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20 Vol q No. so. e 4
official Registry.
COUNTY oFFICERs

COUNTY OFFICERS
Judges Of Common Pleas-GEo. n. TUTTLE,
PHILo b CoSANT.
Probate Judge-JAcoB Y. NELL.
Prosecuting Attorney-C. A. REED.
County Auditor4WILLIAM GRIEHELb.
County Treasurer-GUsTAFUs p REED.
Clerk of Courts-AEDREw JACKSON.
sherif-OTIs B. PAINE.
REooRDER-G. W. BARRETT.
County Commissioners-HEsRY j. NOZZLE. n.
B. JENKESs, JOS c. CoERAD.
Coroner REoEhLUs RoeT- ~ f1F
SurveyorJ JEDDfAH COLE.
Directors of County InArmary-J. C. BEATTY,
GUAM CLEMENTS and L. C. DODGE.
MAYORS OF INCORPORATED TOWNS.
Rayenna-JoHE MEHARo.
Kent-E. W. STUART.
Garrettsville--M. E. FRANCIS ss ssH
q <ssas JUSTICES OF THE REACE. aa04s5
Atwater-. R. Conrad and Sylvester A.
Hinman. ,14I9t5s3 I ak5 (
Aurora-Reuben T. Cannon and Worthy Tay-
or. -.f-Se
Brimfeld-Joseph l. Carrier and A. H. Lam
phare.
Deer6eld-C. s. Tibbals and John H. Hoffman.
Edinburgh Smith Sanford and Asa Bingham.
Charlestown-Augustu MunyoH and Nathan
FL. Smith. .1sf1k1 tik-xe - 8. u
Frankiin--Joei Davis, Alvin Barton, I. Archer.
Freedom-Lyman Bryant and .Aryilius c.
Larkcom.
Hiram-Rufus Butts and Richard NJ. Hank.
p. Mantua-A. n. Farr and Henry Cobb. 7YE
Neison-James AshaId and A. r. Hannal1s.
Palmyra-John j. Williams, Orrin Stevens
and Enoch Morgan.
Paris-A. B. Merrill and Brainard selby, Jr.
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THE DOCTORS STORY
F-zEyFE =
BIZ NARY KYIE-DAI.LAs., {

8T01o BY NARY KYLE DALLAS. L "A
It was q little child that came to me
with the news that Jack Harrison was
very III, one SUMMER night, no matter
how many years ago. I remember
his startled face and big eyes, as he
thrust his tow head in at the door.
Giles dreadful bad, I reckon he
said in conclusion - g groanin' and
gaspin,' and wanted to know would
yon come right away, Doctor"
z / knew that the man. was dying.
The disease that had preyed upon him
80 long was one no skill could battle !:
and / knew also he was alone. He had
. bad name in those parts as a Jail
bird whom no honest man would have
much to do with, and lived in nawretch-
ed cabin once inhabited by negroes,
where-h earned a living BY making
weed toys, which he sold to . Ger
inan deaisr ID such things, in st. Louis
Buthe was gentleman in appearance,
and must have had gentleInan's edu-
cation. Above all he had 8 face and
voice that never could have belonged
TO apadma T would have trusted
him as soon, Or sooner than / would
any other man in those parts, just on
the security of his smile--but g give a
dog bad name," you know-others
would not. It would not matter to
him much longer, I knew as I went to
his bedside and bent over him.
.Pm going to die2" he asked.
|" Don't mind telling me. Life isn't SO
sweet that cannot bear to lose it.
I'm going to die Z" r.4
20 I'm afraid you are said. q But
Pll do my best for you."
He smiled. "No need to tell me
that, ? he said. Youeafways have.
like you. I believe you like me, and
that's why Pm anxious toSet you know
while I can, little more about my
story. I know the name they give
me here I know that they all know
that served in the State prison but
feel sure that you will believe what
am going to tell you, and that you'll
keep it to yourself"
| IA will" I said. Whatever you
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24
HOW BATTLES ARE FOUGHT. 7

