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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-14
Buok,en's Arnica salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
euts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blsins, eorns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles. 1t is guar
aateed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price % cents per
Sox. For sale hv W. T. HART, Raw.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-14

A nice assortment of fine sleighs In
different styles. also cheaper grades.
Gong Shaft Chime Be lis, Robes, Blan
kets, ETC., etc. Sleighs must be seen
to be appreciated. Il. F. THOMPSON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-14
See the new steel independent run.
ner Bob sleds, at T. F. Thompson's.

special attention paid to hair cutting
and dressing for ladies and children,
at the Etna House Barber Shop.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-14
New Domestic Drv Goods.

A grand line just received. Satines,
Ginghams, Prints and Cottons. Call
and see them before buying.
N. CONVERSE A Sen,
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G. J. STANFORD,

Undertaken and Embalmer.
Rooms in Pumphrey's Furniture Store
Etns Block. Residence, first house
North of East Main St., en- Clinton
Ave. Qhird street east of Merits & Rid.
dies factory, Ravenna, O,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-02-14

HAROLD NJ. SEwELL, Consul Gen
eratto the. Samoan Island, has been
dismissed by the Secretary of State.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States, whereby the right of suffrage
would be extended to women, has been
fsvorahly reported TO the Senate. 1t
is strong document, and presents
enme forcibie arguments in favor OF
woman Acknowledgement.
GEORGE X. PARDEE, prominent
member of the Summit county bar,
after conducting suit 10 the Common
Pleas Court at Akron, Wednesday af-
ternoon, started for his home in that
city late at pight, and while en- route
stopped in saloon, where he tarried
until becoming badly intoxicated The
next morning at az early hour he was
found in the street near his home with
b,th hands and feet so badly frozen as
to render amputation necessary.
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w, 7. Hart, druggist.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

ALL except thirty-four cert icates of
members elected to the House in the Fifty.
first Congress had been received on the
9th, and when the list was completed the
Republican majority would be seven.
THE German Minister at Washin gton
was notified by Secretary Bayard on the
9th that the United States Government &C.
cepted Bismarck's proposition for a re-
sumption at Berlin of the Samoa confer
ence of 1887
ON the 7th Secretary Bayard asked Harold
NJ Sewall, Consul General to the Samoan
Islands, to resign, on the ground that ''his
views are not in harmony with those of the
Administration
DURING the seven days ended on the Sth
there were 265 business failures in the
United States, against 294 the previous seven
days. The total of failures in the United
States January l to date is 1871, against
1855 in 1885,
TREASURY experts who had been engaged
In making an estimate of the effect Of the
Senate substitute for the Mills Tariff bill
upon the revenues of the Government an
nOunced on the Sth that the Senate bill
would reduce duties nearly $4,000 600
yearly.
AT twenty six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 9th aggregated 81, ,l2l,-
81, ,S95, against 81, l,0l9, ,3S9 the previous
week. AS compared with the corresponding
week of 1888 the increase amounted to 29.1.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS.
A CLEAR conscience is good pillow.

A CLEAR conscience is a good pillow.
TRICKERY comes back to it's master
DROP the jest when it is most amusing
He gains much who loses 4 vain hope.
PRUDENCE is the better part OF shrewd-
ness.
LOGIC stands to reason while svphistry
walks of with the cake
HE is the worlds master who dcspises it,
its slave who prizes it.
He who buys what he can not pay for
sells what he would rather not.
A SECRET is your slave so long as it is
kept, but you arc ITS slave the moment it is
told.
PoL1TExEss is like 40 Dir cushion. II there
be nothing in it, !, eases our jolts wonder.
fully.
He is rich whose income is u,ore than his
expenses, and he is poor whoso expenses
exceed his income.
SoME one has we'll said that while we exs
not control our circumstances, yet we can
contro! what wo shall do " tAe circum.
stances.
WHATEVER you may be sure Of, oe sure
at least of this, that you arc drcadfully like
other people. Human nature has q much
greater genius for samencss than for orig.
inality.
EVERY man who succeeds incliucs to as
cribe all the credit to his own ability,
shrewdness, industry; but when be fails he
lays the blanc wholly upon others, upon
circumstances, upon fate.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

