ond kind. To the popular mind
they are the chimneys of the vast
roaring furnace of heat in the bow
els of the earth, and undoubtedly
serve as vents for the powerful gases
that might, il confined, create to-
tai destruction to the crust upon
which we live.
There are supposed to be- some
800 and over Of these chimneys upon
the face of the earth, two-thirds be-
ing situated upon islands. America
has about la Of these, and more
tnan any other geographical divis-
ion Of the globe. Earthquakes ap-
pear to be from the same cause as
volcanic eruptious, the energy ofva-
pors and gases in the earth strug-
CLING to find vent.
The same night that the city of
Lima, South America. was shaken
down four new volcanic vents were
found in the Andes. Soon after the
earthquake in Lisbon in 1850 there
were some of the most violent erup-
tions ever known. After tn e de-
struction of Caracas the volcano of
st. Vincent became active, and at
the beginning the earth was shaken
for space of nearly 10000 square
miles.
The movement of the earth during
an earthquake may be vertical, hor-
izontal or whirling. The most de-
structive shocks are generally the
shortest in duration. That of Lis
bon, November l, 1755, lasted about
six minutes. The three shocks that
reduced Caracas to ruins, March 26,
1872, were over in a minute and
most of the damage to the city of
Conception, February 20, 1885, was
done in six seconds. At Lima, Pc
ru, an average of nearly fifty shocks
in year are expected, and in some
parts of South America over sixty
have been counted in year, not
reckoning the slight ones, which
were still more numerous.
The permanent elevation or de-
preston of large tracts Of land is
one of the peculiar phenomena at
tending these commissions of nature.
During the earthquake at Lisbon
the new quay subsidized and the spot
was covered by water 600 feet deep.
Many other remarkable instances
are on record. They have been ter
rihly destructive to life as well as
property A visitation of the kind
in Peru, l746, killed $500; 1897, |
from similar cause, 1,600 Peruvi-
ans perished. At Caracas, 1872,
10000 men were destroyed; $4,000
at Lisbon in 1855; 10000 in the two
Calabrias and Sicily in 1888, and
10000 more by sickness resulting
from it.-GLObe
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"oh, wad some power, the giftie gle us


Few women want to appear sick,
and yet how many we see with pain
written on every feature, who have
been suffering for months from fe-
male weakness, and who could east
" cure themselves by the use Of DIR.
Pierce's ':Favorite Prescription" to
be found at any drug store. This
remedy is a specific for weak backs,
nervous or neuralgia pains, and all
that class of diseases known as ''fe-
male complaints" Illustrated, large
treatise on diseases of women, with
most successful course of self-treat-
ment, sent for 10 cents in stamps.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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nsK4s Carlyle,

the great Scotch author, suffered all
his life with dyspepsia which made
his own life miserable and caused
his best and trusst friends not lit
tie pain because of his frvtfulness.
Dyspepsia generally arises from dis
ease of the liver and rs DR.. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" cures
all diseases of this great gland, 1t
follows that while all cannot be Car
lyles, even with dyspepsia, all can
be free from the malady, while emu
lating his virtues.
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PILES. PILEs,. pILEs,!

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. One box has cured the worst cases Of
20 years standing. No one need suffer five
Ointment, 1t absorhs tumors, alays itching,
acts as poultice gives instant relief. Prepared
only for Piles. itching OF the private parts,
nothing else. Sold bydruggists and mailed on
receipt of price Soc and 81
william Ms MF,C; CO prnr,s Cleynland q
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AnOo.. Black,s tourney on the Cars.

AHo0t- Blacks Journey on the Cars.
The boy was an unusually bright
little fellow and though his ragged
clothes were covered with dirt and
oil, aud his hair tangled and matted
and his chubby round face streakcd
with SCOT and dirt, yet pair of lit
tie sparkling eyes told that he was
above the average of boys of his age
in 'cuteness' and originality. He
was really study as he jammed his
hands down in his pockets and un-
finchingly looked at the railway Of
fetal who had caught him creeping
from under the cars and answered
the questions asked him by that
functionary.
"Well, my boy, how did you enjoy
your ride?' asked genial Ben Dixon
as he held up his lantern and gazed
at the little fellow.
"Oh, all right" replied the boy,
Pm used to it.
Where did you come fromY' ask
ed the official.
kansas City, sir" said the little
traveller. Say, mister, where can a
feller get san wich? I'm purity we'll
done up" asked the boy. After be-
ing told he decided he wouldn't van
ture after it.
TO reporter the little fellow gave
an account of his trip. He left Kan
sas City about August |, and has
come all the way without paying a
cent of fare. He left his starting
point in the evening, getting under
a smoking car on the Chicago d AL
ton train, but he was detected about
sixty miles out and put of. He
waited until'the next passenger train
came along, and stole a ride until
again discovered. He has never
boarded a freight train since he star
ted, preferring a tirst-class passage.
1t took him about six days to get to
st. Louis. where he remained several
days, looking over the city. When
he left Kansas City the boy had $40
tightly sewed up in his pantaloons,
but he had used only enough to buy
food. From st. Louis he went to
Chicago and has made the journey
from there to Rochester over the
Lake Shore and Central roads. he
says that one conductor put him off
four times and finally, when he saw
he was bound to get through, invi-
ted him to ride in the smoking car
and then passed him over the next
conductors division. When asked
If the noise of the cars did not make
him almost deaf he laughed, pulled
a big-roli OF cotton from his pocket
and said that he stopped his ears
up with it. Mahoney, for that is
his name, said that he made "big
money" at his business and vas go
ing to continue at it when he reach
ed the metropolis.-Rochester Chron
| icle.
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WIVES! MOTHERS! DAUGHTERS!

BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN!
A lady who was for years a great
sufferer from Female Complaints and
weaknesses, SO common to her sex,
and despaired Of being cured, finally
found remedies which completely
cured her, after all else had failed.
Any lady can use the remedies and
cure herself without being subject
ed to medical examination. From
gratitude she will send Y4Es, Re-
cipes, Illustrated Treatise and full
directions, scaled. Address with
stamp). MRs. ". C. IoLHEs, 65S
Broadway. N. I. (Fo~e pqper.)
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will have to go ont and teach under
another roof than mine!n

will have to go ont and teach under
another roof than mine!n'
How much-how much do you
owe, Edmund?" she cried eagerly.
Seven hundred pounds" said he
with groan.
'Then you are saved, dearest
brother,r' cried she throwing her
arms around his neck and kissing
his forehead. "Yes, saved, for l
have put by ES00, and it is all at
your disposal-every penny
"You-you, Alicer' murmured the
bewildered man, not daring to trust
in what he had heard.
"Yes, l, Edmund" she answered,
clinging to him lovingly. "All the
six years l have lived with you l
have put G70 every year into the
bank out of the f100 you allowed
me There is more than f400. And
the rest l have made by writing ar
ticles and stories for different maya
zines, and once l illustrated book.
There is che secret of my early ris-
ing or late going to bed Before
nightfall Of the second day after
every tradesman was paid, and every
farthing the doctor owed, and Alice
had settled to go and teach Lady
Whittington's two daughters. "The
position offers ITSELF" said she. Il
must earn money, dear Edmund, and
l should be culpable to refuse"
She did not add that she had
heard that Mr.. Ormsby was just
about to be married, and that it was
also better that she should not meet
him again. And soon all the neigh
borhood rang with the news that the
beautiful Miss Merton. the doctors
sister, was going out as a governess.
Il am glad, for l was afraid at
one time that you were going to pIo-
pose to her. Samuel" said his eldest
sister.
What he replied, is she really
going to teach Lady Whittington's
daughters' She is the most fasci-
mating. the most lovely girl / ever
met. l have not dared to trust my
self to see her lately, but now l have
hope again.
And this is how it was that Sam
uel Ormsby went wooing the beau
tiful Alice Merton, and that she CON
sented to become his wife instead of
going to teach Lady Whittington's
daughters.
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A rall-Crick View of the Earthquake.
nr sAMrs wuIrcoMn nILRr.


/ kin hump my back and take the rain,
Ana don't koer how she pours;
KIN keep kind o. cam in thunderstorm,
No matter how loud she roars;
hnin't much sllcered Of the lightnin',
Nor hairit sich awful shakes;
Afsared OF cyclones-but don't want none
O. your aad-burncd old earthquakes!
IA foug ns my legs keep stiddy,
And long as my head keeps plumb,
And the buildin' stays in tho front lot
still kin whistle some!
But about the time the old clock
T1ops ofr'n the mantlesheli,
And INC burro SHOOTS for the kitchen,
IN a-xoin' to skoot myself!
P1sSue hsko! ef yo keep me stabbed
Whine any earthquakes is round
Tr m the stock-I'll bellcr,
Ans srenk for open ground!
Ana low you'd be as nervous
And IN list about my fix
Wheu your whole farm slides from under you,
Ard only the mortgage sticks!
nov cars hnin't a-goin' to kill you
II you don't drive 'crost the track!
CEwditors never'il jerk you up
X you 60 and pay 'em back;
Yos ean stand all moral and mundane storms
~ you'll only just behave
BM q NARTHQUAKE-well ef II wanted
wa,
n Nd hHsk you out o. yer gryve!
Indianapolis Jox1nat
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-10-05

