davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
A CAN-CAN IN COURT.
THE LENGTH OF REGULATION DRESsEs-wHA
CONSTITUTES AN INDECENT DANCE.

THE LENGTH OF REGULATION DRESSES-WHAT
CONSTITUTES AN INDECENT DANCE.
In the report of the suit tor libel brought
by Mr.. Fair,ie, mSnager of the st. James
Theater, London. against Mr.. Blenkinsop,
for having published an article against his
management of the theater in Vanity Fair,
the following occurs
Miss Amelia Parfree was called. She said:
/ am forewomaR to Nine. Auguste, the
cOSJu miere.
What is the regulation dress? That
depends upon The height of the lady. IA
laugh l prepared the dresses for the ladies
at the st. James. The dresses were chosen
from sketches in books, and they were
made really rather longer than the sketches.
Every single costume in every respect was
perfectly decent.
Were any of the costumes "antediluvian?''
i am sure L don't know what "antediluvian
costumes" were. [Lsughter.1
Mr.. Thomas Gibson Bowels: / am the
proprietor of Vanity Fair. At the end OF
May l saw letter from the plaintiff
| solicitor threatening an action. l. in conse-
| thought the article just or whether / should
offer reparation and apology. / have had
experience OF the drama spectator both
| abroad and here. NV opinion OF Vert
VERT was that as q literary production il
was simply contempt ble; and as to the act
| ing it was not acting at all. The plot
seemed to me to be rather a tumble. The
riparelle dance is simply the can-can under
| another name. 1t had all the indecency and
none of the art of the csn-can. Laughter
1t was the can-can in its essential part.
| Now describe the can-can.-That could
only be done by dancing it, which can not
do. [Laughter.l The witness tbende
scribed the can-can and its meaning
| He added: Having seen the riparelle
determined to offer no apology, but Il
defend the action.
| Mr.. Albert Rino: 1 was formerly a com
poser of music, and am now a stock broker
but still compose music. saw "Vert Vert.
/ could not make out anything about tn
music; it was a ''row," think. Laughter.
At one time one half the band played one tun
and half another, and the poor conductor los
his head. lLaughter.l He put down hi
stick. He could not conduct more, no
could / either. / saw very little of th
riparelle. went away. A Taught ha,
quite enough of the performance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

A statement of the trustees Of the Girard
estate for the year 1874 is published in the
Philadelphia papers. The residuary fund,
now amounting to s6,lO4.s62 p, against s4.-
962,7 % year ago, includes real estate in
Philadelphia assessed at 80, 9S1, $50, and out
side of the county oLher real estate assessed
at 81, 634, 597. The other assets include United
States and city loans, the same amount in
the Ridge Turnpike Company held last year,
various sums In loans of tas Schuylk ill
Navigation Company, and investments in
stocks and bonds. The total receipts for the
year were 1888, GIL %, against 1854, 547 AZ last
year; and the expenditures, including STA
073 40 for the college, leave balance on
hand OF S59,4l3 81, against $40, 294 Ii last
wear,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

VITANTED-AGENTs-T whom exclusive
wv territory will be given TO sell Navins Ex-
planatory Stock Doctor. This book is neatly
bound in leather, and contains about 80 pages,
fully illustrated. 1t gives the history, symp-
toms, causes and treatment of all the diseases
of horses, hogs, cattle, sheep and poultry, and is
just the book that every farmer amt stock man
needs. II has rapid sale, and agents will 90
well to apply Immediately for Territory and
terms TO j. B. YEAGLEY, Publisher, ndiaDap
oils, Ind.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE mild and amiableGeneral Sheri-
dan, in his letter from New Orleans to
the Secretary of War, suggests that il
Congress would pass bill declaring
the members of the "Wh League
banditti, or if,the President would is
sue a proclamation to that effect, and
allow them to be tried by Military
Commissions, every thing would be
lovely. There are black leagues, en-
bracing the negroes, formed years be-
fore the opposition color league. The
practice is to kill such negroes as vote
the same ticket with the white people.
OF them it does not suit the purposes
of Sheridan to say anything. The
whites are the bauditti. They own
fOrty-nine fiftieths of the property.
They include nearly all the talent aud
culture, still Shiridau says they are
''banditti." He wants to tiy them by
Military Commissions appointed by
himself. He would, in that event,
have dead sure thing. The Commits
siol, would be like the revolutionary
tribunal in France in 1893, where
the trial was bloody farce. IF Sheri-
dan wants to put to death the leading
citizens of New. Orleans because they
naturally object to being robbed by the
thieves whom he was sent to uphold,
let him be bold in the matter, and
murder them without skulking behind
his miserable cover of Military Com
mission. a Military Commission for
the trial of civilians would never be
proposed by any one save Il tyrant, a
robber and usurper. 1t is nothing
more nor less than an organized mob,
and its acts are no better than those of
a mob. This man Sheridan's letter is
the most shameless and infamous thing
hot hov0 in, ,,rinf
our only object was political capital we
should want nothing better than to see
such man have full swing in New
OrleanS-ENQ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14
10000 In Premiums.

