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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
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1--WE take the following beautiful lines, which
breathe the spirit of true poetry, from the Edin-
burgh Theological Magazine. They are from
the Lansdowne MSS in the British museum,
and were written over two hundred years ago-l
Like to the damask rose you see.
Or like the blossoms of ye tree,
Orlike the daintie flowers in May,
Or like the morning to ye day,
Or like the sunne, or like the shade,
Or like the gourd which Jonah had,
Even such man whose webb is sI7unne
Drawn out, and cutt, and soc is done.
The rose withers. the blossom blasteth,
The flower fades. the morning hasteth.
The sunne soon sets, the shadow flies,
The gourd consumes, and man-Ae dies.
Like to the grasse that's neville sprunge,
Or like the tale that's new begunne,
Orlike the bird that's here to-day,
Or like the genial dews Of May. 80.
Or like an hour, or like q spanne,, >..t-.-..
Or like the singing of q swanne=
Even such is man who lives by breathe.
Whose hour soone gone-soe life and death.
The grasse withers. the tale is ended,
The bird is flown. the dews ascended,
The hour is short, the spanne not long
The swanne now dies-mans life is done.
14ihe W tHc DuDDlc III the
Or like glasse. much like looke,., 10 ..
Or like a shuttle in weaver's hands, ~,
Or like writing on the sands,
Or like a thought, or like dreame, ~
Or like the gliding of streame,
| Even such is man who lives by breathe
Whose hours ssoone gone-soe life and death,
g The bubbles burst, the looks forgotten,
| The shuttle flung, the writing blotten, y o
The thought is past, the dreame is gone, . q
The water glides7-man's life is done, 437
I Like to an acorne in a bower,
Or like swift surge Of waters roar.
- Or like the time 'twiNt hew aud ebb.
Or like the spiders tender webbe, -
r. Or like the race. or like the goalc,
I Or like the wailing of doale, + g, iiL ilits-
Even such is man, whose brittle state sit4il
Is always subject unto fate, ts9H9E E5pHi
The acorn's mo-, the foods soon spent q
The times no time, the webbe soon rent
The race soone runne, the goal soone wonne
The grief soonc ends,-man's IS life is done.
Like to the lightning from the skie,
| Or like the post that quick doth HE, is5t
Or like quayei in short song, ffiH7-'1
Or like q journey three days long.f =
Or like the snow in summers sunne, eFfeT
I Or like the wood, or like the plume sls
Even such is man who lives in sorrow, =.
He's here to-day, away tomorrow,
The lightnings past, the post must goo,
The song is short, the journey soc; ta-gt
The wood doth rott, the plume doth fall,
The snow dissolves, and soc must al.
| "A flEeral or some grieyous event.
Three days, viz, youth, manhood and old age
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

A COMMITTEE of a county board in
Wisconsin, appointed to consider the
subject, reported that "the best time
to pull thistles was when they were
in iull bloom, and the best time to cut
elders was just before camp-meetiDg.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

The editor Of the. Williamsport Ga
zette aud Bapeti3,, is botheripg his,
head over the following problem: II
A dogs with 10 legs can, catch 20 rab-
bits with %, in II minutes, how many
legs must the same fabits have 10 get
away from s. dogs, with. 81 legs. in IL
minutes and halfvallowmg 800 days
n the year. ., ~, .,.......,.... .,.if B..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

, A MASSACHUSETTS paper, tells, of Az n
colored woman who had been lately -.
converted, but was so unfortunate as
to fly into q passion over the misdol '1iA
ings of one of her neighbor's oung-av =
sters. Her mistress remarked upon
the improperly of such conduct i'm
the case of one about to, join sthev ~
sponse: I've 'sphrienced religion,
an Pse gwine to Join the church, but
Miss D., Ell scald dat liigger9gn .
fJrst." a;+.a. 81 oqv,a1T ads
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

ELIzABETH CADY STANTON is said to
have taken q regular old-fashioned
swear when her indictment against
white males" appeared in print as an
Indictment against white mules"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

THE last account OF the Siamese
is by a letter from Eng. He states
that their condition is worse they
are exceedingly restless, and Eng,
who is palsied, is failing quite rapidly
These brothers, although, they lost
some $4,000 by the febellion, are
stll i'll good pecuniary circumstances,
being worth about 100000. The
families of the two aggregate lsomo
six or eight Children. Isnal la lo- noile
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

sWe have just been dining or a
goose" said the judge. ait was
primo" GLOW many were there of
you asked friend. 1.-TWO" "Two?"
"Yes, two" repeated the Judge lit
lie confused ; "myself, and the other
goose"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

SOME wit has discovered that the
"embers " of the dying year" are Sep
temb9r, November and December.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
Ravenna Summit Mill
AND
FLOUR and FEED STORE.

