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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-09
CENT hUR
LIIVIlIE|vI'S.

The lame can bc bcald ana the wounded mad
whole We now know just what the tcniau
Linimcnts will do. They will not mend broken
bones c.,re Cancer, but they viii extract
soreness, aliay pain. cure rheumatism and
larger ran ge of flesh bone and muscle ailments
than any article ever before discovered,
Scientific skill cannot go beyond the effects of
these remarkable preparations Chronic
Rss cumatism OF many years atdnding. Neu-
raigia, Weak-i;ack. Fever Sores, Weeping
Sinews, SciatIc:, Cakcd Breasts, Distorted
Joints and Spraincd Limbs of the worst Kind
aiesured by The w hitc Ccntaur I.iuimcnt.
1t will destroy the pain and heal without II
scar all ordinary Burns and Scaids. twill eN-
tract the poison of Bites and Stirss. and the
frost from Frozen Limbs. II is very cicdcious
for Ear-achc, Tooth h-;,chc, Itch and CutaneOus
EruPtiOns.
Mr.. Josiah Wcstaka. of Marysville, o, writes
"For years my Rheumatism has been so bad
that have been unable to stir from the house
The first three bottles of Centiur Liniment cna-
bleil me to walk without my crutcheS. l am
mendng rapidly. L think your Liniment sim
ply a MARVEL
c. IL. Kennett. Druggist. Rock Prairie, Mo.
writes:
s.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 it is cheap.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-09
The Youngstown Murder Case

In Pamphlet Form for 3 cents. An accu-
rate account of the murder of Elizabeth Grom-
bacher, and of the trial and execution of Cha's
n. Sterling. Address, Lock Box No. 14i3
OUSGRTOwN, OHIO. 45i-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
Dress Humbug.

The handsomest dresses which have
been worn in Washington for two
winters past, and which were described
with a flow of adjectives that would
make Noah Webster hang his head over
the failure of his English dictionary,
were gotten up in this city and modelled
on the forms OF the fair wearers, whose
vanity prompted them not to contra
dict the next mornings dispatches
that Mrs. BIS dress was Worth's latest
and cost $4,000, when a few knew that
Nine. Donovan OR Nine. Soule could
testify in any court that that dress had
never been seen or touched by Worth
or any other Partisan modiste, and that
the $4,000 dress cost just $3.50, and
that the lace trimmings had foamed over
the columns of every newspaper repre-
seated in Washington, from Maine to
California, for the last three Years.
This love OF fraudulent display is a
weakness of the average society woman
in Washington.-Wn sh6at"tom Letter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
Sagaelty of Mice.

While Captain Gilges, who is en-
ployed at the Kansas and Missouri
Bridge, was cracking some hickory nuts
recently in the watch-otfice at the end
of the bridge, his attention was arrest
ed by the appearance of several mice on
the floor looking after the discarded
nut shells, which yet contained small
PARTICLES Of kernels. Thinking to watch
their maneuvers he stepped outside the
door of his office. He did not remain
long until one of the little animals took
up one of the shells, and climbing a
considerable distance up the wall let it
Tell to the floor. This was repeated sew
eral times, until the small portion of the
kernel which had eluded human re-
search had become loose enough to be
readily extracted. When through with
n piece another piece was taken up
and carried through the same process,
showing clearly to the watcher that the
first instance was not a mere accident,
-LeGvenWorth Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
Senator Nye and Secretary Stanton.

Nye went to Secretary Stanton once
to make q petition for some dead sol
diers' orphans. 1t was in the darkest
days of the Stanton said, 81 have
not time, Mr.. Nye, to see to what you
want" Suppose you take time, Mr..
Secretary" said Nye. "You are un-
reasonable, Mr.. Nye, in pressing such
a thing at this time" said Stanton.
''Permit me to say that goa are the I'M
reasonable man." answered Nye. elf
you were not a United States Senator |
should say you were very impertinent,"
said Stanton, haughtily. 'slf you were
not a great Secretary of War l should
be tempted to say you are making a
- fool of YOURSELF" replied the old
Gray Eagle, with his eyes blazing
Stanton looked at him a moment, and,
then, %softening, said: maybe I ann,
Jim-who knows?-come inside and tell
me all about it," Snow, Ned. my boy,
you are growing sensible" said Nye.
and the business was quickly arranged
-TargtnaG CITY (NeU.) Enterprise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
The Khedive's Music-BOx.