Ell
How is battle fought? Withstre-
.mendous volleys, the ranks standing
firm and steady as on dress PARADE
with enthusiasm, with deafeiiing
cheers, with music, and finished by
glorious bayonet charger Nothing
of the kind. Here are simply spme
thousands of men on either side who
have been marched out this pleasant
day TO butcher each other. Modern
firearms are terribly effective wea-
ponsl; good Springfield musket will
kill at thousand yards; and by the
time you have drawn these opposing
forces TO within two hundl ed yards
of each other, or about the distance
across good-sized wheat-field, the
battle is resolved into simple prob
lem which army can stand the most
killing and wounding without break
ing up? When chat question is an-
swered, you can tell which side will
be victorious. The business of the
officers is to hold the men to the work
Ito compel them to load and fire un-
til so, many of the enemy are pu
hors az combat that he is forced to
withdraw. Take your regiment into
battle as orderly as you may, before it
has been under fire half an hour it
will become resolved into knots and
groups fsom the drawing together to
fill the places of these stricken down
acd the survivors win be lying or
kneeling, forced down by the irresist-
ible instinct of self-preservation.
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A BALTIMORE woman sent her gro
Ger the following note Mr.. Tuttle,
This here thing has got too much
hemp in it for molasses and not quite
enough for q clothes line, so l beg
you will exchange it for a purer arti-
cle."
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.iiol q feel Ihat I fnrasaxa him NOW

ing to feel that forgave him now
trying hard, Doctor do aai5a2i 9d5
These were the last words Jack
Harrison ever spoke, and have writ
ten down the story, which I am sure
is true, that others may read it also,
and learn from il, as 1 did, that the
worlds Judgement is not always a
true one. u 4at1sizHoa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

CANDIDA school house caught
fire the other day, and, as the boys
watched it, one in another school said,
enthusiastically and honestly, to his
companion, "Oh, Johnny I! don't you
wish it was our school house 7, ga
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

A BALTIMORE man invented, and q
Massachusetts mandatory is max
ing, q new horseshoe, which can be
taken off at night and put on in the
HrN1zinR
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GEoeRArHloAL.--If lady were
threatened to be kissed by a gentle
man, and she objected, what place near
the coast of France might she namcr
Ushant. a9a-~9ta s3,ii 3i''iR tit3
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

3 THE evidence before the Committee
failed TO implicate the Hon. VIM.
Munger, in the cadet brokerage busi-
ness. HH8 sli3 ta
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

r WIT and work are the two wheels
of the worlds chariot;. they need 10
es equal and to be fixed fast,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

SALE bills printed at this Office at
short notice and low prices. Bring in
your orders when YOU want anything
IN this liRS.
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Farm for Sale. z

YFIHE undersigned having other business re-
j. quiIing his attention. offers his farm for
saless Is situated x milo from public square,
contains about 124 acres fine arabic and grazing
land. Plenty of fruit and timber never fail
ing supply of living water, good house with 10
rooms s good Barns and otlIer outbuildings.-
This farm has almost the entire milk trade of
Ravenna, which, as the city grows will become
more profitable. This property offers great in
gage in very profitable business as the farm will
be sold.with moderate payment in hand and
sufficient time ON the balance = Ta =
2 Z. - II. d. SEYMOUR.
Rayenna May 20, 1869, 3s-tf.
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SPEAK KINDLY TO HIM.

LdA farmer once saved very poor
boy from drowning. After his res
toration he said to him: hEeoJ alE
al" What can do for you, my boy ?'
6l .Speak kind word to me some
times,y replied theaboy, as the tears
gushed from his eyes. amt got a
mother like some of them." Cd ei
IS "A kind word !? Think of it. That
farmer had it in his power to give that
bboy money, clothes, playthings, but
the poor fellow .craved nothing so
much as a kind word now and then.-
nc the farmer had ever 50 little heart
the boy must certainly, have had the
wish gratiied. figo4g no1 noi3se
bdtA kind word? You have many OF
them spoken to you daily, and you
don't think much OF their value but
thatpoor boy in youryillage, at whom
everybody laughs, would think that
he had found a treasure If some one
would speak a kind word to him.
suppose you speak it the next time
you meet him, instead of laughing al
him. Then watch him and see how
he, looks. See il his eyes do not
brighten and his lips smile. alalth
| Kind words !b7 They are blessed
things Speak7athem every day
Scatter them like sunbeams every.
where They please Others, and ther
return to bless your own heart Kind
words foreyer.oq net assi8B 59aias
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

