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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
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At the hall Of Hope No. fire en-
CINE is a little menagerie where speei-
mems of most animals are kept, from
a bear down to q mosquito-snakes
are the only exception to the rule but
still the boys insist thatifhese animals
are sometimes found in their. boots.
Among the number of the beasts is. 8
monkey of rare talents and possessing
a most accomplished education. He
is q general. favorite in the neighbor-
hood, and walks from house-top to
house top every morning to see that
the sleepeFs in 9theD gametsaEe allfup
in time. HeI Isl iWithab fearfplly and
made, and seems. to know
it, as he scrutinizes himself regularly
in a mirror with an evident tickling
Of satisfaction, as The combs his hair
and shaxes himself with the, sharp
ends of his. nails. Yesterday 8, little
child, scarcely able to walk, wandered
out on the car-track, while the mon
key stood watching it with a vigilant
eve; and manifested some sign of an
ger that children should thus be left
to themselves on, an open thorough
fare. Suddenly a car came dashing
up. = In another moment lit would
rush over the child, as the driver had
his attention, diverted in some other
channel. hThe monkey had seen the
danger, and, rushing out on the track,
seized the child, in an instant drag
gingl 1t away, sjustl in time TO, save it
from an. inevitable death, That is q
valuable monkey, and deserves a
medal for gallant conduct from the
people of the neighborhood. Nee
Orleans Herald. laVarsga -,i4ssa !
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
RorH LOST avn SAVED.

8 eaEra : d.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Sept. 9.-T'he girl
Amelia Grumell, who had her scalp
torn of in aishingle mill, is stiltalive,
and viii probably recover. She. was
working, under shaft which was GO
ing at the rate of two hundred revo-
lutions per minute, when her hair,
which was very long, caught in the
knacklesj joint, and in an instant it was
torn entirely from her head, taking
with it all the flesh and mnscle on her
head. From "a line drawn around
from each eyebrow. her skulbwas left
white and bare, without otrace of
blood or, flesh. r The strangest part of
the accident is that she felt little or no
pain, declaring that whom 1t was being
torn of all that she realized was
stiekling sensation in her9head.s She
coolly walked out Of the room and
waited patiently for q buggy to take
her home. Her only regret was the
fright it would give her mother. The
scalp, with its beautiful locks of long
hair, was curled and entwined around
the shaft at the joint; and when the
mill was stopped it was taken down,
but no one had sufficient presence of
mind to replace it upon. her head. 1t
is nearly perfect, and the doctors have
determined to tan it with the hair on.
so that if the girl recoVers, it may be
used as wig. The case is one of the
most remarkable on record, and has
created q feeling of intense horror
here. tHesiik
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
ANo1ENsr ILLUSTRATIONS.


SO Theafemains of ancient habitations,
raised on poles, are of rare occurrence
in. Germany, and hence the discovery,
last year, of the debris Of such 'struct-
ures III the bed Of the River Eister,
near Leipsic, awakened q lively inter-
est. Tho discovery Twas made by
Herr Sentzch, of the Geological Insti-
tute of Austria. The order of the
visible strata at this point is as fol-
lows: At the base is found q layer
of sandstone; on this a lacustrine
clay. Both of those belong to the up
per portions of the quaternary rock.
In the clay are two beds containing
the remains OF plants, atid'7 among
these are found leaves of the willow
and oak fruit of the sAcer, and sum
dry other Yegetal fragments. Above
these. occur a layer of roots some
inches in depth, which shows that the
surface of the soil remained at this
level for aeonsiderable period. The
sRppermost layer, two or three metres
thick, was produced by an inunda-
ton. The piles discovered by Jentzch
in the bed of the Elster are set in the
clay and covered over with this silt.
They are arranged in circles, with the
lower ends pointed, and their upper
extremities connected by horizontal
ties of oak. Among the animal re-
mains. found here are the lower jaw
of an OK, with its teeth, stags' heads,
the long bones of some mammuaT yet
undetermined, and shells of the unio
and onodon. No traces of human re-
mains have been found, though frag-
ments of pottery and charcoal are
met with, also two stone hatchets-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
FUN IN THE FAMILY. :.


