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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

The London Daily NeaOs states that
they have to thank the heliograph
again for an important message receiv-
el from Gen. Stewart, and announcing
the result of an attack OH the British
troops, i'm which the enemy seemed to
have suffered severely. The message
is dated Camp Ghuzni, April 22, and
was received ut the India Office the
next day. The heliograph does not re-
qIire the route to be kept open. The
line of communication cannot be cut,
for the simple reason that the signal
ing takes place over the heads of the
enemy, and tho stations required are
but few and tar between. A ten inch
mirror, and this is the diameter of the
ordinary field heliograph, is capable
of rejecting the SUMS rays in the form
of bright spot, or flare, to q distance
of fifty miles, the signal ut this inter-
val being recognizable without the aid
of glass. That is to say, two trained
sappers, each provided with mirror,
can readily speak to another, suppos-
ing the sun is shining, with an inter-
val OF fifty miles between them, pro-
vided their stations are sufficiently
high and no rising ground intervenes
to stop tho rays. The adjustment OF
the military heliograph is very SIM
pIe matter. An army leaves its base
where heliograph station is located,
and after travelling some miles desires
to communicate with the stay-at.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
APPLES for Foreign Shipment,

There are few greater treats during
the winter and early spring season,
says The London Magazine of Pha,'-
MACY, than the magnificent apples
which are imported from America to
find their places on the dessert table in
England. Considerable numbers, how
ever, arrive here in bruised condition
from the effects of careless packing; a
certain amount of fermentation is set
up,and unless they are consumed with
out delay they are lost to the dessert
table. This is more frequently the case
when barrels full OF the so-called
" Newton Pippins," and others, have
been exported by private individuals
to their friends i'll England. than when
they are packed by the regular trades
men. A common but soft kind of It's
sue paper should envelop each apple
before it is placed in the cask, and this
tissue-papcr should have been soaked
in solution of salicylic acid and dried
before it is used. The best prepara-
ton of salicyIic acid tor this purpose
is the alcoholic solution, made with
the strongest spirit, and then diluted
with us much water as it will bear
without precipitating the acid so as to
make the solution go rs far as possible.
Each apple should be enveloped in at
least three OF four folds OF the salicy-
ated- paper, and every possible precau-
ton should he taken to prevent bruis-
ing when loading into the casks or
cases. Wcll-packed apples should not
move at all during the voyage, and
the shaking Ola railway train should
have no effect upon them. Nevcrthe-
less, 4 certain amount of confusion is
inevitable, and to avoid the ulterior re-
suits OF this the salicyiatcd paper is
Indispensable. AS to the cost, it would
be but a mere trifle when we consider
the result gained and the spicndid
condition OF the fruit when it enters
the London market. Besides, it is
very probable that the salicylic acid
paper used for packing the apples in
America might be used over again, or
applied here in England to some SIM
liar antiseptic purpose, and an allow
ance made for it accordingly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
ExIles in Siberia.

The popular idea of the fate of pris-
oners sentenced to hard labor in the
mines of Siberia is somewhat eXag-
gcrated one. 1t is generally believed
that a man condemned to work in the
Siberian mines is virtually condemn
ed to death; that when he descends
into his mine he says goodbye to the
light of heaven forever, being kept
under ground till he dies, and that
living amid unhealthy fumes, rs he
does, death is not long in coming
The correspondent of the London
Times. having heard these statements
before he went to Siberia, appears to
have taken some trouble to ascertain
whether they are true or not, and, at
ter many inquiries, common fairness
he writes, s'compels me to say that
every ono denied that there was any
foundation for them. Even," he con-
tinues, ''the few Poles who spoke SO
bitterly Of the government did not
bring this to their charge: nor did
meet any of the convicts who said as
much" On the contrary, the silver
mines were, 80 far rs he could learn,
worked on the twelve and sometimes
Oh the eight-hour system; while i'll
the gold-niines which he himself vis-
tied, the men worked in summer from
4 in the morning till Z at night, with
intervals for rest and meals. In the
coal mines, also, the men work only
for twelve hours day, and an officer
informed the writer that the amount
of work allotted to each man per day
ought to be got through by an ener-
getic workman i'll about two hours.
On the other hand, it appears that
tlogging is not infrequentiy inflicted
in u barbarous manner i'll SIberia. AT
three stations, but apparently at three
only-at Kara, Nicolaivsk and Sang
haliom-an instrument called the "trol
OF plait, is used. From
twenty to fifty stripes are usually ad-
though the number may
be 100; and the writer adds that
'.when the heavy numbers are i'll
tiicted. the punishment must be little
short OF an execution"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

