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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
THE CANDLE FISH.

The eulachon, or candle fish (Ina'-
eichthys pacif an inhabitant of the
Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Brit
ish Columbia and northward, is wor-
thy Of a place among the curiosities
of the animal kingdom. It is a small
fish-about fourteen inches in length
and in appearance resembles smelt'
1t is the fattest of all known fishes /;
and, in fact, the Indians use it in the
dried state, as candle On touching
the tail to the fire it burns with q
bright fame till the whole 10 consumed.
More usually, wick of woody fibre il
passed through the body of the fish
from end to end to insure continuous
combustion. But the candle-fish is
also employed as an article of food,
and in spite of ITS fatness-indeed, on
account of its fatness-is highly es-
teemed by the Indians as a warming
food for winter. For this purpose
they are dried and smoked in the
Spring, and then packed away. So
preserved they are eaten whole, or the
oil is tried out and eaten as butter.
The take is usually very large, aud only
small portion is dried and smoked.
The remainder are piled in heaps till
partial decomposition has set in; they
are then packed in large boxes and the
oil pressed out. This oil is also used
as food, and it is said to be not alto
gethcr intolerable to the stomach of =
civilized man. The appearance Of the
frst shoal of candle-fish in March is
greet by the Indians with extravagant
demonstrations of joy. 1t is their
Easter Popular Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
A SECRET WORTH KNO WING TO
HOUSEKEEPERS.

A sort of trade-secret among uphol-
sterers, it is said, is this recipe for rid
ding furniture of moths: A set of
furniture that seemed to be alive with
Larvae, and from which hundreds of
these pests had been pick ed and brush
ed, was set into . room by itself.
Three gallons of benzine were pur-
chased, at 80 cents a gallon, retail.
Using a small watering pot, with fine
rose sprinkler, the whole upholstery
was saturated through and through
with benzine. Result: Every moth,
larva aud egg was killed. The ben.
zine dried out in few hours, and its
entire odor disappeared in three ol
four days. Not the slightest harm hap
pened to the varnish, Or wood, or fab
ric, or hair-stufing. That was months
ago, and not sign OF moth has since
appeared. The carpets were also well
sprinkled all round the sides of the
room, with equally good effect. Fol
furs, fannels all wOOlen arti
cles containing moths-benzine is mos
valuable. Put them In q box, sprinkle
them with benzine, close the box tight
ly. and in day or two the pests will
be exterminated, and the benzine viii
all evaporate on opening. In usin,
benzine great care should be taken tha
no fire is near by, as the stuff. in f1ui,
or vapor form, is very inflammable.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

our stoves, hollow ware, and pressed
glass are coming into use in Europe.
We have an increasing trade in carri-
agos, furniture, ,car-wheels and fixtures,
paints, dyes and chemicals. Our ore
crushers are considered the best in the
world, and our small weapons and
cartridges are sent to supply foreign
armies of the first magnitude. The
respect all men have for labor in
America has induced good men to
work, while nearly every one person
ally manages his own affairs. This
has raised up large class of learned
inventors, who have adapted methods
and machines of very superior kind
for doing almost everything. In fact,
machines do the work of hands, and
do it better. This has given US an ad-
vantage which for long time must,
in many things, put US practically be-
yOnd competition,'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
THE KIND OF RELIGION WE
WANT.

We want a religion that softens the
step, and tunes the voice to melody,
and fills the eye with sunshine, and
checks the impatient exclamation and
harsh rebuke; and religion that il
polite, deferential to superiors, court
eous to interiors and cOnsiderate to
friends; 4 religion that goes into tho
family, and keeps the husband from
being cross when dinner is late, and
keeps the wife from frettlng when the
husband tracks the newly washed
floor with his muddy boots, and makes
the husband mindful Of the scraper
and the door mat; keeps the mother
patient when the baby is cross and
amuses the children as well as in
structs them; cares for the servants
bssides paying them promptly, pro-
jects the honeymoon into the harvest
moon, and makes tho happy homo like
the Eastern fig tree, bearing in its
bosom at once the. beauty of tho ten
der blossom and the glory of the rip
ened fruit. We want q religion that
shall interpose between the ruts and
the gullies and rocks of the highway
of life and the sensitive souls that arc
travelling over them.-(Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
A BILE.

