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1t was laid aside as impracticable. A
present was however, was made to
Garoy.
In 1890, the FIRST railroad was con-
structed at Newcastle on-Tyne.
The first idea of a steam engine is
in the Marquis of Winchester's His
tory Of Inventions,' A. D., 1868.
In ITO, Newcomer made the first
engine in England.
In 17l8, patents were granted to
SaSery for the first application of the
steam engine.
In 1854, James Watt made the first
perfect steam engine that was made
in England.
In 1865, Jonathan Hull sets forth
the idea of steam navigation
In 1878. Thomas Paine at first pro-
posed its application in America.
In 1871, Marquis Joufroy built a
steamer on the Seine.
In 1856, two Americans published
works on the subject.
In 1889, William .Symington made
n voyage ON a steamer in the Forth OF
Clyde canal.
In 1902, this experiment was re-
peated.
In 1892 Ramsey propelled a boat
by steam to New York.
In 1888, John Fitch, of Philadel-
phia, navigated a boat by steam on
the Delaware.
In 1898, Robert Fulton first began
to apply his attention to steam.
In 1898, Oliver Evans, a native of
PHILADELPHIA, constructed a locomo-
tive steam engine TO travel on a turn
pike road.
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THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER
E3slA

THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER
AND SYSTEM REVIEWER
One bottle will cure a torpid condition of
the liver.
Two bottles are warranted to cnre a nurs-
ing sore mouth.
One bottle will clear the system of biles.
Two bottles are warranted to cure the
worst canker in the stomach.
Three to five bottles are are warranted to
cure the worst kind of erysipelas.
POLAND'S
One to two bottles are warranted to
cure all humor in the eyes.
Two bottles are warranted to cure running
of the ears and blotches among the hair.
Four to six BOTTLES are warranted 10 cure
corrupt an running ulcers.
One bottle will cure scaly eruptions of
the skin. A lady friend who was sadly
annoyed with. Pimples on the face used two
bottles, shows a most beautiful com
p~lexion as the result.
HUMOR
Two or three bottles are warrante
cure the worst kind of ringworm.
Two or three bottles are warranted tod to
the most desperate cases of rheumatim.
Three or four bottles are warranted to
cure salt rheum.
Five to eight bottles are warranted to
cure the worst scrofula.
One to three bottles are warranted to cure
the worst case of dyspepsia. I know from
the experience of Thousands that ithas beer
caused by canker in the stomach.
DOCTOR.
w. K. FOLTZ, Ashland, o.
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Letters of Recommendation.

