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FISH.
Facts Concerning Them Which May be Re-
garded as Or nsh-ai. = -

Facts Concerning Them Which May be Re.
garded as Of-GsIi-ai.
Fish may be divided into two class.
es-codfish and fresh fish. The pro.
priety of dividing them into classes
will be at once apparent when we re.
fleet that they are usually found in
schools.
The mackerai il not exactly cod
fish /; but he comes so much nearer be.
ing q Goldfish than fresh fish that he
il for the present classed with the
former.
Fish exist in sizes TO suit the pur-
chaser, from minnows 10 whales
which are not fish, strictly speaking.
Neither is the alligator fish; but il
we attempt TO tell what are not fish
this article will exceed its intended
limits.
The herring is not absolutely q fish /;
he is suggestion Of departed fish.
But the strongest suggestions OF de-
parted fish are smelt., The herring
sustains the same relations 10 The fin
ny Tribe as the Egyptian mummy 10
the human race.
Fish are caught by measure and sold
by weight-that is, they are Augtilby
the gill and sold by the pound. But
they are sometimes caught by weight
wait till you get a bite. r Til T'ftEsT
Contentment is the chief requisite
to the successful fisherman. -.
Surveyors are apt to be good fisher
men, because their lines aud angles are
apt TO be all right.
The mermaid and fishwoman may
also be mentioned in this connection.
The former is good illustration of
what is meant by the ideal, aud the
latter as fifty represents the real.
Many land animals are produced in
the sea. Thus VIC have the dog fish,
the catfish, sea-lions. and sea-horses,
but no sca-mules. None of the above
have hind legs, and any manner OF
mule without hind legs would be a
conspicuous failure. -rs
1t may not be out of place to mem
tion Jonah in this connection. lie
was not fish, but was once included
among the inhabitants of the deep.
There has been considerable dispute
as to the name of the fish that swallow
ed the gentleman above mentioned,
some persons arguing that the throat
of the whale is not large enough to
swallow a man. This objection seems
to be inconsequential. Jonah might
have been made in a smaller mould
than other men. Moreover, it is Ger.
tain that he was cast over before be.
ing swallowed-casto over the rail of
the vessel.
There has been much speculation,
also, as to the cause of Jonah's expul.
sion from the whales interior: but the
theory most generally accepted is that
he soured on the whales stomach.
He was very fortunate i'm reaching
land, since he had no pilot. If he had
taken pilot with him into the stom.
ach of the whale he would doubtless
have selected Pdupcheous Plate as the
proper man.
Jonah was the fret man who retired
from the Department of the Interior,
and Delano was the last one.
Bnt We digress. Let us return to.
our fish. w,.l
The Goldfish is the great source of
all salt. In this respect Lots wife is
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-04-06
The Yellow Centalr Liniment
5 fer the tough skin, nesh and muscles OF
er HoRsKs, MULES AND ANIMALS.