Here is q shoe shop. One man in
the shop ia always busily at work dur
ing the day-always Industrious. In
the evening he goes courting a good,
nice girl. There are five other men in
the shop who don't do any such thing.
They spend half their working hours
in loafng, and their evenings in dissi-
patton. This first young man by and
by cuts out from these others and gets
a boot and shoe store of his own. Then
he marries this girl. Soon he is able
to take his wife out to ride of an eve
ming. The five laborers, his former
companions, who see HIM indulging in
this little luxury, retire to neighbor-
ing saloon and pass resolution that
there is an eternal struggle between
labor and capital.-[Robert Ingersoll.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
CATTLE DISEASE IN CONNEOTI.
CUT.

The prevalence of pleure-pneumo.
MIA among the cattle of Watertown
causes much excitement. 1t broke
out in a herd Of nineteen cows belong
ing to Curtis johnson, of the Gramcr-
cy Park Hotel, New York. Five
have died, and nearly all the others
are more or less affected; one will
most certainly die, and perhaps some
of the others, though the disease is
said to be not always fatal. One was
killed Friday, and examined by DIR.
Cressy, veterinary surgeon, of Am
herst, Mass. in the presence of ex-
Governor Hyde and T. S. Gold Cat
tie Commissioners and President and
Secretary of the State Board Of Ag-
ricuiture, and several others. Tho
pleura was diseased and adhered to
the ribs, one lobe of the lung was
hopeiessly diseased aud enlarged,
weighing twenty-five pounds; recov-
cry was impossible. One of the 9TH
ers that had recently died was also ex-
amined and found to have seen simi-
larly diseased. The Cattle Commis-
sioners have quarantined the whole
herd, and the public may be assured
that all possible means will be en-
pleyed to prevent the spread of the
malady.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

SHE came down like a thousand of
brick, and q poetical exchange notices
the rnishap thusly: Not groan was
heard, not shrek nor shout, as her
feet few out from under, but she look
ed to see that no man was about and
then she-yelled like thunder. The
legs of her stockings were red and
blue, and the stripes ran ro und and
round 'em; her gum elastics were
broken in two, and small boy found
,em.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
CAsABrArCA.
The story Reteld with Less Poetry
but More Truth. sotts

A lad named Casabianca stood on
the burning deck of the Orient, after
every body else had played the great
act and deserted her, while the flames
that lit the battles wreck shone round
him DER the dead. 1t was an uncom-
Portable position for young fellow to
be placed in, ye. beautiful and bright
he stood, as born to rule the storm or
burst flue. You will, doubtless be
surprised to hear it, but, though the
flames rolled on, some of them scoot-
ing up the main-mast, as repairer
would scoot up telegraph pole, some
performing monkey-shines on the
yard.arm, others licking the name off
the sides of the vessel, SC. Notwith-
standing all this business, the boy
would not go without his fathers
word, for the very good reason that
his back was still ringed, streaked and
striped from the last lambasting he re.
ceived for disobeyiug the old man.
This was pretty good joke on the boy
for at the same time his father was ly-
ing on the quarter deck, having died
suddenly of heart disease.
He called aloud: Say, father, say
if yet my task be done, for if 1 don't
get out of this pretty quick I'll be done
myself, and done brown, too, and don't
you forget it.
You see he was ignorant of the fact
that the chisftain lay unconscious of
his son.
Speak, fatherp once again he yelled
eff / may yet be gone' and just then
the enemy's vessel sent a broadsids
into the burning wreck, and fast the
flames rolled on. He felt their breath
on his brow, and thought to himself
it was getting almost as hot as ward
caucus. The boy continued to look
from that lone port of death. while he
ratified the marbles, spools, tops, brass
buttons, dog-knives, and few other
thing in his pocket with more or less
despair depicted on his countenance.
He shouted once more aloud: Faith.
err, what in thunder's the use of me
standin' here?' While DER him fast,
through sail and shroud, the wreathing
flames made way, with not cussed
pump in working order, and nobody
to work it. In order to make this
thing very graphic, it is necessary
to state that the fre-fiend wrapt the
ship in splendor wild, painting it in
grander colors than the nd-wagon
of circus he also caught the flag on
high, swallowed it, and blew more
ribbons of fire out of his mouth than
a street peddler. After this he stood
on top of the jackstaff and made an in
cendiary Fourth of July speech to the
sea-gulls. But in the midst of life we
are in death. There came burst OF
thunder sound the boy, oh! where
To tell the great North American
truth, there was no boy In the case.
Captain Casabianca had no son, and,
even if he had, it is not likely he would
have taken him along when he was ex-
pecting this battle on the Nile, to say
nothing of the absurdity Of suppesing
father would expose his little son on
the deck of vessel during an engage
ment. We propose to make it warm
for those lying rhymesters If we lose
every long-haired subscriber on our
books Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
s.D.HAHB1s,H ,HUEUR AND NDPHURW81O
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tor Russell be inquired int. The re-
port concludes by declaring that u the
duty OF the House to mark its ces.
demnation of the illegal practices Of
these former officers of the navy de.
partment and to invite the attention
of the executive department, upon
which rests the responsibility OF fui-
ther action in the premises.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
THE following poem is said to have been
written by distinguished Persian two hundred
years before tn e birth Of Christ;

