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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
MAX AnELEEIsaE.

Wewent out to Slaymaker's IN june.
to spend the summer. Slaymaker had
small stream near the house, from
which he used to pump water into his
garret. 1t occurred to him some time
ago that it would be good idea to
put up wind mill that could do the
pumping for him, so he built one at 3
cost of $500. The first day it began
to revolve, it frightened Slaymaker's
best horse, SO that it ran against the
fence and was killed, and the arms
were so long that they nearly Drained
Slaymaker's Oldest boy who was
standing beneath, watching it work,
when it suddenly stopped, and refus-
ed to move an inch. Slaymaker ac-
cordingly pumped the tank full, and
just as he stopped, the mill began to
pump like fury. Slaymaker in alarms
procured a rope and tied one of the
arms to a tree. When the tank was
empty, he tried to make the windmill
fill it again, but the concern was iT1-
movable. Thea Slaymaker waited
couple of weeks, and carried the wa
ter up to the house in buckets because
he was afraid TO fill the tank, when
the mill might get to work at any mo-
nent, Finally, as there seemed TO be
no hope of the machinery getting All
right again.. he did pump the tank full,
and then went to bed. That night
there was the worst hurricane ever
known in that neighborhood. The
Windmill made about four hundred
minute, left the bed of
the stream below it perfectly dry
while it poured nearly six hundred
gallons an hour into Slaymaker's gar
ret. The boarders all SWAN out of tha
windows and spent the night in the
barn, while Slaymaker took to trse,
from which. at daylight, he had 3
view of the falls, as they
poured picturesquely from the attic
windows, every minute or two Drlng-
ING ont with them a chair or hair
trunk, or one of Slaymaker's shirts or
a wash-stand. Mrs. Slaymaker will
not clean house this fall, but Slay
er has a windmill that he is anxious
to sell. He will probably close it out
cheap to a purchaser who wants TO
take it away right of.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
a YoUrHFUI FoLLowER OF &C. W.

A good little boy ont West under
took to come the G. Washington on
his mother in this way: He cut of
the cats head with the traditional
hatchet, and then hid the defunct fe-
line in the meal barrel. When the old
lady went for meal to make the g hoe
cake" for the frugal morning repast
she discovered the cat and Interview
en- her little son. He said: II did it,
mother, with my little hatchet, but
III be swizzled if I can tell you the
whole truth about the little affair." y
Now most mothers would have kissed
that brave, truthful lad on his noble
brow, aud kept right on nslng meal
out of that barrel just the same, but
this one didn't. She said, Come
across my lap, my son, come across
my lap" He came, aud for while
there rose a cloud of dust from the
seat of his trowsers that effectually
hid the SON from view, and the old
woman now sports goggles and is
layieh in the use of Pettit's eye salve.
That good little boy had peppered the
seat of his pants.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
.No aREAr .sHAKEs.
The North Carolina Earthquake Inter
viewed by Half a Hundred Amateur Sol
fcorrospondenee Charleston News andcOurier,-

The North Carolina Earthqnalxe Inter
viewed by Half a Hundred Amateur Sol
| entists.
| Correspondence Charleston News and Courier
SPARTANsBURG, March %, 1874.
For more than q month past we
have had rumors in circulation re-
specting some unusual disturbances
in the mountains of North Carolina,
about fifty or sixty miles from this
/ place. Last week Professor Dupre,
of Wofford College, accompanied by
| the senior class. who are studying
geology, and the Rev, Mr.. Oliver, ed
| itor of the Orphans Friend, went up
to make inquiry and observation on
the subject. They returned this eve
ming, and have just received from
the Professor an account of his trip.
The weather unfortunately was not
/ favorable, beng generally cloudy and
rainy. The reports from that re-
gion have been greatly exaggerated.
Many of the people residing on the
mountain and in the immediate Vlcin-
ity have been much alarmed, but only
one family has removed. There Is
some foundation, however, for the
sensational reports which have had
so wide circulation. The party re-
1SEIGQ 10 Ah0 q k9cEoOHsst AtA0 .99eet4SAesk
tory preof, as well ss the testimony
of numerous creditable witnesses, Co
the sounds and 'sshakes, as the noun
tain people term them. The sounds
resemble the report made by blasting
in deep quarry or well-at first ex-
plosive and then reverberating like
the sounds of thunder as it dies away
in the distance. The shocks are more
sensibly felt at the top of the moun-
tain, though in o certain line they are
also felt lower down, and sometimes
even at the base. The shocks are not
violent, and produce sensation des-
cribed hya mountaineer as s.quaver"
The seat of disturbance is short
chain of mountains about a mile long,
the principal peaks of which are
known as Stone Mountain, Bald
Mountain and Round Mountain. This
little chain lies between the Hickory
Nut and the SWampn0ah Rivers. The
agitations are chiefly at the Stone
Mountain. Prof. Dupree- does not
think that these disturbances indicate
volcanic eruptions, nor does he feel
able to account for them satisfactorily
He was impressed with the uniform
agreement of testimony among all the
mountain residents with whom he
conTersed. They all agree that the
first explosions and visifations were
heard and felt on Tuesday, the 10Th
of February. These were repeated
on the following Sunday. There are
sometimes two or three on one day,
while other days there will be none.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
MONEY IS a PowER.

