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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03
DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. = G

DENNSYLNANIA RAILROAD. = GREAT
l. TRUNK LINE AND UNITED STATES MAIL
EouTEon aud after NoyembeT ~ 1877 trains leave New.
york. Desbr0sses AMI C0Ttand streets Ferries follows
Express for Harrisburg ttsbarg the West and south w.h
Pullman palace attached and $50 daily.
For wlliamsport Lock Haven Cory and Erie at $50
aud tho Oil Regions For whamsport and Lock Haven,
GA. m.
For Baltimore Washington and the SOUTH Limited Wash.
Express" Of Pullman parlOr drily
$50 a. arrive Washington IlO y. m. Regular Al
$50 M, !, $3.50 and III. sunday $3.50 aud p.
for Philadelphia 1880, S:2O,9 :30 Limited III
IA, o. o. ESQ $50 and Sunday a. M. o, q. $50
Z, $50 aud y. NJ Emigrant and second cass, D.
For trains TO Newark Elijah N Railway Princeton. Tren
ton Perm AinbOy, Pennington Beyidee and other points
LEGAL schedules az all ticket Offices. go
Boats OF Brooklyn Annex connect with all through trains
at Jersey CITY anordng speedy and drect transfer for
ITai6s arrive: From Ptsburg $50 and loao m, and
1929 y. m daily 1910 a. and 500 - M daily, except
Monday From Washington ana BailILOre boO and 94Oa
m 4lO, 5:l5, and lOl0 p sunday 600 and 94O IN.
Prom Phado phia, 5:0j $50 $40 1910, l04O 1880 m
2:ll 4O. 5:l5 600, $40 lOI0, and 1920 P m Sunday,
boo, GOO $40. lOIO. 1850 IN. $50 and 1920 D. IN.
Ticket offices 626 and 944 Broadway No Astor House,
OF Desbrosses and andtats No Courts and
Brooklyn AnneS Depot foot OF Futonst Brookyni Nos
ia ll6 and llo HndsOnst HOhOken Depot Jersey CITY
FRANK THOMSON l.. y. FARMER
General Manager Gen1 Passenger Agent
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FALL RIVER LINE
Il FOR
BOSTON
And all points East via Newport and Fail River.

leave New YORK daily from foot % Murray 81.
SUNDAY TRIPS, I From - Y r.
D T. ~ s June - o september =. inc. ) ll'r
Leave IIruoElyu via Annex boat AT $50 p m'
Tickets and StaCTOrus secured ~ All pihcpal notes ana
''N'' ''' " " BORDEN ~ LOWELL, Agents
gro l. CoNNoR General Passenger Agent
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NEW-HAyEN, HARTFORD, &c.-Fare, s

NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON
~ RIVER RAILROAD-Commencng April 22, 1878.
through trans Will leave Grand Central DeDOt:
800 a. M Western and Northern Express drawing room
cars Rochester and ~. Adams.
1880 NJ Special Chicago and Western Express, with
drawing to Canandaigua Rochester and Buffalo
HOO Express to Utica and Rutland, drawing
u Saratoga
400 D. M, Albany and Troy Express
600 y. st. Louis Express. daily with sleeping cars for
81 Louis through In the week Also sleep
ing ears Buffalo Niagara Falls Toledo and Detroit and TO
Montreal excepting sunday night. via Saratoga
7.{O \. for Rochester, and Corning
Geneva, with through sleeping cars.
D. Pacific daily, with sleeping Tor
Rochester Niagara Falls Buffalo Cleveland Toledo Detroit
also Waterfront excepting
aud via St Adams excepting Saturday and sun
nights.
IO D. m Express with sleeping cars Albany and Troy.
WAY trains per Local Time Tables Tickets
Nos 252 26l AIS Broadway and WestcOtt Express
Co.'S Offices NOS Park place $50 aud Ji2 Broadway New
York and S33 Mashn gtOn-st., Brooklyn.
a. ral PASS Agent
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Jnstrntilcn.

For Boys and Young Men-City.
DABNEY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, 20 East
IL 29th-st Preparation for college
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03
rIIIcu VALLEY RAILROAD.