-AyING opened q Flour and Feed Store in
the first 8 Shanty'' south Of the Exchange
f4ofel on Chestnut street, will keep on hand at
10th the Mill and the Feed Store, full stock OF
Everything pertaining to the d Milne
sb?na is nv line At the same price On ac
count of my advantage in rent I can sell as low
or lower than any other concern in Rayenna,,
Rsyenna, Dec. Is. 1869, 6s-tf. H7
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
GEO. W. TIBBITTS,
maag8gHqetA As0Ssas0 NAa
United States Patent Office
AG E N c Y.
.oiso Used3lo8 nl a7e51Aso ,
Designing and Engraving on Wood.
IA sspet,ior sstsgs, eaeoe1aa'd, ono.

:s14 Superior Strses, ezeOe1d"d, 0Afo. a. (,
-AVTSG been engaged for the past ten years
with great success in the business t 9i tee
nst ,5erfeef salts sfaeton in the traflsaction OF
that bnsfness Numerous references could DC
given to substantiate this. -. A. low IN
In order to apply for Patent, the law re,
.ouires that model shall be furnished not over
4eot Ut in any dimensions. Send the model Dy eS-
i1oos Iress ~ na.repaid, to GEO. W. THIBBlTTs "a
Pra,.;ss, street Cleveland, Ohio with adeserlp-
its oTe3ation and merits and Send the
most most z Goyernment. and stamp fees-S1SIwhen
tFhe drawings and necessary papers Will De pre-
aTed and sent to the inventor for examination
sgpproval ,an3 oath. .,,o ,,no,o b,si-
- - viii he s25 for, all cases without any eN-
frs charges q The average tifae requires 70 pT4-
cnre psfent is thirty days (have had an & s8ani M
S.at;on in fiye days. Examination OF the 4 &c
cords free complete set OF the faaenT ZEN, he oitSe @
Smned by the public at their pieaSnr1ee; ;, free-
I2f4 Superior street. Cleveland, OHIO
xaa g. 1859, THY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

A. IL q. w. Ry-Change of Time.
The following are the times of the departure
of trains at the points below. 1t took effect
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
Singer Sewing Machine.
HinkIey Knitting Machine.

ryTyHE most perfect and simple machines OF the
kind ever invented. Both of tie above pop,
,Ifar e, aehines have been lately improved until
thew stand without n rival. Price of the Sing e1
Famiiy Machine from $65 upward, according 70
, 1nish Hi6kley Knitters $50. Circulars anu
.samnles mailed free application.
Agents wanted fog the Hinkiey Machine Ibasy eve
nanis Eastern Ohio and West Virginia, where
there are none already established. @fs ''-
STRA " G MORTONs
Ai' General Agents,
SO. 40, Sixth St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
1nnes 81 1879 G5-1y. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
A TLAN TIe MILL

n 81 7--------77lI 90 s - q.
Having discontinued our Store, we shall here
,afteT deliver our Flour and Feed from the NIL
We have made arrangements with BraineIa Y
son to receive orders. All orders left at their
Drug Store will be promptly filed Our price
SIist may be found there .,>rc, O. 1o
Mareb "a, 1870. S2-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

"a fuEeral, or some grievous event,
Three days, viz. youth, manhood and old age.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19

CLEVELAND & PITTSBURG KAILROAD Si
on and after Dec. 4th, 1870, TrainssWil IeaVe
Stations daily Sundays eXcepted,l as follows:
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
A New Jersey Sensation.