STATISTICS of the Indian schools
under management of the Government
show steady growth in the important
work OF Indian education. There are
e!ghty-five day schools and twenty-five
operated under contract, with an at
tendance OF 2,715; sixty-nine boarding.
schools and forty-nine contract schools,
with an attendance of 7,2s9, and eight
industrial training schools In all there
nre 233 schools. an enrolment of 49,
2.2. and an average attendance of H.
80. The expense last year was 81, ,2O9,- :
7l8. In six years the average attend.
nuce increased from 4,O42 to II, ,42O.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
DiECkMANN'S SHORTAGE.

The Amount of tho AbscOndns St
Louisan's Def.lcation Will Probably Reach
100000.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-The total amount OF
the defalcation of Dieckmann, the abscond-
ing member Of the Merchants Exchange,
will, it is said, approximate s2CO, 600, repre-
senting the Inheritance of the seven Meyer
heirs and the three Guy heirs he
mothers of the children who have been
wronged are the chief bon:ls,ncn of DECK
mann, SO that their loss will be
to1al Or nearly SO. John Meyer, one of the
N eyer heirs, has attached 10000 shares of
tie capital stock of the Ruby Trust Mining
Company. This, together with the $1l, 600
stock in the Mauntel- Borgess. Milling Com
pany, are the only visible assets to be placed
against the heavy gap of his shortage.
Dieckmann is in Canada,
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

A PETITION is being circulated in
Yorktown. N. Y, asking the President
to retire Postmaster Lewis Purdy and
grant him a liberal pension for the rest
of his life. Mr.. Purdy is said to be
the Oldest postmaster in the United
States, both in years and service, hav-
Ing been appoiued postmaster of
Shrub Oak by President Harrison in
1841. Mir. Purdy is ninety-three years
OF age, receives and distributes the
mail twice day, and has never been
absent from his post of duty one dav.
His only assistant is his wife, who is
ninety years of age.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
WEST AND SOUTH.

In portions of South Carolina q slight
earthquake was felt on the 6th
On the 9th George w. Vanskiver. Of
Logansport, Ind, aged seventy-two years,
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary for forgery.
On the 9th W. s. Bradley, of Chicago,
shot and killed his wife at the Cortland
Hotel and then killed himself Domestic
trouble was the cause.
at Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Cal.
At Cotton two distinct shocks were felt.
No damage was done.
A FIRE destroyed the greater portion Of
the business section Of Walkerton, q small
village N Indiana, on the 9th.
The death Of Mrs Flora Bowman (col-
ored), aged one hundred and fourteen
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

THE population of the United States
January l, 1889, was close to CT, 3OO,-
600; for the immigration during the
previous twelve months was 518,5l8,
and ut the rate of increase maintained
for three previous decades, with the
actual immigration added each year,
the population should have reached
the figures above given. At the same
rate, If. the immigration during the
period remaining should amount to
100000, the population at the date of
the next census-July l, 1890, would
be about 100000. The increase is
now more than 100, 900 month.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FlFTIETH CONGRESS.
Second Sesslon.

