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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02
SHERMAN'S THUMESCREWS,

| "A Decision that the Bonds Must be Paid in
GOId-Silver Won't DO.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Times,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
French has given an opinion to Secre-
tary Sherman to the effect that all
bonds issued since the date when sill
yer was demoDetlzed are payable in
gold and not in silver. The publica-
ton of this opinion, which has the APP
prOval of Secretary Sherman, is auth
orized by the latter.
PAYMENT OF U. s. BONDS.
l.. The act of July II, IS7O.provides
for the issue of United States bonds
redcemablc in coin of the present
standard value.
9. The then legal coin was gold and
silver, the standard value being 23 - -. :
100 grains of pure gold to the dollar,
and 37ll4 grains of pure silver to the
dollar.
3. While the law remained unchang-
ed the contract was legally performed
by the payment in such standard coin
of gold and silver.
4. The act of April l. 1873, declared
silver not to be tender for such
bonds.
5. That act was an element in all
sales of bonds after that date by the
Government or by individuals. the
buyer taking the promise OF theUnited
States 10 pay in coin; i. G., coin recog
nized as legal i. e., gold coin.
6. Amy act which shall declares sill
yer coin tender for such bonds is an
attempt to insert al element not in the
contract, an element expressly exclud-
ed by the promisor by the act of 1873.
Z. And as it can not be known
what bonds haye been transferred since
the act of 1873, all bonds under the
act of 1870 must be paid in gold coin
of the standard value named therein,
% 22-1OO grains of pure gold to the
dollar.
Respectfully submitted.
Signed .F.FRENCH,
Assistant Secretary.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02

Has been the all absorbing topic every
where during thcpast week, but an
easier feeling seems to prevail through
out the country. 1t ts believed that
the end OF the trouble is about reach
cd and that in few days the whistles
of the locomotives and the rumbling
of the car wheels Will be heard on all
the Roads throughout the land. The
mob spirit which scattered fire, apd
terror and death throughout the coun-
try has pretty much subsidized and law
and order are asserting their snprema-
cy, though arrangements between the
strikers and the managers of the roads,
has not yet been made, but it is hoped
a final adjustment will be effected and
the blockade raised on all the roads in
a few days.
1t has been terrible ordeal through
which the country has passed and one
which it is sincerely hoped may never
again be repeated on our shores. 1t
has been a sore affiiction to the whole
country. The loss of life has been
considerable, the destruction of prop
erty immense, and damage to business
incalculable, but not the least injury
done by it is the severe trial to which
it has subjected the great foundation
principle upon which our political
edifice is built-the capacity of the
people for elf-goyernment. How the
evil which is threatened by mob
rule can be met and cured and
the country saved from the great
curse of Il strong military government
is the great problem of the day. 1t
would indeed be a great calamity for
the people of our beloved country to
be brought to the belief that our gov
crnment did not rest in the affections
of its people but that the citizens must
be kept in subiection TO law and fore
ed to respect the rights of their fellows
and of property by the strong arm OF
military power. Such a result would
strike IL blow at the very foundation
of our Republican structure and bring
popular government into contempt
throughout the civilized world.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02

ANewYOrk letter says: "And while
Theodore makes his $4,000 n year
i'm the lecture field, and Beecher gets
S2O,ODO from his church, 5000 from
the Christian Union, and $50, 600 from
lectures, Mrs. Tilton weeps over strug-
giles with boarders in small house in
Brooklyn. She is the real sufferer, and
always will be. She lost her husband,
the man for whom she lost him has
abandoned her, and tho society who
profcsscd to believe in Mr.. Beecher's
innocence treat her as though she
were guilty. It's queer world"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02

The Resumption law makes all in
debtedness payable in gold, after jan
uary 1st, 1879. 1t matters not whether
this Indebtedness was contracted to
be paid in Greenbacks or silver, this
Republican law steps in between indi-
viduals and says to the debtor, you
must pay in gold, while the creditor,
for whose benefit this measure was
passed. is empowered to enfore such
payment in gold. Why is it that this
legislation should be entirely in the
interest and for the benefit of the cred.
itor class? Have debtors no rights
that the Republican party is bound TO
respect? Money has always been
able to take care of itself, and it only
shows the tendency of this party to
mako the bone and sinew of the
country subject to this money power,
by oppressive legislation. in addition
to the power inherent i'll ITSELF Sen
eca Advertiser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02