M. Samuel Troll, fls, of this city.
says the Geneva Continent. has lust fin
ished for the Khediye of Egypt certainly
the biggest, and finest, and. probably.
the handsomest musical boxever made.
Its beautiful ebony case is buffet-shaped.
as large as q full-sized sideboard, and
inlaid with zinc and brass-Work. and
ornamented with bronze chasings and
plates. The interior of this remarkable
box is a perfect marvel of ingenuity; it
includes all the improvements for select
ing tunes, a patent moderator, etc.,
and is finished with flute, fute-basso,
drum-bells, and castanets. The roper
toire, consists of 1872 tunes supplied by
IL Cylinders, which, can be exchanged
at pleasure, each of them being 6 inches
in diameter and :26 inches long. Not
w~ithstanding it's Brobdignagian dimen-
sions, like all others of its kind,
it performs Observation-Disclosures the
Khedive desires to treat himself to a
concert he needs only to touch a spring,
and If his highness should grow weary
Of the monotony of his 1872 tunes, he
has but to communicate with the fngen-
ious and en%terprising manager of M.
Trolls establishment-Mr. Geo. Baker
who can speedily supply him with
the materials for a few additional hun
dreds. To complete description we
ought to mention that the price to be
paid for the box is 10000 francs. AS
this peculiar Swiss work of art will
leave Geneva in the course of a few
days, we should advise those of our
readers who may have time and oppor-
tunity not to omit making a visit to the
warehouse in the Rue Boulevard; they
may count on a courteous reception
from Mr.. Baker, who will be happy to
show them his big box, the result of
eighteen months of assiduous labor, and
of whose successful completion his firm
NAV be Justly proud.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
The Rule of C0ntraries,

1t doesn't require any astrologist or
medium or gypsy with a dirty pack of
cards. 1t is very simple, lies in a nut
sqell, and can be expressed in a very
few words. The plan is this: If a girl
expresses a fondness for majestic men
with large whiskers, make up your
mind that she will marry a very small
man with none. If she declares that
"mind" is all she looks tor, expect to
see her stand before the altar with q
very pretty fellow who has just sense
enough to tie a cravat bow. If, on the
contrary, she declares she must have a
handsome husband, look about for the
plainest person in the circle of her &C
man." for it will be. Men are almost
as bad. The gentleman who desires a
wife with a mind and mission marriesa
lisping baby, who scream at the sight
of a mouse and hides her face when she
hears a sudden knock at the door. And
the gentleman who dreaded any thing
like strong-mindedness exults in the
fact that his wife is every thing he de-
tested. If a girl says of one, "Nlarry
him! I'd rather die!" look upon the
affair as settled and expect cards to the
wedding of these two people. If a man
remarks of a lady, "Not my style at
ALL" await patiently the appearance of
his name in the matrimonial column in
connection with that lady's. And if any
two people declare themselves s'friends
and nothing more" you may know
what will come next.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
COLLINS C
vOLT'AIC
PLASTERS.

A N E~lectro-G alvanlc Battery, combined with the
IN celebrated Medicatcd Porous Plaster, forming
the grandcst curative agentin the world oImedicine,
and utterly surprising all other PlastNr5 her Ctolore
old Piasters Ia a whole year. They do not palliate,
they CURE. Instant relief afforded in
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Paralysis. Cramps,
st. Vitus' Dance, Sciatica, Hip Complaints
Spinal Affections, Nervous Pains and lrrl-
Shocks to the Nervous System, Ruptures
and Strains, Fractures Bruises, Contu-
sions. Weak Muscles and Joints, Nervous
and Feeble Muscular Action, Great Sore
ness and Pain in any Part of the Body
Weak and Painful Kidneys, Great Tender
ness of the Kidneys, and Weak and Lame
Back, caused by Chronic Oh
Kidneys.
So confident are the proprietors in the great, valne
ofthis Plaster over all other Plasters that they 40 nvs
hesitate to WARRANT It to possess greater, far greetGEs
curative properties than all others combined, VILE
the price of each, viz. IS cents, is within the reach
OF every sufferer In the land. Insist. therefore, upon
having what you call for.
and warranted. on receipt OF price. g cents for Sne.
81 IS for six, or $2.25 for twelve, by WEEKS d foH'
Proprietors, Boston.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
A Town of DWarfs.

