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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-19
TIM GRAND IYoUIsITORs.
They Are Charged TO Look AMER tho Libel
lous Prees.

Iney arc Cnhrgeu 70 LOOK ANer tno btOeh
lous Press.
The timo having expired for which the grand
jury were dismissed, that body assembled yester-
dry In pursuance Of the directions Of the court
The vacancies having been filled, Ills Honor
charged tho jurors as to their duties. Among other
instructions no advised them 10 be careful In max
ing presentmenis and be satisfied that clear case
was made out against the party accused. In sons
instances It is shown, before O trial proceeds hr
that the person charged with on oneuse Is innocent
and should not have been indicted tall Caution
In investigating these cases will save the Govern
ment considerable expense and the court the
trouble OF wasting timc IN acting upon them.
There was, however, another important point to
which he Invited their attention and which no
wished should receive their serious consideration.
habit Of libellng the best citizens of the com
munity through the newspapers Some men, IN a
mean spirit or for other cause, thinking That they
have perfect liberty to say libclouS things about
both public and private individuals and for no
other purpose than to increase the sale Of news
the dark reckless whether they tell the truth OF
him or not This Is an oifensc, under the law, Of
which the grand Jury should tako notice These
persons to think they have permission to run
through the community and stab mems rcputntiOns
with IMMUNITY II Is true that those libclled have
redress at civil law. but they seldom recover :
proper rccompensc for the ofIcnse committed
which they entertain any fear aud II 10 10 BIO hoped
that the grand jurors will take carly and promyt
action to bring such offenders TO Justice. Later IN
| the day the grand jury came Into court win Tie
| following indictments Peter Brlce, burglary and
| larceny; George W. Hill, larceny.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-19
WANTED.

NEW N-WASTED-EyERY PER
IN son TO know that m lnufciurr tho best patent
shelf Ladder In the United States OF all slzeH OF
the hest walnut, ash, or Pine. Prce'-Pine, Soc;
ash Oc walnut TSc per foot Call. or addrt by let
ter, fsNSES NOIENlS
MARLIN, Ill l. street northwest,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-19

WHY not try Dom Piatts moth extermlna-
tor on the army worm, Banning Y-Ohio State
JORrnaI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

If some Kind power, when our youth is ended,
And lifc's first freshness lost in nguid noon
Should stay awhile the doom by Fate intended,
And grant us generously one precious boon
Saying. "With thwartings. bitterness and trial
Your toilsome days thus far have been OPP
pressed; a.. .t.uI. % ...uH
Choose now some blessing. fearing no denial, g.
To light. and charm. and bcautify the rest
What should we askp tho prize Of young ambi-
tiOn? '.Hi H".Ar hie1'i e
Fame, power. wealth, and gifts OF priceless
cOstY tr .ffi1t. f.l I'D .i.f
All, no--our souls would utter the petition,
Give us-Oh. only give us back our lOstr'
No visioned bliss, no pleasure new and splen
did,
No lofty joy by longing never crossed,
No new light undreaned OF heaven descended,
Only our own-thc treasures we have losti
For. wcaricd out with strife, and glare, and
clamor. i-t '.- if er't f'
Grown wiser with our years. aud clearer. eye.
ed, .l I|'.IH -H't .f"t.'. ~" fNH .H
No more beguiled by dreams, nor charmed by
glamour t'aH..'4 '' sail
We dread the new. and prize the known. tho
tried. '."tH. fr .f 'f H.
All. what crowd OF JOY. would gather round
us. .4 - .ffy .. .....t. ..
Could We but have our vanished back again.
The heart unspoilcd. tho strength and hope
which crowned us. .....a.. .f .....
The bountcous lie, the ignorance Of pain
The Innocence, the ready faith In others.
The sweet spontaneous earncstncss and truth.
The trust 6 friends. the tender eyes OF mothers,
And all tho rich inheritencc OF YOUTH
The plans for noble lives. that earth thereafter
Might be more pure; the touch of loves warm
lip
And saving hand; the sound OF childish laugh.
ter. +.
The peace Of home, the Joy OF rcomradcship--
We had them all; and now that they have left
us. 80 .'
We count them carefully, and sec their worth
And feel that time and fortune have bcrcft us
Ofall the best and dearest things on earth.
All. yes when on our hearts the years arc pres
sing.
And all our nower-plats are touched with
FROST
We ask no more some new untasted blessing
But only sigh, ooh. give ns h~.s our iose'-'
Ars~aoeDa Akers, IN Bdlcftein's 1XontAiy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
SPEAK GENTLY.

