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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
An Odd Firm,

Camp Curtin was not properly a
camp of instruction. 1t was rather a
rendezvous for the different companies
which had been recruited in various
parts OF the state. Hithcr the v0itn-
teers came by hundreds and thousands
for the purpose of being mustered into
the service. .,..ss
Shortly after our arrival in camp, An
dy and L went to town to buy sUch az
ticles as we supposed soldier would
be likely to need-a gum blanket, a
Journal, a combination kniie-fork-and
spoon, and so on 10 the end Of the list.
To our credit have it to record that we
turned u deaf ear to the solicitations OF
a certain dealer in cutlery. who insisted
On selling us each g revolver and an ug-
ly-looking bowie-knife, in a red morocco
sheath.
"Shentlemen, shust tie ting you viii
need ven you goes into dc battle An,
see dis Knife, how it shines! Look at
dis very fine reyolfer!'
But Moses entrGat0d in vain, while
his wife stool at the street door looking
at a regiment marching to the depot.
weeping as il her heart would break,
and wiping her eyes with the corner OF
her apron from time to time.
"Ah, de poor boysr' said she. "Dere
dey go again to the great war, away
from dere homes and dere mutters and
dere sweethearts and wives, al! to be
kilt in de battle. Dey will nefer any
more COON back. All, ii is 50 wicked!'
But the drums ratified on, and the
crowd on the sidewalk gazed, and Mo
ses behind his counter smiled pleasantly
as he cried up his wares and went on
selling bowie-knives and revolvcrs to
kill men with, while his wife went on
weeping and lamenting because men
would be killed in the wicked war, and
"nefer any more COON back The
firm of Moses and wife struck us as a
very strange combination of business
and sentiment. | do not know how
many revolvcrs Moses sold, nor how
many tears his good wife shed; but il
she wept whenever regiment marched
down the street to the depot, her eyes
must have been turned into q river Of
tears.-U. N. Kiefcr. f9 81. Nicholas
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Fun in the GnEnfrv.

I'VE take the following anecdotes
from |. n. Ford : article. entitled THE
Fresh-Air Fund.- in ST. Nicholas for
June. There is something almost pa
thetic in the ignorance OF these little
city waits in regard to the simplest facts
of nature.
The boys naturally took to the water
like so many Newfoundland puppies.
Wherever there were brooks and quiet
pools they were to be seen, at any hour
of the day, fishing, swimming, and wad-
ing. One bright-cyed little sportsman,
who had provided himself with two for
,midable bean-shooters. gravely asked
his host il the woods back of the barn
We're ''gamy."
The boys were always saying queer
things, which convulsed the Jolly f;trnI-
ers with laughter. "AEho watered these
plants last .night?" asked little fellow
at Guilford, catching o glimpse of dew
on the grass. my eye! what big lem
ons!" was an exclamation called ont
by squashes in the garden. az say! who
owns all the robins round hereP" was
another amusing question. At Old
Lyme, an urchin could not repieSs his
astonishment when he saw a man dig
ging potatoes in the Geld Haven (
you any barrels in your cellar?" he
asked, contemptuously. ''Why do you
keep EN- slowed away in the ground
that way?'
One little maiden near Essex was not
distressed whom she found that she had
no playmates in the house She had
her doll, and that was company enough.
She chose q sheltered corner of the front
yard as her nursery, and every morning
went out to sing her dolly to sleep, her
favorite lullaby being a popular relig-
ious hymn. Across the road lived 8
country lad OF her own age, who at once
began to annoy her by repeating her
music in high key, with numer-
Gus variations. For two days she
paid no heed to her troublesome
| neighbor. On the third, her blood
was reused. She proppod up hel
doll against post OF the fence, marched
across the road with flashing eyes, and
cuffed her audience of one boy about tbs
| ears ''NOw, Just see here. she ex-
claimed. Il came here for two weeks
fun, and mean 10 have it's The boy
| lied riotously. and the moral effect o.
| the demonstration was marked. The
! have her fun in peace and quiet until il
| was time for her 10 return 10 the city.
The pathos of neglected childhood
softened many q heart. There was tht
motherly little maiden who, accus.
toned to looking after her agile broth
er, discovered on the second day thai
| he had shed button, and sedately pro
| duced from the depths of her pocket s
| large pill-box labeled, "For Johnny
Take one every hour The hourly
dose was only a button, which she pro
ceeded to sew on his jacket.
"NVhat do YOU think Heaven will b,
like?' asked teacher in one of the city
mission schools during the autumn.
ooh, / know! [ bnow"' exclaimed {
little girl 'It will be like the countrvt'
Perhaps she had seemed thankless and
Indifferent while she was there, but the
country remained in her mind, a blessed
and restful thought. .a-.
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& Lecture on EcOnomY.