Second Session.
TUESDAY, Feb. SIN the Senate the
House bill for est lblishing q Territorial
government in Oklahoma was presented
and, after lengthy discussion, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Territ cries. A
joint resolution for pay ment of $5O0, 900 to
the representatives Of the late James Il.
Eads was passed. In the House q favora-
bic report was made on the Naturalization
bill. The time was mostly occupied In
discussing the Nicaragua Canal bill.
WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 6-The time was oc-
cupied in tho Senate in discussing the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
preparation bill, the pending question be-
ing the amendment to increase the clerical
force Of the Civii.Service Commission, but
no action was taken. In the House the
bill to divide portion of the Sioux Reser.
vations' in Dakota into separate 1eserva-
tions and to secure the REIMBURSEMENT of
the Indian title to the remainder was dis.
cussed The conference report on the Mic.
aragua Canal bill was agreed to. Frank
B. Po'ey was sworn in as member from
the First Indiana district to succeed A. p.
Hovey, recently elected Governor.
THURSDAY, Feb. TN the Senate the
conference report on the bill to incorporate
the Maritime Canal Company Of Nicaragua
was agreed to- The bill now goes to the
President for his approval A bill was re-
ported to remove the charge of desertton
from soldiers of the late war and of the
Mexican war who afterward served faith
fully till the expiration of their time. A
favorable report was made on the PROPOSE
ton to present Mrs. Irene Rucker Sheridan
$50, ,OOO in token Of the country's apprecia-
ton Of the services rendered by her hus-
band, General Philip H. Sheridan In the
House bill increasing the pension of the
widow of Brigadier- General w. H. Emery
to $50 month was passed. The Senate bill
allowing persons who have abandoned or
relinquished their homestead entries to
make another was passed.
The Naval Appropriation bill and the
Fortification Appropriation bill were re-
ported with amendments to the United
States Senate on the Sth. The resolutions
heretofore offered for an inquiry as to the
state Of suffrage throughout the United
States were referred to the Committee on
Elections. The House bill to quiet title Of
settlers on the Des Moines river lands in
Iowa, and the Pension and Legislative ap-
preparation bills were passed. In the House
the Army and Agricultural appropriation
bills were passed. A bill was reported
1aVoIaDly 10 eIecC ugnC-nOuSe ana log
signal at the outer breakwater of the Chi
cago harbor, at cost Of $35, 900.
SATURDAY, Feb. 9.-In the Senate reso-
luton was adopted to inquire into the
Alaska salmon fisheries. The Forti6cation
Appropriation bill was passed. The nom-
nation of Hugh s. Thompson, of South Car
olina, to be United States Civil-Service Com
missioner in the place of Alfred P. Edger-
ton, removed, was received from the Prcsi-
dent In the House the Senate bill was
passed authorizing the construction of q
bridge across the Mississippi river at La
Crosse. The Post-ofice Appropriation bill
tvaa discucso1
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
STORMS ABROAD.

England, Scotland and Germany Visited
by Fierce Gales and Heavy snows-Sev-
eral Vessels Lost In the English Chan
mel.
LoNDoS, Feb. 11.-Snow continues to fall
throughout the south Of England and in
Scotland and Wales On the coasts heavy
gales prevail, and number of shipping dis
asters are reported Telegraphic communi-
cation is greatly interrupted.
THE HAGUE, Feb. 11.-A storm of excep-
Gonal severity is raging throughout Hol-
land. The rivers are greatly swollen and
Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Schiedam, Zwolle
and Kampen are inundated Many ship
wrecks, with loss of life, are reported.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

A CASE of wonderful growth after
death OF hair and beard was brought
to light by the recent disinterment of
Am2i Colyman, who died in Belleville,
N. j., four years ago. His beard was
fully twenty-four inches long, and cov-
cred his breast, while his hair partly
rested on his shoulders, and, with the
beard. almost hid his features. Dur
ing his life the deceased, it was sale,
never allowed his beard to grow more
than two inches in length. and always
kept his hair short.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

HE speed of 60 knots an hour
attained by the Vesuvius, the new
United States dynamite-gun cruiser,
places her in the front rank of ocean
grey hounds, she having attained the
fastest speed of any steamship afoat.
Ihe trial was made recently over the
new Government course at the Della
ware breakwater. In the direction of
the tide she attained rate of 22.95
knots an hour, and against the tide
and wind rate of 2O.35. Lieutenant
Buell. said: The result of this trial
restores the supremacy of American
ship-builders over the world.''
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

j. DEvL1N, a train employe on the
New York Central & Hudson River
railroad. found a pocketbook contain
Ing $4,000 on a recent Sunday in a
seat OF drawing-room car at Albany,
n. \. lie returned the money to its
owner, j. E. Lotus, a .Bostonian, who
was returning from the West, and Mr..
Lotus handed Devlin 81, 900.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

WANAMAKER. the great Philadelphia
merchant, has increased his advertis-
Ing three hundred per cent. because of
the dull season. He wisely argues
that it is in the dull times the dealer
should take special pains to let the
public know the merits of his wares.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

