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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19
WHY NEWSPAPERS DIES.

The address of the Democratic State
Central Committee complains that
''the Democratic party of Rhode Is
land is at present without an able or
gan in which the interest of the party
might be defended and advanced from
day to day." Democratic newspapers
have been peculiarly unfortunate in
this State. The Providence Herald
sunk $50, 900 in five years, its owner
went into bankruptcy, and his credi-
tors, with characteristic Rhode Island
generosity, let him off without the
payment of a cent although they might
have managed to squeeze few thous-
and dollars out of him. The kind of
support the Herald got, is best iiiustra-
ted by story told by Mr.. Walter P.
Philips, formerly editor and business
manager of the Herald. Walter went
out to Chepachet, the Democratic
stronghold, to collect some ancient
subscription bills. He interviewed an
old farmer, steady reader and admir-
er of the Herald. and of. its predeces-
sor, the Post. Waiter presentedla q bill
for eight years of Herald and Post.
The old farmer was first amazed, then
indignant. He put on his spectacles,
scrutinized the bill, and after assuring
himself that it was genuine. he ex-
claimed: "I've bin supportin' this
we're paper for nigh onto eight years,
and never had no such thing as that
flung at me before. I'll stop SUPPORT
in it." He not only withdrew his
valuable support, but failed to pay the
bill.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT.
! Edison Not worried by the Engl ish
Ohiectors TO, His Electric Light
Patent2Surc of success, MAX.
Ing New Df discoveries, and
eeGu Dr0pplnY All the ss.s
tPhOnes, for the
PreSent. f. . r
Pres mt.


It was announced. yesterday by a,
dispatch from London that Mr.. j. II.
Russell had filed on Tuesday object
ions to the grant of a patent to Edison
for his improvements on the electric
light. The ground of the objection
was that Mr., Edison was not the true
and first inventor of the light: and
the London Times said that several
rivals are in, the field who assert that
they are before Edison with his alleg-
ed invention Yesterday reporter of
the World called upon Edison to ask
him the meaning of this dispatch. Ed
ison was in his Office engaged on'some
manuscript, and no amount of calling
or shaking could arouse him until he
had finished. Then he looked up, and
extended a very electrically colored
palm, exclaimed sHello!'
What is this,' asked the reporter,
about J. II. Russell and his objection
to your patent -
He looked puzzled for moment.
Then he said:
Il don't know Russell or anything
about his objections. suppose he has
taken advantage of some technical
flaw. The English have beautiful
system of patent law, invented, 1
think, by King Canute or some other
ancient ruler who understood the
needs of our times.'
sThen you don't anticipate any diff
ficulty in obtaining the reward of
your own experiments and improve
ments Independent of what any other
person has done? 81
In answer to this question Edison
gave himself up to a theoretical DEM
onstration of his work on the electric
light.
Il tell you what it is,' said he, I've
got this thing down fine now I'm get
ting it down finer every day. At the
beginning there were two problems
to be solved. One was the praticabil-
ity of the subdivision of the electric
light, The other was its economical
adaptation for household and general
purposes. Now, Eve got my lamp
and I've got my subdivision. That is
entirely settled. 1t was necessary to
subdivide the current without any
hitch, and I've done it. 1 am calculat-
ing at present on the cost of the light
Now, just within day or SO that
have found way 10 concentrate the
light SO that have made an immense
saving. And this is entirely inde-
pendent of the amount of current sup
Piled l have laid over the whole
deck on that. s'
sGive me your calculations on light,
said the reporter. s 1i3 -at
my eighty-horse power engine will
give 4SO lights. intended at first to
have them of fifteen-cnndle power
each, but now l can have each one
equal to twenty candles without ex-
ira cost. The engine will be running
every hour il the twenty. four, but
slowly when the lamps are not light
| edits an automatic cutoff engine,
YOU know-and then whom one lamp
after another ia lighted, tho old engine
goes faster and faster until, buzz she's
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lean who loves free institutions is to
eethat, year after year, the corrupt
use of money making its way. until
the time may come and that within the
observation of the oldect man here,
when elections in the United States
will be as debauched as ever they were
in the worst days of borough !Parlia-
mentary elections in the mother land.
Mr.. President, there is the greatest
danger. The danger is whether this
country shall be governed with a view
to the rights of every man, the poor
man as well as the rich man, or wheth-
er the largest purse shall carry elec-
sions, and thus be a mere plutocracy
instead of, a democratic Republic.
That is the dadger, and that danger,
let me tell my friend, exists far more
in the North than in the South. Sir.
if he wants to preserve the purity OF
the elections, If he wants to have this
Government perpetuated as a system
tina. can be honestly administered from
the primary elections to the signature
of bill by the President, let him set
his face toward and exercise his great
ability in stopping the food-gates OF
corruption that threaten to deluge the
whole land, and bring republican in
stitutions into utter ruin and disgrace.
Mr.. President, there is one thing
that has made me doubt as to the pro.
priety of this resolutiou-although, as
I said, am going to vote for it, and
what the Senator from Maine has said
has added to the great doubt which !
entertained on that subject-and that
is that am not quite sure there are
not persons who favor this kind OF
resolution and as much debate upon
it as you can have, and as much inves-
tigation as you can have in order to
divert public attention from the real
questions which ought TO engage the
Congress of the United States-ques-
tons Of economy. questions of finance
l-questions of government-ail are
shoyed aside that popular speechet
may be made tending to excite one sec.
ton of the people against another, and
to set their minds mad with passier
instead Of appealing to their cool and
deliberate reason. certainly do mo-
charge the Senator from Maine will
having one this for the purpose o
putting aside and throwing out o
view that which should form the sub
ject of our thoughts and Of our lesis
lation but fear that such may be il
some mems minds, one of the thing
to be desired by such resolution.
Mr.. President, I have said mncl
more than 1 intended to say. Indeet
did not intend to speak ten minutes
but 1 have spoken twenty, and do no
know but twenty-five. I beg pardon
for speaking SO long, and will take m.
seat.
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Business Cards.

