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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-02

tions will be retarded in their growth as we
have been, rendering that high attainment
exceeding doubtful IL dependent upon any
virtue vested in humanity alone? The
habit OF attaching the name, "Old Maid"
TO that class Of women who have passed 10
certain age without marrying, with all
the satire and stigma that the spleen of un-
generous natures could dictate, is one that
ought to have died out long before the end
ing oil stage-coach travelling, as a thing un-
NJ Tor people OF more advanced culture,
and OF easier access To all that is great and
good. But we have grasped with eager
avidity this unbecoming spirit. and n most
worthy class of society have become the
victims OF our sport, envy or hate without
any abatement Of the evil since the DAYS of
old. II must be saddening to every gener-
Gus nature 10 see TO what an extent this
spirit pervades the domain of our own
sweet home. Why should there be b!oud
10 overshadow the brightness, that its ra-
dance should not bring cheer TO old; or
why pang of sorrow felt by any one only
for being in single life? As the SNOWFALL
from the hand of tho thoughtless schoolboy
goes crushing through the window. tearing
its way through the most delicate millinery
and fancy goods with woeful effect, so the
scornlng contemptuous words that
come from the pens of some
of our writers make wounds in sensitive ma.
lures beyond what they know. Mrs. Galpin
makes them out "long and dependent" an
other regards them as uncomfortable, aud
when one of those most noble and true
hearted women appear in our midst as
Aunt Kate" speaking sentiments grand
and chaste, bearing evidence of wealth and
culture of mind, she is met with unbecoming
grace from one of her own sex, and one
coorse-hided individual of the masculine
gender pipes back the echo, telling most
clearly that it is not "swine" alone that
trample pearl and turn to rend the giver.
Whatever quality il takes to make up
grand character in the line of womanhood is
found with the unmarried woman on an
average fully equal to that of any other, and
they are as deserving of respect as much as
our married sisters. And there is a greater
show OF ignorance on the part of those who
give themselves to the use of disrespectful
language in regard to them than they would
be willing to admit. We may not expect to
be visited often from this class of ladies'.
many Of whom could benefit us with their
good words till we learn to trust them as we
would wish to be trusted Uncle Phil.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-02
TUFTS HAIR DYE,

GRAY HAIR or WHIsR ERs changed 10 a GLOSSY
BLACK by a single application Of this DYE II
impartS natural color. acts Instantaneously.
sold by Druggists, sent by express receipt 81
Cffice, 80 Murray St., New York.
a Dr. TUFTS MkNrAL Of y.lu.ble InfsruatIou asd A
NUsefaI Receipts will be mailed FREE ApDIieatioaH
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-02
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
To Ny Daughter.

-. cHARLEs KINasLEY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
Terrible Tragedy.

NEBRAsKA ClTY, Neb., June GA
horrible double murder and suicide
occurred yesterday afternoon at q
email town near this place. An emil
grant named Albert Clark arrived q
few days ago with his wife and five
children, stopping here temporarily.
Yesterday, without any preliminary
quarrel, he grasped his wife and cst
her throat with q pocket knife. He
then left the house, taking a ehot- gun
with him, The first person he met
was E. NJ. Sargent. one of the oldest
business men in the place, Raising
the gun, he fired at Sergeant, killing
him instantly. He then opened the
knife with which he had murdered
his wife, and cut his own throat, dying
this morning. Clark was crazy, and
imagined he was followed by some
enc who would do HIM bodily injury.
The Eve homeless and orphaned chill.
dren are being charitably cared for.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

The arrest Of man in Virginia for
referring to Malone on q postal card
as that id dog" suggests the ques-
ton of the right Of postal officials or
any other person to inspect the mail
matter that may not be addressed to
themselves. The reading Of postal
card comes as clearly within the cen.
demnation Of the law sgainst tampsr-
ing with the mails, as does the reading
of letter the seal to which may have
been accidentally broken. The pru-
dery of the postal officials in this in
stance, reminds one of the old Dutch
man who went to . magistrate to com :.
plain that men and boys were in the
habit Of bathing in . river near his
house, greatly shocking the modesty
of his two daughters. But" said
the magistrate, Hthe river is more
than half mile from your house,"
81 know dot" said the Dutchman,
/" but mine gals haf got one tam big
Postal officials who in
spect other peoples affairs must ex.
pect to get shocked occasisnally.-Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
The Irish Troubles,

