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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-04-22
Colonel West, lO77

Bay Horse. foaled s74; bred by Lister With
erspoon, KY, by Sentinel (Record Q: 29sO. Sire
of Van Arnim. 2:19h; Annette, 2: as; VIVIAN
diere 2:2l1s; Yol ng Sentinel e.96; L. a . :s6
Grand Sentinel, ,2:s7t4; Mignon, 2:21k Capoul,
2:2S. Dam, Leah. by Woodford IA hIambrino.
st5 (Record. 2:211xy. Sire of Abbottsford 2:sh
MalnbrI Dudley, 2: 2o1a Convoy, 2:22A NJ a.
genta. PAX; Rachel. .: 26z; Lady 0cFat-
ridge. 2: 29; Dacia. 2:29}z Geo. A. Aver. 2: 80
anu grand-sire of Trinket. IA; Patron 8 yr,
old record. a:19h, &c. sc. 2d Dam. Maud,
Maid, 2: IA; Rosaland, 2 AK; Thorndals.2 ;22A
Mercer, 2:23H MAJ. Edsall, 2:29; Saint Elmo,
2: 80; Almont and Belmont. Sd Dam by Rob-
ert Bruce. 4th Dam by Muckle John. 5th Dam
by Trumpeter. eth Dam by Stamboul.
COLONEL WEST will make the Season of
1856 at the home of his owner. opposite the
New Fair Grounds. in Ravenna, except Fri
days and saturdays, when he will be at W ellis
Stable in Kent. at $i5 the Season, with the full
privilege of returning in case the mare proves
To be Without fOal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-04-22

In our allusion last week to an arti-
Gle in the Saturday Item, of CARROTS.
vile, we had no design to arouse the
ire of the able and amiable managers
of that brilliant little hebdomadal, but
it seems to have produced that effect
The young men are apparently thirst.
ing for our gore. We have now nc
ambition, if we ever had any, to flour.
ish in a personal controversy, and we
certainly have no desire to be inhu'
manly and catawampously chawed uI
at this time of life. Spare US.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-04-22
DR.. Fenner's Blood
oliver RemedyA
Nerve Tonic.
From the New York Tribune.

''NEw YORK TRIBUNE, New York.
"Dr. NJ. NJ. FENNER, FredoDfa, N. Y
DEAR SIR: Please send me two more bottles
OF your Blood and Liver R e mn edy and
Nerve Tonic My wife has been taking ID
and it has done her good. Yours truly.
&C A. TRACY"
WIN H. STEINER. member editorial staff. NY.
Herald. ex-Commissioner Excise, New York
City. ~ Ann st writes:
81 have been a great sufferer from Bilious
ness Nervousness. Dyspepsia and Constipation
for years: My friend, Hon. H. C. Lake, of the
New York Custom House. induced me to try
yo1r Blood and Liyer Remedy and
Nerve Tonic. By the use of two bottles
have realized a complete restora ton to health"
From Chicago.
Wholesale DryGOods House OFF Farwell&Co.
DIR NJ. M FENNEK, Fredonia. Y
DEAR SIR: took your Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic for a severe
BILIOUS attack. with perfect success.
J. NJ. PHELPS.
Removes all Impurities from the
Blood. Restores the Nervous System.
Regulates the Liver, Stomach and
Bowels.
For sale by Belding & Armstrong.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-04-22
The Payne investigation.