Don't be afraid of having q little
fun in the family. A merry dispose
ton is a.god-send to a home. There's
the case of a man on Nelson street,
for instance. Saturday he went into
the kitchen ahead of his wife, and
seeing two hueklebeFny pies .sleam-
ing on the table be- hastily concealed
them in the ice-chest,, which stood
open in the back hall. Then he Went
down town ehuckling to himself, and
ten minutes later tho leo cart drove
up and the ice man. brought in 4ifty
pound cake, and started for the leo
chest, followed closely BY Tho fond
wife expatiating upon the muas."
lie put the cake upoN the oedgeaof5the
chest and gave it a push over, and
when il came down on these two
stewing pies q huckleberry geysIer
followed, and the ice mani with his
face and eyes full of the discharge,
tumbled completely over the wv oman
aud disappeared out OF the door.
Tho wife recovered her balance as
speedily as possible, and eatchlng'up
a broom went after the ice man, but
he escaped hers then she came back
and looked into the ice chest, and
down at the, .,oil-ploth, aud up at the
ceiling, and around on the walls. The
men at the store who were let into
the joke by the facetioasa Nelson
street man, are anxiously wondering
how it turned out.-DdRbaTy NetGS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
MANY SNAKES 1N3oSE!a
EFrom q lthe .Po1ghIeepsIe Eagie.l

IFrom the Ponghkeepsie Eagle.l ~
Mr.. j.. Beeffier, near EolevilIei OF
ange1coan@y, while out fsshucaSte teberEgs-
ing" one day last week, discovered a
worm snake crossing the road about
three feet in length! He assaulted
mis- snakeship with a billet of aWbod,
struck two or three blows, when the
reptile began, to spread out Crawling
in all directions, Mr. Beemer, was
greatly astonished, took q close view
of his victim, when he discovered
that it was composed of thou sands of
little reptiles, varying in length from
an inch to three inches, about the size
of hair all linked in together in
such e Inanner as to formea cnmpIate
snake three feet in, lengthra On being
struck with his club they all became
alarmed and endea Yofing to escape,
crawling and lwigglihg in every diF'ee-
7tionll Mr.. dBeemei concluded Ito sin
vestigate the phenomena, and accord
ingly retired a few rods from the
scene of battle, to watch these pecu-
liar reptiles. .t4nt about half qaR cApar
the little snakes had collected en- masse
into the condition when first discoV-
cred, when the mass 3cotmmencSd TO
move with all the 7hkeness and char
AacbeE1SucS OEt q tfuIaCA etkiaASs t9W4f0
large ant-hill, near by. On gaining
the object of their march these SEEM
ingly thousands OF little reptiles dis
banded and commenced "a furious as
saplt on the occupants. of the little
hill, where a spirited battle Was
Wsged against the ants for aboAtofF-
teen minutes, ferthei pOssessioniofsthe
Iant-eggs stored thereirgo The snakes
came off victorious and soon colleeted
again en- masse into a greatly enlarged
mass, resembling large snake as be-
fore, but twice its original sizej gorg6d
with ant-eggs. ess-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
]. nrr. o.oLArrpscr. 5 3. .pANrs. lSls