In commenting on the Irish dis.
patches, the Pittsburgh Post says,
1.-THE news from Ireland becomes
more exciting and threatening. Seri-
ous conflicts have already occurred
between the people and the Govern.
ment forces, and they are daily grow.
ing worse. A massacre of the turbu-
lent and excited people by the troops,
enrsged at the insults and abuse heap
ed upon them, may occur at any day,
and light the flames of civil war from
one end of the island 10 the other. 1t
must be humiliation when such ia
nous corps of the British army az the
Coldstream Guards are engaged in as
sisting bailifs to turn out of their mud
novels hungry men, women and chill
dren, who are evicted for inability to
pay rent. 1t is reported the English
Government proposes more decisive
measures, stopping all public meetings
and breaking up the Land League.
The arrests continue in increasing
numbers, and embrace men of prop
erty, newspaper editors, lawyers, all
in fact whose influence encourages the
Irish people to stand out for redress
Of grieyapcss." t-]a gie'i .7f'es :
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
THE nEyls,eN. REVISION.
Rev. DR.. Tallm a dye DON'T Al p.
nTOGG L.

prove II.
New YORK, June 5.-Dr. Talmadge
does not Ike the rev sesl Bible aud de
clares it will multiply infide.ity, and
pronOunces the revision a l:teras. ,
bOtch. He says: cit will never ne
adopted in this count y if fearl. $ crit
icism of the people speaks out its mind.
/ reject tDis revision bec:arse of its me-
chanica' fa lure because the verses aud
headings have been abandoned. Here
- paragraph a column and a ha'f
long in tue middle of W bich are buried
the words "Jesus Wept," instead of
sanding out in solitude, with ali their
grandeur, pathOs, tenderness and Om-
nipotent meaning. 1 reject the new
version because OF Its amazing Lriviali-
". You remember Christ's sermon,
where he speaks of putting new wine
into old bottles. The new versiOn sub
stitutes the word skins, as If they could
not explain bottles as well rs SKINS"
[LaughterI. "Show me a penny"
said Christ. The rev ishrs say - Show
me dena rivs." Laughter.l The old
style wa too much for e delicacy of
our American part of the New Testa.
ment com pany when it says :. for he
was nakeu," the American com mittee
prefer it should read Had ON rs un-
dergarmer. only" Laughter. The
new version shook the faith of u great
multitude in the Bible and gave color
to Attacks Of infidellty. He depfored
the circui ton of the statements that
there are forty Ell rOi in X Dg James
version OF le Sermon on the Mount,
and 15O, 900 errors in the New Testa-
ment. He believed the version would
make more infidels than SO revisers
could reclaim in 969 ye .rs of Methuse-
lah and a half dozen other bib :caI
patriarchs of great age combined. Since
it was claimed that the mis- axes cor
rected were not important, he could
not see the necessity for correcting
them.n .t c-..l-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
Prohibition a Failure i'm Kansas

Prohibition q Failure In Kansas.
1t seems as though the effort to frame
a prohibitory liquor law that will stand
the test is an utter impossibility. The
first case under the law recently adopt
ed in Kanses, came up in Court under
an Indictment against a druggist for
selling certain culinary and toilet prep
arations containing alcohol without
first obtaining a license. The Court
quashed the Indictment, deciding the
law is invalid 50 far as it prohibits the
sale of Intoxicating liquors which, un-
der the constitutional amendment, it
was authorized only to regulate. The
decision is q rather singular one. The
prohibitory law was made to carry out
the prohibitory amendment to the
Constitution, and the universal opin-
ion was that the amendment was in
tended to be prohibitOry, not regulat-
ing. If prohibitory amendment,
with prohibitory law, does not pro-
hibit, then it will puzzle the people of
Kansas to tell what will. The decision
may be regarded, however, as loosen
ing the carefully constructed Frame
work of the law, which will shortly go
to wreck. It isan exceedingly rigorous
this is the secret of its
failure. TT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
Luckx Miner.