Ii
lower house of the Ohio Legislature TO
investigate the charges of bribery made
in connection with the election OF
Henry B. Payne to the United States
Senate, has made its report. Rather,
it has made two reports, for there is a
minority as well as majority report.
The majority report, signed by the
Republican members of the committee
appears in the form of a printed
pamphlet of twenty-seven pages, evil
IDENTIFY prepared with reference to its
use as Republican camp aign docu-
ment RAs report seriously made upon
a serious subject it is very weak, and
makes plainly manifest the animus
that inspired the investigation, the
real purpose for which it was conduct
ed and its utter failure in proving what
it set out to prove.
The investigation was caused, il
may be remembered, by Colonel Sim
Donavin publicly charging that sever.
al members of the last legislature, foul
of them being members of the present
ent legislature, took bribes in specified
amounts for voting for II. B. Payne in
the Democratic senatorial caucus
These were the charges. The com
mittee, after running down all the ru'
mors and newspaper sensations that il
could he ar of in the state, and accumu
lating a lot of idle stories about what
somebody heard that somebody else
said he heard somebody else say
reaches these conclusions:
l. That the charge against the foul
members has not been sustained.
2. That " suspicion and charges o
the employment of illegal means tt
secure the election of the successful
candidate for senator were very prev
alent" about the time of the senatorial
election.
8. That there were numerous re
markable changes among Democratic
members as to their choice for senate
difficult to account for without as
suming the use of unusual induce
ments."
4. There was 81 general prevalence
of the opinion that improper method
had been resorted to'' in the Demo
cratic caucus.
That is all. Nothing Is proved. TIL
committee, after casting its dragne
out all over the state, confesses tina
no facts were ELECTED proving tn
charges against the four members
But there was talk about bribery, ant
| somebody had suspicious" and
good many members changed thei
minds about the time the caucus met
and therefore the committee concludes
that there must have been something
wrong, although it could find nothing
1t therefore asks the United State
| Senate to sift the mass of slander, ru
NOR, idle gossip, newspaper lying, an,
fiat perjury all oyer again in the hop
that the Republican party may hav
campaign literature, if nothing else.
This is all. The report is weal
cOnfession of utter failure. The charge
are completely broken. down.-[Plail
Dealer,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
Epidemic of Mumps.

DIR. Troitski, who wrote an elaborate
paper on mumps two years ago. could
only find records Of twelve cpidcnics
in Russia. He, however, collected sta
tis,ics of no less than two hundred and
seven cpidcmics occurring in different
countries during the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, the greatest OF all
being that occurring in the army OF the
United States In 1862 aud 1868. com.
prising 2i,Gi5 cases, though, strictly
speaking, these were referable not to
one, but to several epidemlcs. The
other geat cpidcmics were that OF
1909, described by Hairless. In which
there were 800 cases; that Of 1887. de-
scribed by Leitzen. comprising 6ao
oases; snd Mangor's epidemic in III
and 17T2 Of 500 cases. Dr. Burtseff
now gves In the Vrach an account Of
in epllemic Of 'Pcripartitis". which
lasted from January 10 June, 1885, 10
.whi6h there were 26O cases,-M T.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
A CURIOUS STORY.
4 White Hsl,e Saves His Life by Reiatins
Fairy Tales to south Sea IAlaniers.

4 White Exile Saves His Life by Relating
Fairy Tales to south Sea Ilandsrs.
There Is q tale told OF q sea Captain
who. in a distant corner OF the South.
ern seas, visited m undiscovered or un.
explored group Of beautiful islands.
After landing and trading with the
gentle natives he was as,onislled by
the visit OF u white man. evidently o
person of means and consequence,
who. after making himself very agree.
able, implorcd the Captain to give him
q story.book, II he had such thing In
his possession. The Captain had. and,
deeply touched by the pigs and cocoa
nuts which the white exile had given
him. bestowed upon him copy OF the
"Arabian Nights Entertainments.
Overcome by the present. tho exile
burst into tears. and cried: "You
bavc saved my life, and given me rank
aud wealth." On explanation. he said:
~ should have long been eaten, but
while they were fattcning me l learned
enough Of their language to tell child
the story Of Little Red Riding.Hood'.
Tho child repeated It, and the Who'll.
population were mad with JOY. They
had never heard story before. From
that day became great and honored
man. When they had national fcs.
tival sat on top Of hill and thousands
wcpt (whilc some elderly relative was
being cooked for feast) at the cruel
death Of the grandmother as caused by
the wicked wolf. had with me . vol.
ume OF Fairy Tales, and I soon began
to set price on my performances.
Red Riding.Hood' Is rather worn;
only get hundred cocoanuts for her
now; but Cinderella Is still good for
four pigs and turtle, and Beauty and
tue Beast brings six or seven. accord
Ing to the quality. But with the 'Ara-
bian Nights shall bc able to 30 on
accumulating pork to the end Of my
characterization Union.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
THREE COMPOSERS.
Difference In thr Dispositions Of Aubsr.
spontini ami Bcrliok.