A gentleman advertised for q boy to
assist him in his office, and fifty
applicants presented themselves to
him. Out OF the whole number he
in a short time selected one, and dis
missed the rest.
II should like to know" said a
friend, ION what ground you selected
that boy, who had not a single recon-
mendation."
"You are mistaken said the gen
tleman ; che had a great many. He
wiped his feet when he came in, and
closed the door after him, showing
that he was careful. He gave up his
seat instantly to that lame old man,
showing he was kind and thoughtful.
He took off his cap when he came in,
and answered my questions promptly
and respectfully, showing that he was
polite and gentlemanly. He picked
up the book which I had purposely
laid upon the floor, and replaced it on
the table, while all the rest stepped
over it OF showed it aside; and he wait
ed quietly for his turn, instead of
pushing and crowding, showing that
he was honest and orderly. When l
talked with him, / noticed that his
clothes we're carefully brushed, his
hair in nice order, and bis teeth as
white as milk and when he wrote his
name, I noticed that his finger nails
we're clean, instead of being tipped
with jet, like that handsome little fell
lows in the blue jacket. Don't you
call those things letters of recommen
dationi do, aud / would give more
for what 1 can tell about a boy by
using my eyes ten minutes than all the
fine letters he can bring me-"
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FROM PosT TO PosT.-A German
going homo elevated, staggered up
against a lamp post, on a Saturday
recently. BEG your pardon" said
he, 81 hope no offence. It's rather
dark, and the street is so narrow, you
see."
In q few moments he came in con-
tact with another post. "Couldn't
help it, sir" said he, lifting his hat /;
"i never saw such crooked lanes as
we have in this town."
Again he ran against a post, this
time with such violence that it sent
him back against the ground. "Look
here, neighbor, you needn't push a
fellow because be happens to touch
you; the road is as much mine as
yours, and I have as much right here
as you have, you old stick-in-the-
mudp
He picked himself up and made
another effort TO reach home (Nation-
al Hotel, but he Dol came plump
against another post.
81 shan't make any more apologies
said he; IF you get into the middle
of the street, and stand in my way,
that's your lookout, not mime"
Proceeding on his journey again
and becoming dizzy, he seemed to be
entangled in an inextricable labyrinth
of lamp posts, hitching rails, etc,
which led him to make the following
pretty little speech: Gentleman you
are not doing the fair thing. You do
not give me a chance; you run from
one side to the other side, right in my
way"
5 Just then he met a friend, and ia
king him by the hand said: "There
is a procession going along the street,
and every man is drunk they have
been running against me all the way.
/ knocked one of the fellows down,
and one of the fellows knocked me
down, and then a lot of them got
around me and 1 believe they would
have whipped me within an inch of
my life If you had not come to my
rescue. Let US go out of the street
back, for they are all drunk"
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TO NEBRASKA, CALIFORNIA, AND
KANSAS, AND THE B. & NJ. r. R.
LANDS.
The Huntington Route" so-called,
lies right in the path of the Star of EN-
pire. 1t runs almost Immediately in
the center of the great westward move
ment of emigration. Crossing Hi
nois and Iowa, it strikes the Missouri
river at three points.
These three points are the gateways
into three great sections of the trans
Missouri region.
The Northern gate is Omaha, where
the great Pacific road will take you to
the land of gold and grapes, sunny
mountains, and perpetual summer.
The middle gate is Plattsmouth,
which opens npon the south half of
N Nebraska, south Of the Platte river, a
region unsurpassed on the continent
for agriculture and grazing. Just here
are the B. & M. Railroad lands, con-
corning which Geo. S. Harris, the
land officer at Burlington. Iowa, can
give you all information, and in the
heart of them is Lincoln; the State
Capital and present terminus of the
road.
The Southern gate leads to Kansas,
by connections with the ST. Joe Road
at Hamburg, running direct to St.
Joe and Kansas City.
The trains of the Burlington run
smoothly and safely, and make all
connections. Itruns the best of coach
es, Pullman Palace and Pullman din
ing cars, and should you take the
journey for the journeys sake -alone,
you will be repaid ; or take it to find a
home or a farm, and you cannot find
either better than among the b. & NJ.
lands, where you a buy on ten years.
credit, and at a low price. 1y41
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Condensed History of Steam.

About two hundred and eighty
years b. c., HES, of Alexandria, for.
med a toy which exhibited the power
of steam and was moved by its pow
er.
A. D. $50, Anthemius, an architect
fixed several cauldrons of water, each
covered with the wide bottom of a
leather tube, which rose to a narrow
top, with pipes extending to the raj
tiers of an adjoining building. A fire
was kindled beneath the cauldrons,
and the house was shaken by the efforts
OF the steam ascending the the tubes.
This is the first record of the power of
steam.
In 1543, June,1 II, Biasgo d. Garoy
tried a steamboat of two hundred tons
with considerable success, at BARGE
Iona, Spain. It consisted of a caul-
dren of boiling water. under a nova
Lie wheel on each eide 81 the ship
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The story of the "InfdePs Sheep
reminds some n Of another story
about sheep, which is almost as good
lie had it from the lips OF the late w.
Ladd, of Minot, Me-, the famous old
peace man ola past generation.
He said he nee had a neighbor by
the name of P, who was slack
and careless about his fences, and
whose sheep, as a natural consequence
became very troublesome. They of
fen found their way into his moving
fields, and greatly irritated himself
and his hired meE, SO that they finally
threatened to shoot them if they were
not kept within their bounds. But
nothing availed. P obstinately
refused to mend his fence, or take any
pains to keep his sheep out of his
neighbours field.
While matters were in this disagree
able condition, MIR. Ladd said that it
occurred to him that he was not carry.
ing out his peace principles very faith
fully in his dealings with his neighbor.
SO he resolved on a different line of
action; and, going to the fence of a
field in which he saw P at work,
he called to him.
What to You want, squire? was
the bluff answer.
4 want to talk to you about those
sheep replied Ladd.
Il don't want to hear anything more
about the sheep was the rejoiuder.
You may shoot them and be hanged,
if you want to; / amt a going to do
anything with Them
No. said Ladd, Il am not going to
shoot them. nor hurt them, but l want
you to let me take your sheep into my
pasture and keep them for YOU
oh, yes replied P that
would be a nice plan to get rid of my
sheep
Neighbour said Ladd, ff n of
your sheep is lost in my pasture, I'll
pay its full value
By this time P had become
sufficiently interested in the matter
under discussion to cease from his
hoeing and turn toward Mr.. Ladd.
Are you in earnest, squirrel said
he.
To be sure I ann replied Ladd,
You see It would be economy to pas
ture your sheep, rather than to have
them in my fields; and 1 would guar
antee the safety of every sheep you
drive into my pasture for | don't
intend to have any more quarreling
about them with my neighbor.:
d P looked sharply at the old
peace man for q moment. and then
said, you may go along, squire, I'll
take care Of the sheep
And he was as good as his word.
Ladd never had occasion to complain
of P after that day, that he was
not as good a neighbor rs he wished
to have.
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Cigars and Economy.

