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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

seFHE Lord Raleigh grapevine"
which was growing when Sir Walter
landed at Roanoke Island in 1910, and
was then but three inches in diameter,
is now spoken of as one of the largest
vines in the world. ItcoVers one and
half acres, and last year yielded for
ty-six barrels of WiRe-one thousand
eight hundred aud forty gallons IN all,
which sold for two dollars per gallon,
yielding three thousand six hundred
and eighty dollars. There is a Soup
peFnong grapevine In TnrrelI County,
North Carolina, which is said to be
much larger than the Raleigh vine,
and TO produce at least a fourth more
wine. The wine from the vintage of
last year measured two thousand five
hundred and twenty gallons. and
brought the handsome sum of five
thousand and forty dollars.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07


WE are not, by any means, certain
that the Constitution which will be
made by the Spencer House states
men will be supported by the Democ-
racy, or, indeed, by any other party
in this State. The Indications are not
favorable to that end. But one thing
is certain, if the Judicial apportion
ment, which gives to small Republican
populations as many Judges as DEM
ocratie districts with large populations
is pat through. then we can safely pre-
dict that the democracy will stand
shoulder to shoulder against it at the
polls. Nothing is worthy of adoption
which contains in it a political larceny.
We don't look upon men who will
sustain a larceny of that character as
any better than if they attempted to
rifle an individuals pockets.-Enq.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
s s s s

TINE will tell! And
the Cleveland Chemical
Paint, judged by this
sure test, stands to-day,
for durability, beauty
of finish, and unfading
colors, superior to any
paint in use. 1t has
encountered the natural
prejudice of the people
and painters to a "neW
thing" and the innova-
ton Of an old estab-
lISHeu W6y' 6ilOt Hdo
been steadily growing
in the popular favor, and
the sale of it rapidly
increasing year after
year until now it is very
generally used in large
cities,on fine residences
as well as public build
ings, and by first class
painters.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
Crusad,pr ON wb.e,s.

A Columbus telegram says: The
women's street crusade in Columbus
has resolved itself into what many re-
gard as pettitogging scheme. To
avoid the technicalities of the ordin-
ances against street obstruction they
have held one prayer meeting in
stairway adjoining a saloon; and the
rigging OF a big transfer wagon has
started the report that they will move
about the streets on wheels, stopping
in front of saloons, and praying and
singing without alighting. But the
main reliance is prosecution, and re-
ports thicken that Indictments will
fall at the next setting o f the Grand
Jury as thick as leaves in autumn. The
Crusaders seem to have faith that
things are set to get the cases before
Judge Bingham.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

A RETIRED physician writes GLOW
does 1t happen that amid the everlast-
ing cry against drunkenness we never
hear word against its sister evil,
gluttony? l think can assert with
truth that, in a long practice, three
have died among my patients from
overeating where one has died from
drink. Whence comes apoplexy, par
alysis, dyspepsia and host of other
diseases, bnt from too much and too
rich food, taken under the most i'm
prudent circumstances And vet we
hear of no society formed to prevent
this growing vice. A man eats until
he drops down and expires with apo
plexy by the roadside, when up comes
the Coroner with jury of twelve
good men and true, who pronounce
verdict, Died from intemperance.' So
he did, but what kind ofintemperance
was it2 / have heard more than one
minister in the pulpit expatiate with
great vehemeDce against the sin of
drunkenness whose very appearance
was proof positive that he was pre-
eminently guilty of gluttony."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
A Bad Showing.
A Washington special says;

A Washington special says;
There can be no doubt that the af-
fairs of the Freedmen's Savings Bank
have q very bad look. From the de-
velopments already made it is doubt
ed whether the institution will pay
seventy-five cents on the dollar. The
Committee on Banking and Currency
will probably report bill directing
the appointment of Trustees to wind
up the Bank forthwith. 1t is much to
be regretted that this should be rem
dered necessary, as the depreciation
of values just now will seriously di-
minish the assets. The colored per-
son has been plundered i'll the house
of his friends, while they were waving
the banner of freedom before his
credulous countenance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

