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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

D AShN DsIOR - AND his u UESTs
Ansexperience of q somewhat differ
enf character was that which is fre-
quently told At the expense Of q yam
kee landlord. The stage drew up at
his rancho one day with q passenger
list 20 beggarly that it reduced the ex-
PectaDt and smiling Bonlface to a state
ofdespair, and 70 q. abtruse caicuIa-
tion of his profit and loss account.
Among the few dust begrimed passen-
aeraithat fled in to feast of the GOOD
things spread on his hospitable board,
was . verdant-looking individual, " no
tightly clutched one of those old-fash.
Toned, capacious mouthed carpet bags
with vast boweled depth that our
grandfather's used in their riourneyings,
and that were usually laden with two
shirts and months luncheon. This
particular bag was notable only for the
apparent extreme paucity of its con-
tents, and when our verdant traveller
skunk away bashfnlly to the unoccu-
pied end of the long dining table, and
seated himself in one Of the chairs at
his side, 90 industriously did he attack
the yiands before him, that Boniface
tapped him on the shoulder several
times before he produced dollar, the
usual price of q meal.
your bill is two dollars said Boni-
face.
sHsyP ~rf~ f~sa m
Two dollars, il you please
Gosh all mighty, landlord he ex.
claimed you don't mean to say you
tax . fellow two dollars for q meal
like thisP
Our charge is a dollar for every
chair occupied at the table. Your bag
monopolizes q seat, and the charge for
It is the same as for person.
But, jedge, see here, now, the bag
hasn't eaten burned mouthful.'
Cant help that there are the viands
before II, and if it don't partake of
them, it isn't my fault. Come, sir pay
over haven't time to argue the mat
ter
We'll, squire, maybe it's all right,
but It seems mighty rough on fellow.
Here's your two dollars.'
And the owner of the bag sat down
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

FROM Macon, Ca, q correspondent
sends the New York Sun a picture of
. late camp-mecting near that place :
SIT is night, and under an extensive
leaf-arbor a swaying mass Of black
forms oscillate to every passing emo
ton, while torches Of pine throw a
yellow glare around and under the
canopy, and cast long shadows Oh the
ground outsidelthe covering. In front
of Z rough stand used as pulpit is a
sQ3 lQclosure, tbicklys strewn with
l91 D3hd pine straw, and in this in
closure the favored few lie in frances
or shout prophecies, and tell what
wonders the Lord has done for their
souls. III Around this isinclosure multi
tude of men and women form the holy
dance In this the men turn their
faces outward and the women toward
the center Of the circle, and, taking
hands, each steps in time to the hymn
that all are singing. Their singing is
wild and weird, and yet there is a
charm in the song of the negro, who,
untaught, sings in strict time and with
full, round tones that seem to well up
from the heart. 1t is like the mourn
full whoop of our 'whip-poor-wiil.'
Your correspondent had seen negro
woman carried from the holy dance in
such trance as they call it., that her
body was perfectly rigid, not bending
in the least, although one man carried
her. head and the other her feet, and
she lay in this condition several hours.
While these poor, deluded creatures
were wallowing in the straw before
the pulpit at this camp-meetiDg, one
old woman, very fantastically dressed,
with q queer bonnet, covered with
plumes of various colors, broke from
the altar in holy frenzy, and ran
shouting from under the tent. Just
outside the arbor she climbed to the
top of q tall, burnt pine stump about
five feet high, and there she stood, and.
tapping her arms much as a fowl
would its wings, che cried out: HAL
lelnjah sIlallelujah Glory to God !!
Glory! . Glory! IfaIsjust had two
wings and alcw more feathers on my
head, I'd fy away 10 gloryp "t'
= a.fra 4 L..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

'WHY,' asked Pat, one day, why
was Balaam q Grst class astronomer p
The other man gave it up, of course.
'Shure,' said Pat, 'twas because he had
no trouble in finding AN ass.to.roid.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

A MAN picked up a purse in the
street and advertised the fact. In ten
days, he was visited by rixty men,
women, boys and girls, all claiming
to have lost money. The sum was but
eleven dollars, but of each visitor who
called the finder asked: SO you lost
fifty do!iars did Cyop g. Nine-tenlhs Of
the applicants promptly replied, 'Yes,
sir.f 'Ah,' said he. yours was another
purse.t -, ;l,.,..f .s,.f .fyi
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