Wicker corsets are the latest thing
in feminine wearing apparel. They
won't do. No editor, at least. could
bear the idea of seeing women. love-
ly woman, going into the waist bas-
ket.-Boston Courier.
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Hgy Fever,

For several years ! have suffered
greatly from periodical returns Of
hay fever. At the suggestion Of Co.
vert 4 Cheever, druggists, / obtain
ed Ely's Cream Balm and used a
portion Of it during severe ottack.
! can cheerfully testify as TO the
immediate and continued relief OBJ
tanned by its use. I heartily recon-
mend it to those suffering from this
or kindred complaints.-(Rev. H
A. Smith, Clinton, Wis.
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TO YOUNG LADIES.

Ifsyour life Is made n burden owing to
Blhckheads, Plmples, and other eruptions on
much chagrin, it is no longer necessary for
you to endure It, DR.. Flagg's Family Oint-
ment will certainly remove all such blemishes
and leave your Skin Soft, Smooth and Beauti-
Jul. Sold by all druggists, and mailed on re-
ceipt of price, 25 cents.
WILLIAMS MFG CO., Props. Cleveland, O.
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Itch, Praire Mango, and Scratch
es of every kind cured in 80 Minutes
by WooBords Sanitary Lotion.
Use no other. This never fails. Sold
by R. w. Pope Druggist, Woodsfeld.
Ohio.-43-3.
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Mrs. Wiggers-'Dear. dear, I'm
most dead. but I'll have to go chop
some wood"
Mrs. Miggers-''Chop wood, in
deed; why doesn't your husband do
that?"
"Oh. he never has time to do any
thing. He writes in his study an
hocr every day and has to rest af-
ter thakN
"Humph! What's he writingy'
"Another book on the labor prob
lem."-Omahd World.
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Representative Houses
AND
Business Directory Of W0Odsfleld

In this column are to be found the leading
and most reliable business Houses and Indus
tries of Woodsfield arranged in alphabetical
order. Consult the list for your daily wants
and inform the merchant you saw lsis address
in this column.
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MUNICIPAL.
CHURCH.

GHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Rev. VIII. DE
~ yoRE, Pastor. Social meeting and com.
munion each Lords Day at lDI5 o'clock A. M
Services on second Sunday in each month nj
II o'clock A. NJ; also, O'Clock p. NJ. Sunday
School 0 O'Clock A. NJ.
M y: CHURCH.-Services at the NJ. E.
lus Church, Woodsfield, each Sabbath
Preaching at 1890 A. NJ. and p. NJ Sunday
Scnooi ll.30 A. NJ. Prayer meeting each Thurs.
day at p. NJ. Pastor, Rev. 8. p. DOUGLASS.
DRESBYTERIAN H.-Services al
!. ! 81 the Presbyterian Church, every two weeks
at "a O'Clock p. NJ. Sunday School each sun.
day Mt O'Clock p. ". Prayer meeting each
Wednesday evening at 6ll o'clock. Pastor
Rev. w. T. GARRowAY.
ST.SYLyESTER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH,
k)-Rev. Father WEIsINGER, Pastor Ser
vices at and 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School
at 2 P. II. Vespers and Benediction at 3 p. NJ.
CT. PAULS GERMAN EVANGELICAL
- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. every two weeks al
10 o'clock &: NJ. Sunday School each Sunday
ut O'Clock A. NJ. Services each alternate
Sunday at Lewisvifc at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Pas
tor, Rev. A. ]. WINTBRICK.
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You are, indeed, heartless, soul
less, corporation, and yet you are
very essential in our business.-Chi-
cago NeWs.
American Steamboats, Not Much I'm.
proved.
l never saw but one formal steam
boat race. That vast is not nee
essary now to say how many years
ago-when George Law ran his Ore
gon against the C. Vanderbilt, own
ed BY the Commodore from New
York to Sing Sing and back for some
thousands Of dollars. The contes-
tants made a good part of the voy-
age up as if lashed together, but
coming down tho Oregon left the
Vanderbilt we'll behind. A thick
volume Of black smoke which rolled
from the formers pipes as she hur-
ried past Yonkers was afterward ac-
counted for by the statement that
Mr.. Law. tn his eagerness for vic
tory, had torn up joiner work and
costly fittings to feed his Ares. Per-
haps this picturesque story needed
verihcation. The Oregon was after
ward lost or burned or otherwise pnt
an end to; but the Vanderbilt is a
good illustration of occasional steam
boat longevity. Though built near
ly forty years ago, after = transfer
from the Sound and long service on
the Troy route she still, sturdy
though dismantled as to passenger
use, makes her way up and down
the river with unimpaired vigor at
the head Of a procession Of canal
boats.
1t is rather surprising that SO lit
tie advance in swiftness has been
made by Hudson River steamboats,.
The Mary Powell-which if any can
beat none have formally beaten
has claimed the first place for more
than score Of years. But the real
test is not an occasional and doubt
full burst Of speed Of which We hear
now and then, but actual business
schedule time. The records show
that the running to Albany or to
nearer places is little if any quicker
than it was in the days Of the Rein
deer and the Aida and, still fur
ther back, Of the South America
and her old rival, the Troy. An age
Of remarkable progress in other di-
rections seems to have done. all it
can do with river steamers. unless
some sudden and unexpected device
is presently forthcoming.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
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SOCIETIES.