ON Thursday last fight took place
between the forces of the rival Gover-
nors of Arkansas. Col. King White,
one of Baxter's military commanders,
sent two hundred men down to j effer-
son county to disperse a party of
Brooks men assembled at Pine Bluff,
when a regular battle ensued in which
nine of the Brooks party were killed
and twenty wounded. The remainder
were taken prisoners aud sent home.
Seven of Whites men were wounded
and three horses killed,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

PITTsBURG, Pa, May 1.-The village
of Homestead was the scene of terri
BILE tragedy yesterday. Mr.. John
Hamnet aged forty-two years, ma
tive of England Mrs. Agnes K. Ham
net aged forty years, also native eff
England; Ida Hamnet aged eight
years, born in Pennsylvania; Emma
Hamnet aged five years, also native
of Pennsylvania; Robert Smith, an
adopted boy, fourteen years of age,
born in the United States, were all
murdered in cold blood, and the
house burned over their bodies to
destroy the evidence of the deed. The
murderer is supposed to be Ernest
Love Prussian, and hired man, aged
twenty-five.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

A MARVELLOUS MEDIUM.-The Lon
don correspondent of the Memphis
Appeal saws, in speaking Of a young
lady medium, Miss Florence Cooke:
"Hese was 3 case for Professors
Crookes and FaFley % test the phys
ical force question. Miss Cooke very
readily Yielded herself for them to ex-
pertinent on the phenomena. l will
give their experiences as Professor
Crookes gave them to me: He took
Miss Cooke first to his own house,
that he might be sure of all her sur
roundings. He then improvised a
dark cabinet with a curtain door.
They placed the medium inside and
securely tied her.
Professor Varley then placed gold
plate on the inside of each wrist, to
which was attached insulated wires
| leading out into the room to a very
sensitive electrometer. He tried
every motion of her hands and arms
and the placing of her arms together
/ to see the different forces of electrici-
1 ty produced by the different positions.
Professor Varley had his eyes on the
electrometer. After thoroughly
learning the effect produced by each
movement of hers. they placed the
curtain before her, leaving her in the
dark. Soon the figure calling herself
Katie made her appearance, the cleo
trometer not showing the least move
/ ment. She said ',W hat do you want
me to do with all these wires? They
/ told her nothing-only TO come into
the room and make such motions as
her medium had done. Katie at once
threw her hands around in lively
manner, which did not effect the cur
rents OF electricity in the slightest de-
gree ..s3l Il. .l
Then Katie asked Professor Crook
es to bring a lighted candleand hold
it to her face and see ii she looked
like Miss Cooke. He tried it and
found she had fair complexion and
light hair, while Miss Cooke is quite
dark, with dark, hair, Professor
Crookes says that as far as human
test are concerned, nothing could be
more conclusive than that here was "a
genuine phenomenon outside of the
the conscious aid of the medium, On
the disappearance of Katie into the
cabinet they at once raised the curtain
and found Miss Cooke in the same
condition as when they had shut her
in. only In an unconscious, state of
trance. More than this, Mrs. Crookes
says she addressed Miss Cooke after
she came out of the cabinet, and there
was nothing about her that could by
any possibility have furnished the
drapery and veil for Katie, which
disappeared with Katie, herself"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

ACCORDING to French veterinary
surgeon, simple method of prevent
ing flies from annoying horses consists
in painting the inside of the ears, or
any other part especially troubled,
with a few drops os empyreumatic oil
of juniper. 1t is said that the odor of
this substance is unendurabIe to flies,
and that they Will keep at distance
from the parts SO anOinted, If this
treatment should accomplish the al
legged result it may, perhaps, be ap-
plicsbIe in repeIling mosquitoes from
the faces and hands of Tourists and
sportsmen when passing through
woods and meadows.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

CoNeREss a few days since had an
argument about the Attorney Gener-
ais landaulet, in committee, in which
a number of very severe things were
said, and it was decided that hence
forth any riding that attaches of the
Department of Justice had to de must
be done at their own expense, and not
paid out of the public treasury. When
the bill came up, however, in regular
session, this action was reversed. the
appropriation for carriages only being
hedged around by a provision that the
vehicles should not be used for any
except public purposes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

