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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
TRUE STORY OF TWO FINANCIAL
PANICS.

Eighteen years ago, says Pomeroy
in his Democrat, when the Democratic
party was administering the Federal
Government, there occurred q finan-
cial crisis very much like the one ex-
perienced year and half ago. Few
people will forget the panic of 1857.
Then, as now, the revenue was not
enough to pay the expenses of the
government upon the basis of the ex-
penditures agreed upon by Congress
before the pressure set in. No addi-
tional taxes were levied, however, to
make the deficiency good. The Dem
ocrats in control of the administration
had some regard for the people. They
knew that the panic had decreased in
dividual revenues, as it had the public
receipts, and therefore the people
could not endure additional taxation.
1t was necessary 10 economize. Gsy-
ernment expenditures were curtailed
in every possible way. Uuexpended
appropriations for public works were
retained in the treasury. Where
money had not been spent for work
not already begun, the work itself was
abandoned, and the appropriations
used to make up the balance that. was
needed for legitimate expenses of the
government.
This example set by a Democratic
administration had its good effect up
on the people. The country passed
speedily and safely through the crisis,
and nowhere, in general matters, did
the monetary arrangement leave be
hind it anything of embarrassment.
There is an extraordinary difference
now.
In the midst of wide spread finan-
cial depression, of want and actual
starvation, q reckless Republican ad-
ministration does not stop for one
minute 10 aid the people. On the
contrary, it dives deeper into the
depths of extravaganza. Congress has
appropriated vast sums Of money to
build palaces at Washington and to
adorn the streets of the capital. 1t
has provided for the spending of mil
lions on unnecessary public buildings
the building up of new system of sea
coast defenses, and the putting of the
navy on a war footing, at an expense
of many millions, when there is Meth.
er war nor prospect Of war. ..,, 80,
In no single instance is there the least
evidence of retrenchment in the matte,
Of expenditures and in order to main
tain its reckless aud extravagant sys-
tenn it loads the people down with ad
ditional taxation to the extent Of near
ly fifty millions Of dollars year. 1t
is for this that the Republican party is
in power, and for this thatGrant seeks
the Presidency for a third term.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
CALIFORNIA GOLD.

The gold Of California was noticed
by early Spanish explorers, and was
again discoyered on the Colorado
river, just century since, in 1775, but
attracted no attention till its ro.dis-
covery in 1913, when the existence OF
very rich gold aliuvial was made
known. A rapid immigration to the
region at once followed, and it was
reported in August Of that year that
the daily production Of gold was from
$4,000 to $4,000.
It was not until 1851 that the gold
bearing veins were discovered, and
the larger part of the gold of Califor-
MIA has been got from the placers, as
the alluyians are called. 1t 10 from
the partial exhaustion of these that
the production has of late years con-
slider ably diminished. In 1913 it was
estimated at $lO.COO,OOO, and reached
its maximum of $G5,OOO,OOO in lS43.
In 1870 it had fallen S25,OC0,OOO, and
reached $l9.OOo,C0O in 1873, but rose
again in 1874 to s2O,3C0,OOO. The total
yield, since the opening of the mines
in 1913, amounts to more than 81 600,
! 600, O,OOO.-Hasper's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08


EXTRACTS FROM SPOTTED TAIL's
NorE- Book.-W ashington. May :26.-.
White man mighty uncertain. Me
.hake hands new with Great Father.
Great Father never open mouth to
pale face, He talk, talk, talk to Spot
ted Tail. He no let me talk. What
it all mean? Git up and git! Why2
Great Father has warrior son. He.
come to Black Hills. He find gold.
He want Back. Hills. Great Father
say Indian country better than Black
Hills. All right. Let white man go
there-Spotted Tail stay where he is,
Great Fathers warrior son, he go to
Indian Country. May 27.-White
man steal, steal, steal. Steal Black
Hill, steal eight shirts, steal $5. Why,
reach to red man? Why no prsctices
hew, how, hewe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
The FACE NOT THE MEASURE OF
THE MAN.

