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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-05
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l,soa Reasons for the Doctors Faith.

MONROE, GA, March %, 1890.
We have for twelve months been presenting
$. S. $. r'Swift's Syphitic SPECIFIC }, III tho
treatment of Syphilis and many ot'lcr Diseases
lnr witch IL is recommended, aud arc frank 10
sav that the results have been most satisfactory,
not having boon disappointed in n single, in,
staurr. We think for all Diseases for Which Il,
il recommended II stands without peer, ana iha'
tho medical profession will. sooner or later, be
forced to acknowledge it in the ',oaine Ont OF
Syphilis, in all stages as a sinn f"a "o".
~ j.. GALLOWAY, NJ. ID,
j T. ROBINSON, NJ. d.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-05

The lacl, of advertising is one OF the
chief causes of business failures There
arc business men who do not understand
The value of advertising. They do not
sec the direct connection between adj
vcrtsing and the entrance OF u cnsto-
MGR or tho demand for amy particular
article. They, also, with u scll-ImI'or
lance which is amusing, Fancy then
business is known to the whole commit
nifty, changing as that community ~ u
an extent which they have no conccp
ton of. The princi plo upon which mc'
should act is, advertise, and advertise
the truth. It you have u good tim!
let the people know it. Furthermore
never let an advertisement get STALE
Madison Journal.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-05

The Gold Hill News, of September y,
relates the following tale, extraordinary
if true, and offers it as II hard nut tor
mental philosophers to crack: "AD"'t
midnight, and just after the accident IN
the Consolidated Imperial night before
last. the wife Of Mr. Mat Winnie was
found on her way to the Imperial works
She said she had been awakened just be-
fore by her husband, who came all man
nlcd to her bedside and told her nc had
been killed IN tho mine. She had got
up, dressed herself and started to aSccr-
tain the truth of what she was indeed
only too well convinced was true. Mr.
Sbccnan went with her to the words, as,
ccrtaincd that there had, in reality, bcc'
y fearful accident that Mr.. Winnie wa
indeed killed, and then took the trcm
bling little woman to her children ant
| 70 her dcsolatc home. Mr.. Winnie ha'
| not boon told of the accident except ~
above mentioned until after she me
Officer Shccnan.'
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-05

When the caisson exploded the head OF
one Of the victims was blown high in the
mir. and fell into the water within few
Yards of the gunbQat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
COFFEE IN TYPHOID FEVER.

DR.. Guillasse, Of the French Navy,
in a recent paper on typhoid fever,
says: "Cofee has given US unhoped-
for satisfaction; after having dispens-
ed it, we find, to our great surprise,
that its action Is as prompt as it is de.
cisive. No sooner have our patients
taken a few tablespoonfuls of it than
their features become relaxed and
they come to their senses. The next
day the Improvement is such that we
are tempted to look upon coffee as q
specific against typhoid fever. Under
its influence the stupor was dispelled,
and the patient rouses from the state
of somnolency in which he has been
since the invasion of the disease. Soon
all the functions take their natural
course, and he enters upon GONZALES
cence."
DR.. GuiIlssse gives to an adult two
to three tablespooDfuls of strong black
coffee every two hours, s,alternated with
one or two teaspoonfuls of claret or
Burgundy wine. A little lemonade
or citrate of magnesia should be taken
daily, and. after while, qulnine. From
the fact that malaise and cerebral
symptoms appear first, the doctor re-
CARDS typhoid fever as nervous di.
sease, and the coffee acting on the
nerves is peculiarly indicated in the
early stages before local complications
arise.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
SIX MILES TO SCHOOL.

