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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
In the preparation of . political his-
+orv like fh;a covar;pr . nor;od ~

In the preparation of . political his-
tory like this, covering . period of
time extending through seventy-six
years, brevity has necessarily been an
observed newspaper injunction, con.
sistent with the object to be attained.
AS an epitome, therefore, of Ohio
election conteste, beginning with the
State at its birth and authentically
presenting each result from that peri.
cd down to the present, it is at least
presumable that this article is not
without its intrinsic merit. Possibly,
too, it may suggest to the minds of the
jealous and enthusiastic partizans of
all our political parties, in view of the
vacillations that have mark
ed their several histories during the
half century past in Ohio, how relia-
BILE or unreliable the State is when
apathy or enthusiasm, in turn, has en-
thuscd the voting masses. ii. IL. II.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25

IF you want to get at the circumfer-
ence of a man, says Josh Billings, ex-
anime him among men; but if you
want tew get at his acktual diameter,
measure him at his fire-side.
"YOUNG man." said Mr.. Daniel
Rice, "do you want to go down to a
drunkard's grave?" Well" replied
the young man, "I don't care if I do.
whereabouts is your family lot ?''
THE spouse of a celebrated Scotch
mathematician, who had succeeded,
after the labor of months, exclaimed:
"Weel, now. that you've gruppit the
little thing. what's the worth OF in
punds Scotch 2"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
DOCTRINE OF TOTAL DEPRAv.
lTY.
A PREACHAKNT.

THE church bell. which elsewhere calls peo-
,le together to worship God, calls them togeth.
II ill Scotland to listen to preacAment."-IsAAC
TAYLOR.
His text was one that gave him room
To fume. and illuminate and make
The house of God a house of gloom.
In which to make the sinners quake,
Corruption was the theme it.
And He'll the lurid CLEAN Of it.
Mankind, he preached. were poisoned thro 'gh
Corrupt withOut corrupt within,
Black was the universal hue,
'.In short" said he. "the book of sin,
On every side has wrecked You all,
Moral and intellectual"
He proved each man from head to foot
mass of petrifying sore,
Thoughts fostering in heart of SCOT,
Sin oozing out at every pore;
The body and the soul OF us,
The devil had the whole of us.
lie loved his theme. twas clear enough.
For all the rottenness and dirt
And rank defilement of the stuff.
One felt he had the thing at heart.
lie Rugged it so and handled it.
And dressed 1t up and handled it
He plunged past the gates of death
He mixed the sinners awful cup.
Till hot and red he stopp'd for breath,
And mopped the perspiration up.
If terror could rciashion us.
He did not spare the lash on US.
1 saw him when his task was done.
His gown and morals packed away;
Ills deep self dissatisfaction won;
His reeking supper on the tray;
And looking through the smoke of it,
Twas then I saw the joke of it.
The pious wrath. the wordy run.
From practised mouth too glibly poured.
Which makes us feel that we have done
Some special service for the Lord.
oh, the deceiving seed of it'll
The tongue without the deed of it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
WHAT EVICTION MEANS IN IRE.
Ian ID.

1t is impossible to understand the
Irish land question of to-day without
knowing what that threatened tevic-
tion,' which hangs like q sword Of
Damocles over the head of every Irish
tenant, means. The following is q
narrative of one of those narrowing
scenes which occurred but few years
since in the county Meath, related by
the Most Rev. McNulty: Seven hum
dred human beings Gays DIR. McNulty,
were driven from their homes on this
one day. The Sheriffs assistants en-
ployed on the occasion to extinguish
the hearths and demolish the homes of
these honest, industrious men, worked
away with a will at their awful calling
until evening fell. At length an inci-
dent occurred that varied the monoto-
ny of the grim and CHASTITY ruin which
they were spreading around. They
stopped suddenly AMI recoiled, panic
stricken with terror, from two DWELL
ings which they we're to destroy with
the rest. They had just learned that
typhus fever held these houses in its
grasp, and had already brought death
to some of their inmates. They, there
fore, supplicatsd the agent to spare
these houses little longer but he was
inexorable and insisted that they
should be torn down. We ordered q
large winnowed sheet to be spread
over the beds in which the fever vic
Tins lay, and then directed that the
houses be unroofed cautiously and
slowly. X
The wailing of women, the screams,
the terror, the CONSERVATION of chill.
dren, the speechiess agony OF men
wrung tears of grief from all who saw
them. saw the officers and men of q
large police force who were obliged
to be present on the occasion, cry like
children. The heavy rains that usual-
ly attend the autumnal equinoxes de-
scended in cold, copious torrents
throughout the awful night, and at
once revealed to the houseless sufferers
the awful realities of their condition.
visited them next morning, and rode
from place to place, administering to
them all the comfort and consolation
could. The landed proprietors in .
circle all around, and for many miles
in every direction, warned their ten.
ants against admitting them to even q
nights shelter. Many of these poor
people were too poor to emigrate.
After battling in vain with privation
and pestilence, they at last graduated
from the work house to the tomb, and
in little more than three years nearly
q fourth of them lay quietly in their
graves.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
WHY Is 1T!

