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-PHANTOMS.
BIT HENRY y. LoSeFELuow.

All houses wherein men have lived aud died,
Are haunted houses Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no noise rpon the floor.
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair
Along the passages they come and 90,
Impalpable impressions on the air,
A sense Of something moving to and fro.
There are more guests at table than the hosts
Invited; the Illuminated hall
Is thronged with quiet, inoIensiEe ghosts,
As silent as the pictures ON the wall
The stranger ut my freside cannot see
The forms Isee, nor hear the sounds hear;
He bat perceiyes what is; while unto me
All that has been is visible and clear.
We have no title-deeds to house or lands:
Owners and occupants of earlier dates
From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands
And hold in mortmain still their old estates.
The spirit world around this world of sense
Floats like an atmosphere and everywhere
WAITS through these earthly mists and yapors
dense,
A vital breath Of more ethereal air.
Our little lives are kept in eqaipoise
By opposite attractions and desires;
The struggle Of the instinct that enjoys
Ana the more noble instinct that aspires
The perturbations, the perpetual jar
OF earthly wants and aspirations high,
Come from the influence of that unseen star,
That undiscovered planet in our sky.
And as the moon, from some dark gate of cloud,
Throws DER the sea floating bridge oflight,
Across whose trembling blanks our fancies
crowd
Into the realm of mystery and night; IL
So from the world of spirits there descends
A bridge Of light. connecting it with this,
Der whose unsteady floor, that sways and
bends,
Wander our THOUGHTS above the dark abyss.
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-RAyENNA, o, THURSDAY, JUNE TO- 1869.
ssThe allypocrite,v 1 mentally ex-

- The aliypocrite, mentally ex-
claimek. ala,
Ileft the widows in a hurry and
went to headquarters, got Charley
Ross, and proceeded to Newton's
house to arrest him. But the bird had
flown. lie had gone, his house-keep-
er said, to spend the night with a
} friend in the city.
We were chagrined at our defeat,
and i resolved to arrest him before he
reached the church. We went to the
church at an early hour, but our game
was already there, and the choir was
singing. We entered and occupied a
back seat; we were compelled to do
SO for the church was filled with peo-
pie who had come to hear the farewell
discourse. zEa3.tf sl-5t
r. The preacher arose and took his
text, which think read as follows ::
HBe ye holy; for / am holy" The
discourse was splendid one, in
which his talents shone with all their
brightness. He concluded by exhor-
tations to take him as an example and
follyw him as he followed Christi
When the services were concluded,
he deseendee from the pulpit to re-
ceive the farewells of his congrega-
ton. T. The ladies gathered arouud
him to receive the parting kiss. At
last he started toward the door.
is SHOWS your time, Harry Wills
pered Charley Ross, as Newton neared
me. 60
lstepped up to the pious robber,
and grasping his arm, cried out:
- MIR. Newton, in the name of the
commonwealth of New York, 1 arrest
| you.' 40
"What for" he stammered out.
T. " For the Bond street robberies."
He turned pale as death, and many
of the women tainted, His hand
moved toward his coat pocket, but did
not reach it. ,..r-. ..-....
"Quick, Charley, the bracelets!" ]
cried. 9 ~'-''-
The next instant Charley Ross
| sprang forward and clapped the hand
cuffs on, AID Mr.. Newton was march
ed off amid the shrieks and groans OF
his congregation. When his trial
came off he made full confession,
ana he went to Sing Sing for term
of fifteen years.
All the fruits of his robberies were
recovered, save the money, and Anna
Rodman willingly gave up the Wild
ow's ring. r
A few weeks later was presented
with fine gold watch by the people
of Bond street whose church is in
charge of minister who is not a wolf
i'll sleeps clothing. ,.5
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THE TWO MIsERs.