AN odd book soon to be published in
New York for private circulation is to
contain catalogue of the very wealthy
men OF tho United States. About forty
years ago similar book was printed
and the standard of wealth then was
fixed 1T $40, CGC. Now it is 81, 200, OOO.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

DR.. DAVID d. STEWART declares in
the Medical News of Philadelphia that
hundreds of people are sent to their
graves annually by chrome yellow in
pastry. 1t had long been our opinion
that many were sent to their graves
by simple pastry, let alone this dis
aslrous yellow.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

A YEAR ago at Lincoln, Neb.,
colorcd man named Warwick had a
barbe.' OF that city arrested under the
Civil Rights bill for refusing to shave
him The case was appealed to the
SuprLme Court, which handed down
eo!sion the other day in Warwick's
1aynr
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
EDGERTON Is OUT.

The Civn-Service Commissioner Asked to
Resign-H Refuses. and Is Removed by
the Iresident-lIis Successor.
WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE President has
sent to the Senate the nomination Of Hugh
s. Thompson, of South Carolina, to be Unit
cd States Civil-Service Commissioner, in
the place of Alfred P. E1gerton, removed
Judge Edgerton says that he had re.
| ceived no intimation from the President
OF any intention to remove him from
Office until Thursday, when he called
at the White House. The President
then requested him to resign his Of
flee, in order that it might be filed by
Mr.. Thompson. The President said that
there was little hope Of securing the place
for Mr.. Thompson as long as there
| was no suitable vacancy on the COM
mission. Mr. Edgerton, however, prompt
ly declined to resign, holding that
his resignation would not be polite.
creditable to himself, or calculated to help
any other person dntimating that Mr..
Thompson could not be confirmed if nomi-
nated). Of course the President might exer-
else his prerogative if he saw fit The
President did see fit and when he (Etlger-
ton) reached his office Saturday morning
he found q letter from the President remoy-
ing him
Mr.. Edgerton says that he can not recall
any differences with the President during
his term of Office except those growing out
of what he describes as the fact
that the President is the first mug
wump in the land, while I am a
straight out Democrat" He intends to
write a letter to the President in day or
two acknowledging receipt of his notice of
removal and perhaps adding I'm expression
OF his opinion upon the Presidents course in
the matter.
There are now two vacancies on the com
mission, Mr.. Oberly's place having never
been filed It was thought that the Presi-
dent had concluded that an appointment in
Mr.. Edgerton's place might be confirmed by
the Senate, as it would leave vacancy to
be tille1 by Mr.. Harrison. Under the law
one member of the commission must be a
Democrat. Mr.. Edgerton has been repre-
sented as being unable to agree with his
colleagues
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

STATISTICS have been gathered
which show that twenty-five million
pies are made in Boston every year.
With all her Athenianism, Buddhism
and crowningism there is good deal
OF Now Englandism still clinging to
the Hub, to say nothing about indi-
peStiOn
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

If you have dog that chews the
tassels on your parlor chairs dom t
give him to your neighbor: Keep him.
He has probably learned what you
have not, that tassels are no longer
fashionable.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE wants
the Government to pension all school
teachers who have faithfully served
for fifty consecutive years. This plan
Is all right, but how many female
schoo!-tcachers can you find who will
confoss to being over twenty-five years
of anao
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

DR.. TANNER challenges tho world of
tipplers to fasting contest in which
he is to have only water, the other par
Elephants to have all the beer, wine or
whisky they want, but nothing else.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

I'm one year. a Des Moines youth
got into Jail, broke out, saved two boys
from drowning, discovered and put
out fire, had his arm broken, stole Q
horse. shot at a burglar and put out his
bRofhar's eve, :,
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

PORTRAITS OF the Emperor of Japan
give him u yearning, dissatisfied ex-
preston that no man ought to wear
who has yearly allowance of 50, 5OO,-
OOO for his household and kitchen ex-
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

MARY KIEs was the first woman to
get patent from the United States.
It was issued to her in 1909 for straw
weaving with silk or thread.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

The natives of Hayti are said to be
eating one another. If this process
continues long enough it is bound to
result in permanent peace down there.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
WANT LYNCHING LOCALIZED.