Look eyen here. Can the thoughtful
man view the development of oul
State with unmixed satisfaction? Dc
we not know that under present con.
ditions, just as that city over the bay
grows in wealth and population, SO
will poverty deepen and vice increase
that just az the liveried carriages be.
come more plentiful, so do the beggars
that Just as the pleasant villas of wealth
dot these slopes, so will rise up the
noisome tenement house in the city
slums. haye watched the growth OF
San Francisco with joy and pride, and
my Imagination still dwells with de.
light upon the image Of the great city
of the future, the queen of all the vast
Pacific--perhaps the greatest city OF
the world. Yet what is the gain
San Francisco of to-day, with her
three hundred thousand people, is, for
the classes who depend upon their To-
Dor, not SO good place as the San
Francisco of sixty thousand and when
Der three hundred thousand rises to Q
million, San Francisco, il present ten
denotes are unchanged, must present
the same sickening sights which in the
streets of New York shock the mau
from the open West.
This is the dark side of our boasted
progress, the Nemesis that seems to
follow with untiring tread. Where
wealth most abounds, there poverty is
deepest; where luxury is most pro-
fuse, the gauntest want jestles it. In
cities which are the store houses of
nations, starvation annually claims it's
victims. Where the costliest churches
rear the tallest spires towards heaven,
there is needed a standing army of po-
licemen as we build new schools we
build new prisons; +; where the heaviest
are raised to send mis-.
sionaries to the ends of the earth to
preach the glad tidings of peace and
there may be seen squslor
and vice that would alright heather.
In mills where the giant power of
steam drives machinery that multi.
plies by hundreds and thousands the
productive forces of man, there are
little children who ought to
be at play or at school; where the
of exchange has been per.
'ected to the utmost, there thousands
If men are vainly trying to exchange
heir labor for the necessaries of life
Whence this dark shadow that thus
attends that which we call material
that which our current phi.
osophy teaches US to hope for and to
work for? Here is the question of all
questions for US. We must answer il
,r be destroyed, as preceding civiliza-
ions have been destroyed. For no
;hain is stronger than it's weakest link
md our glorious statue, with itz head
If gold and its shoulders of brass, has
IS yet but feet of clay.-[From q lec-
ure by II. George, in San Francisco
Popular Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25

THE value of farms in the United
States is Sl1 ,OOc .OOO, 600, and the an
nual product is So, 900, ,OOO,OOO In four
years, therefore, the farm product equal
the value of the farms.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
WEATHERW WISE AND OTHER.
WISE.

WEATHER h WISE AND OTHER.
WISE.
Rather a cold snap, remarked the
fox, as he put his foot into a steel trap.
We shall have an open spring, was
all that the trapper vouchsafed as he
approached the animal.
Quite windy, said Jones, who had
been listening to the congressional de-
bate.
clustering. responded Smith. laying
down the evening Turbulence.
A fine day, said the Judge, ominous-
ly.
Yis. yer honor; a little 'azy now, re-
piled the culprit.
A mile day, ventured the sportsmar.
Bland, put in the young man, taking
out a trust dollar.
Soft, added the young lady.
The young man subsidized with the
remark. 1t is getting warm.
1t looks like reign, suggested Robin
son anent the third-term proposition.
We need change, muttered his i'm
pecunious relative.
Rather chilly, commented Stebbing,
at the church social.
1t is scold, replied Billington, as he
espied his other half.
Lowery, he added, as he caught her
eye--[B Boston Transcript.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
March 9, 1880.
Quotations:

Best Cottage Bedsteads. (homc made) 8 %
Fine paneed Bed (six Burl panels) OO
Best home made breakfast Table Is hinges CO
| Good wood seat Chairs. per set. ......... 90
Best fall leaf Extension Tables per foot. / 20
Good Walnut Bureaus with glass 10 50
Fine 13 co
Fine Ash. W alnut trimmed Chamber suits % co
| '' Dressing case '' :. 35 OO
| . $50 90 and IS 90
Marble top Dressing Case Set Glass
| 40N!S- -----..----.---.-----------. go co
'' Marble top Tables. large size ........ Q 90
| ' Brown Terry patent Rockers. ... 10 80
Lounges at bottom figures. Spring
Beds at lowest prices known. Maple
and Walnut cane seat Chairs at old
quotations.
Crockery and Glass Ware at July
prices. Table Cutlery and Lamps,
plated Casters, Knives, Forks, Spoons,
&C., &C., at regular prices.
Hair Mattresses made to order from
choice stock, and all kinds of Furni-
ture Upholstering done on the most
reasonable terms. LUMBER taken in
exchange for any of the above articles.
Having bought my entire stock be-
fore the late advance, ] can and will
sell at prices that will bother you to
find elsewhere.
H Remember that these
Prices can be found only at
NO. 8 PHENIX BLOCK.
RAVENNA. O.
GEO. E FAIRCHILD,|
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25

THE church bell which elsewhere calls peO-
pie together to worship God, calls them togeth-
er ill Scotland to listen to a preacADsent Isaac
III
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25

BACK YARDs-The trains of the Ia.
dies dresses.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10

ment of pots and kettles, feed the pigs,
milk the COWS, and be a lady all the
time, is the girl that sensible young
men are in quest Of for wife, but your
pining, wasted, doll-dressed, con-
sumption-mortgaged, music.murdering
and novel-devouring daughters Of idle
ness are no more fit to matrimony than
a pullet is to look after a brood Of four
teen chickens. The truth is, my dear
girls, you want less of restraint and
more liberty Of action; more kitchen
and less parlor more exercise and less
sofas; more pudding and less piano; !;
more frankness and less mock modesty.
Loosen your corsets and breathe the
pure atmosphere, and become something
as good and beautiful as nature de-
signed.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
SHERIEE'S SALE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, late Parish, now
~ Seventeenth Judicial District Court. In
the matter of the succession Of A. j. Stewart,
deceased-No. 1891. Probate.
BY virtue Of an alias writ of fieri facias, issued
in the above entitled and numbered Succession
and to me directed from the Honorable Court
aforesaid, holding in and for the said parish and
State l have seized and will expose to public
sale, In front of the Courthouse door OF said
parish, on
Saturday, the 18th day of July
next, A D. 1890, between the hours of eleven
o'clock A NJ and four o'clock p. NJ, of said day,
all the right title interest and claim of tho
Defendant, Mrs. +. u. Stewart, Individually
and as Administrators of the Succession of All.
Stewart, deceased, in and to the following Il.
scribed property, to.wit:
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER or SEC
ton No. Is, in Township No. $ east, south o.
Range east, containing ls5 76lNO acres, beiu.
the same entered by Joshua W. Horton and
transferred to A. j. Stewart and afterwards do
mated by said Stewart to his wife, Francis H.
Stewart, by an act of donation interviews BE-.
fore John McGrath Recorder, on the 10Th day
of July, 1872, together with the buildings and
improvements thereon.
Seized to pay and satisfy the amount of iu,lg-
ment, interest and costs claimed in the above
entitled and numbered Succession.
Terms of Sale--Cash, with the benefit of ap
praisement. j. W. BATES, Sheriff.
June H. 1880. [v2n2s,
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
SHERIFF's SALE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, late Parish, now
- Seventeenth Judicial Distrirt Court, Par.
ish OF East Baton Rouge. G. D. Favrot va.
Joshua p. Wilson-No. 1905.
BY virtue of q writ Of Fieri Facias, issued in
the above entitled and numbered suit and to
me directed from the said Honorable Court.
holding in and for the parish and State afore-
said, ] have seized and will expose to public
sale, in front Of the Courthouse Of said parish,
on
Saturday, the 18th day Of July
next, A. d., 1880, between the hours of eleven
o'clock A. NJ. and four o'clock p. NJ, Of said day.
all the right title, interest and claim of the
Defendant. Joshua r. Wilson, in and to the fol-
lowing described property, tO.wit:
THE UNDIVIDED ONEHALF % OF A
certain tract or parcel Of land, situated in tho
parish OF East Baton Rouge. on the High
lands, with all The buildings and improvements
theseon four miles from the city OF Baton Rouge,
containing 25 arpents, more or less, and bounded
east by lands formerly of j. 3. Kleinpeter, now
DR.. Huguet; south, by lands of Gilbert Daigre
north, by those Of Dennis Daigre. and being tho
same acquired by mOrtgasor from $. p. Greves,
for which Act see Notarial Book, No. /, folio
437
Seized to pay and satisfy the amount of iudg-
ment interest and costs claimed in the above.
entitled and numbered cause.
Terms OF sale--cash, with the benefit of ap-
praisement. J. w. BATES, Sheriff.
June l2 1880 Iv2ngs
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
DOES HER OWN WORK.