confidence, but wasted what might
have aided them in commencing busi-
ness. All young men should aim to
save something each year, even at the
expense of limited wardrobe and
many little things which they think
necessities. Ii there We're none but
young men here, L would say that
from the first year when l entered
store, with IA salary of fifty dollars, to
my last ycar-w hen lis salesman [
received very large p;ly-I never
failed to save Il portion; and when 1
started i'll business that sum and my
experience were all my capital"
The tendency ofthc Times is towards
lax ana LIBERAL ideas ill re gard to mon-
cy. Especially is this true in our
cities where every, induceinent is Civ
ell to the young OF both sexes to spend
their earnings ioolisilly ant wasteiul-
ly. Those whose income is small ell
deavor by every artitice, and even by
dishonest practice, to keep up appear
ances i'll the matter of dress, and eX-
Gel themselves with vigor To appear in
society OH an equality with their more
favored and wc;tlthIer acqu:rintunces.
Clerks ami shop-girls cXrcnd their
nicagre earnings i'll dress, and amuse-
Inent, nevcr-tlinking of the morrow,
their only ambition being To outshine
others. How different from the Gus
tom OF their furciathcrS, With whom
economy ami studious selt-dcnial was
the rule, when the young carefully
and abstei.ilously Treasured up their
earnings, laying the foundation for fu-
ture wealth ami happiness. Were it
not tor the fresh ana prudcntly train
ell SONS and daughters Irom the farms
and country villages we might we'll
trcmDle Tor the future OF the cOun-
try.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
What Women Should Be.
From Tinsley 3 Magazine.

from 1lnoley MhShLmC.
Very few women are qualified either
by nature or training to play the part
of judiciOus domestic providence,
umestrained by any other Influence
and the abdicatiOn of the husband Is
generally attended by humiliation and
suffering to the rest; for without a
balance of power we may expect
abuses to steal in, whether states or
families are victimized by an unfortu-
nate adjustment of circumstances. For
it is meI OH whom the stern and more
serious responsibilities OF existence
fall. Men who bear the burden and
heat OF the day, husbands and brothers
who give their lives for their country,
and die by thousands Ofcyery hunger
ina torture under the foreign sky, they
must act often under heavy mental
pressure and distress while women,
who are generally fed by any other
bias save their Judgment and intel
lect, may indulge hystcrical views OF
everything at their ease and at home.
Marriage protects women, who IN re-
turn, are expected to embelllsh life,
soften its TRIALS, anu with wOnmnly
srs.ces, smiles and kindness avert the
threatening clouds OF adversely from
bursting in unchecked violence on the
family circle. 1t is a fine field of ell
thusiasm, action and enterprise, i'll
which woman may enlist, and the
more highly toned their moral ethics
the better they may form character,
direct aims, soothe despair, and by
their delicate tact, instincts, and per-
ception, assist in mitigating much
cruel suffering and disappointment.
Women should represent beauty OF
some kind OF another. There is no.
thing man SO much detcsts as mas
culine woman she expects to share
his equality while at the same time
refusing to accept his claims and re-
sponsibilities.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
They Want Our Beef.
London Telegraph.


Notwithstanding the severe prohib-
itory regulations that restrict the
traffic, tile importation of cattle from
foreign countries has of late gone on
increasing. In 1873 the number of for
eign animals landed at the six privil-
eyed ports was ,20O, 1923. In 1879 it
was PA ,S47; and if, as most people
expect, trade continues to improve and
wages rise, the import will, of course,
grow rather than fall off. The fact
that some fifteen thousand cattle are
killed every week at the Deptford
landing-place ought to indicate that
not only is the foreign cattle trade a
large one, but that the regulations en-
forcing slaughter at the port of de-
barkatiOn must seriously raise the
price of beef. 1t may thus come to be
a grave question, whether it would
not be possible to relax the restrictions
now placed upon the import Of cattle
from the United States. There is no
virulent type of disease raging in that
country. No case of plague can be
discovered within its frontiers, and,
although sometimes cattle from Amer
ican ports show symptoms of pleuro-
pneumonia when they arc landed, yet
it must be borne in mind that, when
brought over alive, they are exposed
to weather of the worst sort, and de-
prived Of exercise III captivity. The
strongest and healthiest animals, in
such circumstances may contract pull
monarv disease, but for all that, it may
very we'll be that no plurO- pneumonia
was among them when put on board
ship. IT this be the case-and there is
that it is so-Mr. Muniella should set
about making the foreign cattle trade
safety. He should put America on
the same footing as Spain and Portu-
GAL
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

