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DEAFNESS
Good References Given.

Noise in the Head Discharges from the ear CaIarr h
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
A radical Despotism.

The Radicals have the entire con-
troll of affairs in the State ofTennessee
and that State furnishes a fair speci-
men of what may be expected every
where when the Government is re-
constructed and remodeled upon the
Radical plan. In Tennessee the Gov
ernor appointed register for each
county in the State, and no citizen can
vote without certificate Of qualifica
ton of his register. The only exemp-
ton is in favor of those who have vo-
ted in certain elections held prior to
the passage of the franchise law
Outside of this every applicant for a
certificate must prove by two witness
es known to the register to have been
ever loyal in sentiment and conduct
to the government, and the applicant
must take a similar oath. After this
the register grants the certificate or
not, as he pleases. The Governor can
then declare the entire registration
void, and appoint new register aud
require new registration; or he can
without proof, or even the form of a
political trial, declare any number, or
all the votes cast in an election, fraud
ulent and thus elect either candidate
OF he can call the election void, and
appoint new register. This power
extends from the lowest to the highest
office. And this act of the Legislature
has been declared by the Supreme
Court of the State, to be in accordance
with the Constitution of the United
States but the judges so deciding
were all appointees of the Governor,
and Senter, formerly Speaker of the
Senate, is now er-obfcto Governor of
the State. The Conservatives have
concluded to run no candidate, as
there is no chance for a Democrat in
the coming election in the face of such
an infamous law, and the use made of
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
THE JOKING HUSBANDS.

Three jolly husbands out in the
country, by the names of Tim Wat
SON, Joe Brown and Bill Walker, sat
alone one evening at the village tay-
ern, drinking, until, being pretty well
corned, they agreed that each one on
returning home, should do the first
thing his wife told him, in default OF
which he should next morning pay
the bill. They then separated for the
night, engaging to meet again the
next morning and give an honest ac-
count of their pI oceedings at home,
SO far as they related to the bill.
The next morning Walker and
Brown were early at their posts, but
it was some time before Watson made
his appearance. Walker began first ::
"You see when 1 entered my house
the candle was ont, and the fire giving
but glimmering of light. / came
near walking into a pot of batter that
the pan cakes were-to be made of in
the morning. My wife, who was
dreadfully out of humor, said to me
sarcastically: ......-
&c Bill do put your foot in the bat
ter
"Just as you say, Maggy," said ],
and without the least hesitation put
my foot in the pot of batter and went
to bed"
Next Joe Brown told his story:
"My wife had already retired in
our usual sleeping room, which ad-
joins the kitchen, and the door of
which was ajar. Not being able to
navigate perfectly, you know, I made
a dreadful Gathering among the house
hold furniture, and my wife, in no
pleasant mood, bawled out:
"Do break the porridge pot"
"No sooner said than done. 1
seized hold of the handle of the pot,
and striking itagainst the chimney
jam, broke it i'm a thousand pieces
After this exploit retired to rest, and
got a certain lecture till fell asleep"
1t was now Tim Watson's turn to
give an account of himself; which he
did with very long face, as follows:
"My wife gave me the most un-
lucky command in the world; for l
was laundering up stairs in the dark,
when she cried out:
"Now, Tim, do break your meek"
"I'll be cussed if do, Kate" said
1, gathering myself up as best 1 could,
no, I'd sooner foot the bill"
-"And so, landlord" continued
Tim, "here's the cash for you; but,
by jingo, this is the last time I'll ever
risk five dollars on the command of
my wife,"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
A BLAMED LONG TABLE.