In other countries and ages political
or military predominancy has usually
ecIipsed the moneyed influence, how
ever subtle or corrupting. But the
silent power is secretly usurplng au"
thority, and openly and directly prac-
ticinp dictation in the United States.
Money is king money is to be gov
ernnent-for q timeI What is here
intimated is not the bare desire for
wealth. bv or its influence over the
masses. struggling for subsistence ana
personal independence; this ever and
evervWhere existed, But it is money
in political and social ovation, moving
enthronemenu-to coronation. Money
is not putting on robes OF coIntorG
but of office-yes, the purple Fooe: Is
this hecause-can it be becanse-lt -
the source or the exponent OF any OF
MANY ideas and influences that are
nov M and controliing2 Money -
nat onIv a power, but in our Amefaea
a uonnran1e noWer" It controls not
only our business, but society and
politics. Il is aires>Sd.gg a a eaaslHi ~ -
that those who possess it incline 10
use it as municipal or State power
1t is, too, vast representative of
many ambitions and thingsI Money
has grown "great." It is becoming
greater than a dynasty; than q race,
than a country /; than a class; than an
aristocracy; than constitution than
principle yet too often, than charac-
ter-than faith. Corporations, classes
and Cresuses begin to appear to con-
stitute its nobility and active ministry.
Personal individuality among the peo-
pie is being lost; communities are
used as puppets the masses may be-
come (God forbid y pauper serfs under
this new sociology! What is. to be
done about it? Special legislation is
running our country N. 7. Neacs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
NOTES on SLEEP.


TO literary men, preachers, teachers.
lawyers. doctors, journalists, aud
brain orkers in general, the follow
ing hints are exceeding worth atten-
ton: 8
The fact is, that as life becomes con-
centrated, aud its pursuits moro eager
short sleep and early rising become
impossible. We take more sleep than
our ancestors, and we take more be-
cause we want more. Six hours sleep
will do very we'll for a plowman or 3
bricklaycr, or any other man who has
no exhaustion but that produced by
manual labor, aud the sooner he takes
it after the labor the better, But q
man whose labor is mental, the stress
of work is on his brain and nervous
system, and for him who is tired in
the evening with day of mental ap-
plication neither early to bed nor ear
ly to rise is wholesome. He needs
letting down to the level of repose.
The longer the interval between the
active use of the brain and the retire.
ment TO bed, the better his chance of
sleep and refreshlnent. To him an
hour after midnight is probably as
good as two hours before it. and even
then his sleep will not so completely
and quickly restore him as it will his
nelghbor who is physically tired. He
must not only go to bed later, but
lie longer. His best sleep probably
lies in the early morning hours, when
all the nervous excitement has passed
away. and he is in absolute rest.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

THE Supreme Court of the United
States is now constituted as follows -
Chief Justice, Morrison r. Waite, of
Ohio: Associate Justices, Nathan
Clifford, of Maine; Noah H. Swayne,
of Ohio Samuel f. Miller, of Iowa F;
David Davis, of Illinois; Stephen j.
Field, of California; William Strong,
of PennsyIvania; Joseph P, Bradley,
of New Jersey and Ward Hunt, Of
New York. The oldest member is
Judge Clifford. who 10 seventy, and
who is the only one of the Democratic
appointees left. lie was appointed in
1858 by President Buchanan. Swayne,
Miller, Davis and Field got their ap-
pointments from Lincoln, tho three
former IN 1862 and the latter in 1863,
Strong aud Bradley were appointed
by Grant in 1870, netoriously to re-
verse decision of the court regarding
the currency. Hunt was appointed
by Grant in 1872.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
LOVE AND POVERTY.
You are wrong, my friend; you may win tn
hand


