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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

AND when they get through using Boss
Tweed "a q scarecrow, what are they
going to do about himl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
A BLUE-GLAss EXPERIMENT,

Mr.. Blimley read about blue.glass
until he became convert to the doc
trine. Having boy baby about three
months old, who has been somewhat
puny and has given evidence of weak
lungs, he had all east window of his
house paned with blue-glass, and ex-
posed him to the suns rays for an
hour or two for several days. The ba.
by was left under the blue window
for three hours, at the conclusion OF
which time he got up went down stairs,
declaring that he had had enough OF
that 'dog.goned foolishness.' He
threw his off foot into Mr.. BlimIey's
stomach, and knocked the lower por-
tion of Mrs. Blimley's chin off with
his right fist. AS Mr.. Blimley lay un-
der the washstand, trying to decide
whether he had been struck by light
ming or was in an Ashtabula disaster,
young Blimley set up such yell that
a neighbor next door, who has been
bowling for war since the Sth of No.
vember, went down into his cellar and
hid under an empty flour barrel under
the impression that general insurrec-
ton had broken out. AS soon as Mr..
Blimley recovered sufficiently, he pro.
cured q hammer and smashed every
pane of blue-glass he could find. They
now keep young Blimley gagged and
chained to an anvil.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
HUSBAND AND WIFE.

Can a wife steal her husbands prop
erty? This question recently arose
before the English court for the con-
sideration of crown cases reserved,
where only criminal causes are heard.
The prisoner, who had been a police
constable, was CONVICTED of receiving
stolen money and goods, which he
knew had been stolen from the prose.
cutor, an innkeeper at Burslem. The
theft was alleged to have been com.
mitted by the innkeepers wife. She
had undoubtedly left her husband g
house, secretly, and without his con-
sent, carrying away with her about
500 of his money, his gold watch,
and other articles, which she had
transferred to the prisoner. But his
counsel contended that there could be
no felonious receiver of stolen goods,
without there first being q thief, and
that the conviction was wrong because
q married woman could not in law
steal the goods of her husband. The
court SO held, and quashed the con-
viction. saying that although the goods
were taken by the wife, they were not
that husband and wifc were
one, and 1t would be violation of the
law of England to hold that wife
could steal her husbands goods,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

LEARN THE VALCE OF MoNEY.-A
silver dollar represents a days work
of the laborer. If it is given to boy
he has no idea of what it cost or what
it is worth. He would be as likely to
give a dollar as a dime for top or
any other toy. But if the boy has
learned to earn his dimes and dollars
by the sweat of his face, he knows the
difference. Hard work to him is a
measure of values that can never be
rubbed out of his mind. Let him
learn by experience that a hundred
dollars represents a hundred weary
day labor, and it seems a great sum
of money. A thousand dollars is al
most inconceivable, tor it is far more
than he ever expects to possess. When
he has earned dollar he thinks twice
before he spends it. He wants to in
vest it so as to get the full value of a
days work for it. 1t is great wrong
to society and to boy to bring him
up to mans estate without this knowl-
edge. A fortune at twenty-one, with
out it, is almost inevitably thrown
away. With it, and little capital to
start on, he will make his own fortune
better than anyone can make it for
hin.-[Hunt Merchants Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

In a letter 10 the London Times of
May 9Th, Thos. Carlyle says: "a ru-
NOR everywhere prevails that our mi
raculous premier, in spite of his
Queens proclamation of neutrality. in-
tends under cover of 'arc of British
interests to send the British feet to
the Baltic, or do some other feat which
shall compel Russia to declare war
against England. Latterly the rumor
has shifted from the Baltic and be-
comes still more sinister on the eastern
side of the scene, where feat is con-
templated that will force not Russia
only, but all Europe to declare war
against us. This latter have come
to know as an indisputable fact. In
our present condition the outlook is
surely a grave one. As to British in
terests, there are none visible or con-
ceivable to me except taking strict
charge of our route to India by Suez
and Egypt, and for the rest steering
altogether clear of any copartnery
Will tHc uTh. LII TcSdFu W ILLS OF
any other British interest whatever, it
should be felt by England as real ig-
nominy to be connected with such
Turk at all. Nay, if we still had, as
in fact all onght to have, a wish to
save him from perdition and annihila-
ton in Gods world, the one future for
him that has any hope in it is even
now that of being conquered by the
Russians, and gradually schooled and
drilled into a peaceable attempt at
learning to be himself governed. The
newspaper outcry against Russia is no
more respectable to me than the howl
ing of bedlam, proceeding as it does
from deepest ignorance, egotism, and
paltry national jealousy. These things
l write not on hearsay, but on accurate
knowledge, and to all friends of their
country l will recommend immediate
attention to them while there is yet
time, lest in few weeks the maddest
and most criminal thing that British
Government could do should be done,
and all Europe kindle into the flames
of war. l am, etc,
"T. CARLYLE.
50 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, May 4, 1871"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
HOW TO BEGIN.