From the st. Louis Republican,
NEW YORK, June 22.-The bottom is drop
ping out of the State of New Jersey in
Warren county. During the last few days
a number of deep holes have been suddenly
made by the earth sinking down into some
fearful unknown subj erranean depths. The
first noticed was in the bottom of the Morris
and Essex canal on the seven mile level be-
tween Broadway and New Village. All the
water in the canal went down that hole.
Then half dozen more holes opened in the
corn fields and reading, taking down into
the bowels of the earth great patches of
corn, and even sinking trees out of sight.
In addition to this, there are scores of great,
long and deep assures. Then on Wednes-
day night, another big hole opened in the
canal. Rambling noises were heard under
the Methodist church on Broadway. and
nobody will venture into the building for
fear of its going down. The widest excite
ment prevails among the people, who deem
that any given spot of land in all that
country is liable to plunge through half
way to China at any moment. Prices of
real estate have naturally gone down as the
real estate itself has. The Morris and
Essex canal is utterly ruined, Its course
must be altogether changed to avoid de-
struction, if it is intended to ever hold
water enough for sunfsh to float in.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
The Waters of Lake Michigan to Flow
with those Of the Gulf of Mexico.

CHICAGO, June 22.-The great work un-
dertaken by the city. of Chicago some three
years ago of deepening the summit level of
the Illinois and Michigan canal so that the
waters of Lake Michigan might find an
outlet to the Illinois and thence to the
Mississippi and the gulf, is nearly COM
pleted, and the pure waters of the lake will
soon displace the foul contents of the Chi
cago river. To-day at halfpast eleven
o'clock the workmen commenced removing
the massive stone blocks which cap the
walls of the lock at Bridgeport, and on
Saturday night, the. twenty-fourth, the
water will be drawn off the canal. Dams
will be put in above and below the lock,
and the north side of the structure will be
entirely removed, and the channel widened
to about forty feet. While this is being
done, the lock and the lower end of the
level will also be removed, and all obstruc-
tons to navigation taken out. The con-
tractors are very sanguine in the belief that
this work will be completed and naviga-
ton resumed on the lake level by the
fourth of July.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
als,r 0rleans 8ep,1hGeai'.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of THE UNITED STATES
oFFIClAI JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
Cotton Statement.

NEW York. June 25.-The cotton move
mont for the week shows continued de-
crease in the receipts, which this week are
the smallest since the figures commenced 10
show a falling off. The exports, on Inc
contrary, are nearly double those of last
week, and more than twice the shipments
for the corresponding week of last year
Receints from all ports are 2266i bales,
AGAINST %, 046 last week, %, 1856 the previous
week. and &c, 402 three weeks since. Inc
total reeeipts since September are 3oo9.Vif
bales, against 2,8l3, 1913 for the correspond
ing period Of the previous year. The ex-
ports from all ports are 81, ga bales, against
1888 last year.
The total exports for the expired portion
of the cotton year are 3,O46, 9l5 bales, agalnst
2.O42. 1888 for the same time last year. The
stock at ali ports is 204 ,593 bales, against
zoe. S27 for the same time last year. Inc
stock at all interior towns is 1871 bales
against AZ, 80l last year. The stock III Law
erpool is 909, 900 bales, against 6i2, oUU last
wear. The American cotton a11oat Ior UIeao
Britain is i02, 900 bales, against lOOUUU last
wear. The Indian cotton afioat Tor Europe
is 4Sl, 2S5 bales, against 35o,o5o last year.
The weather South has been rainy III many
sections but there has been no severe
storms. In some sections the plant Is look
ing better 49,,
The Express says: Reliable advices CON
firm our previous reports that the late
paintings of cotton were not successiuI anu
have been given up, and also that e very
large area of land has been planted with
corn. The South will also produce TINS
wear considerable amount of bacon, which,
in connection with the corn crop, Will place
the planters in q much more independent
position than for two years past. The ad-
vices from India are unfavorable, and alto
gether it looks as if the price OF cotton
would be higher in the future.
The increased price OF cotton Will help
the Southern planters, and compensate III
part for any decrease in the production.
NEW YORK, June 3d. Cotton has been
less active and speculative. The excite
ment has entirely subsidized. Many OF the
bears have covered their short contracts
for future delivery, and the market is now
without much short interest. This has
caused decline in future cotton, in which
spot cottons have sympathized. The trans
actions for the week have reached 9i,50O
bales, of which $4,000 were for future de-
livery and l0,500 on the spot and to arrive
OF spot cotton exporters took about I00
bales, spinners 1900 and spectators lIoo
bales
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
The New York Tribune saws:

1t may surprise many people to be told
that in Georgia, one of the most enlightened
of the Southern States, there are not less
than 60 900 native adult whites who cannot
read or write. Not only is the native white
population grossly ignorant, but strong
prejudice exists against common schools.
When we consider that the great bulk of
the colored population has been purposely
kept in mental darkness. we can understand
something of the depressed state in which
education now exists in the South. 1t is
encouraging, however, to know that a bet
blacks alike are sharing in the benefit of a
more liberal system of primary instruction
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
This strange paragraph appeared in til

This strange paragraph appeared in the
Chicago Post of the twenty-second instant:
After all its misfortunes, New Orleans
has been subjected to another inundation,
the lower part of the city at great expense
have been let in again by some desperadoes,
who deliberately and purposely broke down
the levees, and another submergence seems
inevitable. The act SO nearly resembles
that of the communists in Paris that it is
possible some of the fraternity have escaped
to this country. Nothing short of absolute
insanity could account for such an offense.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
We copy the following letter from New
Orleans to the Mobile Tribune:

We copy the following letter from New
Orleans to the Mobile Tribune:
Travelling has many charms and some
onsolations-freedom from duns and debt
among the latter, but it may, think, be
safely said, that the greatest of the first is
the fact of doing it at somebody else's ex-
pense-the present trip possessing that
quality-a young friend of ours having
been lifted" out of the necessary paste
board to enable the writer to bowl along on
the New Orleans and Mobile railroad
through the piney woods, meadows and
across the salt marshes that intervene be-
tween the Crescent City and us. 1t is a
good maxim to speak well of the bridge
that carries you over" and, honestly speak
ing, the railroad aforesaid is worthy of all
the praise that l can give it. Magnificent
cars. quiet and accommodating conductors,
careful and experienced engineers, the best
of attention from subordinates, and fair
rate of speed are certainly qualities which
should entitle it to a good share of what
business is going, and apparently do, as
learn that the company are paying their way
even at the present opposition prices.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
A Washington telegram of Wednesday
last to the New York Tribune says:

General Sherman was at theWar Depart
ment this morning, aud disposed of great
amount of business that had accumulated
during his absence. He says that General
Phil Sheridan has rendered him material
assistance in pursuing his recent investiga-
tions, and that the reports of their observa-
tons, which were transmitted to Washing
ton as they proceeded on their course, were
full and complete. The General good-na-
turedly alludes to the proposition made
during his absence to nominate him for the
presidency, and he reiterates in emphatic
terms the sentiments advanced in his recent
letter relative to that subject.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27

| %
For Columbus arsenal. Columhus Ob;o.
Clsterns and wells, one thousand dollars.
| grading grounds, making roads. and drains
! nve Thousand dollars; repairs TO huildinos
one thousand dollars. -
For Charleston arsenal, Charleston. Soutb
Carolina: Repairs of officers quarters an.
listed mems barracks, and other pnblic
thousand dollars. NV Q
For Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville Mich.
gan; Repairs to public buildings and
grounds, five hundred dollars.
TOT fort Monroe arsenal including oun.
fard' win new fence, three thousand dol
lars; repairing two store houses. one tbon.
sand five hundred dollars; PAINTING and "a
pairing pubic buildings, one thousand five
FOR Fort Union arsenal, New Mexico; One
SET Oh quarters, one thousand five hundred
and seventy five dollars; repairing build;ngs
ana grounds, three thousand dollars.
Tor Frankford arsenal, Philadelnb;a
IehnsylVania: Introducing water into
quarters and offices, one thousand dollars.
repalring boundary walls and embank,
inents, three thousand eight hundred dol
aarsi repairs to public buildings. one thou
thousand dollars. ~ Nv
Por indianapolis arsenal. Indiananolis.
antn uard-house and gateway at main
entrance, ten thousand dollars; improving
grounds and roadways, five thousand dol.
aars' repairs to public buildings, drains.
ana sewers, six thousand dollars.
or LeaDenworth arsenal, Leavenworth.
taan repairing buildings fences, els
ueins: anu walks, five Thousand dollars ;
banning public buildings, one thousand five
hundred dollars; matchmaking roadwavs.
On account of wagon road leading from Mis-,
sour river bridge to the main road to Leav-
enWorth, three thousand dollars; erecting a
new magazine for storing ammunition,
dollars. anu my
For New York arsenal, Governor,s Island
New York harbor; Repairs of buildings,
quarters and grounds, six thousand nine
hundred dollars.
For Pikesville arsenal, Pikesville, Mary
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

