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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

CUT OUT FOR REFERENCE.-Pro(c
Wilder gives these short rules for ac-
ton In case Of accidents: For dust in
the eyes, avoid rubbing; dash water
into them. Remove cinders, etc, with
the round point Of led pencil. Re-
movo insects from the ear by tepid wa
ter: mover put hard instrument into
the ear. If an artery is cut. compress
above the wound; if a vein is cut, COM
press below. III chokcd, get on all
fours and cough. For light burns, dip
the part in cold water; If the skin is
destroyed, cover with varnish.-
Smother Il fire with carpets, etc.; wa
ter will often spread the burning oil
and Increase the danger. Before pass
ing through smoke, take n full brt ath ,
AMI then stoop low, but if carbon is
suspected walk erect. Suck poison
wounds, unless your mouth is sore
enlarge tho wound, or, better, cut out
the nnrt without delay. Hold the
wounded part as long rs can be borne
to hot coal or end Of Il cigar. In case
of poisoning, excite vomiting by tick
ling the throat by water or mustard.
For acid p0isons, give alkalics In the
case of opium poison, give strong coffee,
and keep moving. If in water. float on
the back, with the nose and mo;lth pro-
iectlng. For apoplcXy, raise the head
and body; tor taintlng, lay the body
flat,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

If You are Dyspeptio Hoofands German
BUters will cure you.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

Those answering an a advertisements xv,I,
GoISf T,l,fn q 1av0rupOn the Advertiser and tile
ut,unIshor ny stating that theysa1 the adver.
'ise"ieht III this urnal.fnanhinR tho paper).
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

If Your Llver is Disordere HooRands Ger.
man BitterS will set it Alright
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

For PIMPI.Es on the Faco, use Hiesfe2rs Iet
ter Ointment. It never fails to remove them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

THE necessary steps tcward an i'm
proved husDandry are: 70 cultivate
less land. 10 make that which is cul.
tivated rich In plant-tood, so that it
may produce large crops. The practice
OF rigid system Of rotation Of crops,
ana mixed farming. The cultivation
Of the grasses and less Of hoed crons
and feeding upon the farm the most of
Its products. Enriching the land by
turning under green crops.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

If TROUBLED with Constipation, take Hcot
andS German Bitters.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

H,esEelrs Tette, Ointment Will cura oveIy
form of letter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14

If You Would Enjoy Good Health Take
Hoofand's German Bitters.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14
DOMESTIC.

PoIsoN FOR RATS AND MIcE.--Carbon-
ate of baryta has been found to be q
most efficient poison for rats and SINH
lar vermin. Indeed, at Il special series
OF trials by the Iootechnical Institute,
in connection with the Royal Agricul-
turac College at Proskaw. this substance
was found to bc more eflicaciOus than
any other. 1t occurs rs Il heavy white
powder, devoid of taste or smell. In
the Proskaw experiment it was mixed
with four times it's weight Of barley
meat, and pellets of the paste were in
trOduced into the holes of the rats,
honse mice, ana field mice. A small
quantity proves fatal. 1t appears to
cause immediate and complete paralysis
of the hind cXtLemities, so that 1t may
be assumed that mice eating Of 1t in
their holes will die within them, and
SO not prove destructive in their turn
to dOmcsticatcd animals that might
otherwise dcvour. their carCasscs. 1t
was found III practice that neither fowls
nor pigeons would touch tho paste,
either in It's soft state or when hardened
by the sun; SO that its employment Is
probably free from danger to the occu-
pants Of the poultry yards. Some rab-
bits, on the other hand, that got access
to the paste ate heartily of 1T and paid
the penalty with their lives. Next to
the carbonate of baryta paste the ordi-
nary phosphorus paste proved most de-
structivc, and this, it was found by eX-
pertinent, is more attractive to the mice
In a soft form than when hardened into
pills. But 1t is considerably dearer
than tho baryta preparation, an import
ant factor III the calculations Of the
farmer who has to wage war against
rodents on an extensive scale,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30


