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National Republican., 1883-11-22

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TONIGHT THURSDAY, NOV. q,
Every Evening this week.
ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY.
HAZEL KIRKE,
ny THE
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with the strongest cast over appearing In this city,
headed by the veteran g. W. COndock. supported bV
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Seats secured ut Box onlce aud Brontanos BOOK
store.
MONDAY, NOV. 2i-The noNt great attraction
from the Madison square Theatre,
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WI lessons In Elocution, Voice Culture, and ORA
matte Arc ShakspeaTiau roles II sp0clnty terms
reasonable. Address or apply at O22 sixth street
northwest. no2l.M
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A FINE LARGE PARLOR, BEDROOM AND
IA office room be had for the session by u
member, including private table, for $50 per month
Northwest, near l4th st. Address CONGRESS, Re-
publican Office.
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S1lamte0---Ruums.

A MIDDLE AGED LADY, FORMERLY A
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Republican Office, 4-23
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MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE AT THE
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first class table board II desired at reasonable rates.
call after y. IN. 13
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"Oh. God, turn back
Thy universe andgive
me yesterday"
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fnr ErnfBnnms.

1.-TWO ROOMS. UNFURNIsfED, ON On FLOOR.
Il suitable for light housekeeping with open CRATE;
use Of UarlOr. 87 AZ st N. w. 7s23
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
LAND MONOPOLY.
of William G. Moody
Before the Senate Com mn Gtee.

William &. Moody, of Brooklyn,
author of +" Land and Labor" testified
before the Senate Committee on Labor
and Education, last week. He called
attention to the fact that many foreign
capitalists were purchasing vast tracts
of land in the South and West En-
glish Lords and French Counts were
dominating over territory that was
three times larger than the Kingdom
of Great Britain, and by their system
of wholesale farming had driven Anne
rican farmers from homesteads and in
to the ranks of wage slavery. Our
railroad dsspOts had more power than
the feudal monarchs of Europe, and
were in possession of 29S 900 900 acres
an area larger than Austria, Italy
and Switzerland combined, The wage
workers were crowding the cities, and
in New York City there were SOC, 900
people occupying square mile. Most
of the small farmers were not able to
secure a decent competency, as their
farms were mortgaged, and they grad
ually fell into the hands of great capi-
talists. The only remedy for this was
the abolition of private property in
land. He fnrther said that the prices
of production were greatly enhanced
by the continually growing increase of
middlemen, who were recruited from
the ranks of those who had no regular
occupation. as they had been driven
from their business by the prevailing
system of mechanical labor. If the
present system were not abolished,
prices would finally reach such height
that the wage laborer would be unable
to secure even the absolute necessaries
of life. Witness contended that a
small farmer could not cultivate. his
farm and profitably dispose of his pro-
duce for the reason that he was over
ridden by men Of greater capital, who
could apply mechanical labor and had
greater facilities for getting their pro-
duce to market. ta tE ,iAyis
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
Eaul,. Of our Sch 90, system .

We school the children too much.
That is to say, we keep them at school
all the year round; we continually
force their perceptive and memorizing
faculties, and give no time for the play
of their reflective faculties. In other
words. they don't reflect upon what
they have learned, or attempt to apply
it in their minds. We cram them with
too many studies, How else is the
fact to be accounted for that child in
the country, having but four months
schooling In the year, will come to
Boston more matured in his education
than one who has had nine months
schooling in the year? In our city
schools there is too much teaching and
too little learning. By that mean to
say that the great press of studies
placed upon the young mind by oral
teaching for few minutes at time
and different-study every hour of the
day, tend to break up the continuity
of the pupils thought, and the oral
addresses and lectures receive but little
attention from the tired minds of the
pupils.-[B. f. Butler.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
Desperate Attempt 20 Escape.

