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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
After Thirty.fiVe Years.

CleFe. Leader special.
CANTON, u, January 20.-After all
abseace OF thirty Ave years, during
which time he WAS thought dead, j no.
McLaln has made his appearance here
to claim farm OF 25U acres, valued at
S37 ,5UU. McLain lett here thirty-tive
years ago Will another man. He went
10 California, where he was last heard
of ~ relatives, VINO gave Sim up Tor
0eaa long ago. In the meanLIme,
McLaln became heir to the land Ioca-
ted near New Philadelphia, above
mentioned, through the death of a
relative, but as he was considered dead
the land Went to the next heir and
was sold by him. McLain has gener-
ously turned over his share in the land
to brother, as he says he is rich
enough without it. SO the brother
will push the claim.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Co4aoNs of American manufacture
are selling In England in composition
with English manufactures of the
same grades. This Is because we have
the advantage of the English maau,
faoturers In the M after of rhe raw ma.
teriaI, and because England shames US
by admitting our goods free of duty.
The result is that while our cotton
mills are fiourishing, our wooden man
ufacteries. handicapped by the tariff
on:their raw material, are languishing;
many of them running on half time,
and some Of them not running st all,
II Bellefontaine Examiner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
An End of Bone scraping.

Edward Shepherd, Of arrisburg,
ILL.,, suys: Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, L feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running sore
on my leg for eight years /; my doctors
told me would have to have the bone
scraped or leg amputated. used, in
stead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
we'll" Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Salve at 25 cents per box, by G. P.
Reed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

"GRANDMA GARFIELD" the aged
mother of James A. Garfield, died at
the Mentor farm on Saturday morn
ing, at 8 o'clock, in her s7th year.
Her funeral was held at Mentor on
Monday at 2 o'clock p. m, the services
being conducted by Rev, II. r. Cooley,
pastor of the Cedar Avenue Disciple
Church, Cleveland, of which Mrs.
Garfield was a member. assisted by
Prof. Il. A. Hinsdale. The remains
were taken to Cleveland and deposited
In Lake View Cemetery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

GIN. TIMES STAR: The real estate
men of the Northwest are not likely
to sayanything about the two hundred
corpses gathered by one blizzard this
month when they come TO issue the
usual prospectus for 1883. On the
contrary, the innocence of cold,
dry climate" will be discussed with
the usual amount of gall aud mendac
ity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THERE ia remarkable oipcidence
in the lives of the Protestant Episco-
pal Bishops, Talbot and Leonard, life
long friends They were boys together
in little mission in Missouri, starting
to school the same day, sitting at the
same desk, They were confirmed to-
gether, together were ordained deacon
and priest, each celebrated matrimony
for the other, and now they are ap-
pointed Bishops over neighboring ju
risdictions.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

IF the Government may rightly col
lect money by taxation and then do
nate it as bounty or subsidy to indi.
viduals or corporations engaged in
particular industries or particular com
mercial enterprises. in order to make
their private business profitable, why
may it not also collect it and distribute
it among particular classes of people
in order to equalizs their fortunes, and
thus accomplish all that Socialism and
Communism are demanding ?-Speak
er Carlisle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

The only census ever made in Chi.
ma was in 1912. According to the
Almanach de Gotha for 1880, the pop.
ulation of China, properly so called,
was estimated at 405, 200, 600, and Of the
rest of the Empire. including Mant.
churia, Mongolia, Thibet and Corea,
2s, ,OOO, ,O0O-in all, 4S3 900. 900. 1t Is a
mstter of guess work. We understand
that an official census is being taken
now.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Ice SKATES, almost for the first time
in generation, are in demand in the
Lone star State. Since Christmas
there has been good skating, and the
Texan Cavaliers and their fair duIci-
ennas have enjoyed the rare sport oi
speeding and gyrating on skates. The
temperature at Brownsville and across
the kio Grande in Mexico, has fallen
eleven degrees below freezing point,
cool to send chill through
the marrow of the Lone Starites.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Mr.. STUEvE, the German Senator
from Cincinnati, has introduced q bill
designed to be an extinguisher of any
anarchistic or socialistic cranks that
are ambitious to upset the present So
cial order by recourse to dynamite and
bullet instead of the ballot, making it
unlawful for any such bodies to or.
ganize for the purpose of drilling in
military tactics in this state.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THE Presbyterians of the United
States propose to honor themselves
and their centennial anniversary this
year by raising ST. ,0O0, 900 for The ben
eft of superannuated ministers. their
widows and Children. And they say
it will be done, too. The faith that
reaches down into the pocket book is
a commendable sort of faith.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