Mr. .O'glarence purchased a new.
pair l5stlfss Saturday. When he
got home bls wife was mixing bread.
She wiped her hands on her apron
and made a careful examinations of
the pants. FIRST she spinehed, ,6Ae leg
and asked him what he paid for them,
and1theno opinched the other and asked
him If he didn't think he had paid8too
much. After that he stood off aWays
SO she could gets a look at the fit, so as
to form 2 right..opinion, of if.h Then
she asked him if he couldn't draw
them up higher, as they touched the
floor. lie said he .eouldh t without
splitting himself in two, which there
appeared to be no urgentl pecessity, for
his daing. She pinehed them again,
takiugup his leg and eYihg geIt Thought
allg,-Rhile he clutched the table with
his hands and hoped around on the
othgr leg to restI himself. .SheIFas
not quite confident that they were not
all cotton-those clothing people do
lie so--but she was not qRitersure.--
However, she could tefi better at the
window, and drew hiin, leKhr there to
the imminent danger of tipping him
over and breaking his Spite. ailShe
rubbed them again and turned ND, the
the while her mind gathered doubts
and 3forebodiugs. IF heDhadb pRjYrsaid
he was going to buy a. pair OF pants,
She wotild have went With him her
self and picked them out. But tail0rs
know that a man can't tell one kind of
cloth from smother, and viii put off
anything on him. Then ehaoabfupllE
dropped r his leg, and went to the, back
door and called Mrs. Mug gent. Mrs.
Mugent came iny andI being madeIae4
quainted with. the particulars pinched
Mr.. O'Clarencess legs herself and
asked him W hV he didnltbuy thsGloth
and have his pants made at home.--l
Mr.. O'Clarence didn't ike the bother,
and Mrs. O'Clarenee explained that he
always would shaYe; his. own way
Mrs. Mugent said an uncle of Mr..
Mugent, who'lfVed ir Bridgeport, got
a pair of all wool pants last April for
five dollars, and You (1ff.I ali d Mrs.
O;Giagence)f would have thanght they
cost ten dollars il a cent Che cloth
wasf just assine and fiFmft5sfRnythiAg
could be. Mr.. Mugent would some-
times get tho IMPRESSION that he must
have his pants ready made; but he
always got cheated. She was positive
there was not bit Of wool In these
pants, and if they were Mr.. Mugent's.
she would have them taken back
Thatiis exactly what Mrs 0ACIarence
thought, and in spite of Mr.. O'Clarr
ence's protestations. he took them
back and got another pair. The other
pair was little too short in one, leg,
and .pinched his stomach; but, there
was wool in them, as Mrs. Mugent
said Dda6u5'y NesoS. 'oiisa 3siif3s'A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25


Cease your whinin 6. cease gcnr ffetting,
Cease youf railing At oar lct
There's no time for useless dreaming,
These complaints can profit not.
What if life is not all pleasnref jHs
Fretting Won,t relieve the pain; l1
Noble souls have never leisure b. efr,.a
Atmisfortune to complain. .7
Meet misfortane's dropping willows, a''fsa
As the sailor meets the storm;
just 10 ride upon the bilIows, H4sa 2
Till they bear him to his bourn. eal
Catch the breeze. or you'll succeed not; q
Life,s for labor. not for sport; 5ao.l
Quiet seas thy way will speed not. tssr.s
Calm won't bring thee into port.
II you would yourself be happy, 5H l q
You must happiness impart, 51faf
Bless your neighbors all around you. =
l- Twill return TO your own heart.
Let your sympathies low outward. e4s.au
With the sorrowfHl cOndole; .--..,..s
Let your smiles be like the sunshine.
Cheering every weary soul. ...l.
Let your aim be high and holy yli.iilqsi-.
And your courage strong and true;
Life has pleasures for the lowly.
Life has something still to do, -
Idle hands are always weary, +"
Selfish nature knows no joy; iil-=-'-]-
Loving soaIs are ever cheery, ~ tt2if 2
Hoiling spirits never eloy. sla =
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
4 rEmA1E sAxtoR. I

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A female savior and her apostles
are creating q prodig gious sensation in
the. southern part OF. the Russian Efn !
pireA The Klssiah papers, say that
the leader of these women, whose
name is -!Anastasia GabacreWicz,
claims. to have; performed a number
of miracles, having made the blind
see and the lame to, walk; A vision
/ first revealed TO her that She was the
daughter of God, selected to suffer
for the redenption of her sex in the
same way that Christ suffered for
that of the other. Immediately after
this revelation she gave up eating g
meat and drinking brandy, and pre-
pared herself for her mission. The
Holy Ghost fthen8 possessed her and
gave her the powerto w ork wonders
with mere word. d She pretends to
be ableotol resurrect even the dead by
simply touching them, and so strong
lis the faith of theiignerant masses in
this new prophecies, that thea prison
to which Bshe hast been consigned by
the authorities haslbecome, a place of
pilgrimage for rathousands.og .ogThe, sick
are brought from Iiistantd localities TO
receive the assistance of the inspired
woman and the keepers receive large
-btibes for permissiona4tot,s see her.
Every day new storiss 0fiheri extra
ordinary powers are ciroulated star
and wide. ,asi sitlifs4Ff bHa A401
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
DRESS, PLAINLY.