One of Dickens characters, Mark
Tapley, was noted for being jolly un-
der difficulties. How many school
boys would initiate the remarkable
Mark and be jolly if they had to walk
six miles to school and back every
day. Yet Sir Titus Salt, the founder
of the model manufacturing town,
Saltaire, used to do it when boy of
9 years.
The village in which this young Salt
lived could boast of no better educator
than woman who kept a dame
school. AS the parents of number
of boys wished to give them classic
al commercial education, they sent
their sons to a school six miles dis
tant, kept by clergyman.
The boys started early in the morn
ing, carrying their dinners with them,
Titus being an oatmeal cake and q
kettle of milk. In winter he often had
to go in the dark mornings and milk
the cow himself for his daily supply.
But the lads never thought of COM
planning Of the length of the journey.
1t was bracing CONSTITUTIONAL and
they made the road ring with their
CHEEKY voices. They would rendez-
vous at an appointed time and certain
spot. Those who were in time wrote
their names on q slate. This was put
in well-known hole in the wall, that
the late corners might see who had
been punctual and gone on their way.
So far from doing them any harm,
this daily journey strengthened the
boys constitutions and developed
their bodies. When Titus became a
man he had q working-power which
enabled him to do a large amount of
labor with but slight fatigue.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

The successful employment of pc
trolem as fuel in the manufacture of
iron, has, according to the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal" been ac-
complished by process invented by
DR.. c. j. Eames, and now in practical
operation at Titusville, Pennsylvania.
The petrolem is vaporized by means of
highly heated steam, thrown into
chamber in which the oil is caused to
trickle over series of horizontal
shelves and the mixture is then driv-
en- onward to the combustion chamber,
where it is ignited and driven into the
furnace by the air-biasts which it en-
counters at this point. "The evident
advantages" says the Engineering
and Mining Journal" "of petrolem-
fuel, are the perfect control under
which the heat is held the extremely
high calorifc intensity of this water
gaf; and the freedom of the fuel from
any elements injurious to the iron. 1t
is claimed that the work can be per-
formed much quicker, and the quality
of the product can be made much
more uniform and of higher grade,
than can be secured with coal -fuei"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
EVOLUTION OF FCEREMONIAL IN.
STITUTIONS.

You may have faith or not, just as
you please, in Herbert Spencer's sci
entifc speculations. But you must
admit that there is much ingenuity,
and no small amount of interest in the
following speculations in reference to
the evolution of Ceremonial institu-
tions. Here is the gist Of his argu-
ments, according to the Atheneum:
Ceremonies are prior to social, and
even to human, evolution. The little
dog that falls on his back and holds
up his paws when he meets big dog
is performing propitiatory ceremo-
ny. He is as good as saying to the
big dog: tDon't bite dog when he's
down; bite one of your own weight
Now, the majority, the immense ma
jority, of human ceremonies are relics
of a similar process of Precipitation.
The savage who rolls on his back and
slaps his thighs to welcome his visitor
is not many stages in advance of the
little dog, The lady who kisses the
Queens hand when she is presented
is carrying out the practice of the
COW who licks her calf. The calf is
licked because that process gives the
COW pleasant sense of possession In
her offspring. From licking, kissing,
or shifting as an an agreeable and af-
fectionate process came the custom of
licking, kissing, or shifting as sign
of affection, and 30 of Precipitation Of
a superior, who naturally likes to be
liked, and of that propitiation the
ceremony of kissing the Queens hand
is a survival. Mr.. Spencer traces a
vast number of other ceremonies to
acts of Precipitation. He keeps insist
ing that men naturally transfer SER
vices that propitiate the living to the
of the ghosts of the dead,
and that the ghosts become gods, and
that in this way the religious ceremo-
nies of Christianity, and of other
creeds, are all connected in the long
run with the timid little dog and his
prostrations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15


Whatever you have to say, my friend,
Whether witty. or grave, or gay.
Condense as much as ever you can.
And say in the readiest way;
And whether you write on rural affairs,
: Or particular things in town,
just word of friendly advice
Boil it down.
For if you go spluttering over a page
When couple Of lines would do.
Your butter is spread SO much. you see.
That the bread looks plainly through.
So when you have a story to tell.
And would like little renown.
Boil it down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse. just try
To utter your thoughts in the fewest words,
And let it be crisp and dry;
And when 1t is finished, and you suppose
1t is done exactly brown,
just look it over again. and then
Boil it down,
For editors do not like to print
An article lazily long,
And the general reader does not care
For a couple of yards of song.
So gather your wits in the smallest space,
If you'd win the authors crown,
And every time you write, my friend
Boil 1t down.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
NEwspAPEH WRITING.