SOME one has been very kind in
sending US speech on the currency
question delivered by Hon. Jas. a.
Garfield, of Ohio, in the House sof
Representatives. On the title page
are these quotations: go
"Thou shalt have a perfect and just
weight, a perfect and just measure
shalt thou have that thy days may be
heightened iii the land which the
Lord thy God giYeth the. ."-Deut. ky,
13.
"a false balance IS abomination to
the Lord; but just weight is his de-
light. ht."-PrOver6s xI, 1.
Mr.. Garfield probably had refer
ence to the Credit Mobilier scandal,
the Pacific Mail Subsidy business and
his later connection with Washing
ton pavement racts,-Toledo
Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

AMONG the good results that the
veto will likely accomplish will be a
row among the Radical brethren who
have been dwelling together in such
sweet unity. Like the toes upon the
image of fNebuchadnezar, it viii cleave
but not bind together. It will be a
fortunate circumstance if il acts like
a surgeons knife and lays open a de-
cayed body for the benefit of human-
ity.-LouisUitIe Courier-JouTnaE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
How works;

They haYe tried the McConnellsviIle
ordinance in Van Vert, and this is
what the Times says of ITS operation: !:
We are informed that one man in
town sold last Saturday $50 bottles of
whisky. So much for the McCon-
nellsviIle Ordinance the men who
procured it, (the whisky would. no
doubt, have been satisfied with glass
or two of beer, if they could have
bought it. The ordinance is causing
more inebriety in town than existed
before its passage. For the benefit of
temperance it should be repealed"
The Washington ReUieD says:
1Since the repeal of the McConDeIls-
vile Ordinance the trade of our town
has been thrilled, and what is better
still, drunkenness has been decreased
two-thirds of what it was under the
ordinance"
THE EIyria Constitution says:
"EverY day farmers come in on bus
fness and declare if their liberties are
to be interfered with by measures OF
prohibition, they viii go elsewhere to
trade"
The Fremont Messenger says that
about 600 farmers living near Clyde
have signed q pledge not to.tradc with
merchants and others who get fanatic
al on any question.
The Mt. Vernon Banner says:
| "a gentleman who claims to know,
informs us that more whisky was sold
by the flask in Mt. Vernon, on last
Saturday, than on any other Saturday
for twenty years"
Farmers shun F'indlay because ol
the. crusade, and grain buyers are dis
consolate.
GAINESVILLE is to have a beer garden
just outside the city limits.
The following item from the Kentor
Democrats applicable to many places
at the present time: ITO see q mar
dropping down on his knees behind
his wagon on the public street TO take
drink out of 3 quart bottle, is eVi.
dence that times are not as they used
to Was.'" Many of them in this city
don't take the precaution to hide
themselves behind anything but ths
bottle.-Ak kTOn Times.
The Washington Court House, Ohio
State Register, published at the plaet
where the Crusade commenced, ha,
the following in its last issue: 4s
sA gentleman in our office q fen
days since made the remark that there
were more intoxicated men in ouI
streets on Saturday last than he ever
saw in Washington before. Yet there
is no liquor sold here. The question
is where do they get it? Echo All
sWers, = where. 5aaa tafa
These are the reports that come
from the places where the ordinance
has been tried, and they certainly fail
to show that the restrictive measure
has the effect of promoting the cause
of temperance. Still those who clamoI
for measure which increases the sale
of liquor and drunkenness claim to
be the only friends of temperance and
good order, and denounce all others
as belonging to the whisky party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
AS A MORNING iPPRTISBR

