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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Tho Fisherman's Wife.

The wind bloweth mildly; she stands on th'
shore;
She shudders to hear it, and will evermore
The rush Of tho waves as they rose and they
foil.
Evermore to her fancy will sound like knell
"when. mother. dear mother. will father re
turn?
His supper is ready, the sticks brightly burn
His chair is beside them, with dry shoes and
coat,
I'm longing to kiss him.-oh. where is the boat
"Why does he not come with his fish on his
arm7
He must want his supper.-he can not Oe
warm.
I'll stroke his cold cheek, with his wet hail
I'll play;
want SO to kiss him,-oh, why does he stay?'
Cnheeding the voice of that prattler, she
To watch the wild war of the tempest and
Hood;
One little black speck in the distance doth
float;
'Tis her world-'tis her life-'tis her fisher
mans boat.
Her poor heart beats madly 'twixt hope and
despair,
She watches his boat with a wild, CLASSY
stare;
Ahi tits hid beneath torrents of silvery sprayi
Ahi tits buried mid chasms that yawn for their
preyi
Over mountain of horrible waves 1t is tost;
1t Is far-it is near-it is safe-it is LOST
The proud waves of ocean. unheeding rush
on, fs- .......,
But. alas for the little black speck-it is gonei
OH weep for the fisherman's boat; but weep
moro
For the desolate woman that stands on tho
shore;
She flies to her homo with shrill cry of pain,
To that home where her loved one returns
not again.
Ali night she sits speechless. her child weep
ing near.
But no sob shakes her bosom, her eye feels no
tear;
In heart broken. motionlcss. stupid despair.
She sits gazing on-at his coat and his chair.
door;
'Ts . stcp-her heart leaps-'tis his step ON
the floor;
wet,
But his sssile and his kiss have warm life in
them yet.
He is here, he Is safe. though his boat IL
wreck;
He sinks in his chair. while her arms clasp his
neck,
And sweet little voice in his ear whispers
this.
''Do kiss me, dear fatheri I long for q kiss"
-Ffom Poems aCrttten for q Child"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
The Bicycle in England.
From the London Telegraph

1t was not very long ago that a young
man was descending steep hill in the
neighborhood of London, and came to
grief before he reached the bottom.
Either he ran away with the bicycle or
the bicycle ran away with him; at all
events he lost control and rode violently
down the steep place only to find him
self pulled up at the bottom by police
man for fast and furious driving. Then
notable decision was announced by
the Judge who had to determine the
question whether bicycle could be
called carriage" or not. If it was
not carriage, then it could not be
properly proceeded against under the
statute which forbids carriages to be
driven at reckless pace. The argu-
ment of the driver was, that really you
could not call thing consisting of two
wheels only, with little bit of a sad
die, carriage; while on the other side,
it was .urgod that anything was a car
riage that had wheels and seat, and
that was used for carrying people. A
subtle dilemma this, like the great dis
pute in .'Alice in Wonderland' about
the Cheshire Cat'' in the tree which
was always grinning-in fact, was en-
tirely grin and nothing else. We know
that the king of Hearts waxed angry,
and ordered the executioner to behead
the cat; while the executioner replied
that he couldn't behead creature that
had no body, to which the Kiug an
swered that anything that had head
could be beheaded, and he wasn't to
talk nonsense" Mr.. Justice Lush soon
settled the analogous bicycle case, and
now it stands recorded in all our law
books that velocipede is carriage,
land nothing but it," as Mr.. Weller re-
marked, and must be ridden or driven
at a reasonable pace so as not to en-
danger the lives of her Majesty's SUBJ
jects.
As regards the present condition of
velocipeding in England, several new
inventions have lately come out for
the amusement safer. Elderly
gentlemen-yes, and ladies, too, elder
ly or not-can step up into comfort
able seat, something like an armchair.
lean back. work their feet up and down
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Life en- the Farm.