Is fer the tough skin, nesh and muscles OF 9aI1'
eT HoRaEs. MULES AND ANIAALs II
We-have never yet seen a case of SPAWN
Sweeny. Ring-bone. Wind gall, Scratches, or
Poll Evil. which this Lininent would not
speedily benefit. and We never saw but a few
cases which IL would not cure. 1t will cure
when anything can. II is folly to spend $40. for
Farrier. when one dollars worth OF Gentaur
Liniment will do better. The following Is y
sample al the testimony produced:
W. T.. Hopkins, Postmaster. Piqua, o.. says:
''Centaur I.iuiment can't lie beat. It cures
every time
So "iELyERTOS, o., March 9, 1871 I
"The Centaur Liniments are the hest selling
medicines we have ever had. The demand *
very great for it, and cannot AFFORD to be
without il. f,,,f t-yiTs :;
"P..H. HISEY & SON.
-i''JEFF ERsoN, Mo-. Nov. 0.iSI3.
"Some time ago was shipping horses to st
Louis. got one badly crippled in the ear.
With great difficulty LgOt him to the stable,
tanr Liniment which I used with ich success
that In two days the horse was active and nearly
well. Il have been veterinary surgeon for
thirty years but your Liniment beats anything
ever nsed. "a tNsf' u -'f 't'-'it7
"A. j. MCARTY, Veterinary Surgeon,
For postage stamp we will mail q Centaur
Almanac, containing hundreds of certificates,
from every State in the Union. Thse Linments
are now sold by all dealers in the country. iz
Labratory of J. b.. Rose & Co., 8,
81 -.- Al DEY ST, NEW YORK 'ittb4
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WHAT keeps Lent the longest and
best? Money.
How to make . good thing last-
make everything else first.
WHY is . sslfish friend like the let
ter Pr Because, the first in pity is
the last in help.
SxRENADE for the White House !:
'eThere' nae Lucky boot the hoosc
when Babcock is AVA"
IRIS ptimated that there will be
thirty tAousand people in the Black
Hills by May 1.
A WHALE Moody and Sankey team
are travelling In Texas. One breaches
and the other exhibits magic lantern.
The man who can hold . plate of
ice cream ON his knees at q party
without turning his toes In is q smart
or man than Belknap.
wHAr the mischief has got into the
BIS? Babceck, Beecher, Bowen, Bris-
tow, Bessie Turner, Boss Tweed, and
Belknap. 1t used to be "Iet her rip
nov h h letter "B."
CATER all, what is life ?" a. Penn
sylvania farmer when his son abseond-
ed from divinity school and ran of
with . red-headed circus woman.
You've ladies can now be seen oiIing
the gate hinges. They don't do 1t out
of any love for the gate. They do it
to prevent the gate from Singing
when the family is wrapt in slumber.
Evvr In tie hardest times clocks
employ their regular number OF hands.
But they employ them ON tick the
consequence is many strikes and their
affairs are frequently wound up.
ode You s'pose little girls have to
eat oatmeal in heaven, mamma 2
asked sunny-haired little girl of six,
~ she was worrying down her morn
ing saucerful. her eyes resting longing
ly On a pile Of steaming buckwbeats
all the while.
~MEEr me by gas light alone" said
Harlem swain beneath the window
Of his lady love. "Now You get out
amt no gas METER" replied the gen.
tie creature, throwing open the lattice
aud sending down the contents Of
tin kettle ON his head.
THEY were out riding and his nous
tache had got entangled in the hood
of his Ulster. Said he: "Confeund
this Ulster and this cold wind; I've
get three hairs frozen on my nose and
tive At the corner of my mouth.
"Whsre's The other hair, dear ?" she
inqHisea, tsnderly.
A TALE of Woe: clasped her
tiny hand in mine; 1 clasped her
beauteous form; vowed to shield
her from the wiad, and from the
world'sceld storm. She set her beau
teous eyes ON me the tears did wildly
flow, snd with her little slip she said,
"Cenfsund you, let me go!"
A YOUNG lady dressed in much false
hair was warblingiat the piano, and
when her mother summoned her to
assist in some household duties, her
rosy lips opened poutingly and she
snapped cut 80, do it yourselfl'' and
then she went on singing "Kind
words can never die"
A NEGRO in South Carolina, who
was complaining of the hard times,
declared they were the hardest ever
known. why" said he, 81 works
all day, and steals all night, and yet
Pm blest If kin make an honest liv-
ing"
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TIE Japanese Of all classes are in
tensely anxious for the spread Of edn.
cation. New schools are being open.
ed aud educational endowmehts made
by individuals almost daily. A few
days ago the Empress in person OPEN
cd the normal school for iris atTokie.
and delivered an address.
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nowhere however it would be well

nowhere however it would be well
to remember Lots wife,
The saline qualities Of the Goldfish
permeate and pcrcoiate the vasty deep
and make the ocean ~ salt q himself.
Weighed in his own scales, he 10 found
wanting-wsnting considerable fresh-
ening. He sby nature quito social,
his principal recreation being balls
fish balls.
The Goldfish was worshipped by the
Greeks; but he is only half as well
treated by the Inhabitants of Cape
Cod, he is siinply shipped. Hence the
difference Between the Crooks aud the
inhabitants Of Cape Cod. T' 5a-l ~
Small Hsh arc usually harmless but
parents can't be too careful about per-
mitting their children TO play whore
large 6sh abcund, since II 10 an estab-
lished fact that the big fIsh frequently
eat up the little ones. .a9Es sTna esi9d
The Jelly fish IL, perhaps, the best
understood ofali The funny tribe; be-
tcanse, being translucent, IT is easy to
see through him. i'- l.i'-i''.i'
The greatest number Of fish are eat
en- on Friday, aud the next greatest
number on Saturday-because those
that are left over are warmed up for
Saturdays breakfast. 1'u''''i''
Argnmentative persons are fond of
sta,lng that it is grammatical to say
that The nve loaves and three fishes
were ate, since i've and three are al
ways eight. They should be treated
with silent contempt ehl''oo 2.'
Fish are provided with air.biadders
so that they can rise from the depths
of the sea by simply filling these blad-
ers with air.
ff any one Is disposed 10 ask where
they get the air for snch imitation, let
him understand in advance that this
article il not Intended for the solution
of petty conandrtiills. There are many
interesting rnmors about fish which
might be mentioned, bht the forego.
ing facts may be considered as of-fish.
nj. sTEi 81 -Ei9iHasat 10 hiM iMAcpuFF. :
~ a--(loce m a1fo,,fh uouEfa uGb
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-04-06
THE cESrEsNIAL ADMIssIoN FEE.