No other Bitters in the universe can equal
them, Hack space for detailing theSaVailability
OF these BitteFs, but will briefly state its gencr
al effects upon the human system, as follows:
1tabsolutely purines the Blood It speedily
corrects all morbid changes in the blood 1t
equaizes the circulation Of the Blood It regu-
lates the supply and quality OF the Blood. 1t
prepars the Blood to furn sir a proper support to
all the vital properties L enriches the con-
stituents of the Blood upon which the vital
energy of the system is dependent It
iniuses the proper degree of heat into the
humors which retard its natural functions. IL
the body. 1tcorrects a derang ngements. however
promotes the operation of the digestive organs.
1t improves the appetite and removes ali disa-
greeable feeling after eating. 1t perfeets diges-
ton, rendering 1t natural and easy. 1t acts rs
mild and ethicacious stomachic. 1t elevates
the standard of all the vital forces. 1t strength
ems the nervous hbers and diffuses calm
throughout the nervous system. 1t destroys ali
morbid conditions OF the mind, 1t disperses
dullness and languor 1t promotes buoyancY of
spilit and feeling. It banishes those clogs upon
pleasure which produce gloom It drives away
those distressing symptoms which rob us o hap
plness. 1t revIYes the physical energies by in
fusing new life and power into the system 1t.
fortihes the system against the dangers Of ma
laria, fluctuations of the TEN perature. changes
in the climate, &c. In short it prepares the sys-
tenn for the radical change to be wrought in its
condition, and restores it to perfect health and
natural vigor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

TIE publication of new daily pa
per entitled the TOLEDO DAILY DEMO-
cRAr was commenced in the city of
Toledo on Monday last. 1t is pub
lished by the Toledo Democrat Com
.panv. and, az ITS tile indicates It's
politics will be of the right stamp.
The weekly issued from that office has
been for years one OF The best and
most influential papers among our
exchanges. We wish il The most
abundant prosperity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

ZINA FAY PIERCE, the daughter of a
clergyman in st. Adams, Vt, leads a
departure in the temperance move
ment. She has formed society and
written for it creed. The points of
her teaching are that the milder forms
of liquor should not be classed with
the fiery that beer-drinking and beer
gardens should be countenanced by
young ladies; that women should
drink malt liquors instead of tea and
that the total abstinence pledge is a
ssstigma upon the communion, and a
direct accusation against the wisdom
and morality of our blessed Savior
himself" Zina is young, eloquent,
and pretty. Consequently she has
many followers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
A srArEaIEarr is published in Balti-

A STATEMENT is published in Balti-
more of a shocking outrage perpetrat-
ed by two negroes on James Henry
Woodley, colored, aged fifteen, in
Hammond County, on the 18th of
April. The boy charges that the men
SCARED and branded his limbs with a
red-hot iron, and afterWard poured
spirits of turpentine over his naked
body and set him on fire. In this
condition he escaped and succeeded
in extinguishing the flames. His back
and legs are roasted nearly to crisp.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

Boss SHEPHERD's testimony before
the Washington Ring Investigating
Committee yesterday presented the
immaculate Garfield to the country in
the capacity of q lobbyist for paving
job. He represented Dick Parsons,
and demanded a job upon the ground
that w Western men should have q show
The pious Garfield is very solicitous
about the aNstional Honor. ."-En-
qtiTeT.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

THERE is a world of good sense in
the following from Henry Ward
Beecher in regard to the woman's
temperance movement. He says:
s.AIl paroxysms of reform are ILL
timed. The desire for extra stimu-
lants can not be SO easily uprooted
and as total abstfnance can not be Sc
cured, it is better to teach men how to
drink with the least harm. Now we
are taught not to use it at all, and
when We break away from that point
there is no other standard of reguIat-
ing habit. More provision should be
made for enjoyment for the common
people. While men are unhappy or
in disorganized health they can not be
cured of drunkenness. In temper
aDce matters We are apt to drift into
bigotry, and personal liberty is crowd
ed. Personal freedom is priceless, and
nobody has right to break it down.
Arbitrary measures are mischieVous,
and praying to- God isa wrong meth
3D." M
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
Raising cabbage without rransplanting..

Asa1SAhS OaDDaSe HAS1oub AAe.AAst'Ae 8
noticed q few weeks ago an inqui-
ry as to whether late cabbage could
be raised by planting the seed in the
hill where they were to grow. |
answer they can. / have raised mine
in this manner for three years. l
plant two or three seeds in each hill,
about the usual lime of setting out
cabbage. The weather and ground
are then warm and they come quickly
When large enough TO transplant |
remove all but one, transplanting into
such hills as have been destroyed by
cut worms. ! cultivate and hoe twice
thoroughly, and then keep the hills
clean and mellow. They should be
hoed every few days during the sea-
son of tending the different vegetables
of the gardeD.--Mrs. B.. R. s., IN
WesteTn hWraL.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

