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MANS
ORGANISM

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when this complicated structure, so exquisite
ly wrought, is disturbed by disease, the
most Efficient aid should be sought from the
most skilled physician--fo the human body
is too precious 10 be neglected. IL becomes
the question, then: ssWhat physician shall
be employed r.
Dr. OSCAR JoHASSEsES, of the University
Of Berlin, Germany, has made lifelong
study Of ailments of the Nervous and Geni-
to-UrinarY System.
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His Remedys Cure

any Debility or Derangement of the Nervous
System, including Sparmatthorea, Gonor-
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BECAUSE you may have been cheated and
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class Of disorders. do not hesitate to give
DR.. J0HANNESEN'S method a fair trial
before your case becomes chronic and incur
able.
Ia Free. -sl
valuable treatise, explanatory of DR..
JUHANNESEN'S system, will be sent by
mail, post paid and securely sealed from OBJ
servation to any sufferer addressing his sole
authorized agent for the United States aud
Canada HENRY VOGELER,
40 South Street, New York.
l1- Complicated symptoms treated from
DR.. J0HANNESEN'S Special Prescription,
under advice of duly qualified consulting
physician.
All correspondence held as strictly conf
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He Won.
HOW A DETROIT DRUMMER DEMoNsTRA-
TED THAT THE NEGRO WAS ,IoNrcr

HOW DETROIT DRUMMER DEMoNsTRA-
TED THAT THE NEGRO WAS HONEST.
There were half dozen men with
their chairs tilted back in front of
the hotel, and the talk was on the
characteristics of the negro. 1t SEEM
ed to be the general opinion that the
Southern negro was naturally light
fingered, but all ut once drummer
for Philadelphia saddlery house
threw away his cigar stub and said
Gentlemen, here is a silver dol
lar. I'll bet it can be left on the Ia
bile in my room upstairs for twenty
four hours and no one will remove
it.?
A gentleman from Macon said he
would like to wager S. on that, and
the terms were soon settled. 1t was
agreed that the drummer should 90
to his room and lay the dollar on
the table, and if it was there at the
same hour the next day the wager
was his. Several marked the coin
and recorded the date, and the drum
mer was trusted to leave it as agreed.
Next day, at the same hour, CON-
mittee of three visited the room.
Several colored people had been in
and out while engaged in their voca-
tions, but the dollar was there.
"Gentlemen, is the negro honest
or is he not ~ queried the drummer
as he pointed to the coin.
We advanced to make sure it was
the one. There was no mistake.
The date--1879-was there--thc
hicks in the edge we're there, but the
drummer had taken it to a machinist,
had hole drilled through it, and
had then screwed it down to the Ia
BILE. 1t was there SO tight and fast
that only a heavy driyer-driver could
loosen it.
II have won,D modestly exclaimed
the drummer.-D stroit Free Press.
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Texas Siftlnrs.
TANGLED