There is nothing SO dear to US as
the loved ones at home; nothing we
value so highly as their affection. But
alas we often forget how easily that
love is wounded, how sensitive it is
to every unkind word and in mo-
ments of anger, we allow ourselves. to
say things that in cool afterthough ht,
we would almost lay down our life to
recall. But we cannot recall them.
Once spoken, they are beyond our
reach forever and therefore let us be
always considerate and speak gently.
How readily, on entering house.
hold, do we perceive if love reigns
supreme. Beaming eyes, loving words
aud kind smiles are the loving ele-
ments of such a family. Here our
work-a-day life, vanishes, our cares
are buried in oblivion, and peace and
rest are ours. But on entering the
house where brawls are often heard
and there are such homes-even if
they. try to assume q pleasant appear
ance, how soon we detect it. Love
must be real to be appreciated. There
is current underlying all which may
be easily disturbed. Let your motto
be, Love one another
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

defeat with bold front, can meet and
manfully fight against enemies out Of
the household, but parents unfeel-
ing actions towards child will cause
its young heart to bleed with anguish,
a heart that could stand up and chal-
Iengc all others to cause it to sink. A
person possessing a heart under such
a burden can truly raise his eyes to
heaven and say, "My God, how long,"
The breach between parent and child
once made others step in to make it
wider and wider; false pride, mistak.
en- feelings, the sudden bitterness the
heart can feel, even towards those it
loyes, all will aid the work of cruelty;
the distance increases day by day un-
til finding it impossible to return, like
tho wrecked mariner, they give up in
their fate, careless whether they live
or die. Your child may have made
mistakes in life. Who has not2 Par.
ent, you were young once, and, per.
chance, you also made your mistakes.
'Tis one of the laws of nature broken,
when they of one household speaks i'll
Of each other; hearts that should
struggle together through the storms
of life, that should cling to each other
for strength when It's bufFetings have
almost overwhelmed them, hearts
that should sec CLEAN Of brightness
through the blackest cloud reflected
from parents love, have been cruel.
ly turned against each other by few
idle words. What animal will not
protect it's young against all rude a..
saults from others not of their kind
the lowest Of the brute creation will
do this, 1t is the law of nature, 1t is the
law of God. The untutored savage
will risk his life 10 save that Of HE
child.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
A REMARKABLE STORY THAT
COMES FROM HUNTIN g DON
y. COUNTY-NEWN NICKEL n'' -
DrSCOVEE%KES
Letter in Harrisburg Patriot.

Letter in Harrisburg Patriot
Some time ago a Mr.. Neff, residing
near Alexandria, Huntingdon County,
this Stale, went to his we'll to get a
driuk and found il dry. He then went
down into the well to make repairs
and was much surprised to find not a
pint of water and the bottom fallen
ont. A cool breeze blew up strong
enough to rustic the leaves of tree
standing near. Iie lied q lantern to a
rope one hundred feet long and let it
down, and as the lantern stiil bnrned
he rightly concluded. that the air was
pure. lie then procured q spliced
rope three hundred feet in length, aud
to the end attached u basket contain
ing q lantern, a dog and cat. lie let
them down, striking bottom at two
hundred aud nIncty-one feet. At the
end OF six hours the basket was
brought. up. The lantern was still
burning and the only visible effect on
the dog and cat was chilliness. The
next day the owuerof tho well, accom-
panied by q trusty neighbor, Mr.. LET.
ford, descended to the bottom. What
was their surprise to find an immense
cave. stretching miles and miles in
every direction. Stalagmites and stall
actites OF magnificent georgeousness
lent beauty and variety to the other.
wise tomb-like scene. Here and there
a flowing stream of water rippled over
stony beds. while thousands and thou.
sands of bats futtered their clammy
wings, surprised at the intrusion of
man. Petrifed sea. shells of hum
dred varieties strewed the floors and
protruded from the strata. After
spending ten or twelve hours of con-
tinuous wandering, during which time
hay-panatratea- beneath and beyond
Alexandria, and discovered vein of
uickle ore and a nugget of metal re-
seinbling antimOny, they returned to
the surface, where their half stricken
wives clasped them to their bosoms,
thinking they had been lost. It is
supposed that this cave is connected
with those at Warrior Ridge and Sink
ing Valley. only few miles away.
Specimens of the nickel ore have been
sent 10 Philadelphia and analyzed, and
pronounced superior to the nickel of
either Lancaster or Germany, the only
two places on the globe where it is
now mined.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
NATURE,s WONDERS.