A miser living in Kufa had heard
that in Bassora also there dwelt a
miser more miserly than himself, to
whom he might go to school, and from
whom he might learn much. He
forthwith journeyed thither and pre-
scnted himself to the great master as
an humble commencer in the art of
avarice, anxious to learn, and under
him to become student. Welcomer'
said the miser of Bassora; we will
straight go into the market to make
some purchases" They went to the
baker. "'Hast thou good bread ?''
GOOD indeed, my masters, and fresh
and soft as buttcr.'' /" Mark this,
friend" said the man of Bassora to the
one of Kufa; butter is compared
with bread as being the better of the
two as we can only consume small
quantity of that, it win also be cheap
or, and we shall therefore act more
wisely and more savingly, too, in be-
ing satisfied with BUTTER They then
went to the butter-merchant, and
asked if he had good butter. GOOD
indeed, and fiavory and fresh as the
finest olive-oil," was. the answer.
=" Mark this also," said the host to his
guest; coil is compared with the very
best of butter, and therefore by much
ought to be preferred to the latter -
They next went to the oil-vender.
Have you good oil?" " The very
best quality; white and transparent as
water" was the reply. Mark that,
too" said the miser of Bassora to the
one of Kufa "by this rule water is the
very best. Now at home have a pail
full and most Hospitality will enter
tain you" And indeed on their re-
turn nothing but water did he place
before his guest, because they had
learned that water was better than oil
oil better than butter, butter better
than bread. "God be praised," said
the miser of Kufa, "f have not jour
neyed this long distance in vain !"
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COUGHS. APosTROPHE TO COLD WA
!. g.H ss TER. 8 assF EgEs3fl

= D.
The celebrated apostrophe to water
given in one of Coughs temperance
lectures, is gem. Pouring glass of
water and advancing towards his au-
dience, and lifting it above his head.
he said
Look at that, We thirsty sons of
earth! Behold it! See its purity!
How it glitters as if a mass of liquid
gems! 1t is beverage that is brew
ed by the hand of the Almighty him.
self! Not simmering still, or smok-
ing fires, choked with poisonous gases
and surrounded by the stencil of sick
ening odors and rank corruption, does
our Father in Heaven prepare the
precious essence of life-the pure cold
water, but in the green glade, and
grassy dell, where the~de wanders
and the child loves to play; there God
brews it land down in the deepest
valley where the fountains murlner
and the rills sing, and high upon the
| tall mountain tops, where the storm
clouds brood and the thunders crash =;
and away far out on the wide sea,
where the hurricane howls music, and
the big waves roll the chorus, sweep
ing the march of God-there he brews
it-that beverage of health giving wa
ter-and everywhere it is a thing of
beauty; glimmering in the summer
rain, shining in the ice gem-till the
trees all seem turned into living jew
els; spreading a golden veil over the
setting sun, or white gauze around
the midnight moon; sporting in the
cataract, sleeping in the glaciers, dane
ing in the hail showers; folding its
soft curtain softly about the windy
world and weaving the many cloudcd
iris, that is erpha's zone of the sky,
whose warp is in the rain drop of the
earth, whose roof is the sunbeam OF
heaven +; all checkered over with 'ee-
lestial flowers by the mystic hand OF
reflection, still always it is beautiful,
that blessed life water. No poison
bubbles on the brink (; its foam brings
no sadness or murder. '-ii III lat9T
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FoNAEoEs-How 90 RIrEsl .rHn,I