According to certain Stats tics col
lccted by the director ofan asylum for
drunkards in Germany, the number OF
suicides are increasing in every count
nv in Europe except Norway. The
decrease in the latter country Is attrib-
uted to the stringent regulations
against drunkenness which are in force
there.
The Irish population at the end of
May, was 5,363, $50, having been re-
duced again during the last three
months by emigration. This brings it
back almost to the number of 1903
5,216, 1929, since which time it had con-
tinued to increase, The lowest record
ed total, however, was in 1879, or o.
3O9, 9,494.
Senator Edmunds' action in congress
in opposing an appropriation to Nim-
prove" a mountain stream because 1T
would disturb the trout, brings up
the fact that he is an enthusiastic fish,
erman For many years he has been
a regular visitor to the salmon rivers
of Quebec and New Brunswick.
A manatce, or sea-cow, has been re-
oeived in Charleston, which was re-
Gently captured in the st. Lucia river,
in Southern Florida. The captOrs de-
sign taking it to Cincinnati, to be dis
posed of to the geological garden, or
Tor exhibition. 1t is about eight and
a half feet long aud weighs eight hum
dre9 pounds, !.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
American Locomotives for Japan.

The japanese Government is COM
pleting the Poronai Railway connect
ing the City of Hokkaido with adja-
cent towns. Col. Jos. N. Crawford,
an American engineer, is in charge, ami
has recently had shipped pair Of
narrow gauge (42 incnes) locomotive
engines to that country. They were
puilt by ii. X. Porter, Of Pittsburg,
Pa, and are named the 'Y Yoshitsune"
and the "Benkei," after noted char
acters in ancient Japanese history. In
accordance with suggestions, these
engines possess peculiar features as to
stacks, ash pans, and spark arresters,
from the fact that the line passes
through the most inflammablc class Of
property.
The engines are of the "Mogul" pat
tern, with six drivers OF 81 inches dia-
meter; cylinders, II Ii inches;
weight, ready for service, Is tons. The
same firm have just completed an ell
gine OF novel proportions Tor ship
ment to the works Of the LongfcllOw
Mining Company of Arizona. The
gauge in this engine is only ~ inches
cylinders, 10 inches; four drivers
OF 22 inches diameter supporting tho
engine, which is u compact business
like looking affair, weighing a tons,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

homes. A hill in the locality is chos-
ell, and a sappcr ascends with his hell
oyraph, which is simply stand bear
ing mirror swung like the ordinary
toilet looking-glass, except that be-
sides swinging horizontally it is also
pivoteu So as to move vertically as
well. Behind the mirror in the very
center, little quicksilver has been re-
moved, SO that The sapper can go be-
hind his instrument and look through
q tiny hole in it toward the station lie
desires to signal. Having sighted the
station by adjusting the mirror, he
next proceeds 10 set up i'll front OF the
heliograph rod, and upon this rod is
a movable stud. This stud is manip-
ulated like the foresight of rifle,
and the sapper again, standing behind
his Instrument, directs the adjustment
OF this stud until the hole i'll the mir
ror, the stud, and the distant station
are in a line. The heliograph is then
ready to work, and i'll order to flash
signals so that they may be seen at a
distance, the sapper has only to take
care that his mirror reflects the snn-
shine OH the stud just III front Of him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
Saving Is Wealth.

