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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02
Wanted.

All the people to know that our
price for Cleaning Watches is only
One Dollar Springs. same price.
When you have q fine Watch do not
put it into unskillful hands. We claim
to have the best workman in the State.
All Repairs done promptly, and with
full satisfaction.
922 WAIT, DEWEY & co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

How to invest q dollar and make
FIVE: Buy bottle of kendalps Spawn
Cure.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02
New Advertis,ts,
A Thanksgiving Card.

The undersigned. employees Of QUAKER MILL
Co.. desire tn publicly return their thanks to
their emplo, ers for the splendid Thanksgiving
Turkey received by each Of US on Thanksgiving
Eve. We fully appreciate this kindly token OF
interest and good will of employers and en-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

Walt, Dewey & Co.
Have al the lew priced Nickle Watch.
%. Prios, $3.50 to $500. Also, full
line Of Fins American Watches ct the
very lowest prices. Our stock Of L..
dies Watches 10 the finest We have
ever shown, and the prices are such
that all can akord to boy. We have
aiso fall line Of Silver Ware. Jewel
SsS WAIT DEWEY co
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

They came near having big firs at
the Enterprise Glass Works on We'd
nssday afternoon Of last week. The
alarm was caussd by the breaking Of
. pot from which tho mpltsd glass ran
down through furnace bars into the
pit, creating . gas which exploded and
envsloped one side of the bsilding In
hsmes. The alarm was given and the
Gre department were on hand prompt
~ ready for daty, bat fortunately their
services Hsss not needed. - the en-
ployes 6 6ss works rallied and sue
essdsd s neepprsssing the flames. The
damage % esti@ated ct about $500.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

Our stock Of Whips. Lap Robes, Fly Nets. Col
| be sold at prices to correspond with The tines
We will manufacture work 10 order. prompt
| and as reasonable as any other establishment
| in the County.
REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY,
Call and US.
| HINES 4 kO0HR6&
| RAvENNA, May ~ 1850. u.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

Chromos, Oil Paintings and Brack'
stts, & large stock for tho holidays,st
F. II. STILES.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02
Teachers Examinations.

Teachers Examination
Examinations Of Teachers will be held At the
Union School House in Ravenna. commencing
at O'Clock A. N. and closing at 4 O'Clock ?. n.
on the following SATURDAYS, to-wit:
peocmber 4th 1880;
January sth. 1881:
February 5th. 1881;
February 10Th, 1851;
SPECIAL NOTICE.-No certificate will be ante.
dated.
BY order of Board.
CA. REED, Clerk,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02
New. O. L.. shipnau.


This eloquent speaker, with whom
many In Ravsnna and vicinity are &C.
qsaintsd, will lecture In the Univer-
sslist Church, Friday evening, Dee. 10
on "Ths Dignity Of Labor" To this
able and very Impressive man many
listened with tears In their eyes and
joy in their hearts when Rev. Mr..
Wilson was installed pssior at tho
Ravsnna Church, and al such will
Welcome another opportunity to listen
to bis strong, manly words. The leo
tnrs will bs helpful TO all classes, and
We sincerely trust that full house
will Welcome the old man eloquent"
Admission IS cents. Doors open at
7; Lecture at Z :45.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02
'Tis winter now.

CEAETIRY GATES open from slv1a L. =.
tlll sEvIN r. L.. until further nes1ss.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-02

f. II. STILES.
The Odd Fellows Of Kent are TO hold
series of Socials at the parlors Of the
Order during the winter, the first Of
which takes place tomorrow (Friday)
evening.
Seventy-six tickets were sold at Ra-
VIENNA station on tho C. & p. r. II. for
the excursion to Cleveland on Satur-
day to witness Lawrence Barrett In
the character Of Cassius.
Mrs. A. L. Patterson, of Carrollton,
ILL.,, gave the family Of her brother-in-
law, Jessee McGahan, . pleasant sur
prise by her unexpected appearance on
Friday of last week. She will remain
several weeks.
A. G.. Squireswill sell personal prop
erty consisting of COWS, horses. hogs,
hay, corn, wagons. farming utensils,
&C., at his residence In the southwest
part of Auburn, Geauga county. ON
Wednesday. the sth inst.
C.. A. Pitkin has already harvested
his ice crop, and secured . very good
article. "Pit" is one Of those who
don't believe that lee 10 in any danger
of being injured by cold, freezing
weather.
Judging from the weather Of the
past two weeks the weather prophets
who have predicted long, severe
winter, have not been far amiss in
their representations.
When purchasing Holiday Goods We
advise our patrons to purchase OF
those dealers who advertise In the
PKEss. They will find such liberal
dealers, who will extend to them
courteous treatment and fair bsrgaips.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Some Types of Western Girls.