In the present Ohio House of Rep
resentatives there are "a farmers, %
lawyers, 10 merchants, physicians,
editors, 3 druggists, 2 manufacturers,
2 bankers, 2 teachers, l contractor,
shoemaker, artist, real estate dealer
l brass fnisher, oil merchant, in
surance agent, l lumber merchant, 1
stock dealer and l surveyor.
In the Senate there are II lawyers,
farmers, merchants, 2 physicians, 8
manufacturers, printer, general
business man, banker, hotel keeper,
l druggist, l real estate dealer and l
editor.
On joint ballot, therefore, there are
Al farmers, 81 lawyers, IA merchants,
8 physicians, 6 editors and printers, 5
manufacturers, druggists, 3 bankers,
teachers, 2 real estate dealers, l shoe
maker, l artist, brass fnisher. oil
merchant, insurance agent,H general
business man, l lumber merchant, l
stock dealer. surveyor, hotel keeper.
1t will thus be seen that the farmers
have the largest representation and the
lawyers next, while the representation
of editors and printers is utterly 1n-
significant, and yet we occasionally
hear the cry Don't send printers or
editors to the Legislature, lest they
legislate in their own interest,"" One
would naturally think that IS farmers
and lawyers would be more than a
match for 6 editors aud printers.
Wayne Co. Dem.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30


WHEN Woods bill to make United
States legal-tender notes receivable for
customs duties was before tho House
for its passage, Mr.. Garfield endeavor-
ed to tack on an amendment provid-
ing that they should be SO received
only while they remained at par with
gold. 1t was defeated by vote of 73
yeas to 125 nays. Garfield then moved
to lay the bill on the table, and his
motion was defeated by the decisive
vste OF 49 yeas to 155 nays. and the
bill passed as it was reported from the
Committee, The move Of Garfield
was wholly in the interest of the mon
ey power, but it failed of success. 20.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

A FEW nights ago, after Mr.. o. s.
Buzzell, living at the corner of Main
and Grant Streets had retired to rest,
he heard a terrible racket at his barn.
Fearing that tramps had taken posses
sion, he seized his lantern, and with
revolver in hand proceeded to inves-
tisate the trouble. When he got to
the stable he found his horses in their
places and everything apparently O..
X. Still he heard the tramp, tramp,
tramp of feet on the barn floor above.
He Immediately sprang aloft, when by
the dim light of the lantern he discov-
cred that his COW, which had been tied
in a stall the previous evening, had
climbed the steep and narrow stairs,
taken possession and was enjoying
high life above stair.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

If, as is claimed, the law granting
arrearages of pensions to soldiers who
were disabled in the war of the re-
bellion will make an immediate de-
mand upon the Government of $780,
100000 or more, Secretary Sherman
will find no difficulty in getting rid of
the silver dollars which are accumu-
lating in the Treasury, and which have
given him such a vast amount of
trouble since the reconciliation of
that metal, for the provisions of the
bill will exhaust the utmost surplus of
the Government and probably add
somewhat to the public debt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

Be it remembered that John Sher-
man started out with contracting the
currency and burning the greenbacks.
A Democratic House forced John to
draw in his horns and stop both. Be
it remembered that the bondholders'
party got spite at the dollar Of our
"Dads" and demonetized it. A DEM
ocratic House forced that party to
undo its devilish work, and to-day
I" In God we trust" Be it remember
ed that the gold party swcre they
would force resumption. A Demo.
cratic House has forced the equaliza.
ton of paper and coin and has saved
the country from further ruin.-Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
The Progress of Temperance.