JAPANEsE PRovERBs If you hste
any one let him live. n
Regard an old man as thy father.
We cannot build q bridge to the
clouds. .. tt,.5--zl..s.. hua.i2 Z
The world is just as persons heart
makes it.
The tongue three inches long can
kill q man six feet high.
II you do not enter the tigers der,
you cannot get her cub.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06
.:9': ..4 ,'a' Ayers .s % 4.
Hua1.1Va!gor,
For. restoring Gray Hair to
its natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agree
able, healthy,
and efectual
for preserv-
ing the hair.
Faded or gray
hair is soon
restored to its
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

and gambling were prevailing under tile
dome of the Capitol. The duelist was in re.
pute, and the place was filled with poisonous
weeds and serDents. Moral life was shame
All was fair without, but foul within. Its
boosted chivalry was to challenge Northern
man to fight, aud to help whip negro with
his hands tied. The people app!auded Breck-
enrdge in his treason, stood between Andrew
johnson and impeachment, and IN theH
midst was hatched the devillsh plot tina
robbed Lincoln of his life. During the war
jeff Davis would have been more welcome
than Lincoln, Lee than Grant and the Stars
and Bars more than the Star SpGngled Banner
| Applause Parson Brownlow made an APT
remark on his way to Washington. He said
he telt he must be getting near the city, as
he began to feel as If he wanted to steal
something. Laughter. Washington socie
ty famed ino fury the passions OF men
and much of the old spirit was left. The
portraits of Giddings, Gerri Smith and such
men had no place On the walls of the Corco
ran Art Gallery, but the Calhouns and Nc
Duties were numerous. They knew how to
make Northern men with Southern princi
pies, and that class was reappearing now. 1t
was again getting dark for the colored race,
but the shadow would ultimately pass away
Applause The old Maryland and Virginia
families always had the best p:ckings, and
the offices and slaves. Bat Vlrginia's glory
has departed. Instead of the mother OF
States she is the grandmother; and OCCASION
ally one Of her sons appears, chewing James
River tobacco-his dignity gone, masters
without slaves, lords without lands. The
Washingtonian is indolent in all his move
ments. Step into store and you will wais
five minutes before you are noticed. Every
one of them has been or CXDeCtS to be great
man. Laughter. They walk slowly, but
not measured, their arms hanging lisllessly
by tLcjr sides. He eXcels all other Ameri-
cans in sitting, and can remain III an easy
chair longer without fatigue than any other
man. Laughter He is fully equal in this
respect TO the Turk. He carries a cane; he
walks with it, sits with it, stalks with it.,
Like, the swords Of the knights of old, they
are more for ornament than support. They
wear hats pulled down over their eyes like
thieves and robbers. They think it gives
them a Congressional look. There is class
called poor white trash" who never held
office These were the slave overseers, catch
crs, whippers and watch-dogs. They make
some sort of living by hunting and fishing,
and yet they are not happy. Laughter.
They talk Of the Lost Cause as if they had
had millions in it, The city is filled with
schemers of all kinds and both sexes, who
strive to get something for nothing. To be
honest is to be fool. The place is filed
with duplicity and servility. The change in
the condition Of the colored people is remark,
able. Their schools were among the best,
and when he visited there and found bright
and intelligent children dong the most diff
cult mathematical problems, he felt there was
q future for his race. Applause.l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
FRED DOUGLASS ON WASHINGTON.

The following IS the portion of Fred.
Douglass's recent lecture in baltimore over
which the people oC Washington have got
excited anu ga account of which they want
Hayes To dep1se Dougiass from the marshal.
ship. o, course Hayes won't do any such
foolish thing:
Washington WAS no, good city. II has a
good many churches, but II Is some distance
from tie spo; To which their spires point. II
had bad beginning; and never produced
any g-est statesman or pEilanihrnpist The
descendants of the OLD families make no
mark I, sided with treason and acains,
Loyalty, and it, selection Mss . great mistake,
being sandwgched between two slave Sistts,
and tlgc headquarters 81 the slave trade
where the boys were sold like swine. II was
cruel wilhoU, reason. aud indecent without
shame Freedom % speech and The press
are unknoan. ard lis idea was slavery. iohu
Quincy Adams was Nrcaiened with death Tor
advocating Tie right - petition. BF.ak'ns
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