''Nothing but a farmer" is a phrase
that is heard now and then in America.
1t would probably be heard in no other
country short of Algiers. In the best
at least, of the older countries the
tradesman, the teacher, the mechanic
not to say the commercial traveller
would congratulate himself on the good
fortune that promoted him to the stand
ing of a freehold farmer, even though
his acres should be few enough to be
counted on his fingers. The notion that
linen and bends over a desk or count
er than the man who wears and holds a
plow-handle is q backwoods notion. If
it has had any influence-as it doubtless
has had-in beguiling young men from
the shop, the mill and the office, it will
not have it much longer. As a new
country sentiment it will 60 the way of
the log-cabins and the corduroy roads.
Good COmD0nu
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
What Not to Kill.

The French Minister of Finance has
done a good deed in causing a placard
to be posted which it would be wise for
citizens of all countries to have before
their eyes. 1t tells farmers, sportsmen
and boys and others what creatures
heretofore by multitude of ignorant
people considered to be pests to be abat-
ed-not to kill. as follows:
Hedgehog mostly on mice,
small rodents, slugs and grubs- animals
hurtful to agriculture. Don't kill the
hedgehog.
Toad-Farm assistant, he destroys
from 20 to 80 insects per hour. Don't
kill the toad.
Mole-It is continually destroying
grubs. larvae, palmer worms and insects
injurious to agriculture. No trace OF
vegetation Is found in its stomach
Don't kill the mole.
Birds-Each department loses several
millions annually through insects
Birds are the only enemy able to con-
tend against them vigorously. They
are the great caterpillar-killers and ag-
ricultural assistants. Children, don't
disturb their nests.
ady-Bird-Never destroy, for they
are the best friends of farmers and hor-
ticulturists. and their presence upon
asphis-riddenn plants is beneficial.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Snnnd MaYims.

Attend carefully to details of your
businessi $3.50,
Be prompt in all things!
Consider well, then decide! " -
Dare to do right! Fear to do wrong!
Endure trials patiently!
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully!
Go not in the society of the vicious!s,
Hold integrity sacred! = .afh a....f. =,
Injure not another's reputation or
business!
Join hands only with the virtuous!
Keep your mind from evil thoughts!
Lie not for any consideration!
Make few acquaintances! sF'
Never try to appear what you are
not! 81
Pay your debts promptly! ..s-..,..e. ID,
Question not the veracity of a friend!
Respect the counsel of your parents!
Sacrifice money rather than aprinci-
pie! .... -
Touch not, taste not, handle not in
toxicating drinks!
Use your leisure time for improve,
ment!
Venture not upon the threshold Of
wrong! n 80 =
Watch carefully over your passions!
'Xtend to every one a kindly saluta-
ton! .,!.... 49,
Yield not to discouragements!
Jealousy labor for the right! % = -
& success is certain!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
The Pleasures of Business.

No human mind is contented without
occupation. No human soul is satisfied
without an aim or purpose in life. The
greatest success in life consists not in tho
mere accumulation of riches, but in be-
ing able to acquire wealth with dispo-
sition to apply it in such a manner that
it shall be Il comfort and blessing to
others-not in the mere giving away of
money. but in putting people in a way
to labor and help themselves. There
is no pleasure in oppression. There is
no joy in grinding and exacting gold
from the poor; but there is a great deal
of genuine satisfaction in being able to
offer steady and honorable employment
to the many willing hands that have
nothing to do. One of the greatest en-
joyments of the prosperous business man
consists in being able to comfortably
provide for the many employees in his
house or mandatory. In doing this
he is fulfilling his obligations to socie-
ty; he becomes a useful and honored
citizen; business to him is real pleas
ure; he enjoys his successes, when they
are fairly won because he feels that he
deserves them. ..,...
When business man has the right
kind of a purpose in life he enjoys his
occupation, he feels a just and worthy
pride in his prosperity, he is pleased
with the respect and gratitude of those
of his affairs, and he feels
that in benefitting himself he is confer
ing favor upon Criterion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Changes of Flour in Becoming Bread.

In popular use, says Prof. Horsford,
we employ the word ''bread" to qualify
loaves which are served in slices. The
rolls are much smaller. Both consist
alike of crumb and crust The crumb
is made of multitude of cells of thin
walls containing carbonic acid gas, the
product of fermentation in the dough.
These walls of the cell contain both glu-
ten and starch and traces of dextrine
and sugar. AS a consequence of the
treatment of water and application of
heat, the starch grains, which in their
normal condition are little sacs filed
with minute granules of starch proper,
have been swollen and burst. Starch
similarly treated by itself, as in the pre-
paration for stiffening linen in the laun-
dry, when dried in thin layer upon
glass plate, for example, is transparent;
and presents glazed surface. When
this glazed material is removed with
knife blade, it is seen to be stiff and
horny. The gluten which is mixed with
it in the crumb of bread, and which may
no conceived to be continuous however
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Guide to Paradise.