stage drivers. who used to sit Ia the
shade at Locket's stable in San An
tonia and swap lies. They held reg
ular sessions every day, and one day
Smoot was ahead, and perhaps next
day Dempsey was IN the lead. One
afternoon Smoot opened the cam
paign as follows;
81 say, Dempsey, that last yarn of
your about that dorg was little
tuif,n said Smoot, biting Off the end
of plug Of tobacco.
You mean about my dorg, Dang
scamp, that went out in the grass
and cotched .iack-rabbits by holding
his hind legs up over his head, and
making the rabbits believe they was
ears, until they come up and SMELL
ed, and then he grabbed emp ask
ed Dempsey, picking up a piece of
wood and beginning to white.
Smcot NODDED afllrmatively
"Dangscamp," resumed Dempsey,
twas remarkable dorg-the most
remarkable dorg ever owned; but
since You are tryin' to make me out
a liar, III not tell you the favor that
dorg did me when | WINS in tight
place.
Just turn yourself loose. old man.
needn't believe all of it, we know,
and when ! tell YOU my experiences
you needn't believe no more'n you
can help. What did Dangscamp do
to have such vendors lien on yer
gratitude?n
Dempsey cleared his voice, and
said:
You know ] was married man
once, in Tennessee. My married life
reminds me Of the struggle OF our
revolutionary forefathers. 1t lasted
seven years. Then j did like the
British. ! gave up the struggle and
quit the country and came to Texas
what did Dangscamp have to do
with it?n
"Nothin except | was feeling sor-
ter blue about my wiie's mother not
going away She paid me two visits
every year, and each one lasted six
months. She was long, thin old
woman, built on the razor-back-hog
style of architecture. She wore poke
bonnets and always had a snufl-stick
in her mouth, except when she was
feedin', The snuii-stick didn't i'm
pede her talkin' none"
"Did you set the dorg on her?'
Not quite; but me and poor
Dangscamp led dorg's life of it.
She jawed me most to death, and
nearly starved Dangscamp to death.
l tell you, Smoot, that dorg knew
what j was thinking about. He
would look up into my face and
shake his head, as much as to say
"What are we going to do about it ?"
"What did you do?n
Zone day, after the old lady had
been partickerly disagreeable, and
me and Dangscamp was thinkin' ov-
er our troubles,I said, "Dangscamp,
old boy, can't you think of some way
Of getting the old beast out of the
house?' He held his paw up to his
forehead, as if he was thinkin' Then
he began to frisk around, and bark,
and wag his tail, and wink at me,
closin' one eye jest like human"
"Whew It's getting sorter close
in this here stable" said Smooth,
tanning himself with his hat, for he
saw that Dempscy's new lie was
tall one, and he was afraid his pole
wasn't long enough to knock the
pcrsimmon.
did you say anything?" asked
Dempsey
mo. Keep right on the way you
are goin', and you'll get thar, sar-
tain sure"
"Well, resumed Dempsey, "that
ar dorg follered the old woman all
over the house with her bonnet and
umbrella in his mouth, and winin'
as if he was begging her to put on
her buds and trayel-and she did.
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DraWinO Reer.

1t seems that the rate of profit in
selling beer by the glass all depends on
the drawing. The more rapidly the
contents of a beer key are drawn off
the longer the profit, and the more
slowly the smaller the profit. In the
outlying suburbs, on the unfrcquentcd
by-strects, where customers come in,
one at time, ut intervals of half an
hour. they get glass of ''solid" beer,
while in the thronged saloons in the
frcquented parts of the city, where the
faucet is opened every minute, the GUS
toner gets glass of beer which is one
third to one-half froth. This makes
all the difference in the world in the
money drawer. The keg of beer which
in the sleepy suburb yields only $50
glasses of ''solid'' liquor. will, in .
irequented locality, yield 800 glasses
of foam-capped bcer-and this means
an advantage OF $50 nickels exactly in
favor of the latter. Then there is an
art in drawing the delicious and re-
freshing amber liquor which is never
lost sight of. An export artist will
draw loo glasses of beer from a recep-
tacle which a clumsy drawer will ex-
tract only Is from. 1t looks like an
impossibiity. but it can DO DONE
Beer at cents a glass is supposed
to be cheap, but what would St.
| Louis imbiber of the brown beverage
think, in Bavaria, where for cents he
| gets Il mug of the choicest beer in the
world, tho Munich mug holding three
times rs much as the trcachcrous glass,
es that prevail here.-St. Louis Re.
! publican,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27
CONCERNING Collars.

The paper collar is thing of the
past. A few old-fashioned and impe-
cunious young men still cling TO paste
board neckwear, but most people who
wear collars now use linen. The paper
collar had its points, however. 1t was
always ready for use. and "a man wasn't
rs dependent on the washerwoman rs
he is now. 1t was SO cheap that il
could be thrown away whenever it be-
camo slightly soilod. Why, when pape!
goods were the style. man could bu,
u pair of paper culfs and collar and :.
''dickey" of the same material. aud be-
fixed up good enough for ball or we'd
ding. They wcro liablp to cover ur
any amount OF uncleanlincss. however.
The paper collar was invented by Wal
ter Hunt about forty years ago. and
Was first made rs smooth and glossy as
bristol board. Then they were iinall,
merged into the present style of linen.
The cclluloid collars and cuffs have
never caught on well. They are worn
considerably by ilincrant book agents.
peddlers, and that sort OF people, but
have never become popular. You can
always tell man who wears them bv
tho strong smell of camphor. - PITS
burg Dispatch.
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Habit and Horse Sense.