TIE following poem Is said to have bee
written by distinguished Persian two huhdrt
years before tn birth Of Christ;
He who died at Azin, sends
This to comfort all his friends
Faithful friendsl 1t lies know
Pale and white, and cold as snow;
And ye say. "Abdallah's deadP'
Weeping at the feet and head,
1 can SEQ your falling tears;
1 can hear your sighs and prayers;
Y Ell smile and whisper this.-
I am not the thing you kiss;
Cease your tears. and let me lie;
1t ,o0s mine, it 10 not /.
Sweet friends what the women lave
For the last sleep of the grave
1t a hut which am quitting
rs garment no more fitting.
Is a cage, from which, at last,
Like bird my soul has passed.
Love the inmate, not the room
The acearer not the gar b-the plume
Of the eagle, not the bars
That kept him from those splendid stars.
Loving friendsi be wise and dry
Straightway every weeping eye:
What ye lift upon the bier
Is not worth a single tear;
'Tis an empty sea-shell, one
Out of which the pearl Is gone:
The shell is broken, it lies there;
The pearl. the all, the soul, is here;
'Tis an earthen jar whose lid
Allah sealed, the while it hid
That treasure of his treasury
A mind that loved him-let 1t lie;
Let the shard be earth's once more.
Since the gold is in his store!
Allah glOriousi Allah gOodi
Now thy world is understood
Now the long, long wonder endsi
Yet ye weep, my foolish friends,
While tho man whom ye call dead
In unspoken bliss instead
Lives and loves you. Lost, tits true.
For the light that shines for you.
But in the light ye cannot see
OF andisturbsd felicity
In a perfect paradise.
And q life that never dies.
Farewell friendsI But not farewell;
Where am We too shall dwell.
am gone before your face,
A moments worth. a little space.
When ye come where l have stopped
Ye will wonder why ye wcpt;
Ye viii know, by true love taught.
That here Is all and there is naught,
Weep awhile. if ye are fain-
Sunshine still must follow rain
Only not at death, for death
Now ye know, is that fl st breath
Which our soul draws when we enter
Life which is OF all life center.
Be ye certain all seems love,1
Viewed from Allah's throne above.
Be ye stout Of heart, and come
Bravely upward to your home!
La-il AliahI Allah-lal
oh Lord divinei o love alwayr'
He who died at Azin, gave
This to those who made his grave.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
STRANGE BUT TRUE.
ON the Pittsburgh Telegraph

