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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

DelOT0 4akluScO and alcoholic
ed as an uniaiIing remedy Tor veal m ees. Ennis
sions and all diseases that follow as IL sequence
OF abuse, such Loss of Memory, UDiver-i
sal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Ofmness
of Vision. Premature Old Age. and many
other diseases that lead TO Consumption and
are first caused by devl2ting from the path of
aar e
es all over the world annually die with so call
ed consumption; but medical men we'll know
by sexual weakness. The inevitable effects of
SpermatOrrhG. or Nervous Debility, is to
rendering existence wreiciled and nnbearable
Very often the unhappy sufferer is tempted to
commit suicide; in some cases the mind is en-
tirely destroyed. and insanity and idiocy with
an early grave closes the scene. ANY one who
doubts the vast number of intellects ruined by
Asylumns. and the record win show that eight
Of every ten Of the cases of insanity among their
In placing the Specific Medicine within the
reach of the afflicted. we feel that we are con-
ferring greater act of benevolonce than we
would in giving untold wealth. The poor. sick
invalid. especially those afflicted with Nervous
Diseases, too well know the vanity of wealth
attending blessings. All over Europe, from
frozen Norway to the -vine-clad hills Of Italy,
from ASIA 70 our own merry Engiana. tSou-
cific n Medicine. By its timely use many fellow
beirg has been saved from q premature grave.
to come-save thousands from years oi anguish.
pain and suffering. Set the afflicted take war
ming before it is too late, delays are dangerous
An old, well tried and scientific preparation.
one which will effect o speedy and certain cure.
is within their reach, and placed at price
which all can pay.
The Specific Medicine is the result of life
study and many years experience in treating
these special diseases. Full particulars in our
pamphlet which we desire to send free by mail
to very one.
The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists
at 81 per package. orsix packages for s.. or will
be sent free by mail on receipt of the money by
addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.,
No. 10 Mechanics Block. Detroit. Mich.
Sold in Ravennn by BELDING & ARMSTRONG;
also. by L. p. Seymour & Co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18


A Yankton dispatch says the young
men at Spotted Teil's camp are just
concluding their annual war-dance,
and the barbarous festival has been
one of more than ordinary success.
Forty-eight candidates passed through
the terrible ordeal of self-torture, and
are entitled 10 full diplomas as war;
riors of unquestloned bravery. The
candidate for honors cuts two longi-
tudinal Sits down each breast; one
end of lariat is passed under the
strip of skin and the flesh left between
the incisiORs, aud tightly tied. aud the
end is made fast to the top of high
pole. The candidate then throws him
self backward with his weight upon
the lariats, and the dance goes Oh un-
til the flesh gives way. Should he fail
to break loose in the manner prescrib-
ed, or should he flint during the ope-
ration he is forever disgraced.
The sun dance just closed, was held
about fifteen miles back from Nilsson.
ri river, and was witnessed by about
seven thousand Indians and twenty
FIVE whites. Old Spotted Tail was
master of ceremonies, and from the
manner in which he performed his in
carnations, and fiourished his mystic
wand, from which dangled the scalp
of a white woman, one would not sup
pose him to be the noble red man who
is carried upon the Government pay
rolls. Once q year "Spot" has his
fun. The sun dance has closed, and
Spotted Tails Indians are now ready
for the Government to move them to
a new Agency.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
MORE OF THE MYSTERY OF THE
MIND.

The Louisville Medical News says :
"The following psychological incident,
which was told to me by a gentleman
of undoubted veracity, may prove of
interest to those of our readers who
are studyiDg the occult phases of nerv-
ous phenomena. The narrator, man
OF nervous organization, was taking
his afternoon siesta, his daughter a
young lady of seventeen, sitting by
his side, with her hand in his, aud
reading. AS he passed rom the wske-
full state into one of semi-slumber he
saw, or seemed to see, sppear at the
foot of his bed tall man, with sor-
rowful expression on his face, who,
bending down tenderly, lifted up cof-
fin and disappeared. He was so dis
turbed by the strsnge and unaccount-
able nature of his Vision that, a..er
tossing restlessly for q few moments,
he opened bis eyes and ssid, ,"daughter,
I believe can not sleep to-day, end
will get up." LooF:ng up from her
book, in which che was evidently
deeply absorbed, she said, 'spapa, this
is strange book that am reading"
"What is it?" said he. ''The Life of
Marie Antoinette," she replied, and
then read from the pages before her a
recital of the exact incident that had
just constituted his dream.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
HOW MAN HAS IMPROVED.