FRANCIS l.. CLARK,
0eonanleAl and Architectural Draughts-
maD.- Patent ONCE Drawing q Speciality,
No. ~ Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
June6, 1871. 19s-y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19

THE meanest man in Vermont is
said to have returned to Williamstown
from the West. Several years ago he
seduced a young woman under promise
of marriage, and then persuaded her
that suicide was the best thing for
them both After she had cut her
throat, however, he sneaked out of his
part of the agreement, but she lived
long enough to expose the Villain.
Later he married, and tended the viii
lage grist-mill, becoming notorious for
his exorbitant tolls, and, when his
wife died, he ran away to Minnesota,
leaving her unburied. 81 sa;'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19

a A BOY named Ruben Hale, of Ing
ham county, was sent to the Detroit
House of Correction, some three years
ago, stealing $35 from a man living
near by. The boy having served out
his time Gone Year, and been at liber-
ty two years, that man has just found
the S35 in the lining of his vest, where
it got through hole in his vest pock.
ot
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19
Medical Notice.
To The Amicted.
DR.. JOHN GoUcHER
Having had avery large and success
full practice in Chronic Diseases
for forty years, both Private
and Hospital, is prepared
to render satisfaction
in the different
Uoriafioc


in the different
% varieties. tr5
Among the diseases treated have
been many miraculous cures of the
two true species of Cancer-the Hard
and the soft !; or the Scirrus or Chron-
ic Cancer, characterized by predom.
nance of fibrOus tissue, and but few
Cancer cells the Medullary, Brain, or
Acute Soft Cancer, characterized by
An excess of Cancerous cells.
Also, the different varieties of
GRAVEL, and disease of the Kidneys
and Urinary Organs. Tumors, Rheu-
matism-Infammato and Chronic
Phincture. Ami and Rectum. Piles,
Tape Worms, Seat or Pin Worms, In
testinal Worms, Hip Disease, Goiter,
Enlarged Glands, Scrofula, and all
Impurities of the Blood.
CATARRH-that most insidions of
all diseases, which is destroying lis
tens Of thousands annualIy-Invaria-
bly, cured. Also, SCALD HEAD, and
the different diseases of the Skin.
ALSO, THE VARIOUS DISEASES OF FE-
MALES,
Arising from Uterine Derangements,
Enlargement, Inflammation, Ulcera-
tion, Tumor, Polypus, and all. their
sympathetic accOmpaniments, on the
latest scientific principles, without the
use of the knife or caustics, but by
constitutional treatment and local abb
sorbents, which we believe to be the
true method of cure, if timely and
properly applied.
CALCUoUs CONCEPTIONS OF THE KID
NEYs AND BLADDER.
We have in our possession several
varieties of Gravel from different in
dividuals in this locality, which we
have removed through the natural
urinary passage.
~ The Doctor is graduate in the Eye
and Ear Infirmary OF New York City.
and has had large and successful
practice in that department. He alb
serbs the differaut varieties of Cata-
ract while they remain soft, and re-
moves films and pecks from the eye
without the use of the knife.
The Doctor is q graduate of several
Of the leading schools of his profess
sion, the Diplomas of which are hang
ing up in his Office for everybody to
read and investigate.
The Doctor can be consulted at his
Office, No. 1196, Euclid Avenue, Cup
stairs,) Cleveland, d.
REsIDENCE-70SW Wilson Avenue.
OFFICE HOURS-From 10 A. Nj.
to IL Nj and from to 3 p. M.
G, The Doctor will leave his Cleveland
Office for Ravenna, at La P M. every
Saturday, returning to Cleveland at
10 A. M. the following Monday.
JOHN GOUCHER, NJ. ID.
~Patients will be visited at their
homes, when desired.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19

