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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01
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Correspondence
The dry, freezing weather for the last
two weeks, has injured the wheat very
materially. It does hot look as prom
ising as it did in mid-winter, but with
favorable weather and warm rains it
will recover somewhat.
We had first class thunder storm
here last Saturday afternoon, resem-
bling a waterspout very much. The
ground was flooded in few minutes.
At four o'clock, when the storm reach
ed US, it was SO dark as to render lamp
light necessary.
Mrs. Reno, when walking out few
days ago, slipped and fell, receiving
severe injuries, though no bones were
fractured.
One of our Elders has been discuss
ing the authenticity of the Bible, with
Mr.. Jameson, an infidel, for several
evenings, in Garrettsville. It is re-
drop, but it was not Jameson.
A young lady of a botanical turn of
mind, went out in search Of ivy, last
week. and procured some of the poison
kind to experiment with. A young
man thoughtlessly took up her gloves,
which she had carelessly thrown down
and somehow rubbed his face with
them. The poison took effect, and
now when the young man beholds
his countenance in the glass, he imag-
NO hot 1,o ho1rurc tn
guards, and is anxious for a furlough.
A new piano has been received at the
ladies boarding hall, for the use of the
ladies of that place. 1t is superior
instrument, from the works of Ahl-
strom & Strong, of jamestown. The
usual selling price for such an instru-
ment is 500.
A lady boarder at the hall had $35
paid to her one day last week, which
she put into her reticule and placed in
the table drawer. In the evening of
the same day. she took her reticule to
the Post-oflice, and on paying for some
stamps, discovered that her money
was missing. She had not been out of
her room before since receiving the
money, and had no recollection of
taking it out. Search was Immediately
made, but no trace could be found of
the missing money. The mail carrier
that evening brought several Express
packages, which were left at the Post
office for distribution. The last of the
packages was delivered the next eve
ing, but there was one small package
which nobody claimed and, on exam
ination was found to have no address.
Further examination revealed the
missing money. The young lady, to
pay for her stamps, had taken this
money out of her reticule to reach
some small change, and laid it on the
express packages, and right then and
there forgotten it, being naturally
needless and carecess, or absent minded.
The unfortunate part of it is, that her
room mate, a young lady of firreproach-
able character, had to submit to being
searched, although there were no sus-
picious circumstances, except being in
the same room. And the supposed
loser had no suspicious of anybody.
Although no reputation has been in
jured, for innocence can not only well
submit to investigation, but it alw ays
can and does demand it, yet we can
not but reflect that authority, unless
judiciously exercised, sometimes works
great injustice and injury.
March 30, 1880. H.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

By a recent postal decision, business
men can actually make money by get
ting their bills and statements of ac-
count printed. Statements of account
and bills of sale made out on paper
that is printed at the head, can be sent
through the malls for one cent, if the
envelope is left unsealed whereas, if
made out on imprinted paper, they
will cost three cents. Thus. by pat
ronizing the printer, two cents can be
saved on every bill or statement that
is sent through the mails.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY.
A marvellous Cure for Catarrh, Diph.
liberia, Canker mouth, and Headache.
With each bottle there is an ingenious
nasal Injector for the more successful
treatment of the complaint, without
extra charge. Price so cts. Sold by
E. p. Brainerd s. Son.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

Late inventions, like the telephone
and the multiplying states, all tend to
reduce the labor and vexation of bust
ness; but nothing relieves cold,
cough or sore throat, like Thomas
Eclectric OIL. Try it; it is worth it's
weight in gold.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01
Bucklen's Arnfca Salve,

The BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all kinds
of skin eruptions. This Salve is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction in
every case or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by e, p.
Brainerd s. Son, Ravenna.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

Roll OF Honor for March in School District
No. 3, Ravenna:
Clara Z. willard. Katie Willard, Calvin
willard. j. c. willard, q. H. Willard, W. 8.
Likens. Geo. Wisman, J. T. Wisman. William
Wisman, NJ. Riall. NJ. H, HEIGHTON,
Teacher.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01
Dupree,s Oil of Beauty.

The only PERMANENT complexion
beautifier known to chemical science.
Prevents wrinkles, makes the old look
young, sallowness, tan, blackheads,
disappear, and beauty secured. Sold
by Druggists.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

REMovAL.-Mr. A. w. Stocker has
removed his Marble and Granite
Works to room No. 2. north front, Of
Etna Block, whore he is prepared to
meet all those in want of work in his
line.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

School Books and supplies of all
kinds used in the schools here can be
obtained at the store of F. II. Stiles,
in Mechanics Block, at lowest prices
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01
Mantua Democratic Caucus.