You are wrong my friend; you may win thu
hand,
But the heart is never sold
For the current coin of any land
Titles, jewels or gold
With all respect for the poet Moore,
It is the basest u lies
g That as quick as poverty opens the door,
Love ont Of the window flies"
o. think not Iovs is that craven thing
The skeptie would make believe;
You can bind it not with bridal ring.
For love can never deceive,
And as soon it 1nds the good and pure
Was only knaye's disguise,
Quicker than poverty enters the door.
Love out at the window flies
Love wins love-Truth keeps truth.
And the pure shall the heart strings hold,
When time hath departed with beauty and
youth.
And titles. and jewels and gold.
This is the creed of rymer poor,
Who hath proved It's basest of lies.
That as quick as poverty enters the door.
Love ont of the window flies.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

AN old farmer employed son of
Erin to work for him on the farm
Pat was constantly misplacing the
end boards in the cart-the front
board behind and the tail board in
front, which made the old gentleman
very irritable. To prevent blunders
he painted on both boards large b,
then calling Pat to him and showing
him the boards, said, Now. you
blockhead, you need make no mistake
as they are both marked; This lpoint-
and this Cndicating the tail board,) is
B." for behind" whereupon the old
gentleman marched away with great
dignity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

EVIL SPEAKING.-Speaking evil of
others is one of the most unamiable
habits that can be acquired, and one
that leads 10 mischief 1t is not all
ways easy to avoid it, for there are q
great many persons in the world who
are not what they ought to be, who
do many things that they ought not
to do, It is hard for a blunt, generous
mind to refrain from expressing itself
about mean people and mean acts ;
there is something in meanness and
dishonesty that rouses the indignation
of such mind, aud 1t likes the luxury
of denouncing them in bold and un-
spafing terms. But the practice, rs q
practice, is 9 troublesome and danger
Gus one,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
HOW SOIL WAS MADE.

Prof. Agassiz said that all the mate
rials On which agricultural progress
depends are decemposed rocks, and
not so much those that underiie the
soil, but those on the surface. and
ground to powder by the glaciers. Ice
all over the continents the agent that
has ground out more soil than all the
other agencies together. The pene-
tration of water into the rocks, forests,
running water and baking suns have
done something, but the glaciers more.
In former age the United States Was
covered with several thousand feet
thick and the ice moving from north
to south by the attraction of the tropl-
cal warmth or pressing weight of the
snow and ice behind, ground the rocks
over which was called soil. These
masses of ice can be tracked by the
hunter. He has made study OF them
in the country as far south as Alabama
but has observed the same phenome-
non in Europe, particularly in Italy,
where, among the Alps, glaciers are
now in progress. The stones and
rocks ground and polished by the gIa-
ciers can be easily distinguished from
those scratched by running water.
The angular bowlders found in mead
ows and the terraces of rivers not
reached by water can be accounted for
only in this way. aa.G
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
MERCER COUNTY ITson1NG AFFA1E.


MERCER COUNTY LYECHING AFFAIR.
A Dying Man Confesses Having Outraged
and Murdered q Little Girl, for Witch
Two Men Were Lynched by a Mob.
FoRT WAYNE, IND. March 24.-In
the month of June, 1872, Mary Belle
Secor, aged thirteen, was brutally out
ragged, and afterwards killed, in Mer-
Ger County, Ohio, few miles south
east of this city. Two men named
Mcleod and Kimmel were lynched
by infuriated citizens, Since then the
affair has gradually grown out of
memory. A few days aimee Thomas
8. Douglass died of consumption. He
had emigrated from that county, hop
ing TO be cured. One-half an hour be-
fore his death he sent for q Catholic
priest, and made this startling confess
sion:
I'm this, my dying hour, in full hope
of pardon by confessing the deed that
has weighed upon my mind like a
deathpall, l am the guilty wretch who
outraged and murdered Miss Secor,
near Celina, Ohio. Heaven alone
knows what hellish motive prompted
it, but at the time my brain was on
fire from drink; was veritably. 3
mailman, past power OF control. The
hanging of Mcleod and Kimmelt
was murder. was one of the mob
that executed them, | hope God viii
pardon me; that the families of Me-
Leod and Kemmell will be relieved OF
this stigma OF dishonor ! have put
few moments to live, aud with my
last breath avow the truth of all my
statements herewith. l3i,Y
THOMAS BRADwELL DOUGLASS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

Will. those who maintain that the
wine of which we hear so much in
the Bible was not intoxicating, being
unfermented, please explain why. IT
that was so, there are such strong
texts in the Holy Book against its in
temperate use--against drunkenness,
in factP The two positions don't 60
well together,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

A KENTUCKY farmer refused to look
at a sample sewing machine recently
as he always sewed wheat by hand" !"
He is related to the man who did not
want 8 threshing machine on his farm,
for, said he, "give me a harness tug,
or barrel stave. and l can make my
family toe the mark according to the
law and acripter,
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JOHN McCLUN.

