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Inc Ne" AoE Times continues to
furnish details oile methods by which
the oIar t'ou'e ',lnizers were enabled
90 S"ll'uie tue "r:.ment. a typical
instance i tna' # Dorsey and his
ileiiciln'en' lh" originally obtained
1S4 routes, the ,,,Dansofio, baino
fixed at Sl43, l69, ., or,,,-u,ards tbav
Me'e eAPeu,'eu nd the compenSa-
'i'h l''c'e'Seu 70 ; },9OS, while the dis
'"i''e WAS Snor'eh'' 2ver !, 900 miles.
VI. ''''' 0O"''S' IS arisen in New
N WY "' " "u' nall be the success
sor of JudgeSpeir, o., : s., CT
BY the law of that =. -. -, -,
tired at the age of -, - 60.
person who has knsv - -,
has reached this 40 So - I..I,..1 80
candidate, as the
\ Vacancy 10 exist. Ju,, - -
t0 have been born in IL =" 80,
his resignation, TO take NJ ~ " . JI'u
o. 1870 IL yt-a5 ola;,, ~ DSNNAAASNR
~, ~ Ii. -, a. however, that
~ -, -, -, \, and Richard
cLosa-, - - ~ ely voted for
r.,< -, 80, : last election.
-, :, yl,n..- - issued a COM
: .r,.o.t;c,, - - -, Noux, and the
III. :. 60, -, -. 80 come up for
80 -, w ,c'eme Court on
|}4 49, a., - eI.,.. orman and
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Commissioned Rnum

Attention was to-day called TO publish
ed statement that in the event OF Secretary
LincolnS retirement from the cabinet he
(the Commissioner would probably succeed
him as secretary of war. Raum replied:
Il have not had the slightest intimation
that such was the intention of the President,
and | do not suppose such is his inten-
tion
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ALBANY, ysnussy
deadlock fs likely - =
nesdAy next, wbsn, q ~
will be broken In tlhs -
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Evidence sf . Aig sssel.

LINCOLN Nrn, January A-The subcom:.
mittee of the special committee apposnssd
Inv the United States senate, under foeC
lntion introduced by Senator ynnWyck, 70
investigate the conflict OF title 70 cerMin
lands Claimed by the Ct yoa and Denver
Railroad and by parties living aong ms
line, had o session, yesterday.
deal of testimony. was taken ,ehain8
show the attempted fraud on the Psrs
the assigns OF the road, and there Is on
siderable evidence Of big steal ~ tns w.
pense Of settlers.
sr. LOUIS. january t.-On New Years
day. In the vicinity OF Louisiana Mo-, yno.
| Morgan Shaw, one OF Bill Andcfens
gueriIlas, was shot and killed by his brousfs
| Marshall Shaw, The murder aroac from 2
4 family feud about the division o. tne
fathers property. In May, 1880, John NOT
ran shaw shot and killed his brother tSss
Fin, and this second tragedy II tho resuit
Of the first. N---.----
MIxsrAroIIs, Mrxx., January A-Joen
Toobey shot his wife this morning, beceueo
she refused to allow daughter 70 get hi.
whisky. The murderer immedisssy
himself up. He was the iatnef On Tns y.
the flremen killed In the recent mn m,s
plosion, and has been drinking aesSsSS
since that event. 8
EIsyen Chinaasn NssssersA. =.
sr. LOUIS January:4.-A Dalla1
special saws: Passengers on th
| train from San Francisco r.
- 80 Eagle ~
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era.
Frasriesas.
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Murdered Z HIS Wl1A


sr. Lours,l January::4.-A Dclls3
trpin from San Francisco q
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TESTIMONY CLOSED.
Now for the Argument to the
Jury.
Conclusion Of the Guiteau Case Close a.
Hand-The Law Upon Which the
Prosecution will Rely for
Conviction.
ARGUMENT TO COMMENCE SATURDAY.