A PROFESSOR was expostulating with
a student for his idleness, when the
latter said: It's of no use L was cut
out for loafer." Well" declared
the professor, surveying the student
critically, "whoever cut you out un-
derstood his business" Z E.
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p. B. CONANT.

r. Is. CONANT.
: ~ RTOSNEY At Law, Ravenna, Ohio
"a Office in Phenix Block, over Richardson
Ha1dWare store e. So.
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And to those who think it is " more blessed to
give than to receive" )" offer, at prices to suit
the times, a large variety of
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19

- - : j. II. NICHOLS.
Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Onice
+ in Phenix Block, over Braincrd u SONS Drug
Store. -. s-t-
November %. 1S77- 422-6.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-19

SAMSON was the greateet tragedian
of his day, because in his last act he
brought down the house, s4qntsz
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

We notice with pleasure that Mr..
wren's bin TO authorize the cutting
o timber GU mineral lands for mining
and domestic purposes, is being law
orably considered in Congress. the
Senate Committee on Public lands has
made u report strongly recommending
its passage. The improperly Of pro-
tecting the sparse. scrubby timber Of
Nevada. Colorado and the mineral
! Territories. by the same restrictive
laws through which the Government
would save from destruction the vast
aud valuable forests of the public do
main in the timbered regions of the
country has doubtless been made Suits
fsctorily apparent to members of the
National Legislature by our Represen-
tatives. for the committee in its written
report evinees an accuracy in its know
ledge OF all the detailed facts in the
case which could not well have been
derived from other sources. when II
says:
"a distinction should be made be-
tween such trees Us grow upon noun
tains in mineral districts, and the
forests Of pine, oak and other timber
that grow on more level PORTIONS of
the country; while the lumber of the
latter is a regular aud important article
OF commerce., and is constantly being
cut and transported in large quantities
to ready markets, the character of the
former renders the timber unfit for
commercial purposes; aud even were
this otherwise. it is usually found in
such inaccessible places as to preclude
Its transportation to market.
II cunnot be said that it was ever in
tended the occupants should pay for
this timber. since no provision has over
been made for its sale or purchase.
Government is more than paid for
its value by the increased wealth added
by mining operation to the grand total
OF taxable property"
\ provision in the bill fixes a Rne of
$500, to which six months iinprisou-
rHent may be added for violation of the
law. or of any regulation in relation
thereto, by the Secretary OF the Interior.
The bill will in all probability become
a law.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

The 1imes-Reri:r says Charley Leach
has taken a contract to sink the new
Grand Prize shaft. 500 feet. The work
was begun Monday, and three sets Of
timbers arc already in place. Ito er-
poets to complete the contract by the
middle OF July.
j. G. Walsh has n leaso Of tho upper
workings of the Grand Prize mine,
from the l50.foot level.
Owners Of tho Moscow and Lidn
mines have elected A. Primeaux Presi
dent and Secretary, and W. j. Muucey
Superintendent in both instances, and
assessments Of fifty gents per foot were
levied on each.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17
Tbs 4. r. nie@k.Ae.