SeReral Insurance Agent, represents the fol-
lowing reliable companies: ~
AKERICAN, Chicago. H.; GREAT WEsTERk
Chicago, H.; YoNKERs AND NEW oRK New
York; LYce3uNG. AInncy, Pa; NORTHWEST
ERN MUTUAL LIFE, Milwaukee, Wis; Cox
A0HWEALEH LIFE lNs. Co, New York.
Office with r. w. Coffin. in Phenix Block
over Second National Bank, Ravenna, Ohio
Feb. 9. 1871, 12S-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09

THERE are young men who can not
hold skein of yarn for their mothers
without wincing, but viii hold l2S
mounds of neighboCing family for
the best part of the night with q pa
tienes and docility that are certainly
phenomenal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
RAvEMMA wA1ER cuRE

@ w sTRONG, M ID,
Late OF Water Cure of Clcveiand,)
PR Q PRIZE O r.
Location Beautiful--Terms moderate. Send for
circular giving full details.
April6, 1SZ. 136-1y.
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A Pleasant Horne
Tor Sale Cheap!

offer for sale my house and one and oJne-haI f
acre lot on Babcock street. The hoI tse Is o {
brick. nearly new, % by so feet with % hip'S 5
by Is lGet, making large rooms and H all PAN
try, Closet sc. below; also Summer & itchen in
rear. There are three large, nice bedr ooms t'svo
closets and store.room above. all fl nished in
good style. The house is studded, llathed and
plnst6red separate from the walls, th MS max In x
the most healthy and comfortable b ouse built
not affected by extremes of heat nd cold, nor
by sudden changes of the weather. The lot has
lbs feet front, and the buildings are so located
nearly an acre OF land with the bu iIdings' The
lot Is nicely graded and fenced and set with
fruit and Ornamental shrubberry Andfruittrses
/ Of all kinds. There are 20 bearin 4 grape Vines
upon the lot. together with a .ppies, Pears,
Peaches, Plums. Cherries. CurT ants Raspber-
ries, Strawberries. &C., all In I'm condition 1t
Is q bdautiful, high. dry. sam iy lot and COM
mands n fine view of the town nd r.. r, trains
and is located in one of tho hes { neiRhborhoods
| In town 1t Is Just the plEc for q man who
wants room enough to tuJn around on or to
make garden worth tendiu e.
Will sell the whole let. or the buildiuRs with
one acre. or with one-haIf a ere or the two lota
without the buildings-any way TO suit the pur-
| chaser. This property will nav better Interest
than any bonds. / Will sell soon First come
nrst served" Easy paymen ats can be arranged, ,
r. L. PHELPS.
kavennas O., Feb. ?. 1874, 284tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-04-09
A LIVELY LETTER FROM GENERAL
SHERMAN.


General Sherman has recently writ
ten the following letter to the agen
of firm vino had applied to him for
the contract to place lightning-ro
upon the fine mansion which, it was
rum ored, he intended to build upon
Orange Mountain, New Jersey:
WASHINGTON, D. c., January 20.
off you find the house ! am erecting
on Orange Mountain please put any
quantity of lightning-ro to attract
the lightning of heaven to demolish
it. I don't care whether the rods be
round, square or twisted. Anything
to stop this nonsense. Architects,
landscape gardeners, builders, ETC.,
keep writing to me about this house,
when in fact it is as much as / can do
to make ends meet here-and finally /
expect to content myself with log
home on the prairies of Kansas or
Nebraska when, Congress turns me
out to grass. Tell Mr.. Lyon, who
served under me three years, that his
experience as a soldier should con-
vince him that Uncle Sam is net go
generous to old soldiers as to enable
them to have fancy houses on Orange
Mountain or elsewhere. 1 have a
house here, but the city taxes me for
it about as much as Uncle Sam allows
me for rent. How the story got cir
culated that I was going TO build on
Orange Mountain passes my uuder-
standing, and if you can stop it will
regard it as feat better than protect
ing me against lightning.
Yours, etc, W. Z. SHERMAN"
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FOR SALE.
a Pleasant Home.