It is we'll known, but no less re.
markable fact, that it the tip OF an ex-
ceedingly small tube be dipped into
water, the water will rise spontane-
ously throughout its whole length.
This may be shown in q variety Of
ways; for instance, when piece of
sponge or sugar or cotton is just al.
lowed to touch water, these substances
being all composed Of numberless
little tubes, draw up water, and tho
whole of the piece becomes wet. 1t
is said to suck up or imbibe the mois-
ture. We see the same wonderful &C.
tion going on in nature in the rising
of sap through the small tubes or
pores of the wood, whereby the leaves
and upper portions OF the plant de-
rive nourishment from the ground
This strange action is called 'capilla-
ry,' from the resemblance the minute
tubes bear to q hair, the Latin of
which is capillus. 1t is, moreover,
singular that the absorption of the
VosCh echO paw WIN cat lOICCs
IT dry sponge be enclosed tightly in
a vessel, it will expand, when wetted,
with sufficient force to burst it, unless
very strong. Wood, which is more
unyielding material. acts with tre-
rnendous force when wetted, and adj
Yantage has been taken of this fact in
splitting blocks of granite. This pro-
cess is largely adopted in Dartmoor.
After mass OF granite has been rent
rom the mountain by blasting, it is
measured in every direction to see
how best 10 divide it into smaller
blocks. These are traced out by lines
on the surface, and series of holes
are drilled at short intervals along this
line. Wedges of dry. wood are then
tightly driven into the holes and
wetted, and the combined action of
swelling wood splits the block in the
direction required, and without any
violence. The same pro.
cess is carried out upon the other faces
and the roughly shapen block finished
with the hammer and chisel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
AROUND THE NORTH AND SOUTH
. .bHsJ 49,. .a POLES. IFf5&t- s

The question whether it is possible
that there can be at all times or at any
time anything in the form of an open
Polar sea seems to be virtually set
tied, and in the most satisfactory man
ner imaginable. From the observa-
tions of Count Wilezek in 1871 and
Weyprecht and Payer in the follow
ing year. and frem those of DR.. Hayes
in1S61 and Captain Mares in 1775-'76,
il is evident that thePolar basin is nei
ther open sea nor continuous ice, but
a fatal compromise between the two ;
and there seems now to be only two
plans, one nearly as hopeless as the
other, to choose between, in any future
attempt to reach the North Pole-ei-
ther to establish permanent stations,as
proposed by Lieutenant Weyprecht
and already initiated at one point by
Captain Tyson and Captain Howsate,
aud to seize the opportunity Of run
ming north in early autumn from the
station where the sea appears most
open. or to ruo as far north as possible
at enormous expense. with great
force of men, and abundance of pro-
vision and Kerosene oil, and push
northward during the Arctic winter
by a chain of communicating stations,
with ice-built refuge huts. But little
progress has been made during the
last quarter of a century in the actual
investigation of the condition of the
Antarctic regions. From information
derived from all sources up to the
present, it may be gathered that the
unpenetrated area of 100000 square
miles surrounding the South Pole is
by no means a continuous continent,
but consists much more probably
partly of series of low continental
land, and partly of series of conti-
mental islands, bridged between and
combined and covered to q depth of
about ], 400 feet by continuous ice
cap. @t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
VIII f IRE THE ANGELS LIN G ERE d.

