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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
A PEN PICTURE OF BLUE JEANS VIII
LIAMS.

A PEN PICTURE OF BLUE JEANS VIII
LIANIS.
The Democratic candidate for Coy.
ernor is James d. Williams, at present
member of Congress from the Second
District, and Chairman of the Com
mittee on Expenditures in the House.
The personal appearance of Venezue-
la's opponent is somewhat remarka-
BILE, and as an enthusiastic admirer
yelled when his name was placed in
nomination at the convention, "Hur-
rah for the second Abraham Lincoln! !"
any one could recollect that a slight
be traced. In person Mr.. Williams is
long, lank, and angular, with horny
hands that show the corrugated marks
made by the plow handle, and his
pedal extremeties spread cut to al
most an abnormal size by many roll
ing marches in the furrow and behind
the scythe and cradle in the early days
of Knox county. His frame is sur
mounted by head of more than Or
dinary size, and upon gazing upward
the interviewer. of dwarf stature will
see looking down upon him counte-
nance combining both shrewdness and
strength. His face resembles one
more of the typical Yankee than the
somewhat mythical IIoosier, being
clean cut. but insinuating, if needs be
aggressive, and with look from PEN
etrating eyes that convince you that
here is a man in whom there IS no
foolishness. On top of this head is
All old slouch hat. At the bottom,
boots of no small design, while the
frame work is covered with a suit of
old-fashioned blue jeans. This is the
suit winter and summer, rain or shine,
on the banks of the Wabash, or in the
halls of Congress, and such has been
the case for years. In Mr.. Williams
this popularity has no significance, as
with some who affect regularity in
dress; but Williams adopted it be-
caus il suited him and was econOmi-
cal. In the present campaign this
idiosyncrasy, if it may be SO termed
with regard to dress, is likely to be
one of the campaign nethings that are
SO often in our history the making of
public men. Blue jeans clubs are Or
ganized in the rural districts in every
direction, and the desire to- be eco
nomical exercised years ago when all
was extravaganza, seems to have
struck chord which reverberates
now when those who gained and prof.
tied thereby are engaged in grinding
the faces of the poor.-IadidndpOtis
Letter to the st. Louis Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

The manuscript of tie above poem was hand
ed us by w r. Wairnessss.s of Kent 1t was
written at Manchester. England. nearly Ton
years ago, and it has never appeared in print in
the United States. it' .-. '.'t L'. 81 - - '..
This Fable of mine is intended to teach -ff
That patience is harder to practice than preach
A plain country Curate each Sabbath obcyed
The sweet sounding bell and res umed his trade,
Read his Collects and Prayers his Psalter and
Creed. it'4 .ittts" t-iiit .j4"
And passed for a very good Parson indeed.
From his home to his Kirk was mile and n
half
which he trod in the morn by the help of his
staff: ~.tEH 4..H .sssfI4ar e .E'
And through all the week plain and coarse was
his fare,
Yet still for he poor he had Il mOrse' to spare
And 10 on the Sabbath you ght have espie,i
A niece of Toast E<ef and Pad,iing beside.
For he always maintained 1t both prudent anu
meet
That the day he worked hardest the best he
should eat; -9H z..I .-srf
The morn it was frosty, the day it was fine,
As the Curate returned NJ usual to dine.
AS he opened Tie door. Oh said he, what wife.
How kindly she >tri yes to make happy my life.
Not Job in the scriptures more richly was blest
When he Of his treasures and flock was possess
.i ed, ..-. A'A -f F. -ffA- ~si-.
His kihd hearted wife in return for her care
And absence fr.m church, begS to know acho
scas there; 300
Old Madam Trusty has been there with her
niece. Faiaf-1stf sfs-t4ia slafs -fa-.
And Young Miss Eliza had on her Pelice. .l.
With many more quest lions too tedious to tell,
And as l neer heard them, no longer III dwell.
His wife then, as was her custom the neat A.
Enquired of n er Reverend Husband the text:
The text, dearest wife, forgot by the way,
But the PatieRce of job was thesubject to day.
The Patience of job good topic indeed,
A virtue of which every husband has need;
And 70 day Think you will have occasion for
. some, A a -
when you know what has happened since last
you left home. '
Says he Dearest Wife, do tell me, pray,
What doley'M disaster has happened TO day. 2.
She yentured at last, though with many Il willy,
To say the best barrel OF Ale had run dry.
Up started his Reverence in a dolorous plight,
For the joys of the morn turned to sorrow ere
night. a.iit
Ny bd,rek ram dry hut ten quarts to the
strike. it'A 50 -i lt." 5t=.
No mortal on earth ever tasted the like {i4,
My BARREL run dry. which large did intend
To cheer up tae Christmas and warm the choice
friend. 4'' ''s'f
OF! The thought Of such loss is too heavy to
bear;
In vain, now the Goose. tho Turkey. the Hare.
Just now protest. though am LOydl Iocn
I had rather the King had fallen down from his
throne, 5,i6+. .Irhi.I .Glt -i-r
And il his sick crown had flown up to the sky.
1t would not have vexed me much rs my ALE
running dry. --i 9t
Peace, peace, said his life, gently pulling his
F robe, ....s..# ... tf...r.., .,=..s..rt -g8!I
Think how little your losses TO the losses of job
Oh! woman, quoth he, thou art fool of Il wife.
,Jo6 Aad nerer such a 6ar,4l or Ale an his EJcr 600.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
ABOUT ADVERTISING.