CANTON, O., June 5.-Frank Wink
Ter, of Canal Fulton. in this county,
coal miner, has received the astonish.
ing Intelligence that his brother, has
died in England leaving $45 900, COO te
be divided between him and five
brothers and sister. WiDkIer came
to this country several years ago. His
family was of humble parentage, end
born in Central Prussia, where four
still reside. Forty years ago his elder
brother left home t. seek his fortune
in some distant cline, He went to
Liverpool, and from thence to the
Cape of Good Hope, where he became
q very successful diamond merchant
and accumulated vast wealth. His
family understood that he was pros.
porous, but that WAS: ALL He wrote
them regularly, saying he would sur
prise them some day. About two
years ago they ceased hearing from
him. Being alarmed, the family en-
deayored to ascertain the facts of tho
matter, but learned nothing until they
have now learned that he died ON his
way home to Prussis, and has left them
$45, 100000. 'r."- 'f ni ..fH"l- 'sS~I "a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

If the New York Legislature should
fail to elect u United, States Senators to
fill the vacancies caused by the resig-
nation of Conkling and Platt, and in
case the efectfon IN that State this fall
shall 60. Dsmocratic,p certain leading
Republicans propose to convene the
present Legislature in extra session in
December, hoping that common de-
feat will have tendency to harmon
ize the factions and induce them to
unite to cheat the people of their VIC
tory. Such bold and desperate game
would be in perfect keeping with the
practices of the party that stole, the
Presidency in 1876, and used the star
route stealings to secure a "fair vote
and an honest count !" (?) in Indiana
in 1880. 80. 49, .--..' i..-...,-y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
Iowa Green bnckers.

.. The Greenbackers of Iowa held their
State Convention at and
nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, Hon. D. NJ. Clark, of Wayne
county for Lieutenant Governor, Hon.
James M. Holland of Henry county !;
for Supreme Judge. Hon. A. d. Dab
ney, of Madison county; for Superin-
tendant of Public Instruction, Mrs.
Mary E. Mast, of Des Moines. A spir-
tied protest went up from the minority
Oh the last, nomination, and the con-
vehtioh was admonished by legal del
egates present, that The lady, If elected.
would be; prevented under the law
from fulfilling the duties of that office.
The majority, however, declared they
would nominate her if all the laws in
Christendom prevented her election.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

The three-year old cslt, Iroquoia,
belonging to Pierre Lorillard, the
great tobacsnist, of New York, won
the English Derby race which took
place on the 1st inst, making the mile
and half in 2; so. This race has been
run'yearly for over . hundred years,
having been instituted by Lord Derby
l7SO, and this 10 said to be the second
time it has been wen by foreign horse
flesh. Iroquois had thirteen compet-
itors in the race. The betting was
heavy against him, and his owner is
said to have pocksted about $1,000, 600
won on him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
=. L. ...i ..t., ------ift4-s - .D.iHa8
Fred. Conkling's Charge Of 2 81 lOO,.
600 Cong gressiOnai Bribe. .
New York. Tim es.l

s-tE New York Times.] " Ii"f -
The Published assertion of Colonel
Frederick A, Conkling, at the Cham
ber of Commerce meeting on Thurs,
day, that one firm paid $l0O,Og0 to q
member of the last Congress to pre-
vent legislation on the sugar question,
has created some hat ,of a stir down
town. The statement appears. to be
generally credited, and reputable gen.
tIemen are to be found who say they
saw the check. According 10 these il
was cashed in a prominent. National
Bank, situated not many miles from
the corner of Wall street and Broad
way. The drawer is described as one
of the leading sugar refiners in, this
city, and it is stated that the check was
made payable to the brother of one Of
the leading members of the Commit-
tee of Ways and Means. The Com
mittee adopted bill, by vote of z
10 6, which provided TOR specific in-
stead of an ad vol0rumo duty, and es-
tablishiDg three grades only, but the
bill was never reported despite the
most determined efforts on the part of
the merchants. During all this time
.he accused refiner had apartments in
Washington, and gave sumptnous din,
ners daily to mem bers Of Congress,
and it is said that in a pllyate room
games of poker were played every
evening, at which the hostinvarisblx
lost. Colonel Conkling, when asked
yesterday for the name of the perst n
who gave the bribe an.ithe member
Of Coug ;ess who accepted it, answered
that he he i no information to give at
present on the subiect-that he would
deal with the mattel in his, own way
and time. The members of the Ways
and Means Committee at the time
were Fernando Wood, of New
York, Chairman; John Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia.; Randolph L.,
of Louisiana !; James. Phelps,
Of Connecticut; William r! M orrison,
Of Illinois; r. Q. Mills, nofdTexas.;
John E. Carlisle, OF Kentucky; w. II.
FELTON,, of Georgia James A.Gar-
field, of Ohio; William d. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania o. D. 'Conger, of Mich
igan; William p. Frye, of Maine, and,
Mark II. Dunnell, of Minnessta.-l
Messrs. Wood, Garfield, Kelley, Con
ger, Frye and Dunnell voted against
he bill in committee, ~ ,., '''F' ID
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