Father, do you remember that
mother asked you for two dollars this
morning?'
Yes, my child what of it?
90 you remember that mother
didn't get itF
Yes. And I remember what little
girls don't think about
What is that, father 2
Il remember that we are not rich.
But you seem in a brown study
What is my little daughter thinking
about?
i vas thinking how much one CT
gar costs
why, it costs ten cents-not two
dollars, by a long shot
But ten cents three times a day, is
thirty cents
That's as true as Observation-Disclosures
table,
And there are seven days in the
week.
That's so, by the almanac
And seven times thirty cents are
two hundred and ten cents
Hold onI I'll surrender. Here,
take the two dollars to your mother,
and tell her that I'll do without cigars
for n week.
Thank you, father; but If you'll
only say a year. 1t would save over
a hundred dollars. We would all get
new shoes and dresses, and mother a
nice bonnet, and lots of pretty and
useful things
We'll, to make my little girl look
happy. 1 will say a year.
Oil that will be so nice! But
wouldn't it be abo ut as easy to say
always? Then We could have the
money every year, and your lips will
be 10 much sweeter when you kiss
u.s.
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a Joke.

A few nights since, at a late hour,
the speaking tube at the Office door OF
one Of New Ravens most popular
physicians was used by some midnight
wag to the following effect:
The doctor was in a sound sleep,
WREN he was partially awakened by a
''halloo" through the tube, when the
following dialogue took place:
"Well, what do you want
"Does DR.. Jones live here
Eyes what do you want2"
care you DIR. Jones !"
YES"
'tDr. Simon Jones ?"
"Yes-yesl What do you want p
"Why, how long have you lived
here? 2"
N"Some twenty years; Why"
WhyY Why don't you more !"
eff you stay there a second longer,
you'll find Pm moving :" And out
he bounced, but the patient was heard
moving down the street at a rate that
defied pursuit.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
David Riblet
George T Case, ct. al.

George T Case, ct. al.
By order Of q certain order Of sale
issued from the Court of Common
Pleas of Ashland county, Ohio, and
to me directed, I will offer for sale, at
public auction at the south door of
the Court House, in Ashland, in said
County, on
Saturday, September o, I'D. 1871,
at 2 o'clock P. NJ. of said day the fol-
lowing real estate, situate in the coun-
ty of Ashland and State of Ohio, to-
wit Lot number 81. of South Ash
land addition to the town of Ashland
in said county. Terms cash on day
of sale. Appraised at $500.
WIN. o. PORTER, Sheriff
Brinkerhoof & Dickey, PPfs atty's
Auonot q,-5W1
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~~S. b. FREEMAN, has
@~ just ordered a mber
of fine tOWLING PIECES, RIFLES,
which he will sell cheap, for cash.
All sorts of repairing done by him at
the Engine room. Call on him and
encourage his enterprise.
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A dreadful calamity has visited the
small island of Tagalanda, in Malay
Archipelago, about fifty miles north.
east of the island of Celibis. An out
burst of the volcano of Ruwang was
accompanied by a convulsion of the
sea, and a wave forty yards in height
swept all the humln beings, cattle and
horses from the island. The number
of persons who persisted is stated to
be 416.
The Presbytery of Greenfield Ohio,
has suspended the Rev. Frank Rea of
hat place, for gross intemperance.-
1t is decided very sensibly that when
q minister of the gospel is too drunk
to walk straight in the open streets,
he not only brings the church into dis
repute, but reflects unfavorably upon
the cause of public and private morals.
The last New Philadelphia Demo
crat says: On Friday last, Mrs. Stro-
bel, wife of Henry Strobel, with two
OF her grandchildren, started in a con
veyance from her house in Lawrence
township to go to her sons in Zoar.
On her way the horse backed and fell
down an embankment some fifteen
feet, dragging Mrs. S. and the vehicle
along, the children having Jumped out.
Tie horse was instantly killed, and
Mrs. s. so badly injured that she died
Sunday evening.
A worthy old clergyman in Scotch
town Is very absent minded, and has a
short memory. 1t is q common habit
with him in the pnIpit to forget some
thing, and then, after sitting down, to
rise up again, and begin his supli-
mentary remarks with the expression,
"By the way A few Sundays ago
lie Gos half way through 4 prayer,
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ATTENTION FARMERs.-Mr. Sam
uel McClain Is Co.. keep constantly
on hand a good supply Of Fork, Hoe
aud Rake handles-Teeth for the Ro.
tary Horse Rakes-Broom handles, etc.
made of the best material. 1t will bs
to the interest of farmers to call al
this establishment. which is located Oh
Centre street, rear the bridge. o.
ders, also filed on short notice..
July 90, '70-2m5I
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THE GREAT CAUSE
OF
M MISERY.
Published, IN q Sealed