ANDREW JOHNSON has appeared
essee and wishes to go into the United
States Senate. 1t was reported not
long age that ne would be candidate
in his own district for Representative
in Congress, but it turns out that he
disdains such a position and will ac-
eept nothing less than Senatorship.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

The Columbus journal, in a lengthy
editorial predicts the re-nomiHation
by Republicans of Messrs. Wikof,
Day, Harvey and Hosmer, as Secreta-
ry of State, Supreme Judge, School
Commissioners, and Member of the
Board of Public Works, aud says
"their election will follow with rea-
sonabIe certainty" AS prophet the
Journal has never been a success and
it is probable that it is s'counting the
chickens before they are hatched."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

The Democratic Legislature of this
State reduced the taxation for State
purposes for the coming year $3.50, 600
over the appropriations of last year.
OF course this would subject ii to the
denunciation OF the Radical papers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
THE MARKETS
RArENNA. Man 6. 1e74.

RAvENNA, May g., 1874
FLOUR = Ranges from IS %, for Xxx Red
to So 60 for xxx White. Demand steady.
wHEAT-No, 1, 81 SO; No.s, 81 90
CoRN-shelled brings 9Oc 81 90;
oATS-55 q Co., .
RYE-No. brings 50 q soc;
BUCKwHEAT-seed Per bushel, 81 50.
BUCKWHEAT FLoUR-5c per lb. Y. 5. 81
HAY-selling at SIC a $50; according to
quality
LARD-City rendered 15e; country 1870.
BEEF-sells at Sc 90 @ IS 90 per hundred.
DRESSED HOGS-Buyers pay &c scarce.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling at 14c Country cured 10 a 12e, ~
Shoulders, City cured selling ats91ec. Dried
Beef selling at 1sc. 5iirsA3
Moderate supply in ,themarket-
Chickens, dressed, buyers pay 1211 cts; undress-
ed Sc Trukies. live Sc; 5as a..5s...4
BUTTER-2592sc and in good demand,
CHEESE-Factory, new, retails, 16s..
EGGS buyers pay 14e per doz. .i.tta,..l..
POTATOES-Pu Purchasers pay $1,10
DRIED AIPLES-Buyers pay SC.
BEANs-Choice hand picked in good demans
at So 25 perBu. Medium 81 90.
ONIONS per bnshel.S St5O @$t.75 f.
HOPS-5Oc aA i9
SAGE-Retails at soc @7Oe. tsifta4
VINEG A1s-Pusae cider. retails SOC per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay &c.
HIDEs-Green, trimmed &C. untrimmed AZ
FEATHERs-Retaila at 81 90.
WHITE LIAlE--$1 go per bbL t--
WATER LIME-$2 rs @$3 90.
sALT-Coarse sells at 50 90; fine 50 20.
WooD-stove 50 Oo@a so; 3 feet wood s. 90
a So 50 per cord.
GRASS SEEDS
Clover sells for ,,...,..S % q 81 90
nTanamofb n n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

IT costs over three thousand dollars
at each session of Congress to provide
members with packing boxes when
they leave. Nobody will begiudge
them that amount for advancing the
best Interests of the country.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
CAPTURED.

PITTsBuRGH, May 2.-The murder
er of the Hamnet family was arrested
last night in Allegheny City, giving
his name as Ernest Mintzing. He
made full confession to-day, and
said he murdered them with an axe,
the object being to obtain possession
of Hamnefs money, supposing a con-
siderable sum was in the house.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07

THE Rep ublican party is now class
flied by some scoundrcl thus:
l. Those who oppose the veto.
2. Those who kiss the Presidents
big toe!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
CALDWELL'S
Wine Ind iron BITTERS |

These celebrated BitteTs are pure, safe ard
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life-glving medicinal agents. forming the most
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strengthening Bitters tor improving the appe-
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These Bitters are in an eminent degree
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lants in the market. For
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
W Wonderful but True.

Drs. A. Hammond and Mc1daster, Office No. 142
Broadway, Cleveland, o., are effecting re-
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or no charges incurred. Epilepsy and all Chron-
ic Diseases cured after all other treatment has
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