AS We anticipated, in our last issue
the testimony closed in the .Guiteau
case, yesterday, nothing new having
been developed in the evidence during
the day. The prosecution stated the
points of law which they would submit
to the court, and these foreshadow the
line of argument which will be pursued.
1t Is safe to say that il the argument
commences on Saturday, which we do
not think likely, as the day will prob
ably be taken up with technical Ques-
dons, the case will go tothe jury during
the coming week, and decision be
reached soon thereafter.
#ss
Regular ProeeeStinxs.
= WsaH~e%er.AJ january A---This morning
some delay was caused in the proceedings
of the Court While Scoville was prepar.
ing his affidavit, Guiteau said. This Is a
good time TO make speech but promised
the Marshal that i--aHld keep quiet to-day,
Having subscribed to the a->,xr;, s,,-
Me read il. 1t set forth that he'tl oco-
tfae sole counsel for the prisoner; tn
rn;xisoner has been in such state Oh
aso; ;Sfaat he has been unable to render any
W;tneSs or suggest any names OF any
lie go Sd that afiiant has, since closing
nesses wigned the names OF certain WI.
H. SatansaN Nn testify TO material facts lot
r;tnesSas orSfter giving the names oil the
nected 10 nrov,iefy stating what he eh'
allowed to introSpville moved that he DC
1na,o Gov s inoN;rSss MS evidence.
o;SG Judse ~ SoH Hoan Ing IIre no the counsel de-
Col CorLL;IINJ borJIS motion.
need be said. AiuA "'''
Scoville then amended h affidavit b,
inserting that DR.. MOUNTAINEERING ,est;f;
that in his opinion the prisonx: - NV in
sane. After he had subscribed h,mendct
affidavit, Col. Reed addressed h rnnr
in favor of the motion. He was avn th,
matter was within the discretion * tb
court. 1t was not however, withoutSe no
cedent and that, too, in the United StaS
Court. He then cited case where Il
evidence was admitted even after the arg
ment to the jury had begun. He fe
assured the American people would n
begFudge the one extra day now asked
behalf Of this prisoner, in the name
Justice and a fair trial. He then paid
glowing tribute to Seoyille, who had d
Tended this poor creature alone and unai
cd, without money and
without Encouragement
from any source.
Davidge replied at some length, Al
denied any precedent existed for rcope
ing case simply to introduce cumulati
evidence. Particularly in case of DR.. NJ
Farland he believed, it would be Scand
to admit the testimony of man so rec
less as to form an opinion and be willil
to swear TO it merely from reading t
newspapers.
Scoville replied at great length, and 9
tailed the hardships and difficulties und
which the defense had labored in t
preparation of their case. 1t was almc
impossible to get witnesses to come hel
The experts for the defense were comp
led to be satisfied with the one dollar al
twenty-five cents per diem Of ksGQ|
y y ,Xit3sis = " 49, - . - ~ "a -
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The debt of New York city is now
S99,OOO,OC0, and there is a proposition
pending to increase it by Sl3OOoOOO by
the construction of . new aqueduct.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
The Growth Of the Reard,

How many people remember the time
when a bearded man was Us great & Curl
Osity in Broadway or in Picadilly as 81
bearded woman would now be? Yet it
was but the other day, so to speak, that
a respectable merchant WOaid have been
thought out of his mind had he appear
ed in his counting-house Wearing even
a pair of mustaches, much more Il full
beard. England and the United States
were clcan-Shaven as to the mouth and
chin down to the revolutions of 1918.
Mr.. LabOuchere i'll Truth says that the
''lirst bearded member of the house Of
commons was George Frederick Muntz,
the representative Of Birmingham, the
father of the present member He was
regarded as very eccentric, rather crazy.
and a great curiosity altogether. The first
bearded peer was the duke Of Newcastle
Lord Aberdeen's war minister, whose
beard was q consequence of his visit to
the seat of war in the Grimea. Present.
ly he sat for his portrait to Mr.. George
Richmond, who Iamented that his beard
had spoiled the finest mouth i'll Eng
land. " To this we may add that Prince
Albert was the first person near the
throne in England who wore mustachcs
from the days of King Charles 1. to our
own time, and that President Grant was
the first bearded president of the United
States. President Lincoln simply wore
the detestable all-rOundcr chin-whiskerS,
which take so much away from the out
line expression of the ''human face di-
vine. - NclO York jFOrM.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
A '0ute Galae+ial

