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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

A bill has been introduced in the
Ohio Legislature making insanity in
husband or wife sufficient cause for
divorce. A correspondent of the Gin
cinnatl Gazette says:
The bill is creating some comment.
A middle-aged granger appeared in
the Capitol, Saturday, and desired to
be informed as to whether the Leg
islature was in session or not. Being
told that il was not, he remarked that
be hoped the members would return
soon and pass Mr.. Stiilwell's bill. my
wife,U be said, has been crazy as a
bed bug for thirty years, and l want
someway to get rid of her as soon as
possible, for | have hired girl that
will marry me if l can do so soon.
There is q - feller coming to see her
that | am afraid will get ahead of
me, if Stillwell don't hurry his bill
through" The granger thought that
if the law makers knew how badly he
desired this law passed, they would
stay here and attend to business, and
not be running Off home all the time.
The case is respectfully referred TO the
statesmen, who will so through. the
motions of meeting tomorrow after
noon.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
The Cause of 1t.

A writer in the New York Hour ex
plains the reasons of the past good
times as follows:
lst. Nearly six years of liquidation
from 1873 to 1879.
Cd. Six years OF great economy,
which got the country out of debt.
Sd. Six years of continued bad crops
in Europe.
4th. Six years of continued good
crops in the United States.
5th. A balance of trade of some
$50, COG, 900 to $500, 900, 600 paid annu-
ally in our favor
Now, with this stock in trade, a
boom began in 1879 so. and lasted for
fully two and half or nearly three
years. The boom has inflated every
thing and overdOne many things. We
are, therefore, now on the other tack.
Not exactly on the road to panic, but
on the high road to liquidation, and,
although it may suit many interested
people not to say go, it is nevertheless
an undeniable truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

Suppose we adopt the Democratic
theory of tariff for revenue only
and then adopt the Democratic Tenn
essee plan Of paying debts by repudi-
alton 1t wouldn't require very much
revenue, nor very high tariff, except
to keen the runaway treasurers sup
piled. d."-[ Youngstown News Register.
Well, suppose you do; would it be
any material improvement upon the
Minnesota or the Malone -Riddleber-
ger plans of paying old scores which
seem to be so popular with the Lordy
party? And then if you should adopt
the runaway treasurer you would be
adding but one more to the crowd OF
Brady's, Dorseys and men of their kin
who after robbing the treasury of mil
lions gre given The most ele' ted and
honorable positions in their party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
Electricity.

Prof. Tice is authority on electricity,
which .he claims is the motive power
of the universe. Everything" he
says, "is moving, nothing stands still,
nothing is stationary, the moving i'm
pulse being electricity. It moves your
band, it moves all the planets in their
orbits. According to some, the Creator
hurled those vast orbs into space and
they were set moving, but the primi-
tive impulse was electricity, the prime
cause of ali motion. It is unquestion-
ably the motive power. We have the
earth moving eighteen miles and six
tenths in g second, around its orbit;
electricity is the cause. Electricity is
convertible into light aud heat, and
time will come when electricity will
be our fuel. But there is no way of
storing it up fer use. 1t has been given
out in the public press that some one
is storing it. That Is an impossibility.
If he has done anything he has some
chemical element that will not act on
something else. Electricity will have
to be evolved by either decomposition
or decomposition, which must be done
before electricity is evolved. Water
will become the source of fuel; the
lakes and rivers will be reservoirs of
fuel whenever you have a cheap meth
cd of producing electricity. Electric
ity is the soul Of the universe. You
can't tell what it is any more than you
can the soul of man. Your Professors
know nothing about it except what
they get from books. The so.called
scientific men retard instead of ad-
vancing truth. The whole theory of
the old lightning-rod is wrong. They
try to accomplish an impossibility."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

WE had the pleasure of attending
the adjourned meeting of the Mahon-
ing Valley Editors and Publishers
Association at Alliance last Friday.
Though the attendance was by no
means as large as it should have been,
1t was pleasant and profitable meet
ing and one that will result in benefit
to the members of the profession. The
Association is organized with strict
reference to business relating to the
art preservative and of the public, and
no part of its time is spent in junketing
about and partaking of free banquets,
but each member pays his own bills
=" like little man." The several topics
presented were discussed at considera-
BILE length and with much ability by
the members present. The meetings
thus far have been very successful and
give promise of being of great benefit
to the honorable calling and the public
and every editor and publisher within
the territorial limits of the Association
should dc, himself the favor of uniting
with and attending it's meetings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
MANTUA STATION.

correspondence.
The heavy rain storm generally re-
ported in this mornings papers did
not slight US. The Cuyahoga river at
this point is two feet above the eldest
recollections. and is still
rising. Smiths saw-mill and cheese
box factory are flooded and a number
of logs have fioated down stream. The
United Pipe Line Co.'S buildings, in
Guiding the engine house, workshop,
and telegraph office are submerged,
causing suspension of business and
much damage, the extent Of which
cannot be ascertained until the food
subsidies. The bridge at the Rapids is
reported gone and the one ut the Mud
mill is much damaged. The upper
bridge at this place is considerably
damaged and its leave-taking nemsnt-
arily expected. and, should it follow
| the course of the river bed it will un-
doubtedly take the lower bridge with
it. Should the ice gorge now formed
above the upper bridge break loose it
would be almost impossible to over
estimate the result. Communication
is cut off from the South and East and
freight trains have been side tracked
here all day, being unable to reach the
city. All day long scores of people
have flocked to the railroad bridge, il
being the most slightly point from
which to view the watery element in
it's wild and damaging career.
By reason of the icy condition of the
streets, number of slight bruises are
reported by the pedestrians returning
from the masquerade at the Cuyaheg,
House, on Saturday morning.
Mrs. VIM. Smith has been very siel
with diphtheria, but is doing well I'm
der the efficient treatment Of our no
meopathic physician.
The goods in the Rhodes building
have again changed hands. Sylveste
Beecher, of ShalersYille, is the pur
:. chaser and proposes running a gro
cery store. 8. G.
Feb. 5, 1888.
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Prepared by Or. J. c. Aver & Co.,
LEGAL NOTICE.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.

"ARCELLA e. HAEFNER and George
INk Haefner. husband and wife, who are sup.
posed to reside in Milwaukee. Wisconsin. arc
hereby notified that have fltd petition in
the Probate Court OF Portage County, Ohio
asking for the sale of the real estate of which
Dennis Sutiiff died seized. to pay debts ami leg
acies and which real estate is In the sout h west
corner OF lot No SixRavenna township.in said
County, bounded North by land of S. willard,
East by land Of j. p. Sutlif and others. South
and West by the lot line, containing Q acres
more or less. being about ~ rods on the road
and running north about 81 rods.
They are defendants in said action. and are
required 70 answer the petition on or before
the third Saturday after six weeks from this
and they barred and excluded from all right
and interest therein.
JAMES ?. SUTLTFF,
Executor of Dennis Sutiif decea.e6.
By STUART 4 ROCKWELL, his Attorneys
Dated Dec 9th, 1881. S5e6w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

/ see that steel rail mills are closing !
down everywhere, throwing thousands |
out of employment, the cause said to
be the want of orders. How can the
mill owners expect orders, selling their
rails at double the price paid for them
in Britain, selling here at 500, and in
Britain under S25? The fact that the
cost of production in Britain must bo
at least One-fOurth more than the cost
here, is sufficient to prove the profits
made here must be enormous. Some
say 800 per cent, and can give ample
proof Of the fact. The mill-owners
are afraid their protection is to be with
drawn. Hence the cause OF their stop
ping. The fact that they always
threaten to stop, do stop, and are in a
! position to stop, oecanss of their snor-
nous profit, is the strongest reason
why they should not be protected. No
one but an ignoramus, or the mill
owners, will deny the truth that the
cost of production in Britain is higher
than it is here. Britain has to go down
3. 900 feet for coal and ore, whereas here
such minerals are at the surface. Tie
work men in Britain get more value for
their labor. Proof: Three hundred
machinists were brought from the
Clyde TO Detroit in 1881, for shipbuild-
ing. They only remained short time
because they could not exist upon the
pauper wages paid in America; so they
all went back to Scotland. This actu-
al occurrence proves very conciusively
where men get most value for labor
The nlill-owners say they cannst exist
without protection. Does farmer
stop because he is not protected? Lee
the mill-owners be content with si1
times the profit made by farmers, anc
they can here uudersell not only Brit
ain but the whole world.
A HARD. WORKING BLACKSMITH.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

WE have it from reliable authority
that the Chicago Union Steel and Iron
Works declared quarterly dividend
in January, and paid it. How does
that leok ?-[Cleveland Sunday Tri-
bune.
AND now the Republicans in the
Michigan Senatorial fight are charging
each other with corruption. Let us
see, there was also Republican Sena-
tor elected in Massachusetts recently
who bears the same distinction.-I To.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

covered at Papantia and Tecolutlu, in
Mexico, which promises to be of great
value to the manufacturers of silk and
linen goods. This particular plant
yields a fibre of great brilliarcy, fine
ness, and strength. The fiber is said
to grow to the length of ten and twelve
yards, and possesses an admirable af-
finity to all manner OF dyes. In ap-
pearance it resembles silk, but possess
es greater strength than either silk or
linen. 1t is easily worked, and will
play an important. part in the manu-
facture of the more valuable textile
fabrics
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
The World Still Moves.

Notwithstanding Mother Shipton's
dire prediction, the world still exists.
The people will live longer If they use
DR.. Bigelow's Positive Cure, which
subdues and eonquers coughs, colds,
consumption, whooping cough, and
all diseases of the lungs. For proof
call at Bedding s Armstrong's drug
store and get a bottle free.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

Our Republican legislature are still
agonizing over the liquor question.
They are in dilemma and don't know
which horn to take. The great queB-
tion with them now is, as Neyes states
1t, How shall we recover the prestige
we have temporarily lost" What
they want is votes; only that and
nothing more. They care nothing for
the moral aspect of the great question,
To pass the Kinney amendment, leav2
ing the absolute control of the traffic to
the Legislature does not get rid of the
question but leaves it as perpetual
bone of contention, while to follow
Fosters advice snd enact another un.
constitutional tax law, renders theil
defeat certain, end they are in STATE
of hopeless despair, not knowing
which way to turn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

PENNSYLVANIA maintains State
normal schools and other expensive
features not found in the Ohio school
system, and yet it is said to cost more
by 1921 ,87l to educate the 747,13S pu-
pills enrolled in the schools of Ohio,
than to educate the. 937, ,3lO pupils en-
rolled in the Pennsylvania schools,
though this includes in Pennsylvania
$ll2,OO0 paid for county supervision.
With the same expense per pupil as ia
Pennsylvania, Ohio would educate her
pupils with ST. 1897 $50 less than it. now
costs her to educate them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

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and rapid cures, and is adapted to patients of
any age or either sex. Being very palatable,
the youngest children take it readily. In
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at hand in every household for the pro-
lection it affords in sudden attacks. In
Whooping cough and Consumption
there is no other remedy so ethcaclOuS,
soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some OF
the many mixtures, or syrups, made of cheap
and ineffective Ingredients, now offered,
which, AZ they contain no curative qualities,
can afford only temporary relief, and are
sure to deceive and disappoint the patient.
Diseases of the throat and lungs demand
active and effective treatment; and it is dam
gerous experimenting with unknown and
cheap medicines, from the great liability that
these diseases may, while SO trifled with,
become deeply seated or incurable. Use
AYERS CHERRY PRCToRAL, and you may
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monary complaints not already beyond the
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
Har.aonv. Net lInder.sood.

On the evening preceding the late
meeting of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee number of the grand
sachems of the "grand old party" held
sort of love feast at the capital in
which they compared notes upon po-'
litical subjects generally and upon the
liquor question in particular, and the
result showed that the brethren do not
exactly dwell together in unity"
G. Foster, the Governor of the whole
people of the great State of Ohio, pro-
nounced speech, from manuscript,
From that part of it relating to the
liquor traffic, the following extract is
made:
LAS 1 am clearly Of the opinion that
tax law is constitutional, my belief
is that it should be passed by the pres
ent General Assembly"
Ex-Governor Noyes read from his
speech the following:
'It is only few months until the
amendment can be submitted to the
people, and I believe that no Gd interim
law should be made. Let US have the
amendment and then we know where
we stand"
The following quotation is from
letter sent by the Hon. John Sher-
man:
1.-The temperance question is likely
to divide US, but this ought not. to be
considereda political matter. To treat
it as such is to weaken the Republican
party. as we'll as the cause of temper
ance."
General Grosvenor made the speech
of the occasion, and in 1t he took the
privilege to rap the knuckles without
stint or much ceremony for their ac-
ton and utterances on the liquor
question.
General Hurst, of Chillicothe, made
speech in which he said:
"The only vital question before the
the people of the State to- day is the
liquor question, and | believe that the
Legislature did right when it passed
again be passed in constitutional
way"
The Hon. Claiming Richards, in a
short speech. took occasion to say:
so far as the issues of last year
were concerned they deserved to be
defeated because they did not stand by
their party and were not honest. They
should not propose one thing in the
platform and then do something else.
They should leave the temperance
question alone until they were ready
to treat it honestly and boldly. When
tax question is presented they should
not make temperance question out
of it.n
Representative Locke remarked:
% He saw but one way for them to
proceed Go right on the way they
have started and not surrender. The
liquor question was in American poll.
tics and had come to stay; it would
have to be handled and he knew of no
party better able to do it than the Re-
publican. If they were earnest in
their professions, they would hang on
till the liquor traffic is taXed'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
TuR Snnrens Court of Varmnnt r

THE Supreme Court of Vermont re-
Gently discharged three persons serv-
ing long sentences, imposed by JUS
tice's Court for selling liquor, on the
ground that the Liquor Law was un-
constitutional when it allowed such
commitment. not giving the ace used
the right Of appeal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08

REV. F. A. HORTON, pastor of the
Case Avenue Presbyterian Church,
has q :cepted a call to the pastorate of
the Presbyterian Church in Oakland,
Cal fo"nia, of which Rev. Jas. EeIls,
fol ne er J of this city, was once pastor.
-lPIaiu Dealer.
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Row is the Time to Get Your
Q O A L.

Yellow Creek Bank in AtWater.
"AVING purchased the above Bank, am
IL now prepared to furnish first class aRti-
Gle of Lump Coal at two dollars per ton.
Parties coming from a distance, wanting coal,
need not he AFRAID of going away without IL.
y. A. WOLFORD.
AtwAtsr, August 1st, 1854, 7RS-sm
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THE BEST REMEDY
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Fred Carashan, Frank Carnehan. Paul D )ty
Ch!s Jewell, Arthur Poulston, Mary Beatty. Mel
Ii Cnnant. Sarah Curran, Hattie Dickinson, Het
tie Kelley, Bertha Peck, Cora Seymour, Hattie
smith Hattie TRiLt.
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HreIand,s Curse.

Sorry was the day for Ireland when
the potato was first introduced. It's
cultivation brought the first downward
step to that once well cultivated coun-
try, which exported wheat and was
full of the richness of the land. The
potato made Ireland lazy, influenced
the brain progress of its common peo-
pie by making the latter eXcitable and
unstable from want OF solid nourish-
mert, and lowered the whole status of
the nation. 1t is wonder that peo-
pie fed for one century on potatoes
could still show so much hardin ess, SO
much purpose, SO much firmness ii
the means taken to show these quail
ties are not always well chosen, that is
again the fault of the potato feeding.
People who live Oh potatoes may grow
fat on them, may be able to maintain
themselves on them, but can never be
endowed with that stability of living
which is the first quality to keep up
national position.-[ Food and Health.
DAISIES Now, a. days not to use
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drug store. 25 and so cents. For sale
by Bedding q Armstrong,
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diseases thal
lead 10 Con.
stIInI,tisn. In
sanity. and au
e1"ls grave OF
both NonrI
.rr how S!ia:
tere.i the SS6
tenn III X Y D.
tT'CHI cNcr>s,.
OF aDS Kind :,
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c CLASS.


Lincoln Clements. Harry Cotter, Robert Da,
Ru5o'ph G.cpplDger. Archie Smith, Lnt,ie Csrfa-
Jennie Evans, Leota HENSON, Mamie King, Miami
Mcbride, Anna Smith, Katie Smith, Carrie Ward
Etilc Willard, Lydia l. ,rd.
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Bescher ON FREQ Trade.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made a
speech before the Brooklyn Revenue
Club recently. The Plymouth pastor
said that protectionists were always
wanting protection to enable them to
compete with somebody in the produc-
tion of something. They could not be
satisfied with developing the great re-
sources that were at hand all around
them, but they wanted to compete
with something afar Off There Were
some protectionists who even proposed
to raise tropical fruits better and cheap
er here than the same fruits could be
raised in the tropics. In other words,
they proposed to compete with old
Sol's best work h~ raising fruit under
a glass -~, >. ..-y only had protec
ton. Mr.. Beecher said that if fore igu
ministers kept coming over to this
country to compete with the native
article, he should go in for high tariff
on ministers. Seriously, Mr.. Reecher
said, the question to be considered by
all intelligent and patriotic citizens
was whether under the false pretense
of tariff we should continue to pour
millions and millions of dollars into
the hand: of gigantic monopolies.
NEARLY 100000 pensioners are on
the rolls, and there are quarter of a
million more applicants, so the Secre-
t,ry of the Interior says. They have
cost nearly $4,000, ,OOO,0O so far, and
there are estimated to be over $780,
900, 900 arrears. If the pensioners keep
on increasing as they have done, the
country will need all the revenue it
can get to pay pensions with.
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