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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-30
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iCNATiUS DOMNELLY, Editor.

ST. PAUL, THURSDAY, MICH 30. 1876
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
Livery, s ale and 30 arding Stable

The undersigned has purchased the popular
Chestnut Street Livery Stable. and having add
ed to its resources, invites popular custom.
Fine Livery Stock, and reasonable prices.
Particular attention given to Boarding horses.
by the feed. day. week month. Also will
attend to the purchase and sale of horses for
customers.
When you want first class lido for bus iness
or pleasure, call at the Chestnut Street Livery
Stable. II. Il. WITTER.
Ravanna. Aug. II. 1878. 36a-G
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
THE GKEArRsr BANKS.

The San Francisco Post says: The
paid-up capital of the Nevada Bank,
$40, ,OOO, 900 in gold coin, stands, with
the exception Of the Bank of Com
merce of New York, unegualled by
that of any bank of the United States.
The Bank of Commerce has also cap
ital of $40, 600, 900, but it is in currency.
The largest bank in Canada is the Bank
of Montreal, with a capital of $l2, ,OOO,-
coo. The Merchants Bank, in the
same city, has a capital of 5000. 900.
The following is list of the only
banks in the United States with a cap
ital of $1,000, 600 and upward: Bank
of Commerce, New York, SIC, 900 600 !;
Nevada Bank, San Francisco, $40, ,OO0,-
600; G. r. r. and Banking Company,
Savannah, 81. 100000; Bank of Cali
fornia, San Francisco, So, 600 600; Mer-
chants Exchange Bank, San Francis
co, 5000, 600; American Exchange,
New York, S., ,0OO, 900; Fourth Nation
al, New York. 1000 600. 1t will be
seen that San Francisco now stands on
q par with New York as a great bank
ing center, and the indications are that
in time the bullion trade of the world
will be controlled by our city instead
of Londcn, as heretofore. The Ne
vada Bank, only a year In existence,
has been such success that it enters
on its second year with doubled capi-
tai, and the best wishes of the mercan-
tile community.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

JEEAIS ROBERSON'S LAST ILLNE-S
"A JOnesbor" negro, while waiting
for the train to go out last night, struck
up with several old acquaintances,
How is Jeeni> RObersOn ?" asked
one, after the usual ''time of day" had
been. passed.
Didn'I you mean bout Jim ." que
ried the JonesbnrO darkey.
amt heerd fun Jim since he cut
loose fun lie chain gang. He aiu't
down with de billousness, is he?"
'.Oh, no! Jim ain't sick. am he
ain't bin sick. lie des wanted fer ter
ride Mars Bob Proctor's mule de udder
Sunday, an de mule 'peered to have
anudder Engagement. i done him fool
wild dat mule before, an | tole Jim he
| etter not git tang led up wild her. But
he lowed lie wuZ huss-d doctor: an,
den lie axed me fer chew of terback-
er, am got de bride, an kotch de
mule, am got on her-weII, spec
better go git my ticket. Dry tell me
dis train goes a aliyhoOtinn
Hold on. you amt tole us bout
Jim" said one of his du-ky auditors.
done tole you all Know. Jim
got OH de mule, an she sorter hump
herself, am den der wuz a scuVe, am
When tie dus' blow way, | see de mig
ger on de groun', an de mule eatin' at
ie trofk. wild one NV Jim's gmlluses
wropped rOun' her hine leg. Den ar
terwards de kur'er he cum am said
Jim died sOrter accidental like. Hits.
des like tell you; de niger wuZn't
sick nfiinlit. Wei, / got ter be git
tim on: So long, In,ys!'' S5s
n E
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

CHICAGO has now a pork packing
capacity OF $4,000 hogs day. and ex-
poets to pack more than half the West
ern hog crop during 1867. counting
both winter and summer. She packed
last year about 100000 to $4,000 at
Cincinnati, which used to be the great
pork center. The average difference
in the temperature between Chicago
and Cincinnati is greatly in favor of
the former, necessitating as it does a
losing season every few years at the
more southerly point. The corn area
has aiso been moving northward. 1t
is rather remarkable that the Bureau
Of Agriculture reports a steady de-
crease in the hog crop Tor three years
the number in all the States being es-
timated at 25.7OO,OOO in January. 1876,
as against oO,SOO.0O0 in January 1874.
This decrease is mostly i'm the Western
States, and due 10 shorter corn crops,
probably. The pork-psckers do hot
expect any advantage from a war be-
tween Russia and Turkey, though they
have of late been making heavy ship
ments TO Greece. Three.fourths OF
the pork products exported now 60 to
the Continent, instead of 10 England
as formerly. The prospect of the
trade lie not f1attering. and a Chicago
packer who is putting away 3 600 no. 9
day, says that pork is higher than
any thing else, and mas got TO come
down, and that even i'm Chicago pack
ers have not make any money the
past year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
- From Rural New Yorker.
= - - WIDOWS.