There Is nothing new in this, but it
is subject fraught with SO much inn
portance to the young who would
succeed in life, and that it is we'll to
refreshen their memories by often rc-
peating the axiom.
Moreover, as the american Pottery
and Glassware Jou11lal says, waste
and extravaganza have been the bane
of our times. Owing to these multi
tudes have become bankrupt, and be-
cause of them many are to-day unable
to make any headway in the world.
In the face of all the lessons of the
past and of all the warnings of the
present, there is strong disposition
to spend money recklessly in dress,
equipages, entertainments and lnnuni-
erable useless ways. STRIPPING boys
and young misses think nothing of
devOting more every month to their
dress than clothed their fathers and
mothers for u year; and yet they ap-
pear no better in society and are no
more respected than We're these slme
parents in their youthful days. Every
cent they can make for themselves
or wiring from parents or friends is
disposed Of without any thought of
the bad habit they are cultivating, of
tuC uCllldluS vi SlChlCSS Oiu
or OF the possible crimes to which
they may expose themselves in the
hour of temptation TO meet the results
of their outlays.
The great difference between those
who save and those who do not in the
struggle OF life, consists not SO much
in early advantages or superior ability
other things being equal, as in the
power to resist wasteiul expenditure
and sinful indulgences to save some-
thing. s+ ........ .....
One evening lately, Hon. William
f. Dodge, of New York, delivered an
address embodying his recollections
of New York for the last sixty years.
Near the close he uttercd these words,
which should bc carefully weighed by
every young man and. woman
@ln conclusion, let me say that, as
l think Of my early business life, am
impressed with the fact that those
Young men who We're then known as
industrious, highmindcd youths, con-
scicntious in the discharge OF their du-
ties, were those who succeeded in
business on their own account while
many who had better opportunities
failed, because they would indulge in.
pleasures which not only impaired
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
The Italian Exhibition.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Al. V,l,,l,.s., l.

ohoc anu i.edIhcr iNcpofIeTs
At the Industrial Exhibition of
Milan, in 1881, the leather industry
will be especially represented by pro-
duets from aIl parts of the country.
Prof. Guido Susovy offers a prize of
600 lire ($l5O for the best upper
leather Tho office of the executive
committee of the Exhibition is located
i'll Milan.
The leather manufacturers of Trente
and Verona are considered to be at the
head OF the profession i'll Italy, the
south of Italy being far behind in the
the tanning business. In tanning ma
tcrials one firm in Monaco principally
supplies the trade. Genoa is the great
importing seaport for raw hides ;
Rome has the trade in caltskins, most
ly imported from Chill; Leghorn has
the African importation, and Venice
that from the Orient.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
Faith and Science.


The Holy Book tells of a land
Above yon shining orbs we see,
Where Deaths unknown, and fountains grand
In sunlight fash eternally. ...
Its streets paved with jewels rare.
Its gates are all of FURNISHED gold; 10 ..
Pale Sorrow ne'er can enter there,
And God in glory reigns. we're told,
Pure Angels fit on snowy wings,
While music's-heavenly music's-tOne,
With soft, melodious murmur, nings
Its witching sweetness round the Throne.
And our ills we calmly bear,
And hope. tho here with cares opprest. -
Life's bark 1T last shall anchor there,
In that fair haven of Love and Rest.
But Science says: "FrOn me o learn
Beyond the stars lies boundless space;
With telescope can't discern
OF Heaven the faintest, slightest trace.
IT'S but childish tale at best,
by reason p!ieH q bubp told;
There is no heavenly lani of rest,
With jeweled streets and gates of gold"
There is no heavenly land of rest?
All, Scicncei with Earth's eyes you see
The sucking babe 1T mothers breast
OF this fair land knows more than thee
Thy powerfully mighty power-we own;
Our intellects thou canst control;
But talk not of this world unknown
TIL thou cast dndlvzc the soul.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

two people, and disconnected at that.
The man must have been an idiot to
get himself up like that to rough it in
the Swiss mountains. The shirt they
brought me was shorter than the
drawers, and hadn't any sleeves to it,
at least it hadn't any more than Mr..
Darwin would call rudimentary sleev-
es; these had edging around them, but
the bosom was ridiculously plain.
The knit silk undershirt they brought
me was on new plan, and was really
sensible thing; it opened behind,
and had pockets III it for the shoulder
blades; but they did not seem to fit
HE, SO found it a sort OF uncomforta-
BILE garment. They gave my bobtail
coat to somebody else, and sent me an
ulster suitable for Il giraffe. 1 had to
tie my collar on because there was no
button on the foolish shirt which I
described little while ago" So.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
Not a Dead Star.