a stupid-iooking tramp knocked at
one of the finest residences in Austin,
and was received by the lady OF the
house.
What do you want?'
please give me dime to buy a
glass of bread; 'scuse me, mean q loaf
of beer"
Il haven't got any money"
Haven't got no money? Then, mad
am, Iwould suggest that you move into
n cheaper house; you are evidently liv-
ing beyond your means. Economy is
wealth. Economize in the matter of
clothes and house rent. Cut your eX-
pcnses, and then, perhaps, some day
you will have dime to spare-a dime,
madam, that may be the means of pre-
venting q hungry and thirsty fellow-mor-
tai from committing suicide; OF it may
be q quarter coin of the value of 25
cents-that will upholster the dark
clouds on the horizon of his dispairing
soul with silyer-plated lining, and fill
his stomach with Book beer. Good-day,
fair lady" ,"-Te10s StftingS,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
How to Get Even on a Horse Trade,

4 good tale is told of "Uncle John"
Harrison, the venerable County Asses
sor. Some time ago he strolled into Lum
Simons' sale stable on Market street,
and his attention was attracted to q
tine-looking animal, apparently about 7
or 8 years of age, but in fact over 40.
She hadn't Il tooth in her head, and
had to be fed on mush. Uncle John
sized her up from the background,
and asked Lunn what he would take for
her.
Seventy dollars, even money!" re-
piled Lunn rather unconcernedly.
'Ill give you twenty-five" =" said Uncle
John.
.'It's a go" replied Lund; 'give me
the money and Uncle John counted
ont twenty-five hard slugs into the palm
OF Lum's hand. The animal was back
ed out of the stall, tied to the hind end
of Uncle Johns buggy, and the old
gentleman drove out home, chuckling
to himself about the good trade he had
made. Arriving at home he gave orders
that the mare be we'll fed and propeEly
attended to, but the old animal appear
ed TO have lost her appetite by reason
of the change in her quarters. and the
food that was put in her trough remain
ed untouched. For several days she
ate nothing at all, and Uncle John con-
cluded to investigate the cause. He
pried open her jaws, and then for the
first time discovered she had no teeth.
Thoroughly enraged, he drove to town
and called upon Lum Simons. ''What
kind Of marc do you call
that thing you sold me the other
day9" said he, addressing himself to
Lum.
'.Why, that's q splendid animal, Uncle
john" replied the sleek horse-trader
Il paid Sc for, her. "
But she amt got any teeth. -
''Fhat don't make any difference. All
you Ve got to do is to feed her with d
spoon.
ooh. yes; l see. Well. tn fix her, :"
said Uncle John, and with that he re.
turned home. About two weeks later
ne called at the stable again and .exhib-
tied IL roll OF greenbscks.
"Where'd you get it?' asked Lum.
''You know that mare You sold me?
Well, she straYed out on the railroad
track q few nights ago, and was run
over and killed. The companys agent
appraised her at S75 and they settled
with me for $40, They never thought
to look at her mouth. I'm just $18
ahead of the game. If you've got any
more like her at the same price, tr0t
'em ont.
The story is told on Uncle John, how
ever, that he took the animal out and
tied her to a cross-tie just before the
train came along, and the boys say
that part of the halter was found tied to
the ties, but this Uncle John most en-
phatically denies. es.-Lo~iSUiNe CONNER
cIlj
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
Small Feet, or Big Shoes.

There was another poor fellow, very
small man, who had received very
large pair of shoes, and had not yet
been able to effect any exchange. One
day the sergeant was drilling the COM
pany on the tacings, face, left
face, right-about face,-and, of course
watched his mems feet closely to see
that they went through the movements
promptly. Noticing one pair of feet
down the line that never budged at the
command, the sergeant rushed up to
the possessor of them, with drawn sword,
and in menacing tones demanded:
what do you mean by not facing
about when tell you? I'll have you
put in the guard-house.
"Why, I did, sergeantr' said the
trembling recruit.
'You did not, slr! Didn't I watch
your feet? They never moved an inch. "
"Why, you sce," said the poor fel-
low, ''my shoes are so big that they
don't turn when 1 do. 1 go through the
motions ON the inside of them. "-"Rec-
elections ofo Drummer-Boy," IN st.
! Nicholas
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19