A writer in the London Times de-
scribes the effect of excessive intermar-
rage on the inhabitants of Protes. q
little town in the province of Santander,
Spain. Until Is OF 10 years go, the
village was quite shut off from the rest
of the world. It's inhabitants, from
their ever recurring intermarriages,
had become quite a race of dwarfs.
On market days the priests might be
seen, with long black coats and high
black hats, riding to purchase the sim
pie provision for the weeks consump-
of little intelligence and no
learning, sprung from the lowest ranks.
About IL years ago the Galician labor
ers, or Gallegos, from the mines of
Galicia, swarmed into the town for
lodgings, ETC., and since their colonial
ton the population has increased in
strength, stature, education, intellect,
and morality. Their intellects, also,
have improved intellects which had
been stunted, dwarfed, and ruined by
heir frequent intermarriages.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
Disease Grows ADace.

Like an i'll wind, and cannot be mastered too
early What is a trifing attack of sickness
to-day may, if unattended to, become a seri
GUS case in a week. Small ailments should
be nipped in the bud before they blossom
into full blown maladies. If this advice were
attended to, many a heavy bill for medical
attendance might be avoided. When the
Ever Is disordered, the stomach foul, the
bowels INSTRUCTED, or the nerves disturbed,
resort should at once be had to that supreme
remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a few
doses OF which will restore healthy action
and put the system in perfect order. 1t is a
preventive in the house, since it checks.
with unrivaled promptitude, disorders which
breed others far more dangerous, and in
their latest developments are themselves
often fatal
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
A Lady Accidentally Shoots a Friend
at a Party.

Last Thursday night j. Koehucke
and wife, who have been married but
three weeks, gave a party at their house,
on the corner of Bush and Fillmore
Streets. Among those present was the
father of Mrs. Koehucke, who came
from Oakland, bringing q revolver with
him for the purpose of purchasing car
tridges to fit it. At II O'Clock Mrs.
Koehucke picked up the weapon and
asked her father whether it was loaded.
He said it was not. She then in sport
pointed it at her husband, and snapped
it two or three times. A young man
named Otto A. Decker, one of the guests,
then laughingly remarked to the lady
that he would take the weapon. She
said IT you try it | will shoot you,"
and pointed the weapon full cock at
him. He advanced, when she pulled
the trigger, an explosion followed, and
Decker fell to the floor, wounded in the
breast. The revolver had one cartridge
in it, which fact the father did not
know. The wounded man was taken
into arOom, where he stated to ex-Chief
of Police COckrill and Officer Doran
that the shooting was purely accidental,
and that he did not hold Mrs. Koehucke
responsible. Officer Doran, however,
placed the lady under arrest, and
charged her with having made an as
sault with a deadly weapon. The lady
was taken to the City Prison, where
she was in Mysteries nearly all night.
Yesterday she was released on filing a
bond of $4,000. The wound which Mr..
Decker received is a very serious one.
San Francisco Call.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18

