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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16
Sl.ANDER.

The air scarce stirred
With the whispered word,
Yet the noisy city its import heard.
Can it be so,
That an hour ago
Thai name was high as it now lies low:
And friends were dear,
And lovers near,
And the haven OF hope was shining clear?
Did eyes shine bright
With sweet delight.
.tiI never hint of the withcring blight:
Is yesterday
SO far away.
With its tender sighs and ts laughter gay?
With the poison flung
BY the shameless tongue
The deep death-kncll of all hopes were rung!
And the tidngs grew,
As they always do,
None caring to ask, be they false or true:
Alone. Alone!
The friends have flown
How weary and old the heart has grown.
The daughters fled,
The heart is dead,
Aud crowned with sorrow the innocent head
Never again
VIII the cruel stain
Ec washed from the soul SO crushed with pain:
Till Death shall bring
It's kinder sting,
And the poor, tried heart stopped sorrowing.
Heaven send
Death be a friend,
And this cruel life soon have an end.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16

LAWYER in a court of Memphis, Tenn,
beng called a liar by the counsel on The other
slae' the other day, picked up the court Bible
ana knocked him down, after which he
pounded him Justify. A Sheriff was called
IN TO seperate them, and they were fined $50
each. on the spot.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16

AN effort is on foot in Boise City, Idaho
Territory, to organize, under articles of in
corporation, an agricultural park association,
with capital stock of $1,000, the object
being to purchase lands, fit up or build suit
able buildings for agricultural fairs, cattle
shows, etc., and have driving park for the
trials of speed.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16

SAYS the Territorial Enterprise The man
who digs dollar from the mines secures the
most honest dollar in the world. 1t is worth
its face anywhere in the world; its getting
brings no competition to others, and does not
depreciate any other mans work.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16

LEGITIMATE mining is as certain of success
as legitimate merchandising or farming.
Merchants fail in business sometimes, farm
ers lose stock and crops, and sometimes good
mines have barren rock in them; but when
good ore is found, it is better than remnant
of goods or frost or drouth- bitten crop.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-09-16

The New York Herald regrets the intro
duction of the school question into Ohio pol
itics, because it will not be able to tell, after
the election, which Of the two great issues,
imitation or politico-sectarian alliance, killed
the Democratic party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
it is that the most of us dc so.

| it is that the most of US de so.
Here and there we find those who
60 joyfully through life with their
faces foremost, and the higher up they
have journeyed the more surprising
the beauty that wreaths them round
about in q halo of lsve. They never
grow TOO old to enjoy the beautiful
things that meet them and WOO them
on their happy journey. They ap-
proach the joyful confines of "the 9TH
er Shore" burdened with no regrets
that they are forever beyond the rough
ravines and treacherous and tempting
quicksands of the earlier stages of the
journey.
They are not old.
Every hour that has silyered their
brows- fitting them for the perfect
gold of the hereafter-has but added
TO the supreme fullness and freshness
of their youth. There is no necessity
Of growing old with the lapse of the
years. If we journey understanding
ly. each milestone that we pass will
but add to our capacity for enjoying
life. Mental decrepitude, and sorrow
and regret for the lapse of time, come
only to those who journey through life
backward, ,and look downward instead
of upward. for the promise of the yet
to be.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
REMEDY FOR NIGHTMARE.

Slight arrangement of the digestive
or other functions is often sufficient to
occasion a temporary delirium i'm chill
dren, commencing during sleep and
prolonging after waking. The suffer-
ing is great, and the condition an
alarming enc to parents and friends.
The mental excitement is so intense as
to resist impressions from without, to
an extraordinary degree. 1. is here
that the associations of smell can be
used mere effectively than any others
to break up the merbid train. A good
Whit of cologne almost always brings
the little sufferer back to its ordinary
world; or little ammonia may be
used. But an Odor which is agreeable
is probably more effective than one
which is merely pungent. 1t is COM
mon observation that mental associa-
tions are awakened by odors more
than by the impressions of any other
sense. In the case of nightmare, the
strong, familiar smell seems to break
up the train of abnormal excitement.
--Journal Of Chemistry.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
THE GOOD YOUNG MAN.

