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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
APoLYcAMous OLD NEGRO.
His Cold-BIooded scheme to shake Then
In Heaven.

4The old-time darky was about as
thorough a believer in polypamy as
any Mormon, " said a Virginia gentle
man at a social gathering last week.
@Old Uncle Peyton Mason was q fair
sample of the type. Because of his
undue fondness for drink he was hired
by his owner, Col Buck Mason, to the
farmers in the neighborhood, and
wherever Peyton lived for any length
of time he took unto himself a wife.
"As he never staid anywhere very
long, and as he had the winning eff
frontery of Brummel, in the course
OF time he had as many wives perhaps
as Utah Bishop.
3On one occasion one of the danes
came to where Peyton then was to seek
separation from the destroyer of her
peace. She argued long and in vain
and at last. prompted by jealousy to
ind out whom her faithless spouse
preferred to herself, she said:
S'Peyton Mason, we'en yeuse stan
at de bar OBJ jedgmen' an de grim
'stroyin' angel say untoe yo', @Pey ton
Mason, warn Sindy Hawkins yo' wife
on de yearth, an warn Sofy Cyarter
yo' wife on de yearth, an warm Cyar-
line Sneif yo' wife on de yearth, VIII
wh-what youse gwinter say P'"
@The old man thought for q second
and then replied: 4 dess gwinter say
yassir to de Lawd.'
Den we'en de grim 'stroyin' angel
say ontoe yo', EFF all desc wimmins
wuz yo' wife on de yearth. whut wun-
ner dem youse gwinter hab in heb
benz" whut yeu say denP'
This was puzzler. Peyton scratch
ed his head and suddenly his rascslly
black face became graduated.
.''I'll dess say toe de Lawd, will,
dat I don't wanter hab hummer dem
DOMAINS, an I'll say toe de Lawd dat
eff hits dess de same ter him dat I'll
consort wild wunner dem angels, eff he
please. ~ Washington Nes0s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
GENUINE woMAN's RIGHTS.
The Women of Alaska Permit Man to be
Glad that He Is Alive.

Alaskan women" said Judge Shack
ley, who was for five years United
States Commissioner at Alaska. shave
a way of bringing their husbands to
time which is very effective.
@They do not fling fatirons sand
rolling pins or give curtain lectures,
but retire to a corner, neglect their
household duties and sulk, refusing to
say word. A few days of this treat
ment brings the husband round.
"The women in Alaska also have an
odd way of quarreling. They do not
pull hair or resort to fisticuffs, but after
giving each other a severe tongue
lashing they retire to their homes.
Alakans are divided up into families,
such as the Bear. Crow and Deer FAM
lilies. These families take cognizance
of quarrels and feuds result. After
the quarrel Mrs. Bear will retire to her
house, tear up her clothing and two
or three blankets and then send word
to Mrs. Eagle, her enemy. 1t there
upon becomes incumbent upon Mrs.
Eagle to destroy a greater amount of
clothing and more blankets of her own
than Mrs. Bear. By pursuing this
peculiar process she evens things up
in the quarrel. If she did not do SO
she would be disgraced in the eyes of
her relatives and opposite tribes.
"The women are great traders, carry
the purse and manage things gener-
ally. If the husband makes a bad
bargain in trading his wife ridicules
him.
"There is woman in Sitka known
as Princess Tom, who is very rich.
She at one time had three husbands,
but has become Christianized and has
discarded two. She is an extensive
trader and has several large canoes in
which she transports goods from Sitka
to the interior and exchanges them
with the natives for furs. She is
known all over Alaska and wears upon
her arms twenty or thirty bracelets
made out of 500 gold pieces.
"The natives also trace their geneal-
ogy through the female branch of the
family and the Inheritance comes
through the mothers side. For in
stance, if chief should die leaving a
son, his sisters son or nephew would
succeed in authority, and not his own
son. The women are not slaves as in
the Indian tribes in this country, but
exercise great deal of authority.
"They have another peculiar GUS
tom. In this country mans promi-
nence depends largely upon his wealth.
Among the Alaskans it depends upon
how much he gives away. If rich
member of the Eagle tribe, for exam
pie. wishes to become chief or q
prominent man, he makes pot latch
or gift of all his property. All the
members of the Eagle family. no mat
ter how remote, are invited to attend
the pot LATCH and the festivities in
clude dancing and feasting and fire.
quently last a week. The more he
gives away and the poorer he makes
himself the more exalted he becomes
in the estimation of his fellows.
"The women emulate their sex in
civilized countries in their affectation
of bright and gaudy colors, and most
of the money that they receive is in
vested in bright-colored goods and
shawls. y Washington Star.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
The STORY oE A Hoopoo.
Related by the Piney Woods Negro who
Was the Victim.

The superstition of negroes is pro-
verbal, and their belief in Voudooism
particularly those of the very ignor-
ant CLASSY is Fixed. They do not tell
of this belief to white persons as
rule. yet piney woods negro did un-
burden himself to NeaOs reporter as
follows:
Hits er gittin' SO 'mongst desc
wufess niggers dat no spectacle pus-
son CANT wuk at no sawmill no mo-.
Wy, wus wulkin' at mill on de
Trinity and Sabine road. Me an nv
wife wus livin' in cabin by de tank,
just whar de cyars 90 by. Dey wuz a
poor, shilless, no count fool nigger
whut I'D wuk two days an den shoot
craps de rest of de week. He boa'ded
wild me, an only taxed i'm two bits
er day boa'd. Bime-bay he gifts inter
me er bout er dollar an fo' bits, an I
says ter him dat he mus pay me er
move-he shorely mus. Wild dat he
gifts mad an lows dat he'll fix me. An
he moves ter ernudder house.
"De naixt mawnin' 1 wuz er gwine
out er de do when I ketches my fut
erginst er pine stump, an blam! /
hits de groun' laik l wus er beef. /
hurted myself so dat CANT do no wuk
dat day.
@In de afternoon my woman she was
er gwine ter de well fer er pail er water
when she ketches her laig in er hole in
der dolly way at de mill, an she
squalls out an hit turns out dat she
runs pine silver inter her shin.
Den dat night my chimbley ketches
fire an de house mos burns down.
Den projeck roun' in my mind an
fixes it up dat de wutiess nigger is de
cause of all dis trubble. An / lows
rs er gwinter maik him hard ter
ketch. So 1 takes my razzer an
santers over ter de house whar he
lives at, an dere he wus er shootin'
craps. jist sneaks up ahind i'm, an
de fust ting he knows has i'm on de
flo, an de razzer at his froat. Den l
tells i'm dat he's hoodooed me-. an, if
he doan say dat he'll come wild me an
talk dem hoodoos erway, Pse er gwine
ter cut i'm an cut i'm deep, too. He
gets all trimbley,an' he ses fer Gawd's
sake ter doan hol' dat razzer so clus
ter i'm an he'll talk de hoodoos er-
way.
Il maiks i'm go wild me ter my
house, an he gifts down on his knees
at de do an reaches under de stoop
an fotches out er small passel tied up
wild er bit er twine. Hit wus done up
in bit er yaller paper. I knows hit
wus er hoodoo as soon as I seen hit 1
made i'm open hit, kase 1 amt er
gwinter tetch hit; no sub. Dey wus
toof and er bit er hair and little bit
er boan in hit all wrapped up with er
bit er red cord. Den maiks i'm go
over ter de pit an fling hit in de fire.
Den tells i'm dat Use er gwinter shore
cyarve i'm if he doan pull his freight
outen dat mill right den. He amt no
close ter pack, an so he hits de grit
down for Groveton.
"Dat hoodoo wus whut wurked de
trubble wild me, but after dat Pse all
right, an hit doan bodder me no mo-"
-GdlUeSton NeaOs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
A Philosophical Youth.

One of the professors in Cambridg ge
has a little boy named Christopher.
The sayings and doings of the son have
passed into college history. One day
the professor was lying on his sofa
after hard days work in philosophy,
and while in state of unconscious
cerebration suddenly caught sight of
Christopher on the floor. The profess
sor gazed upon the boy in deep silence,
then he said: What would you do,
Christopher. in case your father should
die?" Christopher thought for mo-
ment, then he lifted his eeys: "Oh,
don't worry, father; there is time
enough to think about that when you
are dead. Boston Budget.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
TAE vENoEANcE oF TAE WOLVES.
A Pack Kills One of Their Number for
Supposed Lying.

During one of my hunting and fish
ing excursions in Louisiana, says q
writer in Forest and Stream, I was
fishing on a lake two or three miles
long and from one-quarter to one-half
mile wide. On one side the hill land
came down near the lake, leaving
about one-quarter mile of sand beach,
and while there l saw deer running
at the top of its speed toward the lake,
and moment later wolf appeared in
hot pursuit. Expecting them to plunge
into the lake, when could overtake
and kill them bolh in the water, ! kept
my place. Just before the deer reached
the water it was caught by the wolf.
which pulled it down and killed it.
Then the wolf stalked about, looked
around, trotted off some distance, and
set up a howl, went farther and again
howled, and then into the woods, when
heard more bowling. The wolf be-
ing out of sight rowed my boat to
the place and got the deer, and then
went back to my fish hooks. Shortly
there appeared on the scene pack Of
ten or twelve wolves. They shifted
and moved all around where the deer
had been killed. These movements
occupied considerable time. They
would huddle together. change about.
and mixing up trot around in all di-
rections, keeping close together. Fin
ally they got into a fight, the whole
pack attacked one wolf and killed it.
1t was literally bit and chewed TO
pieces. Now, what was that wolf
killed for? The probability is, and
am almost positive, that the dead wolf
was the one that killed the deer. /
have talked to many hunters upon
but t%o who fa had seen eu' ANYTHING oV aedDns s
liar. and they thought the wolf had
been killed for lying. If it was done
in the case saw for lying it was the
only time l ever knew wolf to be
killed wrongfully.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
Tomorrow.

With half averted face she stood
And answered to his questioning eyes,
Tis nothing. 1t is but my mood;
II is not the day for sweet replies.
''Perchance tomorrow''-Ah, who knows
What fate may with tomorrow come?
For aye some questioning eyes may close,
Some lips may be forever dumb.
Waller Learned in the Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
Conjecture.

Suppose this letter that ] toss aside,
Half smiling at its tenderness should be
By some strange lot of death the very last
He wrote to me?
o, not till now was any page of his
Thus startled with a sudden, burning tear.
Love! pardon that my heart woke not until
1t knew fhs fear
Eva Wilder McGlasson in the Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14

The sheriff of county in Georgia,
in ordering the lawyers inside the
court bar to keep quiet, excitedly said:
'Gentiemen, you must beep better
order in the barroom."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
The Difference.

How dry the world; place of scant refresh
ing;
OF tasks IN weakness done. too poor and
mean
TO win US from self-scorn-of fears enmesh-
ing,
And reeds on which to lean
But suddenly our lives seem not unheeded!
Nearer the friends we thought 80 cold and
few.
Some small success-the word of praise we
needed
And all the world is new!
Cora w. Bronson in Kate Fields Washing
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-14
r..s, FIRE. FIRE!

Ansurance Specially.
Ho! Good people of Portage Co.
Do you want Reliable Insurance 2
Then go to e. NJ. WALLER, who
has just bought the M. A. King Fire
Insurance Agency-the largest in the
Co.-and is now giving his entire time
to the Insurance business.
Reasonable rates and honest dealing
is the motto.
OFFICE over n. Converse & Sons
Dry Goods Store, Ravenna, Ohio.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05

train at this place at 5:45 clock this
morning and at least ten people were
killed and thirteen or more Injured.
some seriously.
The passenger train was an extra
running as the second section Of No.
So. It left detroit last night at 10
clock heavily loaded with passer-
gers. 1t was due at Kingsbury at
$50 a. IL. but owing to the heavy
trafic, was fifteen minutes late.
Freight No. 81. east bound, received
orders to side track on its arrival at
Kingsbury and allow the two Sec
tons Of the passenger tram t. pass.
The first section passed ia s::+@tv,
but. through some luis&n.lG. ."3-
ing about the approach Of the "tl'
section, freight brakeman, Herbert
Thompson of Ashley, tla~ -tate. WIS
ordered forwarc, to throw tie sw:toh h
that the train might ;,nil out on he
main track aud pr"cee i, B~fnre The
freight had gotten under motion the
second section OF tue passenger train
came laundering down at the rate
of forty-five miles ala hour TO mah e
up lost time. B~fpre the switch
could be closed the passei ger train
run in on the side track and crashed
into the freight train, TEc cngnes
were jammed into each oth,r up to
the cylinders and the s,nU.e: a. d a
day coach were telescoped, crushing
the sleeping passengers The Sec
ord day coach was thrown across
the tracks on top Of the aeb:is of
the award coaches There were
two sleepers. The head one crashed
into the forward coach and for the
length Of three berths was torn to
atoms, the passengers, six III mum.
Der, being badly injured but none
killed outright
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
BIO AGAIN BOMBAKDED.


London, Sept 29.-Cabl- M IS
ages from Rio de Janeiio received
to-day report that despite the ',ter-
vention of the vessels of foreign ma
tions in that ha, Dor Or in open def
ance of them, the ebel fleet resumed
the bombardment this MOI ming with
more fury than ever and III hort
time great damage had been done
and several persons killed.
A special cable message from an
American in Rio de Janeiro denies
the truth Of the report that the war
ships belonging to the squadron
commanded by Admiral de Nello
were silenced, after opening fir upon
Rio de Janiero, by the guns Of Tie
land forts at the mouth of the lnr
bor The forts 1t is said, welr- un
able to she'll the rebel ships. "~l"g
to the position the latter occupied,
without taking tremendous n>k~ of
dropping shells iuto Rio d,, Jslierp
itself
But this was not the only usuil
which prevented the forts from firing
into the rebel ships, the forts, the
cable message adding. being almost
destitute of ammunition. ln ~ln'e "f
the statement cabled by The Bsrz,htn
government to it's agent IL Paris
saying that the forts had b.en com
pletly garrisoned and supplied aud
that the reason some of the rebel
ships got out to sea was because they
passed out before the fo,ts were
ready to give them warm recep-
| ton.
The inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro
continues the dispatch, hoped and
are still hoping for foreign inter ven
/
ers of foreign warships are said to
have been frequently appealed to
on the subject but with 40 definite
result
| All reports reaching the outside
world from Rio have come either
from government sources or from
friends of the rebels, both sides col
oring their reports to suit themselves
1t is believed that the dispatches
received by the banking houses in
London have given the public al
idea of the real situation of the
affairs.
Some surprise is expressed here al
the fact that the United States has
not received accurate news from Rie
especially as it is announced that the
cruiser Charleston has arrived at thai
port.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05

Mount Vernoc, Ky, Sept 2s-
The negro murders, Albert Berry
and William Henry, who killed Fer
ris Hazheis, II peddler, near this
place last Friday afternoon, had theil
trial yesterday and to day At II
O'Clock this morning verdict OF
life III the penltentlary was render
ed against them. They were great
ly relieved to know they We're not
sentenced to death Citizens gener
ally condemn the verdict as being
too light and believe the negroes
should hang. The feeling is very
bitter against them The prospects
of lypching are good,
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Massachusetts Democrats.

Boston Mass, Sept. 2S The
democrats met l., convention here
yesterday and nominated a full state
ticket. John = Russell was nomi-
mated for governor by acclamation;
Lieutenant Governor. John B. Car
rol; Secretary of State, JAS. Melon
aid; Treasurer, General d. T. Stew
ens; Attorney General. Chas. S. Lii
ly.
After re ,tfirming the national Dem
ocratic platform Of 1892, the plat
form declares thar the country has
confidence III Grover Cleveland, and
that the president and Secretary
Carlisle are to be commended upon
their attitude toward the silver re
peal bill, which has brought finan.
cial and industrial disaster up IN the
country.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Williams Awful Work.

Hennessey, Ok, Sept. 22-Yes-
terday evening a terrible tragedy
was enacted at Waukomis, in the
strip north of Hennessey, nine miles
from the strip line. A controversy
arose between a man named Will
liams and an old man and his two
sons named Liddle over the claim
on which Waukomis is located.
1t has been impossible to get lull
particulars, but in the controversy
that arose one of the Liddles struck
Williams over the head with a broad
ak, cutting a deep cash, upon which
Williams shot and killed the old man
and son John and stabbed the other.
Williams was arrested and taken
to Kingfsher, and, it is understood,
was conveyed this morning to the
Wichita Jail.
DR.. Recker was called to dress the
wounds of the injured man. His IL
iures are not fatal. The old gentle
man was brother of James Liddle
of this place and came from Iowa.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05

was troubled with catarrh for
seven yeals previous to commencing
the use of Ely's Cream Balm 1t
has done for me what other SO call
ed cures failed to dc-cured me
The effect of the Balm seemed magi-
cal Clarence L. Huff, Blddeford
Me.
After trying many remedies for
catarrh during the past twelve years
I tried Ely's Cream Balm with com
plete success. 1t is over a year
since I stopped using it and have
had no return of catarrh. I Ireccom.
mended it to my friends.-Miton T
Palm Reading Pa.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
BURNED TO DEATH.
An Entire Family Crematpd Alive in
u Prairie Fire.

Guthrie, Ok, Sept.-A disastrous
p,airie fire occurred in the western
part of Cherokee Strip yesterday
and scores of settlers lost their
property aud narrowly escaped with
their lives. Mrs J. S Kennedy aud
two children were badly burned
John Baker and Mr.. Thomas and
family were burned to death. The
two children of Mrs. George Harri
son are missing, and it is feared
they also perished. Mr. Thompson
and two children were fatally burn
ed. Moat of the men We're absent
at the land office TO file on their
clai,ns. aud the women and children
struggled against the fire alone.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Train lsouD..r Sentenced.

st. Charles, No. Sept % Mar
ion Hedgepeth, the ted Glendale
train robber, after legal struggle
lasting eighteen month, Na~ to day
convivted by jury aud his punish
ment fixed at twent-tive Years in
prisonment, Hedgepeth had no
lawyer and acted ns HIS own counsel.
When Express Messenger Mulren'
nan WAS testifyiug Hedsepeth jump
ed to his feet and shouted out.
you're - liar" He did this
again when Lawyer Furiing was Oh
the stand.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good if you have a
cough or cold or any trouble with
throat Chest or lungs. DR.. King 5
New Discovery for Consumption
coughs and cold is guarantee to give
relief or money will be paid back
Sufferers from la grippe found it just
the thing aud under its use had a
speedy recovery. Try sample bot
tie at our expense and learu for
yourself how good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free at n. L. fuckers s
drugstore. Large size SOC and 81.
90.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
senator Turpie's Long Lost Brother.

Delphi, Ind, Sept. 2s.-After be-
ing mourned as dead for over twen-
ty-fre years, John Turpie, brother
OF Senator David Turpie, has return.
ed to this city, to find the whole
family dead except three brothers
one in Washington, one in Kansas
City and the other, Robert, occupy
log the old homestead The story
of John Turpie's life reads Ike a
romance Ia 1852 he left home in
Company with Robert Dickey. Dick
eg was taken ii at Hannibal, No :,
ana had 10 turn back, but Turrie
joined an OK train across the plains.
bouud for Salem, Ore. and dr0ye al
OK team all that distance For forty
wears lie never saw a face flon his
home. nor heard from any one there,
He spent three years hunting and
trapping with the Indians, aud Was
for while sailor on tue Pacific
Coast. He now resides at Astoria
He says his brother, the Senator
visited that place four o. five years
ago with number of other Sena
tors. but as he was busy at tn
time he did not take the trouble t,
look Dave up"
Unlike his brother, he is a stalwar
Republican,. The rise Of values il
Pacific Slope lands has made him |
rich man.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
A Sound Liver Makes Well Man

Are YOU bilious, consiipated or trou-
hled with Iaundice Sick Headache, Bad
Taste in Mouth, Foul. Breath, Coated
Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot
Dry Skin, Pain in back and between
the Shoulders Chills and Fever, &c.
If YOU have any of these symptoms your
liver is out OF order, and your blood is
SLOWLY being poisoned, because your
liver does not act properly. Herbine
will cure any disorder Of the Liver,
Stomach or Bowels. It has no equal as
a Live, Medicine. Price 75cts. Free
trial bottles at H L fuckers drugstore
AL year
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Special Excursions to Worlds Fair

The Missouri Pacific Railway has
made arrangements for IA cheap trip
to the Worlds Fair, and, will run
special excursions to Chicago AT
greatly reduced rates on the follow
lowing dates: July cath and 3lst and
August eth. The advantages of this
route are many. owing to the elegant
through service and magnificent
equipment. AllparIiculars, concern
ing rates, leaving time of trains. linn
it of tickets, etc, furnished by W. c.
Burrus. Ticket Agent, Missouri,
Pacific
The Butler weekly times., 1893-10-05
Cau.uAIi;irs on the Striu.

Arkansas City, Kan, Sept. d.
A small sized riot occurred at Perry
Friday night aud yesterday it was
necessary TO send for the militia to
preserve order as there are many
coufiicts between rival claimants and
thugs and thieves are robbing people
right and left. There were numer
Gus accidents aud crimes to day
Oscar Cunningham of Cincinnati had
il' I'.@ cut off by the cars, John VII
soa wae acc,lent!y shot in the body
and Henry Dix was badly cut in the
head iu a row Fifteen miles east
Of Perry lnan named Harrison was
totally shot in controversy oyer q
claim