The relation of man to nature pri.
mordially and of savage races in the
pre ,ent day is, as we ! ,ow, very diff
ferent from what it has been repre-
scnted to be by poets sad philoso.
pliers. In the delightful picture their
fancy painted there was nothing true !;
the idyllic conditions amid which they
fancied the still youthful! race as liv-
ing never had e. .sted anywhere. The
history of man the world over has its
beginning not in golden aye, but in
an age of stone. Instead of noble
shepherds and lovely sheperdesses
who. under benignant skies and pic
turesque scenes, live in innocence on
the produce of their flocks, decorous-
ly enjoying all the purest gifts of for
tune, the reality presents to our view
rude, unCouth hordes struggling
against hunger, wild beasts, against
the iuclcmency of the seasons; buried
in filth, in groveling ignorance aud
brutal selfishness their women made
slaves, their old people cast out; prac-
ticing cannibalism first out Of necessi-
ty, and then because superstitious
usage had hallowed the custom.
Into the mental state Of such beings
we can enter as little as into that of
children. We cannot strip ourselves
of the acquisitions made by the gen.
erations whose successors we are, and
whose priceless hosrdIngs of the fruits
of their labor now inure to our bene-
.it. If, as Paul Broca teaches, the
mean cerebral macs of Parisians in the
present day exceeds that of Parisians
in the twelfth century, may we not as
sumo our brain to have, by process
Of gradual Improvement, become more
highly developed than the BRAN of the
men of the stone age, 1Cl.C)0 years
sgo2 And this brain, more perfect as
It is by nature, has been, at an early
period of its life, subjected 10 innu-
unconscious influences, and,
ater, to the conscious influences of
which render it in some
ense ncommcnsurable with the brain
# those as yet half-brute creatures
Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

Mr.. Jeffrey has established the fact
that bones disappear in the ocean. By
dredging, it is common to bring up
teeth, but rarely eyer a bone of any
kind; these. however compact, dis
solve if exposed to the action of the
water but . little time. On the con-
trary, teeth-wfich are not bones any
more than whsles are fish-resist the
destroying action of the water indefi-
nitely. 1t is, thereto. ;, powerful
solvent. Still, the popula- opinion is
that it is brine. If such were the
case, the bottom of the sea would.
long ago, have been Swallowed by i'm
mense accumulations of carcasses and
products of the vegetable Kingdom
constantly floating into them. Dem
tine, the peculiar material of which
teeth are formed. and the enamel COW
ering them, offer extraordinary resis-
tance to these chemic.. agencies re-
solve other animal remains into moth
ingness. Mounds in the west, tumu.i
in Europe and Asia, which are be!:ev.
ed to antedate sacred History for
of years, yield up perfectly
sound teeth, on which time appears
to have made no impression whatever.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

1t has long been . mooted point
whether active volcs noes still e. st in
the moon. In 1887 Sir William Her.
schel snnounced that he had observed
three volcanoes IN actusl operation in
different parts of the moon, the diam
eter Of the principal crater being about
three miles. Other observers have
described singular phensmens, but the
prevailing opinion among astronomers
at the present time is against the exc
istence of active lunar volcanoes. In
May, of last year, however, DIR. IL. j.
Klein, of Koln, while examining the
moon, noticed great black crater on
the Mare VapOs I'm, and little to the
northwest of :he well-knOx 4 Crater
Hyginus. He describes it as being
nearly ss lsrge as Hys.nus, or about
three miles jim C;..neter, as being deep
And foil of shadow, and as 10. ming a
conspicuous object on the dark gray
on the Mare VapOrrn. Ha,-n fce-
quently observed tbs re- ON during
the last twelve years, DIR. Klein felt
certain that no such crater existed
there at the time of LIS previous ex-
animation. He communicated his OBJ
servations to DIR. Schmidt, of Anthens,
the veteran selenographer, who as
sured him that this crater was absent
from all his numerous drawings of
this part of the lunar surface; neither
is it shown by ScErorer, L0hrmann
nor Madler. Last April DIR. Klein
made his discoveries know / geners'ly
and they seemed to have been con-
firmed by other observers. The Marc
Vap0rnm, in which the new crater is
situated, lies close to the su-face of
the visible center of the moon, SO that
objects In Il ;s eion are very slightly
affected by the luuar librations. 1t is
also . part of the moon which has
been most carefully studied by emil
nent selenographers. Had It's new
crater of DIR. Klein appeared in less
well.known region much doubt would
have been felt as to whether it had
previously e. 'sted or not.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

