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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
~Perils Of Alpine Climbing.

The Gazette de Lausanne gives q
detailed account Of recent accident
on the Jungffnu. NJ. Theodore GOhrs,
q gentleman from Grasburg, who pro-
posed to make the ascent of the noun
tain from Grindelwald. was accom-
panied by the guides Rudi and Inab-
nitt. They passed the night in the
hut on the Bergli, and set out next
morning soon after s o'clock. At Z 80
they began the ascent Of the upper
part of the Jungfrau, intending to gain
the summit by the Roththal Couloir,
which is frequently swept by ava
lanches. Their way lay up steep
slope of snow, surmounted by q great
wall or cornice of ice, and traversed at
its lower extremity by wide crevasse.
The snow was deep and progress diff
ficult, and when Inabnitt, who was in
front-all the three being rOped to-
gether-reached the ice-cornice, he
struck the point of his axe into it 90
that he might have q better purchase
and the moro effectually help the 9TH
ers. Scarcely had he done SO when
the cornice for length of twenty me-
tres came down with run, striking
and overturning NJ. Gohrs and Rudi,
who were shot downward with tre-
mendous velocity, dragging after them
Inabnitt, and all three were hurled
pell-mell into the crcvasse. Fortu-
nately for them, it was partially filled
with snow, which broke their fall,
and Nj. Gohrs and Rudi escaped with
q few not very serious contusfons. In
banitt, however, seemed badly hurt.
He could not rise, and when his COM
panions tried to help him up, he beg
ged them to desist, the least movement
causing him excruciating agony. Their
first thought was that they would oil
have to perish together, for two sound
men could not, in common humanity,
leave their wounded companion alone
in that frightful solitude; yet to re-
main where they were was certain
death. AT length resolving to make
q last effort for life, they took lnab-
nitt i'll their arms, and i'll spite of his
cries, succeeded in carrying him out of
the crevasse. Then Nj. Gohrs and Jtudi
placed the wounded man between them
in the most dangerous places one
alone supported him while the other
led the way-amd in this manner and
with painful slowness they walked
from Q in the morning until III the
evening, at which hour they reached
the hut on the Foulhorn. Many times
during the horrible journey Inabnitt,
whose spine was seriously injured
begged OF tho others to leave him to
his fate, but they bravely persevered
to the end. The journey to Eggesch-
horn was almost more trying than that
of the day before, for the rain fell in
torrents, and M. Gohrs, whose feet
had been badly frozen in the hut, was
almost as helpless as the wounded
guide. They succeeded, however, in
reaching The Eggeschhorn and event.
uallv IrindelWald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

Wiesbaden is little like Saratoga,
and very little like Newport. It is
like the first in that it has park, and
people stroll about aud hear music, and
there are springs of which people drink
and the big hotels are full of. tran
sient guests. But here they live out
Of doors more than at our watering
places. think that the German eats
indoors only from compulsion ever
He Jumps at dinner or breakfast In
the open air at the smallest excuse
The Eursaal is, in reality, q hotel, ex-
cept that you get no lodging. 1t has
grand saloons, which most Of the ho-
tells proper have not here, and you
may have table d'hote, or order by
card as you please. There is every
thing to please at the casinos, and they
are free to all. At Hamburg, the 9TH
er famous German watering place,
there is a superb kMrsaak. It was for
merly q magnificent gambling house,
which accounts for its splendor. We
have in America no such giided sa-
looms at our watering places as arc
these once celebrated gambling rooms.
Now they are used for balls, concerts,
etc. These gay kursGGts are to Amer
ican eyes strange, but our Saratoga
hotels would be q wonder also here
Both at Wiesbaden and Hamburg
tlaere are villas of very beautiful exte-
rior. They are spacious, have pretty.
grounds, aud ut Wiesbaden each house
has its name in large gilt letters ON.
the outer wall, as villa Anna, ;, Evil
Ia Gretchen" "Villa Valparaiso" etc.
Lodgings arc to be had in most of
these villas, aud meals are taken out,
of course. The parks are not as arti-
fetal as ours, and you may lose your
self in genuine wild woods, and pick
wild flowers; II you choose. I have
seen nothing approaching Newport
lawn anywhere. The cost of living
at these resorts is for an American,
who lives as well as at home, about
the SAME as in our own country
There is very much more Of q holiday
air than at our resorts, and ladies sit
all the day through out of doors
with needle-work, eating ices, ETC., at
intervals.
The hot springs water at Weisba-
den is indeed . curiosity; it boils and
bubbles always, and the water must
he drawn for the baths the day be-
fore it is wanted, that it may be cool
enOugh..2 t-f4 M
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
The British Tenant Farmers.

