The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-03-04

teachers or splendid school houses
yet his fiery vigor impelled him for
ward toy~selff istruction and Eraised
him to "A ri igh pinnacle of ia me and
mafie Dim The pride of his native
State, irginia, and his adopted state,
Kentucky. Millard Fillmore is o.
offer peEseain the list of renown
who won eminence for himself, hav-
ing been educated not by the help of
his relatives money, or by that of
anybody else, but by his own dill
gence and resolute will. Bishop III.
B. Bascome, one of Henry.Clay's init
mate friends. rose from the abode Of
/ indulgence. I'm his youth, he attended
llonly ce1y common school, and he re-
ceived mo important, lessons orstrain-
ing from any instructor, but he had
within him a spirit that enabled him
to sarinoant. all obstacles in the way
of mental improvement and educated
himself in such manner that he after
wards become one of the most elo-
qaent orators and preachers in the
Methodist Episcopal Church since the
days of Whitfield and the Wesleys.--
The Hon. Thomas Ewing when a
/ oy,senjoyed no such privileges for
bsehool or college as boys at the pres
ent day.ipossess, and when yetlng'
man, worked as any ordinary laborer
at the Kanawha salt works, Virginia.
PutThe possessed an indonhitable enef-
! Fgy, and while the sons of riches and
duxury were trifiing away their time
in high schools and colleges, he was
giving health and energy to his body
by hard work. and improving his
mind by deyoting every leisure hour
to study and the reading of useful
books. I'm fact, according to Felleh-
berg's plan, he educated himself phys
bicaliy,y intellectually and morally; so
that while holding high Offices in his
country's Gift, he never stole any, of
/ the people money! y soH N. pa
Bv Hudson, Ohio. sains,sifz $40 no ,s,il5,i
The Increase of Personal and Household
! Expenses.
s., Mr.? WELLs'repoft is nlineefuse-
,fnl information, He shows that the
increase in the price of groceries, and
/ provisions inils67, as compared with
1861, is S8 per cent: Of domestic
dry goods and clothing S611s per cent.
I of fuel 27 percent. (; otshopse rent, 90
per cent, and in the larger cities the
latter has increased from 80 tolQQ per
. cent. In the first half of 1868 the
l average increase of all the elements
! whiehconstitute the, food, clothing and a1pldf
shelter fora family has been 79 per
cent, as compared with 1861 Against
this the rise Of wages in 1857 has only
been so per- eent< for llnFlskkiilled1 lFl killed Ia
Dor, and Copper cent, for skilled me
chanical labor, Making MIaeIkkiin q, careful
comparison Of the expenses Of labor,
ing ,men. in, different manufacturing tfulIrriilnl g
establishments, through the country,
it appears that in 1861, the weekly
wages were $6.O4, and the expendi-
tures S5.52, leaving a saving Of 50 cents
a week in 1858 the wages were$S..24
and expences for the same articlesS9.54
showing the iuinskiiled workman this
1 year TO be $27 worse Off at the. end
thar. under goid wages, and without
the taxation. , If flour be taken as a
standard, the 'aavnra:ge Increase of price
/ 1860 IL July I, 1868, is is go per cent,
while the average increase Of wages is
| SO per. cent, SO that in this item the
/ workman is worse off By at least 20
! per cent. this year than lie, was before
Tho eSdwr Vas H. hoia7 stt1s 10 salnofH jtSt5
i, It. IS IS demonstrated demons th5at that all house
hold expenses have risen $eveaty-nasinae
/ per cent, since $780, In other words,
the person whose annual income and
expenditure before the war was 81 900
say the country clergyman, or city
CLERK, or teacher-fnds now that his
he expenses for precisely the same objects
ifare 81, ,7g0. If his salary had been
raised to the gold standard-ssary $3.50
/ he is still some $500 behind annually,
Eror 50 much, poorer. Even, in gold,
. his income IS is worthS4 44O less annually
Each individual Wit with fixed 4 e,d income
has 79 per cent. less to spend. His
dollar is only worth a fraction Of what
twas, If he has the same income in
tgoId, his dollar bin now buys Al per
cent less: If he is,a lab5odrHer, earning earning
before the war ten dollars a Week in
| gold, and consuming it All, he now
receives but $3.50, while tie neecessa- ee IS
ry expenses are 90 per a:' Cent. Cent. greater
'tls This results from an inflated ,cnrren--
rcy and The tariff system Which I is max
ling. both producers and consumers
/ poorer and driving obi: tniahufact FUR
91eer 1eers out Of foreign markets. .slnsisi u
aWob OF If5R .ydad 9dt T04 gni1i
4iI .Js6l Aas4d
dib BlRFHs AaNq9sRlJEAEHs.rFrom Nq9lE the an an
npal report of the Secretary Of State,
Ewe.select the following statistical re-
port of ,births,and deaths in the State
/ of Ohie 81 There, were ofiwhite 1927
males, and 16,907 female Legitimate
Ilbirthssa294 male and l67 female illeo
.gitimateI births.s Qfblsek, there were,