Dcas3h ? What Of it, Is it any
disgrace Is she any less a true wo-
man, less worthy Of respect than she
who sits IN silks and satius, and is vain
OF fingers that never labor? We listen
e. to this sneer Il few days ago, and the
stone in which it was uttered betokened
narsow, i-nobln miNd, better Gttpd
for any place than 4 country who3e0 m
Stltutlons rests on honorable labor as
one OF the chief corner-sto l. eviDced
q false idea of the true basis of society,
ottruc womanhood, of genuine nobility,
1t showed the deteseAble spirit Of caste.
of rank, which a certain class are trying
to eStabllsh--a caste whose sole founda
ti0n IS money, aud is the weakest kind
OF rank known to civilization. Mind
manners, morals, all that enters into a
good character, are of no account with
these social snobs; position in the,
st!lted ranke is bought with gold, and
each additional dollar is another round
in the ladder by which elevation is
gained.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
BY our Tri-WeekIy Line!

nRY MUSTARD. Finest English, Colman 9.
,IIOATMEAL. Fresh Milled. Pin Head.
CHOCOLATE. Bakers, Germans Sweet,
Fresh
= CROWN MILK. Fresh Make, one pound
Cans.
SPLIT PEAS Best English.
CANNED APPLES 3 Pound Tins, Fresh.
BAKING POWDERS. Horsford's, u o..
Papers.
GUM DROPS. Rose, Lemon and Vanilla.
FANCY CRACKERS. Cinnamon Jumblcs,
New York.
:. FANCY CRACKERS. Fancy Tea, mixed,
New York.
FANCY CRACKERS > Mic Macs, New
York. I.
SODA CRAKERS. Choice Fresh Baked
DRY SALT SHOULDERS. Best St. Louis.
Received yesterday, per Natchez aud Annie P.
Silver, and for sale at Family Grocery Of
]unesl JOSHUA BEAL.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10

breast, when the man aw0ke and grap-
! pied him.
The Portuguese was young but un.
armed, and bewildered by the surprise
Of this moment and that sharp knife in
the hand of. Harry Rose. The money
my mothers money give it backp cried
the youth.
But Harry Rose could not give up the
money. He lifted the knife and drove it
into the poor fellows breast and fed.
He found a boat, and rowed himself
to the shore, and set the boat adrift, and
struck through the city streets seeking
for place to hide himself. But those
on the ship had been alarmed. They
found the Portuguese dead in his ham.
mock, with his belt-his precious belt,
of which he had talked so much--cut
away, and the strange sailor missing.
He was pursued and captured with the
money about him, and blood status
about his clothes.
And in the city where he was born,
and where yet his old mother dwelt, he
met the fate of the murderer. And be-
fore be died, he made full confession Of
all his crimes.
There are people who 80 to see men
hung. Those who gratifed that horri-
bic curiosity that day, heard the gray
haired man upon the gallows speak
these words:
lam about to die, and l die justly !;
but if there is parent here, want to
tell that parent that my father and
mother who loved me- so, might have
saved me from this awful and shameful
end. ] had the propensity to crime
stronger than the rest; but | might
have been cured.
1 began by stealing a cent from an
old woman's toy-shop till. If | had been
punished tbcn, believe I should not
have stolen again but it was made
light of, and went Oh, and here I am.
But with my last breath, | want to ask
you to watch your children, and no.
matter how slight a crime seems in one
of them, to weed it ont with all your
strength, that it may not bring them to
my end at last
Aud then the black cap was put on,
and Harry Rose looked on the world no
more.
And lis is not the only instance Which
warns US from what small BEGUN rs
great crimes spring.
The theft of only cent may end in
burglary or highway robbery; the lisper
of a white lie may come to forget truth
ard honor utterly; and the little fist,
ready with baby blows, grown large and
strong in manhood, may commit mur-
der
Weed yOnr children's hearts even as
as you would your garden beds, or rank
things will grow there apace aud choke
the flowers.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
A PERIL0US BALLOON VOYAGE.