The Chicago Inter-Ocean gives the
following facts as showing the won.
derful advances the cause of temper.
ance has made in the United States in
the last twenty years "A few years
ago the refreshments furnished in ev.
cry harvest field, OF at house-raisings
or gatherings of any kind, were con-
sidered incomplete unless the demijohn
was full and ready for use. No fash.
iOnable dinner-table was properly
served without the varieties of wine.
Even the sideboard of church mem
bers contained choice liquors, and
ministers and members induIged in
something for the stomach's sake
and the many infirmities." We notice
the fact now, from the large number of
exchanges from every section of the
country: each making mention of the
fact that upon "New Years day there
was little drunkenness" and that the
"ladies generally served lunch with
out the use of wine or other intoxicat-
ing drinks" 1t may be all true that
many who spent the day in soberness
made up for it the next, but it is some
thing gained when liquors are banish-
ed from the social gatherings and the
home, as they have been during the
few years past. Just in this connec-
ton we note in the New York Observ-
er, two little scraps of history of the
old Colonial days, which mark the pro-
gress we have mentioned
In 1875 Framingham "Voted for the
raising of the meeting house one bar
rel of rum, three barrels of cider, six
barrels of beer, with suitable provisions
of meat and bread" at the expense of
20 pounds, which was the amount of
the ministers salary for a year.
The records of Medford state that at
the meeting house raising in 1869 I" no
one was hurt" which probably means
that no one was drunk enough to put
his life in peril. But in another town
near Boston, where part of the frame
fell during the raising, in 1878, there is
no doubt that everybody was drunk
for the records say: g Voted, to pro-
vide for one barrel of West India rum,
five barrels of New England rum, one
barrel of good brown sugar, half a box
of lemons, and two loaves of loaf-sugar
for framing and raising the meeting
house! !"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
Why Ben Voted fer Jeff.

From Minneapolis journal.
The following letter was received
few days ago by a gentleman of this
city:
BosToN, MASS, January 5. 1S79.-
Dear Sir: l do not know as ought to
write you to decide bet, because
you ought not to bet. But to set you
right in a matter of history in which
you seem to be Interested, allow me to
say that in the Democratic Convention
at Charleston, South Carolina, in the
year. 1850, l voted fifty-seven times, as
I remember it. for Jefferson Davis, of
Mississippi, afterward President of the
Confederate States, as candidate for
the Democratic party, for President.
He was not before the Convention as
candidate, for my vote and that of
one of my colleagues were the only ones
he had. l believed him to be a repre-
sentative man of the South, and subse-
quent events have shown that 1 was
right. And71 believed then, and be-
lieve now, that if he could have been
nominated for President and elected,
the war would have been saved and
the attempted disunion prevented, for
hswould have been chosen to be Pres
ident over thirty-two States rather
than fifteen. and my experience has
been that the North always got more
consideration on questions of human
| liberty from a Southern statesman as
President before the war than it did
| from 8 Northern deughface, and that
remains true down to the present
time. BENZ. f. BUTLER.
Yes, but, Benjaman, were you not
elected delegate to that Convention
upon your representations that You
were in favor of the nomination of
Douglas? and didn't you call upon
Mr.. Douglas on your way to Charles
ton and pledge him your support ?
And were you not openly charged
with your treachery by your colleag-
ues in the Convention?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

SHOULD the bill before the Legisla-
ture to establish the office of County
Superintendent of Common Schools
become law it will furnish soft places
for eighty-e hit persons scattered over
the several counties of theState at from
$500 to 5000 each, thus adding to the
burden of the taxpayers. The lead
ing teachers of the State are working
to secure the passage of the bill. while
the people generally seem to take lit
tie or no interest in the matter. The
proposed change will involve an all
nual additional expense to the State
of from 100000 to 100000; and we
must confess that we fail to discover
any corresponding benefit in the peo.
posed new system. So far the dis
cussion Of the subject has been con-
fined to the leading teachers and their
associations who may not be entirely
disinterested in the matter, but may
have an itching for the fat places to be
created by the passage Of such law.
We are of the opinion that our law
makers will go slow in saddling this
additional load upon the already heav-
lily burthened taxpayers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