TOAATOES-HQH TO iRlPENs THEM
.urs tzaE..e, EARLT sgag5fs,ofix :
go First, have stout, tapering plants,by
giving them. plenty ofroom, sunlight
and air, from the commencement of
growth. Then study the habits of the
plant, and you will see that from the
main stem, it throws ON, at intervals,
long rough leaves and alta later peri
cd, from above the junction of these
leaves with the stem, start out second.
airy stems with the same habits as the
original. These continue to multiply
themselves until You have a large vine
and plenty of small green fruit, neces-
sarily late in ripening, for the reason
that the force of the plant has been
spent in producing vine. Do not
wait this long and think,9te remedy
the matter by slashing off the vine at
random, to let in sunlight, as is COM
mon practice. begin with the plant
in time, and train it to suit you;e
The time to begin trimming is just
wheH the first cluster of flower buds
appear. This win generally be at the
Junction of the further fifth leaf men,
toned. AT this time the secondary
stems will be seen just starting above
the junction of all the leaves, below.
Here begin your work. Pinch them
all off at once, and when they start
FrsT 4aHt q
out again, as they win, pinch off again
until you conquer. You have now
stopped the making of vine below
this cluster Of flower buds, and all the
| strength and juices of the plant are
sent upwards, pushing forward the
cluster Of flowers and secondary stems
above. After little commence your
work above, and pinch of, all the sec
ondary stems, except enough to leave
| five or six clusters of fruit. Your
vine, SO long as you continue to pinch
off these stems, is checked both top
and bottom. Keep it tied up to a
strong stake, and in due time your
vine win be almost completely hidden
by a mass of ripe fruit, all in the sun
light. - ''
By this process have not failed for
several years having my first ripe to-
matoes the last of July, aud last year
on the twenty-fourth. "A little obser-
walton and skill will supply what
further might be added. Rich soils
can. do no harm to the tomato.-Rura1
Neao YORKER .Enad nsl 10. Elsviaaa.L.--
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Official Registry.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge of Common Plcas-GRo. b. TTTTLE.
3 Probate Jadge-J AeoB V. NELL.
Prosecuting Attorney-E. l.. WEBER
County Auditor-wILLIAN GRISSELL.
County Treasurer-GUsTAvUs p. REED.
Clerk of Courts-ASDREw JACKSON.
sheriff-0TIs b. PAINE.
REcoRDER-G. W. BAREETF.
County Commissioners-HESRY j. NOBLE, PER
RY P. DAwLEY, Jos. C. CONRAD.
Coroner-LUTHER III. PAKxELEE.
Suryeyor-oHARLEs j. GILLIs.
Directors of County InSrmary-J. C. BEATTY,
GUAM CLEMENTS and L. Z. DODGE.
MAYORS. OF INCORPORATED TOWNS.
? eRavenna- Roy Al TAYLOR.
Kent-E. W, sTUART.
G;arrettsville--F Francis
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Atwater--J r. Conrad and Sylvester A.
Hinman.
Aurora-Reuben p Cannon and Worthy Tay
or.
Brilnicld-Joseph L. Carrier and a. Fl. Lam
phare.
,Deerfeid-C. S. s.Tibbals and John H. Hoffman
Edinburgf-smith sanford and Asa Bingham.
Charlestown--Augustus Munyoa and Nathan
Franklin-Joel Davis, Alvin Barton, John
Bradshaw y. fae-8
Freedom-Lyman Bryant and ArvilIus C.
Larkcom.
Hiram--Rufus Butts and Richard d. Hank.
.as Mantua--A N. Farr and Henry Cobb.
- Nels0a-Ja ames Ashald and r. Hannafs.
s Palmyra-John j.. Williams, Orrin Stevens
and Enoch Morgan.
81 Paris--A. d. Merrill and Brainard selby, Jr
Rayenna-Wm. Goldman, George +. Robin
r. son and Charles B. Stowe.
ns Randolpl--James p. Cole and n. c. Sears.
p, ,Rootstown-A. II. Barlow and Gideon Soy
mour. l t,si- ist
5a ishaiersxille-samuel G. Eldridge and William
Carlton.
streetsboro-E. NJ. Stanton and james H.
NicholssafaS
Suffeid-H. X. Martin and VIM. Paulus.
windham-E. S. Woodwork and Cornelius J.
Frary.
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mot WORTH A STRAW,