From the Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Nearly forty years ago, in South
Huntingdon township, Westmoreland,
Pa, lived John Hinton. He was an
orphan boy, rude and uneducated. and
had wandered there from the neighbor-
hood of Masontown, Fayette county.
With no known relatives, he was kick
ed about from one family to another
till manhood. Enlisting then in the
regular army, he served in the Florida
war. At its close he helped to escort
the Cherokees beyond the Mississippi.
From Indian Territory he went to
New Orleans and shipped as common
sailor on vessel bound for the East
Indies. At the city of Madras, on the
western shores of the Bay of Bengal,
he deserted, and enlisted in a British
regiment. He served many years. and
during the memorable Sepoy rebellion
was noted for his daring bravery. At
his discharge he was presented with q
gold medal by the Governor General
himself.
He is next heard of travelling in q
caravan from Delhi westward across
the Indus River, through Afghanistan
and Persia, to Turkey and back.
In time, from trading, he became
immensely wealthy and was the own
er of five caravans, containing over
13 900 horses and camels, and fifty ele-
plants. In 1854 he visited Cabul, the
capital of Afghanistan, for copper.
great quantities of which are there
mined and smelted. His magnificent
retinue attracted the attention of the
Ameer, and he was invited to an au-
dience-an honor never before received
by Christian. A present of 100 ofhis
best horses and a three tusked elephant
made the Ameer his eternal friend.
When yearly it was followed by stmi-
lar presents, besides camels and mer-
chandise, John Hinton had the mo-
nopoly of trade from the SUBMITS Of
the Hiddoo Koosh mountains to the
confines of Beloochistan, and in real
power was secoud only to the Ameer
himself. About 1870 he was made mill
itary commander of the district of
Herat, and in 1876 suppressed q local
rebellion to the great satisfaction of his
sovereign. Trained in the arts of war
among the savages of North America,
and among the superstitious natives of
India, where he became thoroughly
familiar with British soldiers and re-
sources, together with his years of ser
vice as the idolized commander of the
Mohammedan tribal armies of Afghan
istan, amounting to tens of thousands
of half civilized men, he is to-day the
ablest soldier in Asia. Desperate from
a knowledge of the studied diplomatic
chicanery of the representatives of the
Empress of India, with whom from
fear of treachery he refuses to treat,
and, as well as the Ameer, bribed with
millions of Russian roubles, he will
lead the armies of the followers of the
Prophet to victory or to death.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

But two locks of George Washing
toms hair are known to be in existence.
One is owned and kept in golden
urn by the Grand Lodge of Massachu-
settes, and the other has just been pre-
sented to Lodge No. 4. A. F. and A.
NJ, of Richmond, which is the lodge
in which Washington was initiated.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

JAPAN is now manufacturing boots
for sale in the United States from
leather brought from American perts.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

"SwAPPING diphtheria" is what they
call it now when spooney lovers hang
over the front gate on moonlight
nighta. r.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

"LooK out for paint l" shouted q boy
in the gallery of Chicago theatre
when the hero of the play kissed the
heroine,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
A, s, CRAFTS,

Phvsicfan and Surgeon. Onice in Crafts'
Block Mantua Station. Portage County, ONO
333-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
T. w. MAXSON,

E. w. MAXSON,
a.xorrsv and Counselor ut Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections IN
All parts of the United States once oSei
First National Bank, Garrettsville, ONO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
nGscnauieal and Architectural Draughts-
nam. Patent Office Drawing . Specially.
No. - Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh. Pa.
June6. 1872. IVY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

HIS COuiu uOG u8to uAppcuCO IL Ic"
port of contracts had been made te
Congress, as directed by law.
Again it is shown that N. Mckay
bought at private sale the ship Della
ware for S., LIE, and that after realizing
over $4,000 out of material removed
from the ship he sold the hull for
5000.
The Severn was advertlsed to be
sold at auction. A sale was had and
a bid made which the secretary did
not confirm. subsequently she was
turned over to John Roache at $780,.
600, though other parties were anx-
ious to know of the secretary the
price asked, and we're willing to give
more.
The committee especially refer to
the report of Chief Engineer King in
relation to the disposition of large
quantities of material at several oi
the navy yards, resulting in large
losses to the government. The CON-
mittee find that for the indebtedness
OF the navy at the time, Investigation
be made, and that for the unlawful
sale and disposition of large sums oi
public money appropriated for naval
service. Geo. M. Robson, late secre
tary of the navy. w. w. Wood, late
chief of the bureau of steam engineer.
ing, Isaiah Hanscom, chief of the bu
reau of construction and repairs, and
chief of the bureau Of pension snd
clothing from 1872 to March, 1877, are
chiefly responsible. s ea5
The committee recommends that thu
conduct of Chief Engineer Stewart
. Felthian aud Henderson and Paymaa
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-22