"What nest of infdels lies yonderP"
asked one, as they rode on.
I" Vissa.
"When shall we teach those Giaours
a lesson, CaptainP" -
I'VE shall see; perhaps Tomorrow
or next day, if you behave yourselves.
Trot!"
1t is impossible to Describe the hor-
ror which seized Stephan when he heard
these words. When he rose from his
place of concealment you would have
thought that he had seen a ghost.
The friends, the playmates of his
childhood, the priest he honored, the
little toddling things who knew him
and ran out for a frolic, lisping his name
when he passed by-above all, Marie
at the mercy of those fendsi
All idea of pursuing his Journey van
ished from his mind; his only thought:
was to save her he loved.
Thodoraki Darban was much sur
prised that morning when he was inter
rupted in the operation of breaking in
a young colt by the apparition of Ste
phan, whom he had thought far away
by that time, breathless and excited.
When he heard the young mans story
he looked very grave; and indeed his
mind was sorely perplexed. The risk
of remaining he knew to be great, but
then, on the other hand, to fly was ruin.
He had a store of boarded cash which
he could carry with him, it is true, but
his chief possessions were his flocks, his
herds, the contents of his granaries,
and all these must be left behind.
Sfnnhan uync Io,htf-I x7lo+A~ j.
about warning the neighbors. A gen.
eral stampede would at once be OBJ.
served, and the retreat of those he
cared most for cut off without any good
being done to any body. And yet he
could not bear to leave them all to their
fate without a word. So he sought the
papa and contided what he had seen
and heard to him, so shifting the re-
sponsibility. What use the papa made
of the information, however, can never
be known.
At nightfall Thodoraki Durham and
Stephan put the two best horses into
the lightest cart, which they loaded
with the most valued of such goods as
they could carry with them. The
mother and daughter then got in, and
the fugitives set out, as quietly as might
be, for the mountain track they knew
of.
They were fortunate enough to reach
the Servian Territory without adven-
ture. Marie and her mother were safe
~ provided for, and the father and the
lover both joined the Servian army.
Here they soon learned that their
flight had not been q rash and unneces-
sary act of p~usillanimity. The village
had been sacked, and what that means
every body must know pretty well by
this time. 1t does not matter what the
period is or what the nationality, unre-
strained military successes are always
the same. When there is any mitiga-
ton it is purely the result of discipline.
The papa, a widower and childless.
was slain on the threshold of the desc
Grated church.
Should Stephan survive the present
troubles and renew his suit for the hand
of Marie, he will not be objected on the
ground of poverty, for Thodoraki Dur
ban is much on a level with him so far
as worldly possessions are concerned.
&c 1t is an i'll wind that blows no one
good.'-CasseN'S Magazine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
The Importance of Habit.

| trust every tping, under God, to
habit, upon which, in all ages, the law
glver, as we'll as the school-master, has
mainly placed his reliance; habit, which
makes every thing easy, and casts all
difficulties upon the deviation from a
wonted course. Make sobriety a habit,
and reckless profiigacy will be as con-
trary to the nature of a child, grown or
adult, as the mostasrocious crimes are
to any of your To- fiships. Give a child
the habit OF sirredly regarding the
truth, OF carefuL Y respecting the prop
e.rty OF others, dhscrupulously abstain
ing from all imEFovidence that can in
Volve him in dig less, and he will just
as likely think q arushing into an ele-
ment n which b. can not breathe as of
lying or cheating or swearing.-Lord
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
THE OLD DEACON'S LAMENT.


Yes, I've been Deacon of cur church
Nigh 1EfJUsafty 5ear ,essSss sz
Walkedfn the way of dooty too,
And KEEP my conscience clear;
I've watched the children CROWN up.
Seen brown locks turnin' gray,
eButaever saw sech doln's yet
AS those I've seen to-day.
This church was built by cody men
To gtorify the Lord,
In seventeen hundred and eighty eight;
Folk couldn't then afford
Carpets and cushings, and seeh like
The seats were jist plain wood,
Too narrer for the sleepy ones;
In prayer we allus stood.
And when the hymns were given out,
tell you 1t was grand
To hear our leader start the tunes,
With tunin' fork in hand!
Then good old China" Near" an. all,
Were heard ON Sabbath days, ,
And men and women, boys and girls,
JOine in the song OF praise.
But that old pulpit was my pride
Jest eight feet from the ground
They'd reared it upon either side
a narrer stairs went down;
The front and ends were fifty carved
With Scripter stories all
Findin' OF Moses, Jacobs dream,
And sinful Adams fall.
Jest room inside to put a cheer,
The Bible on the ledge
(Tu own / did get naryOus when
He showed it to the edge).
There week by week the parson stood,
The scripter to expeund;
There. man and boy I've set below,
And not a fault was found.
Of course I've seen great changes made,
And fought against 'em, too;
But first a choir was introduced,
Then cushings in each pew;
Next, boughten carpet for the floor;
And then, that very year,
We got our new melOdeOn,
And the big shandyleer.
We'll. well! they tried to keep things straight
went to ev'ry meetin',
And voted No" to all they said,
But found my influence deetin'.
AT Last the worst misfOrtin' fell
Unjust blame Deacon Brown;
He helped the young folk when they said
The pulpit must come down.
They laughed at all these pious scenes
I'd found SO edifyin';
Said I" When the parson rose to preach,
He locked almost a 1yin';"
Said that 90 Elijah's chariot
Jest half way up had tarried;
And Deacon Brown sot by and laughed
And SO the pint was carried.
This was last week. The carpenters
Have nearly made an end,
EXcoose my feelings. Seems to me
Is eff I'd lost a friend.
Z" 1t made their necks ache. lookin' up,"
Was what the folks would say;
More lookin' up would help us all
In this degin'rate day.
The church won't never seem the same
I'm half afeard) to me-,
Under the preachin' of the truth
Eve been so used to be.
And noW-to see our parSOn stand
Like any common man,
With jest a raiIin' round his desk
/ don't believe l can!
-Hdrper'S, for January.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
SANFORD'S
CURE
For CATARRH