COLUMBUS, Oct, 12.-Five noted
murderers made desperate attempt
to escape the penitentiary yesterday
afternoon. Four got over the walls
and escaped entirely. One was killed
200 yards from the wall and two We're
badly crippled. The attempt was made
just previous 10 returning the convicts
to their cells. They were Bob Daniels,
james Ward, james Berry, - Grant
aud = Day. They were armed with
shoe knives. They scaled the wall by
the use of plank, and let themselves
down by rope they had made. Grant
escaped. Ward was next over. and
was killed. Berry and Daniels were
both crippled by the breaking of the
rope. About thirty shots were fired
by the guards.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
RavENNA. THURSDAY. OCT. Is. 1883.
The Press for $3.50 a Year,
Ia adUGnce.
THE Republican party has gone.

he RopuoiIc@u party LAS BouS.
AN accurate survey of the Republi-
can farm finds it Foraker short.
WHAT will the Republicans do with
their " Jayhawker
JOHN JACOB AsToR pays 100000
taxes year on his real estate.
THE u. 8. Supreme Court have de-
cided the civil rights act to be uncon-
stitutional.
CHARLES FOSTER isn't expecting to
succeed Pendlet0n in the United States
Senate as much as he was.
LET's see; how often was it Judge
Foraker spoke his little piece? He'll
speak it no more.
CHARLES FosTER's Senatorial aspir-
ations have been nipped in the bud and
he is now sad and detected.
THERE are in the vaults of the
United States Treasury at the present
time $4O5, ,954 ,564.
The Republicans seemed to imagine
that Allen w. Thurman would cook
Hordley's goose. But what has be-
come of Allen W.?
A SON of Ex-Governor Andrew was
married in Trinity Church, Boston,
Thursday, to Miss Harriet Thayer, who
recently fell heir to $S,000,0O0 The
floral display was the most magnificent
ever seen there.
THE suicides in the United States
for the month of June this year were
l6S, for July l58, for August l59, total
OF ATS. A majority of these self-de-
stroyers were residents upon farms.
The next most numerous class were
merchants.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

Am Unn NE ii and UmeXplGred Riv.
er of Im,mseease Size More tsann
Fifteen szsnd red Miles a4Ong, and
In Places over twenty Miles in
Width.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 9.-Lieut.
Story, who went up on the last trip of
the revenue steamer CorWin for the
purpose OF distributing among the
Tchuckehee Indians five thousand
dollars worth of presents, given them
by the government i'll recognition Of
the shelter and food they afforded the
officers and crew of the steamer Rog-
ers, burned in 1881, reports the discov
cry of an immense river, heretofore
unknown. The river had been vague
ly spoken of by the Indians to former
explorers, and Storey, being compelled
to await the return trip of the Corwin,
determined to see if there was any
thing in it. Accompanied by one at
tendant and Interpreter, ne proceeded
inland from Hatham inlet in SOUTH
ern direction, until he struck what he
believed to be the mysterious river.
He traced it to its mouth, a distance of
about fifteen miles, where he saw such
immense pieces of toating timber as
to satisfy him the stream must be OF
immense size. He retraced his steps a
distance of fifty miles, where he en-
countered natives from whom he learn
ed that to reach the head waters of the
unknown stream would take several
months. The Indians told him they
came down it distance of 1900 miles
to meet the fur traders, and that the
river went up higher than that, Hav-
ing no time to go further, Storey re-
turned. It is his opinion, as stated by
those on the Corwin from whom this
information has been obtained, that
the discovery of this river accounts for
the large amount of floating timber in
the Arctic, popularity supposed to come
down the Yakon. The Indians stated
that the river is in some places twenty
miles wide. -...--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

THE New York Tribune has made
the important discovery that there
will be $50, 100000 in the treasury
after all concurrent appropriations
have been paid. That is, after all
bonds that can be have been paid, after
all naval, river and harbor appropria-
tions are settled, all salaries squared,
all running expenses of the govern
ment allowed for, there will be this
amount of surplus funds In the ma
tional treasury. This means that the
tax payers have chipped in about SIS
apiece more than is requisite to keep
the United States from bankruptcy.
AS this is nearly all chipped inn in
the form of taxes on whisky and to-
bacco and duties on imports, and as
about two-thirds of the population OBJ
jsot to any lower rate of taxation on
the first named luxuries, and as it is
quite an unnecessary surplus, it GER
tainly looks as if some of the duties
might be taken off with perfect safety
to the country. In other words more
reduction of the Tariff Elk,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
TWO STRANGE DREA MS,
A Singular story Conn ected with
the Supposed Murder of William
Sc0ae. of clean. d. ttss.5

Singular story Conn ected with
the Supposed Murder of William
scott, of clean. ~ isss5
New York Sun. j.
HoRNELLsvILLE, N. Y, Sept. 25.-
New. developments in a case of what
was supposed to be accidental death in
Olean, indicate strongly that it was
case of murder. The victim was
Young man named Scott, whose dead
body was found lying near the Erie
Railway track in Olean, about mid
night on Tuesday of last week. There
were several cuts on the head, back
and abdomen, and the verdict of the
Coroner's jury was that the man had
been killed by the cars. 1t has since
been learned that on the day of his
death Scott had received $1,000 through
the sale of some property. In the af-
ternoon of that day he was seen in
O'Mara's saloon, boasting of his sale,
and displaying considerable money.
He was with two strange men. Scott
became SO drunk that the men finally
carried him out to barn in the rear
of the place, where they left him.
Between ii and II o. clock that night
an acquaintance of Scott met him with
two men on the road betw sen O'Mara's 8
saloon and the Erie depot, near piece
of woods. 1t is remembered now that
there was 30 blood either on the rails
or anywhere on the track where Scott's
body was found, and railroad men say
that it would hardly be possible for an
engine to either strike or run over a
man there without the fact being at
once known by the engineer or fire.
man. There was no money on Scott's
person when he was found. A new
| investigation will be made.
Singular facts connected with Scott's
death are the declarations of his broth.
er, who lives in Bradford, Pa, and of
his sister, whose home is in Rochester,
each of whom claim to have witnessed
| in dream the murder of their brother.
The sister says that on the night of his
death she saw him attacked by two
men in the woods, who beat him to
death and robbed him. She awoke,
screaming: Don't touch the money!
There's blood on it !" She was fright
ened so that she arose and struck a
light, and saw by clock in her room
that it was little past liz o'clock.
The brother had similar dream at
the same hour, and was unable to sleep
again during the night, so oppressed
was he by the seeming reality and ter
ror of the scene he had wit messed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

A remarkable story comes from Sher-
man, Pa. A Miss Wertz. of New York
city, has been spending the Summer
at the house of Mrs. Reynolds, of that
place. She left in New York very
dear lady friend. On August 18th she
received information that the friend
was very ill. Some days later, as she
sat sewing by table at 1920 a. M, q
heavy gold ring on her finger broke
with sharp report loud enough TO be
heard by all who were near. The break
is said to be at right angles with the
ring, and was as bright and smooth as
if cut with an instrument. The ring
was q present to Miss Wertz from the
lady friend who was reported to have
been sick. 1t was not until some days
after this occurrence that Miss Weriz
returned to New York. The gossips
of Sherman say that Miss Wertz has
written to friends in Sherman that her
friend died on the day the ring broke
80 mysteriously, and at the very hour
of this occurrence the dying friend
was calling the name OF Miss Wertz
with great earnestness,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

AKRON, on the 11th of March, 1843,
passed Prohibitory ordinance, which
took effect Immediately. June 18th,
1851, when the New Constitution was
voted on, Akron and Portage town
ship gave 81 majority against License.
April 6, 1874, Akron again passed a
Prohibitory ordinance, and the gold
pen with which Hon. J. Park Alexan-
der, as President of the Council, signed
the ordinance, was sold at auction at a
jolification meeting, held next night
at the Academy of Music, and Hon.
Ferdinand Schumacher, the present
Prohibition candidate for Governor,
bought it at 1882 50.-[Akron Times.
And yet, during the mean time, in
toxicating liquors have lem freely
aud openly sold in Akron, in spite OF
all this prohibitory legislation, which
is an additional item of evidence going
to prove that prohibition fails to pro.
hihit
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
A Miracle,

Whenever there is an extraordinary
occurrences team runs over child
without hurting it; mechanic falls
from third story window, and in a
week after he is at work again, we are
at work again, we are wont to exclaim,
"what miracle !" So, when MRS.
T. s. ERERLINE, then of Allegheny
City, Pa, had been sick with Con-
sumption fer a very long time, had
been told by several of the best physi-
clans of that city that her time was
but few hours, that she must die, and
when the use of but one bottle of Peru
ma in weeks time placed her on her
feet again and made her the heartiest
eater of the family, all the people
around. as with one rejoicing voice,
exclaimed, What wonderful mira
Gle !" See page so of the "I Ills of Life. "
Your druggist will give you one gratis.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
How we Paid the Debt,

The part of spirits, fermented liquors
and tobacco in paying off the national
debt has been very important one.
The debt was at its highest figure in
1866, when it aggregated So, 773, ,000, 900.
Since then it has been steadily decreas-
ing, and on the 1st of September, less
cash in the Treasury. it was ST. $780,
SIS, 765-a decrease since 1866 of over
twelve hundred millions of dollars
The bonded or interest bearing debt is
only ST. ,328, ,S78, $50. The taxes collect
ed from spirits, fermented liquors and
tobacco. since 1868, when this system
of taxation went into operation, has
been in round numbers $3.50, ,OOO, 600
"a sum exceeding by six hundred
millions the reductions made in the
public debt in the last seventeen years.
The following are the receipts from
taxation during these years from the
items named: Spirits. 81 900, ,O0O, 900 ;
tobacco, $3.50, 900 900; fermented liquors,
$lS0, ZOO, 900.
Tobacco, whisky and beer come in
| for good deal of denunciati0n these
days, but their part in meeting the ma
tion's obligations has been an impor-
tant one. If we would know how i'm
portant, add six hundred millions to
the maximum figures of the public
debt in 1866, and we get the facts. The
debt would now stand at about three
thousand millions of dollars, with an
interest account and a deprecated pub
lie credit that would take the blood
from enterprise and progress. OF course
there would have been other sources
of taxation, such as real estate, income
and personal properly, all taxed under
the internal revenue law of seventy
years ago i; but these taxes would have
been oppressive, inquisitorial and dan
gerous. The levies on intoxicants and
tobacco constituted an easy and popu-
lar mode of taxation, and in no other
way could such immense sums of mon
ey been raised in SO short time. AS
the Republican party claims to have
paid off the public debt. its consump-
ton of beer, whisky and tobacco has
been SO enormous we don't wonder ut
its sudden conversion to Prohibition.
I-[Coshocton Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

A LAW has just gone into force in
New York City prohibiting the man
ufacture of cigars or preparations of
tobacco in any apartments occupied
for living, sleeping or household pur-
poses. 1t is aimed at tenement house
cigar and tobacco manufacturing, and
was enacted on the score of public
health. Twenty-eight firms are affect
ed, and 1000 operatives-men, women
and children, chiefly Germans and
Bohemlans-are thrown out of en-
ployment. The condition of health
and morals of these ill-paid people is
said to be frightful. This statement
takes no cognizance of the ill health
eDgendered by cigars made in such
places and by such methods.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
QUEEN VICTORIA,

Court circles in England are anxious
about the Queens health. Her disease
is thought to be one of the kidneys.
While this is difficult to reach by or
dinary treatment, which accounts for
her lingering illness, there is sure
and certain remedy for iI and all kin
dred affections, which she ought to
know of and use, in DIR. FEN n ER'S
KIDNEY AND BACK-ACHE CURE.
The following illustrates how readily
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Fredonia, N Y. Mar. y, 1888.
DIR. NJ. NJ. f nner-Dear Sir-For years had
been suffering from combination of KIDNEY
DISEASE, HEART DISEASE and FEMALE WEAK
NESS. had heavy aching pain over my kid
neys with cramping of my limbs. had BACK
ACHE and d sCANTY and TURBID flow of urine;
BLoATING OF LIMBS and a GENERAL DRoPsICAL
CONDITION; also PAIN, PALPITATIoN and DRoPsY
OF THE HEART.
My condition wos distressing one, and all
treatment and KIDNEY REMEDIES gave little or
no relief,
have been taking your KIDNEY AND BACK
ACHE CURE" with the most happy result. 1t
y
have followed me so persistently and SO long.
l never had medicine help me quickly and
cure SO completely, am doing my own work.
Yours truly MRS. JAMES FULLER
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A cure for ALL SKIN DISEASES. See
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DIR, FENNERS BLOOD AND
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For full information, get of your
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
1OIdi FOIe
Judicial Constitutional Amendment. Y Es..
Regulation and Taxation Of Liqusr Traffic
nS -.-.-::..- ..''-. '.'.:
rohibitien of Intoxicating LIQUORS, YES

FTUHIUILI0H OF IHtOXlcalIng LIQUOrS, ES ih5I .
The Judges and Clerks of Election in many of
the townships have made sad work in improperly
certifying the votes of their townships. This is
the case at nearly every election, but owing to
the length of the tickets and the closeness of the
vote at this election il is particularly annoying.
It is passing strange that. with the printed tick
cts before them. election officers cannot certify
the votes to the persons for whom they were cast,
but must needs take special pains to commit er-
rsrs that tend to defeat the peoples choice. They
should remember that the canvassers are requir-
ed to count the votes rs they are returned to the
Clerk of the Court. 1t is time a stop be put to
this blundering.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

The Second Ann end ma ent Lost.
The latest reports give the total vote
of the State at the late election at III, :
79l, while the vote for the prohibition
constitutional amendment was but 800
454. which gives a majority of about
20, 900 against that measure.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
A T.bIe Showing the Actual Vote of the State,
with the Exception of Hamilton COun-
~ " hicIl IL Estimated.

Mondays Cincinnati Commercial Co.
~otto contained the following table of the
vote by counties on the Second Amend
,,ant the actual vote being given in
ovarv instance excepting Hamilton
county. which is estimated, the vote of
that county not having been canvassed
when the table was made up. Accord
inu to this report, which is almost en-
tirely official, the total vote of the State
was I'll .Ggl. and the Second Amendment
received 800, sos. Thus the total vote
stood: Prohibition, Yes, 320,G09; Prohi-
bition, No, 391 ,0S5; majority against the
Secnnd Amendment, GO,475.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

PERSONS visiting Cincinnati will
find the Crawford House, s. w. corner
OF Sixth and Walnut Streets, first
rate place to stop. Lewis Vanden is
the proprietor. 1t is the only S2.OO a
day house in the city. Give it q trial,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

THE friends of the second amend
ment, though defeated, have the con-
ISOLATION of knowing that they beat the
first.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

Rogers Combined Iron Fence Crest
ing and Farm Fence Posts. For sale
at BALDWIN g. WALLER's.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

Pure Raw Bone Meal, Dissolved
Bone, Forest City," . National' and
" Rowker" Super Phosphates, at
TT. THOMPsON'S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

A fine assortment of Single and
Double Harnesses, at
II. +. THoMPsoN's.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18

]" WE continue to have an overflow
ing Treasury, and more money than
we know what to do with,N says Sec
retary Folger. Just wait till the DEM
ocratic Congress comes along, Mr..
Secretary. It will soon find way to
relieve you of your spare cash.-Mas-
sillon Independent.
Certainly, Democrats believe that no
more taxes should be collected from
the people than is necessary to defray
the expenses of the Government eco
nomically administered, and that it is
better to have the surplus cash in the
hands of the people rather than to have
'' an overlooking Treasury, and more
money than we know what to do
with" 1t is really to be hoped that
the Democrats in Congress will devise
some plan to put a stop to the accu-
mutation of an idle and useless surplus
i'm the Treasury. and thus relieve a
tax ridden people of portion of the
burden with which the Republicans
have oppressed them in order to PAM
per class of privileged monopslists.