I L Some one has given theb following
reasons why people should dress
plainly on Sunday These reasons 8re
as valid on any other day of the Week.
Here they are 9iiti# l*i5sA4S 4S-b9d
Il ,ItWould tighten the BurdeH516f
manyfwho find il hard to- msintAin
their place in society, loa5ss blaa
2. 1t would lessen the force of temp
tations which often lead men TO bar
ter honor and honesty for aispiaya0
81 g. gIb there was less stVife innlress
at church, people in moderate ciFeum-
stances would be, more likely to at
tend. --s1e5 ssai
4. Universal moderation in dress
would improve worship by the re-
mOval of many wandering thoughts.
'oA5 8. It would enable all classes dOf
people TO attend church inlfsunfaKoPa-
BILE weather. .st fa srs5sfsa sFgt
30, It would lessen on the, part of
the rich, the tempation to vanity.
z. 1t would lessen GU the part of
the poOf, the temptation Co be eslRi-
Gus and malicious. $40 i 4feaas no
s. It would save valuable time, of
the Sabbath. .t.t...s
8. IL would relieve our means from
serious tpressure,I and thus ehablefNs
to do more for good enterpr1ses.9o4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT TELL
ia ING WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
Onle, Jones. Of New Hamr1Tpsbire.l i,

One Jones, of New Hampshire, left
home in August, 1871, two years ago,
and has not been heard from His
son died intestate few months after.
If his father was then dead, his estate
was then his sons, and then at his
death descended to his heirs at law.
If the father survived the son, his es-
tate ON the fathers death, went to his
legal Representatives, who were not
the same persons as those of his son.
The finding of the fathers body in
September, 1872, afforded no light.
In the absence of. evidence, the court
held, as in cases of contemporaneou
loss by shipwfeclk, that the son, being
the younger and presumably the
stronger, was the survivor. Thus
simply by not leaving word with
somebody when or whore he might
be looked for, the old man has divert
ed his property from the heirs who
were entitled to succeed it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
S6AH.s s1REAti NAME.

1t Is said that the Chinese declare
that Noah's feaH name was All Boo,
and that nc resided III iPekiil. Unfor-
,tunately Noah's s family Bible was. lost
in tile food, and we cannot ascertain
what his name was. His door-pIate
also seems to be missing, and he had q
1veryi icarsiess way of negleeting to
mark his shirts !, so we are baffled in
that direction. We have inquired at
the library for d copy of the Pekin di-
reetory of that date, to- see oif Noah
really figured lin it's pages ;the only
copy any of them had was out Eos
our part we do not believe that his
name was All Boo, or that he resided
at Pekin. These Chinanasn Greatly
claim everything that is going, from
gunpoWder up to newspapers. If we
give them any ground on the Noah
business, the first thing we know they
will be out with9the assertion that the
ark was insured in the Pekin Mutual
Company, aud that. Noah used to give
the Pekin newspapers free tickets to.
go in and se6 the animals perform.
The interests enthusiastically require
that we should believe the Bible.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
The Equitable Life.

Life Assurance is now one of the greatest
interests of this country ranking with Rail
Road and Banking interests The Life poli-
cies now in force represent over Two Billion
annually (chieiy 70 widows and orphans) on
expired policies
THE ANNUAL NEW BUSINESS Of
the Equitable, is millions larger than any
other Company in this country or Europe.
A small amount annually cannot be so
prifitably and safely invested in any other
shape. as in LIFE POLICY, either by the
rich man or the poor man.
4. q, PHILLIPS, District Agent.
RRFennas Ohio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25

To SPEAK to the purpose, one must
speak with purpose.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25
Farm for Sale .

/ offer for sale an excellent farm, situated
little over two miles from Ravenna Village,
containing 106 acres OF land, all but about IS
acres good tilable land the Is azres In scattered
timber There Is fair house, good barn and
first rate young and old orchards on the place,
farm.
If sold soon will take $40 an acre for the farm,
with half OF the purchase money In hand and
the balance easy terms to the purchaser.
w. d. LEFFINGWELI
Rayenna, April 9. 1873. 241-im.
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BELDING s. HUGUs,
]. WAGGONER, NJ. D.

