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LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

Place young girl under the care of a
kind-neartcd, graceful woman, and she, un-
conscious to herself, grows into Il graceful
lady. Place a boy in the establishment OF II
thorou.h-going, straightforward business
nlan, and the boy becomes u self-reliant,
practical business man. Children are sus-
ceptible creatures, and circumstances and
scenes and actions always impress. As you
influence them not by arbitrary rules, nor
by stern example alone, but in u thousand
other ways that speak through beautiful
forms, pretty pictures, etc., so they will
grow. Teach your children, then, to love
the beautiful. If you are able, give them Il
corner in the garden for flowers. Allow
them to have their favorite trees; teach
them to wander in the prettiest woodlets i;
show them where they can best view the
sunset rouse them in the morning, not by
stern "Iime to work." but with the enthu-
siastic i" See the beautiful sunrise 70 Buy
for them pretty pictures, and encourage
them to decorate their room in his or her
childish way. Give them an inch and they
will go a mile. Allow them the privilege
and they will make your home pleasant
and beautiful.
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SUBJECTS FOR THOUGHT.

"lt is the solemn thought connected with
middle life" says the late eloquent +. w.
Robertson, " that life's last business is be-
gun in earnest and it is then, midway be-
tween the cradle and the grave, that a man
begins to marvel that he let the days Of
youth go by SO half enjoyed. 1t is a pen
sive autumn feeling it is the sensation Of
halt sadness that we experience when the
longest day of the year is past, and every
day that follows is shorter and the light
fainter, and the feeble shadows tell that ia
ture is fastening with gigantic footsteps to
her winters grave. SO does man look back
upon his youthful days. When the first
gray hairs become visible, WHEN the unwel-
come truth fastens itself upon the mine
that a man is no longer going up hill, but
down, and that the sun is always westering,
he looks back to things behins. When we
were children, we thought as children. But
now there lies before us manhood With its
earnest work, and then old age, and then
the grave, and then the home. There is a
second youth for man, better aud holder
than his first, if he will look or and not
back
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must give up yonr plan of going abroad; we
can't afford to lose you.'' ''Oh, it will be
all the same one hundred years hence, as the
American aloe said when it came into
bloom" But your song, Hook; only 4
few verses You really reduce me to eX-
tremities, as the rat said to the trap that
cut his tail off. I've a bad cold, but will try
my best, and hope to come off with flying
colors. as the English general said when he
ordered his niggers to retreat. If | attempt
q stave, don't make Il butt of me-"
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col & SHEAVES
Toll on. . tender heart,
Thy mission is not less;
TO MI thy love impart,
Nor ask whom thou shalt bic
Never deceive a friend.

Never deceive a friend.
-Ged hears no more than the heart
speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will
certainly be deaf,
Closet duty speaks out most sincerity.
He prays with Il witiess who prays with
out \ witness.
As sloth seldom brings actions to Il
good birth, so rashness makes them always
abortqve ere we'll formed.
1t were ten thousand times better that
we had never been born into the world than
that we should go unrewarded out of the
world.
" Icould write dow twenty eases" says
a good man, when | wished God had done
otherwise than He did. and which now sec,
had I had my own will, would have led To
extensive mischief. The life of Il christian
is Il life Of ~paradoxes. He must lay hold on
God. he must follow hard AFTER Him, he
must determiae not to let Hin 90. And
vet YOU must learn to let God alone. Quiet
ness before God is one OF the most dillicua
of all Christian graces to sit where He
pleaSes, TO be what he would have lis be, and
this as long rs lie pleases,n
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a gentlemen observed an urchin who had
u large slice Of bread in his hand, and who
was crying very bitterly. MY son. he ex-
claimed what are you crying? "Mother
won't (boo-hoo-oo) put any bitter on my
bread (boo-hoo-oo)!' "Oh, is that all ~
said the gentleman. 'Come, dry up your
butter" retorted the little usclin sits the
disposition OF the old woman.''
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pog7ND TEE EVENING LAMP.
4 geriss Of Papers fer the Home Circle.
By w. Z. PADOR.
NO.