SITTING over there in corner of the
porch, says Chautauqua Lake CORE
spondent, is the typical Pittsburgh girl.
She dresses well, but not so deliberately
as some of her sisters from other places !;
she goes in for brains, money, hand
some masculine admirers and personal
comfort; she is good-looking or pretty,
but is not beautiful, as rule; she has a
carriage or buggy at home and knows
how to row and ride; she tiirts with en-
thusiasm and has goodly following of
beaux, but she rarely marries until she
is past twenty. Lazily rocking to and
fro in that big chair is the Cleveland
girl. She Is wonderfully vIvacious; her
piquancy is something marvellous and
electrical in its effect She is exceed
ingly pretty, and frequently has the
rareSt kind of American beauty. She is
quiet in dress, but has style and knack
in wearing her costumes that makes her
the envy of her sex here. This faculty
enables her to always appear fresh and
dainty without frequent changes in APP
parel. She reads great deal, talks
well, f1irts in a dolce far naente way, that
is as becoming to her as her cloth robes.
CAO 10 independently III OplulOl, hLOWS
something about politics from an Ohio
stand point. She deals frankly with the
men of her acquaintance, is shy about
making friends of strangers, and dances
divinely. The girl who is laughing and
talking rapidly with the gentleman who
is promenading with her is from Column
bus, 0. She wears great many snowy
dresses, knows every body, is good
hearted, easy to become acquainted with
at this sort OF place, talks great deal
about her school-life and her conquests,
and does not like the Cleveland girl.
The Buffalo girl is pretty and interest
ing, and has ideas. She does not know
how. to dress well, because she admires
obstreporous colors. She dances well,
flirts as though she enjoyed it hugely,
and marries man with great deal of
money-if she can. The Indianapolis
girl is jolly, affable and kind-hearted.
She is moderate in her ambitions, likes
autograph albums, and wears nice,
tasteful dresses. The Louisville girl is
full of dash and vim, dresses nobility, land
has many marvellous suits. She has a
pretty Southern accent, and is general
favorite. One of the best types of Ohio
womanhood is the Warren girl. She is
modest, shy, extremely pretty, quiet but
stylish in dress, exquisite in figure.
charming in face and conversation, and
mows down the other sex without APP
parent effort or desire. She is good
and womanly, and "knows heaps"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

wonderful command over every fac.
ulty that could give brilliancy or beauty
to pulpit exercises. He ALWAYS
preached without notes, and ALWAYS
broke his discourses into divisions. bnt
once, to our amazement and that of the
congregation, having travelled through,
so far as we remember, two depart
ments of the discourse, he CAUGHT
himself and said, I'll forget the the
third division!' He turned around to
the organist, "Organist, strike I'D a
verse" He gave out line of hymn.
and while the organ was playing and
people singing, he leaned in deep
thought over the pulpit; the singing
over, he announced the missing link.
''But," said he, sis not that singular?'
And he proceeded to show how it was
that he lost it, and how he found it
proceeded, in a really enchanting wav
to talk upon the law of association of
ideas, and the mystery and marvels of
retentiveness and memory as proof of
the immateriality and immortality of
the soul, until the time was gone, and
we really had no more of the sermon
after all.
A similar anecdote has often been
told of the late Thomas Binney. DR..
Harris, the author OF Mammon," had
begged his services for some anniversa-
ry, and Binney declared his utter ina
bility to prepare sermon-in those
days he was a strictly extempore speak
er. 1t was urged, ''Oh come and preach
such and such sermon; that is ready
to your mind!' And so Mr.. Binney
promised that he would take the SER
vice; but he, also, having got through
two heads of his discourse. became be-
wildered. Thirdly hirdly-rve for
gotten what was thirdlyr he said; and
he looked over the pulpit to where Dr.
Harris was sitting. brother Harris,
what was thirdly3" Harris looked up
and said $50 and So" Exactly"
said the discounted preacher, who
pursued his way with ease and happi-
ness to the close. Sunday at Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