just Published, in q Sealed En-.
uelope. Price sir cents.
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment and
Radical Cure of Seminal Weakness, or
SpermatorYhea. induced by Self-Abuse Ins
voluntary Emissions, Impotency, Nervou-
Debility, and Impediments to Marriage
generally; Consumption, Epilepsy, and
Fits Mental and PHYSICAL I~ncapacity, &c.
by ROB.:J. CULVERWELL,- M. D.,
Author of the Screen Books" &c.
The world-renowned author, in this ad.
mirable Lecture, clearly proves from his
own experience that the awfnl consequences
of Self-Abuse NAV be effectually removed
without medicine, and without dangerous
surgical operations, bougies, instruments,
rings, or cordiais, pointing out a model of
cure at once certain and efiectual, by which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be. may cure himself cheaply, private
ly, and radically. This lecture viii prove
a boon to thousands and thousands.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to
any address, an receipt of six cents, or two
postage stamps, by addressing the publishers
Also. DIR. CULVERWELLS Marriage
Guide" price Is cents.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. J. G. KLINE & co.
127 Bowery, New York,
Post Office Box 4.5S6 RI
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SUPERvisoRs.-We are prepared to
furnish any number of road receipts
on short notice at this office. The re-
ceipts will be printed in the approved
form of the Treasury. Call and get
tham
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ERRORS OF. YOUTH.

A gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and
all the effects of youthful indiseretion, will,
for T. e sake of suffering humanity, send
free to all who need it, the receipt and di-
re .tions for making the simple remedy by
, Mich he was cured. Sufferers wishing %
profit by the advertisers experience, can do
so by addressing imperfect confidence.
JOHN B. OGDEN,
no16 No AZ Cedar street New York.
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CRoQUEr.-Go to Beers Hardware
Store and invest in a beautiful set of
Croquet and keep your children and
yourselves at homo instead of learn
ing mischief on the stpeets.
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These examinations will at
10o'clock A. NJ. and close at 4 P. n.
No applicant will be admitted after II
o'clock A. NJ. Written testimonials of
good moral character. signed at least by two
responsible persons will be required, which
testimonials will bekept on file
By order of the Board
r. j. BARTON, Clerk.
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Blood Cleanser or Panscea

which is used more extensively by practic-
ing physicians than any other popular med
icine known.
Reae Prepared by P. Fahrney's Bros: &
Co. Waynesboro, Pa, and DIR. p
Fahrney, 30 North Dearborn Street Az
Chicago. Price 81, % per bottle, for ~
sale by Wholesale and Retail Deal -
ers, and by w. X. FOLTZ, Ashland, o.
notify.
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NEW LONDON HACK
LINE.

883EAEYEE< the New London
Hack will carry
passengers the round trip for $500. 1t will
also carry passengers from Ashland to Nor
walk for $500. The Hack stops at Skellen-
gers Hotel in New London.
April 26. 1S71-uo42-1y.
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THE SINGER
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE

The superior merits of the "SINGER
Machine over all others, for either Family
use or Manufacturing purposes, are SO well
established and so generally admitted, thai
an enumeration of their relative excellen
cies is no longer necessary. Our
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The Machine in question is Simple, Com
pact, Durable and Beautiful. 1t is quiet,
lig~ht-runniug, and capable of performing a
range and variety Of work never before at
tempted, upon a single machine, using
either Silk, Swist, Linen or Cotton Threads
and sewing with equal facility they YER
YES and coarsest material, and an thing
between the two extremes, in the most
beautiful and substantial anner Its at
tachments for Hemming, Braiding, Cording
Tucking, Quilting Telling, Trimming
Binding ETC., are n~vel and practical and
have been invented and adjusted especially
for this Machine,
Circulars describing and illustrating our
Manufacturing Machines, as also the truly
wonderful and only practical Button HOLE
MACHINE ever yet devised, sent postage
free on application to
J.. JEFF. SPRENGLE.
Agent, Ashland. o.
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NOTICE TO iii
FALL N WINTER.