The British landlord is grumbling
at his falling rents. The tenant farm
cr was always grumblmg; he is now
departing. The lsborcr is still, as he
always was, dull, stolid, indifferent.
His only hope is in emigration. He
has better education than the French
peasant, though by no means SO good
as the German-and yet look at the
difference between them. These have
been awakcncd to new life by the
'.magic of property" The English
laborcr is but q chatte1 ON the soil he
tills. The tenant farmer is wearing
his heart out in the vain struggle to
force u subsistence from ano ther mans
land, and, i'll the face Of foreign COM
petition swelling like rising flood
against him, is travelling a road whose
end is the court of fbankruptcy.-L0a-
don Cor. st. Paul Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
The Bivouac Of the Dead.
Bv COL. THEODORE o'nARA.

The muff1ed drums sad roll has beat, ''
The soldiers last tattoo!
No more on hfe's parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
) Their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards with solemn round
. The bivouac of the dead. ...
No rumor Of the foes advance ~
Now swells upon the wind.
Nor troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind.
! No vision of the morrow's strife
Tho warriors dream alarms,
No braying horn, NO screaming hfo
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plunied heads are bowed.
Their naughty banner trailed in dust. -
Is now their martial shroud- s-.i
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow.
And the proud forms by battle gashed
Are frce from anguish now.
The neighins troop. the flashing blades,
The bugle's stirring blast.
The charge. the dreadful cannonade.
The din and shout are passed.
Nor wars wild notes. nor Glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight 4
Those breasts that nevernore may feel
The rapture of the fight. ...sgI.-. f..
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
'~ That sweeps his great plateau.
Flushed with the triumph yet to gains
Come down the serried foe.
Who hoard the thunder Of the fray
Break o'er tho neld beneath, l,s ---..
Knew we'll the watchword of that day O..
: Was Victory or Death!"
Thus meath their parent turf they res1
Far from the CORY field,
Borne to q spartan mothers breast g.
On many q bloody shield.
Tho sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here.
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The hcro's sepulchre. +.r
Rest ON. embalmed and sainted deadi
Dear 10 tho blood you gave .
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The heritage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory he forgot
While fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiccless stone.
In deathless song shall tell,
When many vanquished year hath flown.
The story how you fell; l.-.
Nor wreck. nor change. nor winter blight,
Nor times remorseless doom.
Can dim one ray OF holy light.
: That giids your glorious tomb.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

to suggest that can fill your position
rs govcrness quito readily, go l will
not trouble you to romain longer than
is convenient to yourself. And this
l am requested to hand you from our
guest WHO, although weak and pros
trated, am assured, by the physicia
in charge, will be recovered in a few
days"
And after Mrs. Sartoris had taken
herself away, Beulah read Pierce
Vcrnon's letter, that renowned her, as
unworthy Of any honest nian's love.
So the dreams a IL faded, and Beulah
went her lonely way again into
drudgery and misery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

We may expect to find selling In
this country great quantities of tho
Furth (Bavaria) toys, lead soldiers,
but poisonous colors, as the sale Of
these toys is now firmly prohibited in
France and very lately In Germany.
The stock on hand in Furth and other
places on the continent of Europe
must be worked of somehow, and the
American market will be looked to
with energy. But it will be we'll for
parents to be on their guard, and to
carefully examine the play things they
purchasa for their children.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
"Dipplng."

London Correspondence Liverpool Courier. "
The Countess of Antrim has effect
ed diversion. The cards for her last
afternoon cat HOme'' in Lowndes
Square were marked, Chipping at $50
precisely" and, as may be imagined,
this created considerable excitement.
What could be about to happen? Was
the Countess bent on bathing party 7
Was, it some American surprise p
What could it be 2 1t was simply
that each visitor dipped his or her
hand into vast receptacle and drew
forth some small and elegant present.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

To possess at once keen insight and
imperative sympathies, is to be liable
to extreme mental entering. a Tho
ability to discern things in their actu-
al relations, to pierce the rind of tho
conventional and draw near the heart
of Nature, may be enjoyed merely as .
scientific pastime; but when the,
strong necessity of loving" is united
to such clear perceptions, the mind
and the heart are exposed to severe
and incessant conflict; and to recon-
cile them is the grand problem of life.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

In Whitley county, KY, a young
man sent for a minister to meet him
in Q certain place for the purpose OF
performing marriage ceremony. The
good man lost his way, and, after COM;
siderable delay, the lovers concluded
to search for him. All the parties
met in the highway, and, without dis
mouhting, the young people were
married ON the spot. 1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

The ladies of Paris are giving Cpl
geon" parties from which gentlemen
are quite excluded. They call them
an American importation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

A mine Of French chalk has been
discovered about seventeen miles from
Rutland, :, in Plymouth, VT.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

Tho old masters abroad must be
kept very busy supplying shoddy
Americans with paintings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

A New York man purchased over
fifty thousand acres Of land at the tax
sales in Atascosa county, Texas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

The Prince of Wales life is insured
for 100000. His annual premium on
this sum is ST. 900.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
Whitewashing.
Farmers. Take Notice

A have accepted the agency at this place,
IA from headquarters. am prepared to pay
the highest market price for u
DEACON SKINS,
delivered at my Tannery in Ravenua. I also
purchase HIDES, SHEEP PELTS. TALL
Low and OAK BARK, for which the highest
g. r. GOEPPINGER,
RaVenn ch -. 1850. eQ6-am%
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
Bdainsss Cards.