SPEAKING of a recent gale in the
vicinity of White Pine, Nevada one
minor. remarked, "Why, its a reg'lar
TYPHOID !" whereupon comrade pat
ronizingly remarked to the bystand-
ers, He's an ignorant cuss; he means
tycoon!n @-ia .@
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

dilGULTIvATE CHEERFULNEss. - An
anxious, restless temper that runs to
meet care on its way, that regrets lost
opportunities too much and that is
over-painstaking in contrivances for
happiness, is foolish, and should not
be indulged. If you cannot be happy
in one way, be happy in another; and
this facility Of disposition wants but
little aid from philosophy, for health
and good-humof are almost all that
are requisite. Many run about after
happiness, like an absent man hunting
for his hat, while it is on his head or
in his hand. Though sometimes small
evils. like invisible insects, inflict
great pain, and single hair may stop
vast machine, yet the chief secret OF
comfort lies in not suffering tri1es to
vex one, and in prudently cultivating
an underground of small pleasures,
since very few great zones, alas! are let
on long leases. Bszfa Z.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

A FARMER, who had engaged the
services of son of the Emerald Isle,
sent him out one morning to harrow
/ 9 piece Of ground. He had not work
ed long before nearly all the teeth
came out of the harrow. Presently
the farmer went out into the field 10
take nete Of Pats progress, and asked
him how he liked narrowing. "Oh,"
replied Pat, "it goes a bit smoother
now since the pegs are OUT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24
HOW TO ACT IN AN EVENT OF BUR-
GLARY. slf.

HOW TO ACT IN AN EVENT OF BUR-
n, ass ,d4 ,,,s,S @LAKf. Lar. ltaaq sigIt
As burglary has become quite COM
mon in our midst, we have thought
the reproduction of the following
rules might be of some service sto
those who may receive calls from mid
night prowlers: 9a1A .a21
C 1. Lie very still, and draw the bed
clothes over your head. - t5@
2. Sit up and listen. @ e s.it
rsS 8. Pinch your wife and tell her she
ought to be ashamed of herself. eo9
az 4. Tell her to go down stairs and
see what's the matter. ass5 'sf3 %
5. Callsout all the servants to order
the robbers off the premises. -
6. If the burglars still persist in
their nefarious purpose, go to the
landing and, ask them if they know
what they are about. isbt5 rs III
-. IF they don't desist now, make
your wife tell them that in your opin-
ion they are wicked men, and that you
have a great mind to be angry 10
oiiS. Say you are very dangerous when
you are once aroused. 80 34ii iastio3
af9. Beg them to leave quietly, and
so.obviate the necessity of a disturb
anee in the house. 9di 19i atHi3iilf'8s
10. Ask them if they wouldn't like
some cold meat and pickles, and a
glass OF, beer and pipe. g. -.
H.. Let them have what they like,
do what they like, and give them a
dollar each besides. When they are
gone bring out.your pistols and send
for a policeman. dsf8 sijt II i
Ifb II. Got bed again, and say that
the only reason why you didn't ago
down stairs atfirst, puneho all their
heads. shoot them, and take them all
prisoners, was that you did not want
to disturb the neighbors.oh Z :Ta
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

BUCKEYES ABRoAD.-Eight of tho
present United States Senators are ma
tives of Ohio, to wit: Ross, of Kansas /;
Warner, of Alabama; Norton, Of
Minnesota; Drake, of Missouri; Tip
ton, of Nebraska; Sherman, of Ohio I;
Fowler, of Tennessee; and Howell,
of Iowa. Ohio has done even better
than this for other branches Of the
Government, sa7s 's'4' =
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Soap |! Soap /! I

IA = zF9gIrtT ~ IITfgT9 .yff
The subscriber Is Manufacturing, at Camp
bellsports, a first rate article of
8 Q Fl II s Q "A p,
which he will deliver to those in want of the
same at reasonable rates, by the gallon OF barrel.
Greese and wood ashes taken in exchange for
Soap.
Ali orders left ut Beckley's Stove and Tin Store,
wfllreceive prompt attention. fAa 80 80 .
. fo'i 10 sIiesa a'iI5 = EDGAR o. CAMPBELL.
mpbeileport April "a. 1869, 35-1y. ~ sstS
fNOME 10th Press Office on Chestnut Street
~ nerfh epdof Empire Block, and get1your
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24