spOntini and Bcrliok.
Auhcr was sometimes surprised at
the grandeur oi his fame. He WAS
modcsiy itself, and it is rather anus.
inc 10 compare him To another cOmpos-
or, II contemporary ofhi', Spon'ini. who
at dress rehearsal OF one Of his operas
q believe il was "0lympiaO appear
cd at the dc>l; in grand cos,Hme, cov-
cred with all the decorations he was
favored with. Approaching his desk
slowly and mNjcstically. he elevated
the baton. fixed his eagle eyes on the
full orchestra and chorus, and spoke as
follows: "Gcn,lcmcn, the work which
we are going TO have the honor OF per-
forming is u masterpiece. Now then"
Aubcr seemed to be always providing
for rainy day. lie perpctnally
noted down motives. Then, when he
had IN opera to write, he took
his sketch books and there chose
among the thousands of notes what
he wanted. He used to say that tho
difficulty for him was not TO get mill
ions, but TO know properly how to
spend them or use them. So long rs
there is n question of musical notes,
that may be so, but il there should be
question of bank notes, it always
seems to me the case is the revorsc-a
much greater difficulty how to accu.
mula,e millions than TO spend thcm
1t Is clear that with so many operas
pouring in from his ever ready pen hc
occupied n great number Of singers,
and hc had always something soothing
to say, oven when hc was not particu-
larry pleased; for instance, of Ricquicr
who used to sing with downright
false intonation. he said: "l.icluier
sings between the keys Of the piano."
Berlioz did not use such kid gloves
when he had something to say against
singer. He wrote about Duprez,
whose perpetual ec!dts de roir broke at
last even his steel organ, although hc
had for thirteen years tyrannized over
tho opera without anybody daring to
say what everybody was limiting: "Du-
PREF shouts so that II hurts the chest
of the audience. "-7cmpIc Bar.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
of Philadelphia and chairman of tn,


OF Philadelphia and chairman of tho
committee that erected Independence
Hall. II is n singular and curious fact
that tho man who with his own hands
designed Independence Hall and at
tended To all the plans for its erection
was the same man who first, In any
land. laid down substantial legal
grounds in support Of the freedom OF
newspaper publications. I'm q careful
review Of Hamilton's career by the late
Judge Cadwalader. he says:
"The high opinion of him rests sole.
ly upon his argument in the Zcnger
libel case, which made great noise in
the world. The novelty in his day Of
his propositions aud Of tho reasonings
by which he supported them explains
the ill.naturcd criticisms that have
been made Of him. His propositions,
which were, strictly speaking. untcn-
able rs points of Anglo-Amerioan coll
onial law IN that day, nevertheless pre-
vailed with the jury. These PROPOSE
tions have since been engrafted per-
mancntly upon the political jurispru-
dencc of this continent. n that speech
to the jurors, which acquitted Zengcr,
had never been uttered. or had ii not
been reported, the trainers Of the Con.
sttution Of the several States might not
have been prepared for the adoption of
provisions like that of the declaration
OF rights in Pennsylvania, which is
that the printing presses shall be free
10 every person who undertakes to cx-
anime the proceedings of the Legisla-
turc or any branch of Government and
no law shall ever be made TO restrain
the rights thereof. The free commune
cation Of thoughts and opinions is one OF
the invaluable rights Of man and every
citizen may freely speak. write and
print on any subject, being responsible
for the abuse of that liberty. In prose-
cu,ions for the publications of papers
investigating the Official conduct Of of
liccrS or men in public capacity or
where the matter published Is proper
for public information the truth thereof
may be- given in evidence. and in all
indictments for libel the jury shall have
right to determine the law and the
facts under iha direction Of the court. '"
Hamilton urged three propositions.
One that tho jury had in prosecutions
for libcls the same right rs in other
prosecutions 10 determine the law rs
well as the facts. Another was that rs
the allcdgci libel concerned the official
conduct Of persons acting in public ca
pacitics the publication was jnstiiiablc
fthc statement. were true. Tho other
WAS that ,ruc or false, the limits of the fair
discussion Of subjects OF general public
interest had not been exceeded. Tho
two first propositions were innovations
in his day. No man hal ever pro-
scented them before. The ihr,l propo-
si,ion was 80 oil that i've only suggested
it, lest he shoullprciudicc his case, but
the lights OF aitcr.born wisdom have
since shown that he was right, and to-
day the principles that Bradford and
lllmilton struggled for arr everywhere
upheld. --HHddtipim Times.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
a GOOD STORY.
EI.rresiient Arthur Tells How lie Was
kidnapped At Marli.hcad.