In New York large number of
mortgages arc being reduced from
seven and six per cent. to five and
some as low as four. Getting down
to hard pan.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02

GOVERNOR Hampton of South Caro-
lima is getting at the true inwardness
of the Radical rascals of that State.
On Wednesday of last week, j. F..
Moses, known in South Carolina as
the "Robber Governor" and S. J.Lee.
the mulatto Solicitor of the Second
Circuit, and ex-Speaker of the House
of Representatives, were brought to
Columbia from Charleston, and jailed
in default of $4,000 bail ,on the charge
of signing false pay certificates. A
special says:
Neither of them could give bail, ana
they were committed TO Jail. 1t was
a piiiful sight to see the young ex-
Governor, who had within his grasp
at one time in this State lasting and
honorable fame, led to the common
Jail by an insignificant cOnstablc-worn,
jaded and travel l-stained-withOut a
single one of all the harpies who fawn-
ed upon him in the days of his unhal-
lowed power near to whisper a word
of comfort in his car.
Other leaking Radical politicians
have been arrested, while many more
have fled the State. 1t Is about time
for theRadical papers to set up howl
against Hampton charging him with
violating the terms of "sacred ayr. e.
ment."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02
DEMocRAr1c COUNTY TICKET.

FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM H. BETTES, of Randolph.
FOR AUDITOR,
DELOS ORR, of Franklin.
FOR TREASURER.
WILLIAM r. ALCORN, of Ravenna.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
A.A. THAYER, of Garrettsville.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
CHESTER r. HOWARD, of Aurora,
FOR INFIRNARY DIRECTOR,
ALMON l.. THOMPSON, of Shalersyille-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02
THE MARKETS.

RAvENNA, August 1. 1877
FI.OUR.-No.1 Red, IS so; No. white, $40 40
Demand steady.
WHEAT-No, Red. 81 %: Mol w hite 81 40
CORN-shelled brings 50 q Sic, ears, 0o.
OATS-3S @40c. Sales dull.
RYE-No. brings 20 q 15.s
BARLEY-Noae In market.
BUCkWHEAT-65 a Zoe. per bushcl.
HAY-Selling at IS q $40; according to
quality. Dull sale.
BEEF-Per cwt., So a 81.
HOGS-Dresset, So per cwt,
LARD-City rendered 12tsc.
SMOKED MEATS-City sugar Cured Hams
selling at ,4c; Country 1a4sc.
shoulders, City cured selling at 10c. Dried
Beef selling at 49,.
POUL1RY-Small supply in the market
Chickens dressed, buyers pay 10 cents; un-
dressed Tc; Turkies. undressed. C.
BUTTEE-13 a 14c.
CHEESE-Factory, retails, 16c.
EGGS-buyers pay I2c per doz.
POTATOES-Buyers pay 25c.
BEANS-Choice hand picked in smalldemand
at s. 90 per bu. Medium 81 %
VINEG AR-Pure cider rctailS S.5Gs, 30c per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay &c.
HIDES-Green, trimmed a G1sc.
TlIERS-Best retail ut 75c.
WHiJ'E L1ME-$1 % per Dbl.
WATER LIME-S2 %
SALT-Coarse sells at 81 7a; fine 81 10
WOOD-Stove 81 00g2 80; 3 feet wood 81 90
q $3 30 per cord.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02
DEMOCRATICsTATE TICKET

For Governor,
RICHARD NJ. BISHOP, OF Hamilton.
For Lieut. enant Governor.
JABEZ W. FITCH, of Cuyahoga.
For Supreme Judge.
J.W. OKEY, of Franklin.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court,
X. j. FANNING, of Cuyahoga,
For Attorney General,
ISAIAH PILLARS. of Allen.
For State Treasurer,
Al HOWELLS, of Stark
For School Commissioner,
J.J. BURNES. of Belmont.
For Member Board of Public Works.
MARTIN SCHILLER, OF Ross.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-02
How Silver Was Demonetized