His tafy -colored hair
Is very smoothe and sleek,
And little yellow fuZz
Is sprouting on his cheek;
HIS eyes arerather small,
OF weak and watery blue;
His lips are very thin,
And his teeth are very new;
He Is altogether built
On the economic plan
But then-he's such very very good Young
mani
His boots are always brushed
To a very shiny black,
And his linen always stretched
To 4 stiffness that will crack;
His paper collars fit
So exceedingly close and tight.
And he turns the wrong side out
When they are soiled upon tho right;
lie is altogether dressed
On the very tightsst plan,
But then-he's such 4 very, very good young
man!
He never takes drink,
lie never takes smoke,
He never hears pun,
He never sees Il joke
He never makes Il start,
He never gains an end,
He never had a foe,
And never had friend.
He altogethers goes
On the negativing plan,
But then-he's such a very, very good young
mani
He always rings the bell
In u ahesitating way
Then never makes al call,
But always IL axes n stay;
He talks to dear mamma
OF the missions in the East,
And listens to papa,
Who is-slow-to say the least;
He altogether courts
On the diplomatic plan
But then-he's such a very, very good young
man,
He croais a horlid tenor
Whene'er sing a song,
He tries to turn my music,
And always turns it wrong;
He haunts me like a nightmare,
And drives on all my beauN
The wretched, wretched creaturei
And yet he don't propose.
Hes, altogether blind
To my own intended plan,
This very. yery-good-for nothing good Young
man.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
WILD MKN,

The London Academy says: 6. Du-
ring the last season, Mr.. Bond, an In
dian surveyor, while at work in the
Madras Presidency, to the southwest
Of the Palanei Hills, managed to catch
a couple of the wild folk who live in
the hill jungles of the Western Chats.
These people sometimes bring honey.
wax and sandalwood to exchange with
the villagers fer cloth, rice, tobacco,
and betel-nut, but they are very shy.
The man was four feet, six inches high,
he had round head. coarse, black
woody hair, and a dark brown skin.
The forehead was low and slightly re-
treating, the lower part of the face
projected like the muzzle of monkey,
and the mouth, which was small and
oval, with the thick lips, protruded
about an inch beyond the nose; he
had short, handy legs,a comparatively
long body, and arms that extended al
most to his knees. the back, just above
the buttocks, was concave, making the
stern appear TO be much protruded.
The hands and fingers were dumpy
and always contracted. so that they
could not always be made to stretch
out quite straight and flat; the palms
and fingers were covered with thick
skin (more especially the tips of the
ffngers), the nails were small and i'm
perfect, and the feet broad and thick
skinned all over. The woman was the
same height as the man, the coler of
tho -elin u=ae of n yellow tint, the hair
black. long and straight, and the fea-
lures well formed. This quaint folk
occasionally eat flesh, but feed chiefly
upon roots and honey. They have no
fixed, dwelling places, but sleep OH
any convenient spot, generally be-
tween two rocks or in caves near
which they happen to be benighted.
Worship is paid to certain local divin-
tiles of the forest. Although the race
has been reduced to few families,
their existence was not unknown, but
this is the first time they have been
described with any minuteness."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
OLD MEMORIES.

The Man with the Game Leg and the Organ
Grinder-PIay that Tune Again.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
Upholstered Mattresses,
FEATHERS, SC!