THE CENTENNIAL ADMISSION FEE.
The price of admission to the exhi-
bition i'm Philadelphia will be fifty
cents, payable In one note The re,
ceivers at the recording turnstiles will
have nothing to 10 with the notes, ex-
cept to decide whether they are good
or bad, and to drop them in the boxes,
where each one will register itself. An
exchange Office of the Centennial Ma
tional Bank will be established near
each entrance to change money for
visitors not having fifty.cent notes.
This money-changer will be expected
to have no more and no less money
when his work is done than when he
began. The Centennial Commission,
after much inquiry and carful consid-
Grafton, concluded that the whole sys-
tem-absence of season tickets and all
was cheaper and more secure against
fraud than any other known. In or.
der that the cash in the boxes may cor
respond with the indicators, a dollar
note will not be received at any gate
for the admission of two persons, nor
two twenty-five cent notes for that of
one person. No intelligent person,
however, with the facilities afforded,
need get into the cue, all arrangement
to keep in single file those about to
enter unprovided with the required
note. In the event of a resumption of
specie payments prior to or during the
exhibition, the rule will be amended
to meet demands.-N. y. Times. ;
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The Quickest, Surest and Cheap
/, d, f. est Remedies. m is

Physicians recommend, and Farricrs declare
that no such remedies have ever before bccu in
use w ords arc cheap. but the proprictors of
these articles will present trial bottles to medi-
col men, gratis, as guarantee OF what they
say. r, 49, Il .,-,:t+.- H.. ..f.l,.-,.
Tho Centaur Liniment, White Wrapper.
will cure rheumatism. Neuralgia, LumbaGo,
Sciatica. Cakod Breasts. Sore Nipples, Frosted
Feet Chilblains, Sweliinss. Sprains. and many
ordinary ieV NJ
. .5HFLEsH.s BONE OR MUSCLE AILNENT. DISH
We make no pretense that this article Will
cure Cancer, restore lost bones, or give health
to Q whisky soaked carcass. Eut 1t will always
reduce inflammation and allay pain.
1t will extract the poison OF bites and stings,
and heal burns or scalds withouta scar. Palsy
Weak Back, Caked Breasts, Earache. Toothache
Itch and CutaneOus eruptions readily yield to
Its treatment.
my wife has had Rheum atism for five years
no rest, no sleep-could scarcely walk across
the AoOr- She is now completely cured by the
use of Centanr Liniment. We all feel thankful
20 you, and recommend your wonderful medi-
cine to all Our friends"
James Hurd, Of GAINESVILLE, O. says: "The
Centaur Linlment cured my nenr algia. % m 4. -
= Alfred Tush. of Newark, writes: 'Send ME
one dozen bottles by express. The LinIment
has saved my leg. I want to distribute it, &C."
The sale OF this I-in,ment is increasing rap
Al
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The man whose ambition is to sim
ply liye, is of no mere importance in
this world than an extra rat is.
know lots of people who arc elc.
gaut in theory, but practically amt
worth a curse; they can tell you just
how to take up mules foot, but they
can't do it themselves without getting
knocked endways.
Biographies are delightful reading /;
we compare all the virtues Of the per-
sons character with our own, and all
his failings with our neighbors.
There is no one so cunning but
what lac can beat his own game, and
none so wise but he will often marvel
at his own ignorance.
Young man. if you have any doubts
about anything, give your Conscience
the benefit Of the doubt.
There are lots Of jokes that should
be labeled, as some pictures should be
this is tree, this is a cow
Counterfeits in many things have
got to be SO perfect that il has really
become an evidence Of poor judgment
not to be deceived by them.a N
If there il a man who is really per-
feet, the quicker he pays his debts and
leaves this world. the better.
Ii woHld be a good trade for ANY
man il he could swap OF what he
knows for what he don't know.
Courage that is merely constitutions
al is just as apt TO act wrong as right.
Pitch in, young man, pitch in !. yOu
cant learn to swim by standing on the
bank shivering. -.,ttnry tr.s !
Cruelty deceit anddco warflice' are
the triplets that are always found TO-
xethNr: & g sfr.--fss = sTsqt' e.. -
Cunning men are always suspicious !;
they know that they are cheats, and
seem 10 act as though everybody else
knew it.-.JOsh Biiiings.
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'Pm glad of it-that's all!" she
cried. ultas
"You are 2'' --.--.-.-..s.-.aa
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NO DIFFERENCE.