/ 4 ARIA NGFMENT OF PASSENGER TRAl NJ Jan. |,
1877 Leave dcpois Of COurtandt and Desbrossesss
dlo -, NiGht daily Or EasOn Bethlehem,
au.ntoWn W4uch ChAk, WKesblrre, Pttston. Sayrc. FL
,a Irbca Auburn Rochester Bundto, Niagara Fals anu
,hr West Pullman sleeping coaches attached.
'"' we" ~ V6T'T Il. SAYRE, Sup't ana Engr.
General Eastern ONCE corner Church and Courtlandt ats
' CHAS If. CUMMINGS, Agent
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,rHE GREAT PROVIDENCE LINE

RHODE ISLAND. Captain Jesse Mott, .
Leave daily Sundays excepted from Per ~ Nor5n NV
fot az N 8irrust IT D. Passengers arrive III Boston n
IA m 40 intermediate landings between NeW-lOrk ant
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THE OLD RELIABLE sTONINGTON LINZ

FOR BOSTON md Nd FOINTN tN6I,
ot 2 n m fr,m Pier 90 North River, foot Of Jay. ri.
Saicr0ons ani ticket, FOR EITHER Ii NJ secured NJ
No G{ broadway aui IL all Offices OF NrstcOts Express
company. tickets sold 10 aii hotel ticket oihcrs Ids
via either line taken AZ lowest rates.
ID. :. BABCOCk, President.
Inr Il !. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03
RAILROAD OF JERSEY
NEW YORK and LONG BRANCH DIVISION

Trains leave for Perth Amboy, Red Bank Long BRANCH
ocean Grove, &C.. az S5. Has. a. No. 4, 5l5 r. m NV
Stages Mattawan station 10 ann RON h =
PORT, and at Squan 10 and from POINT PLEASANI'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03

Young MEN privately Fitted for College
L Conditioned students tItOTrl summer ana Winter.
+. HOFFMAN, StOckbridgt. Mass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03

via NewJerscy Southern Railroad. Commencing Octo
bel y 1877. Tho steamer JESSE IIOYT will leave New
YORK per North OF RccOrstl, connecting at
Sandy with for Long Branch Philadelphia ana
Toms River and D. N. Nineand, BTdgeton, Egg
1 WantOwn, BarncSat IuckeTtOn,
p. H. sunday for Long Branch, 800 2. m , ,,.-
= Mlnlgnr
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17

The carpet moth makes his favoritt
home about the bindings and corners
of the carpet. If this is an ingram OF
three-ply fabric successful war may
be waged on him by wringing cloth
out of hot water, laying it over the
bindings and edges, and ironing with
as hot an iron as can be used without
scorching. This will destroy both the
moths and their eggs, and after few
such visitations they disappear. But
this steaming and ironing process is
not effectual with Wiltons, Moquettes,
or any heavy carpetings. The heat
cannot thoroughly penetrate them, and
ironing Injuries the pile of the velvet.
Still, it is best to draw the tacks occa-
and lay the edge of the carpet
Overcome side only, or part of side,
at time-and steam and iron it on
the wrong side. Then, beside this,
the floor should be wiped as far under
as the arm will reach with a cloth
wrung out of strong and hot Cayenne
tea j.; and before re-nailing, the bind
ing and edge should also be wiped
with it, rubbing them hard. Some
,aye recommended sprinkling salt
lround the room before mailing down
he carpet, but we should think this
as the salt absorbs mois-
ure from the air and may thus cause
90 much dampness. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
SUGAR FROM CORN STALKS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Dr. Collier
Chemist of the Department of Agri-
culture, has for the past two weeks
been experimenting on large scale
in the manufacture of crystalized sugar
from stalks and sorghum. Theaggre.
gate weight of corn stalks used was
IL ,237 pounds. The weight of juice
from the corn stalks was 2.773 pounds
aud from the sorghum 1868 pounds.
The specific gravity of corn stalk juice
was 1855; that of sorghum juice 1888.
The percentage of juice in corn stalks
as they came from the field was 24.6S ;
the percentage of sorghum 1856 ;
2,571 pounds of corn stalk juice yield
ed 3S2 pounds of syrup 4, 1855 pounds
of sorghum yielded $50 pounds of
syrup, This syrup contains rs per
cent. of its weight of sugar. The mill
used in these experiments was an in
different one and the sorghum was in
small stalks. Better results would
have been reached had the stalks been
larger. DIR. Collier says that he is sat-
isfied that there is not farmer in the
country but what can rely upon re-
suits so per cent. greater than he has
reached with q better mill. In these
cases he got good crystalized sugar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
A DRILL WHICH BOREs SQUARE
HOLES.