Winter-kept apples, seasoned wine.
q elouded meerschauuI, a vase around
which The scent of The roses II i'll hangs.
all these have a rare, ripe, eyanescent
flavor that suggest, but can not ex-
press, the charm of the widow. a
young widow is. perhaps, the most
Interesting object in pature--or i'm an {.
She represents experience without its
wrinkles or its gray hairs. She has
InatroTsiy beauty and maidenIy free
dom ctinbined. She is grief with a
1aug ching eye-sOrrOw in house of fes-
tiyal-a silver moon in sable. cloud
She II too sweet for anything, Like
all gs Od things, she can only b.. crea-
ted at a great sacrifice. Mrs Brown
ing says that "a man must he pretty
thoroughly spoiled before he eau leav..
n widow. This black swan - this
mOurnful Phenix-rises only out of
the funeral urn that holds the ashes OF
husbands heart.
Let us wipe away the briny tear and
proceed. PERDITE PIERIDES. Poets.
statesmen, heroes, and philosophers
have each felt the indefinable influence
of widowhOod. Its quality is not
strained. 1t falls alike upon the Just
and unjust. Edward Plantagnet mar
ried the widow Elizabeth Gray, though
he knew she brought civil war for her
dowry. Ned Walker, Joe Addison,
Sam johnson, George Washington,
Napoleon BUnaparte, John Wesley,
Tony Weller, Ben Disraeli, and all the
boys married widows. henry VIII
Was SD fond of them that he took two,
and King David was SO fond of Abi-
gail, the widow of Nabal, whom he
took to wife, that he turned Bathsheba
into widow ON purpose to marry her.
When Judith ceased her cogitations
over the virtues of the late lamented
Manassas of Bethulia, puts off her
mourning and adorns herself in brave
attire to set out for the camp of HoIo-
fernes, we feel instinctiveiy that she
will come back with his heart, crown,
or head, whichever she goes for. When
the old widow Naomi coupsels the
young widow Ruth how to lay snares
in the harvest fields of her kinsman,
and spring her net on the threshing-
floor, we know at once that the wealthy
Bachelor BOaz might as well order the
wedding garments. Allan Ramsay
wrote a song telling how to WOO a wild |
ow- He might as well have left direc- !
tions how to get struck with lightning. |
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
"A roorHPIck ADVENTURES.
II went down to Smyrna last we

z q .
Iwent down to Smyrna last week
to look at a horse. AsI was riding
along the road with Maj. Barry we
passed a couple of fields that were
filled with such a wild confusion of
bushes that they resembled jungle.
%isThst," said the Major, is Merri-
hew's Toothpick Plantation"
81 don't understand"
1ssYou see, Merr. hew owned that
farm, and he got along well enough
until one day an idea struck him. He
came to me and he said: "Barry, P,e
got just the biggest idea you ever
heard of. Barry" says he. there are
about eight million men in this
country, amt there? Well, how many
toothpicks does each man use in q
year? Say four month on an aver
age, thats about fifty year. apiece,or
four hundred millions year for the
whole nation. Now, what is the best
toothpick in the world It's thorn,
cay two inches long, hard, smooth,
with sharp point, and not likely TO
break. I've got bush full of them
on my place, and Pm going TO grow
'em, fill the whole farm with them, in
t'oduce 'em to the trade, and make my
fortune"
$50, sure enough, Merrihew went
to work and sowed about It's acres in
those bushes, and the next sum.
mer he had the awfulest crop of 'em
you ever saw. Filled the whole place,
When the thorns were grown Merri-
hew employed twenty men to pick
'em. 1t took 'em about a month at
two dollars day for each man. That
was one thousand dollars. Then he
got the toothpicks tied up in bundles,
and he sent 'em up to the city. After
shining around for five or six weeks
trying to sell 'em, a man offered him
forty dollars for the lot, and he accept
edthes bid II Uu7TEWn
Two days saftcrwa ard the man had
him arrested for fraud, because sthe
tootknds poisoned the mouths Of his
&C Customer, and the court made him re-
fund the money and pay the costs. By
the time the case was settled the thorn
bushes had grown SO fast that an ele-
phaut clad in sheet iron couldn't have
made his way through one OF the fields
ssssd when Merrihew got some Of his
friends to advise him what to do, they
decided. thateit would cost more to
clearoH the land than sthe property
was worth, and they counseled him to
let it alone. So he did, and now he is
driving mule-team for a man in
Smyrna at q dollar and q half a day,
and the toothpick plantation is going
to seed. The very sight of a tooth
pick sets Merrihew crazy, and it's no
wonder, is it 2"
ANY msn who feels an interest in
-toothpick culture can find a good
opening down near Smyrna. Merri-
hew wants to sell OUT Max Adeler.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