The day had been, set and the young
man; was happy. When his father
failed in business he collected togeth-
er all the pink love-letters, the lock of
hair, the faded violets, ETC., and start
ed for her fathers mansion lie was
,high-miaded and honorable, and he
felt in duty bound to release her from
the engagements. Yet he grew faint
as he was ushered into the parlor.
Such love ~ his wouldn't stay crush
ed. sa' 30 .sii d i'--.i-} -+iits't ~
"Gworge! dear Gworge!" she ex-
claimed as she entered the parlor' and
seized his hand. $50 '' e.-.
"Arabeila, 1 am here TO do my duty"
he said as he rose up.
"W-what's the matter?" she asked. !
"IT-hav'mt you heard of-of my
fathers failure?" he inquired, his
heart beating painfully. p4a
why, yes, dwear Gworge, and what
OF hF 3a4R hGi3 eH a @
"Arent you-won't you-that is
-i". u4ras4 fox ..rt
"Pm glad of it-that's ALL" she
cried. ul.as
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"Of course, l am! was talking
with father, and he said if your father
had failed for $4,000 he'd made at
least $50, COO out Of it, and of course
you'll get twice as much as you count
cd onl" .s., 4.sst,, ~, f.-.,s si-..
Some girls would have set the dog
on him, not having business father
to make explanations. ll.a. 81
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-27

RELIGION AND SCIENCE.-1he theories
OF the world wrought out by early priest
philosophers were in great part made up
OF such grotesque notions; and having be-
come variously implicated with ethical op-
mons as to the nature and consequences
OF rl4ht and wrong behavior, they acquired
KIND OF sanctity, SO that any thinker who
IN the light of a wider experience yentur
ed to alter or amend the primitive theory
was likely to be vituperated as an irreliI-
louS man or atheist. This sort OF infer
ence has not yet been wholly abandoned.
even IN civilized communities Even to-
DAY books are written about 1.-THE conflict
between religion and science" and other
books are written with intent to reconcile
the two presumed antagonists. But jwhen
We look bel cath the surface of things. we
see that IN reality there has never been
any conflict between religion and science.
nor IS any reconciliation called for where
harmony has always existed. The real
historical conflict. which has been thus
curlohsIy mlsnamed, has been the conflict
between the more crude opinions belong
ing to the science OF an earlier age and
the less-crudc opinions belonging to the
science OF Il later age. In the course OF
this contest the more-crude opinions have
usually been defended in the name of re-
ilglon' and the less-crude opinions have
invariably won the victory; but religion
ltseltwhIch Is not concerned with opinion,
but with the aspiration which leads us to
strive after purer and hoier life, has
seldom or never been attacked. On the
contrary. The scientific men who have
conducted the battle on behalf of the less
crude-opInlonS have generally been in
nuenced by this religious aspiration quite
a> strongly as The apolo.ists OF the more
crude opinions, aud SO far from religious
feeling having been weakened by their
perennial series OF victories. has appar-
emily been growing deeper and stronger
all the time. The religious sense is as
yet too teebiy developed in most of us
but certainly n no proceeding age have
men taken up the work of life with
more earuestneSS or with more real faith
IN the unseen than at the present day, when
SO much OF what was once deemed all i'm
portant knowledge has been consigned to
the limbo OF mythology.-From the I'm
seen World, by JOHN FISKE, in February
Atlantic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-27
Desperate Fight with a Bear.