A man may have grave doubts about
his talent for public speaking; may
freely admit that he can not turn a
tune, or recognize one when turned by
anybody else; may confess that he is
no poet, not much of scholar, and
nothing of an artist; but there is no
creature so poor-spirited as to vow his
incapacity to edit newspaper. On
the contrary, this is work to which
every man seems to haye manifest
call. No matter what his actual bust
ness in life may be-preacher, lawyer,
physician, butcher, baker, or CANDLE
stick k-maker-he has secret fancy
that if he only had chance he could
make o newspaper little bit spicier
and livelier than anything in the shape
of public journal that has ever come
in his way. This is one of the most
amusing and universal weaknesses of
modern times. The number of peo-
pie who are infected by it is known
only to druggists and physicians. The
drawers and waste-baskets of every
leading newspaper Office in the coun-
try overflow with evidences of the
ambition and harmless vanity of the
vast public who scribble by stealth
and patiently toll ever reams of COM
position which nobody can be induced
to print. s
1t must be admitted that there is
enticing and enviable in
editorial life, as it appears to the out
side world. The delight of getting in
to print for the first time is one of tho
keenest enjoyments. What, there
fore-b0th men and women reason to
themselves-must be the pleasure of
that happy man who daily feasts the
public with his wisdom, and whose
mallest-scribbling finds its way into
type without criticism or delay2 But
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
THE YEARS PRODUCT OF GOLD
AND SILVER.

The annual report of the Director of
the U. S. Mint states that the produc-
ton Of the precious metals in the
United States in 1879 was considerably
less than than that of the preceding
year. 1t has resulted from the dimin-
ished yields of the mines of the Com
stock lode. A depth has been reach
ed of LOCO feet below the bod of the
Carson River, and impediments are
encountered from accumulations of
water and from the oppressive tenn
perature. which discourage and have
retarded vertical explorations. This
has caused falling off in the total
yield of the States, as officially report
ed, which, in 1878, was $47, 1876, ,473 81
from the production of the preceding
year. Although the production of Ne
Yada will be large and continuous
for many years, it does not appear
probable that the mines of that State
will make such enormous contribu.
tions to the mineral wealth of the
country as they haye in previous years,
This decrease has been, in part, COM
pensated by the results of the more
thorough exploration of the mining
regions of the Rocky Mountains, es-
pecially in central and Southern Colo
RADIO. The production of that State
was at least $6,C 1000 greater in the
last than in the preceding year, and
will probably furnish an undiminish-
ed if not an increasing amount of sill
yer in the future. After careful in
auiry and consideration of the yield
of different localities and mines in the
United States, the Director estimates
the total production of the precious
metals in the country for the fiscal
year 1879 at $79.7I2, 900, of which $685.
100000 was gold, and $4O,Sl2,OOO sill
yer, as nearly as can be ascertained
from official and other trustworthy
sources.
Nearly all the gold, and large por-
ton of the silver, produced in the
United States during the last year was
coined at the mints or used in domes-
tic manufactures, arts, and ornamental
ton. The surplus was exported to
countries. From all
information, it is safely assumed that
the annual consumption in the United
States of the precious metals in all
forms for manufacturing purposes
now averages 100000 of gold and
S., 10000 of silver. TefH
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

this reasoning is altogether unsound.
The editor does not looklat things ex.
actly in the same roseste light. The
bright colors seen by other eyes have
to his become little clouded. The
freshness, the exquisite charm of see-
ing his reflections in print, has long
since vanished. He writes sometimes
painfully and under pressure, often
harassed by thousand petty vexa-
tions, and not unfrequently with ach-
ing head and weary hand. His work
is, OF all work, the most wearing, the
most akin to tread-mill drudgery, and
the most exhausting to body and brain.
The call for copy is inexorable and
can not be refused. He must write.
He must also endure the most con-
temptible and continual criticisms
must bear patiently to be esteemed
dull when he can not be witty, and to
be applauded for wit when he knows
he has been dull Every blockhead
who buys his paper feels that he has
purchased right to dictate the man.
ner in which it shall be conducted, to
criticise sharply everything that APP
pears in it, and to elevate its tone
with his own carplng lucubrations,
fairly written out and enclosed in a
note for immediate publication, sign
ed "A Subscriber IAN Old Patron
or AN Earnest Well Wisher,' If you
were to ask this modest friend to cut
you coat, or measure you for pair
of boots, he would Indignantly. reply
that that was not his trade; that he
knew nothing about it, and would not
attempt it. But the diffidence which
shrinks from the shears and coyly
draws back from the awl and lapstone,
boldly grasps the pen and undertakes
to illuminate and instruct the world.
Breeches and shoes require art, ex-
perience, reflection, in their making
political essays how spontaneously
from the most added pate, or can be
pa=aPee- eat Of II -by->hccr hanu labor,
without the vulgar appliances of study
thought, and knowledge. Such is life.
Il Printers Circular.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
HOW FAR CAN WE HEAR WITH
THE TELEPHONE