One of the novelties of the Paris
Exposition is q drill which bores
square holes, the invention of Mr..
Julius Hall, of London. The work is
done, too, says q correspondent of the
Scientific News, in a way so simple
and SO easy, that any one may prove
the fact for himself. The invention
has excited genuine establishment
among the mechanics gathered at the
Exposition. There is q constant
crowd surrounding the inventor,
watching him bore hole after hole
square, and puzzling over the provok-
ingly simple solution of the problem.
All that is required is an ordinary
hand-drill stock. A stationary one
with q chuck below for holding the
work is used by the inventor, but he
says a common brace will answer
anything, in fact, will do that will
properly hold the drill, SO that no spec
ial apparatus is required. clamp or
chuck this drill in lis holder so that
'it will wobble," that is the whole
secret. Instead of making a round
hole. as it will if tightly grasped, when
,oosely held, it produces square one !;
and, according to the inventor, it is
immaterial whether the drill wobbles
in the work or the work under the
drill.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17

A physiological phenomenon that is
puzzling the doctors has just been dis
covered in this city by one the dis
trict physicians, 1t is nothing less
than a colored woman turning white,
Luella Smith, aged thirty years, who is
living at No. 60 -Gano alley, IL not q
malatto. ehe's as black as your hat
in the face, but her body is gradually
beginning to turn as white as any eau.
casion. This changing process began
about five years ago, ,and now her body
is fully two.fifths white on her breast
there is white spot about eight inches
long and six inches wide. Her limbs,
also, presents the same singular ap-
pearance, and if the change keeps on
she will in few years be as white as
any body. At present she is being
treated for consumption. The only
white spots about her face are direct.
ly behind either ear and inside the ears.
The doctors call this transformation
absorption of pigment but, whatev.
er it is, it Is extraordinary and will
elicit good deal of attention from the
medical profession.-[ Cincinnati En-.
Quirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
A AKIDICULOUs AMUSEMENT.

The German method of managing
the pleasant play of philopena is as
follows: .er.
When a couple meet after eating
philopena together no advantage is
taken of the other until one of them
pronounces the word sphilopens. ,
This is the warning-now the sport
is to begin.
Let US suppose that a gentleman
calls upon lady. She invites him to
walk in, and at the same time speaks
the talismanic word. If he erccepts the
offer to walk in he is lost, unless she
removes the ban by telling him to go
away,
If she asks him to take off his hat,
he must resolutely keep 1T on; if to
be seated, he must stand; or if at the
table she should hand him any article
which he accepts she wins the forfeit.
During all this time he endeavors to
take her by surprise, for the accept.
ance of any offer from the other wins
the game. Both are constantly exer-
cising their wits to prevent being
caught. and the sport goes on all the
evening.
Perhaps the gentleman brings a lit.
tie present, and says: "Knowing
that shall lose my philopena, have
brought it along-here it is" If she
is caught off her guard by the smooth
speech, she loses, for he Immediately
claims the forfeit.
If neither wins at the first meeting
the sport is continued to the second,
and it may happen that half q dozen
parties meet at the same time. all anx-
ious to win of their philopena part
ners, SO that the scene often becomes
ludicrously amusing. 1t is diamond
cut diamond" in very truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
GEESE OR GOOSES.

The particular kind of smoothing
iron known among taiIors as goose
came near upsetting the reason of a
bright young clerk and the proprietor
of Chicago tailoring establishment
one day last week.
The manager wanted two of the in.
struments mentioned, and SO told the
clerk. After the latter had sat for
some time writing on the order he
looked up in bewildered way and
asked:
What do you call the plural of q
tailor's goose?'
why, geese is the plural of goose,
said the master.
well, you wouldn't have me write
an order for two tailor's geese, would
you?'
THAT doesn't sound hardly sensible
in this connecticut replied the propri-
etor; show would it do to say two
tailor's gooses?'
Webster doesn't give any such
plural as that to goose, and 1 amt
going to-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
WHAT A DIVER SEES.


In the course of your life you must
have seen a great many things under
water"
The divers who work for wrecking
companies see many curious things
and have many strange experiences. l
will give you one instance by way of
illustration. You remember the wreck
of the Atlantic on the coast of Maine
Well, John O'Neil, the Eastport (Me. }
diver, was employed to raise the bod
les. He made several descents, but
failed to open the cabin doors. At
last he succeeded. AS the cabin door
was opened, the first thing he saw was
two women fully dressed and sus-
pended in the water. The rush of
water carried them toward him, and
they appeared to be alive. He stepped
back in horror, and it was some time
before he gained courage to enter the
cabin. There he found the women
who were passengers on the ill -fated
ship kneeling and holding each other
by the hands, as if they had been en-
gagged in prayer when the steamer
went down. He then went into the
smoking room. The cabin was in the
widest disorder. Chairs and tables
were turned upside down, bottles were
about, and the men lay on the
floor as if they had perished during a
drunken reyel. Most of them had
pistols in their hands, Scenes like
this are common in sunken vessels
which carry passengers down with
Y. World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
HEAT OF THE SUN.

