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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
CHILD WHIPPING.

The children of poverty! My heart
bieeds for them; the children simply
covered with a rag the children o.
famine and starvation; the children OF
drunkenndss and the children OF crime
flotsam and jetsam upon the wild, the
rude sea of life the children in alleys !:
the children who crouch in corners
when they hear the unsteady step Vi:
a drunken brute Of a father; the chill
dren, little babies with their drinkin.
mothers the children, too, of the rich.
they have no liberty these little
children that are crushed. that are
trampled upon, that are frightened, |
pity them all from the bottom of my
heart. What right hsve you to tyrai,
niZe over a child? l nave very little
respect for a man who cannot govern
a child without brute force. Think CT
whipping chiIdreni Why, they say,
children tell lics-tyranny is the faith
er of lies. Suppose man who is
much larger than five year old child
should come at you with pole in his
hands: Who brote that plate p
You would tremble; your knees
would knock together and you would
swear that you never saw the plate, or
that it was cracked when you got it.
Think of member of the Exchange
whipping one of his children for pre-
varicating. Think of lawyer beat
ing his own flesh and blood for evsd-
ing the truth. Think of dealer in
stock Furnishing his child for setting
afloat false reports. What an inco,.-
sistency! 1t you should hereafter
whip your child, 1 wish you could
have your picture taken while doing
it. with brows contracted with anger.
cheeks red with wrath, and the little
child shrinking. trembling, crouching,
begging! If this child should happen
to die, would it be sweet in the au-
tumn, when the maple leaves are turn
ing to gold, and when the scarlet vines
run like sad regret out of the earth
wouldn't it be delightful to go and
sit on the little mound that covered
the flesh you had beaten, and look at
the photograph of yourself in the act
of whipping that child Now think
of it; and it all l say to night will
save one blow from the tender flesh
of infancy, l am more than paid
[Ingersoil.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
A STEAMBOAT w1rHUr PADDLES.

A little steamboat without paddles,
wheels or screws, has been built in
Baltimore, and has made a successful
trip to New York through the Della
ware and Chesapeake and the Della
ware aud Raritan canals. The propel.
ling power is steam pump which
forces a stream of water from the boat
against the water in the stream. There
are four pipes, two emptying at the
stern and two at the bow, and the Ell
gineers can force stream in either
direction SO as TO drive the boat for
ward or backward. by shutting of
the stream on one side the boat may be
turned in her own length. The invcn-
ton is the result of many years of eX-
pertinent and study, and is said to be
a perfect SUCCESS. 1t il claimed that it
c,n be applied to ocean steamers. This
will not be greater change than was
the substitution of wheels for the pad
dies which were used by John Fitch
to propel his first steamboat. The
wheels then gave way to the screw.
and now the screw is likely to be sup.
planted by simpler contrivance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
THE LOSS. OF PERSONAL IDENTITY.

.
When Dan Rice was most popular
as clown 1t was one of his favOrite
jests to lament the fact that he was not
positive az to his own identity. lie
had reason, he said, 10 fear that he
was not himself. but somebody else;
that in infancy he had been removed
from his cradle, and carried away he
knew not where, while an ether baby
had been placed i'm the cradle i'm his
stead. 81 weep sometimes" he said,
s'to think what 1 may be enduring of
poverty and wretchedress without
knowing it, and 1 would give any
thing to know where am and how I
am."
1t appears that the clowns lament
was not altogether unreasonable. Two
cases have attracted attention lately
which show how difficult it Is for say
man to be certain that he is himael'.
II one Of them a man was found deaGs
and al the inquest held over the body
his SONS appeared and swo:c the corpse
was that of their father, After the
man had been buried, and the fact
published in the newspapers, he came
to New York from his home in New
Jersey, and insisted that he was not
dead at all. and thus the Coroner was
lett with two copies of the man, so to
speak, OH his hands. One of them he
had buried, ana the other was alive
aud well. s
The second case was still stranger.
A man was taken to Brooklyn hos
pital fOr treatment, and he there regis
tered his name as Robert Morton, of
No. 40 Beach street, New York. He
related also the rather singular story
of his life. After a while his friends
began to call upon him, but they agreed
in insisting that the mau who called
himself Robert Morton, and who gave
what they knew to be'a correct auto
biography Of Robert Morton, was not
Robert Morton at all, but some other
person, to them, as apparently to him.
self also, unknown. This leaves the
poor man without name or personal
identity, and his case is a hard one.
He believed himself to be Robert
Morton until otherwise informed, and
now he does not know who he is
Unless come friend shall appear who
can enlighten him on this point, he
must always remaia mystery to HIM
self.
In view of these facts it is worth
while to ask whether we shall not have
to tattoo trademarks upon our bodies
for our protection against :" base and
worthless limitations" with which
INSCRIPTIONS rivals" may at any
time s'flood the market" AS an addi-
tional precau,ion against fraud, it may
be well 10 continue the tattoofag pro-
cess, illustrating ourselves from time
to time with pictures OF the principal
scenes in our lives, fairly traced in In
dia ink upon our arms and chest.-lN.
Y. Evening Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
THE LAST MAN:

What will become of the last man
Various theories that have been seri-
ously entertained by scientific men are
described in the Scientific American,
and we summarize them:
l. The surface of the earth is stead
lily diminishing, elevated regions are
being lowered, and seas are filling up.
The land will at last be all submerged,
and the last man will be starved or
drowned.
.. The ice is gradually accumulating
at the North Pole and melting away at
the South Pole, the consequence of
which will be catastrophe when the
earth's center of gravity suddenly
changes. The last man will then be
drowned by the rush of wsters.
8. The earth cannot always escape
n collision with a comet, and when the
disaster comes there will be a mingling
of air and cometary gas, causing an
explosion. If the last man is not suf-
located, ne will be blown up.
4. There is a retarding medium in
spaces causing a gradual loss of veloci-
ty in the planets, and the earth, obey
ing the law of gravitation, will get
closer and closer to the sun. The last
man will be sunstruck.
5. The amount of water on the earth
is slowly diminishing. and simultane-
ously the air is losing in quantity. Fin
ally, the earth will be an arid waste
like the moon. The last man will be
suffOcated.
6. Other suns have disappeared, and
our must sooner or later, blaze up and
then disappear. The intense heat of
the confiagration will kill every living
thing on earth. The last man will be-
burned up.
Z. The SUMS fire will gradually burn
out and the temperature will cool. The
earth's glacial zones will enlarge, driv-
ing our race toward the equator, until
the habitable space will lessen to moth
ing. The last man will be frozen to
death.
s. A gradual cooling of the earth
will produce enOrmOue fissures, like
those seen i'll the moon. The surface
will become extremely unstable, until
the remnant of humanity will take
refuge in caves The last man will he
crushed in his subterranean retreat.
8. The earth will at last separate
into small fragments, leaving the peo-
pie without any foothold. The last
man will have dreadful fall through
space.
10. The tenth theory, proving that
there will be no last man at all, is thus
expressed: Evolution does not nee
essarily imply progress, and possibly
the race may have refrigerated until
the human being possesses the nature
of the plant louise such being the case,
this single inhabitant will spontaneous
ly produce posterity of both sexes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
TRAJAN'S WALL.
What 1t Is, What 1t Was, and When
Was Built.

WAS Built
The events now transpiring in the
neiguborhood of the Danube bring
into curious prominence the name of
the Emperor Trajan, the buttresses of
whose bridge, we believe, still stand
whose famous wall seems to be the
line along which the tide of war is
rapidly rolling. The bridge thrown
over the Danube by this great monarch
was, in some respects at east, he most
remarkable of all the structures that
successive belligerents have erected
for the passage of their troops. 1t
was not mere floating bridge, but d
permanent structure carried Oh piers
$50 feet high and 60 feet wide, and it
comprised twenty arches, extending
altogether over q span OF i, ,47O Roman
feet. Tuis giant structure, than which
ancient history records nothing OF the
kind equal to it, seems to have been
intended as fortress as we'll as
bridge. Standing eighty feet above
the water,it is supposed to have afford
ed the command Of the Danube navi-
CATION, a garrison posted on it being,
of course, able to damage or destroy
vessels passing under, while they
would be above the reach of retalia-
ton. 1t was destroyed by Hairian,
aud its precise locality has been the
subject of some dispute. Ruins, that
evidently might have formed the but
tresses OF bridge, occurring on the
line Of an old Roman road, however,
seems to leave little room for doubt.
Trajan's Wall is another relic of this
terribly energetic old Roman. 1t is,
strictly speaking, rampant of earth
about thirty.five or forty miles long,
anu extends from Rassova, just at the
bend in the Danube, to the shores of
the Black Sea. Though only an earth
work,it Is formidable line of defense.
1t is eight or ten feet high, with a fos
Sc in front of it, while the western
portion is still further fortified by deep
lakes and the swamp valley of Kara
Su. In addition to all this. another
rampant Of similar characterize just
in the rear of it. This is known as
the South Wall. the space between n the
ramparts being from 1000 is 1000 feet.
II London Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
THE EORSAkEN,