The Democrats of Mantua Township are re-
quested to meet at the Town Hall,
Friday Evening, April end.
for the purpose of nominating 4 Township Tick
ct and transacting other business.
ID. a. Plum,
w. H. BRADLEY,
Township Committee.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES, At
tachments, Oil, &C.. at FRAZER's.
PIsToLs and caps at f, II. STILES
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RESULT of Practical Test Examination in
Arithmetic of pupil. of school in District No Q.
Rayenna Township for term ending March 10,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-04-01

NICKLE PLATED
Patent Lever Time Keeper, at 81,
81. so, $500.
598. WAIT, DEWEY & co.
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CHRoMos, q large lot ofnew subjects
at F. Fl. Stiles 2w.
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WALL PApER.-A large and elegant
stock of Wall Paper has just been re-
ceived at = Z F.. H. STILES
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CEMETERY GATES open from SEVEN A. NJ
till SEVEN r. n. until further notice.
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REV. 4. l. CANFIELD'S LECTURE,

DELIVERED IN THE lINlVERSA-
LIST CHURCH, TUESDAY EVE.
MING, MARCH 23rd, 1880.
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premium
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PHOs sanddif iferentkin orc
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SuBJEcT-"Is the Bible an Old Fid-
die upon which you can play any kind
of q tune"
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{. &c. COOPER ENGINES.

z am Agent for the safe OF the .. \ u. Cooper
Il Co Eng ines manufactured at Mt Vernon,
Ohio This Company has been established and
under the same man cement for over forty -four
wears. and their works have earned Il arepGtation
for their superior qualities They mar ufacture
Farm Engines, TRACTION Engines. Portable En-
gincs, Pony Circular Saw Mills Corn and Feed
Mills &c, SC.
Persons intending to purchase anything in
the line of Engines, Mills, &C. will find it to
their advantage to call on me at my Repair and
Machine Shop. on Prospect Street.
JOHN f. BYERS.
Ravenna. Dec. 81. 1879. 592-3m
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THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

THURSDAY. APR. Z. 1880:
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franklin Square Library at
Il, IL. STILEs.'
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March s5th. 1880.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-13

pelIed him subsequently, to sell to England.
 He was obliged to assume the payment of the
 coupons which he had taken from them,
 numl Add these different sums together, and it will be seen that Conclusive of the sub scription to stock) the Suez Canal will have cost Egypt some 500, ,OO0, 900 francs, or largely over what it was estimated the entire work would cost. When it is considered that by the first agreement the entire work was to be done at the cost of the company, and that Egypt was to receive great benefits from it, ample justification seems to be found for the statement of the writer that the Suez Canal is the greatest scheme of plunder that was ever conceived, or, if conceived, that was ever carried to such successful execution.
 De Lesseps started out with the proposition that he could join the two seas at an expense of 200, 600, 900 francs The total cost has been 457, 457, ,306 francs. Assume that every franc of the money was spent on the canal, and M. Dc Lesseps was out in his calculations some 257, ,OOO, 900 francs. Remember" says the writer, ''that many miles of this canal were already dug for him. In former times there were lakes in the vicinity of Ismailia the water in those lakes had disappeared: he found basins of considerable depth, and all he had to do was to let the water from the sea in- to them. Now, if under all these favorable digging as he was nearly the whole time in sand, it cost him 457, ,000,- 900 francs to join the Red Sea to the Mediter- ranean, where on earth is the money to come from to enable him to cut through the 18th mus of Panama?"
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9ournal and Quurifq.
Saturday Morning, March Is, 1880.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

The Republicans of the several towns in this State are to send the usual number of delegates to the State to be held at the Grand Opera House, 1n the city of New Haven, Wednesday, April ' lSso at 10 o'clock to appoint delegates to ths hepubncan National Convention and to do any other
 In accordance with the rules adopted in 1876 the fol- lowing notices are given:
 l. All caucuses for the appointment of delegates to the State Convention must be held at least i've days before the convention.
 2. The chairman of each town committee unust send copy Of the credentials of the delegates from tral Committee at least dsys before conven ton.
 5. caucus of the delegates will be held at the New Haven House, on Tuesday, April 6, at o'clock D. m
 District conventions will be held st the Grand Op- era House, at Il o'clock B.. the dsy of the con- yention to nominate district delegates to the National Convention.
 By order of the Republican State Central Commit tee CHARLES T COLE Chafrman
 Hartford, Feb. 25, 1880.
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Preaching L0 the Banisters.