We can measure the quantity of heat
that the sun constantly emits, because
we can measure the amount received
by our earth, which lntercepts about
the 1900, ,OOO, ,OOOth part of all the light
and heat emitted by the sun. We thus
find that in every second of time the
sun emits as much heat as would re-
suit from the combustion of II, ,6OO,-
100000 tons of coal. in passing, it
may be convenient to notice that each
portion of the suns surface as large as
our earth emits as much heat per sec.
ond as would result from the combus-
ton of 1,OOO,OO0,OOO tons of coal-a
simple and easily remembered rela-
ton. Now,it is easily calculated from
this that If the suns whole mass con-
sisted of coal, and could burn right
out to the last ton, maintaining till
then the present rate of emission, the
supply would not last more than 5000
years. AS the sun has most certainly
been emitting light and heat for a far
longer period than this, the idea that
the solar fire is thus maintained is, of
course, altogether untenable. There
are, however, many other reasons for
rejecting the idea that the sun is com.
posed Of burning matter. using the
word burning in its proper sense,
according to which piece of coal in
. fire is burning, whereas piece of
red-hot iron Is not burning. though
burning hot. In like manner, we find
ourselves compelled to reject the be-
lief that the sun may be body raised
from some remote epoch to an intense
heat throughout its entire macs, and
gradually cooling. For we find that
in the course. of few thou sand years
such mass would cool far more than
such mass has cooled Gf he has
cooled appreciably at ally even within
the historic period; and we have evil
dence that he has poured his heat on
the earth during periods compared
with which the duration of the human
race is but second amid centuries,
while the duration of historic races is
Loaf by ycomparisou. s.IG@ @55l
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17

LoMER GRIFFIN, who died at Lodi,
Ohio, few days ago, at the age of LOG
was "a total abstinence man. If people
want to live to the good old age of
1O6 let them look not upon the wine
when it is rcd. Lomer had thought
this thing over seriously and prayer
fully and had concluded that he would
be better off without stimulant, that
it did not agree with him. Therefore
at the age of 102, he swore off, al
though up to that time, he had never
let day pass without "nip." There
fs a moral in the story of Lomer Grif-
fin, the temperance man,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
OUR l1YGIENIC HINTS.

REMEDY FOR CoUGH.-One ounce OF
elecampane root; ounce of wild cher.
ry bark ; one ounce comfrey root one
ounce of hoarhound. Boil well in two
quarts of water; add one pound ol
brown sugar; strain and add one pint
of the best spirits. Take half a wine
glass three times a day.-Rural New
Yorker.
CURE FOR CRoUP.-Croup can be
cured in one minute, and the remedy
is simply alum and sugar. The way
to accomplish the deed is to take a
knife or CRATER, and shave off in small
particles about a teaspoonful of alum
then mix it with twice its quantity ol
sugar. to make it palatable, and admin.
lister it as quickly as possible. AL.
most instantaneous relief will follow
THERE is scarcely any ache to which
children are subject, 80 bad to bear
and difficult to cure, as the earache
But there is a remedy, never known
to fail. Take bit of cotton batting
put upon it a pinch of black pepper.
gather it up and tie it, dip in sweet
oil, and insert into the ear. Put a
flannel bandage over the head to keep
it warm. 1t will give immediate re.
lief.
BURNs.-Common baking soda-the
bicarbonate-has been found to cure
burns or scalds, affording immediate
relief when it is promptly applied.
For q dry burn, the soda should be
made into q paste with water. For
a scald or wet burned surface, the
powdered soda Cor borax will do as
welD should be busted on.
CUBEB BERRIES FOR CATARRHAL
new remedy for cat aLrh is crushed Gu
beb berries smoked in a pipe, e,emitting
the smoke through the nose; after q
few trials this will be easy to do. If
the nose is stopped up SO that it is al
most impossible to breathe, one pipe
full will make the head as clear as q
bell. For sore throat, asthma, and
bronchitis, swallowing the smoke eff
fects immediate relief. 1t is the best
remedy in the world for offensive
breath, and will make the most foul
breath pure and sweet. Sufferers
from that horriable disease--ulcerated
catarrh-will find this remedy un.
equaled, and month's use will cure
the most obstinate case. A single trial
will convince anyone. Eating the un-
crushed berriers is also good for sore.
throat and all bronchlsl complaints.
After smoking do not expose yourself
to cold air for at least fifteen minutes.
CLEANING THE TEETH.-A good way
to clean the teeth is to dip the brush
in water, rub it over the genuine white
CASTLE soap, then dip it in prepared
chalk. l have been complimeDted
upon the whiteness of my teeth, which
were originally anything but white.
1 have used the soap constantly for
two or three years, and the chalk for
the last year. There is no danger of
the teeth, as the chalk is
but with q good stiff brush
and the soap is as effectual as soap and
sand on a floor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
INSURANCE AGENCY.