THE FACE NOT THE MEASURE OF
THE MAN.
One of the feminine newspaper COR
respondents closes a critical review OF
Senator Booths physisgnomy with
the remark that that, of there's any
destiny in mans fact, Senator Booths
will carry him to the White House.
But there isn't. The person who. of
all others whom we have met, has the
most poetical cast of features, and
seemed destined TO become the Byron
of the present age, is new clerk in a
New York coal-yard, and has no idea
of going into poetry. The most SEN
sl,iye, refined and spiritual counten-
ance we ever had the pleasure OF gaz-
ing upon belonged to young man
who was a regular "big bonanza of
awful blasphcmy. We remember see-
ing q meek-looking little boy, with
flaxen hair, clear blue eyes and a deli
cate blush on his smooth cheek, bash
fully ente. Sunday school and take q
seat in the corner. One of the young
lady teachers approached him and
tenderly said: ''Little boy, won't you
recite your verses to me ?" The little
boy did not burst into tears, as the
teacher evidently expected he would,
but, with marked emphasis, he planted
his heel on the desk in front of him
and delivered himself of a negative re.
mark of such startling profanity that
it is not permitted us to indicate, even
by initials and dashes, the substance
of his speech. He is now grown to
be man. The same clear blue eyes
contrast with the delicate pink ON his
cheek the same faxen hair wreaths
his forehead and gives him a look Of
sensitiyc innocence, and when las'
herd from he was pursuing the avo'
c .tion of river THE: OIL the lower Hud'
son.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

THE reported losses by fire during
the month Of May were: In New
York and Brooklyn, $6lS, 600; in the
United States, exclusive of these cities
$S 127. 0; aggregate $S,745,S0 Loss
es in United States during first Eve
months of this year reported, SIS, ,C4,-
500. These facts, in connection with
the fact that the gross earnings of
the nation are $7,Co0,C00,CJ0, nine-
tenths of which are consumed for cur
rent living, leaving only $7O0,Co0.O00
net accumulation, and some statistic
ians place the consumption at higher
figure, leaving only 5 per cent, or
$350,CJo,Co0, net earnings, furnish food
for serious reflection. That nearly 80
per cent. Of the net earnings of peO-
pie should be annihilated by fire, is by
no means an evidence of prudence.
Aud a large portion of this destruc-
,iom is prev.ntible by proper caution.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
A FEW DAYS.

just few days. . All, such few
Since the summer moon watched me and you
As we loiterei along the golden sand,
Heart in heart and hand in hand;
And the waves. in eternal ebb and flow,
Chimed to your sweet words, soft and low,
All me, such a few little days ago.
Just few daysi The wooing breeze
Swept softly over the sleeping seas,
Whispering, Whispering hope and truth. .
In the happy language love teaches youth;
Which the tiny wavelets seemed to know,
AS they broke at the feet that ling gered slow
At their nlarge few little days ago.
Just few days And to- night stood
Alone at the edge OF the rising Hood; b. -...
There WAS not n murmur of joy for for me
In the angry moan of the rising sea;
There WAS but II menace, stern and low,
Speaking of treachery, loss. and woe,
All wrought since n few little days ago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
nv farm" he replied, giving her {

known g look.
"Twit,ing again! 1t isn't enough
that you've lost good umbrella and
a camfire bottle. but you must twit
me of this and that
Her nose grew red and tears came
to her eyes, but as he was looking out
of the window she said nothing more.
Ten or fifteen minutes passed, and,
growing restless, he called out to a
man across the aisle:
"What's the sile around here?"
Observation-Disclosures II. Harrison
stop YOUR noise!" she whispered,
poking him with her elbow.
aaI iust asked question" he replied
resuming his old position.
"What did yer Brother Joab tell ye
the last thing before we left hum z
she asked. "Didn't he say somebody'd
swindle ye on the string game, the
confidence game, or some other game :
Didn't he warn ye agin rascals9"
81 hain't seen no rascals."
"Of course yer hewitt, cause yer
blind. 1 know that man is vifIun,
and if they don't arrest him for MUIR
der afore we leave this train I'll miss
NV guess. l can read human natur
like book"
There was another period OF silence
broken by her saying:
"I wish I knew that this was the
train for Chicago"
'Coursc it is.'
"Wall L know it hainf, but if you
are content to rush along to destruc-
ton l shan't say word. Only, when
your throat is being cut don't call out
that I didn't warn ye!"
The peanut-boy came along, and tho
old man reached down for his wallet.
"Philetus, ye shan't squander that
money after peanuts!" she exclaimed,
using one hand to catch his arm and
the other to wave the boy on,
Didn't earn in p
"Yaas, ye sold two cows to get
money to go on this visit, but its halt
gone now, and the land emily knows
how well gel hsme!"
The boy passed on, and the nag Of
truce was hung oat for another brief
time. She recommended hostilities by
remarking:
81 wish hadn't cun."
He looked up and then cut of the
window.
Iknow what ye want to say" she
hissed, "but a blessed good thing for
We that l did come! Ifye'd come
alone ye'd have been robbed and muir
dercd and gashed and scalped and
and sunk in the river afOre newH
"Pooh!"
"Yes, pooh, # ye want to, but I
know!"
He leaned back, she settled herself
anew, and by and by
He nodded.
She nodded.
And in sleep their gray heads
touched. and his arm found its way
along the back of the seat, and hi
hand rested on her shoulder.
1t was only their way.-Hearth and
Home.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