MANY persons who should never be in
trusted with the use of a mower or harv-
ester. They can accomplish little with
it, and are very likely to injure them
selves or the machine itself by awkward
ness or carelessness.
There are many other ways in which
farmers may save much and add much
to the comfort of their families by CO.
operative efforts. There is considerable
expense attending building and filling
an ice-house of sufficient capacity to
supply family. If, however, ten farmers
unite in building and filing an ice-house
the expense to each will be trifing. The
labor of ten men and teams during one
day in winter will be sufficient to fill it.
If it is located on public road or at the
intersection of two roads the trouble of
obtaining supply of ice for each fami-
ly will be trihing. To prevent wastage
as far as possible, it should be opened
at certain hour in the morning or even
ing of each day, and kept closed the re-
mainder of the time. If desirable the
ice-house may be used for storing fresh
meats and poultry during the summer.
Much can be accomplished by means of
cooperation in supplying farms, houses
and stables with water. In many in
stances water may be conveyed from
single spring to the houses, stables and
pastures of half dozen farmers. All
that is wanted are suitable pipes laid be-
low the frost line and terminating where
the water is desired. One main may be
sufficient to conduct the water the entire
distance. From this main service pipes
may extend to as many places as the
water is needed for stock or domestic
purposes. An artesian well is generally
too costly luxury for an ordinary
farmer to indulge in, but in many places
an artesian well may be made to supply
all the water required on several farms.
The expense of conveying water in
wooden or metal pipes is trifling, but
the convenience of the arrangement can
only be appreciated by persons who
have enjoyed the advantages of hydrant
water in cities, and are then compelled
to raise it from deep well by means of
bucket or a pump. In many cases a
pump operated by wind power will raise
all the water required on several farms.
Half or three-fourths of the expense of
digging wells and erecting pumping
works might be saved if farmers would
unite in obtaining a supply of water
Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
The Cost in Men of the Afghan War.

A RETURN has been made to the
House of Commons of the numbers
killed or dead of disease, or invalided in
each of the three armies operating be-
yond the Indus, in the late campaign in
Afghanistan (18789), from the date of
the advance beyond our frontier into
the Khyber Pass, up to the return across
the Indus of the regiments ordered
back at the close of the operations in
the field. The numbers are given per
regiment, troop and battery, and the
casualties of the three armies appear
separately. The abstract at the close,
shows that eight European and two
native officers were killed in action, and
two European officers died of their
wounds; IA European and 21 native Of
ficers died of disease; 62 European Off
GERS and As native officers were invalid
ed. Total casualties among officers
European S6, natives 66. Among the
British troops II men were killed in ac-
ton, 8 died of their wounds, 315 of
disease and 1,176 were invalided--total
1,511. Among the native troops 20
were killed in action, 23 died of their
wounds, 1929 of disease and 1886 were
inyalided-total, 2,813. The grand
total of casualties among men was thus
1924; including officers too, 4,446.-
London Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
ExtempOrizing in the Pulpit.

THEY make great mistake who sup
pose that extempore preaching has been
the law with all great preachers; in
fact, we'may almost go so far as to say
the reverse has been the case. Extern
PORTING will often be exposed to diff
culties which only very honest mind
can overcome and make the best of.
When Father Taylor, the American
preacher, once lost himself and became
bewildered in the course of his sermon.
he extricated himself by the exclama-
ton, 81 have lost the track of the NOM
NATIVE case, my brethren, but one
thing know, am bound for the king
dom!'' and the frankness of the confess
sion would be sure to save him from
suffering in the esteem of his audience.
But the more stately and dignified mas
tiers, it is very obvious, cannot deliver
themselves in that way.
The most singular instance of this
kind in our memory is the case of very
distinguished man to whom we loved to
listen in our boyhood, preacher with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Religious.
FOR GOOD OR ILL?

ONLY a word
Yet it bore on its holy breath
A message that God had given
To kindly warn from the ways of Death
And soul was led to Heaven.
Only world
Spoken in scorn by lips that smiled,
But haunting doubts black shade
Was cast in the trusting heart of a child,
And a lifelong darkness made.
Only word
Yet there lay in its heart, enshrined
Like the germ III a tiny seed,
A thought that fell in an earnest mind
And grew to noble deed.
Only a word!
No more widely the ocean parts
Land from land with its ebb and flow
Than one false word severed kindly hearts
That loved, in the long ago.
Only a wordl
The whispered amen of prayer
But it flew like swift-winged dove,
From the stormy depths of a soul 5 despair
To the Fathers heart of love.
Only word
Oh, choose it wisely, weigh it well;
Send it forth with love and faith;
1t may be the message one word can tell
viii rescue soul from death.
Chicago AdUdnce.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
PITH AND POINT.