Twenty-Five members of the Kansas
City Academy of Science recently
made an exploration Of the ancient
mounds in Clay County, Missouri.
Three mounds were selected and OPEN
ed. Two of them contained vaults
seven to eight feet square with stone
walls three and q half feet high. In
one instance only was an entire skele-
ton found regularly lying on the back
at the bottom of the vault. Most of
the bodies had occupied sitting pos
lures. One skeleton measures five
feet eight inches and the bones of an
other indicated a height of six feet two
inches. Eleven skulls were found
which indicated class of men much
superior intellectually to the present
race of Indians. No pottery was
found, and the only weapon discover
ed was flint spear head six inches
long. Professor Nudge. of Topeka.
who accompanied the exploring party
is of the opinion that the mound build
ers belonged to q very numerous race
Of people which once occupied the
country between the Allegheny noun
tains and the Missouri river, and the
Lakes and Northern Georgia and Ala
bama. He thinks that the Toltec race,
which was afterwards discoyered with
the Aztecs in Old Mexico, once occu-
pied the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
Valleys, and that they reached an ad-
vanced state of civilization before they
migrated to Mexico. He has found
the pottery made by this extincs race
of people upon the Kansas prairies, at
least two hundred miles west of the
Missouri river, but he has meyer dis
covered monnds or remains of mounds
west of that point.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
SEVEN BORN FOOLS.

The angry man-who sets his own
house on fire that he may burn his
neighbors.
The envious man-who cannot en-
Joy life because others do.
The robber-who, for consideration
of few pounds, gives the world per-
mission to hang him.
The hypochondriac-w highest
happiness consists in that of render.
ing himself miserable.
The jealous man-who poisons his
own banquet and then eats of it.
The miser-who starves himself TO
death in order that his heirs may
feast.
The slanderer-who tells tales for
the sake of giving his enemies an op-
portnnity of proving him liar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
VALUABLE LANDS FlkOM MORAS.
SES.


Some statistics show the importance
of the various public works which
have been undertaken by the French,
and the important effects they have
had upon the wealth and resources of
France. Perhaps the most important
of all haye been the works in the
Landes (Gironde). In that re. ion
there formerly existed a plain of s..
OIO square Kilometres of sand, over
lying an impenetrable subsoil. The
rains of winter formed immense seas
of mud, which were transformed by.
sun into morasses filled with rank,
useless vegetation. What was re-
quired was proper supply of water
and . good system of drainage. The
works were commenced 20 years ago,
and there are in existence to-day g.
200 kilometres of canals, which haye
transformed 10000 hectares of use-
less communal land into forests, worth
already S0.0C0.OC0 francs, in addition
to $780, coo hectres of land belonging to
private individuals which have been
planted and now grow good wood
worth 1850 )O,0C0 francs. All these
works have been carried ont at the
expense of 162 communes, without any
assistance from the central Govern
ment. So far from having contracted
any debt, the communes have mansg-
ed, by the sale of q portion of the i'm.
proved land, to spend 7,5C0,(- } francs
in public buildings, schools, churches
and mairies, and to invest 1,( 1000.
francs in national securities. And all
these results have been produced by
the expenditure of less than 1,C J),OC .
f-f 1cs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

A FARMER in the neighborhood of
Middletown, Conn.,, having placed a
pail OF milk in spring of water to
cool over night, went there the next
morning, and found, it is soIemnly as
serted, instead of the milk, bull frog
sitting In contemplative mood upon a
roll of fresh butter. The sole expla-
nation is that the frog had jumped. from
the water into the pail, aud, In trying
to extricate himself, had, by diligent
and continuous strokes of his legs,
churned the milk into butter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