THINGS is getting slouchways in
dis country, 1 declar' To grashus ef dey
aint," said an old negro, the other day.
a. Fust come the cattypiiler, den de
chicken koliery. an now here cum de
gra--Iiop,.ers; am [ here talk de ud.ier
day dat a nigger was piseDed with a
mus In million. Looks like hard times
You heerd my horn."-[Savannah
News. e.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
The Yellow Centaur Linfment

is worth its weight in gold 10 owners of horses
and mules.
This Linimeut has erred more Sprained,
Sweenied, King -bOned. and Called HOrses in
than have all the Farriers In the country In an
age. Its effects are simply wonderful.
We have thousands upon thOusancs of certifi-
cafes strong as the following:
My horse was lame for year with fetlock
wrench. All remedies failesi to cure and con-
sidered him worthless until I commenced to use
Centaur I.iniment which rapidly cured him.
REV GEO. W. FERRIS,
'.Manorville, Schoharie Co. N. y"
"DEAR SIBs-I have used yonr Centaur Lini-
ments in my family. and dnd it to he of great
value Please send me two dollars worth. one
for the mules and horses RILEY SlCkLES.
FALLS STATION. WYONING;CO.. PA"
1t makes very little difference what the ease
is. whetner il In Wrench. Sprain. Poll Evil.
Ringbone, Scratches or lameness of any Kind
the effects are the same. Liverymen. Stage pro-
prietors. Farmers. &C.. should never be without
the Yellow Centaur Liniment 1t is sod every
where and warranted in its effects.
Labratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
~ DEY ST.. NEW YORK.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
GREAT b ATTLEs OF THE WORLD.

At Durham, 1876, there fell fifteen
thousand; at Halidonhill and Agin-
court, twenty thousand each; at Baut-
zen and LepantO, twenty-five thousand
each at Austerlitz, Jena aud Lutzen.
thirty thousand each at Eylau. sixty
thousand; at Waterloo and Quatre
Bras engagement, seventy thousand
at BorOdino, eighty thousand; at FOn-
tenOy, one hundred thousand; at Var
mouth, one hundred and fifty thou
sand; at Chalon, no less than three
hundred Thousand Of Attilla's army
alone. The MOOrs in Spain, about the
year 500. lost in one battle seventy
thousand i'm another, four centuries
later, one hundred and eighty thou
sand, besides fifty Thousand prisoners;
and in a third, even two hundred thou
sand. Still greater was the carnage in
ancient times. At Canine seventy
thousand fell. The Romans alone, in
an engagement with the Cimbri aud
Teutones, lost eighty thousand. The
Carthaginians attacked Hymera in
Sicily with an army of three hundred
thousand men and q fleet of two thou
sannd ships, and three thousand trans
ports hut not ship or q transport
escaped destruction, and OF the troops
only few in a small boat reached Tar
thage with the melancholy tidings.
Marius slew, in one battle, one hum
dred and forty thousand Gauls, and in
another two hundred and ninety thou
sand. In the battle of Issus, between
Alexander and Darius, one hundred
and ten thousand were slain in that
of Arbela, three hundred thousand.
julius Caesar once annihilated an army
of three hundred and sixty-three thou
sand Helvetians; in q battle with the
- l. olo
sand; and on another occasion he mas
sacred four hundred and thirty thou
sand Germans, who "h had crossed the
Rhine with their herds and f1ocks and
little ones in quest of new settle
ments. Inter-Ocean.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

AN exchange ssvs that a young gen
tleman i'm one nf the rural districts of
this State who ia evidently i'm pursuit
nf knowledge under difficulties writes:
''When 7 put ON n now suit of clothes
and call on Young lady 7 never know
what TO do with my hands. Pray tell
m" what sail do with them"
Our experienre is that il he will pu.
on" nf them around tho Young ladv's
waist IT will he no trouble for the 9th
er to take care of fitself-EVindicato
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
Dye

fOR HE Wf1ISKEKS.
This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color of the
beard from gray or any other un-
desirable shade, to brown or black,
at discretion. 1t is easily applied,
being in one preparation, and quick
ly and effectually produces a per-
manent color, which will neither
rub nor wash off.
Manufactured by r. p. HALL & CO.,
NASHUA, N. H.
sela By al Druggists, and Dealers IN Medicines,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
CASTORLA.

