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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-05-03

LII. Il NJ. w. PHELPS,
ATTORNEYS dCouuseIIors at Law. .Ravenna,
ONO. Office over First ..ational Bank. 80
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Rates of Advertising
Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
Meenanfcal aud Architectaral Draughts-
man. Patent Once Drawing q Speciality
No ~ Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JuneS, 1874 19s-y-
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What Agriculture Does,

An exchange saws: Without agrcul
ture there Is no wealth. Cold and silver
are,not weallh--tbey are its convenient
representa- yes rohanierce produces no
wealth--it simply exchanges Il, maiin-
facture andarts combine it, Agriculture
is the prolific mother OF wealth 1.-THE rest
simply handle ii when produced and de
livered# into their hands, sssss ysssx
The earth breeds savages. Agtieul
ture breeds enlightened nations it breeds
houses aud ships, temples and seminaries !;
it breeds tlic manuiaetorys sculpture,
painting. and music are its offspring.
The wheels Of the workshops, the sails
of commerce, the implements of science,
the pen oflgfuiis, the pencil and chisel
ofthe artist, the eloquent Tongue ofthel
orator, tile schening brain ofithe states (
man, the eqLipages Of wealth, the ban,
quetings of pleasure--all that renders
earth in its tides Of life anything but
great sepnlclire, move and have power
Of being, because the field yield their
fruits to the patient the toll of the hus.
bandman.
We might manage to live without mer-
hants, without mariners, without ora
tors, without poets; perhaps. we might
possible survive the loss Of demagogues
but shure | AN We ccould not do without
plowmen. s5s
The state Of husbandry in any country
is the best test Of its enlightenment
The thermometer Of civilization rises or
falls as drives tile plow. "sY on must
send the plow," exclaimed man who
had travelled all over Christian mission
ary grounds. Tin heathan lands, q bar
baran nation needs but to be rlowed up
deep, SUBSIDIZED planted, /, and the newt
able harvest will be an enlightened ma
ton"
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20
TO CONSERVATIVES,

The advertiser, having been perman.
emily cured of that dread disease, Con.
sumption, by simple remedy, is anxious
TO make known to his fellow sufferers
the means Of cure. TO all who desire Il
be will send copY Of the prescription
used, Gree Of chargel J, with the directions
for preparing and using the same. which
they viii find sure cure for CoNsuaprIos,
ASTHMA BRONCHITIS, &c. Parties wish
ing the prescription will address.
Rev. + 4. WILSON, l94 Penn St, viii
lamsbnrg, New York. jan GIN
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nrn Great chance to make money. II

faftI n Great chance to make money. If
UllI.t you can't get gold you can get
UUUUsgreenbacks We need person iii
every town to take subscriptions for the larr
est, cheapest and best Illustrated family pub
licaton in the world. Anyone can become
successful agent The most elegant works of
art given free to subscribers. The price is so
low that almost every body snbscribes. One
agent reports making over $3.50 in a week.
A lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribe
ers in ten days. All who engage make mon
ey fast You can devote all your time to the
business, or only your spare time You need
not be away from home over night. You
can do it as well as others Full particulars
directions and terms free. Elegant and
expensive ontiit free Ifyou want profitable
work send us your address at once 1t costs
nothing to try the business. No one who
engages fails to make great pay. Address
The Peoples Journal" Portland, Maine.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20
How Eli Perkins Got Shaved,
.soi14 AS TOLD Ay aiasFLr. Il IRA. :