Tacks are made at the rate of 1000
minute. That's the reason there are so
many of them around on the floor of a
bedroom when married man gets up
to hunt for the paragoric bottle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19

They now have what they call hand
parties in the interior of Michigan. The
young man who can hold the girls hand
the longest is rewarded with sweet
cake, .r.. ...-.-~ ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
Ague Cure

Is a purely vegetable bitter and power
ful tonic, and Is warranted a speedy and
certain cure for Fever and AgUe, Chf1hs
and Fever, intermittent or Chill Fa-
Yer, Remittent Fever, Dumb Aguc,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, and all
maiariaI disorders. In miasinatic dis
tricts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue. thirst,
lasSltude, loss of appetite. pain in tho back
ana loins, and GOODNESS of the spine and
eXtremities, are only premonitions Of
severer symptoms, which terminate in tho
agrle paroxysLn, succeeded by high fever
and protuse poTspiratiOn.
1t is a startling fact that Guinine, arse
mic and other poisonous minerals form tho
basis of most. OF the Fever and Ague
Preparations - Specifies, Syrups," and
"Tonics," in the market The prepare
tions made from these mineral poisons,
although they are palatable, and may
break the chill, do not cure, but leave the
malarial and their own drug poison in
the system, producing quinisE. dizziness,
ringing III the ears, headache, vertigo, and
other disorders more formidable than the
disease they were intended to cure.
AYERS AGUE CURE thoroughly eradicates
these noXious poisOns from the system,
and always cures the severest cases. 1t
contains no quinine, mineral, or any thing
that could injure the most delicate pa
tient; and its crowning excellence, above
its certainty to cure, is that it leaves the
system as free from disease as before the
attack.
For Liver Complaints, AYERS AGUE
CURE, by direct action on tho liver and
hillary apparatus, drives out the posons
which produce these complaints, and stim-
ulates the system to a vigorous, healthy
condition.
We warrant it when taken according to
directions.
Prepared by DR.. j. G. Aver & Co.'S
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
Mr.. M'GnirA's Distress,

When the President was in St. Aug
ustine he visited the old fort-San Juan
de Pinos. it WAS called when first named,
afterwards changed to San Marco, and
later, when it came into possession of
the United States, still again changed
to Fort Marion. 1t is in charge OF
Sergt. Mcclure. 1t was late in the at
ternoon and some time after the Presi-
dent had gone away, that some newspa-
per correspondents heard the old Ser
geant repeat his story. He had made
his parting speech and had wound it
up by his well-knoWn allusion TO ST.
Augustine as 1.-THE ouidcst town in the
country, and only one that is finished, /"
when one of the party asked:
''How do you ike the President9
al haven't seen him yit, he replied
as he stroked his whishers.
why, he was here to-day and you
showed him through the fort. y
The Sergeant looked down st the
crumbled coquina floor tor moment,
then looked up with a startled express
sion, and rubbed his chin with his hand.
The Presidents appearance was de-
scribed. The Sergeant Immediately
recognized its likeness to his visitor.
His hand went to his chin, despairing
look came into his watery eyes, ard in
a melancholy whisper he gasped:
"Oh, murtheri l hadn't shaved"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19

NOTTCE.-The undersigned has been duly
~ appointed and qualified as Administrator
Of Eliza E. Willyard. deceased, late of Raven
ma Township, Portage County. Ohio. 1858
CHA RLES 4. EATINGER.
Rayenns, May a4th, 1855, s70" "a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.

All orders promptly filled. Prices rs low as the
lowest and satisfaction gnaranteed- All those
wanting anything in my line will find it to
their interest to call and see me before pur-
chasing.
TEL. L.. OSBORN, PrOp'r.
FRANK OSBORN, AGENT
March IS. 1879.
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TRAINS WESTWARD,