A balloon was recently sent up from
Lille, France, containing two occupants,
who had several very narrow escapes
before they again alightod on terra
frma. A heavy wind was blowing at
the time, and on the balloon reaching
an altitude of | 900 metres the cold air
condensed the gas and caused the bal
loon to descend with fearful rapidity.
Carried along by the wind, it struck
violently against tree, throwing out
one of the occupants, who only saved
his life By clinging to the ropes of the
balloon and swinging himself into the
car again. The anchor was thrown out
but the speed at which the balloon was
travelling broke it off as soon as it caught
in a tree. The balloon then started off
at q turions pace, impelled by the gale,
and, in crossing a railway. narrowly
escaped being cat in two by the tele-
graph wires. At last, after completing
Il distance of four. aud y half miles i'll
five minutes, the stump Of the anchor
caught IL the branches Of tree, the
balloon came to a sudden stop and burst
and the two Tronauts were thrown
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
SUCCESSION SALE,

G,TAIE OF LOrISIANA l;thJaaic.a, I,.,.
y tIict Count, Parish Of East Baton Rouge.
Succession, 9t Jacob Brown. deceased. No. 1880
Probate, and Amelia Brown. deceased No
1871, Probate.
BY virtue OF two commissions for sale, t..
sued il tn" t@D above entitled and numbered
SUGGESTIONS and 70 far directed from thc said
Honorable Court, il ard iorthe parish and State
VIII expose 70 public sale ali tie real
estate proVeIty, a. the Courthouse door Of said
parish, and al the personal property win be
sold on tte premise, whe:eon deceased last re.
sided, il the city Of Baton Rouge, OF North
street, near corner Of ST. Francis street, OF
Monday, the 25.b day of July
next, \. D. ,s-l, between The hour. Of Il
a. II. and o'clock p. NJ Of said day. tle
following described property belonging 10 the
above SUGGESTIONS, oue,half 20 each, towit:
ONE.HALF OF 4 CERTAIN LOT OF
ground, situated in that part OF the ctv Of Baton
Rouge, laid ont by The late a. Grasse, and de-.
si-n.ted Oh tie plan thereof az lot number FIVE.
III square LlmheT four, fronting on then Church.
no" Main street, b. a depth of one hundred and
twenty te"t with sixty feet front on said street,
French measure, purchased " The SAID Jacob
Brown, on lhe lltn day Of February, l.cr. from
JOHN and Sallie Gardner pr act Of sale
passed before John McGrath Recorde,. See
Book ", .oiio II, Nctafial Acts,
AL>O, 4 CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND
fronting On North street, IN that pa,t gi tie
CITY o. Baton RoBge Erown a1 jackson, Gar.
den, me&sn int ninety feet front. more or less,
tE on" tHGdred ana tity tret II Eeptl gTn oT
less With one I0rse on sad iot Auc-Ler lou,n
;. on the sane Jo', blt claimed by ore Georse
Washington.
ALSO Z LOT OF PERSONAL TFFJnTS
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
THE RIGHT SORT.

The man who runs a farm SAYS
Waveriy, wants suitable wife as
partner in the work. The blooming and
beautiful young lady, rosy checked and
brighteyed, who can darn stocking,
mend her own clothes, Command a rerj-
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-10
POSTPONED SHERIEE'S SALE

@,TATE or LOUISIANA, Parish Court par.
~ ish Of East Baton Rouge. Emanuel Fender
v Marie E. Graham. No. 1870,
BY virtue Of writ OF alias fer iacias. Issued
IL the above entitled and numbered cause and
TO NE directed from the Honorable Court atore.
sai' I have seized and viii expose to public
SAFE n front q the Courthouse door Of said
parish. On
Saturday, the 18th day of July
nest \. u. 1899, between the hours Of eleven
O CLOCK A. NJ. and four O'Clock p ~, Of said
uay. ali the night. title, interest and claim Of
the Defendant il and to the following described
property, to-wit:
! CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND in this
p&rish on the Comite river, known as the vii
lam Corner tract, containing about fve hun
dTed and eiChty.seven tls.) acres; bounded on
the north BY lands Of Della Roche and Vaughn
now belonging 10 mort gagoF) east bv Sullivan
Mont -omeIy and Hinsen, and south by Near
thur and the: Comita liver being part Of the
same property acquired by mOrtgagor rs the
succession sale ot the property belonging 10
the estate oi stephen Roberts, deceased
together with all tie buildings end improve
meut3 thereon,
Seized 10 pay and salty the amount of iudg-
ment, interest and costs claimed IN the above
entitled and numbered cauSe. as settled in the
Judgment rendered in the injunction suit cnt-
lied N. Z. Graham and husband, vs.. J. w
Bates Sheriff ct ais No. 21l9. late Fifth now
Seyenteenth Judicial District Court,
TERMS OF SALE-0n a credit of twelve
months, for whatever the property will bring,
the purchaser to furnisia twelve months bond,
with good ard sufficient surety, bearing inter-
est at 'he rate Of eight pei cent per annum from
daJe special mortgage with vendors privilege
retained on the property sold until final pay
mcnt iur2Gu3i J. ". BATES Sheriff