HOW oilSGT WIS
The scheme to deprive our people
of the use Of the silver dollar as 4 lc
gal tender was concocted i'm London
and was carried through our Congres ss
by the lavish use of money. The fol
lowing from the COngressiOnalHecorG
of April 8, 1875, page 2,03l, we cite as
the first evidence OF corruption.
Mr.. Hooper, Chairman of the Com.
mittee of Coinage, in his report, states
Earnest Lloyd Of London, distin-
guished writer and bullionist, who is
now here, has given great attention to
the subject of mint and coinage. Af-
ter examining the first draft of this
bill, he made various sensible sugges-
tons, which the committee adopted
and embodied i'll the bill.
Now who was this man Lloyd OF
London and whom did he represent ?
Let the following from the Bankers
Magazine of August lS73,answer:
In 1872, silver being demonetized in
France, Germany, England and Hol'
land, capital of one hundred thous-
and pounds 600 O00) was raised, and
Earnest Lloyd of London, was sent to
this country with this fund as an agent
of the foreign bond holders and capi-
taltsts, to effect the same object, which
was successful.
This completes the chain OF evidence.
Mr.. Hooper admitted the London
agent, EarnestLloyd, drafted that part
OF the coinage act of 1873 which drop
ped out the silver dollar. 1t was push
ed through Congress at midnight,
when but few members were present,
aud the fraud was not generally known
until after Congress had adjourned, so
cunningly did the rascals perform
their busincss.-[E EX.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
Diseases Of our Own Causing.

On an average, onp-nalf Of the number OF
out-pttirnts treated toy IL O,pltal-,urgrOn
suffer from diseases due primarily TO IL
want OF knowledge of the laws OF health
and cleanliness. |. The ignorance oi
hvglcnlc laws, which affects 50 disastruu>y
the health OF the rich as well as the poor,
exists chiefly in regard to dress, ahlutIon,
and ventilation. The following are
examples: NaricOse ulcers from dress;
Skin-dlseascs trOm want OF cleanliness; chest
diseases and icvrrs from defective veatIIa.
ton. The vast nunUer Of liberated legs
treated in the out patient department ot
hospitals, in wOrk-hOuse inlirnarIe-, and in
private practice, arise from varicoSr VEINS.
Now, IA varlcose ulcer is caused toy Il
:ilstendcd condition of the veins Of the leg,
winch have to sustain the pressure OF the
blood caused by gravltatlon. In varicose
veins, the valves which help to support the
column OF blood are to great extent
destroyed, through the veins having been
dstended by mechanical obstruction to the
free return of the blood from tue eXtremi-
ties, thereby distending the lower veins and
separating the edges of the valves. Thus,
the weight of an uninterrupted column has
to be born 10y the veins. This, oil couse,
causes further dI,tensOn, giving rise to
congestion of the capillares of the skin,
and causing swelling. eczema, and
ultimately liberation. Varicose ulcers are
seldom admitted into general hospitals, 50
that hundreds of poor families are driven to
the workhouse, and such cases Iorm u
majority in the workhOuSe iniirmary. The
most frequent and fragrant cause Of ohst,uc-
ton Is the ordinary elastic garter. Children
should never Wear them at ali, as the stock,
lngs can be perfectly we'll kept up toy
attachment Of elastic TO the wai>thaud. Ii
tarters are worn, it is important to know
now to apply them with the least risk ol
harm; at the bend of the knee the superb
rIal veins of the leg unite, and 20 deeply
INTO the under part of the thigh beneath
the ham.string tendOnS. Thus ligatuie
below the knee ohstructs all the suprrtirial
veins, hut il the construction is above, the
ham-string tendons keep the pressure oil
the VEINS which return the blood from tn,
legs; unfortunately, most people, in ignor
ance of the above facts, apply the garter
below the knee. Elastic bands are tn,
most injurious. They follow the move
ments Of the muscles, and never relax theil
pressure upon the veins. Non-plastit
bands during muscular exertion berom,
considerably relaxed at intervals, and ALLOW
a freer circulation Of the blood.-PoDulaI
Science Monthly for December.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
Hard Times and TOYS.