HON. JOHN JOHNSTON, wealthy and
we'll known citizen of Akron, died
suddenly on Sunday last, In 1860 he
was speaker eff the Ohio House of
Representatives, and at tho time of
his death was member of the Board
of Education of that city. He leaves a
wife and eight children-four sons
and four daughters-to to mourn his
death. He was 66 years of age.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

ALL is not serene in the Republican
camp. The fight between Conkling
and the administration is increasing in
bitterness. On Friday the Senate
Committee on Commerce voted to re-
ject Hayes nominations for the New
York Custom House,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

GENERAL Tom. EWING is looming
up as the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor of Ohio IN the coming con-
test. He is an able and faithful rep
resentative of the "Ohio idea" on the
financial question, and would rally
around his standard as many true and
earnest men as any Democrat in the
State. wa .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
Local Option.

A bill to establish local option in this
State is pending in the Legislature. 1t
provides that it shall be the duty of
the several township trustees of the
State of Ohio, on petition in writing of
thirty electors of any township, to
them presented twenty days previous
to the first Monday of April of any
year, to order an election on the ques-
tion of the sale of Intoxicating liquor,
beer, ale and wine, except for medical
purposes, in such township.
If majority are in favor of sale,
then it shall be lawful to sell intOxi-
eating liquor, beer, ale and wine, in
such township, subject to such restric-
tions and penalties as are now provid-
ed, or may hereafter be provided ); but
ifa majority are against such sale then
it shall be unlawful to sell Intoxicating
liquor, beer, ale or wine therein, except
for medical purposes, and upon the
prescription of some practicing physi-
clan, after the next day of June next
thereafter following, under a penalty
in liquidated damages in the sum of
fifty dollars for every day any person
or persons sell or offer for sale any in
toxicating liquor, beer. ale or wine, af-
ter the said first day of June.
It is made the duty of the Prose
cutting attorney of the county, on no.
tice to him by any two of the Trustees
or upon his own Information, to bring
suit in civil action for such damages,
before a Justice of the Peace, or in the
Court of Common Pleas of the county,
and all such damages received shall go
to the school fund of the township, to
the support of its schools, less ten per
cent. which shall go to the Prosecuting
Attorney for his services.
All damages assessed and judgments
and costs rendered shall he lien upon
the real estate where such selling takes
place, and no property of the defendant
shall be exempt from execution issued
on such judgment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

A GEORGIA paper says that the COL
ored people of that State pay taxes
upon S5,OOO,OOO worth of property.
Georgia is q Democratic State and it
don't look as though the negroes are
badly bull-dozed aud prosecuted there.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
THE MARKETS.
RAvRNNA, Jan, 20, 1879.

~ cah-s ~, 1853
ATLANTIC MILLS FLOUR AND FEED.
FLOUR-New Process. 81 65 per sack:
D iamOnd street s0c.; O. X. 81 10.
FEED-Bran. 6Oc per 100 lbs; Middlings. soc;
Chop, 81; Corn Meal. 81 90; Oil Meal. s. SO.
WHEAT-aOc.
. eCORN-sheiled brings b6c; ears, eac,
OATS-26 cts.
RYE-No. brings Soc
BARLET-None In market.
HAf-Selling at $6 q S.; according to
quality. Dull sale.
BEEF-Per cwt., a 90 @S4 80
HOGS-Dressed. s. b0Ss IS per cwt,
j. LARD-City rendered s@9G.
SMOKED MEATS-City sugar Cured Hams
selling at Sc; Country Sc.
Shoulders. City cured selling at &c. Dried
Beef selling at 15s.. ;t'',
POULTRY-sman supply in the market
Chickens dressed, buyers pay GOT cents; un-
dressed &c :tTurkies. undressed. &c.
BUTTER-1ac.
CHEEsE-Retails, 10cts. Buyers pay Z q Sc,
EGGS-buyers pay zoe per doz.
POTAToEs-Buyers pay 7O975c.
DRIED APPLES-21ac. per Id.
BEANS-Choice handpicked in small demand
at 81 rs per bu. Medium 81 50.
VINEGAR-Pure cider retails 259S0c per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay 5Kc.
HIDES-Green. trimms sd. No. 1, &C
EEATHERS-Best retail at 75c.
WHITE LIME-$1 90 per Dbl.
WATER LIME-$2 co
SAET-Coarse sells at 81 Is; fne 81 80.
WOOD-stove 81 5O92 90; 3 feet wood S 90
q s. 80 per cord. -
SUGARS ft-...-:
Extra ss lOc
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