Being DESTROYS OF removing 10 Cleveland 1
offer for sale my residence, Situate on North
Chestnut street in Ravenna, Ohio. The lot con-
taIns one and three-fourth acres, beautifully
laid out, graded, ,underdrained and stocked with
choice shrubbery and fruit trees.
The house is large, commodious, conveniently
arranged with large hall, parlor, sittinG-rooEn
and bedroom attached, dining room, Kitchen,
china closet, pantry. store-room, bath room
cooking range, and mauy other modern and de-
sirable improvements. There are four sleeping
roomS with large closets attached, and two WITH
out.
The kitchen and bathroom are supplied with
water from two large cisterns adjoining. The re
are also two neYer-failing wells. one hard wat er
and the other soft.
Tho barn and ontbuildings are ample and Con
yenient. The whole premises are in good re pair
and SO situated and arranged as to make O ne of
the pleasantest homes in Northern Ohio.
will sell for 5000 and give reasonable time
to purchaser, and possession at any time.
II. G. RANNE "
Enquire of II. d. SEYMOUR
$ I 200 Rayenna, ohio.
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J. WAGGoNER. NJ. D.

snysiefan and Surgeon. ONCE East end Of
Phenix Block, RaVenna Ohio.
March 9th. .1s72 1s7-tf
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Rates Of Advertising
Business Cards.
WEDpELL HOUSE

clsvelsad ohio- $40 per day. r. A. GIL
LETTE. Pr0priee0r.
Dec. 8. 1855. ~
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A Drummer in a scrape-The Way He Got
Ont of Tt

At Big Greek. Arkansas, they have
peculiar fashion which sometimes
proves embarrassing AS there is no
preacher within thirty miles, the way
for marrying is by kissing across a
table. Recently a New York drum
mer was out there. He put up at a
| private house, and became quite inti-
mate. One evening he was fooling
around one of the girls, generally try
! ing the extent of her sweet temper.
when she gave his Whiskers pull and
ran. He followed. She got the table
between them. He chased her around
| it several times. When out of breath
! he stopped on the other side, and
making a wild plunge, caught her in
his arms and gave her q hearty kiss.
She then sat down on the sofa, and
they talked pleasantly for couple of
hours, he thinking it singular that she
should sit up so late.
At last she said /" don't you think
it's about time we went to bed P"
81 guess you are aboutJ.ight, he
remarked s.let,s go. - u
She lit q candle, aud he was about
to do the same, when she said, g l
reckon ones enough. One candle
will light two folks to bed. y
"Undoubtedly it would when those
two people occupy the same ROOM
But your candle won't illuminate my
chamber" - = 2 .48'a
'.Ain't we going to occupy the same
room? Amt we married ?''
"Ain't we what ?" shouted the gem
tleman. r s4Sf rrs4-esqss
Married. Didn't You .kiss ne
across the table? That married as. -
The cold sweat spread over the
drummer. He knew that If he said
he wasn't married to her she would
make an ontcry, and then her loving
and much-tobacco-consuming father
would arise in his wrath and carve
him into outlets, and her brothers
would bring down their shot guns
and empty the contents into him. He
must be strategetic. He must put her
of. SO he said:
''Fairest of your sex, permit me to
remark that did not know that kiss
ing across the table constituted the
marriage ceremony. But | am con-
tent. l have never seen one who so
completely filed my ideal ofaa beau
tifal, sweet, loving and modest Wo-l
man, However, should never think
of holding you TO this marriage until
l had asked the permission OF your
father to pay my addresses to YOU
Tomorrow at dinner, when the entire
family are present, l viii propose for
your fair hand"
This satisfied the lady, and, after
bestowing upon him a fervent kiss;
she went to her room and he went
to his. He packed his carpet
bag, took off his boots, and made
tracks for the nearest railroad station.
He didn't feel entirely safe until he
had reached st. Louis. He hasn't in
formed his wife of this little adven-
ture. He's afraid she might write out
to Arkansas for the facts in the case,
and then he might get arrested for
bigamy. Women sometimes won't
listen to reason, you know.
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\. D. HRHUeUs, n I
BELDING s. HuGuS.

over Belding a. Arlnstrong's Drug store
Ravenna. .
Special attention paid to the treatment of
Chronic Diseases. Office hours from 10 to II
am. 2 to and Z to p. m. 2s5.