We read in the legal reports Of toy
dealer in Brookl lyn VINO has been driven by
the depressed state of the toy market INTO
making All assignment OF all his dolls,
woodrn animals, Noah's arks. hoops, rock
ing horses, and SO forth. Tor the benefit OF
his creditors. For some time he sold
$4,000 worth OF these unnecessarie5 Of liia
annually; 30 urhghtcd mnumerablc uvelnlr
ul>, ANA made iOr himself great deal OF
money. TINS Christmas his trade dwndled
To almost nothing, parents having sul-
tirIentiy hard work To provide bread and
butter for the little ones without squander-
my money upon suprriluIucs. a domestic
manu- actuIe must hp set aioot Of rag babies
instead of charming, winklng, IL mote
wdkcn deinoI>eIlts from Pdrs, and papa
cane or umbrella must serve ior II hobby
morse.
No doubt the youngsters bear the depri-
vatIOn better than We Should, Tor juvenile
TASTES are few and elastic. IL tney were
capable Of pniIoooplizlng, we might tell
the babies that they are no. alone IN thelr
| losses and their misses. For vino, when TIN
! pinchlng perOd comes, Is not cut Oft from
MS accustomed toys? VINO has not a hptr
! by-nurse which he Is forced to give uP?
! rnis will he the first Winter for many Yeas
| IN which some men viii buy no books, non
PICTURES, nor Jewelry or VIII make one coal
or hat do the service OF two. We may ht
sure, when there are no CnIi>tma> presents,
that the whole house has been pat upon II
footing of the most rigorous and ahsttmlou>
economy, and that save is the word from
attIc to basement. Everybody must give up
the toys which II waa SO easy to purchase IL
the flush times. Wehol.ei it Is not Always the
children VINO are iirst cut oil from accus-
toned pleasures. And 1t hardly is. Pa
rental love takes order for that.
The sta%nation OF the toy market is worth
mentioning, if for no other reason brcduse
II shows III what odd AN uneXpct ted ways
dull times in trade make themselves felt.
1t Is easy to imagine the troubles OF Wall-st.,
and whole cargOes of corn or tobacco
waiting sale, or shops full OF watches and
diamonds with no customers. But when IL
comes to a depression in dolls, and glul
IN the .jumping;iacIi market, we see the saw
reversed, and little Things spring from great
CAUSES. But small children take matters
more easily than the great ones. That al
least is a comfort.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
DNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 81, 1877

her foot and drappin her nittin-'jest to
git into notis and to git good things to eat.
And mo things has cum to the MeeEins
since them twin~es was horned than | got
Iashunce to tell about. Bread, cake, pies,
puddins, breakfasts, dinners, arpii@,
oranges, pruneS, dux, potrIdgeS, Mllegy
grapes-thar is old Meekins a eatin sum
this very mint -"
Shure nut, thar was old Meekins settin
by his sellar dore Il dsn sum of the dole
fu est ch,win you ever see.
eyes," she went ON, sit 5 delibrit. deep
lale plan to git notyriety and rise IN
ser>ety. But they couldn't dcseev me-
no! never encouraged twinSeS, and never
will. They gifts no custard and thin biskit
from tbs house, nor they never won't"
Whtw ! had heerd NV IA heated turn.
but here was a heated turmigint NV the
kust kind with venjuncp. Jodgel She
jest did leeve .Ie the top NV my he'd and
that were all | were thankful far that,
boc"z | see how it were in a tiash-thP old
oman were black mad with .jellus envy NY
the po' little ahlckted Mrs. Mrckins, IL
good a woman as her Lu u>band is no count.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
Monthly for FEBRUARY.

S'rsJacrS is full OF attractive papers and
ahundantly illustrated. Dr. Edwards. in
his article on the Bible. shows how our
Savor's rrbuke i. justified bv those who
made the word Of Got Of none effect through
their traditions:
Jews, Protcstlnts. anl Romani,t. all
agree in receiving a. ctnOnical the book, Of
our Old Testament. But ;.s the Romani~ts
wGuld add to these the apncrvI,hal books,
50 tn" jews INSIST on adding their oral
law. They say that when the written law
was given to Nose, iu>rritrd on two tables
OF stone, Cod also Itvr another and verbal
law, explanatory OF the first, winch he was
commanded not 10 commit To- writing. hut
TO deliver down by olal tradition. When
Moses came down from Tie mount they
tell Us that he first repeated th> oral l.w 10
Aaron and his ~ou~, and then to the seventy,
md finally to ali the people, eactl OF whom
was ohlIdged to repeat it in his hearing, to
insure Its correct remrmhcTlncc. Just be-
lore his death. they say, he spent a month
md six days in repeating it u them ag,in
| and then they assert. he committed il in Il
! = s. eCial manner To Jn,!.ua. through whom
! II WAS impartcd to Princes. and 80 on
| through the long line Of prophets, and
! ttcrward teachers ,riown tothrtimeu eufJudah
! the Holy, vino lived in the second century,
! hy whom it was committed to writing lest
| it should be lost. This work. consisting Of
TX books, Is the famous Mi>hna Of the Jews,
which. with its Gemara, or commentaries.
constitutes their celebrated Talmul, in
which is commehcndrd all their learning
and much Of their religion As Il people
The whole work i, held by them in far
higher esteem than the Bible, so much SO,
tlat they say the Bible /, water but The Tai
mud Is wine; and they even declare that
he who studies the Bible when he might
real the Talmud does hut waste his t:mr :
and that to sin against the latter is far worse
tIIan to sin against the former So implicit
in their confidence in this oral law. that it
i almost useless t. reason with Jew out
Of the Old Testament; for he is ever ready
with an answer from the Talmud with the
authority of which he i fully satisfied
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31