Girls, you can learn how to be thor
oughly neat and clean, by attending
properly to your own rooms, if your
sphere of usefulness is confined to a
small space. Keep everything in per-
feet order, in the first place; neatness
ls one great principle of beauty. Cher
lsh your instincts of taste and fitness
in every little thing that you have
about you. Let it grow impossible to
you to put down so much as a pin-box
where it will disturb the orderly and
pleasant grouping upon your dressing
table, or to stick your pins in your
cushion even at all sorts of tipsy and
uncomfortable inclinations. Take up.
on yourself gradually-for the sake of
getting them in hand in like manner.
II for no other need-all the cares that
belong to your own small territory at
home. Get together things for use in
these cases. Have your little wash
cloths and your sponges for bits of
cleaning, your furniture brush and
leather duster, and your light little
broom and your whisk and pan; your
bottle of sweet oil and spirits of tur-
pentine, and piece of flannel to pre-
serve the polish or to restore the gloss
where dark wood grows dim or gets
gpotted. Find out, by following your
surely growing sense of thoroughness
and niceness, the best and readiest
ways OF keeping all fresh about you.
lfyou are of an inventive turn of mind,
processes will readily come to you.
When you have made yourself wholly
mistress of what you can learn and do
in your apartment, so that it is easi-
er and more natural to do it, than
to let it alone, taking a real interest
in all your small Improvements, then
you have learned enough to keep a
whole house in order.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
THE COMING STYLE.

The "eel-skin" is now the great
rage both in London and Paris. In
the widest days of the tie-back or the
pin-back mania, there never was seen
such tightness in the matter of skirts
as now prevails. Whatever the pau
city of the folds in the pin-back in its
frontier part, ia the enormous exhu-
berance of the panier or hustle the
balance was struck. But now, not on
ly the bustle is thing of horror, but
even the necessary underclothing is
considered de trop. To lengthen the
waist far beyond its natural proper
tons stiff webbing of elastic is fast
ened to the stays to the depth of half a
foot and to this at first narrow skirts
were buttoned. But even this is now
abandoned for another scheme to ac-
quire slenderness. Mrs. Swisshelm's s
much rldiculed chemiloon is in de-
mand, and garments made in this way
are sold at the furnishing shops, and
patterns of it pass eagerly from hand
to hand among lady friends. Some
ladies have had regular stage tights
made of thick webbing, and over these
they wear nothing but the outer gar
ment, underskirts being simulated by
plated rufiles of white muslin sewn
to the edge of the dress, which is then
tied back, till the woman within is
shackled almost like a convict in a
chain gang. No more uncomfortable
fashion was ever devised; for not on
ly are the limbs confined by the bind
ing dress, but the wearer must con-
stantly concern himself about the con-
dition of the bodice, that portion be-
ing in incessant danger of turning it.
self up behind, wrong side out, like
an umbrella in 4 wind-storm. The
desired youthful slenderness is gener-
ally obtained by the "eel-skin," but at
a good deal Of sacrafice of personal
ease.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
nm arD1As DHFHHTun!