TNhe Board of School Examiners of Ash
land County will hold the following
Examinations during the school years 1871
EII Nnn HIrd AImER
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= 1000 REWARD!
$500

A reward Of Five Hundred Dollars will
he paid fer a medicine that will permanent
ly cure more cases of Costiveness, Constipa-
ton, Sick or Nervous Headache, Liver
Complaint, Bilious Disorders, Jaundice,
Rheumatism, Gout, Dyspepsia, Chills and
Fever, Tape Worms, Boils, Tumors, TIT
tiers. Ulcers, Sores, Pains in the Loins, Side
and Head and Female Complaints, than
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NEW FAMILY NACHINE,

Which has been over two years in prepars
ton, and which has been brought to pcrfeo
ton regardless of TIME, LABOR or Elk
PENSE, is now confidently presented to thu
public as incomparably the
BEST SEWING MACHINE In EXIS-
TENCEl
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JEWELLERS DIRECTORY

G. G. & G. TIME TABLE.
On and after Monday, Dec. 9Th, 1870,
passenger trains will arrive at the follow
ing places at the time set.
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TRAINS GOING EAST.

No. 3. No. 2. No. 6. NJ. a
Stations. Mail. Exp's Ex'ps Fxl q
Chicago 55oa am 9 90 am 5 35 pm 0 20 pm
Plymouth 945 /, IL 50 am 8 05 ,, II : an
TT. Wayne II 40 pm 15 pm11 80 BIS,
Lima 307 =, 8 So =, 1 g. am 5 Is :,
Forest 427 >, 4 So ;, $50 >, 6 35 >,
Crestline A.60O >, els :, 42O ;, $40 =,
do Lvs. II 50 >, 635,, 40 3, SIS :,
Mansfield % ,, O5 - 90 92S
Orrville as ,, 900 ,, 657 , IL ~ ,,
Alliance $50 n1O25 ;, 8 so {, As pm
Rochester s25 pm IL 81 am II 05 ,,422 :.
Pittsburgh 935., 125 ,, II 10 pm 5 80 ,,
No. l, Daily except Monday; Nos. 5, 3,s,
and 2, Daily except Sunday Nos.7. and 6.
Daily No. 4, Daily except Saturday and
Sunday.
F. r. MYERS,
TICKET AGENT.
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Cleveland, Mt. Vernon a. Del.
aware Railroad.

K. @. HURD, Pres't.
G.. A. JONES', Sup't.
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when he hesitated, forgot what he vas
about, and sat down abruptly without
closing. In a moment or two he rose,
and pointing his torefnger at the
amazed congregation, he said, sob!
by the way-Amen I"
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thing entirely new to the long list of
American manufactured articles. In
every case they stimulate the manu-
featuring interests Of the country, and
make it more than ever apparent that
the industries Of the nation deserve
not only tn, fostering care, but the
heartiest encouragement Of Congress.
There is O. queer excitement near
Newburyport, Massachusetts,, in re-
gard to the fresh water pearl fishery.
The brooks in that region contain the
fresh muscle, of which perhaps one
in ten contains a pearl. Fishing for
them is quite actively engaged in, and
a few days since an Individual sue
cceded in finding eight fair specimens,
the largest the size of a pea and so
absolutely spherical in form that a
Boston jeweler at first pronounced it
an imitation, declaring it was more
perfect than any of a hundred and
fifty he had in his store. On further
examination he reversed his decision
and offered a handsome price for it.
An e~xcentric Scotchman, Farquhar
NJ, Kenzie. recently died Castleton,
near Thurso. More than thirty years
ago he took to his bed through relig-
ious excitement, and in course of time
his body assumed such an abnormal
condition that the slightest cold af-
fected him in a most painful manner.
The air had as far as possible to be
excluded from his bed his hands had
to be kept gloved, and his only COM
munication with friends who visited
him vas through a pane of glass fas-
tened in the curtains. With all this
he appeared to be quite in possession
eff his senses, and by many persons
WAS regarded Us q kin3 Of oracle.