DIR. HI. J. Klein, who two years ago
announced 8 new crater III that world
of extinct volcanOs-the mOon-has
recently examined drawings of the
neigh borhood of Gruithuiseu, which
strongly confirm the theory OF recent
changes on the lunar surface, and cites
also the drawings of Messrs. Nelson
and Green, in further proof thereof.
Prof. Klein adds that he announced
the new depression near Hyginus IS q
crater, from analogy. 1t is crater
funnel, and even one of the largest.
Toward the south there is q shallow
spoon-shaped hollow, which termin-
ates in second small crater. In full
sunlight, when the interior of tho
large hollow of the crater is no longer
in shadow, the spoOn-shaped hollow
may still be seen as q gray spot. By
the use Of high powers 1t is remarked
that the environs OF the new crater ap-
pear to be fissured in q bewildering
manner. Two fine furrOws, like clefts
in the soil, which extend from N. to-
ward the Snail Mountain, are tho fin
est objects OH the moon. 1t Is lmpOs-
sible as yet to decide whether this
formation is really volcanic. There is
one curious fact, however, which
would seem to indicate that a moun-
tain of smoke has at one time been
seen on the moon. On the I'd of July,
1897, Schroters and Oilers examined
mountain situated in the Sea OF Va
pors. This mountain, which was as
ccrtained to be 3,45O feet i'll height,
has been seen neither before nor since,
and was probably merely mass OF
vapor. The formation measured by
Scnroter has disappeared from the
moon, and nearly III the same spot
there is now crater. There soine-
time occur, too, on the surface OF the
moon, nebulous strata OF very long
duration, which have no allalogues on
the earth. lie who examines CAREFUL
ly the materials furnished by the nu-
nerous observations made on lunar
formations, from the time of Gruithu-
sicn up to our own day, says Prof
Klein, will arrive at the conclusion
that things are going Oh upon the
surface OF this neignboring world
which we as yet can know Nothing
Rbout.-NQttOa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

Mark Twain, in his new book call
ed ''Tramps Abroad" tells how Il party
of tourists got wet, and what they did
when they came back to the hotel
"We stripped and went to bed, ahd
sent our clothes down to be baked all
the horde of soaked tourists did the
same. The chaos of clothing got mix
ell in the kitchen, and there We're con-
sequences. did not get back the same
drawers l sent down, when our things
came up at is; got pair on the
new plan. They were merely q pair
of, long white ruilled, cuifed sleeves,
hitched together at the top with Il
narrow band, and they did not come
down to my knees. They were pretty
enough, but they made me feel like
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26
Mr.. Sharon Turner has prepared t

MI. Sharon Turner has prepared the
following statement OF the progress OF
Christianity. At the close of each
century the number of believers is
given: First century, about 5Oo,O0O /;
second, 2,ouU,OOO; third, 5,oOO,OoO:
fourth, lo,oOu,ouo; filth, 15,OOO,uOO
sixth, 20,oOo,ooJ; seventh, 24,OoO, ,OOO :
eighth, 5U,ooO, ,oJU; ninth, 4o,OoO,o :
tenth, oo,OoO,Ooo; eleventh, 7o,oOo,o ,oOO ;
twelfth, oO,Uoo,Ooo; thirteenth, 15,-
OOo,Ooo; fourteenth, So,ooo ,ooo; III
teenth, IO0.OU0,OOO; sixteenth, La, ,oOo,-
OUO; seventeenth, l55,0O0,O 900; eiSh-
teenth, 2oU, ,OoO,oOo. During the pres
ent century it is estimated that the
church has doubled its communicates.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-26

Whitewashing.

DROF. POULTNEY would inform the peo.
pie of Ravenna that he is hand and
ready to do all jobs of Whitewashing that may
be intrusted TO him, in u neat and wOrkmanlike
manner. All orders left ut his residence on
West Bowery ST., near Diamond Glass Works.
ut the Grocery Store of j. ii. Furry, will
receive prompt attention.
GEO. POULTNEY.
Ravenna, March 6, 1880 Coz