g,r,e comes Il time when the child steps
mon the outer edge Of All unknown world,
thc land of knowledge. The sphere of the
Hone Circle widens outward into the world,
and \ new experience begins, whose influ-
ts,ce Is to affect The entire future, for good
az for evil. behind him is the pure, simple,
easily understood language OF the heart; be-
tore him is u crude, unshapen collection OF
]stters. almost as decipherless as were the
letters sent by the French officer, who, dis
covering in Rome a valuable inscription upon
M ancient monument, carefully detached
each letter, aaA, putting them all loosely in
to d bag, sent them home to the antiquar-
aus to be deciphcrcd. The letters Of the
alphabet of the past are all before the child,
and as one by one they are mastered until
they all becomc familiar, us one by one the
Stars shine cut in the sky of knowledge, re-
scaling, each by its light, a space beyond,
wherein other stars revolye and shine, the
thought gradually 9awns upon the mind
that-learn what he will or as he Willie is
but on the threshold Of q mighty temple,
NIOs HClCuo vi NNi'Nis
no man has ever measured and no man ever
can. Then, as years pass on and knowledge
Increases, and memory becomes charged
with the added wealth OF years. and the stu
dent. prepared, as he supposes, for the battle
of life, enters the arena Of action. he finds
what? The way smooth before him? The
rivers ever briaged at their deepest and most
dangerous crossings? The forests open ant
thelr tangled pathways clear and smooth
No, none Of these. lie finds, alas! that the
world is a school, and Time Il stern, relent
less teacher, forever forcing lmWelcomt
truths and undesired knowledge upon his
mind. s eytry arr-| eo
Prepared for life by all that schools ant
colleges can till the mind with, yet all this /
theoretical, and in the school of the Worlt
the practical ever takes precedence. IL
may know where the quicksands should lie
Where the breakers ought to dash upon til
oeetllng crags, where the sunken rocks az
salu to hide their jagged faces from the sun
OUT III the storm, and when the RELENTLESS
tempest is sweeping all things before it, a
charts are useless and all written knowledg
YAM. The lighthouses that have been bWL
upon the coast of experience, from the tim
The first one shone along the Attic shor
aown to our own day, are of little use whe
Tue shallep of life drifts upon the rocks
stern experience.
1f'e earliest of lifc's companions and tt
ohe who liagers longest by our side, is Il
Angel of Disappointment. Rightly regar'
ou' however, the experience we gain as "
Walk With her Swallowed countenance ey
upon lis, is invaluable. She may lead
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VANISHING.

they slip, how they slide,
II,w they hurry and glide, .
And go down on the toe
ar the vanishing years:
All our lows, all our pain,
All our loss. all our gain,
.,d ,ife's sweetest refrain
Rears a burden of tears.
For we come and we so,
And each Joy and each woe,
like the ice and the snow
At the coming Of spring,
Shall pass from our sight
with each care and delight,
And orr sorrows take flight
with the songs which We sing.
All our sunshine and showers,
N carth's vanishing hours,
All the beauty Of flowers,
An the light and the shade.
With the passing of years,
And the dropping Of tears,
And the hopes and the fears
no their rest shall be laid.
Oh, eternal, sublime,
is the passage OF Time, . .t.,
For il WATTS to Il cline
Where our tears shall he dried.
piv, @ boatnaD. thy oar,
And bear safe to that shore
Where the yeXirg is DER
OF Lite's turbulent tide.
-New York clipper.
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BUsTLEs amt worn any more, and a man
stands some chance of finding the morning
paper after nine o'clock.
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ANAN with four wives was brought before
a Dutch justice for commitment on charge
of bigamy. "Four vives.o exclaimed the
ostonis},ed Hans. s'FOur wives. Dat was
= most hinocious crime. Discharge him at
vonst. OFF he lif nit four wives he got bun
ishment enough. l Ifs init Won, II got
too much punishment already"
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WIEN a Buffalo young lady-so writes a
corresponaent-parts from her beau, who Is
too bashful to understand the nicer usages
of his position, she will say: ""llllain, II
you ,lz were to kiss me you might be afraid ma
would hear it; but if creak the gate she
won't know the difference"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
CALIFORNIA LAND KINGS.

Lux T. Miller, San Francisco firm
of wholesale butchers, are probably
the largest land owners in the world.
In Fresno, their land extends over
forty miles in direct line in one di-
rection and some twenty-five miles in
another. They also own large tracts
in Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Joa-
quin, San Benito and other counties.
Taken altogether they probably have
as much land AS there is in the State
of Rhodelsland. 1t is doubtful if they
can tell within a thousand head the
number Of their cattle (estinatsd al
SO,OOO,l sheep and hogs; the horses
they use in their business would be
sufficient to supply two or three reg
iments OF cavalry. But they use their
land either for cultivation or grazing,
and in San Joaquin Valley have irri-
gated extensively. AT their dairy near
Gilroy they manufacture from 100 to
500 pounds of cheese daily, according
to the season. They have fenced in
thousands of acres of land in the San
Joaquin Valley for farms, which they
either lease or sell ON reasonable terms.
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ly refused me I would have crushed
out my love-
'Would you !" said Lucy, archly.
AT least would have concealed it,
he replied. But come, darling, we
will 60 by the next train
and l can go to mamma? Oh,
am go glad. Oh, Hugh, 1 have felt
dreadfully guilty, but now am happy.
And you forgive my deception2'
'Yes, for it proved yonr love. That
you could feign to do an act from
which your noble soul revolted, when
you found that was
'Bound to elope,' said Hugh, finish
ing the sentence.
The repentant Lucy found her moth
er getting better, and received warm
welcome home, which she humbly ac-
knowledged she did not Deserve
Since then. when she has very will
full fit, her husband can always make
her submissive by alluding to the
memorable elopement.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
FRIDAY, AMERICAS LUCkxDAY

There is popular superstition
against Friday as an unlucky day, and
yet it is q somewhat noteworthy fact
that for Americans at least, it has been
particularly fortunate. 1t was On Fri
day. the 81 of August, 1892, that Co.
lumbus sailed from the harbOr of Palos
for the New World.
1t was on Friday, the 18th of Octo-
ber, 1892, that he first saw the land,
after sixty five days Of navigation.
1t was on Friday, the 4th day of
January, 1493, that he started on his
return to Spain, to announce to their
Catholic Majesty the glorious results
Of their expedition. and on Friday, the
18th of March, 1493, that he disem-
barked in Andaiusia. 1t was on Fri
day, the 18th of June, 149l. that he
discovered the American Continent.
On Friday. March 9th, 1897. Henry
VII. OF England, gave to John Cabot
his despatch for the voyage which re-
suited in the discovery of the Cont
Nent OF North America.
On Friday, November 10, 1G2O. the
MauAover first disembarked few en-
igrants OH American soil, ut Province
town, and on Friday, December %,
1920. her passengers finally landed at
Plymouth Rock.
1t was on Friday, Feb. %. 1882, that
George Washington was born.
1t was on Friday, June Is. l775, that
the battle of Bunker Hill was fought,
and on Friday, Oct. Z, l777, that the
surrender of Saratoga took place.
which event decided France to give
her aid to the Americans. The treason
Of Arnold was discovered on Friday.
Yorktown surrendered on Friday, ,and
on Friday, June Z. l776, Richard Henry
Lee read the Declaration of Inde.
pendence to the Continental Congress
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
TEACH YOUR BOYS.

Theach them that a true lady may
be found in calico quite as frequently
as in velvet.
Teach them that common school
education, with common sense, is bet.
ter than college education without it.
Teach them that one good honest
trade is worth a dozen professions.
Teach them that honesty is the best
policy, that tits better to be poor
than rich on the profits of "crooked
whisky"
Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.
Teach them that, as they expect to
be men some day, they cannot too
soon learn to protect the weak and
helpless.
Teach them that to wear patched
clothes is no disgrace, but to wear q
black eye is. ers.-
Teach them that God is no respector
of sex and that wnen He gave the
seventh commandment lie meant, it
for them as well as for their sisters.
Teach them that by INDUCING their
depraved appetites in the worst forms
of dissipation they are not fitting
themselves to become the husbands of
pure girls.
Teach them that tits better to be An
honest man seven days in the week
than DE Christian one day only, and
villain six days. l~
Teach them that God helps those
who help themselves.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
TURKISH TITLES.


Sultan: The sovereign of the Turk
ish empire the recognized organ o.
all executive power in the State. His
headquarters are at ConstantiDop.e.
Porte: The government of therurk-
ish empire.
Sublime Porte: The official name
Of the government, so called from the
gate of the Sultan's palace.
Grand Vizer: The chief minister of
the Turkish empire.
Divan: The Turkish council ofState
the Cabinet
Grand Mnfti: Chief interpreter of
the Mohammedan law, and the head
of the sWise Men-jurists,th ,theologians,
and literati-who assemble for consul
tation on his order. He is mostly styl-
ed the Chief OF the Faithful. A writ
er says the fetwa or decree from him
would summon around the standard
of the Prophet all the fanatical hordes
of Islem to fight to the death against
the sinfidels, in the firm belief that
death on the battle field is a passport
to paradise
Pasha: Governors, viceroys, COM
manders, civil and military rulers of
provinces.
Deys: About the same as pasha.
Sheik: The name given the heads of
Arabian tribes or clans. 1t means
elder, or eldest in dignity and author
ity.
Osmandi: Turkish official.
Islam: The religion of MOhammcd.
Islams: Mohammedans themselves.
Ottoman Empire: Another name
for the Tul kish empire, and derives its
name from Os;nan, its founder.
Osmauli: The Turks proper.
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AUTUMNAL TlNTS.
An Erroneous Belief Concerning
the Change of COl0R.


It is very curious to observe the reg
uiarity with which we are told in the
autumn that the first frost will change
the color of the leaves whereas the
frost has nothing TO do with the change.
1t has, indeed, sometimes happened iii
New England that tho foliage has
changed, as if by magic, in single
night, 80 that, upon looking ou: of the
window in the morning, the eye was
surprised with the spectacle of the
world well nigh on fire; and since
this transformation took place in con
nection with the mercury at low
point, the whole affair is referred to
the agency OF Jack Frost. But why
not refer to that prestidgitator the
glowing tints of the apple, the rich
crimson of the velvet peach and the
plum? Many years ago this error was
pointed out by an eminent botanist,
whs showed that the gorgeous color
of the autumn leaf came in the regular
process OF ripening aud though bot
any is generally studied in schools, the
old notion comes back with the bea-
vers every year. showing that error,in
common with truth, especially when
supported by the Uo1 poputi, will rise
again, however deservedly crushed to
earth.
Leaves find their parallel in man, as
already observed, aud like the human
species, they may ripen suddenly. l.
however, any one chooses to make q
mystery of the intensity of the autumn
al colors, there should be no great
difficulty in explaining the variety.
Indeed, the apparent superiority over
the strength of color in foliage on the
Continent of Europe may be attribut
ed chiefly to this variety. In Gre 1t
Britain the climate is evidently un-
favorable to the 1sroduction of brigh,
forest tones, but in parts of Germany
the bri!liancy of certain kinds OF leaves
is quite equal to that OF the CORES
pOMding varieties in North America
AT the same time the greens ofEurop-
are quite different from those of our
own land, where, beginning with burst
green in the south, we pas.'mOrthward
along the Atlantic scaboard, reaching
the true green OF the greatest OF the
hay producing States, the State oI
Maine. Every one has noticed the
unparalleled green of the Emerald
Isle. which becomes a pale sea green
in Scotland. a whitish green in the
south OF Eng land aud in France-only
to change to an ashen green in Ger
many, and s0mbre olive in the Ital
ian States.
But we were rcmarking upon the
variety of the autummal tints in our
own country. This is explained by
the fact that, while in Europe theIc
are only forty trees tina, attain to a
height of thirty feet, in North Amer
lea there are no less than one hundred
and forty-hence our forests fash like
the plane-tree that the Persian adorns
with his mantles and Jewels
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
THE SMILE AND THE SIGH.

A lonely Smile, which smiled In sadness,
Once hailed upon the passing breeze
A newborn Sigh. which sighed in gladness
To give a restless mortal rest.
The Smile and Sigh soon formed union
union everlasting, blest-
Whereby, in brotherly communion,
Face worked to give the other rest.
Thus. mutually their tolls relieving,
They lived in peaceful light and shade;
No petty jealOusies cOnceiving,
of naught. not even Death. afraid.
And when. with friendship still unbroken.
Fate caused them for time to part.
Each Of the other kept token,
To prove the two were one at heart.
For. smiling, the Sigh to heaven was carried,
ON angels golden wings one day.
While. sighiug, the Smile on earth still tarriet
And lent its charm to lifeless clay.
Till then this world was often dreary.
But since then $50 the legend saycth)
Deaths sigh gives Life unto the weary,
Lifes smile itself illumines Death.
Nacmi1am's Magazine.
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"LooK here, mamma" said young
lady just commencing to take lessons
in painting, s.see my painting; can
you tell me what it is ? Mamma, after
looking at it some time, answered.
"Well. it's either a COW or q rosebud
I'm sure l can't tell which"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
HOW THE YOUNG BECOME NEAR
SIGHTED.

LIZ <2zuCW1 IuC l0iuOuS OPtAClou VI
New York City, has been inyestigat-
ing the causes of the prevalence of
tendency to near-slghtedness among
young people. He says:
The eye is an organ which is soft,a
it were, when the child is born, it is
plastic-it is in q condition to be
changed in its shape, and its tissues
are in q condition to be moved, that is.
the tissues which go to make up the
organ can be moulded into various
shapes on pressure. Ordinarily, the
child goes on until it has reached the
age of eight Or ten years, or perhaps
a little older, when it is observed that
it is obliged to hold the object at which
it is looking a little nearer than before.
An examination reveals the fact that
the child is near sighted. This con-
dition usually progresses more rapidly
between the ages OF ten and twenty
six. But we know ny means of the
ophtalmoscope and by the examination
OF the body after death, that the near
sighted eye is changed in shape iron,
the spherical to the eliptieal Or ovid
fOrun, and that progressive near-sight-
cdness ia always marked by change
made up of healthy tissue, and it is
constantly undergoing waste aud re.
pair in use, you readily perceive that
the quality of it's repair is going to be
determined very much by the cbarac-
ter of the tisse-building quality OF the
particular child, aud by the way in
which the child uses its eyes. Parents.
at home are very often At fault in not
teaching their children how to use
their eyes. lie had suddenly entered
the dwellings of many people, and
seen little girls curled up ON a sofa or
chair with head down in the lap, the
vessels in the forehead turgid with
blood, remaining in that situation for
a greater or less time; aud often be-
fore the child can read, some object,
like doll, with its wealth of intricate
or some other plaything, the
child holding the object near the eyes
her accommodation and focal
izing its eyes; and all the time waste
and repair is going On-because there
can be no use of the eye without alter
aliOns of tissue, and the child will 60
blind because the proper nourishment
of the eye!is interfered with, and the
tissues cannot be reproduced as fast as
the wasting process. Ii the child uses
the eye for long time or too closely
at any particular form of work, the
tissue cannot be reproduced or nour-
ished as it should be ; the pressure of
the muscles on the eyeball and the
difficult act of the girl in focalizing,
means that the tissue of the soft and
pliable eye is undergoing alteration,
which will lead to a lamentable form
Of the disease. Then the child goes in
10 the school aud ia there put into
forms and classes, and oftentimes is
made to do work on states and copy
ing books which perhaps might be
better done on the blackboard, and |
thus the eye is strained until the mis-
chief is perceived in its effects. i
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Ohers his services to the people of Portage
es and Cattle. Having been educated in the
Berlin institute for the treatment of diseases
incident to domestic animals, and having had
one years practice in treating the diseases OF
Horses in the Prussian A rmy. and been in con
slant practice of the profession in Germany and
this country since 1850 I feel confident Of my
ability to give entire satisfaction to all those
who may entrust animals to my care.
A. RIETZ,
RsVeuns, Dec. Ql616.. n.
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Attachment Notice.

Abby Kinney. Plaintiff } Before e. Lord.
against Justice of the
Patrick Kinney Defendant Peace of Ravenna
Township. Portage County. Ohio.
On the 11th day o. October, 1877. said Jus lice
isrued an order of attachment and garnishee
process in the above action. for the sum of
sixteen dollars and cOs.S. Said action will he
for hearing before said Justice November 28th,
lS15. at 10 O'Clock 4. II. ABBY KINNEY.
4U-3w Plaintiff.
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No, SIR said weary-looking man
on q street car to an individual by his
side. Il wouldn't marry the best wo-
man alive. I've been a dry-goods
clerk too long for that
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TRUTH never need be in hurry, but
a lie must Keep all the time on the jump ;
q lazy lie soon tires itself out, and ends
n confusion.