81 Perhaps a straw is not as worthless
as you think Let US sees Straws are
the stems of wheat, rye, oats and bar-
ley. In order to wave to and fro in
the wind, and yet bear :.up the heads
of grain, they must be both strong
and light. Let us see how lightness
is secured; They are made hollow
through the whole length. for every
now and then we find knob or joint,
which helps to brace up the sides and
make them very strong. :, The straw
outside is hard and looks shiny, as if il
had been polished. 1t is polished, and
that keeps the weather and the insects
from damaging it. besides adding to
its strength. Polish! but where does
it get polislr2a God gave these plants
the power of drawing up through
ltheir,root this gummy sort of var
nish from the earth. 1t is flint. There
is nothing like it on the sweet pea OF
the current bush, because they do not
need it. But does itsnot show Gods
wisdom and knowledge in giving this
power to ono plant where it is needed
and withholding it from others where
it is not p So you see that straw
even can show the wonderful power
of our Creator, God, and glorifyl his
name !sAl dauo155 ssT3iiH5s IH9mI.Ei
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70 ARTEMUs WARD has given an ac-
count of his courtship, which is too
good to let go by:q g 'aflj 1oi si''29l
I" Twas a carm still mite in Joon,
when all natur was hushed, and nary
a Zeffer disturbed the serene. silense.
sot with the objek of mi affections
on the tense of her daddy's pastur. l
had experienced a hankerin arter her
fer some time, but darsent proclame
mi pashun; wall, we sot. there on
the Tense a swingin of our feet
2 and frow, blushing as red, as the
Baldingville skule house, when it was
first painted, & lookin very simple, l
make 10 dowt. Mi left arm was oki-
pide in ballunsing miself on the fense
while mi rite arm waz wownd effec-
shunately round Suzanneris waste.
Sez I, 81 wisht thare waz winders in
mi sole so'z yua Good Sc sum of mi
feelunks,' and-l side .depely. paws
ed here. but az she made no reply to
it, continered in the follerin strane :
AR. Good yer know the sleeples mites
II parse on yer account, how Eittlcs
seast to be attractive tn me g. how mi
Inns is shrunk up, ye, woodn'tI idowt
ME not bi no means. Gaze on this
wastid form& these sonken ize, ,'oI
cride, jumping up, Il shood have
continued sum ii me longer probly;
but untortunately'Ilo I lost mi balance &
fell over into the pastur ker smash,
taring mi klose and severity damagin
miself generally. Sazzanner sprung
tn nii'assistance & dragged me 4th in
bubble quick time. Thcndrawin her
self up tn her full hite sed: Il wunt
listen tn yure noncents any longer.
Jest yu sa rite out what yu ar drivin
at. If ,yu meen gittin hitched,
I'm in" '''s"" e''.''-' u ."h" ','-l
A SWEET ANswER.-A little boy
and girl, each probably five years old,
were pl aging by the. roadside. The
boy became angry at something, and
struck his playmate a sharp blow on
the cheek, whereupon she sat down
and began TO cry pitcously. The boy
sat looking ON sullenly for minute,
and then said:
81 did not mean to hurt YOU, Katie ;
l am sorry" -. -.,'., - -. ~, ,.I.
The little rosy face frightened up
instantly The sobs were hushed, and
she said:'i j 10 rp<3 ,4aItE r II +
1o~ Well, if you are soriy,s it don't
hurt me. ."uU,31 aJi 3H lE39u31 gaa .
Iaff -+----77----.->ss-> ->--~--------- ila asy (
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UNcERTA1N,-A travelling life insur-
ancc agent applied to Texan to ''take
out q policy" but the Texan replied ;
a fellows life is so confounded un-
certain in this community il amt
worth insuring," ... 80
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Tying mackerel to your coat-tail,
and imagining yourself a whale, is one
Of the tirst lessons in goldfish aristo,s,
racy. ..7y,N atc,,, oais,o al, ~
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EARLY PRINTING! !Iddsa

f. In the infancy of the art its results
were comparatively rude. The type
used was intended to initiate writing,
and partook ofthe character of gothic
and script. Iii punctuating, they en-
ployed no marks at first other than
the period and colon: an oblique
stroke twas afterwards introduced,
and fulfilled the purpose sof our aconl-
ma. Pages had neither running title
nor number The division of words
and sentences was Every imperfect,
and the language was not divided in
toiparagraphs. Capital letters were
not used to commence asentence, nor
in proper names.l No rules seem to
have regulated their orthography,
which was entirely without method,
and their authorizations We're ,sosnu-
merous as to cause the. necessity, in
time, of publishing a book, by, the di-
recrfons in wttctr they could retd.
But one kind of letter was .use1
throughout. "A space was left at the
Beginning of chapters for the. illunin-
ator, who wrote, i'll various ,colored
ink the initial letter These were Of
ten elaboratcly iornamentedy and very
costly, being embelhsIied with flowers
aud figures, and sometimes Variagated
with gold and silver. The first press
ses were fashioned after the common
wine press. Fora short time theapa-
| per was printedson butfonel side, the
blank leaves being pasted togeth-
er. The only forms of books were
the folio and quarto. Two or three
hundred copies. were then considered
large edition. Dates were often
omitted, and the name of the. printer,
when given, was placed at the end Of
| the book.
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Soap Soap !! !

The subscriber is manufacturing at Camp
bellspOrts, a first rate article of 'tf.-.
8 Q e II 8 Q "A p
which he will deliver to those in want of the
same at reasonable rates. by the gallon or barrel.
Greese and wood ashes taken In exchange for
Soap. ts
All orders left at Beckley's Stove and Tin Store
will receive prompt attention.
m EDGAR c. CAMPBELL
Campbellsport. April "a. 1869, 55-1y.
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SCIENCE VS., THE INSECTS,