The following timetable to heaven"
has just been issued by well-known
religious publishing house at Paris:
''Guide for travellers to paradise:
''Trains leave-At all hours.
''Trains Arrive-When it pleases
heaven.
Through Express-First Glass: Pow
erty. Chastity, Obedience.
''Express-Firsta and Second Classes:
Piety, Devotion, Sacraments.
''Way Train-First, Second and Third
Glasses: Commandments, Public Du-
ties.
''Fare-First Class: Love and Cross.
Second Glass: Desire and Combat.
Third Glass: Fear and Penitence.
''Notice to Passengers-No return
tickets. No pleasure excursions. Chill
dren who have not come to years of dis
cretion, free, if carried on the knees!-
Passengers will please carry no other
baggage than good works, unless they
wish to miss the train or be delayed at
the last station but one. Passengers
get on anywhere along the ine."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Amenities of Banking,

A man having all the attributes of 6
tramp-be-draggled garments, unshav
en- and unshorn- stepped briskly into s
Titusvile bank Qn Saturday afternoon
and approaching the cashiers window
said:
'.Hope amt too late?''
| "ToO late for what?''
"You haven't closed the vault yet
have you?''
"What's that to you?'' said the cash.
ier, as he glanced over to where his pis-
tolls lay.
7 "You see want to borrow five OF
ten to tide me over till reach Cincin-
natl"
we have no money to lend"
Eyes, but you have though, when you
know who / am. am delegate to
the Bankers Convention at Saratoga
Read an elaborate paper before the Con-
vention yesterday on The Rise and Pro-
gress of the Bank of England' with a
few off-hand remarks on the coming
crisis in American finance"
''In your own case the crisis appears
to have arrived" suggested the cash
ier. 5etsa
.sIn point of valuable information to
bankers, my paper takes rank ahead OF
that submitted by Secretary Sherman. ~
"We are not lending any money now
at ALL"
.Tm right in from the big conven-
tion," continued the stranger untouch-
ed. 'Made slight miscalculation as
to expense money, and found I'd be
obliged to stop off at Titusville and ask
you for " 1 don't mind it, however,
as have always had a desire to visit
your beautiful little city and meet some
of your solid men,"
'sPerhaps should have told you be-
fore that the vault was closed"
''Of course, you have FIVE in your
pocket. No? Well, then, two will
do"
Haven't dollar about me-"
''Say fifty cents, then"
The cashier said he didn't have it.
''Make it quarter"
Cant do it,
'.Make it a dime"
'I'll not make it a red cent" said
the cashier, as he moved about his busi-
ness.
'.Oh, you won't won't your exclaim-
ed the stranded banker, as he hitched
up his forlorn pantaloons. danced about
and made feint to spring through the
little window. IF / had you out here
about two minutes and half 1 would
teach you some of the amenities of
banking. You haven't soul to save,
you wall-eyed hypocrite, or you would
jump at the chance to help a fellow
banker in delicate emergency like
this"
The cashier continued his work.
After waiting reasonable length of
time, as if to give the cashier an oppor-
tunity to reconsider. but which was not
taken advantage of, the indignant
stranger shook his finger through the
partition and said hoarsely:
'.Here devote you and your impecu-
NOUS gang to the cloven-footed and in
fernal gods, and if don't report you
to the next regular meeting ef the asso-
citation, I'm a beardless goat" and he
stalked grandly out of the bank.-Pe-
t,oleun World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

51 the wall a Of baa the cell
drafted; that is the heat to which it has
been subjected has driven out a certain
amount of water which chemically
sustains the same relation to the gluten
from which it has been expelled that the
water expelled by heat from alum crys-
tails sustains to the original body of alum.
On drying, it abstracts the water from
the starch with which it is coated or init
mately mixed, as the roasted alum alb
serbs the water that is sprinkled upon it.
The starch by this process being dried
and stiffened. gives its support to the
walls of the cell, and renders the texture
of the stale loaf more firme than that of
the fresh loaf. --.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