An exchange states that Mr.. r. A.
Packer, Superintendent of the Penn
sylyania Railroad, is at present hunt
ing with a party of gentlemen in Ne
brasks. A few days ago he, for two
hours, conversed pleasantly with his
wife and friends along the line. The
medium was the railroad and Western
Union Telegraph wires and Edison's
telephone. At the Office in Bethle.
ham, Pa, connection was made with
the Eaton and Amboy wire, and at
Perth Amboy with a Western Union
wire, and thence to Chicago and North
Bend, Nebraska, where the party are.
The distance was about two thousand
miles, and every whisper was audible.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

said by Madames Danks aud Jones,
but l cannot enumerate them.
Such time declared Mrs. Jones,
next day. Perfectly horrid, assure
you. Perfectly ridiculors. Every
body was bored to death, but they
had to pretend they liked it. Some
folks never can tell when they are
being made fuu of right under their
noses. 1 felt ashamed for Mrs. Danks
and her girls, 1 did, really, they made
themselves so absurdly ridiculous.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

The man who tried to run q news
paper to suit everybody, died in an
Eastern poorhouse eighty years ago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15
E. w. MAxsON.

eorney and Counselor at Law possesse.
superior facilities for making collections in
all parts Of the United States. Once over
First National Bank, Garrettsville, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

When the applause that the Duet
called out had subsided, Miss Bella
Danks took her place at the piano and
made extensive preparations for an
attack on that much suffering instru-
ment. She twirled the stool around q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

1. T. SIDDALL,
Asr.sy ut Law. Once in Phenix Block.
s<<<Rsvenns, Ohio. 479
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-15

y. T. 6PERhA,
ettOrney at Law. Office over c. E. Poe's
store. Seymour's Building, Ravenna. o. $50
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-26
The Gathering Of The Clans.

CHICAGO. May 25. An Inter OCEAN
Washington correspondent interviewed
Garfield. who showed that the instruc.
lions Of the State Convention instruct
only the delegates at large. They have
no binding force ovsr the district dele
gates who are selected BY districts or BY
representatives in the districts In the
convention. he knsw OF no oombina.
tIon to break down the ~instructing rule
ct Chicago. but felt confident that II
would b. broken.
General B. F. Butler arrived 10 Chi.
oago yesterday and established himself
at the Palmer House. neal the Grant
headquarters, and lett for Ban Francisco.
The city 10 alive with politicians. but
hitherto almost exclusively Grant's
friends, who are very active and do.
termiued, and . Grant meeting at Cen.
tral Music Hall on Wednesday night
promises to DO . grand affair.
Much interest 10 felt hers 10 the move
msnt Of the district delegates from I'LL
uois. Twenty 10 all are for Blaine.
Their rights In the national delegation
will cause q fight, which promises to DO
sharp and prolonged. The convention
Il likely TO last three days.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-26
Railway Postal Service.
Nevodo State Josrnai.