1t is useless to mention each
article in our various depart
ments. We keep everything
belonging to a STRICTLY
FIRST CLASS Furniture,
Crockery and Picture Franz
ing stock, and we modestly
state that our stock this spring
will have many new attrac-
tiOns and be far more COM
plete than any in this section,
and second only to those of
the largest Cities, .-.---al.a, .,
Most of our goods were
bought during the great de-
preston of the winter, for
cash, and very low rates of
freight secured. '''' 4'''.' Il.
Our trade has nearly doub-
led, much of it coming from
Akron, A lliance, Garrettsville,
Warren and other adjoining
places. People will buy
where there is a large stock to
select from, if the prices are
right. -L..I ,-..s-qa. .a 81.
W. H. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10

GENERAL SHERMAN has gived this
account of the first discovery of gold
in California: l remember one day
that two men, Americans, came into
the office and inquired for the Cover
nor. l asked their business, and one
answered that they had just come
down from Captain Sutter on special
business, and they wanted to see Gov
ernor Mason in person. took them
in to the Colonel and left them togeth-
eli. After some time the Colonel came
to his door and called to me. l went
i'll, and my attention was directed to a
series of papers unfolded on his table,
in which lay about half an ounce of
placer gold. Mason said to me, "What
is that p touched it, and examined
one or two of the larger pieces, and
asked SIS it gold ?" Mason asked ME
if had eyer seen native GO d. 1 ans
wered that in 1914 1 was in Upper
Georgia and there saw some native
gold, but it was much finer than this,
and that it was in phials or in trans
parant quills: but said that it this
were gold it could be easily tested
first, by its malleability, and next by
acids. took piece in my teeth and
the metallic luster was perfect. l then
called to the clerk, Baden, to bring
me an AK and hatched from the back
yard. When these were brought
took the largast piece and beat it out
fiat, and beyond doubt 1T was metal,
and pure metal. Still we attached
little Importance to the fact, for gold
was known to exist at San Fernando.
at the South, and yet was not consid-
ed of much value.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10

ernment, unless it be the Irish under
English tyranny, or the subjects of
some absolute despet who makes no
pretensions of regard for individual
rights.
Space forbids our entering upon the
details of the bold and INSCRIPTIONS
invasions of State and personal rights,
which damn the record of the party in
power. Nor is it necessary. They are
as of-told tales, and now patent to the
world. And they have created
throughout the land a storm of dis
gust so potent that it will sweep the
Winds + Examiner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
J. GoUCHER.
.HOMCEOPATHY
FINO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
l. ACUTE OR CHRONIC DISEASES
j. GOUCHER, NJ. d.

Offers his professional services.
The Doctor studied the Old School system with
Prof Valentine Mott. NJ. d., of New York city
and graduated in the Medical University OF
New ork- No 659 Broadway and also gradu-
ated in the Eye and Ear Infirmary OF that city.
lie has also been Hospital Student OF Prof. n
X. Smith, OF Baltimore.
The Doctor practiced the Old School system
for twenty years lie then studied Homeopathy
and graduated in that school. which he practices
exclusively. The Doctor has had considerable
Hospital experience, and thirty live years
practice in the profession OF Medicine.
lie Is located at Ravenna, Portage county, o.,
on the Cleavcland & Pittsburgh X. r.. eighteen
miles north OF Alliance il is at this point where
the Great Western crosses the Cleveland road.
The.Doctor has his office at his residence, cor
ner Of Sycamore and Cedar streets.
OFFICE HOURS-From a. M, to 5 r. m.
J. GOUCHER, NJ. d.
Ravenna. Jan. 1o 1874. 1TS-y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10

A PRINTER, hard of hearing, at a
spelling match the other evening ask
ed the Captain to "write the darned
word down, so fellow can tell what
it is"
AT what season did Eye eat the ap
ple9 Early in the fall.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10
HOW TO SAVE MONEY!