THE man who signs: SHOW soor
we are forgotteni" has only to leave 8
hotel without paying his bill to find how
sadly mistaken he is.-Detro@ Free
Press.
j. H. w. ONION is candidate fol
Congress from Maryland. Onion is 6
strong nomination. Hence these tears
Boston Transcript.
THERE was small boy had some powder,
And in trying to make 1t go louder,
lie succeeded so well
That his friends couldn't tell
His remains from dish of clam chowder
Yale Record
WHEN the impatient public intimates
that Edison's electric light is a failure,
does the i. p. ever stop to think that
there are stars from which light requires
5000 years to reach our globep Edison
may be one of those stars. -NorriStoaUn
Herald.
A MEDDLEsoME old woman was sneer-
ing at a young mothers awkwardness
with her infant and said: 81 declare,
woman never ought to have baby
unless she knows how to hold it." "Nor
a tongue, either" was the quiet re-
joinder. r. YonkerS Gazette.
n OALNES1ON SCilOOl-GcdCu0I udu d
great deal of trouble making boy un-
derstand his lesson. Finally, however,
he succeeded, and, drawing long
breath, remarked to the boy, elf it
wasn't for me you would be the biggest
donkey on Galveston Island. "-GaIUeS-
ton NcaCS.
SwEETLY sings a nineteenth century
poet: "What will heal my bleeding
hearth" Lint, man, lint; put on plenty
of lint. Or, hold a cold door key to the
back of your neck, press a small roll of
paper under the end of your lip and
hold up your left arm. This last RENE
dy is to be used only in case your heart
bleeds at the nose.-Burlsnqt01s HseOk-
eye.
A MANUFACToRYf for turning out bone
less Goldfish has been established in Bos-
ton. 1t is an industry that should be
encouraged, and it should also be per-
suaded to include shad in its products.
Ii it can capture all the shad in our riv-
ers, remove the bones and then replace
the fish in the waters, it will have ac-
cOmplished greater work in the cause
of religion than if it had built cathe-
dral costing $10,000,000. A homeless
shad would not encourage profane
thoughts at the breakfast table and make
more backsliders in a month than could
be reconverted In year. -Nor7TStoaUn
Rerzld
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
A Smart Boy.

THAT quality which leads parents to
praise their children is, if accompanied
by kindness to them at home, very beau
tiful. tits always better to encourage
children than to be constantly degrad-
ing them with surly abuse. To be sure,
a child may be made slightly conceited
and sometimes even painfully obtrusive,
but praise is mainly better than blame ;
and it is not always bad sign when a
man, though bore, asks Theodore
Thomas to "Come up to Yonkers some
time and hear my daughter play The
Bouncing Blue Bells;''' or entertains
Wendell Phillips or Edwin Booth at the
seaside with an imitation of how his
son recites "The Boy Stood on the
Burning Deck" He is probably good
father. He will come up to you and
say: "Here is good thing for your
paper. My twelve-year-old boy is very
smart. Come up some evening and
just listen to his jokes. Why, last night
took home a package of molasses taffy
candy, and he said: ''Ma, that's taffy.'
Now, he has never heard the slang
phrase about giving any one taffy, so it
shows that he jumped to it himself. He
said, MA, that's taffy.' She looked at
me with queer smile, and shook her
head; but l couldn't hold in. just
bust. Ma, she couldn't stand it; she
yelled till the tears rolled down. Said
/, Ma, that's taffy;' and away she went
again, and l almost rolled off my chair
It's good one, and l give your paper
the first chance before | tell it down a.
the store. "-New York Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

thirty years ago. Rover is always a
popular name for mastiffs. Prince,
Lion, Tiger, Ponto and Carlo have long
been names familiar to the watchdog
tribe. Fido and Jip are pet names for
spaniels. Dora, the child-wife of David
Copperfeld, and her little dog Jip,
make the prettiest picture of the book
Jip sitting on two legs on the hated &C
count book which that prig David insist
ed on Dora's studying; and then the
last sad glimpse of the two friends.
81 couldn't have any other dog but
Jip," said Dora; it would be so I'M
kind to Jip."
Oh! Jip it may be never again.
"He lies down at my feet, stretches
himself out, and with plaintive cry is
dead. '-Detron Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Wise Sayings.
SpatrgeOn,