~ TIE New York Commercial Adver.
tiser, . leading Republican paper,
makes this significant threat: "Mr.
Conkling has been more than twenty
five years in public life. There is no
DeGolyer or Credit Mobilier stain on
his character, nor is there any Multi
gan jobbery to smirch his garments.
No man ever dared to insinuate that
he had an itching palm. How is it
with other reformers? We suggest
to the friends of Blaine and Garfield
to 60 slow"
+ THE most careful estimates put the
cotton crop of last year at 6,40O,OOO
bales, or nearly million and half
bales more than the splendid crop of
1879. The greatest crop ever raised
under slavery was that of 1860, which
fell about l 100000 bales short of the
yield of last year. The Southern peo.
pie have not only raised more cotton
under freedom than with q system Of
slave labor, but they have realized
higher net prices. And yet the Radi-
cal politicians continue to assert, but
without the least show of proof or
reason, that the Southern people are
anxious and determined to re- establish
slavery, and return to the old condi.
ton Of affairs. &c., %
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

( LET no enc fail to read the remarks
of DR.. Talmsge on "The Power of
Monopolies. They contain much
food for reflection. And the reader
should not forget, while poDdering
this important subject, which of the
great political parties Of this country
has fostered corporations and special
privileges, and lived upon the favors
of monopolies, and then determine
whether in the future he will unite
himself with the friends and advocates
of equal rights, and go forth TO do
battle against monopolies in behalf of
common justice to common people.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
Treasury Crookesness.

The Washington Star prints the fol. /.
lowing, tho index finger of which
would seem to point to ex-Secretary,
now Senator, John Sherman:
"The committee investigating the
Treasury steslings Is hard at work
away down in the basement of the
building. Several new developments
have been reached, but the committee
is very reticent as to it's doings. One
of the matters that is being looked in
to is the mysterious getting away of
$500. That amount of money was
paid out for file-holders, but no file
holders came in. There Is no trace Of
their ever having been received. and
how the money went is what the Com.
mittee is locking into. 1t is alleged
that 1t was paid out for campaign
printing by one of the Republican
candidates for the nomination at Chi
SS0N1 -. f.t fn.I..... t.. s..r-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

i%BILLY FLORENCE and John McCul.
Tough won $s5, 900 BY betting thej,
money on Iroquois, the winner of the
Derby race. .1 -.- I.. aHo ..li.-ih J.
Ii, a. is intimated, Blaine 10 impli.
Gated in the star route frauds, there
will have to be let up in the business
of "hunting the rascals down." ?
The dead lock still continues in the
New York Legislature, and there is
little hope that United States Senators
will be elected at the present session.
THE total number of immigrants
arriving at Castle Garden, New York,
during the month of May, was 1862,
being nearly $500 . day.! aai.iG :.
AN amendment to the constitution
of Pennsylvania prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors in the State was defeated in the
8enate on Thursday last by q vote Of
THE public debt was reduced over
eleven millions during the month Of
Nay. So, it would seem that John
Sherman isn't the only man in the
nation who has the financial ability to
=" assume the pressure" and lift the
burden" re-t .ta. -!4 O.
The Seneca Advertiser says: "a
person who has paid attention to tie
matter, says that We had two snow
storms in October, nine in November,
seven in December, eighteen in Janu-
ry,uine in February twelve in March
and seven in April. Total for seven
consecutive months, sixty-four. :.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09
epuDl,canGraveyard Of Promise.