-- e..
., You can't eat enough in a week to
last .you]a a year, and you can't adver-
tise on that plan either. guibbE s-*'
People who advertise only once i'm
three months forget that most folks
cannot remember anything longer
than seven days. ..l- 5sagr
No bell can ring so loudly as a good
advertisement. People will believe
what they see rather than what they
hear. "a. .-.r.. ..-....-f. sEaW
Quitting advertising in dull times is
like tearing out dam because the wa
ter is low. ataai .'#t
Nowadays.--every body can Tread.
Your advertisements will not waste
their sweetness on the desert air.
An Indian once tried the softness of
feathers by laying one on a rock and
stretching himself upon it. There are
some who try the virtue of advertis-
ing on the same plan. '.'i
It's true Of advertising as of any,
thing else in life, that if it is worth do
ing at all, it is worth doing well.
Bread is the staff OF life, and adver-
tising is the staff of trade.
A simple "card" may profitably
stand for years without changing, but
a sensation advertisement should be
changed often. @11' ''> io i+a
We don't recommend advertising as
the best way to get good wife; but
we can recommend it as the best way
to get good trade. s''it
Small advertisements are worth
more IN proportion than large. If all
people were deaf, loud advertisements
might be expected to win. t'
People who see flaming advertise
ment one week, but never after, get an
idea the man has fiZzled.' f''i
A heavy advertisement once is more
than quadrupled in value by a small
card published for few months after,
giving your address.
Judicious advertising pays. m
Meyer run down your opponents
goods in public. Let him pay for his
own advertising. aaaii Il nifa" 4s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
The Husbands Jealousy
BY ANNIE RALsTON.

She was only eighteen when Gil
bert Amydon married her---a bright.
eyed little thing, with hair ike gold,
and complexion like the pink and
| white OF Il conck- shell.
"Gil, you're a fool y said his plain
spoken uncle, who had money to leave
and comported himself in a, proper,
tionately uncivil manner. "Y ou're
like all the rest of the world, infatu-
ated by pretty face" 3di
81 confess, dear Gilbert that am
surprised at your choice" said an ell
derly maiden sister, "alter having told
you that Sylvia Simmerton was in
ciined 10 look favorably upon your at
tentions-why, Sylvia has three hum
dred year Of her own"
am really afraid. Gilbert" said his
mother, chat Florence is rather young
and inexperienced"
"She1l grow older, MOTHER" said
the BRIDEGROOM, cheerily; and there's
plenty of experience to be had in this
world, il one only lives long enough
And Gilbert Amydon and his pre- tty
little wife were as happy as the day
was long.
Florence cried a little when her
husband was obliged to go away on
important business connected with
the firm in which he was partner
They had been married only few
months. ''' i'''"'' Hu
81 wish l were going with you.
Gilbert said she; and Gilbert Amy
don laughed, and patted her rose-feaf
cheek. +'i i'4 "li''i ai g
"Why, what should do with lit
tie zephyr of a creature like you?"
said he. "Iiow would you endure
travelling all night and running about
all day? No, no; you must stay al
home and keep house until l come
back"
So Gilbert Amydon went away. no-l
lie had not been gone manv weeks
before a long and acric letter from
his maiden sister, Drusila, infused a
bitter element into the current of his
reflections. t.af
:Florence is very WELL" wrote Miss
Drusilla. who, although by no means
either Fat or fair, was forty at least, 4,
"and apparently very happy. She had
friends to tea last night. OF course i
was not invited, although most inop-
portuncly l called in, about the Dor
cas- Sewing Club, just as they were
sitting down TO tea. The Misses
Myrtle were there, with their cousin,
Major Darrock. Major Darrock is
very handsomc"- these words were
unnerscored with two vicious dashes
of the pen-"and, judging from their
conversation, Florence and he were
old friends before she ever met you
dare say it is all right-indeed,
Florence told me that when she in
vitcd the three Myrtle girls she didn't
know that Major Darrock had just AZ
rived on a visit TO them. But, never
theless, l hardly believe it is well to
reignite the ashes Of AN old Irritation
on the altar of an absent husband 4
hearthstone. However, as I said be-
fore, Florence is very young and can
hardly be expected to comprehend
these things" jl4. r-l-3uf1I.fo Z q
Gilbert AmydOn felt a sharp sting
or latent jealousy go through his heart
as he read his sisters words, but pres
emily he broke into "A smile and tore
up Miss Drncilla's letter uncerimoni-
Onsly into cigar lighters. Ir1 HH sll
"They would shut her up in nun
merry if they had their way" said he to
himself. "PO0r, dear little grill che
must have some amusement"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
ISN'T THE WAR OVER.