INSTANTLY relieves and permanently cures this
L loathsome disease in all its varying stages. 1t pos
scsses TIE soothing and healing properties of plants,
herbs and barksi in their essentialforrn free from every
fbrous contamination, and In this respect differs from
every other known remedy. In one short year 1t has
found its way from tho Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
and wherever known has become the standard remedy
for tie treatment of Catarrh. The proprietors have
been waited upon by gentlemen of national reputation
who have been cured by this remedy, and who have,
at considerable expense and personal trouble, spread
the good news throughout the circles in which they
move. When YOU hear q wealthy gentleman of Intel
ligence and refinement say" mylfcto Sanfords
Radical Cure, you may feel assured that it is an artt
Gle of great value, and worthy to be classed among
the standard medical specifics OF the day.
"The benefit I derive from its daily use is to me IN
0GluGGie."
HENRY WELLS. OF WELLS, FARGO & Co.
SIT has cured me after twelve years of uninterrupted
{ ". HoUGHToN, wALruAM.
Each package contains DR.. Sanford's Improved In.
haling Tube, with full directions for use in all cases.
Price Sl00 per package. For sale by all wholesale
and retail druggists throughout the Unitrd States.
WEEKS Il POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale
DFugpistS- BoStnn. - IL 81 ="
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
sold ReIfabIe.ss

There are many reputed remedies for that
very. prevalent disease, Chronic Nasal
tatarrh but none which have given general
satisfaction and become ackno wledged
standard preparations, except DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. 1t continues to enjoy an
unprecedented popularity. This reputation
has been earned throughth h permanent cures
which it has wrought, having proved itself a
SPECIFIC in the worst forms of the disease.
Flerce's Pocket Memorandum Books are
given away at drug-stores.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18

"A tourist describes the sale of snails
in the town of Tivola, near Rome, as a
source of much profit to the peasants
of that district. The flavor is pro-
nounced delicious, more so than scol-
lops or oysters. .s 49,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18

trout taken from the great fresh-water
lakes. They are caught with hook and
and q fisherman ear hardly. aver
age over q bushel . day. They are
sold in strings at from 10 to rs cents a
bunch.
The great fish of this mart is the
nullet. It is impossible to say how
many barrels of mullet are shipped
from this point ina season.. / ann
tain not less than $50 barrels a day.
Fishing-smacks ply fromthe-Ight-
house to all points on the gulf, and
immense quantities are shipped by rail
to Tallahassee, and distributed from
that point.
1t is a pretty sight to see these fisher
men at work. They are wonderfully
adroit with their cast nets. They will
throw one, fifteen feet across, with the
s that a Mexican throws his lasso,
spinning it open in the air until it re-
sembles a great balloon, and dropping
it upon the school of fish
with unerring accuracy. The mullet
run in schools, myriads of them feed
ing together. To run M Of these
schools into shallow water, and after
penning them in with a huge seine an
eighth of a mile long, drive them to the
shore, is rare sport, and wonderfully
lucrative. The amount of fish captured
at one of these hauls is almost incredi-
BILE. | have the authority of John l..
Crawford for saying that he witnessed
the taking of 200 bushels of fish at one
haul of a seine not quite 200 yards in
length, and manned by ten people; and
Nh. Abe Terrell says that he saw 200
bushels of mullet caught at one haul by
a seine 216 yards long and Is feet deep
by twelve men. The mullet are worth
81 a bushel (S8 a barely on the beach.
This was over $1,000 worth of fish tax
en- at one pulling of a seine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18

In some parts OF Michigan cider is
selling at a dollar a barrel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18

FOURTEEN whalses have been killed
off Pigeon Point, California, this season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
SPORTING ON JAMES ISLAND.

A Little Spot ON the Gulf that Supplies
as@tno Hfgh-Pr1ccd PornpanO-Ffsherfes
offs W C0ast-Bushels at u single