bficanGraveyard OF Promises
1st. Charlie Foster failed to recon-
mend in his fist message TO- the As
sembly, or urge the passage of Local
Option as his friends promised in the
Ewing campaign. t...-
I'd. Gov. Foster failed to do the same
thing in his second annual message.
Sd. The legislature at its present ses-
sion failed to pass Local Option in
either House. The Republican mem.
bers squirmed and lodged and had the
matter postponed uptil the next year.
4th. The Presidential election over,
and Local Option was defeated again.
Enough Republican members absent
ed themselves, lodged and voted mo-"
to kill it as dead as a salt mackerel.
5th. The McConnelsviIle Ordinance
got only fOrty-one votes.
9Th. The Adair law only got thirty
seven votes. r-i.. s-14
7th. The Pond bill passed the Senate
but failed in the House.
ath. The Constitutional Amend
ments passed the House but failed in
the senate.-[Carroll Co. Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

THE Bueyrus Journal. = straight
Republican paper, talks of Charles
Foster after this fashion: D.. anz4qe +
n4" MFR. Foster is greatly overrated
man. He has evinced neither ability
as an administrator. iconsistency1Gas D
partisan, wisdom as party leader,
honesty as a politician, honor towards
other great men of the party, nor fidel-
fly to the people who elected him. He,
is great in two things only In being
" a good MIXER" and in lowering the
standard of political integrity" a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

ACCORDING to reports over two hun.
dred persons have been enjoying =
life Of luxurisnt ease at the Milwau.
kie Soldiers Home, for years, who
never did q days fighting fer the Un-,
ion. When 20 many frauds creep in
An institution of that serf, where ex-
aminations are exceedingly strict, it
is not to be wondered at that the PEN
sion rolls are so large, and are contin-
nalIy increasing. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

The Republican State Convention is
in session in Cleveland as we go to
press, Wednesday afternoon. Charley
Foster WI doubtless be nominated
with little or no OPPOSITION and the
Adminislf& ton endorsed, butthere are
thousands of Stalwarts in the State
who won't readily heartily approve of
the DeGolyer, Cfe6it Mobilier, Ma
hone business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

short course of this NJ Medicinc will restore the
lost functions and procure Health and Happi-'
ness where before was despondency and gloom.
The Specific Medicine is being used with won-
derfuI success. 9..ff-., tt-,tt -. ttf-t -
Pamphlets sent free to all. Write for them
and get fun particulars I1
Price, Specific. 81 90 per pack age, or six pack
OF money. Address all orders,
j, b. SNIP MPON'SMEDiCINE CO.,
Eel, No. Jos Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.7Js6
Sold In Ravenna by L. P. SEYMOUR & Co.
Wholesale by STRONG. COBB u CO.. Cleveland.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

The position to which Fred. Doug
Iass has been appointed must be a very
laborious one. His predecessor. Sher-
idan, says of it: ct liked the position
and told the President L wanted to
keep it, although / was overworked.
My Office hours were from half past II
to quarter to every other Wednes-
day." Blessed be sinecures,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

A FEW years ago person who
would suggest the increase Of the vol.
ume of currency would have been
denounced as financial -lunatie,' bent
ON destroying the stability Of the
country. Yet, since the resumption
Of specie payments the volume of cur
reucY hiss increased oyer q hundred
millions in obedience to the require,
msnts Of trade, and business is far
mere prosperous in consequence. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

HERE II fair sample of greed for
shice that 10 now the sole animsting
principle Of the Republican party.
Says the New York Times, high Re-
publican authOrity:I .fi ~ rs.-5 5D =,
There are altogether some tive
hundred consular appointments, Of
vhicb, n necesaarily, but small number
are vacsnt. Yst there are several thou.
sand-sone authorities estimate as
many as 10000 -applicants for these
places, and of these probably 1000 are
Absolutely without experience and
mosily without fifness. In the Inte>
rior and Treasury Departments the
pressure OF the place-hnnters is equal
~ &reek 5ga9i iiia 9HGH .TH -sHDb y,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-09

The census of London just compil-
cd shows . population of 3.Sl4,57l. In
1861 its population was 2,s03,034, and
In 1871, 3,251, ,804. London now has q
population greater by half a million
than the State of Ohio. and within
10000 of the population of Peunsyl-
vania. That gives some idea Of its
extent In population. In twenty years
It has added over million to its pso-
pie. r..