- A citizen of this county offers $50
for the best, and $40. for the second
best series of Essays on agriculture
and its Importance as compared with
other pursuits." "4- '- 60 o-
sniThe Essays are to be prepared and
handed to the editor Of this paper dur
ing the year 1876, and are to be re-
'tained by him until the end Of the
year, when he and the donor, with
such computent persons as they may
select will render the award. .-..,5
- He is to publish. whenever he
thinks advisable, from the articles
L<.g2I sx. II - ofW @t 53r -' t<.# t-
oE The Essays to be not less than 20 in
number and each to be not less than
zone column of ordinary news type in
the PKEss. -.
As will be seen by a careful study
of the words defining the subject,
.fpr a-t-r- !. .-itH .-H fs OfE9 .ft : if
there will be room for sOmcthing
more than the history and processes
of farming. sr - H. z..t,.-
% ThSFe is an Invitation 10 compare
the claims of the different classes Of
labor, aud tofix the position to which
the farmer is entitled, not only in the
social scale, but in the distribution of
- ,..oJf 10 1.sz.-uoF q .rin ~
pouhcat power. sue a.t--.asg q ro
ssoShould there be no creditable effort,
or no compositions, the judges may
withhold an award, at their discretion
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

Mn. HALE, of Maine, proposes to
remedy the difficulties in Louisiana by
new election. OF what use? The
last two elections resulted disastrous.
ly to the Radicals, and vet the voice OF
the people is unheeded. 1t matters
little whether the lawIess acts of vio-
lence are committed at the polls or
after the election. Itis perfectly man.
ifest that Grant and his party are de-
termined that the clearly expressed
will Of the people, where it is not in
accordance with their wishes, shall
not be respected. 10; -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14
For the Democratic Press.
A Letter to Teachers No. 3.


TEACHING.
In my last letter spoke of the in
nuence of the Sabbath School library.
over the minds of scholars, in maxim 6
hem iickle and unwilling or unable to
take hold of hard studies. / have not
known aschool taught in our district,
since l came into the neighborhood, +,
where the minds of thcsscholars have
been kept, mainly and principally on
their school studies. | am not willing
| to lay this fault altogether on the
teachers. The habit of novel reading
has so taken up the mind, that other
reading is distasteful. In districts
where Sabbath School book are not
much read, more attention is given to
studies and the scholars are further
advanced. .......-,,
In most districts there is surfeit of
easy reading, which determines de-
cided opposition to le arn1ns anything
that requires hard study. We have
too many light tales in the papers W e
are obliged to take, in order to get
other news; so that the fictitious tales
we get in Sabbath School books are
entirely q superfluity. Very few
young men take any interest in the
study Of Natural Philosophy, and very
few can be prevailed on to study gram
mar. This is not the fault of the teach
er, bu l think teachers are inclined to
hurry scholars along too fast. Parents
prefer to have their children taught
the primary branches first. Spelling,
reading and writing are the. most es-
sential parts of an education. If these
are neglected in child, it brings great
embarrassment as the child grows up
and is engaged in other studies. Writ
ing is almost banished from our day
schools, principally from lack of
punctuality and resolution in the
teacher. He has so many classes to
hear, even if he have less than twenty
scholars, that he can not gre half
hour for writing. Usin the Slate in
a spelling class of children, only teach
es them to scratch instead of TO write
The child's geography and the child's
arithmetic are public nuisances in our
public schools. 1t would be much
better to let children study the three
primary branches till they are old
enough to take geography like
-Mitchelfs, or common arithmetic.
We would have better scholars with a
great deal less fussing. Trying to
make children learn beyond their ca
pacity, has been the cause of many a
failure, and Of much superficial educa-
ton. A child gets adislike to study
because he was set to learning it be-
ford he could take any interest in it,
And when he is capable of studying it
he will not, on account of his form er
dislike to it. The minds OF children
are i'll some measure paraiyzed by hav-
ing too many studies on hand at one
time, and by having them too early.
Let child be engaged with the three
first branches till he is eleven We; rs Old,
then add geography and arithmetic
and let him study these till he is six
teen. lie will then be capable of
studying grammar and other branches
as his school days are heightened out.
w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