The United States census of 1910,
which was the first one where elements
other than that of population were in
troduced, shows "a wooden factories
that spun yarn, and 1858, 269 yards of
wooden cloth woven in families, valued
at 81, 4,413,0 900. In 1860 woolen estab-
lishments had increased to 1920, en-
ploying 5000 work people of various
grades, and producing goods valued at
$67, 300, 900 annually. The demand for
blankets and clothing for the soldiers
during the rebellion caused general
advance in prices, and corresponding
increase in factories, SO that in 1870
persons employed in the manufacture
numbered $1,000, who produced goods
valued at $177, ZOO, 900. The demand
for woolen fabrics naturally increases
with the population. Since 1888 this
country has imported wool, either man
ufactured or in the raw, to the value of
over 81, 200, ,OO0,O 900, and for the past
four years, in the aggregate, S17O.0OO.-
600 has been brought in; while the ex-
port has been comparatively trifiing.-
In 1875 the total duties on wool and
woolen textures amounted to $50. 914,-
036, which is the largest annual reve-
nue. the government has received on
these articles, with the exception of the
four years previous to 1848. By this ex-
hilton it will be seen that the WOOL
grower in the United States meets with
a remunerative reward for his labor.-
In fact, it is another evidence that al
most any legitimate occupation in this
country pays when properly attend
ed to.-N. Z. Commercial Advertiser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
Antiquity at Table.

1
With the Empire began that epoch
of splendid gluttony which has no par
allel. The history of the Caesars, with
| some exceptions, is narrative of a
continual orgie. Take the notorious
group at random-Commodus Caligu-
Ia, Tiberius, Verus, Vitellius, Nero,
Heliogabalus, Domitian. These men
! spent their lives in round of mon
strous debaucheries. The day and the
| night, we are assured, were not long
| enough for their revels. Verus, the
| first to increase the number of guests
from nine to twelve, prolonged his sup
pers throughout the night. Nero sat at
table from midday to midnight. Iibe-
| rius spent two days and a night at the
festive board, They had huge appe-
tites-not only the gigantic Macmillan,
who devoured forty pounds of flesh
meat and drank five gallons of wine at
meal, but finical dandies like Commo-
dus, who ate even in the bath; Vitel-
Illus, who ceased eating only while he
slept; Domitian, who ate ''out of his
hand" to stay his stomach in the inter-
walls of regular repast. Heliogabalus,
| was, perhaps, the most elaborate, vi
tellius the most extravagant, in his daily
fare. The latter squandered in seven
months seven millions sterling, chiefly
on his table. The total staggers belief;
but let US examine the figures on the
other side. The Roman epicure Is re-
ported to have paid f65 or so for
mullet; brace of pigeons cost FL 12s.
At an entertainment given to Vitellius
by his brother, two thousand of the
rarest fish and seven thousand of the
most curious birds were served up
One individual spent f5 900 on q SINGLE
dish, made of the tongues of the costli-
est singing birds. The Roman bon
vsrdnt, supping on the brains of pea
cocks and pheasants, the tongues of
nightingales and the roes of the most
delicate fishes swallowed thousands of
pounds at meal; and we need only
multiply the individual expense by the
number of the guests to form the notion
of the cost of high-class dinner in the
days of the Caesars. A supper in the
Appollo meant a couple Of thousand
pounds thrown to the purveyors. But
the Emperors were certainly the most
reckless in the profligacies of the table.
Seneca and Tacitus are among the au-
thorities that tell us that Heliogabalus
spent 100000 on one supper; that Ne
70, master of ''the House of Cold" ate
a dish that cost over ESQ, 900, and drank
a bumper still more precious. 1t is as
serted further that the Emperor Verus
treated twelve friends to feast which
cost f46, 900; and Seneca Is responsible
for the statement that Caligula spent
9SO. 600 on q SuDDor. s4- -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

How absolute some people are in
their conversation. There is Smarting-
ton, for instance. Said Jones to him
the other evening: ''Do you like dogs?"
Jones, by the way, is lover of the
sappesea Sou dfsa% ds eycamsd Mf 5ona whe
tinued, with a lingering emphasis on
donkey" Said Smartingt gton. ingen-
iously: II like you, Jones'"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

1t was proposed to erect a monument
in the village square to the Father of
his Country, and old Squire Higgins
was called on for liberal donation.-
81 can't give you anything this time.''
ways carry Washington in my heart"
''Well," answered the man with the
subscription paper, ''all can say is that
you have got the Father of his Country
in very tight spot" --
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
A Criticism.