This poem, written by Stella" Mrs. Es telle
Anna Lewis. at the age of fourteen. Poe said.
is the most beautiful ballad of the kind ever
written We have Iead it, he remarked,
more than twenty times and always with in
,reasing admiration
IL hath been said. "For all who die
There is tear;
Some pining bleeding heart to sigh
O'er every bier
But in that hour OF pain and dread
Who will draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell :ear2
Who'd watch iife's last departing ray
In deep despair.
Aud soothe my spirit on its way
With holy prayer2
What monrnei uund m, biz r will come
In weeds OF woe.
MI follow me to my long home
solemn and slow?
When lyi lg on my clayey bed
In icy sleep,
Who there by pnrc affection led
viii come and weep;
By the pale moon inrIant the rose
Upon my breast,
nd bid it cheer my dark repose.
My lonely rest:
Could but know when am sleeping
Low in the ground,
One faithful heart would there be keeping
Watch all night round.
AS il some gem lay SIN incd beneath
That sod's cold gloom
'Twould mitigate the pangs of death
And light tie tomb.
Yes. in that hour if could feel
From halls of glee
And bcau:y's presence one would steal
In secrecy.
And come and sit and weep by me
- In nights deep noon,
oh! would ask of memory
No other boon.
But. ah lonciier fate is mine,
4 deeper Woe;
From all loved in youth's sweet time
soon must go,
Drawn round me my robes Of white
In II dark spot
To sleep thro' deaths long dreamless night
Lone and forgot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
SENSIBLE TALK,

On the subject Of railway manage
ment of men, the New York Herald
holds the following pointed opinions ::
GA railroad is a great and compli-
Gated machine, but it is a blunder in
him who manages it if he considers
the men who help him work it only
machines also, They are men, human
beings, creatures with affections, en-
joyments, hopes with tempels more
or less good they are charged with
serious responsibilities, and no man
who travels much by rail but must
often have been struck with the fright
full risks he would run on n journey of
several hundred miles ii a great num-
ber of men, working at all hours and
in all weatbers, and mostly under dis
agreeable circumstances, were ,.ot alb
solutelY faithful to their duties. A
wise railroad management will treat
the men thus employed in friendly,
comsiderate and Christian spirit !;
would show constant and sincere in
terest in their welfare; would study
out and bring into use expedients to
better the condition of their families.
and in these ways would cndeavOr to
form corps of loyal, interested, con-
tented workmen. If any man says
this is impossible we reply frankly
that he is unfit to have charge of a
great and permanent enterprise like q
railroad-a machine that never stops,
and which has, therefore, not to pro
vide for the one contingency which
embarrasses the manufacturer or mill
owner. who may be compelled by
hard times to dismiss his men. If
any man says that such a policy will
not win the men, he does not know
workingmen."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
A FEATURE OF THE TIMES