About four hundred years ago the art Of
printing was introduced into England by
William Clxtan. There is some dispute re
garling the precise date. bU, Mr.. William
Blades. Cations boCrapher, inclncs To- the
belief that CaX,1n arrived in England in
1876 81 all events Tie first indiSputable
date is that of the "Die,cs aGl Sayinges of
the Philosophers. enpryaieG by me, William
Cax'oa, n Wes'mesirc, the ycre 90 orr Lord
mccCcLxxyii' The present year tas there
fore been adopted Tor The celebration of the
four hundredih anniversary or The introdrc-
ton of tie ar, of printing into England, and
next month there will h. held ~ South Ken
sincton az exhisitIon ui antiquities and Curl
osiucs connected with Ihe art in It's early
DAYS. The proceeds uf re exhibition are TO
be added ~ an existing fund for The erection
OF a monument 20 CaXtcn. Among the Ameri-
can msyr beers OF the General Committee are
j. G. Lrcvoort ana G.. II. Noore of this city.
stephen Salisbury at Worcester, Mass. and
c. Washington Childs, !. NJ ci Philsde!-
plis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
Penn Monthly.

In the May Penn Monthly, the editor pro.
pounds the inquiry, Did the Government Bring
on the Hard Times? and answers it affirmative
ly, giving as the chief cause Of them the initiation
OF lSGS-12, brought ABOUT by funding the nation.
q! debt in bonds bearing lower rate of interest,
thus transferring the bonds from the hands of
our own people to Europeans, and causing a
surplus of home capital, which stimulated wild
speculation; and the writer concludes, therefore,
that funding should stop at once; our bonds
should be made desirable investment for the
savings of our own people, even at higher rate
of interest, and the national currency (green.
backs and bank bills) should not be sacrificed to
the theories of doctrinairsS but be made convert
ible into national bonds at the counter of every
national bank.
Lester F. Ward continues, in second paper
hist ingenious analysis Of Heckels Genesis Of
Man. j. s. W. questions the tendency of modern
art; Charles de Kay contributes very neat
poem under the head of Spring Asks; and f. M.
Haines discourses learnedly OF Township Or.
ganization in the Newer States Of the Union.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
Littell's Living Age.
LIIFVII f4TNIHg NEt.
COatents of numbers dated Nav 9Th and I.

Coatents of numbers dated May 9Th and l2;h
Across Africa Ga review OF Cameron's Journey
from the British Quarterly; On Certain Relation,
between Plants and Insects, Fortnightly Review
Is the Pulpit Losing its Power? Nineteenth Cen.
fury; The French Army in lS17, Blackwood
Realism in Unbelief, Spectator; DIR. Carpenters
Mental Physiology" Quarterly: Robert Herrick
by +. I. Palgrave, Macmillan; A Slave Hunt in
Borneo. Gcntleman's Magazine Miss Muock
Mrs. Craik), Victoria Magazine; Microscopic
Extravaganza, Spectator; together with shorter
articles, and poetry, and instruments OF George
MacDonald's and William Blacks fine serials
new volume began with April
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
WIDE Awake.

The June Wlde Awake is decorated with a
Tom, story by Mary L. B. Branch. Other
very readable stories are A Nocturnal Lunch
and Flossy and Bossy. Child Marian is still
In Rome and goes to see Garibaldi. Several
Quinebassit Girls reaches climax of inter.
est; aud there is delightfully."- funny Illus
trated paper by Mrs. Eyster about Tong Sing
Kow, a little China boy of San Francisco.
No Y. of the Poets Home Series is devoted
to VIM. Dean Howells, editor of the Atlantic.
There are several very clever poems, and the
children will take especial delight in "a
Dream of the Centuries as something cspec.
Tally adapted TO their closing school exhibi.
tons.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
ISaliOu's Monthly.