A MAN rushed breathlessly into
lawyers office in St. Paul, and ap-.
preaching the legal luminary excitedly
remarked: "A man has tied hoop
to my horses tail! Can dc anything
about it ?" EYES," replied the attOr-
ney; ego and unite it." That was
good advice, and didn't cost the man
but five dollars.-H. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
MUSIC FOR THE SICK.


Music areuses the circulation of the
blood, wakes up the energies, and diff
fuses life and animation TO every fac
ulty Of the soul. But for persons who
are really sick we should omit such
music as appeals to the muscles, and
tends to lift the foot instead. of the af
fections of the soul, and select such
music as will soothe as we'll as cheer,
music that appeals directly to our
spiritual nature,-music that tends 10
lift tho soul above tue pain and sor-
rows of earth, into the realms of peace
and joy. The human voice affords the
best music. But if musical instru-
ments are used we should select reed
instrumcnts, like the organ, melodeen,
or accordion. Stringed instruments,
like the piano and vislin, are exciting,
and tend to make the sick tired, rest
less, and nervous.
Song is the harmonious outburst of
our spiritual nature, and increases
both our mental and physical activity
and therefore conduces to health. Peo-
pie who have no ear for music, and
those who have not been taught to
sing the songs of Zion, have lost one
of the sweetest parts Of our religious
worship. Music was a subject of prac-
tice and study in the days of David,
the sweet singer of Israel. Many in-
struments have been invented which
increase the power of music, but the
most refreshing comes from the hu-
man voice. Gladness, gratitude, nu-
sic, and joy should daily make every
habitatisn vocal with the concord OF
sweet sounds. Music has direct
tendency to open the heart, wake up
the affections, and elevate our natures
1t was the harp in the hands Of the
sen of Jesse which exercised the evil
spirits from royalty, and its harmoni-
Gus strains are still the most effcctual
to dispel the evil spirit of discomfort.
Music is one of the fairest and most
glorious gifts of Gsd, for it removes
from the heart the weight Of sorrew
and the fascination Of evil thoughts
and the soul that can rejoice and sine
with hearty zest does not hlrbo,
treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Cul.
tivate music then; put ne restraint
upon our JOYOUS nature, let the mind
grow aud expand and forever STAMP
the countenance with the sunshine o.
yladness, aud the heart with the i'm
press OF = diviner nature, BY feeding
the ssul in that "concsrd Of swee
sounds" which prevails in the habita
tions Of angels.-NatMre Arcdnd,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

WHEN a person feels disposed to
ovcrestimate his own Importance, let
him remember that mankind got
along very well before his birth, and
that in all probability they will get
along very we'll after his death.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

THERE Is a new counterfeit $1,000
note in circulation. Country editors
should beware of it, and scan every
note Of this denomination with more
than ordinary circumspsctien.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

IT was only . line Or two in the
daily paper-a few words to the effect
that the Central Station had been new
ly whitewashed. GOodheart, of Sixth
street, came home after q nights ab-
sence, with whitcwash on his back,
and "a he met his wife. he said -
"uang my luck! Got carried OF on
Lake Shore train" She picked up
the paper, placed her thumb on the
word whitewash, and there were
icicles in her voice as she replied
'Dsn't let that happen again, William
GOodheart. Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

IT must sound funny when John
Begod, of Springfield, o., answers the
question, "Whst's your nameT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08
Upholstered Mattresses,
FEATHERS, sc!