All those wanting Clothes cut and made can
cave them done at the following prices:
Pants cut and made from 81 Is to $500
Coats a. ." $50 to 900
DS- All work well done and complete fits guar
anteed.
Having been thirty-nve years in the business.
seventeen years of the time in this place, feel
sonfdent OF being able to give entire satisfaction
to all those who shall patronize me.
Cleaning and Repairing.
also clean and repair clothes as well and
cheaply rs they can be done in Cleveland, as
use the same process.
Rooms opposite Citizens Hall. 81 ~ ~ Z
j. s. WALKER.
Ravenna. Nov. 20. 1871. -tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-10

A DOOR step is often the first step in
life taken by a little waif.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-30

tktly newspaper, devoted to politics. general
news, local affairs and the interests Of
its lEh barhCOd.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-30

CYy1cE-Or Second street. opposite the South
Front of the Capitol.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-08

A cheviot ram was recently sold in Scot.
land for $500
Smyrna times., 1875-12-08
How to Get Work Done.

Most farmers have their ideas confused
at times with variety of things requiring
to be done. Under such circumstances a
nervous man will often commence a job,
and before he has got fairly started aban-
don it for something which, at the time,
seemed to him to be more pressing, and
then, after engaging in that, leave it too
in an unfinished state for something else.
In this way the day passes off, and he finds
he has accomplished little or nothing, and
then spends sleepless night in thinking
over what he shall do on the morrow. A
young farmer should never allow himself
to fall into this habit. On retiring to rest
he should lay off in his mind the things to
be done next day, deciding which to do
first and so on, and if his memory is not
sufficiently retentive make out little list
on paper, to which he can refer next morn
ing. Then let him pitch into one thing at
a time, and finish it before undertaking
another, and if he should get little be-
hindhand strike more lively gait, and on
finishing one job take little rest by pitch
ing into the next, and by so doing he will
pull through and be able to accomplish all
in good time.
Very often, too, farmcf> briua on this
crowd of work by their or.u ,.,' tco in
not putting in "a stitch in time = for in
stance, a. misplaced or lacking rail on his
fence may be the means of cattle breaking
into his corn field at some busy time; OF
the want Of bolt may cause his barn door
to fall, or his wagon to break down on the
road, and thus much time is lost, which q
little timely seeing to would have saved.
Il is astonishing how much more some
farmers accomplish than others with the
same number of hands. But the secret il
they have system in all they do, and neve
undertake too many things at once. Wha
they undertake they hang to until 1t i
done, and lose no time in chopping am
changing about from one thing to another
and thus with two hands they will accom-
plish more than double the number runnin
about from one thing to another, an
losing much of the time which should hay
been occupied in doing something.
There is nothing like system in all thing
but more especially in conducting Il
various operations on the farm. It is tn
which gives the key to success, and e
plains why it is that some farmers, Will
appearing to move slowly, get alongso muc
better and faster than their more fus
neighbors.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-08
Established in 1850.

Sales i'll the past year over FIVE Tons PER MONTH i
packages of 12Ounces each.
RetaiIs for 25 Cts; Packs for 81.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

ANOTHER DISASTER PROM FLoODs.--A
food occurred ON Mill River in Wrentham,
Mass, Saturday evening causing considera-
bic damage 10 property, but as far as known
no loss Of life. 1t began 10y the bursting of
a dam one hundred feet in length, at Will
tins pond, the source of the river. Mill
River is a small stream, only twenty-five
feet wide, but with a rapid current, and
passing through Wrentham and Norfolk,
cmptes into the Charles river at Midway.
The food passed down the line of the river
with irresistible force sweeping away mills,
bridges, countay roads and dams in its
course, aud causing damage to the extent of
between 100000 and 100000. Subse-
quent developments Of this disaster would
seem to require at the hands of the proper
authorities a searching investigation as to
its cause. The fact that the privilege is
owned 3" by party whose property is in lit
igation," has been suggested as one cause Of
the breaking of the dam, but whether from
simple neglect or wilful malice is not stated.
The danger incurred by human beings in
the line of the flood, and the serious destruc-
ton of property, afford sufficient reason for
a thorough investigation OF the whole mat
ter. As the breaking up Of the ice gorges
in the Middle States has been unattended
with material damage, it seems strange that
this Mill River dam should have given way
if it were properly constructed, or had been
carefully repaired from time to time.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