Recently in Butte, where Cinnamon
play at faro a good deal, a mild-man-
nered heather slid into faro game,
and after losing few dollars pulled out
Il little package of gold dust and laid it
on the ace. The ace lost, and the deal
er, picking up the package, unfolded it
and weighed out the dust, which was
$50 worth He was about to cast the
paper aside when the Celestial mOtioned
to him and asked that il might be given
back as it had some washing accounts
ON it. The paper was returned and the
next night he was there again, betting
$50 in gold us before. He put his pack
age carefully on the ace and won, The
dealer handed out 800 and the China
man shook his head.
''What's the matter. John?n
"You payee allie l bet-one bundled
and fifty dollars"
The dealer laughed contemptuously,
but the heathen unrolling the package,
showed hundred-d0llar bill, laid in be-
tween the double piece OF paper which
contained the dust.
The dealer looked very cheap, but
the Chinaman never moved muscle
He acted as if it was the regular thing
to keep hundrcd-dollar greenback
folded up in his gold-dust packages.
''Pay il" said the lookoutman. Hes
got us dead"
The same bill was put in the paper
the night before, but the dealer had
handed it back, thinking it wash-bill.
But, of course, this wasn't the China
mans fault.-S0H Lake TTibuRe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Consciousness in Catching Gold"

1t is noteworthy as = curious yet casi-
~ cXpllcable fact, says the Lancet, that
few persons take cold who are not eth
er self-consciously careful or fearful
OF the consequences of exposure. If the
attention be wholly diverted from the
existence OF danger by some supreme
concentration of thought, as, for exam
pie, when escaping from q house on
fire, or plunging into cold water to save
life, the effects of 'schilr' are seldom ex-
perienced. This alone should serve to
suggest that the influence exerted by
cold falls on the nervous system. The
immediate effects of a displacement Of
blood from the surface and its determin-
alton to the external organs are not, as
was once supposed, sufficient to pro-
duce the sort of congestion that issues in
Inflammation. If it were so, an infiam-
matory condition would be the COM
mon characteristic of our bodily state
When the vascular system is healthy,
and that part of the nervous apparatus
by Which the caliber of the vessels is
controlled performs its proper functions
normally, any disturbance of equilib-
rum in the circulatory system which
may be produced by external cold will
be quickly adjusted. 1t is, therefore,
on the state of the nervous system that
everything depends, and it is, as we
have said, on the nervous system the
stress of ''chilr' falls. Consciousness
is one element in the production of a
cold, and, when that is wanting, the
phenomenon is not very likely to ensue.
1t is in this way that persons who do
not cultivate the fear of cold-catching
are not, as 4 rule, subject to this infic-
ton. This is one reason why the habit
OF wrapping up tends to create a NOR
bid susceptibility. The mind, by it's
fear-hegetting precaution. keeps the
nervous system OH the alert for impress
sions of cold, and the centers are, so to
say, panic-stricken when even slight
sensation occurs. Cold applied to the
surface, even in the form of a gentle
current of air somewhat lower in tenn
perature than the skin, will produce the
'feeling'' of "chill." Conversely
thought will often give rise to the ''feel-
ing of cold applied to the surface
example, of ''cold water running down
the back" Many of the sensations of
cold or heat which are experienced by
the representative have no external
cause. They are purely ideational in
their Origination and ideal in fact.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Big Hats.