'Why do you drive your car team
with pole!'' inquired an inquisit.r'
young man. "Why do you wear thai
stiff and uncomfortable collarP" re-
piled the sage of the ribbons. The
young man blushed and pondorcd.
''Human natur is horse natur'. Bless
your boots, young man." continued
Jehu, placing his hand upon tho young
mans shoulder, ''yer docs it because
yer thinks it looks nice, though yer
know it 'urts like blazes. Same with
them ERE horses. They was spoilt in
early life being druv to a bus with a
dangling pole yanking and banging
their shins. Now, rs they's promoted
like. they don't seem to know in wha,
bucket their mash is in. Widout the
pole they loafed all around the street,
and now they'll run again truck-pol,'
JEST TO get hurt. So We guy 'em bac.,
fhs poles again, that's all right about
the collar; good-byl' aud he drove on.
--NeaO YOrE Herald,
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The Wiim nt ProVis0.

The Wilmot proviso. which was des-
tined to play an imporsant part in
politics, originated at the dinner table
OF political club in New York which
met weekly. 1t was composed of
democrats opposed to the extension of
slavery, and among those present on
the day in question were John Van
Buren,. Samuel j. Tilden. John A.
Kennedy. Isaac Fowler. AndreW II.
Greene. and other freesoil democrats.
Mr.. Howe, western member of con-
gress. was guest, he having visited
New York to confer with tho demo-
cratic opponents of slavery. During
the consultation John Van Buren, said
that the protest against the extension
of slavery introduced into congress
was not worded right. He suggested
that the exact words of Jefferson in the
famous ordinance of 'S3 and '87 should
be used. This was agreed to. MIR.
Howe stated that it would be difficult
to introduce tho proviso, as the speak
er would not give the floor to anyone
friendly to freedom. Mr. Tilden, as
the chief organizer OF the movement
to be made, proposed that q ruse
should be played. 1t was agreed that
each man composing the little body of
sixteen or eighteen freesoilers in con-
gress should have copy OF the proviso
in his pocket Each should spring to
the floor at the first chance and shout.
'.Mr. Speakerr' 1t was thought that
one Df thom would ba recognized. Mr..
TiIden, with other members of the
club. went to Washington to aid in
carrying out the plan.
AT Time agreed upon the Spartan
band, each with the proviso in his
hand, sprang to the floor, and in con-
cert shouted, MIR, Speakerr' The
speaker was bewildered. He could not
ignore tho whole crowd. He selected
Judge Wilmot as the most moderate
OF The party, and so the Wiimot proviso
passed into history.-Bcm: iertey FOorc.
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Cossacks and Students.

An incident that occurred at Moscow
in December, 1880, affords an apt illus
tration of the trivial causes from which
disorders sometime arise. Prof. Zern-
off WAS giving u lecture on anatomy to
an attentive audience, when all at once
a loud and unusual noise was heard i'll
the next room, and most of the stu
dents ran out to see what had happen
ed. Nothing particular had happened,
but the professor, annoyed ut the i'll
terruption of his lecture, made a COM
plant to the authorities. The next
day it was stated that the complaint
had led to the expulsion of several
members of the anatomy class.
punishment so severe for an offense so
venial kindled general indignation. A
meeting was called and a resolution
| passed calling upon the rector for an
explanation. But instead of the rector
came the chief of the Moscow police,
| followed by u great array of gen.
darmes, Cossacks, and infantry, who
ordered the meeting to disperse. The
young fellows were now greatly ex-
cited, and, though they would have
| listened to reason, refused Obedience
to the behests of brute force. On this
the aula was surrounded by the SOL
diers, all the issues were besct, the
students to the number of four hun
dred were taken prisoners, and amid
a SQUARE of bayonets marched off to
iail. Afiairs OF this sort do not always
end with simple arrests. AT the least
show of :csistan the foot soldiers
make free use OF tho butt ends OF their
muskets. the Cossacks ply their whips,
| 81 L. - q lftn Str IuIf
blood, some are thrown wounded tC
the ground, and there ensues a terrible
scene of armed VIOLENCE and unavail-
ing resistance. 1t happened thus at
Kharkoff, in November, 1873, wher
some troubles arose from mere mis-
understanding between a professor al
the veterinary college and one OF his
classes, q misunderstanding which /.
few words of explanation would have
sutiiced to remove. 1t was thus al
Moscow and ST. Petersburg during th'
disorders of 1861, 1868, and 1866, ant
in certain circumstances the law sane
tions even grosser Qutrages, In lS7
: an enactment, tho cruelty of which
is impossible to exaggerate, was pro
mulgated. Considering" it ran
, ''the frequency of students meeting
in the universities and public schools
! the law concerning seditious gather
ings in the streets and other publi
piaaes Is applied to all buildings an
establishments used as colleges an
, superior schools" Thus all student
in Russia are placed permanently unde
martial law. A meeting or group {
/ undergraduates, after being summone
three times to disperse. may be she
, down as if they were armed rebels.
= Ralssia Under The l'xars. Ry atepniGk.
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PILESI PlLELIIPtLESIll