lows:
Cromwell and Charles II; Monkeys and their
Tricks; Sketches from Natural history; Wait
ing; Ralph Huntington's Trial; A Four-Lcaf
Clover; Huldah; My Rebel and I; A New Life
Fortune Telling; The Heress and her Guardian,
4 Tale of English Country Life; Her First and
Third Husbands; Consolation; A Christmas Ex-
perence in Japan; OUR YoUNG PEOPLES STORY
TELLER-The Child OF the Wilderness. A True
Story Of Early Life in the Northwest Ruthven's
Puzzle Page; Curious Matters; The Housekeep.
er; Things Pleasant ard Otherwise; Our Picture
Gallery Humorous Illustrations
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

symptoms Of a Diseased Liver.
TDAIN in the right side, under the
edge ofthe ribs, increases or pres
sure sometimes the paints in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
Gu the left side T.; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top Of
the shoulder, and is sometimes mis-
taken for a rheumatism in the arm.
The stomach is affected with loss Of
appetite and sickness; the bowels in
general are Costivc, sometime: alter
native with lax; the heed is troubled
with pain, accompanied with dull,
heavy sensation in the back part.
'hc-cis ccnera,ly considerable loss
cf:@c-ac.y, accompanied witha pain
i'll sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been
done. A slight, dry cough is some
times an attendant. The patient
complains ofweariness and debility;
he is easily startled, his feet are cold
or burning, and he complains of a
p7ickly sensation Of the skin his
spirits are low; and although lie is
satisfied that exercise would be bene.
fetal to him, yet he Can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try
it. In fact, he distrusts every rem
cdy. Several CT the above symp-
toms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few OF them OK
istcd, yet examination Of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER 70
have been extensively dcrcnCcd.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. G. McLANL's LIVER Pills,
II CASTS OF ACUE AND FEvrE, when
taken with Quininc, are productive
ofthc most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory
to, or after taking QGir..C. We
would advise all wlo 10 afflicted
with this disease TO give them a
TAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and
IS a simple purgativc, they are IN
cQualed.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine Dr.. c. MfLANE's
LIVER Pills are never sugar coated.
Every box has 4 red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DR..
McLANE's LIVER Pills.
The genuine MGLANE's L.vcR
PILLS bear the signatures Of {.
McLANE and FLE:uNC Bros. CT tie
wrappers.
Ea7- Insist on Your drugg;5t CT
storekceper giving you the guu:ne
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PMS. pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DR. c. MeLsTE's
LIVER PiLLs 4 trial. We wi! rial post 1aiG % any
part q the United States, ore bax CT ia. ior
twenty-five ocutS
FLEMING BROS. Pittsburgh. "a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The effects of the Moody revival in Boston are
thus neatly ustrated by the Boston Globe:
A lady in dry goods store asked for English
.lacrs The salesman exhibited the article. Are
these really English" We'll" replied the sales
man, little confusedly, they were until Mr.
NoUdy Came.h
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

\ sucking GALL. SIX uosihs oil. o. the Ayr
shire breed. owned nv Cap; Davis, Of Green
II 100, Steward County, Ca. gives gallon e.!
milk daily. which D., dE,rk by Ire freedmen
about The piAce. J. = fessrled IN the vIcint
IS ~ one - ihe seven wonders cf tie uui
v.cs..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
CaSt0ria.

is mistake TO suppose that Casora is not adapted 70
or. persons well children. They only need to in
crease the quantity. But children have many com.
plants for which Castoris is adapted-ike Wind
collie, Sour stomach. Worms. letter, TeethintS
and Group that 1t is especially recommended for them.
Its effects are more certain than Castor ON. II
contains no alcohol and is pI eRSant Il X q
honey, 1t gripes BY regulating the stomach ana
bowels the Castoria cools the blood. expels
worms prevents fcverishness Quets the nd
produces health-then of course children can
sleep IN quiet and III q hers can rest.
Castoria is recon II Il ed by all physicians and
who have tried IT, and Ia having rapidly ncress
ing SALE 1t prepared with great the recipe OF
Dr. Samuel Pitcher of Mass at the Laboratory Of j. B.
Rose Il Co.. 46 Dey Street, New York.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
Centaur
Lininlents.