Physician and Surgeon, 0fice East end Of
Phenix Block, Raycnna, Ohio.
March 9th. 1872 1otu
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Rates Of -AdFertising.
Business Cards
WEDpELL HOUSE,
FRANCIS L. CLARK,

Cleveland ohio. s, 20 per day. z. A. eIL
I4ETTE. Proprietor
Dec 3. 1855 1y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-25

nrrcnanfcaI and Architectural Draughts-
man. Patent ONCE Drawing . Specially
No - Fifkh Avenue. Pittsburgh. Pa s..5
june g. 1sz2. 1sS-y.
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I. roE.
IA1I: IE:LATH & POE.

s.1of1,1sra and Merchant TailoEs, Hats Caps
Snd Fnsnishine Goods. Poe's building, main
street. Rhyenna, ohio. -aesaf
800 n 3pfsc 1v-
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srrIN q WnnDRrFF.

araunfaeturers and Dealers IN All kinds q
Fph0Istered goods. TN all Paper Shades, fieenfse
Carriage Repository, Ravenna, Ohio-
Jan = 1873. 2sI
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26

THE Fourth Of July was appro- priately celebrated at Guaymas. Hon. A Willard, for many years American Consul at that port, makes it rule to honor "the day we celebrate" {" There was a display of flags on all the public buildings. The officials of the custom-house, of the town, with the General commanding the military department and the officers of the garrison of Guaymas, all called on the U. s. Consul in the morning. when wine and words flowed freely and in delightful harmony. The United States and Mexico were each toasted with appropriate responses.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26

D. c. THOMPSON is, as per report, at work on copper vein with about ten men. The vein lies about fifteen miles from Florence up the Gila. We understand he intends to open up the deposit and also ship some to San Francisco. The country about there abounds in minerals. and especially in copper which is very rich and may carry @ large percentage of silver. We are pleased to note this enterprise of MT. Thompson and trust he will make fortune by 1t.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19- Green backs S640S62.

G. W. NASH writes at Santa Fe, July 12, that he will be in Prescott in about six weeks from that date; and that there is 8 party with him con- sisting of eighty men, six women and eight children, and that they have thirty-two wagons. There are some miners and mechanics in the party :; also have farming implements and mining tools. They were to move from Santa Fe July 13.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26

DISPATCHES to the San Diego pa pers say the Commissioner of the Gen. eral Land Office has refused patent to Duf6eld and Dickason for the San Xavier mine. The Unions dispatch says it was refused "on the ground '" that the five persons from whom "they derive title could not legally |" locate the ground; and the Worlds says "on the ground that tEe "five "persons from whom they derive ti- |" tie could not locate 360 feet on the !" 10th of September, 1s66."
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26

THE supply of water at Camp Grant is reported to be about exhausted, owing to the long continued drouth. Water is easily found by digging but the wells are said not to hold it.. However, it cannot be very great task nor expense to connect the living stream in the mountain not far above, with the post by hose or pipes, and by construction of a reservoir, always have an ample supply for every emer- gency.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-26

LARGE amounts of railway material have been purchased and must be, by this time, arriving at San Diego. At latests accounts a number of men were at work on the grading and pile driving would soon begin by the Kimball Bros., who have the contract for that branch of the work.
 San Diego has prospered very much within the past twelve months and will much more in the next twelve. The place is bound to grow uninter- ruptedly. The sneers and doubts of journals and men at other towns may deter person or family now and then from going there, but there is no young town in the country which can so we'll afford to laugh at such ignor- ant or jealous nonsense. Now and then some simpleton who thinks him. self 8 wit, passes day or two in San Diego and, after being hospitably treated, having no ability to recognize or appreclate fine situation when he sees it, goes off and writes a few columns of stuff derogatory to the place. We have visited that town several times within about one year, and at each visit could not fail to ob- serve many new and costly buildings tor business and residence, and best of all, the additions to the fruit trees of almost every kind, the ornamental shrubbery, flowers, Sc. San Diego IS charmingly located and with its natural advantages cannot fail to have continued prosperity.