=, IIS81aL LHseEfG .F4SJ
10 The insects andsEermin injurious,to
vegetation present,a curious and diff
ficult subject of inquiry.o-A consider
able part of every crop of grain and
fruit is planted, not for the mouths of
our children, but for the fly the cur-
culio, and canker-W orm, or some of
these pests of husbandry. fSciencelas
done something, and will no doubtdO
more, to alleviate the plague: 10 1t has
already taughtlus not to wage equal
war on the wheat fly and the parasite
which preys upon it; and it will, per-
hads eventually persuade those who
need the lesson, that a few peas and
cherries are well by way of desert ON
the cheerful little warblers who turn
gardens into concert rooms. and do so
much to aid us in the warfare against
the grubs and catefpillars which form
their principal fneal.- Edwd1yl lEl'-
e7.off3 -Es.f xEg EHl lf rt2isgE 7-EtE 81
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:, This is the "beginning of the, end
of New England cotton-spinning.
Within ten years, probably witlinfive
the South will manufacture nearly all
the cotton produced within its bor-
ders. And this starting of factories
there will cause direct trade
to spring up between the Sonth
and Europe, which will, in the seiId,
put stop TO nearly all that CONNER
cial dependence ON the North whic h
caused us to grow rich SO fast. s Hith-
erto the South has loaded our vessels
| for European trade, and has been. a
market for our wares. The perma-
| nent result of the war viii Inevitably
be, to strip the north of these great
advantages, which were the source of
our wealth. Here is the excuse which
the New York, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton merchants gave for prosecuting
the war =. - -..-......-..-~>
They then said, "the North cannot
afford to let the South go, because it
would ruin u.s. financially" And so
the madmen supplied money for a war
which they imagined was to keep the
Southia as the great market for its wares
and as its most profitable customer.
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d. -
THE RATS IN CARoUsAL.-Thc pro-
.prietor of-a wine cellar in buffalo, says
the Eapress, observing rat lapping
mp the wine that dropped from the tap
of wine cask upon the floor, tried
the experiment Of giving them more
of the drink, Leaving the tap slight
ly open, he took a point of ,obserya-
ton where the rodents did not see
him. and soon the rat who had been
before seen indu,ging came from his
retreat and drank of the drippings,'
then standing on his hind legs TO reach
the wine which was now, fowinga
little faster. Others soon joined their
leader, and then fouoweda a real rati-
fication, the like OF which was. never
seen in that town. They squealed,
scratched, bit and struggled foeothe
possession of the tap, until many of
them, one after another, became t.'tight
US bricks dead drpnk---and lay upon
the flooriini utter helplessness. zis4kn
onslaught was made upon them,i sew
eral, killed and one captured, who was
put in q, cage to- sleep off his debaeh
On recovering, he drank a little more
wine, but turned up his nose. at whis-
Ky. IB1iEHI s1iI0 . adl uEds cess atsi
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SILVER Ds

In Silver Ware we have all the new styles,
many never befoIe offered TO the people of Fort
age county. We have allthe patterns OF
SOLID SILVER SPOONS.
Forks, Knives, Ladies, &c. A great variety of
Sets and Pins suitable for
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Farm for Sale.

A very desirable farm of eighty acres locat
IA ed on the town line of Ravenna and Roots
town. A good barn on the premises, and plen
ty of young fruit trees in good growing cOndi
ton. Also. four acres of pasture land Situated
VIENNA, just the thing for q man wishing place
to pasture COW or two, For terms and par
ticular description of the premises offered for
sale, enquire ut the Office of
nj L. .r..l3- .ss. 1 RANNEYi & HATFIELD.
Nay 10, 1869, 3T-tf. q -. 4 nj - = - =
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THE POLITICAL DAY-oF=JuDGNrENr

iHs r.SE aEE-FE .EAtr--rHT ,LENEVAa
The New u ork.- .-LlQA. BOOK Siyes
the following statictical. items of the
Iestablishmeht Of cotton factoafesL in
the South: ,-,
"Cotton factories are springing up
all over the South. Already there are
Ieighty-six mills started there, distrib-
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w. BEMAN.

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, and No
; tary.I Ofiiee, east end Phenix Block, toSer
Beckley's Stove and Tin Shop,) Ravenna, o.
Collections promptly mBde. Sept3, 1858, 1y.
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learned nothing more. .,5fs. j'GS.,..5 f.,
But success was to come. One night
l was looking at some gold pens in a
jewelry store, when a woman entered
and stood near me. Her person gilt
tered with diamonds. AS she turned
her face toward me I saw Anna Rod
man, one of the many women in New
York, who a.. 81 g..a34 d., s,ia Il ...g.