Trains NO. g. 5 aud II run daily.
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No, D. a.
| and IL between CinCtnnatiand NeWYork daily.
| Sleeping Coach on No. ard between Gin
cinnati and Herncllsville, and between Cleve-
| land and Hornellsviilo daily. except Sunday.
| Parlor ears between Hornellsvilis and New
York. Sleeping Coach on DO . and IL between
Cincinnati and Boston daily. via Albany,
Hotel Coach ON trains No. and II between
| Chicago and New York daily via Mansfield.
Train No. 8 connects ut Mansfield with
Pittsburg, Fort W ayne & Chicago Railroad for
Chica and sill points in theNOrth- west. Con-
nectiena at LeavittsBurg for Youngstown and
Fittsburg; at Meadville, for Oil City; at Cory
| for Titusville; at jamestown for Buffalo and
Niagara Falls at Salamanca for Bradford
| and Rochester; and ut BinghamtOn for Albany
| and Boston.
| ClOseconneetions at Cincinnati with trains
| for the South and West.
horsepower" allowed upon local tickets.
A. T., CLARK,
General Passenger and Ticket gent,
CLEVELAND, o.
y. VI FERRIS
General Manager.
/ CLEVELAND. o.
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SNYDER
g.
FREEMAN.
No. 2 Marvin Block.
May I, 50
LARGE STOCK
|SPRINGaldSOMhER
GOODSt
We call particular attention
to our immense stoek Of
|1.,', Goods . Trimmings
Comprising a fine line Of For
eign and American Styles.
We have In stock the most popular
Brands of
Black COLORED SILKS!
Which we can GUARANTEE to our
customers.
Also, "A nice line CASHMERE FOULE
ILLUMINATED MIXTURE,
NUNS VEILINGS in all new shades,
ALL WOOL BUNTINGS in Plain
Mattlesee and Lace Stripe.
ALL WOOL BLACK and COLOR'D
8 CASHMERE, at very low plicee.
Black and Colored SILK VELVETS
and ,VELVETEENS.
GUIPURE and SPANISH SILK
LACES.
BLACK AND COLORED SILK
| PRINCES.
PLAIN BROCADED MORE AN
TiOUE STRIPE SATIN.
PASSAMENTRIES AND BEADED
ORNAMENTS.
lTWILLED and BROCADED SILK
/ PARASOLS. sl.
LADIES sACKING in oil the New
Shades.
| BIG STOCK OF MOTORS!
HOSIERY for Ladies, Gents and
Children.
KID, SILK and LISLE THREAD
GLOVES.
BLACK and COLORED SILK MITS
Hamburg Edgings and Insertdngs.
Plain and Dotted SwisSss.
Lace Curtains, DC.
Table Linen and Red DamaSks,
Linen Napkins and To,rels.
Floor and Table OIL Cloths.
| OIL Shades, WindoW Pictures, Curtain
|. FTihgeS, dc.
Ladies' and Gents Sun,mer Under.
rear.
Large stock Of Ginghoms, Prints
| ,Sheetings, Ticks, Denims, dc.
Ladies' and Childrcn's Shoes, Men,
! Fine Boots and Shoes.
We keep constantly on hand choje'
! stock of GROCERIES.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-07-19

The Gigantic Association is the name
of an organization in progress of forma-
ton in New Haven. Requirements for
membership are q weight of 220 pounds
and circumference about the chest Of
As inches. The members must also be
at least five feet and eleven inches in
height. One of the movers in the en-
terprise weighs 225 pounds, stands five
feet III inches in his stockings, and
measures As inches round the chest
Another member is 81 feet tall and
weighs 252 pounds. while a third mem
her weighs nearly $50 pounds, -~=--
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-13
pIrs or SCIENCE.

Bordeaux red Is new coloring matter for
wine. ltappears to b. n napthaline dye.
Its presence IN wine can be- very easily de-
tected. silk is turned by IL to n granite
red, and the addition of a little ammonia
makes tho doctorcd wine brown.
Ii IL almost 4 selEevident fact that there
should be some other way OF disposing OF
sewage than turning 1t into streams. But
there is hardly any censure too severe for
those who cut aud store ice from polluted
waters. Organic germs of disease are con-
tained In such Ice. People drink water
cooled by II 10 the summer, when the avs
tenn is most liable TO sickness that may last
all the year round.
Filters of cheap and efficient nature
ought TO be In the market. A draught Of
good pure water in the morning can rarely
DE had. Cisterns are placed so that they re-
ceive and absorb the gasses OF the water
closets and the dust which arises from
rooms during the weekly sweeping out
Fifty cents ought 10 be enough for n filtel
10 supply any single persen with drinkable
wholesome water. Another thing about .
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There are three large cremation places in
Osaka, and one of these visited the other
day. 1t is situated near She Kidsugawa,
outside the city limits, and is surrounded
bya high wall. The appearance of the
place from the road is similar to that of a
temple, were it not for the chimney, which
towers aloit about sixty feet. In the main
crematory there are twenty large furnaces,
each capable Of burning three bodies, so
that sixty corpses can be reduced to ashes
at the same time. Operations commence
at IL p, M, and by ) o'clock III the morn
ing the process is completed Cremations
do not take place during. the day. When ]
visited the place there were five bodies
awaiting cremation--three grown-up per-
sons and two children. was particularly
struck with the scrupulous cleanliness OF
the cremation establishment Osaka Let
ter to Hiogo News.
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Work aud Play.