TIE FACT BRIEFLY, STATED.-In
the Federal House of Representatives,
Il few days ago, Mr.. Harris, of Virginia,
remarked that there was no disorder
or disturbance in any southern state
where the conservative party was in
power. The trouble in Louisiana had
begun with disputes between two car
pet baSgers from Illinois Yarmouth
and Kellogg. The trouble in Arkan-
sas had arisen from the quarrel of
two other carpet baggers over the spoils
and plund-r of the people, and the
trouble in Mississippi had grown out
of the fact that republican sheriff
would not give a bond, and stole the
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14
THE MARKETS.

RAVENNA January 49, 1875.
FLOUR Ranges from Sc 40, for. XX Red
ITO q 90 Ter XXX White. Demand steady.
WHEAf-s1 10.
COEN-shelled brings soc O. soc; ears, 9s@ doc
ORTS-50c. b .
RYE-No. i brings rs a soc; a 4
BARLET-S0c. q 81 90.
BUCKWHEAT-15 @ soc.
HAY-Scllins at SIG d $40; according to
BEEF-Pcr cwt., So a 81.
HOGS-Dressed, per cwt.. 81 co. a. 81 So ac-
cording to quality.
LARD-City render ed 16 a lie; country 121sc.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling at l6c;z Country zss'- 'as "a
Shoulders. City cured selling at 121sc. Dried
Beef selling at s2c.
POULTRY-Good supply in tho market
Chickens dressed, buyers pay a 10 cents; un-
dressed &c q &c Turkies, live 7c q SC; dressed;
~ a 12c.
EUTTER-2ac es a5c. and in good demand. J
CHEESE-Factory, new, rctails, 1sc.
EGGS buyers pay 2sc per doz.
T1AT9lsS- -Fs,fchasers paYSgcesfsc.
8EANS-Cho i0etssndpic cked IN Gsodaem and
at 81 - per bu. Medium 81 80.
ONIONS per bnshel 81 ".
HOPS-5Oc.
/ ..ssAGEccRetaih'at Rc @IQc. Qc.s4Tuwyrl.I
/ NEGsAR rPure cides rcta;lsi SctperSgil
| sTAIIoT V psS esDpt5 slIjlEIlTI
J. 1IfDES-Green, Trimmed 61s c.untrimmed $40
| FEATHERs7Rc Retail at 81 90. VT
7 WHINE LtxfEAsf so per bbl. = ~
WATER LIME-$2 50
sAIr reoaise saii Iatss 50! hhs sa6. OF
waOD-stove Sc Oo92 so; 3 feet wood IS 0o
| q s. 80 per cord JOJ2 9YiJ3BlJjE {
FoSssasila,s,l Sass ! sa.,s,, i. bus 8TUtig, a..
i
srsnaiatea snsFs YlT"ltt1 gTlIIil:i l.ls lis
,fSassisa Fsisss,Isa la Iiins }iTtTF ,ss ,ss
Brown '' doc
Mns,s S5S of,sIp5 bsip sJrsp fe'f f'f co co
Golden Drip ...> =" .-.,.x. rs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14


One thing is SO plain i'm Louisiana
that the members of the Congression.
al Committee of Investigation are
unanimous, positive and unreserved
about il, VIZ, that tho Kellogg r..
turning Board that counted out O
Democratic majority of the Legisla-
ture aud couut the Republicans in,
was fraud. Take the case of the &C
lion of the Board in Rapiies Parish.
Three Democrats were elected by
over three hundred majority each.
The election was indisputably fair.
There was no intimidation, and no al
legation that there was any. During
The tedious public sessions of the
Board, no charge was made that the
Rapides return was Incorrect. Aud
vet q secret session was held, and the
three Democrats were counted out
and the three Republicans in, upon an
unsupported affidavit, made by that
hack lolitician, Governor Wells, and
palplbiy manufactured for the occa
sion; and the existence of this paper
was unknown to the people OF New
Orleans until it was produced before
The Investigating Committee. The
three Democrats elected from Rapides
made the trip to New Orleans, with
out thought that their seats were
contested, and found themselves
count out, while the three Republicans,
who never dreamed that they were
elected, had to be sent for eN pressly.-
CincinRdti Com.
OF what use would a new election
be with, such Returning Board to
count out those who are elected and
count in the defeated candidates !?
Can the people ever expect to have
their will respected?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