DROUGHT IN CALIFoRNIA-AdviccS from
California to january l5 say that all hope
Of even one-eisut Of 4 acrop from export from
California is eXtingui>hcd. On the l4th
instant Il rain storm was imminent, hut the
clouds passed on-leaving nothing Of prom
Ise except continuance of the drought which
nas prevailed over three months. San
Francisco milkmen are aehast at the
scarcity of water which constitutes about
one-half Of the supply Of their milk cans.
Cattle are thmIshing in many sections of
the State. But the hills still make II show
OF green, and the clear skies and halmy air
are in strong contrast with the nipping gales
and ice emhargoes that have prevailed here
and southwark, as we'll as northward. In
San Francisco there is universal complaint
of "hard times and stagnation in all trades
and industries. Capital there is so oatundant
that for the first time there are announce
ments that greenbacks are received at par
with sIlver-thus causing heavy diminution
IN the income OF about five hundred persons
who have been making much money by
trading in the difference of exchange
BQltO. OitR.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
Are we Getting too Much Education !?

4 writer in the New York OIscrrsr throws
out this idea:
The number OF seekers III the walk, of let
ters is vastly increased and is daily increas-
ing. The liberal professions Of law,
medicine and Theology are in our country
overstocked. There is always plenty
Of room at the top. but the top holds
hut two or three. and a thousand want
10 be there. To enter these profe,-
Sions is running great risk, and many
educted young men, stimulated 10y the fame
Of literary men and poets, hope TO cam q
living and perhaps immortality by the
wits writers.
Women are now highly educated. and
to an educated woman the field uf literature
is filled with flowers and fruits which she
is free to pluck and enjoy. II is her highest
privilege as worker, and it promises u>e-
fulnesS, distinction and pay. Our public
nj private schools are annually sending
nut greater number Of educated persons.
male and female, thar the wants OF the
country require. The natural result is Il
surplus of persons Who wish to earn their
bread 10y their brains instead OF manual
labor. Oar public schools turn out thou
sands who. by their education. have been
di>jnc!Ined to pursue mPrhanicll employ
ments. The child of i d1y-lahOgpr who be
comes well-caucatcd youth. res>t> the
Thought OF being day-lahorcr or manual
worker. He will not lr ,rn 4 trade alter he
has graduated! Hence it comes II pass
tnat the labor question is seriously
. implicated bv tn, luttt:o of the
peopc. 1t is too late to remedy the
natter. The State is educating tao much
not too many, but too much. The State
should teach only elementary studies,
! leaving higher e,lucltion entirely to the
! privatc wishes and means Of ind.vidu lis.
Physical labor is deSpi>ci by hundreds
who ought to do nothing hut work. Young
men and women unr"unt@l are now worry
ing themselves to death to get their daily
bread hy writing for the press, who should
earn and honest trade, and live by it.
Smyrna times., 1877-01-31

SAILS SUPERsEDING STEAM-A remarkable
change in the character of ship-buiiling on
the river Clyde in England has for some
Tine been going on, and during last year il
reached very large proportions. This is the
substitution of iron sailing ships for iron
steamers. and the change is ascribpd in
some measure to the increase of late year,
in the price Of coal, an increase which make
It difficult to run steamships at profit. In
1873 there were built on the Clyde l25 iron
s"rew.steamers of 2lS,000 tons. and only
twelve iron sailing ships Of 10000 ton,
were launched. But in 1876 only eighty
three iron screw steamers were constructed
This is an increase of more than eight.fold
in three years.