A sure cure for Blind, bleeding,
Itching, and liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DIR. William, ian Indian
remedy )called DIR. WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of twenty five
years. standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this Won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions and
instruments do more harm than good
Williams Ointment absOrbs the tu-
mOrs, allays the intense itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts as a pOultice, gives in
slant and painless relief, and is pre-.
pared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, and for nothing else.
For sale by FL. Waterman, and mail
a on receipt of price. ST. O0. --..
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Specialism ian Medicine,

If specialists did not meet a distinct
want they would soon be driven Off the
field. 1t is idle to inquire whether in
this instance the demand created the
supply. or vice versa; all that we are
concerned with here is tho fact that
the public voice decisivcly approves of
the existence of specialists. This is
cOnvincingly demonstrated as time
goes on by the increasing confidence
which is placed in their opinion and
advice. A striking confirmation of this
is afforded by the circumstance that
when medical men have sickness in
their own families they put prejudice
aside and invoke the assistance of the
despised specialist. la my own pro-
vince it is my pleasure and my privi-
lege to treat a large number of my pro-
fessionai brethren with whose personal
ailments or those of their wives and
childreE l am occupied during con-
siderable portion bf each working day.
Many other specialists are doubtless
recipients of the like indisputabls sin
cers form of compliment. The grow
ing favor with which specialism is
looked on by the public is also fully
recognized by young physicians, and
still more by successful general practi-
TONERS ambitious of emerging into tho
more raretied atmosphere of consulting
work. The press of competition is so
herce In the present over-croWded state
of the medical profession that unless a
man has some peculiar and decided ad-
vantage over the general run of his fel-
lows lie stands no chance of coming to
the front. Something more is neces-
sary nowadays for success in the high
er walks of medicine than mere gener-
al ability. Supreme talent will, OF
course. ultimately find its level, unless
kept down by accident or misfortune;
but for the average clever man there is
little prospect of brilliant success un.
less he has Cor can persuade the world
he has) the power of doing some par
ticular thing better than any one else,
or at any rate pre-eminently well.
MoreH Mackenzie, in F'ortnightly Re
VieW.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27

St. Louis is getting the love-making
business down pretty fine. A young
man who was caught flirting with the
female pupils of Kirkwood Seminary
has been fined $40 and costs. notwith-
standing some of the young ladies APP
peared as voluntary witnesses in his
behalf and testified that the fun of see
ing him dressed in swallow-tail coat
and crawling through a hole in the
back fence afforded them so much mer-
riment that it lightened the labors of
the school-room for y full month, =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution of Ohio.
ELECTIONS-
House Joint Resolution No. g.
JOINT RESOLU rION
Proposing amendments 10 articles
Too. Three and Ten of the Con-
Stikution Of the State.

BE ii resolreG w the General Assembly of the
STATE Of O4iO HAT propositions TO ana. nd SEC.
ton Of article u, section OF a,ticle III and
~rctIon 3 of article Y sf the constitution uf tue
State OF Ohio shall be submitted to the electors
ur this State on the second tuesday of october,
\. II. 1885. to read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
Section Senators and Rep eseutatiyes shall
be elected bienniali' by tue electors OF the re-
Snective counties or districts, on ths first Tues
ddy after the frSt Monday in NOoeAa6eri their
term uI Office shalt Cnmmenc on the first day
of January next thereafter. ami continue two
} ears.
section Tho Executive department. shall
consist OF Governor, Lien enant Governor,
secretary nt state Auditor OF state rreak.rsr
II state. nni an ttoI neY General. who sh.n
be elected ON TaE FIRST TUESDAY AfTRR Tx
FIRST AoHrAY Is NoyEMBsa; by the electors OF
the state. and al the places Of voting for mem
bers OF the General Assembly.
ARTICLE -
Section . County officers shall led
-uch manner aud for such term not ex>Seding
three years. rs may be provided by law.
FORM OF BALLOT,
At such election. the voters IN favor of the
adoption of the amendment to section two OF
article two. shall have placed upon their halluls
the words = AmendhIent Ia section two OF arti-
Gle two nj the eonsLiin TONY es;" and those
menI, shall have placed upon their hallOts the
words, - Amendment to section two of article
Two Of the constitution No" Those who Ia
yor the adj nption of the amendment To section
one of article three of the cOnstit6 6tion. shall
have place upon their ballots the words,
" Amen. .inent TO section ono OF article three OF
,hs sconsiituLinn-ies;" and thO,e who do not
favor the adoption of such amendment, shall
have placed upon their ballots the words,
- Amendment ID section one OF article three OF
he con- iuuLIoa-No Those wRO favor the
adoption of the amendment To section two of
article tn III the constitution hail have placed
upon their ballots the words. e Amendment To
Q lion two OF article ten of the constitution
iea;" :" and those who do not favor the adoption
OF such amendment, shall have placed upon
then ballots the words, Amendment to section
Two OF article ten of the cCnn>titutiOn-NO.
A. ID. MARSH.
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
JOHN u. WARWICK.
President Of the Senate
Adopted March 25, 1855,
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4 Few Nor. Points
10H0 Referring to the mn
IhhI above letter, we MN
= OOOs will simply say, 1OO 1s