4
p We fear our Northern friends have
not in good faith 'accepted the results
OF the war" The bloody shirt now
waves over every Republican, camp,
and Centennial Dix is bawling him
self hearse in efforts to rally the boys
in blue. The Southern people are
wiser and more patriOtic.d They adj
nit that the war has tsettled some
thing. RichmOnd Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

The man, who. weary Of his wife's
absence on visit to her mother, had
photograph Of his house taken with
himself and his neighbor's wife stand
ing OH the porch, which he sent to his
ier-half, has rival in the one who
simply saw that his letter contained,
feet long. His wife wouldn't have
waited for the next train to get home,
could she have sent herself by tele-
graph. .'st ao aisHW aaiii5la -u
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

COOPER and Carey is a very good
ticket in c major. 1t may perhaps be
interesting to musicians; other peO-
pie will hardly care about it sufficient
ly to give it a corporal's guard of votes
in any State. i, 1--i.ttl.,. t.ss,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

SAMUEL F. CAREY, Cooper's Vice
President, has stumped the country
for the Temperance party, the Repub-
Iican party, the Liberal party, the
Democratic party, the Free Labor par
ty. What next? ''-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
HUMAN NATURE,

1t is the same here as in Cairo OF
New Jersey. The other day when a
Tarheel with sunken eyes and high
cheek bones sat down on the steps OF
grocery beside several Others. be
siged heavily and asked:y84
jeGentlemen, if any of you found a
five on the sidewalk, would You hunt
for the owner ?''
IL would" came from each individ-
ual with promptness and dispatch.
Haven't any of you lost five,
have you:" anNiously continued the
man. r.-.,..-.... .f..-5 -
81 have" answered one, and the
echo went all along the line.
"Describe her, gentlemen" he re-
marked.
One said his had a figure IS" on III
Another said his had picture of de
Soto discovering the Mississippi river.
A third said the letters s'U. S." were
plain to be seen on the bill that fell
out OF his vest pocket. Il las
"Gentlemei, this five don't tally"
mournfully remarked the Tarheel.
None of you have hit the description
within mile and n sand bar"
'sLet's see it," asked two or three at
once.
"lt's n five, and found it on the
walk" he whispered, holding out his
hand, 5H.a.
The five was nickel. Some of the
crowd leaned back and held their
h tnds on their outraged hearts, while
others rose up, carefully brushed their
coat-tails, and said it was time to go
home. Only one of the victims
seemed to appreciate the situation.
He chuckled, and gurgled and gasped,
and asked the stranger what he would
take.
"Whisky straight" was the prompt
reply. ,ar 5.ssl $50 !.s .fsfsh ..
$50 would I, if ever drank" said
the citizen. and he lounged down town
to get up bet on the weather. les
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

IT is the first time in American his.
tory that three governors of threStates
on the presidential ticket.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
For Sale or Exchange.