The lame he healed and the wounded made whole.
We aow know just what the Centaur Linment win do
hut they will extract soreness. ssy pain. cure Rheuma
sm and rger range OF ess bone aud muscle ailments
Scientific sh cannot beyond the effects OF these re
] Of %sPs ye. standing Senrags BACK
Fever Sores, Weeping Slnews, Sciat!ca, Csked
Kind Gy the e White tee himent
1t will destroy the pain and heal wit hout a
poison OF Bites and sngs. ard the frost from Frozen
Itah ana Z Is very e,se,Is. 0T Es,se.e, lo' acne
Mr.. Josiah Wes:ake, of Marysvie, o., writes:
For years my rheumatism been so bad that have
oeeH unable TO STR rom the house the hTst three
simply marvel"
c. II. Bennett Druggist, Rock Prairie, Mo, says:
CentaGr Linment sells better and gives the best salts.
f9ctloa OF anything In the Market"
What the Centaur done for others 1t viii do
for you Its handy it is reliable, and i! is cheap.
The Yellow Centaur Liniment
WORTH rs weight In gold 10 owners OF horses and ales
Ring boned and Sailed Horses In three years
than have all the Farrers In the country In any age. Its
we lave thousands upon thousands Of certificates as
stror. as the following:
my moe WAS for ye9s Win n5 ecsk ws1sh
worthless until commenced use Centaur IAniment,
which rapidly cured him. R hs2ry E Fs +
"Manorv!lle Schoharie Co., n. Y"
.Dav SgsI have used your Cen;aur Liniment in my
family, and hrd IL to lie OF great value. Please send
two dollars worth, one for the mules ana horses.
Fails Station, wyoming County, Penn"
II makes very little difference what the els whether II
be Wrench Span, Polleyl EinghOne scratches or Lame
stage propetors Farmers. &c shoald never be without
the Yellow Centanr LinmeEt II is sod everywhere, and
Laboratory Of J. B. Rose & Co.,
&c DEY ST. Nxw YORK.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The June number Of this great llyori,c OF the
little ones IS uncommonly bright IL It's warm,
sunny pictures. new volume will begin with
July, the 22d, and steady improvement, a- in the
past is promised as the work proceeds.
Any Of the above publications may be seen at
th bookstore OF Osman Il llapemau, where SIN
glc coyic. are for sale and subscriptions taken.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

for New York Harbar, is accorded an article
by Charles de Kay, the author of design for
a grave.stone of singular vgor and holiness,
which commentaries the men fallen IN
French ranks during the late Franco. German
war What the feeling in Colmar at annexa.
ton must be, can perhaps be learned from n
brief mention of the design.
The heads,one is severely plain but massive,
and upon il one reads these words orly:
"Mor's en- Combattant
u Scptembre 1870"
The grave is covered by two great slabs of
stone, but one these has been pushed up from
below by an arm. This arm reaches out from
the dark opening of the grave and gropes on
the surface OF the other slab for Il sword
which lies near The arm and sword are of
bronze, The idea of this tomb reminds one
of the Gothic ghastliness that pleased Al.
brecht Durer and the engTavers OF his day,
but the monument is also one of those trum-
pet calls, silent but never-ceasing, which
keep alive hatred aad finally summon a con.
quered nation 10 terrible acts of retaliation.
Describing Liberty" infinitely and appre-
cIatlvely, NJ. de Kay adds:
She will stand so as 10 suggest that the
strongest hurricane could never bulge her
from the pedestal she has chosen. Her ges
tpre is meant 10 call the attention of the most
distant person, and, moreover, To let him
know Enthusiastically what the figure means.
For IN this statue also VI Bariboldi has an
piled his science 10 fine effect IN getting the
figure outlined against the sky, while tie en-.
ergc,lc attitude has not injericrcd with Ger.
tain digni!ied Toposc which inheres in the
resting position and which may be Owing TO
The weight OF the body being thrown on The
eit leg, as well as 10 the grave folds of ample
Grapery Even II a stranger approaching
from the Narrows should not know at az &c
what she is holding UP for him 10 ser, the en-
ergy other action will awaken his curiosity,
and the dignity of IL Will make him await IA
nearer approach with confidence When he
can make out the tablets of the law which
Ut out from her left side as Tie rest On her
bent arm, aud the Gaming togch which She
holds high up above her head, while her eyes
are liked on the horizon, ne will BE- dull in
ueed If lac does not understand what she
wishes TO tell
Other so called"timely "aruclesaret to Dnnas.
eGs by Diligence, by an exconsul, including a
discussion on lie future Of Syria under Mos.
lem rule, How it was Done in Grpa, Britain.
referring to British civil service reform; and
\ state Ball In Cons;anl.uople.
CD. Wsring hammers away effectively a,
his hobby Of village improvement, treating