We have had the exclusive sale of the
Rock ford Quick Train Railroad Watch
for the past three years. No OTHER
PARTY CAN BUY THEM FROM THE FAC
TORY. OR HAS ANY RIGHT TO SILL
THEM. 1t seems to us much like boys
play to get angry and advertise prices
because they cannot buy the goods
We trust the publication of prices will
continue through the whole list, as We
have no money to advertise goods not
in stock. Such desperate efforts will
not deceive any. The people know
that we have never cursed the place as
ready to be fenced in, because we were
going to leave il. They know that " e
are not a travelling experimental irsti-
tuition, and they will continue to buy
their Watches, Silver Ware, ETC., of
the Old Reliable Ravenna Jewellers,
Swift's Block.
WAIT BROTHERS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27

As sample of George Augustus
Sala's thoroughness, it is mentioned
that when he was in this country and
In Atlanta. Ga, Buffalo Bills troupe
of Indians were parading the streets.
and Sala printed in his book on Amer
lea that Indians in their native cos
tunes and armed with tomahawks
might be seen louuging on the streets
Of Atlanta" -->-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27
REAL ESkIG AGENCY.

Town and COUNTY, Property for sale or
change.
We buy or sell. according to the demand.
j. n. DuSSEL.
offer for sale the follo9iug desirable prol
erty:
A FINE RESIDENCE-Bri Brick House.
aast side Of North Chest street ,next 10 IL.
publican" printing ONCE. Price, $s,O0.
AFGNE hEslpENCE on East side OF Sou
Chestnut street Price, 81. 40O.
FARd OF 100 AOREs, In south part q.
aurora township. FayOrably located. Pri,e,
$500.
hOUSE and TWO LOTS near Diamon
class Factory. Price. g.. 900.
ER pF BUILDING LOTS in vcI
favorable locality, In this place. Price, frol
$3.50 to $3.50.
4 FINE REsIDENCE on Lincoln Avenu,
Price, 3 SUI.
FARM of 81 acres in Edinburg. Price, ,Si5Ur
FARM OF ~ acres in Austinburg, AshtAbuI
county. Price, t25UU
EAHm OF l0l acres. in Edinburg. Pric-
$500.
U: FL PUSSRI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-27
Special Noticel
OFFICE OF
Rockford Watch Co.,

ROCKFORD, ILL, May 18th, 1884.
Referring to the fact that we have
appointed WAIT BROTHERS, of
Ravenna, Sole Agents fer the sale of
our Quick Train Railroad Watches in
Portage County, Ohio, we desire to say
that no parties other than WAIT Bros.
or their employees, are authorised to
offer these Goods for sale in the terri
tory indicated and that no warranty
whatever attaches to our goods when
offered for sale by others than our duly
authorised agents. Our goods are sold
directly from ths factory, and only
through competent and well known
deslers.
As the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted aud regulated for
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer of the
watch for Its satisfactory performance,
BUT ONLY wRENSoLD BY OUR CHOSEN
AGENTS. We understand the extraor-
dinary guarantee of excellence made
by WAIT BRos., aud given out by
them 10 the public, and are prepared
to make good the assertions of our
representatives in that particular.
Very Respectfully,
ROCKFORD WATCH co.