"Do you mean to say you have a
woman barber in Delroitp asked.
.Ycs, .sir--two Of en- --and two as
pretty girls as there are in the city, TOO
In a few moments walked up Wood
bridge street, and, sure enough, there
was the sign and pretty girl standing
by the window honing razor, l wanted
to go in and get shaved, and still could
not make up myFmind to do it., Three
times walked by, and finally formed
courageous resolution, and, hanging
my head as anerhher Of the Young Men s
Christian Association does when he goes
Mabite or Harry Hills, l plunged in.
trembled from head to foot as soon as
entered the door. So Istoodand look
ed very sheepish,
s.Have shave, sir p said the pretty
barbaress, advancing with a razor in one
hand, and with the other pointing to the
chair ,tsa.fN EYaN stfsss al a4kH
Yes, shaved. gasped and flung
myself into a cheir.
why, you'y just been shaved y she
said. drawing her silky palm across my
face.
.Have Ifn | said and then recollect.
ing, ! stammered, All, yes, shaved this
moraing, early. ! always shasetwice a
day.
.Shave elose?a asked the pretty girl.
..Yes, the closer the better"
"Hair cut too?'
"Yes, everything" 4A
n ~, x ~ "
camel $ hair brush t,ao painted my nice
with white soap Bsuds Then she put her
little fingers plump against my face and
rubbed It all over. She estood behind me,
and put her arms around my neck. l
saw her iD the glass in 'front.' Lenever
felt SO ia my life. "Whnt would my
wife say to this?" thought Still,
everybody in Detroit does it, and why
not r. so I shut my eyes and let her
go on. After rubbing her velvet fingers
over my cheeks and chin till the beard
was soflened, she took out a razor, hoaed
it, and placing one arm clear around my
head and her hand against my face to
steady ii, commenced the downward
movement Of the blade Once or twice
! tried to look the pretty barberess in
the face, but Iscondn,t So sat- and
took it with my eyes shot don't think
| enjoyed 1T And still Jet her go on.
Sha shaved me, drew her silky hand all
over my face to see t. it was closely
shavel., and then nscombeds my shairg>
"Shait"f wax your monssache, sir p
she asked.
sYes, wax awayw w6ia3sa eyA
..Then she leaned over mo till could
hear her breathe and feel her heart beat,
placed her little fingers under my nous,
tache and waxed the ends. Now neve'
wear mymsustache waxea, but eocA1n',
ask her to stop. Aa ~ s'F
"There does it suity" she busted of
my neck and removed the apron. qss
AYES, it's just right--lovely!" said
.'too sweet tor anything! and ther
strobe, down.to the depot " 6ad the TRAN
just aone. ana that this Detroit barrier
ess had caused me to miss lecture en-
ga2ement and a hundren dollar fee.
No more pretty girl barberesses for
me. ~ ss ri ~ - 81 - ~ ~ -
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20

PLANr AS YoY Go.--When d Spaniard
cats a peach ora pear by the roadside,
wherever he is, Ae digs hole in the
ground with his foot and covers the seed
Consequently, all over Spain AMI Else
where, fruit in great abundance temps
the taste, ard is ever free. = Let this prac
tice be initiated in our country, and tho
weary wanderer win be blest, as also the
hand that ministcred to his comfort and
joy. We are bound. to leave. the world
as goods pr better than we found it, and
lie is q beitish cliurf who masks under the
shadozx and eats the fruit Of trees WHICH
ethersthnds have planted, If he will mot
also plant trees which shall yield frtGt 70
comilg generations. H
.f.f4 Tf-9--. IL HI ! la Isl
Ar freshman who had been siuise
loug Gne was one day met by thespar-
ish pett$t, when the following eonyefsa-
ton rIok place: Well. Patrick, am
glad ytsis have recovered. Were tou
1t afrst;si 10 meet your God ?" Oh, no,
your riserence II was meetin' the other
partysthit ] was afcared uy.' replied
4 at. = .
aNoli0dy likes TO be nobody ba,
every6titiy il pleased to think himself
s,me56sIy. And everybody is spine-
body satdt he generally thinks cyerybpdy
else ittiqbcdys : s.. ~ VI. y. " s:ss ~
Th51ln according to prevailing pro.
verbs II very stupid, for when it goes
early tv bed it. gets up late, and when il
goes Eas$t 10 BED i. gets up esrIiest. :
"A y0pbg lady IN Clinton, I'LL, sent aE
cents S5d = postage stamp in reply 70 al
sdvertf&auent that appeared in. religi,
ots paissss ~ ..how " make an isaRrsss-
Ion. ava received fer an answer: N4Sii
down on q paa Of dough"
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Van Buren
STEAM FERRY
U. 5. MAIL ROUTE---anIcKnsr a.
BEST CROSSING ON THE
ARKANSAS RIVER.