A Petition Presented to the Kansas Log
islature by the Horse Thief Associ.
alton.
KANSAS City, No., Feb 11.-A petition was
presented in due form and in sober earnest
to the lower House of the Kansas Legislar
ture Friday from the National Anti Horse
Thief Association through Mr.. Phillips OF
sedgwick County. 1t prays for the enact.
ment Of q law to authorize the lynchjng Of
horse thieves wherever they may be found
and to limit the right Of jury service to men
able to read. ~
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

In one fiat in St. Louis there are
families representing nine nationali-
ties, and all cook onions for dinner after
their national custom.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
LATER.


FATHER AsHFr1D, priest at g. Peters
Catholic church, Memphis, Tenn, WIS
stabl ed to tho he7rt and killed by crank
n"med W II Reed on the morning of the
11th Father Ashfeld Lad befriended
Reed and had just 8, cured his release from
Jail
Dr. E. A. Kelley, superintendent Of the
Norfolk, Neb.. insane asylum WIS shot and
dangerously wounded on ,he even ng of
the 11th by Michael Soulier and A bert
Boon. Soulier is brother of Caroline
Soulier who died from an operation per-
formed y Kelley and two other surgeons
IT was learned on the 11th that the GEM
etery at Rldgevi.le ten miles from Des
Moines, Iowa, was pillaged and the body Of
Mrs. Mary Graves had been taken from her
grave.
On the 10th, in St Louis. Mo, Benjamin
Brown sta bEed nd killed William Hamil-
ton They quarreled over game Of cards
in which 8 cents worth OF beer was at
stake
NEWS was reosived at San Francisco CAL,
the 18th, that few days previou, at San
Jacinto. in San D ego county,.n ca. thquake
shock was so severe that dance in large
hall was broken up aud 200 people present
sought safety by jumping through the win
dowa. Many were trampled under foot,
others were cut by broken glass
ANOTHER atts mp, was made to burn the
town of Gary, Oak. The fire was discover
ed In time to prevent great loss.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was felt at
Naples. Italy, on the 11th, in consequence
of which Mount Versuvius is in a violent
state of eruption. Shocks were felt the
same day at Bolton, Manchester and other
parts of England.
REPORTS from Rio Janeiro state that the
yellow fever is making progress ana the
c'ses will number from thirty to forty per
day.
LUXE PALMER, of Burlington, Iowa an old
resident and reported shr ewd financier was
beaten ont of $4,000 by the bunco game
on the 10th.
SOPH1A kEsTER, ser van. in the Mansion
house, Buffalo. stepped into an open ele-
vator shaft on tho 1ith fell three stories
and was K lied.
On the morning of the 18th at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Loilar at the brick works
OF Gu Id, White d Gillespie exploded throw
Ing hot tar over Charles Falls and his son.
Father was instantly killed and tho son
fatally injured
The body Of woman mutilated like the
White Chappol vict ms was found in o
wooden chest at Dundee. Scotland, on the
11th. Her husband W. H. Bury has been
arrested aud tho police say they hay, evil
dence that connect him with the murders
committed In London
TIE miners who were entombed in a
colliery at Plymouth, England. a few days
ago were all rescued on the 11th. Fortu-
nately when tho explosion occurred, ch
had small amount Of food in his pocket.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
The ''unloaded gum gets a great
deal of game in the shooting accident
line.

The first Chinese divorce ever
granted in America was at Denver the
other day.
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

continuous
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M01nes
Atsnon St Paul
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COACHES
@ fa e H hdsr sef bss ks5ass
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

General Salamanca has been appointed
Captain General OF Cuba
The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
DEPOPULATING IRELAND.

Thousands of the Inhabitants of the Green
Isle Emigrating to South America.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-During the month Of
January, as shown by the official returns,
sixty eight steamers took 25,O0O emigrante
to Buenos Ayres Most of these were
Irish, but there was fair repre-
sentation of almost every other ma
tionality. A very small proportion of
the total number were skilled workmcn.
The Dublin Press, in commenting on this
emigration to South America, deplores the
fact that the greater part of the emigrants
were Irish, and warns the Government that
it's policy toward Ireland is rapidly depopu-
lating the country