A POT containing over $4,000, in
gold, was unearthed by farmer nam.
ed Sawyer. of Scott county, Illinois,
while plowing on his farm few days
ago. The gold pieces were eagles and
half eagles, blacked with age, and of
the coinage of 1905. No one seems to
know by whom it was buried, but ru.
NOR has it that some Government of.
ficial, in early days, hid the treasure.
and either died or was never able to
find it again.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
WHAT THE BIRDS ACCOMPLISH
The swallow, swift, and night hawk

Ihe swallow, swift, and night hawk
are the guardians OF the atmosphere.
They check the increase of insects
that otherwise would overload it.
Woodpeckers, creepers and chickadees
arc the guardians of the trunks of
trees. Warblers and fly catchers- pro.
tect the foliage. Blackbirds, crows,
thrushes and larks protect the surface
of the soil. Snipe and woodcock pro-
tect the soil under the surface, Each
tribe has its respective duties to per-
form in the economy of nature and
it is an undoubted fact that if the
birds were all swept of the face of the
earth man could not live upon it; veg
citation would wither and die insects
would become SO numerous that no
living thing could withstand their at
tacks. The wholesale destruction
occasioned by grasshoppers, which
have lately DEVASTATED the West, is
undoubtedly caused by the thinning
out of the birds, such as grouse, prairie
hens, ETC., which feed upon them. The
great and inestimable service done to
the farmer, gardener and florist by the
birds is only becoming known by sad
experience. Spare the birds and save
the fruit the little corn and fruit taken
by them is more than compensated by
the quantity of noxious insects they
destroy. The long prosecuted crow
has been fouhd by actual experience,
to do far more good by the vast guam
titles of grubs and insects he devours
than the harm he does in the few
grains of corn he pulls up. It is one
Of the farmers best friends.-[ New
Y ork Home Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

WHY pay hundred dollars for a
phonograph when $1.50 judiciously
invested in ice cream this summer,and
two bushels of turnips in the fall for a
marriage certificate, will give you q
life lease on talking machine that
never requires any tin foil on the CYL
inder escapement. Young man these
are the times for the practice of econ.
omy and you should reflect.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

You can't have everything you want
in this world. Life is like a blanket
that is too short; /; if you pull it up over
your shoulders, you uncover your
feet; and if you cover your feet your
shoulders must be bare. However,
some cheerful people manage 10 draw
their feet up little and SO pass q
pleasant night,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
TRAINS WESTWARD.


Trains No. and IL on main line run daily
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No, /, q 8
anu IL between Cincinnati and New York daily
Chicago and New York daily, via Mansfield.
Train No. 3 connects at Mansfield with Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne Chicago Railroad for Chi
cago; milwaukee,, Omaha and all points in the
North h-west; at Meadville Union and Cory for
Niagara Falls
Close connections at Cincinnati with trains
for the South and West
No" stop-ovcr'' allowed upon local tickets
Loca! passengers must purchase tickets to their
nrst stopping place, and may then rcpurchase
from that point to destination.
W. b. SHATTUC,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
CINCINNATI, o.
p. d. COOPER
General Superintendent.
S75 CLEvELAND. O..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

ADVICE to yorn. Writer'S: II you
would be clear and forcible, don't use
foreign words. Be natural. A man
never stops to hunt up foreign word
when he is stung by hornei.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

If you want to sleep well, lay with
your feet to the South, says medical
journal. If one have big feet we sup
pose you have any right to lay it to
something, but hasn't the poor South
had enough laid to it?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

SCIENTIFIC agriculturalists spe; K of
the "fruit belt" of the South. 1t is
where green apples strike the s.Lall
boy.-[New Orleans Picayune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

In the cities OF the dead the houses
are small and close together;. and q
thistle is rs liable to grow from rich
mans grave as a daisy is from the
mound that covers the dust of beg
gar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

WHEN the sheriff sc zes the contents
of . sample room to liqeidate debt,
can he not be said to haye the propri-
etor by the horns ?-[Puck.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY,
Gray's Specific Medicine.

CureS faipua-
'tiOn. NervOus
TrelnOrs. Ner-
vous Debility,
and all Nervous
PrOstrati on o,
which are pro-
duced in many
cases by an over
indulg &C in
the use Of tObac-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

On and after Sunday, May 12 1878. Trains
vii! leave Stations daily. (Sundays cxceptel,)
as follows:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

" l didn't Know said an old lady,
as she laid down her newspaper, "that
thieves were so scarce they had to ad-
vertise for 'cm, and offer reward for
their discovery"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
INSURANCE AGENCY.