WHEN the President of the United
States employs the Federal army to
disperse the Legislature of a sovereign
State and to displacc the officers duly
elected by the people to give place to
his own minions, who can doubt that
he is insuring to such State "repub-
hcau form of government ?"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

WHAT Grant through his petty
tyrant, Sheridan, has done in Louisi-
ana he may do i'll any state of the
Union. Ii the Legislative, executive
and judicial departments of state,
are to exercise their functions by his
will and at his supreme pleasure, then
are not our bossted Republican insti-
tutions, cheat and sham?.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE Radicacs of the Michigan Leg
islature held caucus on Thursday
last and nominated Zach Chandler for
reelection as United States Senator
from that State. Now let the Radicals
blow their buglcs about drunken
Democrats,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE Spanish Republic is among the
things that were, it departed with the
old year, and Don Alfonso, son OF the
notorious ex-Queen Isabella, aged IL
years, has been proclaimed King, and
the army and navy and the leaders of
the republican government at Madrid
have all given in their adhesion to the
new monarch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

90 THE Legislature of Indiana organic
ed on Thursday last. In the House
Hon. David Turpie, Democrat, oi
Marion, was elected Speaker by astrict
party yCte, having a majority of six
over tbs Republican and Independent
nominees. The Democrats have a ma
jority of eight on joint ballot of the
two Houses Who will be elected
Senator is not yet known, but few
days will settle the question.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

WITHDRAWN Hon. ID. w. Vuor-
hees has written a patriotic letter,
withdrawing from the Senatorial con-
test in Indiana. He says, truly, that
i'm this hour, s. when the most vital
liberties of American citizens and the
most sacred institutions of free govern
nent are openly assailed and destroyed
by the lawless and atrocious tyranny
of the party in power at. Washington,
the unity and consolidation of all the
elements of the Democratic party be-
come more important than ever be-
fore" That's the right sentiment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

REPORTS from Washington repre-.
sent that there are divisions and dis.
turbances in the cabinet over the
Louisiana affair. Fish. Bristow and
Jewell arc said not to be thoroughly
In accord with the President on the
troublesome question, and have inti-
mated to him their purpose to resign.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

The Radicals tell us that as the result
of the war there is no longer any such
thing as a sovereign State in the
American Union. During the war
they solemnly declared by resolutions
of Congress and repeated it in nearly
all their Conventions. that the war on
our part, was not for conquest or sub
jugation, but TO preseTCe the Unt0n
acith aUthe ,ihgts, dignity and equality
Of The Seueral States unimpaiTed,"-
Subsequent events have served to
show the utter insincerity of their
professions, and that they were really
aiming at revolution and the total
overthrow Of the system of govern
mcnt established by the founders OF
the Republic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

TIE farmer lives in his own house.
The use of the house, which he does
not pay for, is as the money which
salaried man pays for rent, is of his
income and should be counted as such
farm, and consumed on the farmers
table including the vegetable from the
garden, the eggs and milk used i'm
cooking, arc as much part OF his in
come as the money paid for such things
out of his salary is to the salaried
man. Ii u farmer gives his wiio and
children a pleasure ride to town, using
his horses and wagon, the value OF
their use is part of his income from
his farm, as truly as the money
the other man pays out OF his
salary for carriage hire of his. The
correct rule for estimating the income
from Il farm is substantially this -
Give credit for every article produced,
used or expended in any way what
ever, as we'll as for cash received for
products sold, and for increase in val
lie of farm property, and charge
against the farm for interest on capital
invested and for all expenditures. The
farmer that will do this every year
will not feel so much like complaining
of the umprotitableness of farming as
compared with other pursuits. The
fact is, that not one i'll hundred
farmers take into consideration the
luxury and comfort of fresh eggs,
butter, milk, fruits, ETC., that they
would haye to pay high prices for if
they lived in town, or do without
them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