The uniformity with which the en-
terprising, energetic men of the
country have come to grief, while the
indolent, who have invested only in
the safest securities and aroused them
selves only sufficiently to clip and
present promptly for payment their
coupons. having dined sumptuously
every day, accounts more for the pop
ularity of government loans than the
cheapness Of money. The men who
take risks, who are at the bottom of
all the progress the world ever makes,
and at the front in every industrial
enterprise, are no longer in favor.
Their careers are no longer held up
to excite the emulation of youth or
the yeomanry of the country, but in
their stead we find the grasping, pinch.
ing usurers set up as the model men !;
and all the world is urged to do as
they have done. The man who dams
the stream and sets machinery in mo-
ton is no longer favorite in this
country of undeveloped resources, but
in his stead we have set up as our idol
the man who lays in wait to catch
him limping, and then to rob him of
the fruits of his genius, his labor and
his enterprise.
Take a walk along the best resi-
dence street of our town, or of any
other town, and you will see long
lincS Of elegant houses occupied by
men whom nobody knows, for whom
but few care. They are not men
who come in contact with the public.
They live in elegant ease by clipping
coupons. How they got their securi-
ties but few know. 1t ia enough to
know that they have got them. They
are pensioned upon the public. They
give the tone to society, They are
the dead weight that is dragging 9TH
ers down. 1t is not only what they
eat but their example. The ,sillions
that have gone into the new loan, are
so many dollars abstracted from the
resources of the country. They rep
resent the volume of our Incidence.
To drain our fields, to do the thousand
and one things needed to be done tor
the development of our resources,
will all pay more on the average than
the four per cents, but such enterprises
necessltate mental and physical activi-
ty-enterprise of thought and of action
and that is just what it is no longer
fashionable to give. The dead dry rot
of imbecility, that the communities of
Europe are kicking overheard, we are
now striving to load up. A square,
fat-footed reputation of the last dol
lar of the national debt would not be
half 80 disastrous as the proceedings
in which we are now engaged.-[Ex
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

ADARKEY in Nachez was boasting
to grocer OF the cheapness of ton
pounds of sugar he had bought at a
rival shop. "Let me weigh the pack
age" said the grocer. The darkey as
sentel, and it was found two pounds
shart. Tie colored gentleman looked
perplexed for moment, and then said {:
"Guess he didn't cheat dis chile much,
for while he was gettin' de sugar, I
.tole two pair OF sloes."
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w. MCCONNELL, Nj. d.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.

Twenty years experience. All forms of acute
and chronic diseases skillfully treated Hav-
ing for years asle chronic disease a specially.
Twill continue to give particular attention TO
that class of cases.
Office AMI residence No. 50 Sycamore street,
43,-3mu Rrvenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
New Harness Sh0p! !!

TwOULD respectfully announce to the citi,
i zens OF Portage County tina. have opened
= new HARM ESS SHOP one door sOush OF NJ
Gretzinger's. on Chestnut street, opposite Court
House Park, where I will be pleased to see all
those in want OF any work in my linc-
have had twenty-five years experience IN
the business in somc OF the best shops in the
country. and feel confident Of my ability TO
give entire satisfaction to all those who may
patrouisc ne
REPAIRlNG promptly and neatly done.
nv prices will be suited to she times. Give
me caIl IT,. WISE,
Ravenna, April 10. 1ST- 4U-7mo
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

LAST Sabbath morning minister
Was earnestly discoursing about Peter
and Paul, and said they We're a ''good
pair" "Good hand !" sleepily muir
INJURED 81 half-wakened sport in the
back pew. "Take the pot nothing
here but ace high"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

At Carversville, Pennsylvania, a
board with the following striking
announcement meets the eye, "All
kinds of Tin Ware Substantially Fab
ricated, Invisibly Renovated, Meta
morposed and Duplicated by-Cosmo-
pOlitan."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
A. BIETZ,
ID a R.R.THR.

Offers his services to the people of Portage
County in the treatment of the diseases of Hors-
es and Cattle. Having heen educated in the
Berlin institute for the treatment of diseases
incident to domestic animals and having had
one years practice in treating the diseases OF
Horses in the Prussian A rmy. and been in con-
slant practice of the profe> sion in Germany and
this country since 1850. feel confident of my
ability to give entire satisfaction to all those
who may entrust animals to my care.
A. BIETZ.
Rsyenra. Dec 10, sT6. l3a-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
also have for sale
% VILLAGE LOTS,

r"ost nleasant and growing part Of the town.
viii be sold cheap and on easy terms.
Rayenaa, o.. Jan. 9. 1915 6a7
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16
NEW TAILORING
E S t a b Ii S h m en- t.
III. c.. NIUErING