Among the eSrudo tAnd} nneivilIzed
tribes of the Northwest coast, the idea
of divinity was very Diverse, and in
some cases obscure. The Tinneh, q
great people occupying a vast expanse
of territory, reaching from the Arctic
Ocean southward to the fifty-fifth par
allel of latitude, worship the "man in
the moon," who, as they suppose, for
merry lived among them as poor and
ragged boy This boy once made SO
large a pair of snow-shoes that he at
tracted the attention and ridicule of
the entire community where he resid-
ed, and became the object of much
heartless sport on the part of the viii
layers. But soon there came time of
great scarcity; the hunter trayersed
the forest in vain the earth bore no
fruitage. Still, to their surprise, when
every hope of success was exhausted,
they were often led to freshly killed
game by some mysterious influence.
Their benefactor soon proved to be
none other than the poor boy with the
great snow-shoes-the object of their
ridicule. Though grateful to him at
first, they soon forgot his bene:actions
when the time of plenty returned, SO
as on one occasion to refuse him q
mersel of fat meat, The divine per-
sonage who had externally manifested
himself to them in the guise of rag
ged boy, now offended, took his de-
parture TO his residence in the moon.
However, in a month he returned, ap-
pearing as a full grown man. forgave
their ingratitude, told them that his
home was in the moon, and that he
would always assist them in the chase
One punishment, however, they must
suffer, namely, that henceforward an
imals should be lean the entire winter
and only fat in the summer.
The Neotkas of Columbus have q
tradition of benefactor and teacher
who appeared TO them long ago. He
came to them up the sound in canoe
of copper. The paddle in his hand
was copper; even his clothing was of
the same material. This mysterious,
copper-clad, old man sojourHed for a
while among them, taught them to use
the metal which made him so conspic-
uous-told them that he came from
the sky, and that some time in the fu-
ture, when their land should be des-
troyed, they would all die, but after
death, rise and live with him above.
Enraged at this prophesy of their de-
struction, they arose and killed him,
and in possessing themselves of the
canoe, fell heir to the benefits which
arise from the knowledge of copper.
They, however, repented of their
crime, when they realized, at too late
an hour, that the copper-man was the
incarnation of their deity, The Great
Spirit, the Nan -Aboue.
In both of these legends we observe
the tendency alluded to moment ago,
of first personifying the influences,
and then defying that personiication.
In the boy with the great snow-shoes,
suddenly eleyated to the position of
divine patron of the chase, we see
clearly some inventive genius, who,
ridiculed at first by his fellows, at last
is acknowledged benefactor on ac-
count of his discovery of improved ap.
pliances for hunting. The copper man
Is nothing more than the introducer of
copper among the Nootkas.-[ Apple
tons Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
FRITTERED AWAY.

How much time we fritter away
without doing anything for ourselves
or for the public good! For our omis-
sions it is too much the habit with US
all to excuse ourselves on the plea of
want of time; whereas in truth this
is seldom good and sufficient ground
of justification. Nothing is easier than
to fritter away time in matters of no
use to ourselves or to any one else.
The habit is readily formed, 1t grows
upon one unawares. Keep strict
account of every hour of your own
time for a single week, setting down
correctly the exact manner in which
every hour is spent, and see whether.
when you come to review the record
you do not find it full of admiration
and instruction. In this simple way
one can readily understand the secret
of his want of time. lie will discover
that he has given hours to idle talk, to
incidence and to inconsiderable trifles
which have yielded him neither profit
nor pleasure. What is the remedy
Arrange your work in the order of its
comparative importance. Attend first
to the things which are essential to be
done, and let the unessential take
their chance afterward. The differ
ence in the amount of work accom-
plished will be astonishing. Duty be-
fore pleasure. Those who practice
this precept have plenty of time for
pleasure, and enjoy far greater satis-
faction than those who reverse this
rule.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
A BULLET-PROOFC CAR,

There has just been completed at
the car shops, in Y ork, Pa, the first
bullet-proOf car ever manufactured in
the United States. The car is thirty
one feet long, eight feet high, and fur
nished with all the latest Improvements
i'll ventilation, etc. The body below
the window is covered with three
inch iron, manufactured at the Paxton
rolling mill. Harrisburg, and the
body above them is covered with
three-tenths inch steel. The windows
can be closed with steel slides, and
when they are down the whole car is
bullet proof. The interior is richly
ornamented. and in appearance, inside
and out, resembles a first class passen-
ger coach. 1t weighs about 6.5OO lbs,
and was ordered by the Spanish Gov
ernment for use in Cuba.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
AHumalINa BIRD,s NEST.