-o,A STRONG lobby is at work in Con-
gress to secure the extension of the
Wilson sewing machine patent. Here
is another. chance for christian states
men. and patriots to feather their nests.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE Congressional Committee ha:
not yet succeeded in pumping out of
Richard b. Irwin what he did with the
s750, 900 placed i'm his hands to secure
the Pacific Mail subsidy. Garfield.
Kelley, Bingham, Dawes & Co., were
purchased at a cheap rate in the Credit
Mobilier matter, but what was the
consideration paid them for their sup
port of this big job, if any, is yet un-
known. The people are anxious for
information on the subject.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

On the Sth inst, the eXplos on of u
kerosine lamp caused the burning, at
Chicago of Bonfield & Heley's render
dering factory. Loss $45 COO insur-
ance not over s. 900,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14
Boots & Shoes.

am happy to inform my friends and patrous
that have located myself in a more coneenient
place of business, 3 doors east of Beatty's Cloth
ing Store, where I would cordially invite all in
want of Boots. Shoes and mendng to call and
see what can do for them and how well / can
serve them before making purchases or giving
orders elsewhere.
IE r ROULFAU.
Ravenna, Oct ,1S7'.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14
AEase CaIumnx IxnnSed.

LITTLE Rock, January The fol-
lowing was published to-day:
| To the People OF the United States: .-tF
Having seen Il dispatch of General
Sheridan's to the Secretary of War,
| i'll which he speaks of terrorism as
existing i'll the State of Arkansas, we
feel it to be our duty in behalf of the
| religious communities with which we
are connected to say to the world at
large that there is no such thing as
terrorism existing in this State, and
no repression of public opinion or of
private action except that imposed by
an ordinary code of laws, and that
since the last of May of the past year,
the country has been profoundly quiet.
There have been no prosecutions, po-
litical or otherwise, and as far as we
have been able to learn, no White
Leagues or any other similar asSOcia-
tiOns. -. @ $3.50. ..
AS General Sheridan has not been in
Arkansas, and could only have formed
an opinion by hearsay, this fact, may
, account for ali opinion of the existence
of imaginary evils, for which he pro-
poses remedy which of itself would
extinguish all law, and procure a con-
dition of affairs which would be a ter
rorism indeed. u.''H
EDWARD FITZGERALD, t
Bishop of Little Rock.
.... A. II. WINFIELD, f.tf.. ....
Presiding Elder of the NJ, e. Church,
South, Little Rock, Ark. -t.,1
III. n. PIERCE, .....r
Missionary Baptist of Arkansas and
Indian Territory.
THOS. r. WEIGH, ~
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Il. j. LEAK,
Pastor NJ. Z. Church.
JACOB LOCH, . ll"
Rabbi Congregational B'nai Israeli
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

A JURY has been empanneled in
the frilton-Beecher case and the war
has actually begun. Now, those who
want a Hood OF nastiness will eagerly
look for the city papers. gr --s-.oii.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE late annual sales of pews at
Beecher''s Plymouth church amounted
to 81, 900, being $4,000. more than
Last years sales. iH s.r s.t..t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

INCREASE THE TAXES.-The last
statement of the National Treasury
department showed an increase of the
public debt of over three and Il half
million of dollars during the month of
December, and now the friends OF the
administration are crying aloud for an
Increase of taxes. This is the rctrench-
ment and reform which is meted out
to the people. There is no hope of re-
lief to the people 10y IL decrease of eN-
penses, under the party in power.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

THE Finance Bill agreed upon by
the Senate Radical caucus, and which
passed the Senate before the holiday
adjournment, was put through the
House of Representatives on Thursday
last by a vote of 1856 yeas to IS nays. 1t
was got up as u means of saving the
Republican party, but it will fall far
short of accomplishing its object. Those
who are expecting to find their pockets
stuffed with money and that of a kind
that has the metallic ring to it at no
very distant day, as tie effect of this
measure, will be most wofully disap-
pointed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-14

In our federal Congress and in the
Legislatures of all the States, by con-
stitutional provisions, each House is
made the judge of the election and
qualification of its own members, but
that is not the way Grant and Sheri-
dan do the business they settle the
matter by federal bayonets. Patent
applied for.