THE Undersigned. for the purpose of chang
l. ing business. offers his farm in Streetsboro'
. containing 116 Al 100 acres, for sale cheap
Tor cash or on credit. Would exchange for Wes-
tern lands, or city Or-village property, small
place. not exceeding twenty five acres
f.Itu4.f- srfs.rlf1Et SOS ---..i G. FENTON.H H
streetsboro'. Dec, %. 1874. 3sO-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

HoGG was good writer; but he
can't be considered aside of Bacon.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

Would inform the people OF Ravenna and vicin
ity, that he has opened shop in the AlleL
Block. two doors east of Il. Little's Grocery
Store, on Main street, and is prepared to do al!
work entrusted to him. in a wOrkmanlikc man.
ncr. and at retlliceds prices. From many years
experience in the business. he feels confdent OF
his ability to give entire satisfaction.
Particular attention paid to Cutting Garment.
to be made by women. ...s.
Ravenna. Oct 1869. 5S-tf .t.t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31
PATIENCE.

The manuscript of tie above poem was hand
ell us by w ~ Wairsesss.s of Kent 1t was
written at Manchester, England, nearly 100
years ago, and it has never appeared in print in
the United states. . .- it- ""t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

fVUtI - j. ii. NICHOLS
Attorney at Law and Notary Public Office
in Phenix Block over Braincrd Il sons Drug
Store.
November sU. 1871. 222-f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-08-31

d. NORTON, t. n Z n H'.I
" MORTON & PHELPS,
- AWYERs. Once over Wait. Dewey 4 Cos
III Jewelry Store. Ravenna. Ohio 2'o-tf-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21

Tennessee to Kansas is progressing to
an alarming extent from a labor stand
point. Next month over two thousand
will leave in a body, and they give as a
reason for emigrating that they cannot
get work in Middle Tennessee, and hence
they will go where they a live. They
claim that they have no voice in the poll.
tics OF Tennessee, and so desire to 20
West where they can have the entire con-
troll Of sffsirs."
The German Protestant Church on
Third street, near Jefferson, has mad a
new roof put on and has been reftted
and decorated in an elegant manner.
On Sunday week Rev. A. Thomas, for
merly from Berlin, Prussia, but late Of
Muscatine, Iowa, and who is said to be a
fac orator and a most liberal gentleman
ia sentiments, will take charge OF the
church as pastor and will preach his in.
%augural discourse. Under bis able
management the church will no doubt
have a large membership.
Our reporter visited the DeSoto engine
house yesterday afternoon and witnessed
the boys hitch up on fast time. In about
fifteen seconds the horses had left their
stalls, looks their positions at the engine
and hose.carriage and were hitched up
ready for a FIRE. Everything about the
engiue-house is in good order and the
boys are always ready to attend to a fire
on q moments notice. This speaks
well for the discipline of our efficient
fire department as developed by Chief
McFadden and his captains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21
THE WIDOW AND ORPHAN FUND.
A Statement by the officers of Its
COndition-HaFdships OF the Pres.
n Life Insurance Law.
NJ shviIIe Amar;oan 1etb

A Statement by the officers of Its
CORditt0n-MaFdshtps of tile Pres.
ent Life Insurance Law.
Nashville American. lsth.l
In an interview had by an American
reporter with the President and Secre-
tary of the Widow and Orphan Fund
Life Insurance Company yesterday, they
made, in substance, the following state
ment:
I'VE are satisfied that the patrons OF
the company have no cause for alarm.
Our assets are amply sufficient to meet
every liability. The company has no
claim against it unadjusted and due.
The only difficulty we are laboring under
is the operation Of the law passed in
March last, requiring life insurance COM
panies to have, in addition to their la
bilities, 100000 invested in bonds and
mortgages. This, taken in connection
with the fact that our Insurance Com.
missioner values State and other bonds
at the present low market rates, is such
an onerous burden to carry that e%carcely
any corporation whose funds have been
invested in such securities to meet her
future Indebtedness can possibly stand
under it.
The officers Of the company have no
fault to find with the commissioner. Ii
is the act of the Legislature, not his.
he has to execute the law as be finds it.
The company duly fled its annual state.
ment, as required by the law, showing
that it had a surplus over liabilities to
policy holders of over $l50,000 on the
first of January last; and the conmis-
sioner, finding that it did not full comply
with the law, as he construed it, con
cluded 10 make az official examination,
and his agent is now busy in the perform.
ance of that duty.
THE company was chartered in De-
oember, 1867, and the capital fixed at
S2e0, 900, fifteen per cent. to be paid in
cash, and the balance in notes payable
as might be required by the directors.
Soon after its organization, and before
it had begun work, the Legislature
passed an act requiring all life insurance
companies to deposit with the Comp
troller $40, 900. This requirement took
nearly all of its cash capital, for bonds
we're then selling at zeal par.
"Again, in July, 1870, the Legislature
passed an act requiring all life insurance
companies to deposit with the Board Of
Insurance Commissioners $1,000 and
made it imperative that one-thlrd OF the
sum should be in Tennessee bonds, and
the company had to purchase them at o
cost Of over eighty cents in the dollar.
In addition to this, under the Funding
act, the company had to fund past-due
bonds and interest coupons to the extent
Of forty.6v thousand dollars. It GER
tainly looks like q hardship to require
corporations TO invest their funds in
State bonds and then value them at so
low q figure as to reduce their assets be.
low the standard Of s%olvency fixed by an
arbitrary law.
THE company has no branch Office in
California, aud has had none there since
December, 1873"
~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21