For payment of the necessary expenses
incurred in defending suits against the Secre-
tary of the Treasury or his agents for the
seizure of captured or abandoned property;
and for the examination of witnesses in
claims against the United States pending
in any department; and for the defense of
the United States in respect of such property
in the Court of Claims, to be expended
under the direction of the Attorney General.
sixty thousand dollars, no part of which
shall be paid to attorneys at law for profess
ional services, for appearing and assisting in
the trial of causes in the Supreme, circuit or
district courts of the United States, or
Court of Claims; and that the Attorney
General make report to Congress at the end
of the fiscal year OF the manner of the ap-
preparation of this fund, and to whom and
for what purposes paid.
For this sum, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, to be expended under the d.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Paused Mt the Third Session of the Forty.
First Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 46.1

GENERAL NATURE-No. 20. =
AN ACT making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the government for the
fiscal wear. ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy two, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated, for the objects hereinafter
expressed, for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-tWo. viz:
Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-02-25

The steamer yesterday brought them over from
Iokohama en- route to the Eastern States and
Europe. They occupy thirty-six rooms at the
Grand Hotel, over which building the Japanese
flag floats in honor of their presence.
MASKED BALLS
are all the rage just now in this city. Most OF
them are given by the library, social and semi
benevolent societies which are so numerous here,
and as they put large amount of money in cir
culation and afford lots of innocent fun to the
maskers, they are deservedy popular. " Ger
mania is character frequently assumed at
these entertainments this season and as the cos
tune is very becoming it always attracts marked
attention France" chained and gyved, is
another popular impersonation which, when well
sustained, never fails of exciting admiration
The skating carnival, to come off next Tuesday
is at present all the talk. The rink continues as
well patronized as ever, and is now perma.
nently established institution in our midst.
SCRIBBLER.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-02-25

WE are of those who desire TO record our
weariness and disgust of Democratic rule. II
we should get another Mud Volcano in operation
at Sacramento, the State will be ruined. What
ever there is left of rights of property will be
wholly destroyed There is danger that the
State will tumble into the foul, seethng vortex.
Before the last eruption had ceased, the edges
Of the crater gave signs of caving in. We be-
leve that the respectful people of the State
would contemplate with greater equanmty the
possibility of an invasion by powerful and
warlke nation, than the embodiment Of another
Democratic Legislature. There Is an anxious
turning toward the Republican party, Ia quar-
ters too long regarded as the most loyal to the
Democracy, asTthe only agency by which deiv-
erance from this peril can be secured. And on
good and substantial grounds, also, for the rank
aud file of that organization, for the most part
are reputable citizens, who have not TO depend
upon politics for living. They have employ
ment at desks and behind counters; they swing
hammers and drive planes they buy, sell and
trade they guide the plow and direct the en-
CINE .-AAa.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-02-25

LOWER CALIFoRSIA.--In the CaH of February
18th, we find long letter from two persons who
went to Lower California under inducements held
out by the a" Colonization Company" They
represent the country to be nothing but a desert,
covered with rank growth OF cactus, and say
that the only living things they saw, during an
extended exploring trip, were "a rattlesnake
and some scorpions" AS soon as a schooner
arrives at Magdalena Bay, the passengers are
landed and the vessel hurried off, in order that
none shall have opportunity to return. Fur
thermore they state that there IS neither timber
nor water sufficient for the use of settlers, and
conclude by denouncing the whole scheme :or
colonization as /" great sell.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-02-25

THE Yreka Journal says that II the Demo-
cratic party does not encourage Chinese immi-
grafton it will soon stop, and the Democracy will
have but poor prospect for demagogism on the
Chinese question at the approaching election in
this State.