WHILE the case of the Rev. carpet
bagger, Whittemore, the Cadet-broker
was pending, Niblack, a Democratic
member from Indiana, went over to
the poor fellow and said to him, III
tell you, Whittemore, how you can
keep you can keep your seat in spite
of. them" How?" eagerly asked
W., "Why," responded Niblack, Tiget
some Democrat to contest it." Jes so.
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ARTEMus WARD once lent money.
He thus recounts the transactions =
/" a gentlemanly friend of mine came
to me one day with, tears in his eyes.
I said, Why these weeps p He said
he had a mortgage on, his farm, and
wanted, to borrow sa0O. i I lent him
the money, and he went away. Some
time: after. he returned with more
tears. He said he must leave me for
ever. I yentured to remind him OF
the f200 he borrowed. He was much
cut up. / thought I would not be
hard upon him-so I told him I would
throw off f1OO. He frightened, shook
my hand, and said, Old friend, /
won't allow you to outdo me in liber-
ality-I'u throw off the other hun
dred.' And thus he discharged the
debt
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SEX STATISTICS.

tf4ff BF&ff - a't -
bn,An Italian proyerb says, "See Ma
pies and thenidieY Y Aiproverb which
should be more current in the West
-ern States might read, $50 East and
marry.D The practical Importance of
this preverb1 to the female portion of
the New England people WILDE pal
pable at a glance. In Massachusetts
the female exceeds the male popula-
ton $4,000. In New Hamshire 1000;
Rhode Island, 6,0O0;i ) Connecticut T.
800; in all an aggregate of 5000
While these States are endowed with
more than, their share of the bless
ings, Western States are even more
sadly in, want of them. In California
there are 142, 600 more males than sfe-
males. What horrible State lI5 In
Ohio there are said to be 40,500t more
heirs to the bifurcated apparel than TO
its opposite, and even in Michigan
there are alleged to be 10000 real sor
prospective old bachelors, that being
the excess of male over the female
portion of our population. "Itis not
good for man to be alone;" hence the
Importance of the proyerbi we have
cited. Burns says, ssMan was made
to MOURN" That may be partially
true, but man and. woman were both
made to marry, which is vastly more
agreeable and profitable than mourn
ing. And if he does marry, he may
realize the truth of this aphorism.a-
Detroit Free Press. sd 9di .iish sd
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PHYSICAL CoNDIT1oN OF MARS

d :
A pamphlet by Mr.. Proctor, a well
known astronomer, written to accom-
3panyi some recent stereegrams of Mars
calls attention anew to the very great
similarity between this planet and our
own earth in many pointsof its extra
ordinary physical condition, and infers
as has, been before suggested, its en-
tire adaptation to the requirements of
living creatures such as now people
the earth. The polar ice can readily
be distinguished, extending its Dor.
ders in the winter and contracting in
the summer. An atmosphere, carrying
clouds, and mists with definite quail
ties, is readily appreciable; and the
indications of rain and dsnow are not
wanting. How soon it will be posi-
BILE for us TO determine the nature of
the inhabitants of the planet-since
we can scarcely refuse to believe in
their exisience-is yet a matter of un-
certainty !; but it is to be hoped that
the time is not very far distant when
we may arrive at some definite con-
clusions in regard to them.-Harper's
Monthly for March. m
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This massive testimonial is solid
proof of the sincere regard in which
Medary was held by thousands who
knew him as an earnest, honest, and
upright journalist, and admired him
for the fearlessness with which he de.
Tended what he considered to be right
1t is tribute to virtues that are al
once precious and rare. The monu-
ment was erected by political and per.
sonal friends of the deceased states
man and the voluntary contributors
to the testimonial will feel sense OF
qualification in learning that their
tribute to the memory of a good and
true man has been embodied in en-
during marble.
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Whole No. 50.
rHEPoINrs PIT. !