THE well-known and long .nt,ll.l,ar
l. at Van Buren, Arkansas, isnow unde, \.
charge of the subscriber. The proprietor. h.a' ..s
ing recently put on large New Steamboat ~
with careful and experienced Ferrymen, thew fsss
confident that they can give universal sati,fo.s
to the travelling public. THAR aim win,
meetthe increas' demands of the lar
grant travelto Texas. 4
The st. Louis and Sherman, Texas. n I
Mails are carried over this Ferry. which is rma
guarantee that it is the shortest as well !. n.
best route for travel of all Kinds.
This Ferry has the largest and best boat ooh
river, and can cross 900 wagons and team, NJ,
day and no detention Oh either bank need be- q,
pected Enclosures for stock, and sheds for III
elers being built both sides of the river and
n, pains will be spared to accommodate the pubj,
Weshall strive to continue to make this the non.
ular routs to and from Missouri and Texas. 'r
N. B.-Ferry Accounts must be settled Month
ly. No deviation from this rule.
WILL EAKIN, Superintendent.
Van Buren,, Feb f,'73. II
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20

ETfN Is not easily earned in these times
NJ1 but it can be made in three months
dIIl any one of either sex, in any part of
tile country who is willing to work, steadily
At the employment that Ne farnish.8 SOS per
from home over night kou can give your
whole time to the work. or only your spare
moments. We have agents. who are making
over $50 Iersday, Allywhosengage at sence
can make money faet. AtFthes presehrtihie
money cannot be made SO easily and rapidly
BY any other business. 1t costs nothing to
try the business. Terms and SIS outfit free.
Address ut once ii. llALLETT 4 Co., Port
and. Maine. lyjuly
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20
"h1skev.
Iron

g.. he Globe Rolling Mills, Cinn., bought
ON {, govt. manufacturing duty was re-
crd, which onr customers aiIa all hands can
ha'e the benefit of, by calling early on .sg
GEO. AUSTIN.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-20
COURIER-JOURNAL,

usual price 50 90, postage prepaid on both pa.
ders, tor one year, for S4.OO.
The Weekly Courier Journal is the great
NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
twill. on December 3lst, 1875. distribute
impartially $4,000 in valuable presents
among its subscribers, and every subscription
sent through us win be entitled to a register
ed and numbered receipt torthis distribution
ESend us 100 aud get botr papers
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-08-02
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In all cases of blood poisoning whether
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pllons, detective sewerage, or any other
callSrS
Its constant use prevents the coniracl'
Ing of contagious diseases: ty""old scarlet
land all malarial trycrs. ii Is invaluable,
land should hc used in districts where fever
and aguc prevail, rs it is the greatest
known preventative to that disease. 1t Is
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vents contracting them. 1t is a special
boon to school children who are constant
lis exposed 1t is the most hcathful bath
soap for infants, worth its weight in gold
i'm the nursery. 1t is no more expensive
than other toilr, soaps of good quality. y
goes farther and its great superiority l.
bringing ii into universal use. 1t has no
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Extensively USED in hospitals and sics
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Sample box containing 3 cakes sent post
paid on receipt OF 10 cents. Liberal terms
to the trade.
THE BEN ERLY CO..
Sole Agents for the Trade,
may3 .6m Chicago, Ills.
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f.e~-' is not easily earned in these times
NH but it can be made in 3 months
DlAA by any one of either sex, in any
part Of tho country VINO is willing to work
steadily at the employment that we fur.
nisi. 500 per week in your own town.
You need not be away from home over
night You can give your whole time to
the work, or only your spare moments
We have agents who are making over SEQ
per day. All who engage at once can
make money fast. At the present time
money cannot be made 80 easily and rapid
" ut any other business. 1t costs nothing
to try the business Terms and IS Outfit
free Address at once,
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CITY FURNITURE.
FITS EPILEPSY.
OR
FALLING. SICKNESS.

Permanently cured - no humbug-hy
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braicd InfAlliblc Fit Pc ydcrs TO con
vince sufferers that these powders will do
all we claim for them, we will send them
by mail post paid Il free trial box. As DR.
Goulard is the only physician that has even
made this disease Il special study, and a
to our knowledge thousands have been
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powders, we will guarantee a permanent
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expended. All sufferers should give these
Powders an early trial, and be convinced
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Price tor large box. $500, or boNc,
for $1,000 sent by mail to any part OF the
United States or Canada on receipt o
price, or by express, G. o. d. Address,
ASH Il ROBBINS,
3GO Fulton ST., Brooklyn, n. Y.
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Nc1r advertisements.
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
" scribcr has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of Frederick County, letters
Tcstamcatary upon the estate of
JOHN +. TOMS,
late of Frederick county, deceased All
persons having claims against said deccas-
ed, are hereby warned to exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof legally authcn-
ticatrd to the subscriber, on or before the
I'd of February next; they may otherwise,
bv law, he excluded from all benefit OF
said estate. Those indebted are requested
to make immediate payment
AMANDA II. TOMS,
Administrative.
JOIN BUHRMAN, ACT.
auu2-it
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Executors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the sub
y scribcr has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of Frederick County, letters
Tcstamcntrry upon the estate OF
GEORGE FANORlTE.
late of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said dcccas-
ed, are hereby warned 10 exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof legally authcn-
tca:cd to the subscriber, on or before the
l2th of January next; they may other
wise, by law, be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. Those indebted arc request
ed to make immediate payment.
NICHOLAS METCALF,
Executor.
NJ ]. EIcuELBERGER, Agt.
julyl2.4t
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Fakes the Place Of all other Soaps fer
Daily Use in the Family.
Manufactured from .he Pnrest Nege-
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known Anti-Srptic and His
infcctant
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Making the most hcalthtul. the most pei
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lndorsrd by the medical profession and
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EDEe. GEO. a. GRESE.
DENTIST. Az,

OFFICE No 2G North Market st, Frcd'k
Md, most respectfully informs the citizens
of Frederick county that in future he will
insert Full Sets of Teeth for $40. All
teeth and work guaranteed BY close at
tcnton and large practice has enabled him
to please the most fastidous. All opera,
tions in Dentistry skiltully performed and
prices moderate Teeth extracted and
filled without pain. Persons having Ar
liiicia teeth that will not hold up can have
them made perfect, or no charge, by means
of my Patent Suction. julyls-ly
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

New Orleans papers say there ha'
not been as fine season for fruit il
the South since the war.
A Chinese gambling firm run
games in sixty different places in Sal
Francisco.
Beecher has $4,000 year, ano
cannot see why anybody's aspirations
in life should rise above 81 per day
Berkeley Springs hotels are nov
sheltering large number Of residents
Of Washington and Baltimore.
At Cape May the hotels are wei
nigh crowded, and there is all the lifi
gayety and fun any one could desire
Five hundred Belgian workmer
have gone from Brussels to England
to work in Woolwich arsenal.
Canadians are entreating for re.
ciprocity treaty with us. We will ex'
change strikes with them free of duty
A little coored child was run over
by wagon and killed last week at
Mechanicsville, Montgomery county
J. Simpson Carey, q wealthy citi.
zen Of Worcester county, Md. COM
mitteJ suicide last Friday in his barn
The Turks have lost grand oppor.
tunity they took a newspaper CORE
spondendent prisoner and--didn't
hang him.
Judge Cites, of the United States
district court, this State, is in bad
health, and has been ordered to Bed
ford Springs by his physician.
Sitting Bull has asked the Canadi-
ans for ammunition and has been told
that he could have it and stay in
Canada as long as he behaved HIM
self.
A Ficksburg man, when drawn on
a justice jury, asked leave to pray
that he might be guided Alright, but
the Justice informed him that it was
usual to find for the plaintiff.
Dispatches from Gen. Mcdowell
state that Gen. Howard had met and
defeated the Indians in Idaho, that
the hostiles were dispensing, and that
the war is probably at an end.
The Cumberland News says, a track
hand at the Three-mile station killed
a large female garter snake, which
upon being cut open was found to
contain one hundred and one snakes.
Mrs. Robert Garrett, mother Of
Hon. John W. Garrett, died at her
residence in Baltimore, on Tuesday
morning, l7th aged sc years. She
mas born in Baltimore in 1871.
1t is announced authoritatively
that Attorney General Devens will
soon order discontinuAnce Of all the
prosecutions growing ont Of the Elem
ton riots in South Carolina last year.
There will be no extra vacation for
Washington clerks to 60 home to vote
this year. The clerks will be obliged
to get along With thirty days vaca'
ton.
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The following account Of a Roman
Catholic dog, from the Middletown
Press, is to be added to the dog sto
ries. Mr.. Herrick. the llyeryman
has a dog which has the popularity O
refusing to eat meat on Friday, al
though he seems glad enough to get
it on other days. The sttempt to get
him to break his rule has been repeat.
edly made without success, On ev'
cry other day Of the week he eats
what is set before him, asking nc
questions, but when Friday comes he
says by his actions as plainly as If he
had words, "No meat on my plate, il
you please" Other food he takes
on Friday, but he has an exact dis
elimination, and can never be de.
ceived by any mixture containing
flesh which may be offered to him on of
day. The dog was formerly owned
in Roman Catholic family.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-08-02

A letter from Cohstantinople states
that the 10000 Zeibucks late y en-.
camped there have left there for ac-
tive service. All were fAatastlcally
picturesque in costume, and each man
carried two pistols, four yatagans, and
two or more cutlasses, the latter be-
ing we'll sharpened and much more
keen than the scrules Of their wearers
who were most inconveniently dis
posed to appropriate anything they
could lay their hands on. The
resources of Turkey in volunteers
from Mohammedan countries is very
great.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-08-02

The Russian military authorities
have lately been making experiments
in lighting fortresses by electricity,
and have decided to supply all the
principal fortresses with the requisite
apparatus.
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\I{. GEO. s. FOUk L,
No. 1879 Equity.

liz tftC C"JUtt NbttIb ~ L. C'ttf Wv
County, sitting IN equity.
MAY Term, 1877.
Catharinc Lilly Assignee of Isaac 1lydcr
Mortgage Of William Ulrich and wife
on Petition.
NRDERED this Goth day of July 1877,
~ that on the 18th day of August next
the Court will proceed to act upon the Re
port of Sales this day filed by Catharinc
Lilly Mortgage in the above case, unless
cause to the contrary be shown before said
day; provided copy of this order be in
serted in some newspaper published in
Frederick county, for three successive
weeks prior to said day. The Report
states the amount of sales at $1,000.
THOMAS GORSUCH,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frcd'k Co.
True copy-Tcst:
THOMAS GORSUCH, clerk
july263t
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FOOT Pow
- cr MACHINERY.
THIRTEEN

different machines with
which Builders, Cabinc,
Makers, Wagon Makers
and Jobbers in Miscellan-
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To Quality and Price with steam poWcl
manufacturing; also amateurs supplies
saw blades, fancy woods and designs. Say
where you read this and send for catalogue
and prices,
WI. 4 JOHN BARNES,
Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill.
july2G-1y
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Executors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the sub
~ scriber has obtained from the Or
phan's Court of Frederick County, letter:
'rcstamcntary upon the estate of
JACOB BENTI,
late of Frederick county, deceased. Al
persons having claims against said de
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof legally au
thenticated to the subscriber, on or before
the 26th day of January next; they mfy
otherwise, by law, be excluded from al
benefit of said estate. Those indebted are
requested to make immediate payment.
HENRY STOKES,
iuly2f-4t ENPcu'ol'