a..
"A little girl, with tangled locks peep
ing from under a calico hood, clad in
a dress of chintz, loitered behind as
the great dusty crowd moved out of
tho gates of Mount Adna the other
day, after they had scattered their
flowers and done honor to the dead.
Dreamily she gazed after them, her
eyes filed with far.away look Of
tenderness, until the last one has dis
appeared and the rattle of the drums
had died away. Then she turned and
vaguely scanned the mounds that rose
about her. clutching still tighter the
fast. fading dandelions and grave grass
that her chubby hand held. An old
man passed by and gently patted her
curly head as he spoke her name, but
she only shrank back still further, and
when he told passing stranger that
the little ones father was ono who
died on sh:pboard and was buried at
sea there was only n tear drop in the
child's eye to tell that she heard or
knew the story. When they were
gone she moved on further to q neg.
led empty lot, and kneeling down, she
piled up mound Of earth, whispered
"a she patted it down and smoothed it
with her chubby hand: "This won't
be so swfully big as tho others, l guess
but maybe 1t will be big enough 80
that God will see it and think that
papa is buried here" Carefully she
trimmed the sides with the STRAY
grasses she plucked, murmnring on :
"And may be It will grow SO that it
will be like the rest in two or three
years; and then may be papa will
sometime come back and"- But
she paused as though it suddenly
dswned upon her young mind that he
rested beneath the waves, and the tear
drops that sprang to her eyes moisten.
ed tho little bunci, of 4unde1fohs that
she planted among the grasses on the
mound she had reared. When the
sexton passed that way at night as he
went to close the gates, he found the
little one fast asleep, with her head
pillowed on the mound.-[ Fulton( (Ill)
Times. t"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
THE WOMAN WHO FALLS TO
PIECES.

She came to the station q little late
and had to make rush for the tram.
When she reached her seat her hat
fell of. She got it on, but it toppled
oyer to one side, and when she tried to
straighten it up her hair came tum-
bling down. She lost her ticket twice
before the conductor reached her, and
would have lost it again if he hadn't
taken it away from her. She reached
up to put bundle in the rack above
her head, and burst the collar button
off her duster and stuck her fingers on
four pins in her dress before she could
find one that she dared take out to re-
pair the damage. Then just as she
thought she had got comfortably set
tied her little hand valise, packed to
bursting with enough things to load q
Saratoga trunk to the muzzle, explod-
ed, and she nearly worked herself into
fragments getting it together again.
Then by the time she got her valise
shut up her hat tumbled off again, and
by the time she got the hat straighten-
ed back into place, her hair tumbled
down again, and as soon as she got
her hair twisted up and harpooned it
with couple of hair pins, the yalise
went off, and when she got off at New
Prague, she tucked the gaping valise
under her arm, and tried to corral her
toppling hat and wandering hair with
one hand, and as she went buttering
aud struggling into the depot, one
couldn't help thinking that it would be
safer and more convenient to run her
in sections and fax her against every
thing. l have seen this woman ON
several other trains, and she has never
been able to keep herself together.
She keeps you in state of agonizing
suspense, for you never know where
she is going to give way next.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
THE ART OF,LIVING TOGETHER

The art of living together pleasantly
is greatly promoted by the habitual
exchanges of the little courtesies of
life, they are never unimportant, and
always grateful to the feelings in eve-
ry-household. Shall fathers and sons
be less careful of the feelings of one
another than those of stranger !?
Should there be less effort at gentle
ness sofdeportment and courtesy of ex-
preston between them than is extend
ed to outsiders Shame upon a par
ent who will treat his child with abu.
sivc words. Who can tell the anguish
that fills child's heart when he sees
and every hour is made to feel the
cruel and unnatural enmity directed
against it. It can bear the rude insults
of o cruel world, can meet financial
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

A YOUNG man who was recently re-
jected by his girl, Immediately lost
his appetite and began to pine away.
His friends thought he would soon be
laid away in the silent tomb, but last
week he went to Atlantic City and
saw the object of his affeciiOns-or
what was left OF her-in a baggy fam
mel snit and all old straw hat, bathing
in the surf. That youngm man now eats
three hearty meals per day, and big
lunch between times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
Medical Notice.
To The Afflicted.
DR.. JOHN GoU HER
Having had very large and success
full practice in Chronic Diseases =
for forty years, both Private 1s
and Hospital, is prepared
to render satisfaction -
in the different = LIZ =.
varieties.