A%.ispaieh from Cheyenne. Tuesday.
says; The Western division is open 70
Laramie. bvt nothing has passed East
yard. Tie Eastern division is open to
Sidney. Sctefal hundred men with
shoreis together with . number of p,ows
have besn engaged 70 day between Sid.
meg and Laramie in an endeavor to lift
the blockade. The heaviest ploy on
the road left Laramie this morning bu.
got stuck at Tie. Siding. The snow in
the cuts is packed very hard and the
ploss which left hero eastward at I A.
n. have no made much progress, re-
turning here at z p. 81. The Colorado
Central train is at Taylor's Station
eighteen miles south. with the pillow in
tho ditch while the Denver Pacific is
10 niles south in p similar p~redicament.
Relief has started from the South for
both these trains. No news from the
north yet. Reports from Colorado say
the Kansas Pacific is badly blocked.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

g. w. MgAcHAM Of the Humboldt
House, informs tho Slpsr State that
superintendent Fairchild, Of the Nov.
ada aud California Sulphur Co,ppary.
has gone to San Francisco 20 order
steam refining works for tho SULPHUR
mine. .
AMERICAN interests arc threatened in
San Domingo aud tho American Con.
sui imprisoned, in consequence OF
which tho Unitod States steamer PLY.
moth has been ordered TO sail for that
port nt onoc.
IHR biil for tho ro~fundiLg of the
National deb., and tho loan Of savings
to the Government for that purpose.
has tue approval OF tho Ways aud
MeaRs Committee.
tbs election In Oakland, Monday,
resulted in n victory for tho Working.
mems ticket, tho Democrats fusinp
with thom Ia some oxtont.
lf Is beloved In New Orleans that
Anderson will be pardonod: 10 signs
papers from tho Custom House in the
Jail who're he is confined.
iri s eaid that Hoyt the Presidents
nominee for Governor Of Wyoming,
will not be confirmed, which is likcl,
10 lead TO q row.
a ~nEsEsTFuh man said Of n tailor
Nhom he didn't like, that thpro nevc,
was a Ut IN hls shop unless . customer
: isM ID sRe.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

Dr.. LANDS. h erUthless Philadelphia
tragedian, was announced to appear in
a Chicago variety theatre in his own
play, THE fieRd; or, the Torturer of
Innoc2nce."l At the close OF the usual
en~tes'aipment the manager addressed
the audience as follows; Our perform
apce is now over, and for what is about
to follow we will not hold ourselves re-
sPonsible. II is en- ACT Of some kind by
a person that find to be on Internal
fool by the name of Lands. l was in
ldaeed 10 engage him when ] was East,
having been informed that there yss
some merit in him. haye discovered
him to be a lunadcG-an ass. You can
do just as you Ike about it, either stay
and see him, or go away. II yon eau
stand his nonsense, l can't.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17
Nfr,Ise In Aims.

A private letter from Phoebe informs
the SeHthIei of a rich strike in the lower
workings Of The Alps mine. The veip
hhs been developed 200 feet below the
level which yielded SO largely last sum.
mer. The ledge is over fUar feet in
with, and the ore assays, on an aver
age, over N hundred dollars per ton.
The Alps Company has . mill of its
OWL, and during the past two yeprs
has shipped u large amoun of br.lion.
The output will doubtless be considera-
bly, augmented in the immediate fu-
ture. and dividends a, an early day
are talked Of. Alps stock ranged from
$40 to Sl2 per share during October
and November last. The strike is an
important one for Picehe, and
shows that the old camp may ye, boast
of another Raymond & Ely.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17
Ho.na Rea.oni.~

In a review OF some Of the falacious
tendencies prominently manifested just
now viii respect to the selection of
candidates to be elected to positions Of
trusts through popular suffrage. the
Record Usioh gives expression To views
which when logically considered. will
be found TO cover tho entire question
IS TO fitness Of men,. The. following
is from that journal:
There is one simple ami obvious
method Of securing good men aud good
measures; it is, to judge the men and
the measures alike upon their intrin-
sic merits. When q man is q candidate
for Office. it is of the leas. possible con.
cernment what his occupation may be;
The thing to be looked to is his person
al fitness, When o measure is pro-
posed, 1t matters nothing at all who
introduces it, the thing to be looked to
is the character Of The measure itself.
The corrupt press proceeds upon the
~ hhht ASh oRO hS4og AAAC
vulnerable than measures. and that by
saddling the measure with the man they
may defeat it, however salutary it is.
n~emsgosues in the same way seek to
fill offices with unfit persons b. putting
the Individuality OF candidates u Of
sight. and in,is'ing that they ought to
be chosen to represent tha. class Of oc-
cnpaiicrs. Bat the voting pnblie Shonld
reject that when candidate is elected
his career in office nuSt depend alto
gether upon his qualities MS . man, and
not ut all upon the character of his &C.
eupatiop. just SO with measures. II
they SO into operation the results that
How from them depend intirely upon
the character of the scheme, ard not at
all upon the character of the iptrodueer
of the measure.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17