The news THAT the Prince Impe-
rial has been killed by the Zulus
will shock to its canter the Bona
pirtist faction of France. Every
one remembers the "baptism Oh
blood" to which the gallant boy
was subjected at the beginning OF
the Franco PIussian war. He sa"
thu first horrors OF battle at Saar-
buck, an event which opened a
memorable chapter OF disasters for
France. Since then he has earned
u Notable distinction as SUDDEN,
In the English military colleges;
AL with the ira IItioual gallantry
Of his race, he, Ia an evil hour, vol.
uuteereJ to serve the English
against the Zulus. The expedition
WAS q 9 nxotio one at best. H
should have beeu warned by the
example of MAximiiiau not t. mix
himself up in the affiirs OF q
strange people. His death leaves
Prince Napoleon, n man Of pro.
nouuced Republican opinions, the
head of the Bouaparie family.
Whether the devotion which clus-
tered around the mead Of the Prince
Imperiai Will attach to the cynical
and Republican head " this fa niuu,
house time viii tell. Oae thing il
und quilted. The Zulu Is u turm,da-
ole warrior and Great B'itain will
Yet have to sauri iice much of her
cnIvxlrv before he is sub iued.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-22

WE are glad to note the unmis.
takably steadfast ring of our
Democratic exchanges. They with
scarcely an exception lock with
contempt upon any proposition Oh
Iiquely squirting at surrendering
to any combination or encouraging
any fusion. The prospects, of the
Democracy are Frightening day by
day; aud, putting aside any views
of the matter save that Of principle,
d .mOcrats who deserve the name
look upon success rs q mere Sec
ondary matter. Not single in-
stance can be pointed to in the par
ty history in which 1t has gained
any thing BY attempted fusinns or
10y temp"rizing. People are sell
dom elected by combinations OF
fusions; aud, on the rare occasion,
when they succeed IN reaching
the goal of their ambition
they recognize themselves a.
under 10 obligation to thu
elements which advanced them
The demand for straigh
Democaatic ticket Ia almost uni
versal both amongst Press and PEG
pie. The Sacramento Convention
caunot afford to disregard it.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-22

active and very prominent In the
nfgau cation 0f the New Constitu-
tion party affect the ticket they
will put forward. 1t is the inten-
ton OF the Radicals to lure to 1t as
many Democrats rs they possibly
Jan, and to so scheme AS to keep
these steadfast to the ticket, from
top to bottom. But all the time
these Radical sch-m-rs intend TO
desert the ticket at the polls AMI to
vote that of their own, now in the
He'd from the hands VI the State
Convention just held at Sacrament
to. How MANY Democrats may he
trapped and betrayed by this ras-
calsy scheme cannot bs guessed,
but the chances are that the NUN
her finally victinIzed will be very
small. The mass of the Democrats
who have left their own party
without proper cause, t. ally them
seiv,s with the Radicals in order To
defeat the Democratic ticket, can
not, with honor or propriety, in
view of the Tremendous cuniest Of
uext year aud the Importance OF
-lecting the maj 'rity Of the Con-
sresstnen in the Sep ember cleo
,ioIi, sI act as 10 Imp, ri ar defeat
the regular Democratic ticket. And
hsnc. they viii, the same as the
arge nrj 'rity OF Democrats la the
WOrkinguen's organization, il
good time Withdraw from the sup
port of u distinctive and opposing
ticket of their own, and return Il
their allegiance and duty In The
D. mocratic ranks, to assure ,
-pi nd,i victory in the cOmiDi
struggle at the polls.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-22

THE Golden Era says thatif ex-
Governor Downey should be nomi-
mated for Governor by the State
Convention Of the New Constitu.
tion party, and should then be Ell.
dorsed by the Democrats, he would
prove to be very strong candidate,
No doubt he might under such cir
cumstances. But as the ex Gov.
ernor Is boiler from the Demo.
cratic party, and has been engaged
in orgaBizing an opposition to it
which will be supplied with candi-
dates, In his own language, "from
constable up" there Is preoiuus
small chance of Democratic Stale
Conventions stultifying itself by
endorsing him. Parties do not gen-
orally reward mslcontents in that
Way.