AT a meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee held at Har-
risburg, Pa, ON the 18th inst, Elliot
P. Kisner was elected chairman. Dali
las Sanders, the Randall candidate.
received 35 votes and Kisner AZ. The
committee selected Harrisburg as the
place, and the Esd of May as the time
of holding the state convention. Res
olutions were passed endorsing Presi-
dent Cleveland and the tariff reform
policy of the Administration.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

The ''sheep and dog protection law"
is a good thing. and a bad one, too.
The claims for sheep killed by dogs
are numerous and expensive, while
the number of dogs hunted down are
very few. The law allows the farmer
full pay for sheep killed, and no one
takes an interest in hunting down
sheep killing dogs. Consequently the
law protects the sheep and dogs, too
It has been further ascertained that it
is generally in certain sections where
sheep are killed, which is positive ev-
idence that the dogs are allowed to
continue their work uninterrupted.
The law can be improved. and should
be.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

A DELEGATION of prominent gen.
tlemen from Cincinnati and Coving-
ton waited on President Cleveland
last Thursday extending an invitation
to him to attend and open the Cepten
nial Exhibition at Cincinnati. He
cordially assured them of the pleasure
1t afforded him in the acceptance of
their invitation. assuring them of his
presence should his official duties per
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

N. Y. TRIBUNE: The Sultan's re-.
ported efforts to persuade American
capitalists TO build railroads within his
domains suggests an easy and simple
solution of the Eastern question. If
an American Construction Company
should take hold of Islam g rapid iran
sit problem, in short time the COM
pany would not only have foreclosed
a mortgage on the whole Turkish Ma
tion, but would have the head of the
Faithful himself In pawn as a pledge
for the payment of the construction
claims,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Wife-John, do you know that this
is the anniversary of my wedding day?
Hushand-Wny, no it isn't. We
were married in March.
Wife-I am speaking of my first
husband, John.-LThe Epoch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THAT'S 1T! An exchange says !:
" Some people manifest a peculiar ldi-
ocy in regard to property found. Any
person who finds any article is under
obligations to make all reasonable ef.
forts to find the owner, and in order
to do SO should Immediately make the
finding public by advertising or o.h-
erwise. Any person who does not do
this is committing that which is no
better than theft.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

GENERAL WEAVER, the Iowa mem
Der of congress, who was the Green
back candidate for President in 1880,
and polled 307 ,306 votes, says of the
effect of the Presidents message in
that State:
1.-THE Presidents message carries
Iowa for the Democrats next fall. At
the late election the Republicans had
only 900 majority over the Democrat
ic and Union Labor vote; now the
Labor Union people are tariff reform
crs to man as are many Republicans,
and the State will go for Cleveland
bey ond q question. The average voter
is well informed upon the tariff issue,
al d thousands of Republican farmers
are in favor of reform, They have not
been satisfied with the straddIing pol.
icy pursued by the Democratic party
heretofore, but they will now go over
to Cleveland in Aocks."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

A L1rrLE free trade in warm woolen
blankets would be highly relished by
the shivering poor of the West this
cold winter weather.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
Sherman,s Sseech.