On the lst of October several years ago
two eminent surgeons were delivering the
Introductory address to the students Mt the
opening OF the medical schools attached TO
their respective hospitals in London tor the
winter season, One advised his hearers to
cultivate some mechanical art, such as
wood carving or turning, or TO habituale
themselves 20 the use of carpenters tools as
much as possible, in order that they might
acquire a digital dexterity and plant ieadi'
ness Of hand--a tactual instinct as he
termed (which should bcft them 10. be-
come skilful operators. The other babe
them devote their leisure moments to the
assiduous practice of some musical instru'
ment with the same object. While, by 9
curious coincidence, celebrated
physician In Scotland was al
the same moment counselline
his youthful auditors 10 pursue the study
Of music, not only as q healthful chsngs
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Ones Eneay ON Roller.sk,,es

There are few joys in this life here that
can excel those ecs,atic moments when you
see your enemy, who has partially learned,
has acquired the art of going quite rapidly,
but has not learned that equally necessary
art, mean stopping. A skater will 20
ahead as fast Is boy to the dentist to have
his first tooth out, but it is as hard for him
to stop rs 1t is he interest on the national
debt. When Secession requires him to stop,
he naturally rises bit ON the hind rollers,
and then the fun begins. His heels shoot
ahead, his head flies back, he describes cir.
Giles with ms arms in the air. He keeps
pulling his heels back. but they won't
stay. They rattle ON the floor like tin
thunder in theatre. All the time he is
going over backward. He throws out hi.
stomach he bends his head forward his
knees crook, and finally his heels slip from
the floor like slice of raw liver from a
plate, and with Il crash like ten-strike in
y bowling alley, all OF him lies on the floor
IN as wrecked Il condition as it is possible
to imagine, and had you coutrived the
whole thing you could not have bettered it,
Boys, learn to skate.-[Belfast Journal.
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DALLAS HERALD TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH Is. 1883.

filter is that the ice need never come in
contact with the water aud yet make II
cool enough to be palatable.
The sncients knew great deal for which
they get very little credit. A short time
ago u collection OF surgical instruments
was dug upat PompeU. IL was evidently the
property OF some single establishment aud
was quite elaborate. OF course the find
was removed to the Naples museum. one
Of the appliances attracted great attention
lie was long rod with metallic plate
liked at one end at an angle OF lS1 degrees
At first il was thought TO be a cautery Tor
internal operations, but It's resem Nance TO
the modern laryngeal mirror suggests the
probability that il was 50 used.
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nom their graver lahOrs, but in order that
the ear might be educated 10 the delicacv
OF perception which could be of great ser
vice TO them in ausoulstion with the stethe-
scope. \ renowned philosopher not long
dead Is said to have delighted in conjurine
tricks, and 10 have declared that he could
gauge strangers character better by the
manner IN which he took or refused a
forced card than by an hours converse.
uon win him, and as sort OF corollary
ana ~ the same tine converse to this. il
may De noted that prestidigitaiors-wh
are, oi necessity, close observers OF human
Enthusiastically seem invariably to select
without hesitation those who are best fitted
TO serve their ends without suspicion from
among an audience whom they have never
seen before Chambers Journal.
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Forty Years Experience of an Old Nurse

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one OF the best female phy.
sicianS and nurses In the United States,
and has beenuSed Tor forty years with never
failing safety and success by millions of
mothers and children from the feeble infant
of one week old to the adult. Ii corrects
acidity of the stomach, relieves wind collie,
regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health
and comfort to mother and child. We be-
lieve it the best and surest remedy in the
world, in all cases of Dysentery and Diar
rh@ain Children, whetherar;sing from teeth
ing or from any other cause. Full direc-
tons for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the fac-simile of Cur
tbs X Perkins is on the outside wrapper
Sold by all medicine dealers. % cents u
bottle.