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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-10-28
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
Of Ohio.
II a x a ITO n.

SECTION 1. Be 1t resolued.by the General As
sen,6ty Of the State of Ohio, That proposition
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November 1884, to amend Section 2, of Article
XII, of the Constitution of the State of Ohio,
so that 1t shall read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC O. Laws may be passed which shall tax
by a Uniform rule all moneys, credits, invest
ments in bonds, stocks, joint-stock companies,
or otherwise; and all real ana personal proper
ty according to the true value thereof in money.
In addition thereto laws may be passed taxing
rights privileges, franchises, and such other
subject matters as the leglsiature may dlrect;
but bury1ng grounds, public school houses
houses used exclusively for public worship. in
stitutions of purely public chtrity. public
property used exclusively for any public pur-
pose and other property. may. by general laws
be exempted from taxation; and the value of
all property SO exempted shall from time to
time, be ascertained and published as may be
directed by law,
SECTION O. At such election. those electors
desiring to vote for such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words TAXA
tion Ameadment-Yes, ESP and those opposed to
such amendment may nave placed upon their
ballots the words Taxation Amendment
No"
SECTION 8. This amendment shall take effect
on the first day of January. lSg2;
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
VIM. VANCE MARQUIS,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April "a 1891.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OHIol
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
l. Daniel j. Ryan. Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the forego-
ing is true copy of joint resolution adopted
bye the General Assembly of the State of Ohio.
on the oath day of April, A D. 1891, taken from
the original rolls filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto sub
scribed my name, and affixed my off:
[sEALl cial seal. at Columbus. the 26th day OF
p' DANIEL j. RYAN.
Secretary of State,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-10-28
Adopted April "a. 1881
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-10-28

The Logan, O., Democrat gives the
following lucid discussion of the status
of silver:
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
A war leminisccnce,

1t was while there was a truce of two
hours for the Confederates to bury the
dead who fell at that terrible charge at Jack
son, Miss, July IL, 1868, that f.. Il. Lee of
the Forty-first Illinois infantry and Samuel
Pasco of the Third Florida regiment be-
came acquainted. Lee mad gone over on the
battlefield to see how many of his company
and regiment had been killed, ana there was
no other Federal soldier on the field, as the
Confederates were TO bury the dead. The
terrible stench from the battlefield almost
drove them out of their works. Mr.. Pasro
was a northern man and had gone south
before the war. He had relatives living
at Cambridgeport, Mass, and he asked
as a favor of Lee that he would write to
them and tell them where he was ana
how he zane to send them word. Lee had
him to write a few lines on the leaf of a
blank day-book and sign his name to it. This
he sent TO Mr.. Pasco'S relatives at Cam
bridgeport and received a reply and n letter
TO send to Senator Pasco, but the two armies
separated. On July III General Joseph h.
Johnston and his army left Jackson and the
Federal army returned to Vicksburg. Time
rolled on and Lee kept the letter, hoping that
some day he might be able TO send it to
Pasco, aad to let him know how his relatives
We're. He carried 1t until the close of the
war, but never got near where Pasco was
and never heard of HIM until 1884, when he
saw in the Chicago papers the name of
Samuel Pasco of F'lorfda among the members
OF the national committee of the democratic
party. He wrote 10 Chairman Barnum and
enclosed a letter to- send to Pasco, which
soon brought the following response:
MONTICELLO, Fla, Aug. Ii, lSS4.-E. T
Lee, Monticello, III ; My DEAR SIR have
been away from home and only returned yes
terday when | found your welcome letter. l
remember very distinctly the incidents you
mention and our inepting and conversation
on the battlefield at Jackson, Miss, more
than twenty-one years ago. / am indeed
glad that you PASSED safely through the
dangers of that war and am gratifed that
you have written and revived the memories
of our meeting. My relatives after the war
told me Of your kindness in writing
to them and forwarding my note
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
Some Definitions of Home.