 There is one custom at funerals, more con- mon in other places than Waterbury, yet as our experience shows not altogether unknown here, against which we desire to enter a pro- test. We allude to what may be called preaching to the banisters, when the minister standing in half empty hall is expected to comfort the mourners up stairs and edify the friends in the parlors down stairs without seeing either of them. The place of every clergyman of this church, which he should always decline to leave, is at the head of his departed brother, and the place of the mourn ers-this, we think, ought to be self-evident -is around the coffin of the loved one who is about to be buried out of their sight.
 We would add that in the case of all Chris- tians who have tried to be true to their high calling in Christ, and have sought grace and strength in His sanctuary during life, the proper place for the last words to be spoken over their bodies, is the church, the house of the Lord of the living and the dead, where they learned that faith in the resurrection and life to come which strips death of all it's ter TOTS, and which alone can comfort the pained and loving hearts of those who are left be- hind.
 The services ara always more solemn and reverent at the church than at the house, where often the friends can hardly find place to stand comfortably in the close and crowded rooms. Then, too, the male friends of the family always enter the church and attend the services; at the house they too often remain outside in the yard or in the street, as though the last solemn rites over their departed friend did not at all concern them Whether the funeral is at the church or the house, the last farewell had best be taken and the coffin closed finally before the service begins. The beauty of our solemn burial office is often greatly marred by the long procession around the coffin of curious persons many of whom are not friends of the family or even acquaint- ances.
 As matter not only of courtesy but of common prudence, the pastor should always be consulted about the hour of the funeral services. It often happens that some service at church or other pastoral duty makes it im- possible for him to attend at the hour fixed by the family without consulting with him.
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guilty of msnsIaughter, and he has been sen fenced to penal servitude for life. Those who know the circumstances of the case are unanimous in their regret that Paine cannot be immediately hung.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-13

The bill repeating the Virginia miscegena- tion laws. which has been defeated by the Legislature of that State, received in the low CT House only the votes of two colored mem bers. In the Senate it received ten votes.
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Nothing But BOsh.
Newspaper Advertising Bureau

Advertisers who want to reach the people of a State must advertise in the best papers printed i'm tho leading towns
 There is a constant call upon us to make selection for advertisers and to name favorable prices at which adver- tisfng may be secured.
 There is 8 wide difference between she prices demanded by newspapers for an advertisement to be inserted a month and one glica is to appear for . years Experienced and successful advertisers contract for the longest period; but there are many who arc prevented from doing this by the nature of their advertisement. OF because the adver- tisement is one which they wish to try experimentaliy before making cOn- tracts for any extended time. Bearing in mind the wants of adver- tisers we have agreements with Iead- ing local papers in every State by which we insert advertisements for Q single month at prices apprOximatfng the yearly rate.
 Sc great is the reduction from regular monthly rates, that advertisers do not understand how the advertising can be secured for the price which we name. For instance: in the State of COnnecti. cut, a Hist of IS selected Daily and Weekly papers, which would cost Ss5.17 If contracted with singly, we are able to offer for S26s
 We secure a paper atthe State capital, one i'm each town having as much as 5 1000 population, and Ut lhe court house town in populOus and wealthy cOun- ties.
 Persons wishing a circular with lists of papers and the prices charged for advertising are desired to address
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We publish in another column this morn ing letter from Hon. Charles Ives, whose delightful letters from the South last winter our readers will remember. The prospect of another series from the same pen is very pleasing.
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OLITICAL CONvENTxoNs

Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 2. Connecticut Republican Convention, New Haven, Aprn7.
 New Hampshire Republican Convention, Concord,
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The Portland Press says the results of the town elections In Maine indicate that the State will be Republican next September by from 10, 900 to 20, 900 majority.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is said that General Melikotf is splitting blood. He will be lucky if he don't spout blood
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We heartily indorse the remark of the New York Sun that if ''the Salvation Army" suc- ceeds in capturing sinners whom the churches can't or don't reach-roughs, hypocrites, thieves, Pharisees, drunkards, toadies, wife beaters and free lunchers-and making hon. est, useful men of them, it does good work, and the wear and tear to the nerves of fastid- ious and fashionable so-called Christians who object to noise and bad grammar need not be taken into serious consideration.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-13