Iwoald announce to the people of fRavenna
and vicinity that have opened an office in
SWift's building, over the Jewelry Store OF
w ait, Dewey Co. represent the following
sound and reliable Insurance Companies:
Cooper, of Dayton, O.,
f., M. & M, of Hamilton, O.,
) eferson, of Steubenville, O.,
Ohio, of Dayton, O.,
Lycoming, Muncy, Pa, Mut'l.
Buckeye, Shelby, o., Mutual.
". L.. COOLM4N.
Ravenna. March 30. 1876. s44tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

WHEN we read, we fancy we could
be martyrs when we come to act, we
cannot bear a provoking word.-[ Han
nah More.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18

In cons Iteration of the hard times and of the
TACT that can produce more milk than find
sale for, propose to furnish my customers and
others who may desire it during the coming
Summer, with good, rure milk, upon sucf
terms that they can AFFORD to use it as an article
of food and not a luxury. viz: Three cents
per pint, fve cents per quart, and
larger quantities in like ratio.
will call at any place in town on receipt of
postal card order. Shall expect pay for tickets
at delivery of the n. thus avoiding the loss and
counts, J.. ID. X INC.
Ravenna, April Is. 1878.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
TESTIMONIALa.

Kayenna, March CO. lS7E.
4R. o. 8. RUzzELL: Dear Sir :-My Wagon thaa
tPurchased OF you about two years ago. muse
acknowledge is much better than cxpected
3eing Of medium size, thought it too light for
ny business; but 1t is just right. runs light and
easy. and have often Carried ON it 400 bricks
rom my kiln. It will carry eight thousand
sounds. and has never cost me one cent for re-
oalrS. Yours truly, HI. f. CAEIS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
Ravenna, March II. 1szu

b8VcuM6. II,
Mr. O. 8. BUzzELL: Dear Sir-We have been
using one Of your one horse wagons now over
ewo years in our lumber yard. often loading il
with one thousand feet OF green hemlOck and
OAK, and we think it the best and easiest run.
ming wagon we ever had. 1t will carry 6.00o
6s.. and has never cost us one dollar tor repairs
c. CsUTHERLAND co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
shalersviIIe. March g. Is7s.

MR. Q. 8. BUzzRLL. Dear Sir lin the ralI Of
~ purchased of you aliGht wagon Weigho
With box on. $50 pounds. It fkfmble skein.
which think il the easiest running wagon in
use: nave frequently drawn 1000 pounds up
on NJ ae one time. All the expense that put
upon 1t for the first twelve years was for set
ting tire once. Yours, with respect,
&. g. EIDRIOGE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
l also have for sale
% VILLAGE LOTS.

Well located on high rolling ground, and in tho
most pleasant and growing part OF tho town.
" nj be sold cheap and on easy terms.
Havenna. o.. Jan. 6. 1875 3sl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
06dcel

DERSONs wanting Coal will be aeeommc-
i dated by leaving their orders at the Gro
Gerry Store of PARSONS & RIspON, or at my Liv.
cry Stable. north OfFirst National Bank.
Ravenna, Feb. 10. 677. GEO. POE CO,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

Messrs. Morrissey and Leslie, two we'll
known gentlemen of the theatrical profess
sion, will reopen the old National Theater
Saturday night under the new name of the
"Grand Central" This old Landmark in
the amusement world has been repainted,
cleaned throughout, and now presents the
appearance of new building. 1t is the in
tention of Managers Morrissey and Leslie
to give strictly legitimate and respectable
performances and allow no profane Ian
guage nor disorderly conduct to prevail.
The olio performers will comprise num-
Der of well-known artists, including john
ny Shay. Mr. Leslie will introduce his fine
play of ephistopheles," and himself take
the character of the negro whitewasher.
Mr. Leslie played this at the Colosseum last
season. and made big hit. The perform
ance will conclude with Con. 7. Murphy's
sensational Irish drama, entitled Handy
Andy"
Messrs Morrissey and Leslie are couple
of energetic and clever gentlemen, and will
doubtless have rousing house to greet
them at their opening performance.