Delhi, N. Y, Wednesday. Dec. %, 1875.
The head-waters of the Delaware River
are about thirty miles northwest OF here.
in wild and unfrequented portion of the
Catskill Mountains. in Schoharie County.
There are very few settlements in the re-
gion, but about year ago a man named
Jonas Butler put up cabin on one of the
mountain tributaries of the stream. having
a contract with parties in Greene County
to peel bark and cut railroad ties. His
wife and two children, one girl about six
teen and the other an infant, occupy the
cabin with him. Butler goes into the
woods, sometimes several miles from his
home, and often does not return for two
or three days. On Sunday last he went out
to his work, leaving his family in their cab
in. The section is noted for its wild game,
deer and bear being plentiful, but the pres
ent season bears have been unusually nu-
merous and bold. and the pig-pen Of the
Buffers has twice been depopulated.
About o'clock Sunday afternoon Mrs
Butler and her daughter We're preparing to
feed the pigs, when an immense black bear
was discovered trying to get out of the in
closure with fine, fat shote in its em-
brace. Mrs. Butler seized heavy wool
en- mallet, used in driving wedges, and her
daughter took up an axe. They ran and
jumped into the pen. followed by the dog
and comRenced AL attack on the bear. 1t
held on to the pig, however, until the blows
of the women and the bites of the dog be-
caTe too much for him. when he turned on
his assailsnts. 1t seized the dog and crush
ed it to death. The girl rained in blows
with the axe on the head of the bear, when
suddenly bruin made for her. With one
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sweep OF his great paw he sent her axe
nyihS out OF the inclosure, and pressed
her INTO one corner. The mother. seeing
her daughters danger, increased the fury
OF her assault with the mallet. and. al.
though the bear got the girl In his embrace
IL dropped her before doing her material
injury to ward off the attacks of the moth
er. The floor of the pen was now slipperv
with Diood that was flowing from the
wounds OF the bear, Tor the girl had struck
Win the edge of the axe and buried il
somewhere in the animal every time. When
the bear turned on the mother she shouted
10 her daughter to run to the house and
get the rife. While Jennie was gone her
mother succeeded in keeping the bear from
gettins too close to her, but when the
daughter returned with the rifle she was
aoout exhausted, and was lighting from a
corner into which the bear was pressing
her closely, having ,disarmed her. Jennie
put the barrel of the gun through a chink
IN the logs and fired. The ball entered be-
hind the bears fore shoulder. and he fell
TO the floor and died in short time. II
was long time before Mrs. Butler could
summon strength enough to climb out of
the lnclosure, and as soon as the excite
ment that had sustained the daughter was
over, the latter fell iainting to the ground,
and II was two hours before she could get
about again. Her clothing was nearly ull
torn from her by the claws of the bear,
out neither OF the women sustained any Sc
rious injury. Monday Jennie walked out
10 wherc her father was at work and told
nun OF the adventure, when he returned
home with her and skinned and dressed
the bear. 1t weighed over three hundred
pounds.-lN. Y. Times.
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A Curious Courtship.

In the February Atlantic, Mrs. KEMBI Z
relates this odd anecdote of Mrs Basil
Montagu's second marriage
Her marriage with Mr. Montagu was
attended with some singular circumstan-
ces, the knowledge of which owe TO her
self. She was Il orkshire widow lady OF
the name OF Skepper. and came with her
only child Ga little girD to visit some
friends in London, with whom Basil Mon
tagu was intimate. Mrs. Skepper had
probably occasionally been the subject of
conversation between him and her hosts,
when they were expectin. her; for one ev-
ening soon after her arrival as she was
sitting partly concealed by one of the cur
taIns i'll the drawingroom. Basil Monta.u
came rapidly into the room, exclaiming
(evldently not perceiving hero Come,
where is your wonderful Mrs. Skepper? l
want to see her." During the whole even
Ing he enSrossed her attention and talked
To her. and the next morning at breakfast
she laughngly complained to her hosts
that he had not been content with that,
but had tormented her in dreams all night.
For said she. Il dreamt l was going to
be married TO him, and the day before the
wedding he came to me with couple of
boxes and said solemnly, My dear Anne,
l want to confide these relics to your keep
ing; in this casket are contained the bones
of my dear first wife, and in this those of
my dear second wife; do me the favor to
take charge of them for me-" The odd
circumstance was that Basil Montagu had
been married twice, and that when he
made his third matrimonial venture and
was accepted by Mrs. Skepper he appear
ed before her one day and with much
solemnity begged her to take charge of
two caskets, in which were respectively
treasured, not the bones, but the letters of
her two predecessors. 1t is quite possible
that he might have heard of her dream on
the first night of their acquaintance, and
amused himself with carrying 1t out when
he was about to marry her; but when
Mrs. Montagu told me the story | do not
think she suggested any such rationalistic
solution Of the mystery.