The pedestrians are still on the
walk. On Saturday evening Mad
anne Chapelle began her attempt at
Chicago to walk 300 quarter miles
in as many consecutive quarter hours.
Mike Scully also began 1000 quarter
miles in 4. 600 quarter hours.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30

THERE is talk among Congressman
of imposing an income tax of five per
cent. on all incomes above 5000 and
of ten per cent. on all sums in excess
of $4,000 in order to raise sufficient
revenue to carry out the requirements
of the new Pension act. In this way
the bondholding and capitalist classes
may be compelled to contribute in
some small degree to pay the expenses
of the Government which seems to
have been saved principally for their
benefit. 1885
ONE of the principal grounds urged
by the stalwart Republicans against
the nomination of Foster as their can
didate for Governor is that he signed
the celebrated New Orleans report.
They can't bear to have the truth told
about the ,carpet.bag outrages in the
South.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
ELEGANT GOODS

and low prices make ourHouse
the most desirable place to
trade. Every advantage that
a Buyer can possibly seek is
assured him. We guarantee
every article we sell to be ex-
actly as represented and will
return the price paid for any
article that may prove to the
contrary. We are determined
to show that we still
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
COAL!

YT1aE UNDERSI GNED KEEPS CONSTANT
/ LY on hand a ull supply of Palmyra and
Mineral Point Coal. which am selling at low
est rates. Leave or aerS with A. l. Afford. or
at q. Il T.. X. K. Ohic e, which will be promptly
attended to. Z. NJ. SCRANTON.
Ravenna. o ct. %. 1873. 631
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
Largest Trade in
the County.

Nothing but steady Low
Prices will create and MAIN
tain business such as ours.
Our
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The Kind of Religion We Want.

We want religion that softens the
step and turns the voice To melody
and fills the eve with sunshine, and
checks the impatient exclamation
and harsh rebuke; a religion that Is
polite, deferential to superiors, con
siderate to friends; a religion that
goes into the family and keeps the
husband from being cross when din
ner is late, and keeps the wife from
fretting when the husband tracks
the newly washed floors with his
muddy boots, and makes the hus
band mindful of the scraper and the
door mat; keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross, and amuses
the children as well as instructs
them; cares for the servants besides
paying them promptly; projects the
honey moon into the harvest moon,
and makes the happy home like the
Eastern fig tree, bearing upon its
bosom at once the tender blossom
and the glory of the Iipening fruit.
We want religion that shall inte-
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-14
Waste On the Farm.

On q recent visit to the country
we were panied to see so much loss
going on that might be avoIded-sC
many leaks that might sink larger
ships than most farmers would be
able to own. The thermometer
stood at 100 in the shade. The sun
was shooting down red hot rays,
shriveling up everything exposed
to sight, and yet there stood the
reapers in the harvest field, or in
the field near the barn, just as they
were left when the last cutting was
done, without anything to protect
them. Wagons, plows, cultivators,
horse rakes, were To be seen here
and there, without the shade of
even a tree, the paint almost Bills
tering upon them. Pastures were
dried up, and the cattle looked
gaunt and hungry. Many fields of
corn that we saw would have yield
ed double the crop bad a few more
days of timely and judicious cult
walton been bestowed upon them.
No wonder some farmers cry hard
times. Such unnecessary losses
would make hard times in any bust
ness. The farmer must save as
well as buy. He must stop every
leak or his farm ship will sink
| Rural World.