a =
Il Burroughs, in his charming little
book, Wake Robin, says it is an event
in ones life to find humming birds
nest. The event happened to me with
out any effort on my part. Looking
up from seat in the grove l saw the
ruby throat drop down on its nest,
like shining emerald from the clouds,
it did not pause upon the edge of the
nest. but dropped Immediately upon
it. The nest was situated upon an
oak twig, and was about the size of a
black walnut, and from where sat it
looked more like an excrescence than
a nest. 1t is situated in the fork of
two twigs it is firmly glued at the
base to the lower, but is not fastened
the upper twig.
1 waited for the tiny occupant to
leave the nest, and then with the aid
of step-ladder had no difficulty in
looking into it. 1 found it contained
two white eggs, about as large as me-
dium-sized peas. Sometimes the male
would drop upon the nest when the
female left it. 1 never disturbed them
while they were sitting upon it; but
often before I could get away, when
thought them out of sight, the male
would suddenly appear. and greater
demonstrations of anger never saw
manifested by any bird. He would
ruffle up his tiny feathers, and seem
nearly twice as large, and dash almost
in my face making squeaking noise
-scolding and threatening, until he
had driven me quite distance. He
soon learned that ] was very much
afraid of him, so he turned tyrant and
often drove me from my seat in the
grove when I had not been near bis
dwelling. I always submitted to the
tiny tyrant, for what business had to
be prying into his domestic affairs !?
The young when hatched were
not larger than bumblebees, but in a
week they had flown. cut the twig
| off and found the nest was composed
of the same soft downy substance l
had noticed in the wood pewec's nest,
but it is matted so closely together
that it is almost as firm as the softer
kinds of felt; it is a marvel of skill
and beauty, and is completely covered
externally with lichens.-[ Harper's for
Nav
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

ACCORDING to Pliny the crow attains
to 72O years; the raven 240 years; and
the swan 200 years, all of which is
doubtful. Parrots. however, have
been known to reach 100 years :herons
52 years storks more than forty; and
goldfinches, chaffinches and nightin-
gales, even when confined in cage, "a
years. Birds undoubtedly live much
longer than mammalia.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

First Englander -" Hi 'ear that
Tummas Carlyle 'as been saying we
mustn't fight the Rooshans." Second
Eng" Well, Iii don't suppose the
Hempress will mind Tummas. A
hempire were the sun never sets can't
be .hunder the hadvice of single hin.
dividual." First Eng" Him with
you there. Hi venture to say Tum-
mas 'as never 'eard of the six 'un-
dred."- [Courier-J Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
CASTORIA.

1t is great mistake to suppose that Castoria
is not adapted to grown persons as well as Chill
But children have so many complaints for
which Castoria is adapted-like Wind Collie.
Sour Stomach. Worms. letter, Teething and
Group. that it is especially recommended for
them.
Its effects are more certain than Castor Oil.
1 contains no alcohol and is us pleasan to take
as honey. 1t never gripes. By regulating the
stomach and bowels the Castoria cools the
blood, eNpeis worms and prevents 1eyerlshness,
course. children can sleep in quiet and mothers
can rest.
Castoria is recommended by all physicians
and nurses who have tried it, and it is having a
rapidly increasing sale. 1t is prepared with
great care after the recipe of DIR. Samuel Pitcher
of Mass, at the Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co +,
46 Dey Street, New York,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
Administrators Sale.