Senator Sherman's speech Is as good
s demonstration as can be found of
the prOtectionist absurdities He pro-
poses to admit duty free all articles
that we do not produce or manufac-
ture. He would tax all articles that
are produced or manufactured here
sufficiently to preserve the home mar
ket for our own people. Where would
the senator get his revenues from
He does not wish to maintain the in
ternal tax on tohacco, nor does he seem
very desirous TO preserve the excise
upon spirits or beer.
Again we ask, Where are the reve-
nues 10 come from? If we should
follow Senator Sherman's advice and
exclude foreign manufactures and pro-
ducts from our markets, what will we
do when other countries have followed
our example and excluded our pro-
ductsfrom their markets? Judge kel-
ley has had the courage to meet this
question, and has said that the grow
ers of cotton, corn and wheat must
soon content themselves with the
home market.
1t is not yet plain how this can be
done. AT the present time our pee
pie wear all the cotton they can use,
and eat all the wheat and corn they
want.
In what way can they be made to
wear more cotton and eat more food
That is the great question of the hour
A larger home market is wanted, for
the cotton aud grain crops are now too
big for the demand.
We can think of only one way of
meeting the difficulty. The American
people must be made to grow in size.
| We must have larger men and women,
so that more clothes and food will be
re tquired If the average American
man aud woman would wear and eat
three times as much as they now do
Senator Sherman might carry out his
policy of admitting duty free all the
things We 90 not produce, and of ex
cluding ell the things we do produce
But even then, where would the rev
enue come from?-[N New York Star.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

New York man (smilingly, shaking
my gloves.
Boston acquaintance (frigidly)-Ah!
Ct rtainly. Excuse my spectacles.-
[Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26
PILES, PILES. PILES.

DIR. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
is the only sure cure for Blind, Bleed
ing or Itching Piles ever discovered
1t never fails to cure old chronic cases
of long standing.
Judge Coons, Maysville. KY. says
CDR. Williams Indian Pile Oint.
meut cured me after years of suffering.
Judge Coffiuberry, Cleveland, o.,
says: Il have found by experience
that DIR. Williams Indian Pile Oint
ment gives immediate and permanent
relief"
We have hundreds of such testimo.
malls. Do not suffer an instant longer.
Sold by druggists at ST per box, or
mailed on receipt of price, by the
WILLIAMS MFG Co., Cleveland. o.
Or ELAoc'S FAMILY oINTMENT
Never fails to soothe and heal cuts,
burns, bruises, flesh wounds, Infiam-
nation, sprains pimples, chilblains,
salt rheum, ehapped lips or hands,
frost bites, cold sores, sore nipples, and
all diseases and eruptions of the skin.
YOUNG LADIES,
DR. Flagg's Family Ointment will
remove all pimples, biackheads, freck
les and other blemishes from your face.
leaving the akin soft, smooth and
beautiful, No family will be without
IL after testing its marvellous soothing
and healing properties. Sold by drug
gists for 25 cents or mailed on receipt
of price, by the
WtLLIAas MFG Co., Cleveland, O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Miss ROSE EL1zABsTH CLEVELAND
is going to write life of st. Augustine
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THERE are said to be 1,O0U armed
in Cincinnati.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

Gov. SEMP. has signed the bill
giving the ballot to the women Oh
Washington Territory.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THE regular rate of increase OF the
Actor estate is said to be from $40, ,00O,-
900 to S13, ,OOo, 600 year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

The Press for $3.50 O. Year,
advance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

THE dove of peace and harmony
does not seem to be broodiHg over the
Republican Solons at Columbus.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-26

A PETRIFIED buffalo of mammoth
size has been found in Republic ceun-
ty, Kansas.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
The Lime Kiln Club.