1t is useless to mention each
article in our various depart
ments. We keep everything
belonging to a STRICTLY
FIRST GLASS Furniture,
Crockery and Picture Franz
ing stock, and we modestly
state that our stock this spring
will have many new attrac-
tons and be far more COM
plete than any in this section,
and second only to those of
the largest cities.
Most of our goods were
bought during the great de-
preston of the winter, for
cash, and very low rates of
freight secured.
Our trade has nearly doub-
led, much of it coming from
Akron, A lliance, Garrettsville,
Warren and other adjoining
places. People will buy
where there is a large stock to
select from, if the prices are
right.
We buy direct of reliable
manufacturers, and will war;
rant every article purchased
of us. AS before, we pledge
to LOW FIGURES
AND SCARE DEALING.
Come and look through a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-08

AFTER awhile Phil Sheridan will
yell at Irene and sing, "Rucker to
sleep, neither, Rucker to Sleep" and
the beautiful Irene will sing back -
"Phil, you haven't learned my dispO-
sition yet; take that baby up stairs
and Phil it with--well. no matter /;
just attend 10 that baby" and then for
the first time. the cavalry warrior will
have 70 come down to infantry tactics.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
Florence.

Colonel Forney writes to the Philadel-
phia Press: Florence, or, as the Italians
call it, Fierenze, from the Latin Floren-
tia, lies in a charming valley in the
picturesque embrace of the Apprentices,
and extends along both banks of the
historic Arno. Although the morning
after our arrival was unusually cold, too
cold in fact to venture out, and the snow
was falling fast, yet l could see enough
to promise full feast of enjoyment to
the intelligent mind. The public build
ings, the palaces, the churches, the
cathedral, the streets, and the bridges
were sufficiently visible to remind me
that / was in one Of the most lovely
cities in the world, the chosen center of
many of the greatest of the ancient and
many of the best of the modern artists
"a history crowded with events and
changes. Here the power of the veal
thy Medici family was developed and
was maintained for ages, crowned with
the varied genius of Lorenzo the Mag
nificent. Here Michael Angelo was
born, and left some of his grandest
works. 1t was in Florence that Savona-
rola founded his Theocratic Republic, and
after brilliant career Of superstition,
eloquence, imposture, and statesman,
ship, perished at the stake in 1498,
Gaiileo was born in this lovely city, and
when very old was visited by the youth.
ful John Milton, of England. So, also
the immortal Dante, the founder of the
modern Italian language. So, also, Leo
nardo di Vinci and Machiavelli, and
more almost equally as illustrious. il
seems impossible that a city of only
167 900 people should be the treasure
house ofFso many memories and me
mentoes, the casket Of such priceless jew
els, and when 1 try to run over tn
catalogue of those who for centurie
have written in different tongues, olt
and new, Of the glories of Florence,
almost despair of my ability to say any
thing on the subject to my readers a
home that will not be idle repetition o
insufficient praise - ,i- trt.s = 49,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
Where is the Perjury!ti

Y The testimony of Mr.. Beecher, these,
Last few days, brings more plainly into
view the utter discrepancy between tife
witnesses for the prosecution and the de-
fense. 1t suffices to make the dullest
perceive that the one side or the other isl
guilty of the most tremendous lying.
Either every essential statement of Mr..
Beecher is the blacklist perjury, or he is
innocent. On the other hand, the state
ments of Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton and Tils
ton are downright lies, or Mr. Beecher is
guilty. Whatever decision one arrives
at as to the verdict, it involves the ne
cessity of pronouncing one, side or the
other liars more infamous than anyin the
history of courts, If you find Beecher
innocent, then you declare Moulton and
.Moulton's vile and Tiltou monsters OF
perjury. IfYyou decide they, are telling
the truth, you assert it as your belief not
only that Henry Ward Beecher is guilty
of the crime ofadultery, but that every
word he has uttered, "in the presenceioi
: the Ever Ewing God has been utterly,
completely, and wholly false, and what
one correspondent calls "his terrific
swearing,''s Is "terrifc ~ perjuryu Ont
side or, the otherois perjnreds q This is
statement of the issue in its boldest form
ANe,c Yrk Sun.A A'l 'h9hl9'hhhI "a
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
A Boiling Lake.

