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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
addressing the President as His Ex-

the President as His Ex-
cellency."
FRED. DOUGLASS AND HIS BRIDE.
There are quietru mors floating about
in the city that Fred. Douglass is hav-
ing an unpleasant honeymoon. Mr..
Douglass is the father of daughter
but few years the Junior of his new
wife, and it is said the daughter will
not be reconciled in having a white
step mother. Miss Douglass is employ
ed in her fathers office, Mr.. Douglass
being recorder of deeds for Washing
ton. What termination the affair will
have it is hard to tell.
SENSATION IN REAL ESTATE CIRCLES.
Hon. Lorin Blodget Of Philadelphia
made things lively among real estate
owners in this city last Tuesday by
filing a suit for the possession of nearly
the whole of the northern portion of
Washington. Mr.. Blodget is the trus-
tee of the late Samuel Blodget of this
city, who came here from Boston,
where he was an East India merchant
in 1871, and paid $500, 900 in solid sill
yer for about five hundred acres of land
known as the Jamaica tract, the
greater portion of which was and now
is included within the limits of the
city of Washington. There are over
seventy five blocks or squares of pri-
vate residences now on this tract, for
which possession is sought. The ground
was given to our Government in trust,
the conditions being that it should" be
devoted to the purposes of founding a
capital city before 1901. The violation
of this condition is the ground of suit,
and among the defendants are General
Grant, w. w. Corcoran, Senator Don
Cameron, ex-Postmaster General Cres
we'll, and many other prominent and
wealthy men who own expensive res
licences and rental property on the
disputed tract. The case will be hotly
contested, but Mr.. Corcoran laughs al
| the whole affair and calls it a black
mail scheme"
GEN. F1Tz JOHN PORTER INDICATED.
The House of Representatives at least
of the Forty Eighth Congress, have
removed the stigma that has been rest
ing upon his name for twenty OIL 9
wears. After an exhaustive debate OH
both sides of the question, the House
| finally reached vote late Friday
night, and when the roll had been
called it revealed the passage of the
bill re instating General Porter by 1S4
yeas to IS nays, nine votes over two
thirds majority. An analysis of the
vote disclOses the fact that nearly all
the Southern members are included
in the majority. very few Democrats
voting against il.
| General Porter is much elated over
the result in the House, and has been
in personal attendance whenever his
case was called up. When the result
of the vote was announced the Gener.
al's feelings gave way in tears of joy
and many were the hearty cOngratula
tions rendered the old war veteran
The bill must yet pass the Senate.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
Hard Times.

These are hard times. No one can
dispute the fact with any show of rea-
son. The present state of affairs give
our Republican friends great uneasl-
ness. They have told us that protec-
ton would give full employment and
high wages to laborers. What have
they to say now? The highest pro-
tected industries, coal. iron, wool,
woolens and cottons, are the most de-
pressed. We have been told that the
protection of these things would make
a home market for the farmers at good
prices. But wheat is only 50 cents at
Chicago, although these things have a
protection of from As to $50 per cent.
The tariff on wool was reduced for the
benefit of the manufacturer, but both
the wool grower and wool manufactur-
er are suffering. There is something
wrong. One thing is certain. Protec-
ton is not the balm for all our ills.
Our opinion is, that high protection
over stimulates industries and does
positive harm, especially to the wage
man. If the supply ever gets greater
than the demand, then there must fol-
low lull in that branch of business,
and poor men are thrown out of en-
ployment. If we had tariff for rev.
enue only, the Republicans would
charge the hard times to that. But we
have high protective tariff, nearly as
high as in war times, and still we are
overtaken with a depression of our
industries, and thousands of our busi-
ness men are falling. It is good sea-
son for our people to study this ques-
ton of revenue reform. Republicans
will never be able to scare the Ameri-
can people again like they did in 1880
over the tariff question. The people
see, especially the laborers, that high
protection means millions to their EN-
ployers, but starvation wages to them.
Give our industries fair and reasona.
BILE. protection, but be careful not to
foster monopolies.-[Ohio Patriot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
The Ceuntry's Call for Relief.

The Democratic House of Represent
atives came in when all the trades and
industries OF the country were OH the
downward grade. Railroad properties
b ave been declining for a whole year,
and it is estimated that the aggregate
fall in values of these is more than
thousand millions. These losses had
spread pail over other investments.
A general loss of confidence is felt.
Manufacturers have been complaining
of decreasing market and over-pro-
duction for as much as year. Iron,
woolen and cotton mills had been cut
ting down production, reducing wages
and shutting up, turning a multitude
of workmen out of employment. All
this had come about under the Repub-
licanadministration, Republican finan-
cial and currency measures, Republi-
can regulations of commerce and ship
ping, and the Republican protective
tariff, which all admit 10 be extremely
high. 1t is now proved that the at
to reduce the tariff failed to reduce and
it even increased some of the highest
protective duties. Even its reduction
of the duty on wool failed to save the
high protected wooden manufacturers
from the general depression. The
paralysis is wholly Republican, and
has come to pass under a protective
and financial system, which the Re-
publicans claimed would be a sure
protection of the country against such
condition. The Democrats find the
business of the country Frustrated un-
der Republican management. The
Republican system has failed signally
and disastrously to protect the country
from that which it promised to pro-
tect from-once in 1878, followed by
five years of depression; and again in
1888. The Democrats can enter on the
work of tariff reform after this demon
stration that the extreme protective
system was broken down. If such
prostration had taken place under a
moderate tariff, or tariff for revenue.
the Republicans would have charged
it to inadequate protection. If under
a Democratic administration, they
would hvye charged it to that. It has
taken place under the Republican ad.
minis tration. 1t has proved that the
taxing of the laborer's consumption
to the highest point is not the way tC
protect him. 1t is call on the Dem.
ocratic party for relief from general
depression of industry and trade
which the Republican system has
brought upon the country.-lE Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

THE Rev. L. II. Pearce, of Balti.
more, has been preaching against the
divorce abomination. Divorces, he
says, are now granted upon pleas that
were formerly deemed insufficient and
the land is filled with the wrecks of
hundreds of families. He gives sta
tistics. In the state of Maine the num-
ber of divorces to the number of mar
riages stands as to 10, in Vermont as
to 4, Rhode Island to l3, Massachu-
sets to 20, Ohio l to IS, in the city
of Chicago l to 10. In the Western
Reserve -four counties of Ohio it is as
to IL in Ashtabula county to s, in
Lake county to Z; in the entire coun.
try to IA. There were last year Is, 900
divorces in the United States. There
is no doubt that statistics bear out Mr.
Pearce's proposition that "divorce is
becoming a moral disease"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
GiYAn AWAY.

We cannot help noticing the liberal
offer made to all invalids and sufferers
by DIR. Kings New Discovery for Can.
sumption. You are requested to call
at 6. p. Reeds Drug Store and get a
trial bottle free Of cost. if you are suffer-
ing with consumption, severe coughs,
colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever,
loss of voice, hoarseness, or any attec.
ton of the throat or lungs. 1t will
positively cure you. 6b
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

THE protected manufacturers through
stagnation in business resulting from
overproducing, and as might be ex-
pect d, their employees are to :suffers a
reduction of wages. The workingmen
have to pay for it every time, and if
they object, are told that the "pauper
labor" of England is ready to come at
any moments notice. The working
mems wages will be all right, howev-
er, Just before the elections next Fall
dayton Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
Our Present blessings.

Our blessings are not appreciated
until we are deprived of them. Most
notable among them is health, the
lack of which magnifies our other bur
dens. A hacking cough, a severe cold,
or any throat or lung disease is very
troublesome; but all these may be
quickly and permanently removed by
DR.. Bigelow's Positive Cure. Trial
bottles free, of Belding & Armstrong. ]
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

THE Texas Legislature has con-
pleted the week of its extra session, in
the matter of fence cutting. The of
fense has been made felony and the
enclosure of the property of small land
owners in large pastures is prohibited
"a prohibition which will protect one
class of fence-cutters in their rights
and make them abiding citizens.
The other class of fence-cutters-th
moved by spirit of lawlessness and
Communism-are turned over to the
Governor, who is provided with $780,
coo to use in their suppression.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
WORTHY of Praise

AS rule we do not recommend
Patent Medicines, but when we know
OF one that really is public benefactor,
and does positively cure, then we con-
slder 1t our duty to impart that inform
atomic all. Electric Bitters are truly
most valuable medicine, and will
surely cure Biliiousness, Fever and
Ague, Stomach, Liver and Kidney
Complaints, even when all other rem
edies fail. We know whereof we speak
and can freely recommend them to ALL
/ Elk. Sold at fifty cents bottle, by
OI. r. 5RGe0. 6h
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

The expenses incident to the in
auguratiOn of Governor Hoadly were
only $9S.99. Heretofore it has
cost the State to inaugurate a Cover
nor from $1,000 to $1,000. This is a
step taken towards a return to the
good old Democratic practices, which
will he appreciated by the people.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

The English aristocracy already
own about q 100000 acres of the
lands of this country, and are each
year adding to their possessions. 1t
would seem that they are trying to
acquire with gold what they have
twice failed to obtain by force of
arms.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
DR.. FrazIer's Root BItters.

Frazier's Root Bitters are not dram
shop beverage, but are strictly medici-
nal in every sense. They act strongly
upon the Liver and Kidneys, keep the
bowels open and regular. make the
weak strong, heal the lungs, build up
the nerves, and cleanse the blood and
system of every impurity. Sold by
H. Waterman. $1.OO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

At o o'clock this "wednesday morn
ing the Ohio river at Cincinnati had
reached the unprecedented height of
80 feet and inches. and the waters
were still rising. The highest point
reached by the water last year was sc
feet and 4 inches.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
DR.. Erazier'S NJ oic Ointm g Mt

A sure cure for Little Grubs in the
skin, rough skin, etc. 1t will remove
that roughness from the hands and
face and make you beautiful. Price
soc. Sent by mail. For sale by II.
Waterman.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

There are 100000 men in the
trades unions of the United States
They have three daily Zone English
and two Germany papers, sixty five
weeklies, and twenty-five monthlies.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

The fire was put In the furnace of
the Diamond Glass Works last week
Wednesday, and it is expected that
work will be resumed week from
today.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14
Products and Manu-.
EAGIMreS.

The foreign exports of the United
total of $S04, 100000, and the balance
of trade in our favor was 100,000,000 as
against $4,000, 900 the preceding year,
showing handsome gain. When we
look into the character of these $780,
600, 900 of exports we see the pre-emi-
nence of agriculture as the chief ele-
ment of our foreign commerce. The
following table tells the story:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

A gold excitement has broken out
at Ishpaming, in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan, and rush is anticipated
to that quarter when Spring opens.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

More than $4,000 people have been
rendered temporily homeless by the
late floods, and over $lO,OO0,OO0 of
property destroyed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

Congress has passed bill appropri-
ating $500, 900 for the relief of the suf
ferers by the floods of the Ohio Valley.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

THUS far 1884 has been as prolific of
disaster as the year that preceded it.
while the business outlook is far from
encouraging. The numerous fires
shipwrecks, disastrous storms and
floods have contributed to make it
memorable for all that is disastrous
and calamitous.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

TIE new apportionment bill became
a law ON Thursdav
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-14

THE tariff bill reported by Mr.. Nor
rison, of the Ways and Means Com
mittee provides for reduction of 20
per cent. in duties, as recommended bv
the Republican Tariff Commission last
year. Certainly no Republican ought
to object to that.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The kindergarten system 10 soon to
be introduced into all the public schools
of Toronto.
President McCosh, of Princeton,
promises to make that institution to the
Middle States all that Yale and Harvard
are to New England.
1t is found that there are now over,
5000, 900 scholars of both sexes in the
schools of Italy. This is the ninth part
of the whole population of the kingdom.
Rev. T. r. Geda, who has organ
lied ilourishing church among the
colored people at Greenville, Conn,
was, five years ago, New York hotel
waiter. "A. Y. Times.
Henry Ward Beecher believes that
there will be q million of people in
Brooklyn within five years. He says it
is getting behind in the matter of
churches, and must greatly arouse it.
self if it fulflls its mission.
South Carolina increased her school
attendance last year 27.000 pupils.
Twenty per cent. of white and forty
five per cent. of colored children are
still outside the school-houses of the
State.-M o. journal Of Education.
MIR. Paul Tulane's most recent gift
to the Tulane University, of New Or
leans, consists of stocks and bonds of
face value of S260,000, but whose mar
ket value is much greater. They will
yield an income Of Sl9,500 year. His
total gifts amount to more than
81, 200, 900.
"A writer in the Boston advertiser
complains that teachers in that State
are frequently removed without Just
cause, and he calls for the abrogation
of the practice of electing teachers for
single year. "Let this annual hQ,
initiation" he says, "this crtpplinG
anxiety and this liability of keen and
cruel injustice, cease Let ties cheers be
elected to serve during efficiency and
good behavior. Let us have no posi-
bility of this worse than Greek ostracism
in Massachusetts.
There are three hundred and thirty
colleges and universities in the United
| States, of which only twenty four have
more than two hundred students, and
only seventeen have more than twenty
teachers. A large number of these
colleges furnish no better an education
than can be obtained in high school
o. the first class. One university"
in this country has three professors and
twelve students, and another has two
professors and eighteen students. These
professors can take the college home
with them at night and thus prevent it
from getting into mischief. N. Y.
| Tribune
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03

"WEy doesn't she put stop TO its"
because she can't" replied Ma
belle; "Mr. Fordyce is quite the mas
ter.n
She struggled to suppress n convul-
sive smile, but looking up, and catching
Ora 3e's eve, it would out. Grace burst
into peal OF laughter, in which Mabelle
joined.
"In other words, your sister has
overreached herse f, and has to submit
to Mr.. Fordyce, instead of his submit
ting to her, as she intended. You will
excuse my saying. Mabelle, that 1 am
very glad to hear it."
Mabelle smiled rather family, and at
this moment the sound of bell warned
them that tea was ready at the farm;
and, accompanied by DR.. Johns n,
thoughtfully pacing before them, they
repaired to that meal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03
Il PAUSE BY THE WAY.

A man. stand upon the spot
Where when a boy, PLAYED,
And gaze upon the changed scene
winch passing years have made.
On. sweet, sweet time, what pain
IL ne'er will come again.
What though think OF name attained,
Ot wealth ana fame achieved,
And ask myself: Have | not won
More than my hopes believed2"
Oh, sweet, sweet time, what pain
1t ne er will come again.
All. vain, how vain! the heart will know
No joys like those of youth:
And name and fame can ne'er restore
The soul once VIII te with truth.
Ga, sweet, sweet time. what pain
IL ne er will come again.
bond visions of those other days
Into my memory roll,
And all their wealth of hope and love
Pour full across my soul.
p oh, sweet, sweet time what pain
1t ne'er will come again.
All, could be boy once more
Beneath these azure skies,
Where first my infant feet were set
And all my treasure liosl
oh, sweet, sweet time, what pain
1t ne er will come again.
O, hopes and loves that have their graves
In far-olf happy years.
My heart is sad and bows itself
Above your mounds in tearsl
Oh. sweet, sweet time. what pain
1t ne err will come again.
john c. Hduis, IN Chicago Current.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03
Beans.

1t will be a shock to Bostoniaus to
learn that beans are not vegetable.
This important fact has been estab-
lished by decision of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, who, by long study of
the tariff, has become an expert in bot
any as we'll as in dozen other sciences.
Some time ago Philadelphia firm
imported from Europe n quantity of
beans, upon which the Custom house
LEVIED duty of twenty per cent. adj
valorem. An appeal being made to the
e rotary of the Treasury, on the
ground that beans are seeds, it was re-
jected, and an elaborate opinion, show
ing the most determined hostility to
beans, was prepared by the department.
In this opinion the Secretary not only
denies that beans are seeds, ON the
ground that they are eaten, but he goes
further and denies that beans are
vegetable. A seed. according to the
Secretary, is something FUSED either
Now the beans imported by the appel
lants were designed primarily to be
eaten, and hence d d not come within
the Secretary's definitions of seeds
Again, the Secretary holds that beans
are not vegetables, since the bean is
distinc lively the seed of a vegetable
known as the bean plant. Inasmuch,
therefore, as the bean is neither veg7
etable nor seed, it deserves to be con-
demned to pay duty when brought into
this country, and accordingly the Secre-
tary decided that the duty of twenty
per cent. adj valorem, of which the APP
pellants complained, was justly and
properly imposed.
Now that we know that beans are
neither vegetable nor seeds, the ques-
ton naturally arises, What are theyp
Are they Insects, or minerals, or works
of art, or foreign books? The Phila7
dclphia importers might have claimed
that beans are phil, sophical writings
basing that ella m on the fact that ph,lo-
sophical writ ngs are greatly beloved
by Bostonians, and that the same de-
soription applies to beans. Or it mi hit
be possible to class b ans as Monday
lectures, on the ground that they tend
to produce collie and irritability. Or
they might be regarded as reptiles
since, like tn ties, they are often made
into soup. In ia t, an ingenious Secre-
tary might find dozen classes in any
one of which he might place beans, but
unfortunately, hs has done nothing Of
the kind.
Having simply decided that beans are
neither seeds nor vege ables, the Secre-
tary has lie us in state of complete
uncertainty as to what they are. In
these circumstances DEANS will become
more popular than ever with Boston
ians. snce they will assume vague in
| determinate character which will en-
dear them to all lovers OF philosophy.
On the other hand, no self respecting
man will think Of eating them, since he
will not care to lay him eli open to the
charge of eating he knows no. what. 1t
would, OF course, be blasphemous TO
call in question the accu acy OF the Sec
retary's decisi IN, but it must be con-
fessed tlat to find that beans are nei7
ther seeds nor We etablo5 rather startles
those who hitherto put con dence in the
assertion OF scientific people and mar
ket gardeners.-M. Y. Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03
FRO BE CONTINUED.

If razor, after being exposed to
the cold, be placed under a strong
magnifyng glass, it is said that the
edge would seem | Ike saw. Dipping
it in hot water throws the little parti'
Giles back into place and makes Il I,
edge smooth. -IHdi4naDOLtS Journal
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-07-03

Our poet is an inexhaustible source of
quotations for all sorts Of subjects and
occasions, says Mr.. Rolfe, in the Liter
airy World; and it is wonderful how pat
these excerpts often are, though used
in connections of which their author
would never have dreamed. A CORES
pondent in Columbus, Ohio, has sent
us capital illustration of this, in the
shape of an elegantly printed little SOU
venir of series of games played by the
Whist Club of that city. A few of the
passages will serve as samples of the
whole, and the point of each will be
clear to every whist player: Whatever
else shall hap tonight, give it an I'M
derstanding, but no tongue. Seal up
your lips, and give no words but mum !;
the business asketh silent secrecy. No
tongue! all eyes! be silent. Be assured
we come to use our hands and not our
tongues. am fain to shuttle. Who
leads? The most patient man in loss,
the most coolest that ever turned up
ace. Ihave been in continual practice !;
I shall win at the odds. Have 1 not
here the best cards for the game, to
win this easy match? One out of suits
with Fortune, and that could give more
but that her hand lacks means. Our
sport shall be to take what they mis-
take. I'll mark the play. Our fore
fathers had no other books but the
score and the tally,