Not many persons know what q vast
amount Of mall matter IL carried on the
overland railroad In the course OF . year.
Once In two years the Government eps-
oisl Agent places . force OF men on the
trains between San Francisco and Ogden
and intermediate points, during the
month, whose duty It 10 70 weigh oil the
mall bags carried BY the trains. From
the reports Of these officers an average II
made Of the amount carried In . year.
The compensation received by the com.
psny 10 $50 per car per mile yearly. max.
ing . total amount Of about $500, 600 per
annum, which 10 credited to the comps-
ny's indebtedness 10 the Government,
on the bonded interest account. In 1873
the weighing was done In April, and the
report was a. follows: Number Of pounds
from Ogden and intermediate points
toward San Francisco, xl9. 642, OF which
235. o64 pounds came 70 San Francisco.
Toward Ogden and intermediate stations
there were carried 26s. 2s7 pounds. and
from Ban Francisco alone l7e,foo
pounds. In February, 1880. there we're
carried from Ogden and intermsd1s.o
points SAC, ssl pounds. Of WHOM Ssn
Francisco rscsivsd sSs. sSi poul
Toward Ogden and intermediate Poinss
thsre vsrs carried l0l. LIS pounds: o.
vbioh San Francisco sent yIo,ooo
pounds. The report shows tina.
sios ~ increased 40 per ISN'T: IN Two
vss,s. There are a mall clerks con.
Family ON duty. aad hey handle aooas
thyss tens daily.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-26
Colorado for Grant-rhe Republi.
can htata Convention.

DKxvEs, May 26.-The Republican
State Convention met here yesterday
and was called to order BY Ex-Governor
Routt, Chairman Of the State Central
COMMITTEES.
The following delegates to Chicago
were chosen: Ex.G Governor Routt, Lieu.
tenant Governor L. Head. Amos Stick,
George L. CLARK, J. A. Elicit and II. N.
Mcguire. Alternstes-E. l.. Campbell.
Kent Wolf. A. Londoner, A. p. Cory, j..
T. Blake and ]. D. Hall.
Ex Governor Routt was chosen Chair.
man OF the Chicago delegation.
Resolutions were adopted requesting
the delegation to Chicago to use oil hon.
orable means to sscure the nomination
OF Grant; declaring General Grant q At
and competent person to conduct the
affairs OF the nation; that while the Re.
publican party OF Colorado express .
preference for the nomination OF Grant,
they recognize 10 James g. Blaine one
OF the purest patriots and most able
men that America has ever produced,
and, should he be the nominee ut Obi.
cago, pledge him Colorado by as large .
majority 40 any other candidate, and
pledge themselves to support the Chicago
nominee; that they are Incorporating.
iy In favor Of monomstalism that the
Democratic Congress, In its treatment Of
the Indian question, has failed TO dis.
charge the high public duty imposed on
Il by the progress Of civilization;t that We
do not recognize the claim that q treaty
exists between the national Government
and the Utes, the treaty having been
violated In the most savage and brutal
manner by tho Indians themselves, and
pledge the cooperation Of the Republi.
cans Of Colorado in their speedy 70.
moval.
The convention stood 1873 Grant to GO
anti. Grant delegates, and was perfectly
harmonious. the anti. Grant men making
very littls fight.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-26

occupy the gallery. The Chairman and
Secretaries will occupy the large circular
platform Of the south end Of the build
Ing. A railing has also been placed 20
a 10 prevent anyone approaching too
close TO the officers. Three feet below
the Chairmsn's platform 10 another Gle.
waited platform designed for the use Of
reporters. Convenient to this and under
meath the gallery are the offices 70 b
occupied BY the Western Union and
American Union Telegraph Companies.
The committee rooms are immediately
adjacent TO the seats occupied BY the
delegates.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-26
HALLS VEGETABLES sICILIAN

Hsir Remover IL . scientific combustion Of
some OF the most powerful restorative agents
In the vegetable kingdom 1t restores gray
hair 10 It's original color. It makes the scalp
While and clean. Il cures dsndrua and humors.
and falling out Of the hair. II furnishes the
nutritvs principle By which the HAIR u nour.
ishsd and supported. II makes the hair moist,
soft and giossy. and 10 unsurpassed - . hair
dressing. II IL the most economical prepare.
ton ever offered to the public. - 10 effects
remain . long nms making only an eccasienai
application necessary. his recommended and
used By eminent medical men. and ofnctaliy
indors, d By the state Asssyer Of Massachusetts
The popularity OF Halls Rsnswerh has increased
with the test Of many years. both In this ooun.
Try and In foreign lands. and It 10 now known
and used In Ill the eivilissd countries OF the
oortA