Kidnapped At Marbishcad.
Ey.Prssidcnt Arthur tells the follow.
ing story: "It is not generally known
that I was kidnapped once, but tho
same IL true, nevertheless. In the sum.
mer Of 81 was taking trip in a Gov
crnment dispatch boat along tho coast.
when one morning we put into Marble.
head in order to visit Salem, the an.
cicnt home OF witchcraft. Our time
was limited, and We desired to escape
observation; but no sooner had We
landed than / was recognized. We
hurried into n carriage and proceeded
to Salem, but while in the museum OF
that city, which contains many souve-
Mrs Of the witches. | was accOstcd by
sal.saccd man with piercing black
eye, who had come, hc said, to ask
me to say few words to the people
Of Marblchead. I firmly but pleasantly
refused, on the ground Of pressing en-.
gngcmcnts, and was compelled to re-
peat my refusal at least three times be-
fore the sad.faccd man departed. On
the way back 10 the vessel my
carriage suddenly stopped, and tho
door was rudcly opened by the sad.
faced man, who again insisted that l
should speak to the people of Marble
head. Three times again positively
declined. One Of the naval officers
who was with me became very angry,
and slu. the door with slam. The
sad.faced man jumped upon the box
alongside the driver. and wo were
driven toward the wharf. Presently
the carriage stopped again, the sad.
faced man again opened the door. and
before I knew what to do found my
self literally borne along by the crowd
to the city hall and into large room
which was packed with the inhabitants.
Resistance was simply useless. / had
been taken right OF my feet. Yielding
TO necessity, said to the sad.faced
man; We'll, I will speak for five min.
utes IL you will let me go Five min.
u,cs it shall be- he replied. / worried
along rs well rs could. and at the end
Of 1t was allowed to go back to the YES.
sci. But | can never forget tho fact
that l was once kidnapped in Marble.
heed" "-.Harpcr's IHtekly
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11

-w,odcn telegraph poles 10 causds
are being replaced by poles Of metal.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
DISPLAY WEDDINGS.
Happy Marriages Fortunately Not j
pendent upon Outward show.

pendent upon Outward show.
A marriage ceremony may DO very
simple or very ostcntatious. Ono
clergyman aud two witnesses will suf'
fee. but .llcre are weddings at which
several ministers assist, and hundreds
OF guests are present.
Then there arc infinite shades OF va
riety in the matter OF bridesmaids,
groomsmcn. ushcrs, music and flowers.
There may be none of these accessories,
or all Of them. But the most pro-
nounced display Of music and flowers
that has como to our attention. was ai
q recent wedding where "ths bride was
preceded to the chancel by q hundred
choir-boys in white gowns, chanting
the Lohcngrin wedding march," and
where at the reception, instead OF hav-
ing but one marriagc.bcll Of roses,
they had four, suspended over the
heads Of the happy pair.
We should advise all possible show,
instead Of simplicity, at weddings, II
the happiness of the bride and groom
could thereby be assured. But fort
unately the outward surroundings OF
tho marriage ceremony have little In.
Hnence over the future OF those whom
It unites In wedlock, and love Is quite
as apt to be present at tho humblcst
nuptials as at the grandest Of weddings.
The rich enjoy no advantage over the
poor In this respect. No amount Of
display viii insure them happier mar.
s.igSs,-N y Ledger.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
HOW DREAMS COME TRUE.

She slipped q piece OF weddins'cake
Under the pillow upon her bed.
! wonder what I shall dream eboutr'
With happy sigh to herself sho said;
I wonder " ever u dream comes trurI''
q. busy thoughts, will you fly away
Niue nevor lid that cver knew"
hut that's no sign they won't some day.
"I hopo twin he nice" with pretty pout
Ana ltllo toss 81 n golden hoad,
Thon she Ll,w the winking candle out,
Aud sRid her prayers and went To bed.
Z" I never shall dream u lie awake'-
q, waking dreams, gc arc there. no doubt
but the last thought fades into drcslnlsnd'a Z
81 Iwonder-iuhom-I shrll-dream sbousy"
- .
"WhRt did you dream IN the canny spell
OF the woddln. cskef fond voice said
al-don't remember" q, red. red rosel
what have you done that you hang your
hcacp
Two little hands in strong, firm hold.
",rhen may ! tell NY dream to vau1'
A whisper. n shy voice, half sfla!d--
"Isn't IL funny how dreams conc true"
Marion Ninrde 10 ". L. lord.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