The following, mark you, is Jim
Paisley's narrative-don't you observe
of a nights adventure. One morn
ingiWe met him in the street, looking
rather melancholy, when he said:
/" Yesterday felt little bad, and,
mark you, i went and took small
drink and that not improving my
feeling, took another and another,
don't you observe, and finally got a
little tight. In the evening I went in
to the country with friend, mark
you, and thinking L wonldocool off, 1
took several more drinks when got
there, don't you observe; vet, strange
to say, the more 1 drank the tighter
got, until L went to bed. During the
night [ awoke, don't you observe, and
[ Icouldn't imagine where the mischief
l was, mark you. The room was as
dark as Egypt. I heard the clock
strike two in some part of the house,
mark you. I became very anxious to
learn my whereabouts, don't you OBJ
serve, and for that purpose arose from
my bed, mark you, and after stum-
bling over about dozen chairs don't
you observe, came to table. '> .s'
Now, mark you, reflected that the
generality of the apartments are a per-
feet OF oblong square, don't you, OBJ
serve; and, moreover, that the gener-
ality of tables are square; and I de-
duced from this, mark you,, that by
feeling along the table until I came to
a corner, l could get off at right angles
and reach a corner of the room, and
bv that guided blythe wall to d roof
OF window, don't you observe. Fol
lowing out this idea, mark you, / be-
gan carefully to feel along the edge of
the aforesaid table, and finally gaining
confidence, I went a little faster; the
idea struck me that it was blamed
long table, that / could not get to
corner, don't you observe; yet l per-
severed-and finally day broke, and
when sufficient light penetrated the
apartment saw, mark you, that had
been following blamed round table
all night, looking for a corner-dont
you observe" ...,r 49,, ..a ..... fr.s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
upon the little thing, who seemed t

upon the little thing, who seemed to
stretch out its little hands to mine, and
to leap, actually jump, into my arms,
and then with it tightly grasped, we
were still going on and on; with my
eyes. shut, but feeling that l had the
child tightly held to my breast, and
vet not able to look and see if it was
hurt. .-...r...-. .s..-.r>....
Then l don't know how it was, but
l believe I must have got up and
crawled back to my place by the stoker
but I don't know, | can't recollect it,
only finding myself sitting down there
holding the frightened little child in
my arms, and feeling stunned and
helpless as child myself. ,,...
What am [ doing OFF" l said at
last, for my stoker had spoken to me.
why, " I'm crying" | said, and SO l
was crying like some great girl,
We dared not stop to take the little
thing back, bur we sent it from the
next station; and you'll believe me
when T tell you, that we were better
friends afterwards than ever, SO that
for long enough we used to make sig
nails, to the folks at the cottage, and
they to me: but. shall never forget
that little one getting out upon the
line.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY
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The Radical press represent that the !


per diem of the members of the last
Legislature was much greater than
that of the preceding Legislature,
which was Republican, but they neg
lect to state the whole truth of the
matter. Two years ago, the law fixed 7
the per diem of the members at three
dollars. The Radicals, supposing that ],
the power would be continued in
their hands, changed the law, making
the pay of members ,fce dollars day,
two dollars more than was paid to the
members of the previous Legislature.
So, if the last Legislature cost the
State more than its predecessor, the
Radical Legislature is to blame for it.
But the Radicals forgetto notice the
important fact, that the Democratic
Legislature of 1869 appropriated S246,-
932 less than the Radical Legislature
in 1869, and the Democratic Legisla-
ture in 1868 appropriated $780, 900 less
than the Radical Legislature of 1867.
And though, by reason of the act of
the Radicals, increasing the per diem
of the members, the expense of the
Legislature during the last two years
have been greater than during the two
previous years, yet the State Govern
ment.has been conducted under, the
two years of Democratic legislation
at a saving to the people of nearly
three-quarters of a million dollars
This is tyiJSaag fact of which the
Radical press have no interest in i'm
forming their readers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
NO, 40.
The { carpet-Baw e coInnit,ess. ,p ,i1t .