Would inform the people OF Ravcnna and vicin
ity, that he has opened shop in the Allen
Block two doors east of Il. Littie'S Grocery
Store, on Main Street, and is prepared to tlo ali
work entrusted to him, in wOrkmanlike man
ner. and at reduced prices. From many years
experience in the business, he feels confident OF
his ability to give entire satisfaction.
Particular attention paid to Cutting Garments
to be made by women.
Ravenna. Oct. s 1863. 5S-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

INSURANCE AGENCY.
W. conan. Life and Fire lnsofsncs
-~rt once ON ID floor, over the 'eo~""
Nss;oral Bank Ravenna, Onio-
sent D. 1859. 56-1y-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

ROCKWELL & NORRIS,
A,.orneys at Law and NOtsryPublie' Deuei
Block, Kent, Ohio.
Dec 10. 1885. IL.
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pELDING. Nd HI h"'''
BELDING Il HUGUS,

Physicians and Surgeons. once; ma, Man s.s,se Ses'
oyer Belding s. armstrong; Drug Store'
SnecisI attention paid to the treatment o,
SPronic Di.eases ONCE hours, from 1O TO II
m to and to p m ''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

J.H. NICHOLS.
.e Law and Notary Public. Omce
in Phenix Block, over Bra'nero q sun
STORE 273-tf
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l.. III. & NJ. w. PHELPS,
Attoruey. .andCounsellOrs mt Law,Ravenna'
ono Oilice over First Rational Bank. 3s5
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Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
sN.cnauical aud Architectural Draughts-
,nan Patent Office Drawing o Speciality,
40 % Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JuncS. .1572. lso-y-
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F.. w. MAXSON,

Attorney and Counselor ut Law possesses
su,eriSr faciiitie, for making collections IN
All n1Tts of the United States Once over
FIRST National Bank. Garrettsviiie, ONO.
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T. U . W n nv
-, Mechanical Dentist, Opposlse
s.,rta,e tieuse, Main st. Basenna,O' 4
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FK HUrcHISs-
HJTTCHINS s. THOMAS,
.&,-,,axx Mt Law, Ravenna. Ohio. ~ Vmce ..al IN
s;: RuiJding Mr.. Hutchins Will at.en.
At Il. germs OF the Common Pleas an" Iisty.
courts in Portage County.
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ID. L. Ill n IEAD,
..v and Counselor at Law I'm VmS
..nr S..cond National Bank. PheniX a n'SSN' "
Ravenna, Ohio.
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PETER FLATH.
r,..,s-. and Merchant Tailor, HAS SSSsRe
~; Furnishing Goods. Foes buii"'ns' ~
street Rsvenna, Onio.
Oct Is, 1858. 1y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

This poem, written by Stella" Mrs. Es telle
Anna Lewis at the age of fourteen. Poe said
lis the most beautiful ballad OF the kind ever
written We have read it, he remarked,
more than twenty times, and always with in
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-16

J. D. HORTON
T. Taylor & HORTON.
rrunsellors at Inv, Raven
ua mo. Ofiice in Phenix Block over SOU
on.i National Bank
Nav Is, 1859. 36-lv-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1877-11-24

can never forget you, and we hope
at some betting time to show you
our appreciation.
No adjustment III ours Not
at all; and l think you will have "A
hard fight to induce the peoI lie oi
this parish 20 go back to Wlnu anu
Rap.des.
Why, they tell rs that the Mich
oils Government just got in posses
sion Of VIM parish a few weeks
ago, and you could not ask us to
20 with those fellows up there, who
are SO slow about taking advantage
Of q good thing. Then, again, as
soon AS we would be added tn
VIM, war would be declared, aad
YOU see Tile tlouble We would have.
We don't see what the Democrat
has to do with Grant parish, any
way; unless it is because Willy
Calhoun lives here. Why. we have
whitew;lshed Bill, and he il Us good
"a Demo- citizen as anybody.
Dou't you think, Mr.. Democrat,
You had better give your attention
to matters at home? When you
are out of anything to bark at, why
there is Mad. Wells; turn your
gems Oh him. But, it may be, Mad.
might write you another note, and
command you to let up on him.
and you probably would do as you
dad then-stop off short and not
finish yol.r song. You took no
ste ok in Wells, then.
Pineville, we know, wants q
court house; but she must wait
awhile; we can't throw away Grant
for few people. We hear they
have II hunter after it, bnt we will
"bob him ton miles Short" of his
chase. GRANT.