1t is a great mistake to suppose that Castoria
is not adapted 70 grown persons as well as Chill
dren. They only need 10 increase the quantity
But children have so many complaints for
which Castoria is adapted-iike Wind Collie:
Group. that it is especially recommended for
them.
Its effects are more certain than Castor Oil.
contains no alcohol and is as pleasan to take
as honey. 1t never gripes. By regulating the
stomach and bowels the CastorIa cools the
blood expels worms and prevents feverishness.
quiets the nerves and produces health--then OF
course. children can sleep in quiet nd mothers
can rest.
Castori, is recommended by all physicians
and nurses who have tried 1t. and it is having u
rapidly increasing sale. II is prepared with
great care after the recipe OF DIR. Samuel Pitcher
OF Mass at the Laboratory Uf j. Ii. Rose Il Co :,
AZ Dey Street. New York,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

TOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
81 Promptly and Neatly TX ,utsi at tina ofscs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07
CEN NTAUR
LINIMEN rs.


The lame can he heald and the wounded made
whole. We now know just what the Centaur
LinImcnts will do They will not mend broken
bones cure Cancer, but they will extract
soreness, aliay pain. cure rheumatism and
larger range Of flesh. bone and muscle ailments
than any article ever before discovered,
Scientific skill cannot go beyond the effects OF
these remarkable preparations . Chronic
Rheumatism of many years atanding. Neu-
ralgia, Weak-Back. Fever sores, weeping
Sinews, Sciatlca, Caked Breasts, Distorted
Joints and Sprained Limbs of the worst kind
are cured by the w hite Centaur Liniment,
1t will destroy the pain and heal without .
scar all ordinary Burns and ScaldS. Twill ex-
tract the poison of Bites and Stings, and the
frost from Frozen Limbs. 1t is very efficacious
for Ear ache, Tooth ache. Itch and Cutaneous
Erupti0ns.
Mr.. Josiah westaka. of Marysvile. O, writes
"For years my Rheumatism has been so bad
that I have been unable to stir from the house.
The first three bottles of Centaur Liniment ena-
bled me to walk without my crutcnes. l am
mending rapidly. think your Linment sim
ply marvel"
&. H. Kennett. Druggist. Rock Prairie. Mo.
writes:
"Centaur Liniment sells better and gives the
hest satisfaction Of any thing in the market
What the Centaur Liniment has done for 9TH
It will do for you Ii is handy 1t Is reliable.
and It is cheap.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

THIS standard article is COM
pounded with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and
rs satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to
its youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. 1t gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by its use
becomes white and clean.
By its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
AS dressing, nothing has been
found so effectual OF desirable.
A. A. Hayes, M. D., State AS
sayer of Massachusetts, says, '.The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
/ consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, One Dollar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

MAKING A Fool OF ONES SELF
Making a fool of ones self is with
many people part of their education
al experience in life. Once brought to
the experimental realizst on of the
fact, one is apt to be wiser ever after.
A man generally makes fool of
himself by wasting his money, or go
ing into some speculation, or believing
in mines or companies that are but
traps for the unwary, or by losing his
temper at critical moment.
A woman manages to do the same
thing through the meanness of her
tongue or her heart. She talks herself
into tribulatiOn, or she gives her love
to some worthless creature who be-
comes the bane of her life.
1t is over his empty purse that man
generally stands with clenched hands,
and mutters, tive made fool of my
self" 1t is over her empty heart that
a woman usually walls forth the same
words.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-07

HERE ia n letter. says the Toledo
Blade, which was picked up on a side
street: Deer BilI-Doant KUN to
see me emmy moar for while enkv
way. Father has got awfnlly skeered
about burglars and he sets uD every
night till Iait with dubble-harrelId
shotgunn. watching the backyard.
He nut moren a pound nv lead into
Smiths big nufoundIand dog which
was kummin over the fens after bone
last mite"
The rose is red tho violct's blue,
wouldn't KUN now if was you.
Yours, as ever, NANCY.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Pointed Paragraphs.