Henry Havard calls Scheffer '.that
great and sombre painter" and says he
might have been an artist of the robust
type, but while Cuyp, Boil, and Mass
dwelt in their own country, in vidid,
brightly tinted Holland, and sunfied
themselves in its scintillating light,
Scheffer went to another country, to see
other sights, to become the interpreter
of other Inspirations. An unfinished por-
trait, which belongs to the museum at
Dordrecht, shows us what he might
have been. Never was there head
more boldly drawn, more finely model
ed, more purely colored, painted with
more mastery breadth and freedom
Only Frans Halls could have equalled it
in vigor, life, and expression. 1t is be-
cause that head is all made of impress
sions and sensations, that it is so power
full and so beautiful; it is because the
painter had not time to finish it, to SUBJ
stitute sickly Interpretation for his first
fresh and vivid inspiration, to eface its
pristine vigor by touches which should
make it haggard, pale, and meagre,
more poetical in short, according to his
notions of poetry. He had not leisure
for this once to produce idealism, and
SO he simply produced true and fine
painting. This beautiful and exception
al work is the most interesting picture
in the bort Museum.-BOston Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

The acreage of wheat in the United
States aggregates 30, ,OOO,OOO
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

The first Atlantic cable was laid Au-
gust II, 1857.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23

Goldfish were introduced into Eng
land in 1851.
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A. N, FARR,

AYOTARY PUBLIC, hantua. O. Con
IN veyancing. Collections and Pension Busi
,ess promptly attended 10 on the most reason
able terms. 6l3-u-
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Business Cards.

MISS L. g. JACKSON,
AEfLLINERY GOODS of all kinds, Opers
ln Block, ksvenna, D.
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ANSON w. BEMAN,

Attorney st, Law. Room z, Rouse Block
(aorth west corner or Superior Street and
Public Square. DER Carson's Clothing Store. }
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
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Y.E. HUrCHINs. w.B. THOMA8.
HUTCHINS & THOMAS,

ttorueys nj Law, Ravenna, Ohio. ONCE In
Empire Building. Mr.. Hutchins will attend
at ali GERMS OF the Common Pleas and District
Courts in Portage County. Oily
, 1880-02-01
,yhaf The American Sunday. School
Union Has Done in the North
west.
A Bohemian Catholic Priest Re-
nounces Rome to Engage in
Matrimony.
asnsral Notes-Poszible Piety-Persouals
Services To-Day.
ETERNAL LIFE.

n o,oze a life, o God! Too late, too late
Eor This worlds work We learn the hidden
truth
,y.h,c,1 underlies the path of earthly fate,
And which If we could only learn in youth
,,onId free this world Of its too sordid care,
and make Of human life happy prayer.
7,rs 10 not what we mortals idly dream =
a sens1,ous pleasnuce for this worlds dfsport-
An idle pastime for poets theme
4 h]lndfold god for giddy maids to court1
~ hitter fate, that life too late should prove
The mighty. mighty truth, that life Is lore!
life Is not what we mortals seem to think.
IN be, to do, to suffer and endure,
~ hreatbe. e1ist-these are but living on the
:, brink
NJ life's true dcsdny-its happier shore
pevnnd that brink there is no care or STRIFE
Thsre-Ohi why not he1e2-We learn that love Is
:. life.
I'D ie mt what ve mortals think and fear
i e11lel Judge, father stern and colds
pnlentless unforgiying. and austere,
The being terrible, as told Of old.
These sjn1pe words the truth forever prove
rink Of them, OH earth's children" God Is
love"
TIM 1ate. O love. ve learn that thou art life;
Too iatn q life, we learn that thou art God,
And tbat to thee there Is no death or strife.
Or wrong, or punishment, or christening roo.
Prom thee Te come, holy, great u1une,
To thee return, be it late OF soonl