Man is an unreasonable animal
when you cum to figger him down"
said Brother Gardner, as the meeting
quietly opened, and Trustee Pnllback
finally got seated. "When | go to
trade hnsses wild il man expect he VIII
pint out all de riugbones an Spavlns
ON his beast an let me conceal all d"
ailments in my own.
IF my naybur hain't got sugar to
len the fackt rifles my hull family. If
| havn't IL hoe to len him | calmly ad-
wise him to buy one of his own.
"We git together an agree dat the
kentry ar gwine to de dogs on acc"nn
of dishonest office holders, an' on ,leck
shun day we turn out an work hard
fur a rascally candydate bekase le has
promised us ii fat '%piutment.
We see de. need of a stringent law
an we 'leckt our bes' lawyers to de
leeislacher to make it. De law cotclles
MS wlar' de h'ar az sholt an we go to
dose same lawyers an offer 'em a bribe
to find IA loophole.
.'Waydown Belize buys il boss. He
scrimps on de hay in order t" buy mo
plug terbacker fur lli>Self. an bekase
de boss begins to show his ribs Brnd-
der Bebee howlS about de di:' -onesty
Oh de farmers.
"We set Oh dc fence an injoy de
sunshine au' count up how many bush
els of turnips orter gov while we are
off fishing. If we ar short III turnips
we excuse ourselves but blame de
Lawd.
I'VE kin see whar' the man mex doah
can't afford to keep two hired gals an
buy his wife a sealskin cloak, but it's
oil right fur US to buy a pianer an put
up IL lightnin' rod on a good deal less
wages.
DE man who gifts up in Jinuary an
how!s fur spring kin always be found
cussin' de hot weather bout de middle
of July.
s'If Samuel Shin lends Pickles Smith
SO he can't sleep nights fur fear he
won't get it back. If de contrary ar
de case Samuel kin sleep till 9 o'clock
in de mawnin' and loaf all de rest of
de day.
"Let a friend cum to us wild de toof
ache an we can calmly give him di-
reckshuns to de highest dentis'. Let
us have an achin' molar an we expeck
cherry pusson to break his back huntin'
up some remedy an feelin' sorry. Take
US all in all. an we ar a selfish, on
reasonable, inconsistent lot, an de only
reason de Lawd lets us lib Oh is bekase
he hain't got no place to bury us all
to once.-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
Newspaper Laws.

Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered wishing to con-
tinue their subscription.
If subscribers order the discontinuance Of
their periodicals, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
If subscribers neglect or refuse to- take
their perio ideals from the Office TO which they
are directed, they are responsible until they
have settled''their bills, and ordered them dis
continued.
Ifsubscribers move to other places without
informing the publishers, and the papers are
sent to the former direction, they are held res
ponsible.
The courts have decided that refusing to
aeke periodicals from the Office, or removing
end leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentional fraud.
IF subscribers pay in advance they are
bound to give notee to the publisher at the
end of their time, ifthey do not wish to con-
tinue taking the paper; otherwise the pub
Usher is authorized to send it on and the
subscribers will be responsible until an ex-
press notice, with payment of all arrears, is
sent to the publisher.
The latest postal law decision il ito the eff
feet that publishers of newspapers can, under
the law, arrest any man for fraud who takes a
paper and refuses to pay for it. Under this
law It'll a dangerous trick for a man to allow
his subscription account to run on from SIX
months or a year unpaid, and then tell the
postmaster to mark it :" refused" or send the
editor a postal card to discontinue the paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
magnolia, etc. Lumber ranges from six to
sixteen dollars per thousand. The latter price
is for the best hard pine flooring.

magnolia, etc. Lumber ranges from six to
sixteen dollars per thousand. The latter price
is for the best hard pine flooring.
Time to Immigrate.
October, November, December, January,
February and March, are the best months tor
farm ers 10 move south. This allows time to
make the necessary preparations for spring
The farmer becomes somewhat acclimated
before the heat of summer.
A good crop of sweet potatoes. COW peas,
millet and vegetables may be made the inst
season. Hay can be made in any quantity
and find ready market, netting the farmer
eight dollars per ton upon an average. Cows
can be purchased and milk sold at ten cents
per quart, where p arties are located near a
town.
Butter usually brings from IS to 40 cents
per pound-winter dairying would be a good
business.
Eggs average fifteen cents per doz. Simply
because there are not enough small farmers IN
the south.
The winter is just the time to produce eggs.
Car loads should be shipped north in Febru-
airy.
The people of Louisiana are kind and hospl-
table, and welcome immigration, especially
| from the north. In no country is lie and
property safer.
The best element from the north is coFslng
by the thousands. People must not expect
school houses, churches, fruit orchards and
palatial farm houses already for the settler on
government land. The most of the country
is unsettled and one year since was govern
ment land.
Price of Land.
There is very little government land lett.
In the hands of private owners lands range
from five to ten dollars per acre for farm pur-
poses. More at five than ten. Near towns
choice locations are worth from ten to forty
dollars per acre. Lots in the towns range
from thirty to one hundred dollars each-in
Lake Charles from fifty to three hundred each
Size of lots s66S by 200 feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
Good Farm nEaxilns.