g In the Legislature of West Virginia,
recently, a. discussion was had upon
the proposed amendment to the State
Constitution, enfranchising rebels, and
Mr.. ohm j. Davis offered a substitute
to the original bill, and in speaking
upon the question, referred to the So
called Fifteenth Amendment as fol-
lows, his argument covering the fol-
lowing points: A95T7 ~. a54od.
80 The Federal Constitution could
only be amended within the. scope of
the powers delegated by the States to
the Federal Government, and the con-
troll of suffrage having been one of the
rights reserved by the States, it.was
not competent for three-fourths of the
States to strip the remaining one
fourth of their control of that 5ques-
ton, or of any other which they had
reserved to themselves. The internal
affairs of the States were theirs to
regulate, from the formation of the
EasFernInsnE. and BOT one State eonld
be stripped of its powers without its
own consent. ANY sother theory
would allow three-fourths of the
States to subvert the Republic and es-
| tablish despotism. - gd r6sVIaF
a He denied that this amendment had
been proposed by two-thirds of Con-
gress. When the Convention pro-
vided that two-thirds of both Houses
of Congress might propose consti-
tutiopal amendment, it meant two
thirds of Congress representing
every State in the Union. Yet this
amendment was proposed by al Con-
gress. in which numberof the States
were denied representation. 80 .tab
Upon the theory of. the Republicans
that the Southern States were not il
Union until Congress so declared, the
Amendment was not ratified, for 4
number of States, held by the Repub
licans to be out of the Union, had beer
counted as ratifying. If they were
not in for the purposes of represen
tation, he would like to know how
they could be in for purposes of rati
fication. .YaH u. 20 i3yiaesgaT sgS5ai9
Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia iant
Texas, had ratified under coercion
The forced assent of State was nc
assent at all. gdE al 5Efsaar .lga orf
After discussing these points ant
concluding that the Fifteenth Amend
ment could not be held as adopted
Mr.. Davis considered the effect of ne
gro suffrage, as proposed tobe brough
about by Mr.. Flick's amendment. In
stead of eleyating the negro, it We oulc
degrade the white. Good govern
ment would be impaired, forno gov
ernment can prosper where there is
mingling of races in its management
He would not insult his race b.
coupling. the enfranchisement of tn
white man with the enfranchisemen
Of the negro. The peopledemand tn
restoration of the ballot to the whit
man, but they were unalterably op
posed to enfranchising the blacks
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HONOR TO SAMUEL MEDARY

. -
The Columbus Crisis, has the fol-
lowing description of the monument
recently erected by the Democracyof
Ohio to the memory of the late Sam
uel Medary. is9tfl. l.s5,I5ili ..sst
The monument, which is something
over twenty-six feet in height, is made
of Illinois granite. such as is, seen in
the Douglas monument in Chicago
The bases are of massive proper
tions, and the dye is good specimen
of skillful workmanship. The futed
column, reaching far into the air, with
IFS artistic drapery corresponds well
with all the surroundings of the MEM
orial testimonial. The entire work
weighs thirty-three tons, and is SO
well fixed that it will doubtless prove
the most enduring, as it is one Of the
most impressive monuments in that
city of the dead. Upon one of the
three massive bases the name Medary
is cut in letters that centuries can
scarcely obliterate; and above there
is this Inscription: olt g '47o'
SAMUEL MEDARY,, j'yz
Bornin Montgomery County, Pa,
Qee DO February 25,s 1901, s1ijuiolI
Died at Columbus, o., Nov. q, 1864.
In Commemoration of his public SER
vices, his private virtues, distin-i
guished ability, and devotion
s.. to principle, this hmonu- sss3l
ment is erected by 4fa,4
the Democracy
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NEW TAILORING
E s t a b Ii $ h M e n t
III. G. MUETING

Would inform the people of Ravenna and yicin-
ity, that he has opened shop in the Allen
Block, two doors east of B. Little's Grocery
work entrusted to him, in aayypj'ka nnlike man
ner and at reduced prices. From many years
experience in the business, he feels confident of
his ability to give entire satisfaction,
f)Particllar. Sttentioh paid to Cutting Garments
to be made by women.
Ravenna, Oct. 5. 1859. 58-tf.
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> A.-&fG. W.sEsy-0hange Of Tiines
The following are the times of the dePartur
of trains at the points below. 1t took ehec
Monday, Nov. 10: - ssis4 - - ~ " = 6
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q GRANT is manifesting great concern
for the interests of the people. He is
anxious that Congress should adionrp
to enable him to go to Long Branch
during thespmmer. el2a % sHti5stf 21i}
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CLEVELAND 8 &PrTTsBURG RAiLROAD
On and after Nov. 18th, 1859. Trains viii leave
Stations daily..f fSundays excepted,l as follows: