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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15

A Comstocker, writing from Eagle
City to the Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise,
says: 1.-The C9ur d'Alene liar is the
boss liar of the Western world.
Neither the Arizona liar, the Colorado
liar, the New Mexican liar, nor the
Nevada liar can stand before Cnur
d'Alene liar half round. He has a
cold, hard cheek of marble mule and
the eye of a basilisk. When he goes
for the poor pilgrim it is equal to a
stroke of paralysis. "
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
Sale of Real Estate.

Administrator's Sale of Real Estate.
TN pursuance OF an order OF the Probate ,o,,rt
L Of Portage COUNT, Ohio. will offer for sale
AT public auction, on
Saturday, the 18th day of May, 1884,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock M. and S o,c,ocL
p ID upon the premises. the following iescrih
ed real estate Situate in the Township of
Sufield. County of Portage and State of Ohio.
and Is known as being part Jf lot No. % and
is ut the center of suflield and consists of seveu
Village Lots; and also, one lot OF over three
acres. one lot of over four acres.
TERMS OF SALR:-One third in hand and hal
ance In six months from the day of sale with
interest. The payments to be secured hy mort.
gage upon the premises sold.
WILLIAM PAULUS
Admir- de bonis non Of Il. Warner, decd
April l9th, 1884, sI64W Ne@"'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
A Youthful Explorer.

A little slip of boy, apparently Is
years of age, with q pleasant smile and
intelligent blue eyes, standing a little
more than five feet high, and with a
chin tapering off to a point, and con-
trasting strongly with the broad jaw
behind-that is Mr.. johnson, the chief
authority on the Congo, and the latest
of African travellers. In reality he is
25, but he talks as if he were 50. When
he started the other day en- route for
Zanzibar and the Kilimanjaro noun
tain, one of the most remarkable young
men of our day betook himself to the
dark continent. Since Gordon left
England we have met few more inter-
esting individuals than Mr.. johnson,
but no contrast can be more strongly
marked than is presented by these two
men-the encouragement of the Sou
dan and the author of 1.-The River Con-
go" The one is to the other what
Cromwell is TO Darwin. In their own
way they represent the two great forces
of religion and science. Gordon full
of intense and enthusiastic belief in the
unseen, constantly regarding himself
and all his fellowmen but as passive
instruments in the hands of an Al
mighty Power, yet ever glowing with
fcryid philanthropy; Johnston, cool.
calm, full of intelligence, and though
not without some of the enthusiasm in
separable from youth. yet looking out
upon the world and all things therein
as a great laboratory in which nature
ruthlessly pursues those murderouS ex-
periments which results in the survival
of the fttest. ''Mercy for the weak, y"
he will say, looking mildly out of his
blue eyes, mature has none; the weak
must perish. The progress of the race
demands the elimination of the weak.
The future belongs to the strong" "
That principle he carries out logically
to it's extreme consequences.
In all his conversations and OBJ
servations about the politics and the
travelled so much, you feel that he is,
in the true sense of the word, agnostic,
not merely in relation to the world, in
meditating on which Gordon spends his
life, but also to all conventional moral
| itv. He is q man emancipated in the
nihilist sense of the word, sans culOtte,
and yet so mild or placid or amiable
that it is only with an effort that you
can realize the full significance of some
| of his remarks. A fine aboriginal pa
gan, whose ideal of life and conduct is
as catholic rs that of nature, that is the
man whose book on the Congo is run
ming through the second edition, and
who has now gone to climb the highest
mountain peak in the whole of the AT
rican continent. The race of the fu-
ture," said he, ''will be somewhat Of
an olive tint, with more of African
blood in its veins than at present, but
it will have white brain. The old
continents are overcrowded; Africa will
yet be peopled with the swarming sur
plus of Europe and Asia. The pliable
organisms which can adapt themselves
to an altered environment will survive
those that cannot will perish. We may
not want the Congo nor the fertile
fields of Central Africa, but it will bC
needed for our children our children's
children, who will need the outlet
which we should take care is not barred
against them"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
TRAINS WESTWARD,

Trains Nos, 3, a. and % on Main Line and
Mahoning Division run daily, and between
Cleveland and Pittsburg daily. other trains
daily except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Coaches run as fol-
lows:
On Nos anc 2. between Chicago and Hor
nellsville, via Marion and Chicago Il Atlantic
Gallon. and between Hornellsville and New
York,
On Nos. 3 and IL between Cincinnati and New
York between Chicago, New York, Albany
and Boston. via Marion and Chi ago & Allan
tic Ry., mo sleeper between Albany and Bost ton
Coach between Chicago and New York. via
Mansfield and Z. F. w. & q. Ry., (E. & Z. Line)
On Nos. and 5. New Fast rrains) between
Cleveland and New York, and Pullman Draw
ing Room Buffet Sleeping and Hotel Coaches
between St. Louis and New York in connection
with .. u Nj. KY.
CONNECTIONS:-At Cincinnati with roads
Ry.: at Mansfield with the p. f. w. & G. Ky.
at Creston with Wheeling & Lake Erie L. il ;
at Leavittsburg, with Mahoning Division OF
n. Y z. Il %. X L.. for Cleveland youngstown
and Pittsburg and local points; at Cleaveland
with roads divergng; at Shenango with S. &
at Cory, with U. n. Y. h Z. K, and Penna
10 ;at jamestown with L. Il S. W, for Buffalo
and Niagara Falls; at Salamanca with n. Y.
l.. f. Il W. Il. r. and Il. II p Il. K.
Horsepower" allowed upon local tickets
A. f, CLARK,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
CLEvELAND,O.
j. M FERRIS,
General Superintendent
Gle VELAND. o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
NOTICE.

NOTICE.-The undersi gned has been duly
IN appointed and qualified rs EXecutrix of the
estate of Martin Englehart. deceased, late of
Kayenna Township. Portage County. Ohio.
MARY j. ENGLEHART.
Ravenna. April 18th, 1884. sl6
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
A Great Talker.

Matthias Mergridge, of Union settle
ment, Wayne county, Pa. celebrated
his Seth birthday in the same house that
he had lived in for sixty-four years. He
is possessed of a wonderful voice. as
well as remarkable flow of language.
He used to take great delight in exhib-
iting his vocal powers. One OF his feats
was to stand on the top OF hill in the
valley and deliver speech of an hour
in length that could be distinctly heard
in the two villages, one three miles
south of the hill and the other the same
distance northeast. He called on Hor-
ace Greeley once and talked a straight
streak for two hours, not even stopping
long enough to spit. On taking his
departure he said he would drop in
again when he would have time enough
to talk little while. He got started
in a hotel at Honesdale once and talked
continuously for twenty-seven hours.
Notwithstanding he had been offered
$40 TO stop at the end of the eleventh
hOur
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
LEGAL NOTICE.

A RCiiIE MILLER who resides in buffalo,
"A New York, will take notice that Enoch
Morgan, Executor OF estate OF Jacob Hartle-
rhode. did on the 29th day OF December 1889,
file his petition in the Common Pleas Court OF
Portage County, Ohio, against him and Others
setting forth that as such Executor he holds
certain personal property for distribution un-
der the will of said Jacob Harllerhode and
praying Tor an order of distribution of same,
he said Archie Miller being u legatee, and for
construction of said will and equitable relief
said Archie Miller is required TO answer said
petition on or before May 5rd 1894.
ENOCH MORGAN, EXT.
by l. I. SIDDALL. Atty. XII CIV
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15

Lord Coleridge is delghting his En-
glish friends with stories of his Ameri-
can visit, and among them was this:
He was at Mount Vernon with MIR. Ev-
arts, and. talking about Washington,
said: 81 have heard that he was a very
strong man physically, and that, stand
ing on the lawn here, he could throw q
dollar right across the river on the 9TH
er bank" Mr.. Evarts paused mo-
ment to measure the distance with his
eye. 1t seemed rather tall" story,
but it was not for him to belittle the
Father of his Country in the eyes of q
foreigner. Don't you believe itP"
asked Lord Coleridge. eyes" Mr. Ev-
arts replied. Il think it very likely to
be true. You know dollar would 90
farther in those days than it will now"
NeaO York Tribune. --------->
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
Bucklen's Arnica SalVc.

The BEST SALVE in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum
fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by G. 2. Reed, Ravenna
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15

Heralas also cx.CO nm ma ion.
eF sE Excise, New York
Csty, IS Ann ST.. Says:
DIR. N. NJ. FENNER, Frcdonia N. Y-Dear
Sir-I have been great sufferer from Bilious
ness, Nervous Irritation and Dysp psia for
years. My friend Hon. Ii. Lake. OF the
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your Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic
By the of two bottles have realized a COM
plete restoration to health 1 look upon it as
the greate-t remedy of the age. and upon you.
as the compounder OF the same, as a public ben
eIactoI."
FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
New York Tribune. New York.
DIR, NJ. NJ. FENNER, Fredonia, N. Y.-De.r
Sir:-Please Send me two more bottles of yOur
Blood ami Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. NJ,
vile has been taking it and it has done her
good.
Yours truly. c. A. TRACY.
Completely and entirely cleanses the
blood, relieves Billiousness, Constipa-
ton and headaches; cleans out and
heals the entire stomach and bowels !;
breaks up and cures Agues and form
ing Fevers; cures pimples, skin erup-
tiOns and skin diseases removes bad
breath is an antidOte for the Blues {;
sootLes, strengthens, and heals Weak
and Irritated Nerves, producing good
rest at night; and completely reno
Yates and restores disordered system
whether the disorder be slight or
grave.
DIR. FENNER'S KIDNEY AND
BACKACHE r RE-FOr all diseases
of the kidneys, bladder, urinary pas
sages. backache, dropsy, female weak
nesses, nervous debility, heart disease,
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tered in the diseases named. Get of
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edies are Used all Over the World"
For sale in Ravenna by
784 l.. P. SEYMOUR.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15

.'Yes," she said, MARY came near
being an old maid. You see. her faith
err was Governor, her brother a Col
onel, and her brother-in-law a scien-
tist of note. Being of such n distin-
guished family, she had to be very par
ticular who she married, and she came
billing near not getting anybody"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-15
LEGAL NOTICE.

Wy III. DURKEE W no res ides somewhere in
w the State of Indiana. the precise place
in said State being unknown, will take notice
that Silas E. Hank and Mary j. Hanks did on
the 2lst day Of April. 1884. file their petition
against him and Others in the Common Pleas
that they are'in possession and seized in ice
simple of tra"t of land sitI ated in Shalersyile
Township Portage County. Ohio, and known
rs the south part OF lot No 39.containlng about
10 acres of land, AMI that sad defendants claim
some interest therein. which is a cloud upon
their title and praying that they IN ~ be quiet
ed in their title. that The cloud may be removed
and for equitable Iel.f Said defendant is re-
qnired to answer said petition on or before June
14th. 1884,
SILASE HANKS.
MARY THANKS
By l. T. SIrDALL Atty. s17.6w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10

About sixty million copies of TIE SUN have
gone out OF our establishment during the past
twelve months.
III you were to paste end to end all the col
ums of all The SUNS printed and sold last
year you would get q continuous strip OF In
formation, common sense WISDOM SOUND doc
trine, and sane wit long enough to reach
from Printing House square to the top OF
Mount Copernicus in the moon, then back TO
Printing House square, and then three quar-
ters of the way back to the moon again.
But THE Sun Is written for the inha bitants
of the earth; this same strip of Intelligence
would girdle the globe twenty seven or twen-
ty.eight times.
II every buyer of copy of THE Sun during
the past year has spent only one hour over 1t,
and il his wife or his grandfather has spent
another hour, this newspaper in 1888 has af-
forded the human race thirteen thousand
years Of steady reading, night and day.
1t Is only by little calculations like these
that YOU can form any idea of the circulation
OF the most popular of American newspapers,
or of its influence on the opinions and actions
of American men and women.
THE sun Is, and will continue to be, news
paper which tells the truth without fear of
consequences, which gets at the facts no mat
sents the news of all the world without waste
of words and in the most readable shape,
which is working with all it's heart for the
cause of honest government, and which there
tore believes that the Republican party must
60. and must go in this coming year of our
Lord, 1884.
II YOU know THE Sun. you like it already,
and you will read 1t with accustomed dill
gence and profit during what Is sure to be
She most interesting year in its history. Ii
YOU do not vet know THE Sun, IL Is high time
to get into the sunshine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10

N - n week made at home by the In.
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Augusta, Maine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10
Terms to Mail Subscribers.

The several editions of THE Sun are sent
by mail, postpaid, as follows:
DAILY-50 cents month, S6 year; with
Sunday edition, 81.
SUNDAY-Eight pages. This edition fur
nishes the current news of the world,
special articles of exceptional interest to
everybody, and literary reviews of new
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WEEKLY-s1 year. Eight pages OF the
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THE SUN.N.Y.ty. Ell,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

A good many politicians IA well ~ great
many newspapers arc seriously exercised,
jus! at present, about the surplus revenue
and arc busily devising ways and means fos
its reduction. 1t strikes us that the people,
by voting the democratic party into' power,
have adopted tho most natural, speedy and
effective means 10 accomplish that result,
If the history of the democratic party in the
past III any criterion by which to judge of its
future acts aud policy, the surplus will be
reduced rapidly enough to satisfy the most
ardent revenue reforlner. IL is not at all
probable that an overiowing treasury will be
one of tho elements entering into the next
presidential contest. Democratic political
doctors have always believed in and prac-
tioed financial phlebotomy when the govern
ment has been under their cure. True, they
have heretofore nearly killed their patient,
but there is no reason to believe they have
reformed their practice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

In its issue of November cath the Detroit
Free Pres, criticising certain statements
made by the Ncso York Tribune concerning
OK Senator Baldwin, uses the following Ian.
guage: Moreover, it evidently misre ports
him, because it makes him set down 'the
closeness of the vote in Michigan 30 the ac-
ton of the prohibitionists;' whereas Blaine's
plurality was $1,000 less than Garfelds,
while the prohibition vote was only 10000,
leaving 10000 votes still to be accounted
for" In making the foregoing statement
the FTee Press literally kept near TO the
truth, but, nevertheless, told substantial
falsehood with evident intent to deceive its
readers, thing that is quite characteristic
of that journal when il is speaking of polit-
ical matters. In point of fact Garield's
plurality in 1880 was $3.50 which, in round
numbers, Is 10000 greater than Mr.. Blaine's
plurality at the recent election. But the
plurality of 1880 is the plurality of the re-
publican vote over tho democratic vote only,
the figures for that year being Garfield 1885,
100, Hancock 1Sl, 3O1, Weaver 34,s96.
This year the democratic and greenback
vote was combined against the republican
vote, and in making a comparison intended,
not for deception but for truth, Rancock's
and Weaver's votes should be combined,
making 166,196, which makes the republican
plurality, when estimated on similar basis
as in the present year, only 1894, instead
of $3.50, leaving Mr.. BIaine's plurality
about 5000 less than Garfield's instead of
10000 less as stated 10y the Free Press.
However, it may be unjust and unkind to
criticise, for when the Free Press only gets
$4,000 votes from the truth it is fairly en-
titled 10 credit mark. instead OF criticism.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

Detroit u AL tored up over the Moody
meetings held In that city. Judging
from the number of murders and other
crimes committed there, considerable room
exists for reformation, and it is TO be hoped
that Moody, the salvation army and the To-
cal preachers may accomplish some good
We would suggest that special services be
held for the benefit of the democratic board
of canvassers recently in session in tina!
city. They are not beyond the pale of hope
for there is at least one notable instance ON
record where thief went direct to paradise
Should such meeting meet with success, q
trial of the same thing in Chicago might be
appropriate. There tho democrats have
stolen the state Legislature in order to per-
petrats tho theft of u. S. senator. II will
require all Mr.. Moody's powers TO regene-
rate tho political heart of the democracy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27
The Natsonal f&Oun-Eitrhen.

Washington is now the Mecca of the faith
full. Toward it are turning the eyes of those
who for 80 many years have wandered in the
wilderness, and who have hungered and
thirsted for the honey and milk of the prom
ised land. 1t il reported in Washington,
and believed, that from every portion OF the
south tho movement toward Washington has
commenced; those who arc q little lame are
starting first, 80 a. to DO sure to make this
point during the winter, or before the ides
of March. The hum of the advancing hosts
can be heard along the Flo Grande, across
the prsiries of Texas, and through the ever
glades of Florida. Nor is this race limited
TO the rice and cotton states. The other
states have heard that there is to DO a change
and some Of the fossiliferous remnants of
the pre-republican age are quickening to
life, and are feeling drawn 10y an invisible,
potent influence IA is the shrunken plant in
the early springtime. They are insensibly
beginning 10 reach toward the national cap
ital, as the long -entombed root pushes its
plumules in the direction of heat and light.
How rank will DO the growth which will be
stimulated into existence by the sun of
Cleveland Out-of-the-way places which, for
many years, have grown only stunted pro-
ducts, all the soil long since exhausted by
III unNafymS bucCefbiOu VI ueluoCratlC crops,
will become refertilized under the new me-
neurological conditions of the political at
mosphere, and will be burdened with the
richness of It's growths.
Only think of 1t! A people fond of shell
ter who have been quarter of q century out
In the cold. And such cold, too; . cold
against whose rigors no republican would
ever extend the slightest shelter. No shiv-
ering democrat, during all this hyperborean
period, has been permitted to come ia and
sit down by tho fireplace and get warm.
Such fare "a he has seen has been that which
be could get glimpse Of through crack in
the republican door. He has stood sll these
years out in the snow, the storm, the freez-
ing wind, and has seen the flashing of the
rudy fame within, and has been enveloped
in odors of rich cooking, has heard the gurg-
Gngs Of bottles, and, although freezing,
starving, dying from thirst, he has never
once been invited to the fare, non has there
been handed him scrap OF broken victuals,
or even the rinsings of glass which once
held old Bourbon.
In view of ell these various presentations
OK the situation, ii is not at all to he wonder
Ell at that Washington u becoming n center
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

The rocks and breakers that will menace
with the greatest danger the voyage of the
isooning administration. are contained III
the meaning of the two words Solid South
No man has greater cause to pray fervently
fOr she quick vsnishment Of that soldity than
Grover Cleveland
Democrats sheer at all mention of the
"Sosd South" and call it republican bosh
and nonsense. The foregoing quotation,
however, IL not from 8 republican source but
~ an extract from q democratic editorial
psbiished in the Chicago Tiaes of Nov. Is.
We commeud it ID the consideration OF our
asfaewaic friends.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

In the school boys bright lexscon the
three Rs stand for reading, 'riting and
'rIthmetic," bat bigot Burchard perverted
them from their primitive signifcation and
applied them to "runn, Romanism and re-
beilion," thereby changing the administra-
ton of the government and the history of
this great Nation. Ii is not often given TO
an insignificant person. or parson, like
Bnrchard, 10 work such great results.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

me democratic returning board OF Wayne
essnty have evidently studied we'll the ex.
nnples set 10y their southern brethren
Their steal of the county authorship would
do credit TO any democratic returning board
tia. ever convened in the southern states
and. had IL not been that their leader, Don
M. Dickinson, appeared on the scene and
told them that such high handed frauds
would not be tolerated by tho people OF
Michigan, they would have counted in other
desccrsts whom the people had rejected O,
taso polls. What they tried and wanted &c
Dc was to steal the legislature of the state.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27

Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hendricks do not
secn TO be inclined TO work together with
any very great degree of harmony. Ton
seems to have en- idea that if he ia not to b
bsss he ia to have q good deal to cay about
how things should be managed, while Grover
appears 10 think he is the man upon whom
via rest the responsibility for the SUCCESS oil
failure of the incoming administration, and
is inclined to insugurate his own plans re
gardiess as 10 whether T. A. is pleased OF
disrsessed. All good citizens hope that Mr.
Cleveland VIII give the country good sd
ninistration, and in any differences that
may arise between himself and the heir ap-
parent republicans viii generally sympa-
thise with Mr.. Cleveland, as they believe him
10 be better man than hr. Hendncks.