Old 81 came i'll yesterday and said,
''phe-w!" with the accent heavy on
the Jew"
''WhGts the matter now?"
"Well, Use had er two days' job dat
wuz NURSE dan plowin' in stumpy lan.''
"Whai vas that?"
"Well, Use bin reedin' dat letter dat
Mister Bill Chan'ler nit 'bout dc Presi-
denchil mortgidgel"
"What do you think OF it?"
"Well, hit puts me in mind OF dem
two fellers az stole de ham-least wise,
one stole de ham an glib hit ter dc
udderl" 81 fr .r. ..~s
swell. what of that?"
"Well, dc one dat got de ham, he cat
it all up"
''Wh"t did the other do?"
Ole didn't git none an he went
'rouud turnin' States Evidence on de
street oorners!'
Snow, how does that apply here?"
"Well, Mister Chun'ler, lie went
down to Fluridy md stole Mister Til
dds ham and glib hit to Mister Hayes"
"Yes?"
"An' Mister Hayes, he tuck an went
up in de White House an eat up de
hamp'
And where does Chandler come in?"
"Dat'S hit! He don't come in at
all! Hayes eat de ham, wiped his
mouf wild his coto.slovo an didn't chen
greece Mister Chambers mouf Wild de
meat' skin-an' dat's what he's howlin'
'bout!'
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

liz the railsoad tunnels between Gold
Hill and Virginia ieicles are formed by
the freezing of the water which seeps
through from the surface. Directly
over tho engines aud cars these pen
dants are sept shortened. bet ut the
sides of the tunnels they attain q
length Of several feet. When o train
passes through the tunnels at night n
most brilliant effect is the result, the
SPARKLING jewelry Of nature radiantly
rejecting the refulgent rays of tho
headlight. II is. indeed, a sight for the
artists pencil, but even the most accom-
pished Inner would be driven to dcs-
peration because OF his inability 10
faithfully portray the wondr Jus beauties
thus spread before him.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

a covhTous person named johnson,
OF Newark Valley has been in the habit
OF nppropraiting other peoples property
to his own use aud finally got caught Mt
1t. Sadler & Co. Of Eureka have jus,
discovered tina. they are two TO three
thousand dollars looSer through bis
steaiings from their store. The discov-
cry OF his inscality becoming known to
johnson ho hurridly decanped. and
what little property be left behind has
been attached by The aboye finn.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

A coNfIuSicArIoS from tho Govern.
ment Director Of the Union Pacific
road, to the Senate. shows that that
company has now invested In o her
roads, over $4,000, 900, and that fur.
'her aid by tho company to outside
roads is in contemplation. Tho pro.
hibl'ory measure affecting directors of
mat road, proposed by tho Senate, mp.
pears to be greatly needed.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

IL l5j towns and cities of New Hamp-
shire. Preccott has 3O,Oi5, Mexican
2S.iGl; scattering, SIS. The same
places in 1877 gave Prescott 81, 2sS;
Marcy. 2S.2s7 scattering. 3II. The
Republican net loss in these places il
1858 Prescott's majority in l55
towns is 3.002. The towns SO far henrl
from. give the House 1874 Republicans
aud III Democrats.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

PnoN opO OF the largest landowners
in the world. The United States has
brought itself by twenty years of the
most reckless aud criminal generosity
to a poin; that ~indiegtes it will soon
have ny lapd LEFT 10 give away. or the
far West territory where the bulk of thu
public land now is, only two per cent.
OF the total acreage cap hc cultivated,
and half OF that has already been dis.
posed Of,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-17

II va. yenjapin Franklin who re-
marked, "Avoid al arguments at
hoBe.1' When Mrs. Franklin asked
Benjamin TO go OCT in tlo yard and
split on ayminl Of kipdlipg wood, in.
stead OF entering into o controversy
oyer The subject, he would put ON his
has a dgodovn town 20 SEQ q man.
Thousand OF husbands Of Today avoid
arguments of homo by adopting the
ssino method.