VIII ohor ioi o"ie dl puoilC auction on
SATURDAY., the 2Gth day of May
A. D. 1877 at O'Clock T., NJ, ut the door of the
Court House in Ravenna, the following icscrib-
cd real estate, situate IN the County OF Portage
and State OF Ohio. to wit:
First Tract, Situated in Lot No. 19 of the
middle division of lots in the Township of RIA
vcnns. bounded north by land OF $. T.. branch :
east by the lot line; south by the diagonal road
anu west by land OF Orrin Harmon, containing
d 42-lUO acres, more or less.
Second Tract: Situated in lot No. 13 of the
middle division of lots in the Township of Ra-
VIENNA, bounded south by said road; west by the
lot line; north and east by land OF ). T.. Branch
These two tracts together lying on the north
west side of RaveHna and Freedom Diagonal
Road, and known the Fox Farm of about
Al acres. and appraised ut $2ll5 90
Third Tract: situated in lot No IL of the mid
dledivision orlots in the Township OF Ravenna
bounded north and west by the diagonal road
east by the lot line; south by the A, Y q, w.
IL. t., and lands OF John Armstrong and Will
liam Richardson, containing about ~ 7-IOO
acres, NOR, or less, in which has been assigned
the widows dover.
Fourth Tract; Being part of lot No. II in the
middle division of lots IN the Township of Ra-
VIENNA. bounded north by lands of Kingsbmry,
kraus, and the A. Y q w u. Road; east and
west by the lot lines, and south by lands of H.
Il. aud Grafton Bradford, containing Il 22-iOO
acres. more or less.
These two tracts appraised together, subject
TO the dover assigned, ut x52at 6S.
Fiith Tract: Situated In lot No. 81. south divis-
ION of lots in Ravennn, bounded north and
west by the lot lines east and south by A. Il q.
less. Appraised at $22O0
TRIMS OF SALE:-One-thiTd cash in hand
and balance in one and two years time from Il ay
OF sale. with annual interest and mortgage on
the properly. ELLEN J. HU DSON.
Adm'x OF J. Hudson, decd.
II. srUARr, Atty. asa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

Pure White Lead Brushes and Toilet Articles
Cigars Snuff and Tobacco. and Druggists sun
dries generally--sold at the very lowest prices.
Physicians Prescriptions and Family Recipes
specialt y. $50
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24

George w. Adams. whose place of residence
Is unknown. is hereby notified that Louisa q.
Adams did. on the 1st day of March, A. d. 1877,
file her petition in the oilice of the Clerk of the
Court OF Common Pleas within and for the coun-
ty OF Portage and State of Ohio. charging the
said George w. Adams with wiful absence for
three years last past, aud asking that she may
be divorced from the said George w. Adams.
and have the custody of their child, George n.
Adams; which petition will be for hearing ut
the next term of said Court.
Dated this 2d day of March, A. d. 1877.
LOUISA &. ADAMS,
449-6w By THAYER " MANSON, her Att'ys
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
CENTAUR
LINIMENTS.

The lame can be heald and the wounded mad
whole, We now know just what the Centau
Liniments will do. They win not mend broken
bones or cure Cancer, but they will extract
soreness, allay pain, cure rheumatism and a
larger range of hesh hone 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, Sciatl0a, Caked Breasts, Distorted
Joints and Sprained Limbs Of the worst kind
are cured by the White Centaur Liniment,
1t will destroy the pain and heal without n
scar all ordinary Burns and Scalds. ltwIll eN-
tract the poison of Bites and Stings, and the
frost from Frozen Limbs. 1t is very eflicaciouS
for Ear ache, Tooth ache, Itch and Cutaneous
Eruptions.
Mr.. Josiah Westaka, of Marysville, o., writes
"For years my Rheumatism has been bad
that l have been unable to stir from the house.
The first three bottles of Centaur Liniment ena-
bled me to walk without my crutches. l am
mendng rapidly. l think your Liniment sim
ply u marvel
G. II. Kemett. Druggist. Rock Prairie. Mo.
writes:
"Centaur Liniment sells better and gives the
best satisfaction of any thing in the Market
What the Centaur Liniment has done for 9TH
it will do for you. 1t is handy it is reliable.
and ii is cheap.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-24
The Yellow Centaur Liniment


is worth its weight in gold to owners of'horses
and mules.
This Liniment has erred more Sprained,
Swecnied, Ring -boucd. and Called Horses in
than have all the Farriers in the country in an
age. Its effects are simply wonderful.
We have thousands upon thousands of certifi-
Gates as strong the following:
My horse was lame for year with a fetlock
wrench. All remedies failed to cure and con :
sidered him worthless until commenced to use
Centaur Liniment, which rapidly cured him.
heartily recommend it.
REV GEO. w. FERRIS,
''Manorviile, Schoharie Co., N. Y -
s'DEAR SIRS-I have used your Centaur Lini-
ments in nv family. and find it to be of great
value. Pie It send me two dollars worth. one
for the mules and horses. RILEY SICkLES,
FALLS STATION, wYoMiNG;CO.. PA"
1T makes very little difference what the ease
is whether it be 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 sold every
where, and warran ted in its effects.
Labratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
46 DEY ST.. NEW YORK.