Iwou!d announce to the people OF Ravenna
Swift's building, over the Jewelry Store OF
Wait, Dewey Co. represent the following
Cooper, of Dayton, O.,
F., M. & M, of Hamilton, O.,
Jefferson, of Steubenville, O.,
Ohio, of Dayton, O.,
Lycoming, Muncy, Pa, Mutt.
Buckeye, Shelby, O., Mutual.
". L. COOLMAN.
Ravenna. March 80. 1875 344tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
MRS. BEEZER OPPOSES PRO.
GRESS.

do you think Pm a tarnation fool p
said Mss. Beezer to her nephew who
was telling her about the wonders of
the telephone and the phonograph.
tAin't you ashamed of yourself, Hez-
ekiah Bidaker, 20 set with a face like
adeacon in class meeting and tell such
Outlaudish lies" Idon't know moth.
ing about science, as you call it, but
recon I've got common sense, and l
wouldn't believe it if You was TO get
up and swear to it on stack of Bibles
as big as this house, that anybody
could speak loud enough to be heard
six hundred miles with the wind agin
'em, and as for winding up the speech
of people into a machine and then get
ting it out again whenever you want
to, by just turning a little crank, /
would not believe it, no, not if you
vas to tnrn black in the face : telling
it,
But Ms all true, aunt, every word
I've sid to y0u. snd Lean read It to
you in the paper protested the young
man. Its the greatest discovery of
the age, and everybody is fairly going
Wild dOYerit.'z
'HezekiAhi Now tell me, afnr you
fooliig2 Is it really there in plain
1ettefs and spelling3
Yes, aunt, and here's a picture of
the machine. %s
LETS see,' and the old lady took the
paper and looked long and carefully at
the cut of the phonsgraph. 1T may
be, butit looks like patent churn.
Read what it says about it.
The young man read the account
carefully, while she kept q close
watch on him to see that he was not
making it up as he went along. -t'..
Now, aunt, what do you think
Amt it just as told you7 Only
thinkza person's voice may be heard
years and years after they are dead
exclaimed the youth with enthusiasm.
tWell, if all that is there in print 1
suppose that there must be, something
in IL; but I want to tell you. boy, what
my candid opinion is about it. It's
the doings Of Satan, and there won't
no good come out of it for nobody. It's
the work of the Old boy, and will make
mischief for all them that has any
thing to do with it, sure. I've heard
he'd been turned loose for a thousand
years and now believe it. Dear me
what,s to become or 0s oil 2 Why, /
wouldn't have one Of them machines
in the. house when I'm overhauIing
Beezer for his shortcomings, no, not
for any money. Landsakes! What
lots OF devilment there is in the world
lately, to be sureI Come to think of
1t, honestly believe that concern has
been got up on purpose so that no
poor woman could have her say any
more with any peace or comfort.
What's to hinder these newspaper
folks from slipping into the house and
rigging one of 'em up alongside Of the
gas-meter. But / don't care, Ill keep
on giving Beezer piece of my mind
whenever l think he needs it, if it
breaks every cog in the box
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17
PRESERVING AUTUMN LEAVES

Press the leaves carefully between
newspapers, taking care to avoid lap
ping one over another. The next day
take out the teayes and dry the papers,
Put the leaves again in press, and the
next day repeat the drying process.
This should be done three or four times
until all the moisture is extracted
from the leaves. This is troublesome.
but the result will be brilliant. If the
face of each leaf, after each pressing,
is brushed over with sulphuric acid
diluted one-half with water the color
will be still brighter. Do not wax OF
varnish the leaves, as it gives them an
unnatural gloss. They can be made
into sprays or garlands by means OF
the fine wire which florists use, twist.
ed around their stems.