To find pie assure In flowers Is one
sign Of sweet disposition.
AS soon as q boy learns to whistle,
he feels that he has really begun to
live.
George w. Kclpin, boss painter,
died in Philadelphia recently Of starva.
ton. lie had refused to take food be-
cause he believed that he was bewitched
and that he had no stomach.
-Sitka has q newspaper called the
alaskan. Among the advertisers arc
three lawyers, goodly number Of sa.
loon.kecpcrs and restaurateurs. q
butcher and two brewers, one Of whom
offers his beer Exclusively for medi.
cinal, mechanical and scientific pur.
poses.
The American Ornithologist's
Union officially recommend oil pub
lie fostering of the English sparrow DO
stopped; that its introduction into new
localities be prohibited by law. and that
all existing laws for It's protection be
repealed. and bounties offered for It's
destruction.
This same mistletoe, with which
there is so much fun to-day. u greatly
fallen from Its old place In ceremonies.
Once It was sacred twig cut BY
whits-robed priest who brandished .
golden sickle In tho young moons
light BY the priest stood boys also
clad In white. and they caught the fall.
ing twigs upon screen Of white silk
philadelphia Press.
The canal which the Bundesrath
has decided to construct, after twenty
years Of agitation, between the Baltic,
the Elbe and the North Sea, will bc .
work Of vast Importance to Europe
generally. and Of great commercial
value to Germany. as It win enable her
vessels to reach tho ocean without run.
ming the batteries Of possible foe.
"A ragged Washington news-boy
was recently noticed following closely
after Senator Beck, occasionally pick.
Ing up something from the pavement.
The Senator watched tho boy for
while and then discovered that ho had
hole in his trousers pockets, and tho
dimes and nickels wcrc getting out Of
tho holc.-Washington Republicom
Mrs. Thomas. Of Philadelphia. 70.
ported at meeting OF bee-keepers In
Trenton that she had obtained IN svcr.
age Of $50 pounds Of honey from TWEEN.
ty colonies. or o total crop Of 5000
pounds. This was extracted honey,
for when she received twenty-five csnts
per pound. netting her, therefore, es7..
| 50 per hive. She also cleared last year
$1,000 from her poultry yard, and runs
,weny.scre farm besides.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11
RUSSIAN PRISONS.
An Oniciai Describes Them In Their True
Light and IL Discharged.

A recent volume on Nihilism, by Mr..
Edmund Noble, contains the report TO
the Minister Of Justice drawn up by
"an Imperial State Attorney, named
Birvansky. who was sent 70 Orcnburg
not long ago TO investigate the state Of
the prisons and tho proceedings Of tho
law courts in that part OF Russia. Here
arc few Of his statements:
"During my four months inquiry. II
was revealed to me how our Judges
tramplc the laws under foot; how Gym.
ical and wanton is the behavior OF our
police; how sayaSely brute force Is
brought to bear upon the weak and
friendlcss. lived in an atmosphere OF
appalling groans and hcartbrcakins
sighs. ! liberated innocent persons
who had been kept in prison by the ex.
ecu,ive several years after they had been
publicly acquitted in open court,
and who had been secretly
tortured. / convinced my
self that thero was absolutely moth.
ing in common between myself and
the local authorities. A black. and
bottomlcss gulf lay between US. They
trailickcd wantonly with our laws.
converting them into instruments of
extoriiOn. Words fail me to describe the
impression made upon me by my first
visit 10 the State prisons. Hundreds
OF human beings find premature
grave in these loathsomc dens. They
die lingering deaths therein. or emerge
from them crippled for life. II was
horrible TO be compelled to acknowl-
edge that these scmi.animatc, wasted,
filthy and dun. colortd objects, draped
in few rotten rags, were, after all.
men and women. Tho confined at
mosphcrc, poisoned by eShala,ions
from every sort Of abomination. abso.
lu,cly stopped my breath. so rank and
fctid was it,"
II il only fair 70 the Russian Govern
men, TO admit that il did not ignore
this terrible indictment against its
prison officials with the same cynical
indifference which 1t usually displays
in similar eases. II actually took cog
nizancc OF the report, and-lismisscd
its compiler from his functions at Orcn-
burg, besides suspcnding the Nonhcrn
Messenger. the journal which published
it.-IhcHTUm.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11

Paris Figaro says that . Yankee
maker Of sewing.machines has offered
Mime. Patti one thousand dollars for
each appearance, IN addition to her
regular salary. II shc will sis at one Of
his sswing.mach!nes, instead Of at the
raditiona! spinning.wheol. while sing.
Ing tho king Of Thule.