in the different IL3L
varieties.
Among tho diseases treated have
been many miraculous cures, of the
two true species of Canccr--the Hard
and the soft; or the Scirrus or Chron-
ic Cancer. characi criZcd by u prcdOm.
nance OF fibrous tissue, and but few
Cancer cells; the MedulIary, Brain, or
Acute SOFT Cancer, characterized by
an excess of CapccroUs cells.
Also, the different varieties OF
GRAVEL, and disease Of the Kidneys
aud Urinary Organs. TUmors, Isheu-
Observation-Disclosures and Chronic
Fistula in Ano, Proiapsus of the
Phincture, Ami and Rcctum. Piles,
Tape Worms, Seat o. Pin Worms, 10.
testinal Worms, Hip Disease. Goitcr,
Enlarged GLANDS. ScrOfula, and all
Impurities of the Blood. l...,. ...
CATARlell-that most insidions ol
all diseases, which il destroying its
tens Of thousands annually-Invaria.
bly, cured. Also, SCALp Head, and
tho different diseases OF the Skin.
ALSO, THE VARIOUS DISEASES OF rE.
MALES, tiii .a.'
Arising from Uterine Derangements,
Enlargement, Inflammation, Ulcera.
ton, Tumor, Polypus, and all their
sympathetic accompaniments, on the
latest scientific principles, without the
use of the knife or caustics, but by
constitutional treatment and local alb.
sorbents, which we believe 10 be the
true method of cure, If timely and
properly applied. '''
CAICrrous CoNCRErIoNs OF THE kin.
NEYs AND BLADDER.
We have in our possession several
varieties of Gravel from different in
dividuals in this locality, which we
have removed through the natural
urinary passage.
The Doctor is . graduate in the Eye
and Ear Infirmarv OF New York City.
and has had a large and successful
practice in that department. He alb.
serbs the differant varieties Of C1ta-
ract while they remain soft, and re-
moves films and specks from the eye
without the use of the knife.
The Doctor is graduate of several
of the leading schools Of his profess
sion, the Diplomas of which ale hang
ing up In his Office for everybody to
read and investigate.
The Doctor can be consulted at his
Office, No. 1196, Euclid Avenue, Cup
stairs,) Cleveland, o.
REsIDENCE-7OSW Wilson Avenue.
OFFICE HOURS-From 10 A. NJ.
to II NJ and from to p. NJ.
The Doctor will leave his Cleveland
Office for Ravenna, at 1.45 p. NJ. every
returning to Cleveland q
10 A. NJ. the following Monday.
JOHN GOUCHER, M. ID. 4
pIPatients will be visited at their
homes, when desired.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

"BuT l pass" said minister re-
Gently, in dismissing one theme of his
subject to take another. "Then L
make it spades," yelled q man from
the gallery who was draining the
happy hours away in an imaginary
game of euchre. 1t is needless to say
that he went out on tho next deal, be-
ing assisted by the deacons with Z
handful of clubs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
AT NABLEfERMS 5.

I buy for. cash and as I have
a large trade, oAN AND WILL
sell goods in my line at such
prices as will attract attention
and secure the patronage of
the CLOSE cash buyer.
Having a long lease Of the
old Furniture Stand which l
have occupied for nearly five
years I intend to remain per-
mancntly, and solicit a con-
tinuance of your patronage.
No. 8, Phenix Block,
Rayenna, Ohio.
February 20. 1873. 495
. E~# - q = Is ~ a4 -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

TIMES are changed indeed. A man
used TO be able to pass himself off for
genius by wearing spectacles and
letting his hair grow long, but that
racket don't work now. The condi-
tions of life are growing harder for
the poor man all the time.-Boston
traveller,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

THE coolest and most desirable tie
for ladies is the sheer lawn tie, which
has the ends handsomely embroidered
in cOlors. The ties wash to look as
we'll as when new.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
DIA MOND LACE AT $4,000 A YARD


But the latest and most extravagant
idea i'll diamond setting is diamond
lace. Alongside of this, cloth-of-gold
seems cheap indeed. The mesh or
web is made of fine silver wire as del.
icate as the threads of the finest Point
de Angleterre, aud the pattern of
flowers, foliage, or other devices, is
worked upon the surface, and formed
wholly of artistically-set diamonds,
just as the patterns appear in point
lace. This diamond lace is used for
trimming the corsage, sleeves and
other parts of elaborate toilets, but as
the cost of the cheapest that can be
made is $1,000 a yard, it is not likely
to become common. Ccllarettes of
the same rare and costly fabric are al
SO made.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10

D. l.. ROCKWELL E.P. HATFIELD,
ROCKWELL & HATFIELD,
Attorneys and Counsslors at Law. ONCE
Once in Seymour's building, north side OIL
Main street. Ravenna. Ohio. 169-u
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-10
g. T. BELDEN.

G.. L. BELDEN,
DUYsICIAN AND sURGEON.-Onneo in
Empire Building; Residence on King
1kroee. 0rst door south OF Main.
Revenns. May =. 1915. 4o4-ys