The New York Times, (RadicaD
says, "The perambulating commit
tees appointed by the House of Repre-
sentatives during the last session of
Congress to travel over the country
for all sorts of purposes, have, through
their respective Chairmen, drawn
their drafts on Sergeant-at-Arms Ord
way, through whom and the Clerk,
Mr.. Mcpherson, warrants have been
sent to the Treasury Department. The
total amount appropriated for the con-
tingent fund was $35,OO0 Seven of
these committees have drawn S2S,0O0
of this amount, leaving only 81, 900 to
pay the expenses of the House until
next December. This sum is mani
festly inadequate to meet the necessa-
ry demands until that time, and there
will of necessity bea considerable De-
ficiency bill next session. There was
fierce struggle among the different
committees to get as much as possible
But Mr.. Schenck succeeded in carry
ing off the lions share. He draws
$4,000 for the Ways and Means Com
mittee, which is to.meet in New Y ork
May 18th, and after the tour of the
Eastern cities, to proceed across the
Continent to California to investigate
probably the effect of high tariffs on
the trade of the Pacific. General Gar
field has had warrant issued for $3,-
600 for the Census Committee, which
is to go in quest of useful knowledge
on census topics Mr.. Lynch, OF
Maine, is to have $1,000 at his disposal
to pay the expenses of his Sub-Com-
mittee in their inquiry as to the de-
crease of American shipping. Gen.
Paine and Company get $4,000 to go
to New Orleans to investigate the
Louisiana election cases. Gen. Banks
has drawn $4,000 to defray the expen.
ses of two or three members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee to Cuba OF
Paraguay-no one exactly know
: where, and Mr.. Bingham thinks So,
600 barely sufficient to pay the expen
ses of himself and his associates OF
their tour to Montgomery, Alabama
to ascertain the truth or falsity of tn,
charge against Dick Busted. Th,
Committee on retrenchment is to ex
pend $1,000 learning how to ccono
mize the public moneys. The whole
circus committee business is the sub
ject of considerable animadversion il
all quarters hereyand meets with lit
tie favor in Executive circles" -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
DRIFTINGS.
BY CARRIE MAY.

Mem'ry. dear memry, oh pause in thy fight,
Go with me down through the chambers of
night;
Down through the driftings of numberiess years.
Lie the joys and the hopes We buried in tears.
The faces that smiled in the sweet I" Long Ago.
Have numbered their days in beauty belo v;
With crushed hearts we heard the g dip of the
oars
As they drifted away to the fathomless shore.
joy that we loved, and fondly deemed ours.
Just budded and bloomed and died with the
flowers;
Its perfume we gathered in silence and tears,
Tis all that is left from the drifting of years
A hope we once cherished so sweet in IFS birth; I;
We set it apart from the shadows of earth;
But its altars were human, it drifted away
That beautiful hope that blossomed in May.
And now as we stand, and look back through
the years,
With their shadows and sunshine, their smiles
and their tears,
We gather more closely each lesson of truth.
As drifting it fell from the casket of youth
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
REBUKE.

The world is old, and the world is cold,
And never day is fair, said,
Out of the heavens the sunlight rolled,
The green leaves rustled above my head,
And the sea was a sea of gold.
The world is cruel said again,
Her voice is harsh to my shrinking ear,
And the nights are dreary and full of pain,
Out of the darkness sweet and clear, -
There rippled a tender strain;
Rippled song of bird asleep,
That sang in dream of the budding wood !;
Of shining fields where the reapers reap,
OF a wee brown mate and nesting brood
And the grass where the berries peep.
The world is false, though the world be fair,
And never heart is pure said,
And loI the clinging of white arms bare,
The innocent gold of my baby's head,
And the lisp of childish prayer.
-OoerZdad Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03

.CALIFoRNIA's BIG TREEs.-The ma,
jestic body of the Father OF the For.
est, which lies half buried in the body
of the earth; measures no feet in cir
cumference at the base, and 200 feet
in length to the first branch, and boz
ing hollow, a person can walk that
length erect. The estimated height of
this tree when standing is 100 feet
The 'Burned Tree" J" PROSTATE Also,
is hollow to the height of go feet, aud
persons can ride on horseback through
it; for that distance it is 81 feet in cir.
cumference, and stood $50 feet high.
There are several other trees Of in-l
mense size, and variously named
Hercules, Uncle Toms Cabin, Pioneer
Cabin, Three Sisters, Siamese Twins,
Twin Brothers, Lone Widow, Widow
and Son, Beauty Of the Forest, Pride
of the Forest, etc.--Froas Phreao1og-
zeal JoGgsadt. 5Eat aa,sassg sssessy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
REvEn1E OF a CHURCH SEXTON.