OODSFIELD LODGE NO. s77, /. O. O.
w F.-Meets eve ry Tuesday evening. A.
j. PEARSON, N. g.; G.. G. JENNINGS, Sec'y.
W0ODSFIELD ENCAMPMENT, NO. l6S
wv. Meets In Lodge Room the hrst and
third Friday evening OF each month. ASHER
OKEY, c. p; FRITZ REEF, Scribe.
MONROE LODGE NO. $50, F. & AM
lNl Meets at Masonic Hall III Woodsfield, on
Wednesday evenings, on or before each full
moon. j. p. SPRIGGs, W. NJ; JAS. r. NOR
RIs, Secretary.
OODSFIELD CHAPTER NO. s5, r. A.
w M.-Meets in Masonic Hall, Woodsfield.
on Monday evening after full moon. ]. p.
SPRIGGs, Nj. Z. H. p; JAS. r. NORRIS, Sec'y.
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the solitude Of the wilderness, spiked
down valuable land grants, killed
cheap icattle and then paid high
price for them, whooped through
valleys, snorted over lofty peaks,
crept through long, dark tunnels,
turning the bright glare Of day sud
denly upon those who thought the
tunnel was two miles long, roared
through the night and glittered
through the day. bringing alike the
groom to his beautiful bride, and the
weeping prodigal to the moss-grown
grave Of his mother.
You are, indeed, heartless, soul
less, corporation, and yet you are
very essential in our business.-Chi-
cago Neus.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-08
GOT THE sWELL.HEAD BADLY.
But aDonr Mind Her, She's Under Treat-
ment for It."

But sDon't Mind Her, She's Under Treat-
ment for It."
Chas. NJ. Slsck returned Saturday from
Toledo and Findlay, and he reports that the
stories they tell up in the latter burg about
their gas wells are something enormous.
The tales about the heat of the gas scorch-
ing the shingles off of all the roofs within
radius of half mile of the wells, and all
such little things like that, are by this time
worm-eaten chestnuts. But their latest one
is that all the snow within radius Of
four miles around has been melted, and
that all the ground within this
space is covered with rich summer grass.
Likewise the ice covering every body of
water within this radius has all melted, and
that one hundred yards beyond this limit
good skating is enjoyed. 1t is reported
that about seventy-fve families in different
parts of the state intend erecting summer
cottages inside of this torrid belt and save
the money annually expended in excursions
to Florida and the sunny south-lands.
Findlay has 'struck ii rich'' this time, un-
doubtedly, but she is too grasping. Mr..
Slack says that as he was passing
through East Toledo the other day the
heavens were all Int up with a
beautiful red light that would, at times, be
very bright and then again be almost invisi-
ble Upon Iquiring what the light was,
he was informed that it came from the Find
lay gas well, forty-two miles distant He
thought this might be true, but was inclined
to believe that the man came from Findley.
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NEW CARLISLE.

New CARLISLE, Feb. SIT becomes a
duty to say that in reporting items last
week we reported scarlet fever, upon the
authority of person swho We thought
knew, in the family of William Stockstill;
it seems this was mistake, as well as DIR.
Cook being the attending physician. Some
person seems to be wailing about it in the
Springfield Gazette. The Bethel town.
ship teachers had a meeting last Saturday,
which was attended by very small number
Of teachers. :. Township superintendency
as well as city superintendency, need
regular meetings Of teachers in Or
der to make it success. .
DIR. Van Cleye preached one of his good
common sense sermons yesterday j. Q.
Smith, W. Z. Gardner, DIR. ID. NJ. Berrere,
Z. A McGrew, W. H. H. Scarf and c. II.
Blocker attended special communication
of the Dayton council last Friday evening.
Five of them took the S. E. degree. The
attendance at the Presbyterian Sabbath
school was nearly double its number few
months ago, yesterday. The attendance
will soon have reached its former desirable
standard, and if the church gets good pas
tor this spring it will surpasS it.