NYOTARY PUBLIC Mantua. o. Con-
IN veyancing, Collections and Pension Busi-
Sess promptly attended 10 ON the most reason
AbIe terms 6l2-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

rOR PRINTIM0 OF ALL KINDS
n I1omD1ly and Neatly x1ecuted At this one
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11
How She Kept an Expense Account.

"My dear fellow,'' said Lavender,
"it's all very nice to talk about econo-
MIXING and keeping a right rigid &C
count Of expenses and all that sort of
thing, but I've tried it. Two weeks ago
stopped on my way home Saturday
night, and bought Just the gayest little
Russia-leather, creanl-laid paper account
book you ever saw, and Q silver pencil
to match it. I said to my wife, after
supper: My dear, it seems to me that
it costs US a lot of money to keep
house,
"She sighed and said: Il know it
does, Lavvy, but I'm sure can't help
it. I'm just as economical as can be.
l don't spend half as much money for
candy as you do for cigars T..
never take any notice of person.
alities, so I sailed ahead. Il believe, my
dear, that if we were to keep a strict
account of every thing we spend we
could tell just where to cut down. I've
bought you a little account book, and
every Monday morning I'll give you
some money, ana you can set 1t down on
one side, and then during the week you
can set down on the other side every
thing you spend, and then on Saturday
night we can 60 over it and see Just
where the money goes and how we can
boil things down little
swell, sir, she was just delighted
thought it was a first-rate plan, and tho
pocket account book was lovely
lar David Copperfeld and Dora bust
ness. Well, sir, the next Saturday night
we got through supper and she brought
out the account book as proud as posi-
bic, and handed it over FOR inspection.
Gn one M side was, Received ed from Lnyvy
think was thereY spent 1 it ALI Then
! laughed, and Of course, we gave up the
oGnt-book racket on the spot, by
mutual consent. Yes, sir, I've been
there, and know what domestic econo-.
my means. ! tell you. Let's have q
cigar"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11

Every curse seems to have it's at.
tending benefit. The dreaded and
dreadful potato bug, strange as the
assertion may seem, is no excep-
ton to the rule. A Maryland far
mer is reaping much profit out of
an immense crop of bugs. Being
opposed to the customary Paris
green, he lifted up a large washboil-
er in his field, and with six assist
ants collected two gallons of bugs
and threw them into boiling water.
BY accident an old piece Of sheep
skim, used for shoe lining, went in.
to the unsavory mess. After the
cooking had been in progress half
an hour, the farmer was astonished
to find that the sheepskin had as.
sumed the richest dark crimson.
His curiosity being awakened, he in.
serted other materials and discover.
ed another popularity of the liquid.
The material immersed in it chang
ed first to dark brown, then a
yellowish hue, then pure yellow,
light blue, dark blue and light red,
and finally terminated in brilliant
scarlet, which was the permanent
color. The formation of a stock
company to extract dyeing mixtures
from potato bugs is the result of the
farmers experiment. Hereafter
the once disposed potato bugs may
be a more valuable source Of reven.
than the potatoes whose vines it is
their nature to infest.--Pioneer
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11

How do the people of the North
like such sentiments as those con
tanned in the following letter print
ed in the Memphis Avulanche. The
letter is published without one word
of disapproval, but with the appar.
ent appreciation of the editor:
The fact is, before we can expect the prosperity
Of the good old days before the war in the South
we must have the same homogeneity of public SEN
timent. AS regards questions relating to the ne
gro, we must have but one party, and that the
Democratic party. White men who dare to avow
themselves here rs Republicans should be prompt.
ly branded as the bitter and malignant enemies OF
the South. The name Of every Northern man, who
like Eaton and Bigelow, presumes in this commu-
nifty to aspire to office through Republican votes,
should be saturated with stencil. We can spare
all such, and would caution such rs these who
think of coming South to be careful to keep away
You, Mr.. Editor, must hang out again your
smallpox flag and rid our community of such
vermin.
You may think me a little bold in using such
language upon the anniversary of our flight from
the yellow fever in 1879. The North to be sure,
sent us some money, but we scorn the imputation
of beggary. The North but returned a little of the
money it stole from during the war.
No, sir, wo must put an end for ever to this
shameless effrontery of Northern men or Republic
ans aspiring to Office in the South They must
keep back seats, and very quiet ones, or get out.
was glad to see you let your correspondents
loose upon that blatant Radical, VIM. R. Moore.
The whole lot must be rendered infamous and obi
GUS.
AS for the negroes, lot them amuse themselves,
if they WILL by voting the Radical ticket. We have
the count.
They shave the count, and, in
the face of their open avowal to use
it shamelessly, their candidate has
the effrontery to say, 1t is only by
a full vote, free ballot, and fair
count that the people can rule in
fact, as required by the theory Of
our government. '-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11