The Yale Lock Company, of Stamford, are to add to their premises two large brick buildings. The increase of business is un- precedented.
 All hope is given up of the safety of Cap tain Nichols and his crew of two men, of the schooner Eliza of South Norwalk, which probably foundered in the gale of February 1st near Faulkner's Island.
 Fourteen men at the Farist steel works struck the other day for an advance of 25 cents on their daily wages of SIPS, but re- turned to work on being promised satisfac- tory adjustment
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frightened by the outburst of Rev. Joseph Cook against it, and none of the clerical or other members have withdrawn. A cores = pondent thinks that the critics of the club may feel relieved to know that, while ''wines, liquors and cigars will be furnished to those members ordering them and paying the ''scot," the rules and regulations are most strictly drawn, and games of chance will be not be led into temptation, and will, at any rate, run no risk from the fascinating but se- ductive draw poker.
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NOTES OF SOUTHERN TRAvE
SECOND sERiEs-NUMBER ONE.

EsetreHt From the Deceitful Northcrn MaFch-The Philosophy of Clothes and the L0&s of Philosophy When They are Left Behind-The Western Texas-COnnecticut People Among the PaAsonxers-The tsFOunaain of Perpetual Youth'' on EitchfieId Hills.
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The result of the trial of Emil J. Petroff, found guilty of corrupt solicitation of mem bers of the Pennsylvania Legislature, is en- couraging. Petroff was arraigned for at- tempting to oorruptly aid in passing the Riot bill, which would have drained the treasury of several millions of dollars, and his guilt was clearly proved. The judge truthfully re- marked in his charge to the jury that the evil influences in the Legislature had been re- prosch to the State for years past. No State has had 2 worse reputation in this respect. The result of tbis trial and those which are to follow will tend to make Harrisburg 8 cleaner place.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-13

If bribery and corruption are as stringently and successfully suppressed in Great Britain as some would have us believe, it is difficult to imagine what is done with the money spent in elections. So large gre the expenditures of candidates for seats in Parliament that in view of the approaching dissolution of that body and the new elections, there is a decline in most of the home securities. It is estimated that the candidates will spend over $10, ,000,- GOO. and that the money will be drawn from London and sent to the election districts. Lord Ramsay, who recently contested Liver pool in the Liberal interest, is said to have paid $65, ,Ooo for the expenses of the election which he did not win.
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Some years since, it is now related the late Hon. Caleb Cushing was one Of pleasant group upon the deck of one of our ocean steamers The conversation naturally fell upon topics of which he, as statesman, was well qualified to judge and to interest others In comparing the natural character istics of the Chinese, in whose country he had formerly represented the governm ent of the United States, with those of our own people, MT. Cushing said: ''It Is question in my mind which is the more highly civilized, his tone aud manner plainly implying that in his opinion the heathen took precedence of the Christian nation in point of civilization.
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Massachusetts has enjoyed the reputation of having as weu-kept prisons and reformatory institutions as any State in the Union; in fact her houses of correction have been looked upon as models by authorities of other States, who have sought to pattern after them. A report soon to be made to the Legislature by the Committee on Prisons will, however, it is alleged, point out an exception to this rule in the case of the House of Correction at Spring field. The committee have just returned from an inspection of this institution, and their verbal reports are not at all complimentary to the keeper of it, or to the county commission CTS, who must have knowledge of how things are managed at an institution which they are supposed to visit frequently. They report, in brief, that the Springfield House of Correction is in the worst condition of any in the State disgraeeful in fact. The walls, at least DOT ton of them, are so damp that water stands upon them, and they are not kept clean. The prisoners do not have enough to eat, and the food is of poor quality. These are grave charges, clearly made.
 A remarkable trial has just been concluded in London. A man named Paine was tried for the murder of lady under most atro- cious circumstances. His victim was the possessor of some property, but unattraotive and cripple. He, being married man, won her affections, accomplished her ruin and went to live with her in home provided with her money. He had already become some what addicted to drink, and he set at work deliberately to kill her wish spirits. The bot tie was always kept filled and handy. When she would not drink he compelled her to do 50. He stupefed her by giving her raw spir- it's. When it WAS necessary he drank with her. He first persuaded her to join with him in making wills mutually in favor of each oth- CT, and then induced her to make over all her property to him. The poor woman was piled with liquor until her body and mind were wrecked, and she finally died miserable death. The jury were unable to find ver- dict of murder, but they did bring Paine in as