FIFTY YEARS MoRE.-Mr Childers, Of
the British Parliament says the United States
will have a population of one hundred and
fifty million in fifty years. lie bases his
opinion on observations made during a re-
cent tour through this country. But the
census-takers have been making tours, every
ten years, and bringing back reports from
which Mr.. Childers, Member of Parliament,
might have learned these Facts without a
journey. And many Americans might pc
ruse these census reports with profit. In
1920 we had nine million six hundred and
thirty-eight thousand one hundred and
ninety-one inhabitants. In 1870, thirty
eight million three hundred and twelve
thousand six hundred and thity-three.
Our census reports are marvellous records
of the growth of a great nation. But
a hundred years ago the continent was an
unexplored possibility, fringed with scant
population, ruled abroad Now our system
of government, education, citizenship, and
all that enters our being is distinctly Amer
lean, substantially approved after century
trial.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

Why TINS WASTE THE New York
Times has been reckoning up the amount and
cost of the spirituous liquors drank at the
saloons in the city annually, and reaches a
result which is certainly startling. 1t finds
that there are in the city about seven thous-
aud licensed and at least two thousand UNI
licensed saloons. The average daily receipts
of these must be more than $50, or their pro
prietors could not meet their bills. This
foots up an annual sum of more than sixty
five million dollars, or little more than 800
for every man, woman and child in the city.
In this estimate the costly liquors consumed
by the wealty are not included, and the bulk
OF all the vast sum which Is thus worse than
wasted in the saloons yearly comes from
those who are dependent upon their daily
toll for subsistence.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

PAUL BoYNToS-who was only prevented
by the approach of night from achieving the
feat of swimming across the English Chan
mel, failing only by five miles-is a diver
and coast life-guard, who has saved scores Of
lives at Atlantic City. The attempt was not
made as an act of mere bravado, but to prove
the value of his invention for buoying up
persons in the water, aud in this light it may
be regarded as success. His dress is mostly
of India-rubber, and is so arranged that it
can be inflated and rendered not only buoy
ant but waterproof. The wearer can carry
not only supply of provisions, but rockets
and other signal apparatus. With fair
wind Boynton generally sets small sail,
He also uses double paddle to propel him.
self along.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

lloPEFuL.-The Kentucky courts have at
last taken hold of some of the Ku-Klux
cases, and If they have not meted out justice
to the cowardly marauders they have at least
inflicted penalties which indicate consider
able advance in Kentucky morals. Two
men in Todd county, for nearly killing an
inoffensive colored man and burning his
house, were sentenced to four months
term Of imprisonment They were also con.
yicted on other counts so as to bring their
full term up to about three years. This is
far below their deserts yet few lessons OF
this mild sort even, supported by public
opinion, will break up Ku-Kluxing in the
state, and for what they have done the courts
and people are entitled to credit. 49,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-21

TnE RIGHT GRIT.-The Texas legislature
has recently passed bin, known as the In
temational railroad bond bill, providing for
the issue of state bonds for the relief of the
road which must else 60 into bankruptcy
Governor Coke at once vetoed the bill, and
took the occasion to do some plain talking
on the subject Of state aid to railroads. lie
says that if the road must fail unless the
state supports it, he prefers that the misfor-
tune should fall on the company where it be-
longs, rather than on the people where il
does not belong. Accordingly he concludes
that If they must have the bonds or moth
ing, they viii get nothing while he can con.
stitutionally prevent it. This position OF
Gov. Coke is a worthy one and must have q
good effect on the state credit. Texas has
had a reputation for laxity as regards state
Indebtedness, but this action Of the Gov,
ernor, if sustained as it should be, will give
the state better reputation and is well wor-
thy Of imitation elsewhere.