Travellers inform US, says the New
York Times, that there is tribe in Cen
trail Africa the women of which wear no
clothing whatever, while the men wear
the usual large shirt collar, striped
trousers, and comic hat characteristic of
the male negro everywhere. The reason
for this curious difference of dress be-
tween the sexes has been only recently
ascertained. A missionary who made
careful inquiries in regard to it was told
by Il native king that the women were
forbidden to wear clothing so that they
could occupy front seats at the theatcrs
without shutting off the stage from the
sight of the rest of the audience. "When
our women were allowed to dress them
selves" said the king, speaking in his
native NJ ponji dialect, sit was useless
for anyone to attend the opera or the
theater, since he could see nothing but
the bonnets and back hair of the women
i'll front of him. Now we have changed
all that, as you can readily ascertain by
attending the next performance at the
Royal theater."
There is no doubt that American wom-
ems high hats interfere with the comfort
of theater-goers. One of them is alone
tire stage from half a dozen unfortunate
men. So numerous are these hats that
perhaps three-fourths of the audience at
any particular theater does not obtain
single glimpse of the play Indeed, an
the representation of Patience" sixty
three times, and has only once caught
momentary sight of the stage.
A.,
has just invented an apparatus which,
when put in use at our theaters, as it
soon will be, win seriously annoy the
wearers of large hats. The apparatus
is a very simple affair, consisting of
strong black horse-hair line with pc
culiar hook at the end of it. Armed
with this apparatus really wicked man
can have no end of nefarious and enter
tanning sport in the gallery. All he has
to do is to gently lower the line over the
front of the gallery until the hook be-
comes entangled with a large hat. The
line is invisible in the gaslight, and the
hook can be made to fasten itself with
the greatest ease among the voluminous
trimmings with which ladies' hats are
decorated. AS soon as the hook is fixed,
a quick firm jerk given to the cord
causes the hat to leap into the air, and
it reaches the hands of the hat-fisher be-
fore the bereaved hat-owner is really
aware of her loss. The apparatus was
recently tested at Chicago theater,
where two young men succeeded in
catching thirty-one and thirty-four hats,
respectively, in the space of a single act,
and without detection. The inventor,
who has just placed his hat-fshing ap-
paratus on sale in this city, estimates
that three-fourths of all the hats in the
parquet of the Academy of Music can
be caught by an experienced fisher in
single night, and that even the man who
tries the apparatus for the first time can
hardly fail to catch string of twenty OF
twenty-five hats.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Open to a Horse Trade.

A Michigander who was travelling
through Indiana last fall with a horse
and buggy drove up to a farm house
one day with his patent washing machine
and discovered that he had happened on
a funeral. Uuder such circumstances
he deemed it best to beat a retreat, but
while unhitching his horse one of the
men came out and inquired:
'Want anything, stranger?'
"Well no; understand they are hold
ing a funeral here"
Yes. sort of 4 funeral. Got anything
to sell?'
II have a patent washing machine,
but under the circumstances don t feel
like
Never mind the circumstances, in
terrupted the man. ''Jim's lost his
wife, of course, but he's got all arrange
ments made to marry his hired girl two
weeks from tonight and if you've got
anything there you want to throw i'll on
hoss trade he won't let no funeral III
terfere with business. It's airly in the
day yet. and we do our burying around
here any time before darkr'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
A Waggish Hackman,

A man stepped up to one of the hack
men at the Union depot yesterday and
wanted to know where he could pro-
cure a bottle of whisky. Jump right
in, sir, jump right in, and l will take
you where You can get the finest kind
of whisky very cheap" The unsuspect-
ing individual, in response to the invita-
ton, jumped into the hack, and was be-
ing driven down the street at lightning
speed before he had time to collect his
thoughts. The mercenary hackman
drove out to Grand avenue and north
on that thoroughfare until he reached
Washington avenue, when he turned
east and directed his course toward the
river, finally halting in front of saloon
near Sixth street. Here he Jumped
from his box and opened the door of his
coach, when the stranger asked him
why the ''mischief'' he had taken him
so far.
''Well," retorted the hackman, "you
wanted me to take you out to get bot
tie OF good whisky, and you can't get
that everywhere"
Seeing it was useless to parley, with
the hackman, the stranger then procur-
cd the whisky and asked to be taken
back to the depot as soon as possible, as
he desired to take the train.
The hackman said he had other en-
gagements and couldn't afford to do it
unless he received 81 for his trouble.
As the stranger imagined it was five
or six miles to the depot, he paid the
dollar and said: ''Well, then, go ahead:
/ presume [ must stand it.'' In about
four minutes, to the mans astonish-
ment, the hack halted in front of the de-
pot. He couldn't understand how it
took him such q long time to reach the
whisky shop and only few brief mo-
ments to return. But that didn't alter
the case any, us the hackman had the
dollar.-,St. L0ujS Republican.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
4 Nation of Walkers.