The London Tid-Bits offered a prize
for the best definition of home. Here
are some of the best of 5000 answers
sent in: #
The golden setting in which the
brightest jewel is mother"
A world of strife shut out, a world of
love shut in.
An arbor which shades when the sun
shine OF prosperity becomes too IA
zling, a harbor where the human bark
finds shelter in the time of adversely.
Home is the blossom of which heaven
is the fruit.
Home is a persons estate obtained
without injustice, kept without dispute
tude; a place where time Is spent with
out repentance, ana which is ruled by
justice, mercy, and love.
A grand old mirror, through which
both sides of us are seen.
That source of comfort which youth
does not fully appreciate, which the
young men and maidens lovingly desire,
which the middlc-aged generally pos
sess, which the old rightly value.
A hive in which, like the Industrious
bee, youth garners the sweets and men,
cries of life for age to mediate and feed
pom
The best place for a married man after
business hours.
Home is the contest, kindliest, sweet
est place in all the world, the scene of
our purest earthly joys and deepest sor-
rows
The only spot on earth where the
faults and failings of fallen humanity
are hidden under the mantle of charity.
An abode in which the inmate, The
superior being called man., " car pay
back at night with 80 per cent interest
every annoyance that has met him in
business during the day.
The place where the great are some
times small, and the small often great.
The fathers kingdom, the chlldren's
paradise, the mothers world.
The jewel casket containing the most
precious of all jewels-domestic happi-
ness.
Whore you are treated best and you
grumblo most.
Home is IA central telegraph Office of
human love, into which run innumer-
able wires of affection, many of which,
though extending thousands of miles,
are never disconnected from the one
great terminus.
The center of our affections, around
which our hearts best wishes Irvine.
A little hollow scooped out OF the
windy hill of the world whore we can
be shielded from its cares and annoy
ances.
A popular but paradoxical institution
in which woman works in the absence
of ma and man rests in the presence OF
woman
A working model of heaven, with
real angels in the form of mothers and
wives.
The place where all husbands should
be at night.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

and giving thom an account OF our
meeting and interview. After we left JACK
son our division returned to the Army Of the
Tennessee. and after passing safely through
the battle Of ChicSamaugua | was wounded
and left on the field at Mission Ridge and
renamed n prisoner until a few weeks before
the final surrender, when | was paroled and
returned to Florida. | have lived here since
the war, have married and nave a little
family grown up around me. One Of the
sisters who wrote to you died q few years
ago. like the tone Of your letter and ap-
preciate ITS sentiments. The soldiers on
both sides who went to the front have got
along with each other in peace and harmony
since the war. | hope you will acknowledge
tho receipt of this letter, so that ] will know
that 1t has reached you. | have delivered a
number of addresses at the various reunions,
and II 1 can find any copies of them | will
mail them to you, Accept my kindest re-
CARDS. Your friend, SAMUEL PAsCo,
Late of the Third Florida Regiment.
Tho rrespondence was kept up and pho
tos were exchanged. MIR. Pasco was elected
president of the constitutional convention Of
the state of Florida, and in 1887 was elected
United States senator, which position no now
holds. At the national convention at S
Louis, Mo-, in 1883 no and Lee met for tho
first time and had a grand reunion talking
over their war experience and the way in
which they became acquainted on the battle
field at Jackson, Miss, twenty-five years
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
Bee bldg.
DR.. Birney cures catarrh.
YOuth I'm War.

After the defeat of the Chilli govern
ment troops at the battle of Concon,
VIVA del Mar, near Valparaiso, n little
lad of eight or nine years of age, hatless
and bareiooted, arrived in the tow of
VIVA del Mar and gave n tolerably cir
cumstantial account of the fight, At
first his story was not beloved, but little
by little mis- tale was credited and listen
ed to with establishment that Il child of
his tender g should have been present
at such a s~anguinary encounter. lie
quite artlessly stated that when the San
Fernando battalion left the town with
banners flying and band playing he
imagined the troops were going out to
exercise, and followed them till he found
himself on the field of battle, When the
defeat and rout ensued he joined Il group
of stragglers and at last found his way
back to Vina del Mar, by way of Quilpue,
at which place somebody gave him a
piece of bread and a drink of water.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
Notes.

1t is expected that the survivors Of the
Tenth and Thirty-seventh regiments of 10
fantry, Massachusetts volunteers, will join
with the veterans of tie fifteenth in a
scheme to erect a statute of General Devens,
who commanded the brigade in which the
three organizations served.
Mr.. Matthew j. Fogerty, ~ East Ninety
second street, New York, desires informa-
ton of John Foley, company ID, eleventh
Massachusetts infantry volunteers, or any
member of that reglment who knew John
togerty, alias James Gleason, who was
killed in action at or near Spottsylyania
court house, Va.
A Hyde Park veteran of the Grand Army
of the Republic went into a local barber shop
to get shaved. He showed some impatience
at not being promptly served, and he re-
marked to tue colored knight of the razor,
Get a move on, boy. l fought four years
for your mo you didn't; l wasn't born
when the trouble commenced, y quickly retort-
ed thecolored brother.
The late Don Piatt was for n time on the
staff of General Schneck during the civil
war. Having been sent to observe the sit
uation at Winchester, previous to Lees in
vasion of Pennsylvania. he, on his w mo-
ton, ordered General Robert II. Milroy to
evacuats the town and fall back on Harper's
Ferry. Tn order was countermanded by
General Halleck, and three days afterward
Mllrov, surrounded by the confederate adj
vance, was forced to cut his way out, with a
loss of z, 300 prisoners.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
WHIT EYER THY ESTATE.

f.. l.. Wake a in Good Housekeeping. p
o brown-faced maiden of the farms!
Chide not thy lack of town-wise charms.
The sun, the sky, the fields, the air,
Are ever thine and ever fair;
Thy life, though cast IN rugged mould,
Gains truth and beauty manifold.
Cease, cease thy longings for the far,
Hurt ways, where piteouS passions war,
Whatever thy estate,
twill not be long nor late
When love comes glowing there,
Where God and nature are.
But keep thy prayer Alright
Already love aud light
Have reckoned thy abundant charms,
. brown-faced maiden of the farms
o toiling maiden of the town.
Look up, though all would put thee down.
True as the everlasting truth,
Thy good is nodded in thy ruth.
Each scourged hour past is peace for thee;
Each duty wrought Is victory.
Cease all thy plants. Thy toll is blest.
Thy hungry soul shall feast and rest.
Whatever thy estate,
Twill not be long nor late
When love comes glowing there,
Where God and striving are.
But keep thy life Alright
Already love and light
For thee are smoothing out fate's frown
y toiling maiden of the town!
o sad and toiling maldens nlD
Rest, Joy shall come from Abor's thrall.
See not thy sisters sco>l: for she
Hath all but hope and love, may be:
And hope, and love, and good, and home,
Are more than all meath heavens dome.
Thou art but tired. Knit In thy hours
Of toll are ali immortal powers.
Whatever thy estate,
Twill not be long nor late
When love comes glowing there,
Where God and DurDOSe ara
But keep thy souls true. pure,
There cometh to endure
More than all dreams may plant and call,
0 sad and toiling maidens all!
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
The Origin of Firecrackers.

The reason why tho smell of burnt powder
and smoke from firecracker stumps is SO
grateful 10 boys is not far to seek. 1t is the
sudden force shown in the explosion and the
little space of danger as well as the noise
that pleases the youth. The origin of fire
crackers, according TO NJ. w. Woodville
Rockville, the Thibetan explorer, is as fol-
lows:
Firecrackers were originally joints of bam-
boo. They are made OF paper Mt present, but
tho Chinese nume, bambo gun" shows
what they were. The bamboo crackers made
u very loud noise like our cannon crackers
Perhaps the fragments of bamboo flew about
when they exploded, making tnem danger
Gus, so that paper was substituted. In max
ing bamboo crackers the partitions In the
joints of the bamboo were pierced, powder
sifted in, and a fuse introduced. 1t is IN
crackers, with their partitions of clay, follow
the old bamboo pattern.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

Strategems and signnls in Foot Ban
tCopwUted 1891 by 4. 4. StnJGl
Time and again people have said to me that
they could not see anything wonderful about
the game Of foot ball, that it looked to them
like a big squabble in which everybody was
pushing and wrestling in one tangled mass.
That, in part, may describe the game as 1t
was played n few years ago and as 1T Is now
played by the boys on the vacant lots in some
of the smaller colleges, but it does not take q
very observant eye nowadays to see that there
are combinations and concentrations shown at
different points in tho game. That means
team play. suppose that a large percentage
OF the spectators at every foot ball game
knows scarcely anything about the points Of
the game; would be surprised to learn that
every play from a scrimmage is made at a
given signal which indicates the direction the
runner is to take; that the hole through
which he IS to run or the wav he Is TO go Is
prepared for him by the men In the line; that
the runner is still further assisted by the rest
OF the players, each one Of whom helps by n
definite action which varies with different
plays; that the eleven, as a whole, Is drilled
like a regiment to perform certain movements
at a given signal with %quickness aud exact
ness, which movements differ for different
PLAYERS, OUT are combined in such "a way that
the desired result, namely, the advance OF the
runner with the ball is brought about.
Referring once more to a picture OF the
rush lines, as they stand in a scrimmage, we
notice that there are elght spaces through
which a run can DO made:
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

he came to the words GIVE us this day our
daily bread, y then he paused for a while, and
at last asked.
''Dod knows everything, doesn't he mat"
"Ges, my SON.
''rhen 1t is no use trying to fool him by
asking him TO give us our daily bread. lie
knows that the baker brings us bread every
morning.
Harpers' Teachcr-Tommy, why didn't
you learn your lessons for today
Tommy Well, papa was sick and mamma
had to be with him., and sister was away.
Toacher-How did that affect youl
/, Tommy-M by, there wasn't any one to re-
mind me of them.
A germ of philosophy in a certain little boy
took root rather uneX pectedly to his parent
the other morning. Sarah, the new COOK the
first colored person the little chap had ever
seem, made her advent TO tho kitchen. me
child sat for some time silently regarding her,
and then quietly whispered: Mamma, does
Sarah drink iukF'
Teacher-George, | think you would mako
n very good judge-that is in one respect.
George-Why, teachert
Teacher-Because in your reading you pass
so many sentences,
George QAughing)-Only the heavy ones,
teacher; those with hard words, you know.
you know, Nick, said his mother, "a
gentleman never asks for things. no matter
how badly he wants them.n
"Why doesn't hei'' said Nick, opening very
wide his round four-year-old eyes.
~
Chicago Tribune: Willie-Papa, how much
does a rod measured!
Mr.. Btllus ~(retros pectively and somewhat
bitterly If you sign the contract without
looking atait closely, my son, it measures
when you come to pay for it about SGD feet,
and 90 a nt,ntnptipn nnninGt LIGHTNING IT lGnlt
worth ait isn't worth-run out now and
play. my son.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
bright DOINGs OF YOUTH.

Chicago Iuter-Ocean: A bright-eyed
12-year-old boy was in the crowd hurrying
along Clark street, when his attention was
arrested by the antics of a bony old horse
attached TO a rickety vehicle at the curb. The
old fellow had been given his feed of oats in
a nose-bag that hung six inches below his
lips, and he was throwing up his head IN
frantic efforts to catch the precious morsels
out of his reach. The boy stopped, patted
the old fellow on his neck and said; Let
me help you, old fellow" He held the bag
up and the old horse proceeded with his
lunch. His thankfulness could have been no
better expressed with words than he ex-
pressed II with his eyes. 1t was a small
thing to do, but yet a score of people passing
took the lesson. III that boy carries with
him through life the principles shown forth
in that simple act, neither he nor those about
HIM will be growing out the query: as
life worth hvingp'
-.
Texas Siftings; A lady living on Madison
avenue undertook TO teach her little boy the
Lords Prayer. He got along very well until
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29


A touching incident occurred yesterday in
the Miles City club,rooms, SAYS the Yellow
stone journal. Major Fetchet of the Sixth
cavalry was a visitor at the club, and was
conversmg with Captain Harmon, to whom
he had just been introduced. The CONVERSE
ton had turned on recollect,ons of the civil
war, and Major Fetchet was relating an
incident which, as the story progressed, Cap
tain Harmon recognized as something that
he was perfectly familiar with. Breaking in
upon the story, the captain said something
that indicated that he, too, was an actor in
the scene. "What regiment were you in2'
asked the major:Y 1.-THE First Minnesota"
replied Harmon. ''And l was IN the Seventh
Michigan. Let me. hug you," responded Ma
jor Fetchet, and without further ado the
portly veterans embraced, while the tears
moistened each of their eyes. They were of
two regiments that were the pride of the
Army of the Potomac and the glory of the
states that sent them out. The regi-
ments were In the same brigade
and had shared almost every hard fight that
the Army of the Potomac engaged in. The
boys of the First Minnesota were satisfied
to go any where when they knew the Sew
enth Michigan was going too, and vice versa.
Though companions in many a battle field,
these two-bOth private soldiers at the tune
had never met, ana were complete strang-
ers until the discovery of their relations
nearly thirty years ago, brought them into
an embrace closer than brothers. Ma
ior Fletcher says he rever meets a
First Minnesota man that he does not en-
brace, as it, was one of the granoest and
bravest regiments he ever saw. His w
Seventh Michigan, Captain Harmon says,
bore a reputation fully equal to the Mime
sofa boys. The two old soldiers spent the
afternoon recounting incidents in which they
~. thai on ~ Nrn a q Eynrn nItnrr nd thu ,.nnnI
~lectlons of those fearful days were revived
ON both sides and each by the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

Buried Treasures In Cheat River.
Tucker county, Virginia, in the vicinity of
Skaters fork of the Cheat river, is greatly
excited over the advent of a man giving the
name of Lake, who claims that he has walked
from Nebraska to endeavor to recover S25, 900
in gold which he threw in the Cheat river at
this point twenty-eight years ago, by order of
General Garnett, the commander of the con-
federate army for this divis on. Lakes
story. which reads like a romance, is that
after enlisting in the confederate army he
soon became a trusted aid OF the general.
AS they were marching in this vicinity they
suddenly found themselves surrounded on all
sides. Before giving the order for his army
to try and cut their way through the lines,
General Garnett called Lake to him and gave
him charge of the bullion, telling him to
bury 1t in tho Cheat to prevent its capture.
Lake secured the assistance of a man, who
he claims has since died in the south, and
after throwing the gold to the bottom of the
river, marked the spoG and went into the
fight. General Garnett was killed early in
the battle, before Lake had an opportunity
to communicate with him again. Lake was
captured and taken north, where he took the
oath and entered the United States army.
He was taken prisoner by the Confederates
in eastern Virginia and held until the sur
render. He then emigrateu to Nebraska,
where he has since lived, being too poor to
raise money to make the trip east. Finally,
driven TO desperation by bad crops and other
mistortunes, he decided to walk back and
try ana secure the buried wealth. He shows
an Intimate knowledge of the country, and Is
well posted as to the location of all historical
points. He has pointed out the exact spot
wherein he threw the money. and his EVIL
dent honesty and truthfulness has so i'm
pressed the citizens that funds have been
raised and machinery and magnets ordered,
with a view of making an energetic effort to
recover the treasure.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29
GRAND ARMY DEPARTMENT.
N.p4
The Rebel Flag Order a Proper and Nom
Partisan Document.
A NEBRASKaMiS SEARCH FOR GOLD,
Exploring Cheat River for Rebel
Doodle Touching Meeting OF
Brothers in War-teminis-
ccnCcs and Notes.
A NEBRASKARs SEARCH FOR GOLD,

The general order OF the commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army OF the Republic
consuming the members of the organization
for participation in ceremonies where the
confederate flag is displayed is not a partisan
document, says the New York Recorder. 1t
is signed by Adiutant General Phisterer, a
democrat holding n position IN the military
department of our state government. Demo
cratic Union veterans are quite as sensitive
as are their republican comrades regarding
sights to the flag Of the Union they fought
for
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

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