"Splendid day! Well have quite a
turn out. There's nothing like sun
shine to draw an audience. It's bet
ter than all the popular preachers that
eyer were born. Oh! there's my
memorandum book; I'd like to have
forgotten it, and if them directions
hadn't been tended to, most likely |
should have lost my place. Let's see.
Takes out memorandum and reads i
BY order of Judge r. the woman
who squints and eats cardamom seeds
is not to be put in the seat in front of
him.
BY order of Squire 3. the young
man who rogles his daughter and
wears plaid pants is to be put some
where on the other side of the church.
"By order of the wealthy Miss Pru-
dence Prim the young man whose
clothes smell of cigars and brandy
shall be set behind her.
The request of Mr.. A, mechanic
that strangers be not shown into hi;
pew-to be attended to if convenient
"Quite a chapter, anyhow. But
people are beginning to streak in
There's two young women waiting
Common sort of folks, I guess, gen
tility don't come quite so early as this
Have a seat marin. She says with 6
bow, if you please, sir. No matter
politeness is cheap article, it dom
cost nothing. So here goes the two
women into one of the black wal
pews. Here's two more birds of tn,
same feather; woolen shawls, straw
bonnets and cotton gloves; wall pew
second from the door, good enough il
all conscience.
"Ah! there's bride. Satin velvet
and white kids; fine broadcloth ant
white vest. Shall have the pleasur
of showing yourself and lady som
seats? They must have some first
rate seats, for they are evidently some
body What difference there is i
folks!
Now there's a dressmaker and
school-mistress, nobodies. Back seal
good enough. Two young lawyers
somebodies; must find seat in tn
middle aisle. A rich widow-some
body-middle aisle. A broken dow
minister, coat rather seedy, crava
rather coarse-nobody-side aisle
Six fashionable boarding school girl
-somebodies-middle aisle, if posst
BILE. Rouged cheeks, but a splendi
silk cloak, somebody-middle aisle
An apprentice boy, decent looking
but nobody-side aisle.
Who'll say I amt judge of hi
man nature? Don't 1 know who
man is the minute / see him?
CHOW there's one of our, seed
coated old fellows coming. Don't
set him down as a nobody, and won
he be glad to get any kind of a seat
I'll show folks that I understand m
business. Have seat sir?
"Confound my ill luck. just as
was putting, him into one of the pool
est seats in the house, along come
Judge R., who, spying him, comes u
and says he, Ahl how dye do, GoN
ernor B? Take seat with me, sil
my wife will rejoice to meet you.-
Shaking hands with the seedy coat, Il
looked daggers at me, and I'll bet
fourpence I've lost my place. Who
have thought the old fellow was a
Ex-Governor? But that comes {
looking as meek as schoolmaste
and dressing like wood-sawyer !
Why don't folks, as ought to, hold L
their heads and be somebody
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
CUNNING OF THE FOX.

Il.
A hunter, who was one morning
keeping watch in the forest, saw d fox
cautiously making his approach tow
ard the stump of an old tree. When
sufficiently near, he took high and
determined jump on to the top of it
and, after. looking round a while
hoped to the ground again. After
Reynard had repeated this Enightly
exercise several times. he went his
way, but presently returned to the
spot, bearing pretty heavy piece o.
dry oak in his mouth, and thus bur
dened, and as it would seem for thu
purpose of testing his yaulting pow.
ers, he renewed his leaps on to tn,
stump. After time, however, an6
when he found that, weighted as he
was, he, could make the ascent will
facility, he desisted from further eff
forts, dropped the piece of wood from
his mouth, and coiling himself upor
the top Of the stump, remained mo.
tionless as if dead. At the approach
of evening, an old SOW and her proge.
ny, five OF six in number, issued from
a neighboring thicket, and pursuing
their usual track, passed near to the
stump in question. Two of her suck
lings followed somewhat behind the
rest, and just as they neared his am
bush, Michel, with the rapidity o
thought, darted down from his percl
upon one of them, and i'll the twink
ling of an eye, bore it in triumph OF
to,the fastness he had so providential
ly prepared beforehand. Confound
ed at the shrieks of her offspring, ths
old sow returned in fury to the spot
and until late in the night made re
peated desperate attempts to storm
the murderer's stronghold; but th'
fox took the matter coolly, and de
voured the pig under the very nose o
/ its r-Nnt1,y1Zist an NO95rn1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
Reduction of the Public Dent,