The Wabasha Herald says that
Hon. A. P. Foster has been expert.
menting with salt this summer,
scattering it over one half of his
wheat field, the wheat of which, not
only presents a better appearance
while growing, but will also be
found superior in quality when
threshing time comes.
The other night Mr.. Bowlen, liv-
ing near Cleveland, lie Sueur coun-
ty, saw ghost, in semblance Of a
woman IN white. He came fright
ened into the house, and there has
since been much excitement in the
neighborhood, especially among the
female portion Of the citizens. The
apparition Is supposed to portend
death in the neighborhood or the
end of the world.
It is announced that copper ore
has been found in paying quantities
in the region Of Chengwatonna,
Pine county, and down The Snake
river to its mouth. Further inyes-
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11
" 1t is amusing. - saws the Hutch

g. 1t is amusing, says the Hutch
inson Leader, s. to witness the fl an
tic endcavors of the Democratic pa.
pers of this district, followed by a
few Of the small fry, sore.head Re-
publican editors, in their efforts to
make capital out of the fact that
previous to the nomination of Maj.
Strait, the friends of other candi-
dates were working zealously for
their support. They seem to ignore
that this is a thing of the past, and
still keep yelping. It reminds US OF
Phelps dog. Phelps has got large
yellow canine, and every time there
is full moon it seems to annoy him
greatly, and as the pale orb passes
through the heavens the aforesaid
purp keeps up a continual barking
SO long as the moon is in sight.
While we have noticed that it is
wearing terribly on the dog, we have
not discovered that it has made any
perceptible difference with the moon.
So it will be in regard to Maj. Strait.
He will move right along, sure of a
grand victory, while the NANCY
yelpers will have barked themselves
into premature graves. -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-11
GENERAL WILLIAM o. BUTLER, 81

GENERAL WILLIAM O. BUTLER, 81
Csrro]lton, KY, an officer of the wa. of 1872,
member of Congress for several years and
the candidate for Vice President on the ticket
with General Cass in 1s4s, died at his resi-
dence on the 9Th, at the advanced age OF
ninety-three years.
On the 9th son of the Colonel Cash
who killed Colonel Shannon in duel some
weeks ago fought duel with Mr.. Blair, ed
itor of the Camden Is. CO. Journal, and was
Killed at the first fire. Blair had published
some severe structures on the elder Cash.
The duel with Blair was fought with Manches-
ter rifles at twenty PAGES.
On the 9th an excursion train cross
ing bridge over the canal at Waverly, Ohio,
broke through, and several cars were precipi-
tatc.] into the water below. One person was
killed and fourteen others were injured, some
fatally.
PLIMsoLL, the late Liberal member
of Parliament, was defeated by Lord Claude
Hamilton, Conservative, at a special election
held in Liverpool on the 9Th
In the British House of Commons on
the evening of the 9th Arthur Arnold, a Lib
eral member, moved the adoption of a resolu-
ton modifying or removing the restrictions
at present placed upon the importation OF
American cattle. The resolution was rejected
by vote of 20 ayes to- 1874 noes. The Gov
erment opposed the motion.
A NURSE in Guys Hospital, London,
was convicted of manslaughter on the 9th.
A consumptive patient who was giving her
some trouble was dragged to bath tub and
placed in cold water, greatly aggravat;ng the
disease and causing her speedy death.
IT was reported on the 9th that old
man Bender, in jail at Fremont, Neb., had
made a full confession of his many crimes.
A man named Shcdd and a reporter of the
Omaha Republican had long interview with
him under the pretense of assisting him to
escape He corrc''oratcd every important
particular OF tile confession of his wife.
lie made no secret of his identity as Bender,
and gave complete history of Kate, John
and Maggie. This was the first time he had
talked freely, and the first time he had adj
mitted that nc was John Bender, OF Kansas
notoricty.
DIR. TANNER entered on the fortieth
and last day of his fast on the 9th He wss
very feeble, but still persistent and courage
GUS. His weight was 122 pounds, pulse 50
and temperature 80.
MIR. j. LLOYD HAIGH, a contractor
and manufacturer Of New York, has been con-
victed of the forgery of bank acceptances or
the Grocers' Bank of New York, and SEN
fenced to four years hard labor in the State
Prison.
THE population of California is $685.
600, gain of 3O3, 900 since 1870. The census
gives Nebraska population of 452, 443.