] pity them folks who won't believe
anything only what they can prove.
A lie is like brush heap on fire. 1t
is easier to let it burn out than to try to
extinguish it,
Young man, you had better overrate
than underrate yourself; the world are
very apt to take man at his own price.
Revenge makes a hornet respectable,
but it is the very basesi passion in man.
The more intelligence a man has got
the more simple he can afford 10 be-
After all said and done, if there was
Mt anything but lambs in the world,
life and mutton wonld be great drug.
A defeat suffered gracefully is half a
victory.
Everybody laughs at a monkey, but
nobody respects them.
Liberty don't consist in doing as you
please, or doing as others please, but in
splitting ,he difference
The majority of the world don't know
any other way to get ahead than to pull
somebody back.
notice one thing when man intends
to punish the world by retiring from II,
the world steps gently to one side and
lets him wait.
Young man you can't learn anything
new by hearing yourself talk.
The road to ruin is always kept in
good order, ard those who travel it pay
the expenses.
The bottom round of the ladder il
safer than the top one.
If men of brains were always men OF
honor this world would be comparative
ly safe.
1t is tough to be poor, but to be
Assumed of it is putting salt on to a
sore.
We are all of us poor just as we want
more, and rich as we want less.
The quality of your friends is cf much
more importance than the number.
A dollar is worth saving, but it ain't
worth spending twenty shillings to gel,
All frauds, when exposed, are more
remarkable for theIF thinness than foI
anything else.
One of the biggest fools in the world
is the man who il hunting for that he
has irrecoverably lost.
1t is qnite an accomplishment to be
able to mind your own business.
If you want to make yourself pau.
per and your friends enemies give them
all thev ask for
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Asparagus.

The praises of asparagus come down
TO us through the pages of history. Ii
was dainty especially prized by the
ancient Greeks. Among the ancient
Romans, with whom the art of cooking
was almost as sacred a. a priesthood,
asparagus was precious vegetable, and
Apicius taught how TO cock it in his ia
nous cookery books. Julius Caesar low
ed il. and we may mention thai Napo-
leon /. and Napoleon II. re<embled him
in having the same love for it. One Of
the douestic utensils unearthed at
Pornpeii is knife that was used for
cutting asparagus plants; which is a
model for such knives TO this day. The
mode OF eating the cooked vegetable
was that o. the present time-with the
fingers, which preceded turks in Roman
table furniture. In truth, this sncculent
plant has had admirers through all gen
erations. Louis XIV, OF France, fairly
dotted on it, and his favorite, Nine. de
Pompadour, invented a mode of cooking
and serving il that still figures on the
menus of France as "Asperges a la Pom
padOur," and is regarded as the most
precious legacy the lady left to her
country. French memoirs mention thrt
FontenelleS who lived nearly a century.
in his old age retained his relish for
asparagus. He liked it served with oil.
while his friend, Cardinal Dubois. liked
it with sauce. One day, when the Car
dinal was coming to dine with him, he
ordered onehalf of the asparagus to he
served in oil and the other half in sauce
just before tine dinner hour news came
of the sudden death of the CARDINAL
Instantly Fontrnelle called ont loudly
to his cook, "All the asparagus in oil p'
The incident and the phrase live in his
tory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Shawl VS.. Man.

It is said phrenologists not only read
mer by cranial developments; but also
by their wearing apparel; coat, pants,
vest, etc. This they do by the color, cut,
fit, etc. Solid black denoting gravity,
tafte and sense. ChanReable colors,
fckleness, vanity, pride, etc. There is
one thing, however, phrenologists have
failed 10 discover, and that is the lead
ing characteristics of him who wears a
shawl. One reason, perhaps, is, he has
none; another, perhaps, is, the appear
ance Of him wrapped in his shawl is so
ridicnlously absurd and unmanly, and
the image is so fixed in the retina Of the
eye, that the beholder becomes so irrita-
ted at such wanion folly that he will not
investigate the subject, at least in the
direction indicated. There is one thing
about il, however. that is the wearing Of
shawls. that very forcibly reminds one
of the necessity of Paul's Let us lay
aside every weight" and David in the
the armor of Saul.
Who ever saw n shawl that would fiji
n mani Who ever saw a man with one
on who could labor TO any advantage?
This active, bustling, busy world Of ours
requires shawls off, gentlemen.-[C Canton
Georgian.