line fOllOWmS on Ine SuDJecC oI CRt
reduction of the public debt is from
the New Y York Tribune, a paper whose
radicalism will not be questioned:
"The Legal-tender Act expressly
requires the purchase or payment aof
one per centum of the entire debt of
the United States, to be made scithife
each fiscal gear, after July 1, 1862. Is
it not notorious that no such purchase
or payment has been made for more
than year past-that the debt is now
as large as it was eighteen months
ago? Why, then, if the law has been
systematically defied for eighteen
months past-defied, as we firmly be-
lieve, for steek-gambling purposes
should not the gold which has been
retained in the Treasury in violation
of law, be now used in obedience to
that law? The law required the puR-
chase or payment of $39,O00,000 of
public, debt between January LIST, 1865,
aud July 1, 1859. It has not been at
all obeyed. We say, take the gold
that should have been used in obedi-
ence to law, and do now what should
have been done during the last eigh-
teen months. Why not? What rea-
son is there for not using the surplus
public money to pay off the public
debt, and thus stop the accumulation
of interest? We have ios. three ti,Ie Years
been paying interest on not less than
$60,O00.O00 lying dead in the Treasury.
Are we so rich that we should go ON
squandering $4,000 per day forever ~
How STUP1D.-To walk along the
ssreet with an umbrella or cane under
your arm, the point sticking out for
everybody to run his face into. s' 2
How stupid for three ladies to walk
abreast, and move so slowly that per-
sonsin hurry must either go between
them or get into the gutter.
How stupid to puff and blow and
well nigh faint, upon ascending .
stairway, with forty pounds Of fash-
\
ionable cloak on your back. - ~ ozz
Aow stupid to go late to church and
annoy theminister and congregation
by your fussy entrance. @ e .zs
How stupid to ;Wearsoa aasfass four
feet too long and then look daggers if
any one steps on it. sa sssa
How stupid not to know what you
want when you get into q dry goods
! store. aHa ='l .a1sl' sasf aas -a-aaS
How stupid to eat when yeu are not
hungry. s.- 'a~7@ : s-.@
How stupid to smother the smell of
your unwashed person in musk or 9th
er disagreeable perfumes. s's'tts
How stupid to think that peoples
opinion of you increase in proportion
to the cost Of your clothes. zseiu yaS
How stupid to refuse to sing or
play when urged, or to bore people to-
distrastion by doing SO when not.
asked. as .n vxs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03

JUST THE ARTICLE.-A Yankee ped
lar once called ara house and wanted
to sell his commodities, as usual
Finding that he could not trade with
the woman, he turned to boy stand
ing, and asked him if he did not want
to buy a." Fortune-teller."
The boys "grandy" spoke up and
said, l7' 'N1 80 tFs "t
"Lor sakes, no! he don't want that
he's got more in his head now than i
wish he had" r r.-.
-"Theh / have got just the article
he needs" said the pedlar, and he
handed out fine comb" 1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-03
A Compliment Msrited.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, in speak
ing of the Criminal Code, which re-
Gently passed the Ohio Legislature,
pays this deserved compliment to
Hon. Frank III. Hurd, of Mt. Vernon !:
i" Among the most important acts
passed by the late General Assembly
was the Code of Criminal Procedure
which deserves to be known to law
yers as Hurd's Code. Itwas the re-
suit of the individual labor of Mr..
Frank III. Hnrd, of Mt. Vernon-one
of the most promiseing young lawyers
fOhio. 1t was first introduced by.
him when a member of the State Sem
ate two years ago. Recently it was
re- introduced by his successor, Mr..
Scribner, and received, as it deserved
the warm support of every lawyer in
the Legislature. 1t takes effect on the
first of August next" The Columbus
Crisis, in copying the above, odds:
"We have knownMr. Hurd to be work
ing at this important measure for. the
last six years, and concur in the COM
pliment the Enquirer pays him, and
hope that his labors viii be rewarded
by the complete success of his labor
ious and perseyering efforts" .a
"JuLlus, did you ever make an
ode ?" ..4tf-.... sd. a s1
eyes," ~ Faa 3.
"Who to ?"
"Cleaver, der butcher. He trusted
me ten dollars worth of meat, and /
gave him an ode for it, IN the shape
of a DUE bill. I'm getting up another
now"
"Who for?" s.r......
"That tailor that made dem guitar
pantaloons."
The 'odes' spoken of by Julius,
we are sorry to say, are not confined
to our Sc colored brethren" Sard says
half the coxcombs about town devote
their time to nothing else.