:
On yesterday in referring to the
election Of a Police and Fire Connie.
sioner next month, our local end man,
who keeps up with city affairs, suggested
Tor the office the names of Colonel Ma
gevney, present incumbent; Colonel
Heating, of the Appeal; Councilman
Donovan, Messrs. John Gum and Owen
Dryer. This morning Colonel Heating.
in the Appeal, gracefully declines per
hitting his name to be used in this CON
neetiOn, and expresses his preference for
the reelection Of Colonel Magevney.
We have received the following brief note
from Colonel Donovan upon the same
subject:
To the Editor of the Ledger:
In your issue Of yesterday you were
kind enough to suggest my name for the
etiee of Police and Fire Commissioners.
l an not a candidate for the office.
Respectfully, JOHN DoXovAN.
Colonel Donovan represents the Sec.
ond ward, and he is a most useful men,
Der of the City Council, being one of the
hardest workers in hat assembly Of leg
islators. There are a few more counties
to hear from yet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21
rRLNMIMos

:. q. WATKINS, S7S Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21
Choice Spring Lamb; fresh
meats of all kinds. HI. Sees
sci, Sr.. a. Sons, corner Of
Second and Jefferson. As


Mr.. R. P. Yorkstou, of the Campbell
Printing Press aud Manufacturing Com
pany, is in the city on business CON
nected with the above establishment
The company purposes erecting a three
story building, at a cost Of fifty thousand
dollars, on the Philadelphia Exposition
grounds for the purpose OF exhibiting
their presses and other articles manu-
tured by them. The upper story of the
building will be arranged into sleeping
apartments, furnished, etc, for the &C.
c%ommodation Of newspaper men, who
are invited to occupy them free Of
charge by tie company. The business
Office Of the Campbell Printing Press
and Manufacturing Company is at No.
80 Beekman street, New York,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21

Those who get up and manage lectures
make a great mistake in charging q dol
lar to hear a man or N spout for an
hour. No such price is charged for ad
mission to a lecture in the East, where
lectures are popular, and have been
made so by the fifty cents admission
plan, and lectures will never reach a
popular plane in Memphis until this lat
ter sum is made the maximum price of
admission. When theatergoers can at
tend the theater and witness a fine dram.
attic star aud company, or an opera
troupe or ether combination for one dol.
lar, there seems to be but little sense in
charging the same price to hear one man
talk either sense or nonsense. The
trouble is, that those getting up lectures
want to make as much money as pos
sible, all Of which is a commendable in.
tention on their side, but on the side Of
the public the thing does not pan out so
we'll.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-21
Historical Anniversary.

To day is the anniversary Of the es-
tablishment of the independence Of
Texas in 1886. Texas was part of the
Mexican confederation until March, 1886,
when she cut loose and became an indie.
pendent republic, with Sam Houston as
commander-in-chief Of the army. Santa
Anna and q strong Mexican force immedi.
ately invaded Texas, perpetrated the
horrible massacre of the the Alamo,
burned Harrisburg, the capital, and then
bore down upon Houston, whom he en-.
countered upon the San Jacinto. Hous.
ton had just 1888 men, all volunteers,
with two si%x-pounders, while the Mexi-
cans we're 1900 strong, all veterans. The
charge was led by Houston amid shouts
of Remember the Alamol" and RE.
member Goliadl' and such was the des-
peration and fury of the Texans that 10
a short time the Mexicans fed in oonfu
sion. OF the Mexicans, $50 were killed,
2OS wounded, and 73O taken prisoners,
while of the Texans there were only s
killed and rs wounded. Next day Santa
Anna was captured, and before he was re
leased he signed a treaty that acknowl
edged the independence of Texas. >