THE book to read is not the one
which thinks for you, but the one
which makes you think. No book in
the world equals the Bible for that
DR.. Nc Gosh.
GOD will excuse our prayers for our
selves whenever we are prevented from
them by being occupied by such good
works as will entitle us to the prayers
of others. Church Union.
THE heart is that which God princi-
pally respects in our access to Him;
and universal internal sincerity of heart
is required of all those who draw nigh
to Him in His holy worship. OCe::.
THE Supreme Being seems to be dis
tant from those who have no wish to
attain knowledge respecting Him, and
He seems to be very near those who
feel wish to know Him.-YNar Eeda.
TRUE Rest
"Self-ease is pain; the only rest
Is labor for a worthy end,
A toll that gains with what it Yields,
And scatters to its own increase,
And hears, while sowing outward fields,
The harvest-song of inward peace
THE Christianity which is divine
life, divine inspiration and divine
hope is so inexpressibly dear to so
many people, it is such help to them
in the struggle with their grosser ma
lures, it gives to life and death so stu
pendous a meaning, it is such COM
fort in trouble and sorrow and burden
bearing, that we should need to be in
human not to regard the efforts aimed
at its overthrow as aimed at the dearest
interests of the human race. To pre-
tend that an infidel's opinions are
sacred to him in any such way as Chris
tianity is sacred to a Christian is to
trihe most inexcusably with holy
things. Monthly. M
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Peace.

The believers peace is like river
for continuanc Look at it, rising a
little brook among the MOSES of a lone
green hill; by and by it leaps as
rugged cataract; anon it flows along
that fair valley where the red deer
wanders and the child loves to play
with hum of pleasant music the brook
turns the village mill. Hearken to its
changeful hum as it ripples DER its
pebbly bed, or leaps adown the wheel
or sports in eddies where the trees bend
down their branches TO kiss the current.
Anon the streamlet has become a river,
and bears upon its flood full many a
craft. Then it's bosom swells, bridges
with noble arches span it, and, grown
vaster still, it becomes stream broad
enough to be an arm to old father
ocean, pouring its water-iioods into the
mighty main. The river abides the
lapse of ages; it is no evanescent, NOV
ing cloud, or transient rain-hood, but
in all its stages it is permanent.
"Men may come, and men may go,
But flow on forever"
Eyermore, throughout all genera
tions, the river speedeth to its destined
place. Such is the peace of the Chris
tian. He has always reason for COM
fort. He has not consolation like a
swollen torrent, which is dried up I'M
der the hot sun of adversely; but peace
in his rightful possession at all times.
Ever is the river in its place. And ever
thus, come night, come what will, the
peace of God which passeth all under
standing will keep the Christians heart
and mind, through Jesus Christ
S3l7J10eO,1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
HE electoral statistics of Europe

THE electoral statistics of Europe
have been collected by the Bund of
Berne. In number of electors France
stands at the head of the list with o.
$4,000. Next comes Germany, with
$4,000; and then England, with g.
$4,000; Austria, with 1,242,000, and
Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and Bel
GUM in the order given. The number
of electors for every hundred inhabit-
ants in the various countries is: France,
269; Switzerland, PAP; Germany, POP;
England, Ills; Austria, SO; Portugal,
ga; Italy, %; Belgium, Is. The sta
tistics for Spain are wanting. Another
table shows the percentage of the elect
ors who have voted. England being
here omitted. Out of every hundred
electors France polls rs, Belgium (Sen-
ate) SO, Oeputies) II, Austria and
Portugal &c, Germany 81, and Italy SO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.

FOURTH QUARTER.
Oct. 24-Jacob's Prevailing Prayer
........................Ge Gen. 80: %; go
Oct. 3l-Joseph Sold into Egypt
........................Ge Gen. 81 is 22a3-36
Nov. 7-Joseph in Prison. Gen. 80 81: 40:1-8
Nov. 14-Joseph the Wise Ruler. Gen. Al 4l-57
Nov. 2l-Joseph and his Breth-
rem. ...............G Gen. A: 1884; 45 lis
Nov. 2S-Jacob and Pharaoh. ..... Gen. Al: liz
Dec. 5-Last Days OF jacob. 49,. Gen. As: S-22
Dec. 12-The Last Days Of Joseph Gen. 50:l426
Dec l9-Review of the Lessons.
Dec. 26-LeSson Selected by the School