A correspondent of the Louisville
C0arter-.j0Ur1aat, writing from the High
lands, says: Outdoor exercise and out
door sports are indulgcd in here to an
extent that astOnishes an American.
Come for walk is what your friend
says when he calls in the morning, and
means little spin of SIX or eight miles
''Come, my dear Yandcll, and Wen
go down TO the hills OF -, beautiful
walk OF eighteen miles; we'll leave after
lunch, and get there to dinner; we can
return, if YOU wish, tomorrow morning
to breakfast, Iran an invitation from q
great London surgeon.
The highlander thinks nothing of a
walk OF thirty miles. His children Of
ten walk ten miles to Smday-school,a and
he frequently makes a morning call on
foot twenty miles away When you see
his tall, well-set figure and his lusty
limbs, and watch his long, swinging
stride, you will understand how, in "a
go-as-y ou-please, he is able to cover
these great distances without fatigue. |
should have added, land when you
breathe the highland air, tor this must
have much to do with it. But the air of
all this island incites you TO move about.
to put yourself i'll motion, to get out of
doors, to stretch your limbs, to expand
VOur chest
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
"Me Lud's Goat Made to Fit,n

Mr.. Poole, u famous London draper
and tailor. was having vacation at
Brighton, where one morning on the
pier he met a nobleman who was one of
his customers. Good morning, Mr.
Poole,' said the peer. ''Good morning,
my lord" replied the tailor, who tken
passed on. ''Stay, Mr.. Pool; L wanted
to show you this coat" replied the artis-
tocrat. ut doesn't fit me at all" Mir.
Poole was gentleman of ready wit.
He stopped. looked carefully at the
coat, then, drawing piece of chalk
from his pocket, said: Your lordship is
right; the coat wants to be taken in here,
and let out here, and shortened here, and
just a bit heightened here" and at each
'.here' he made heavy chalk-mark.
''Now, my lord" he continued, as he
saw curious crowd had gathered
around, ''if you will just take that coat
up to London, marked as it is, my
manager will see that it is altered to
your satisfaction His. .lordship did not
again commit the impertinence of talk
ING shop to Mr.. Poole.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Queer IDEAS Of Curative Oils.

Some people still hold to curious old
snpcrstitions concerning the curative
properties Of the oils of certain animals;
and to hear the druggists tell of the
strange articles called for by some of
their customers is to DC reminded of the
vagaries indulged in by the aboriginal
medicine man in his native wigwam
For instance, there are persons who pin
great faith still to the virtues of rattle
snake-oil, and who believe it is speci-
tic for rheumatic Affections. A travel
ing quack, who announced that his
cure-all was partly compounded of rat
tlesnake, reaped big harvest of silver
coin from crowds on the square not long
ago. There is a frequent demand for
pickerel-oil, which is said to be cure
for deafness, and which is fried from
the livers of pickerel. Mudturtle-oil is
also frequently called for by people who
have stiff joints. 1t has been but two OF
three years since all these oils were
staple articles in drug-stores. Pickerel-
Oil sold for so cents an ounce, and tur-
tle-oil 81 pint. These oils are rarely
found today, and probably from this
very reason are accredited the more
wonderful qualities by the oracles.-
Lea0iStOn, (lMe. Journal. ".
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Women's Money DEALINGS,

A great many housewives, who are
dependent upon their husbands for
money, and consequently inclined to
value it highly. have a talent for making
bargains. and there are few gifts more
subject to abuse. Ladies, have care
in your economies of this sort, lest you
be found to grind the face of the poor"
We have known wealthy woman, and
Il prominent church member, to 'beat
down for troublesome and expensive
white work, young woman, to whom
Il dollar meant almost the difference be-
tween hope and despair. Once a minis
ter's wife said complacently, 81 got her to
let me have this for half dollar less,"
when we could hardly help exclaiming,
Don't you know the poor old lady OF
whom you bought this is almost on
staryation's yerge-is living on two
meals day iii this bitter weather."
The whole purchase amounted to two or
three dollars, and the reduction had
only been consented to under the urgent
necessity to sell. How cruel!-and yet,
i'll both instances, the wrong was done
by kind hearted women. More evil is
wrought by want of thought than by
want of heart. But in this world it is
our business to think.