The farmer who stints his field is as
unwise and improyident as he who
starves his work cattle; in both cases
he is diminishing the ability of a faith
full servant to be useful to him.
The farmer who obtained from a field
not properly fertilized ten bushels of
grain where, by manuring it, he might
obtain twenty, is selling his labor at
half its value.
He who does not give back to. Nis
fields as much as he takes from them,
sells their fertility in his crops ; and be
it known, the fertility of the soil is the
farmers capital.
The farmer who will keep these facts
in view, and act in accordance With the
rules they suggest, will find his COM
%pensation in the increasing products Of
his farm, and in the augmentation of
his wealth, and in the promotion of
general prosperity.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
FAYORlTE ROUTE to the PACIFIC COAN
THE FT
Saves One Day in Time
Between Council Bluffs and the Pacific ~.

Between Council Bluffs and the Pacific Cone,
1t also gives to School Teachers sa,oo.:-
this line the privilege OF a detour u;;tttl.uus
extra expense to Idaho Springs, ColoraT%aa'
ais" t" Garfield Beach on the Great Salt ~
The Dead Sea Of America" near SAT- T axe
City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mor n~Ae
church, where the finest bathing in the w0 mSa
can he enjoyed. This is the only s4aI sana
beach III salt Lake. An excursion ,ickat u ~
the Union Pacific Railway will carry the tr's
rler through more attractive t~erritorv and
greater number Of large cities than !, tab. q
over any other line to the Pacific Coast A0'
Teachers deS'"sns of returning via pprtI.,a
can 20 from Ihn Francisco to Portland a;thaa
via boat 70. X. & N. CO. or overland rs
the Mount Shasta Route going from por,
land east via the o, Il. & N. Co. and .sOrsro.
Short Line" with choice of rail or boat a.
on Columbia River between Portland and Tgo
Dallas. Thence through Oregon, Washipgtos
Territory and Idaho, passing near the Grsa,
Shoshone Falls of the Snake River tfortv .6vs
feet Ing her than NiagaraI, ana Soda SPRINGS
1.-THE ium of the West" They can H.
pass through and visit Denver, the "5nee,
City" of the mountains and the Capital Of a.
dorado, the Centennial State.
For information regarding rates, routes
daily excursions, etc apply to
THOS. |. KIMBALL, E. /, L0MAX, S. TEBBETs,
Act'g Gen'i Mgr, A. .P&LA. G,G,&IA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-09
a Bad Beginning.
N. o. City Item,

49, ~ Wv oS'"'
Senator Henry's caution to the major
ity Of the Senators that the allowance
of $121.50 per day for "expenses for
clerks and employees" as reported by
the majority Of the committed, was in
violation of the constitution, failed of
effect. The report was adopted. Yet
the language of article Al of the consti-
tuition is sufficiently plain: "but the
expenses for clerks and employees shall
not exceed $50 daily for the Senate and
$40 daily for the House," The Senate
has already authorized the expenditure
of more than double the constitutional
allowance, and if the House is equally
disregardful, it will cafl for $40 per
diem for its clerks and employees.
The people will wait with deep in
terest to see if Cav. Nichols exerts
himself TO have the fundamental law of
the State properly enforced.