The Troy Times prints letter from a
citizen of that place, at present sojourn-
ing in the Island of Dominique, West
Indies, from which the following is an
extract:
1t is barely month since DIR. Free
land, in search of sulphur, in behalf of
an English company, accompanied by
DR.. Nichols, Of this Island, with a few
servants, started on tour of exploration.
At "a distance from town, in an air line,
of some eight or ten miles only, yet by
the necessarily circuitous route to reach
it requiring some days of severe labor,
struggling with precipices and deepest
vegetable entanglements, they found an
old volcano. Its height above the sea is
about 2,400 feet. They descended about
400 feet down the crater to the lake
nnheard of before, but which is to rank
among the wonders of the world. IT is
literally lake of boiling water. 1t is
about half mile wide and two miles in
circumference. In the center the boiling,
foaming water juts upward into sort of
dome, several feet higher than the sur
face. and where the ripping waves break
upon the shore the hand cannot be i'm
mersed without pain, SO high is the
temperature. My informant is DIR.
Nichols, who has made two excursions
to this lake, who is well known here, and
bears a most respectable character. He
says the water is very highly charged
with sulphur and magnesia. ~ g.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
Mark Twain on Insurance.

- - ffIf H.fftE.F
Mark Twain was present at a dinner
given by the insurance men of Hartford,
Conn, lately, and in the course of a
speech said: Certainly, there is no no
bier field for human effort than the in
surances line Of Business; especially ac-
cident Insurance. Ever since Iahave
been a director in an accident insurance
company have felt that ! am better
man life has seemed more precious; ;
accidents have assumed q kindlier as
pect; distressing special S.providences
have lost half their HORROR i look upon
a cripple now with an 'affectionate. inter
est-as an advertisement / do not seem
to care for poetry any more; do not
care for politics; even agriculture does
not excite me, but tome now there is a
charm about aArailway collision that is
unspeakable.f There lis nothing more
benefcent than accident insurance. /
have seen an entire family lifted out of
poverty and into oaffluence by the simple
boon Of broken-leg. / have had peo-
pie come To me on, ,crutches, with tears
in their eyes, TO bless this benefcent in
'stitution. a In all my experience Of life,
I have seen nothingp 50 seraphic as the
look that, comes into the face of freshly
m14lated man when he feels in his vest.
pocket with his remaining hand and finds
his accident ticket all fright.g And
have seen nothing 90 sad a. the look that
came into another sphptered customers
face when he found that he could not
collect ona wooden leg 4 will remark
here, By. way of an adyertisement, that
that noble charity wfichwe have named
is an institution which is peculiarly to
! be depended upon "a man Is bound to
prosper who. gives it HIS custom. Nc
man can take ont q policy in it,apd get
crippledS before the year Is ont. Now,
there was one indigcnt man who had
Been disappointed 50 .often with Other
companies. that he had grown disheart
ened, his, appetite left him, he ceased tc
emile, ysids lie Was but. a weariness
Thpee weeks ago.I got him, tu insure
with us, and unow he ia thes brightest
happicst spirit-in the land, has a goot
steady income, and.a stylish suit of new
bandages every day, ana travels arount
ON shutter. 81 ~ ..SY .r-s.A
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
Bullet In the Eye.

A delicate scientific operation was per
formed on the eve Of Gen. J. +. Miller,
at the Grand Hotel yesterday 1t may
not be forgotten that the gentleman was
wounded at the battle Of Liberty Gap,
Tennessee, on the oath of July, 1853, re
ceiving an Enfield rife bullet In his left
eye. He was taken from the field in an
insensible. condition, and SO remained for
two or three days. The missile was
never extracted, and men of science could
never locate its position in the head,
The General has ever since suffered. from
neuralgia pains, and it was feared the
sight Of the right eye would be also inn
paired if not altogether lost. DIR.
Gruening, of Philadelphia, and Drs.
Martinache and Brigham, of this city,
yesterday performed "a an operation
by which they asucceeded. in extracting
the bullet, which had already become
attached TO one Of. the bones of the
skull. The eye was partly moved
to get, at, the bullet and allow OF
the extraction. TIE patient is lying at
his room yet, apparently. comfortable,
and will idoubtless speedily recover.
The bullet had struck the ground and
became turned i'm it's course, so that the
base OF the bullet entered frstu The
force of the bullet had been greatly
deadened by contact with the ground
l'else the missile would have gone through
his head, ,AAHd California. q s2a NJ