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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Housekeeping Hereafter,

Housekeeping, as now conducted, IS
TOO big job for those who undertake
to do it-a fact practically realized in
all households. Not even the most
favored are free from danger of peri
Odic breakdown in the over-taxed ma
chinery of domestic administration,
and the common experience is that the
gearing runs anything but smoothly at
best. The one matter of trouble with
servants is becoming such crying evil
that it is the first topic talked of when
ever housekeepers meet, and the pub
lie prints are burdened with discussions
of remedies and plans for obtaining
better ''help.'' This agitation will
presently make it plain that the servant
trouble lies too deep to be reached by
changes in the personnel of the SER
vice. 1t is not that cooks and cham
bermaids are so greatly at fault as that
too much is demanded from them. The
work to be done requires greater intel
gcnce and ability that can be induced
to enter domestic service at present.
Necessity commanding and Opportu-
nifty inviting, an attempt to institute
better methods of housekeeping cannot
long be delayed. The centripetal force
of society, potent i'm commerce and the
arts, will be permitted again to modify
the conduct of household affairs; act
ing. as heretofore, by removing GER
tain kinds of work from the home. aud
making them the basis of a new busi-
ness. The kinds of work to be trans
planted are those which bring dirt and
litter into the house, those which re-
Quire or which produce heat, and those
which demand mans strength or an
experts skill. In plain words, the
household is to be relieved of the heavy
and gross labors, and also the difficult
and trying operations connected with
cooking, washing. ironing, heating and
cleaning.-J 7. Sears IN September
Iff0ufic
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
A Sleeping Beauty.

''She is our sleeping beauty" said a
conductor of Il Jay Smith and Ninth
street line of cars in Brooklyn. pointing
to fashionably-dresse young woman,
who is well known to habitual passen-
gers of the line because of her habit of
falling asleep rs soon as she pays her
fare. The young woman has dark hair
that falls. in ringlets over her forehead !;
dark, clear eyes, and Il complexion that
is almost perfect. 81 guess she must
be pretty. because she sleeps so much, y
continued the conductor, ''for they say
as that's what keeps women pretty. L
don't know why it is, but just as soon
as she gets into the Car and hands her
fare she crosses her hands and feet and
begins to nod, in about four minutes
she is asleep, and then she gets Il good
nap until she reaches the ferry going
down and the place where she
gets out. If apassenger pushes past
her to get out she opens her eyes, fixes
her hat, which usually gets loose by her
nodding. and then she goes to sleep
again. It's curious to see young men
Try to get her to flirt. Why. she goes
right to sleep while they are smiling at
her. We haven't a more lady-like per-
son riding on the line, but l never saw
such sleeper. She's been a passenger
now six days in a week for over two
years, and she makes most of every
trip asleep. Here's her street,
The conductor gave shrill whistle
and called out ''-- street. Ihe
young woman opened her eyes. stepped
of the car and passed gracefully down
the street, patting her mouth gently
with her hand to check q yaWn,-NeU
York Sun,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Mems Work and Moments

The finest looking specimens of man.
hood. in every class, are to be found
among men between the ages of 35
and so, but how many comely women
can be found even among those who
have compassed only the smaller num-
Der of years mentioned above? The
home work of women, whether she be
wife or servant, needs revision if only
genius can enable a person to he at the
same time master and servant, nurse
aud ruler, then genius in this direction.
if there is any, should make itself
known for the benefit of those who are
fighting magnificently against over
whelming odds. With slighter ply
sique than man, a physique that is oc-
casionally subject to peculiar duties to
which that of man can offer no parallel,
woman is expected TO daily endure a
strain that no man would tolerate for
anv length of time. Until what is mod
estly called housekeeping is recog-
nized as the noble science that it really
is. and is carefully studied, the slaughter
of women by overwork will continue,
for at present it requires that every wo-
man shall be a prodigy of sense. in
duStry and endurance.-N. \. Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Too Much Whisky.

The whisky product of the United
States for the year 1S79-SO is said to
have been 2,O4O, 900 barrels. AS there
are 1000 drinks in each barrel. allow
ing fifty drinks 10 Il gal Ion and forty
gallons to a barrel, the whole number
of drinks in that whisky must have
been i, ,OSO, 900, 900. or eighty-one drinks
for every man, woman and child of our
population. Which is altogether too
much whisky, especially as about one
fourth of our 5O.OOO.0 600 people drink
the whisky of the other three-fourths.
in addition 10 their own cighty-one
drinks each. However, there is hope
in the fact that it has been shown there
is a limit to the amount of whisky the
country can consume. 1t is said that
the dislillers are alarmed lest the
amount produced may become so great
that the prices will fall below cost.
Kentucky alone is soon likely to pro-
duce 1000, 900 barrels a year. unless
measures are adopted to restrict pro-
ductiOn. Such restriction is the pur-
pose of the great distillers, who think it
wise to combine in order TO crush their
small competitors. The result of com
bination will be great whisky monop-
DIV. The whisky trade might be more
successfully controlled by the govern
ment under such monopoly than at
present, perhaps, were it not for the
fact that the gigantic resources OF the
monopoly would afford vast bribes to
officers willing to receive them.-Ne0
York EUening MdH.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

forgive all my sins my beng cross,
and discontented, and almost swearing
sometimes, and wanting TO keep the
money to-day. And ask Him to sake
me straight to nv Mother
.Pll trv," said Mr.. Hart, and prayed
for II little while. awkwardly enough.
Don't cry. JIM" said Hector then,
81 wish you wouldn't swear neither. "
II won't, them" sobbed Jim. 81
won't say another bad word"
Goodbye. Joe, and Harry, and ev-
erybody. How kind you've all been to
me. And, Mr.. Hart, ask them where
i lodged to be kind to my sister. She
can'r live long. Mother'll have us both
soon. Tell sis-I did want to buy her
a picture book out of the money-but
it wasn't right-and l remembered
mothers pra, er-and did my duty"
They We're all crying-the men and
the boy-whrn the warm red blood
choked Hector for the last time. and
the little uniformed figure lay stiff and
lifeless in MIR. Har;'s arms.
And it was n loving tribute that they
paid him i'm Rose Hill Cemetery; q
small white stone has just been set
up Mt the head of his little grave in
scribed:
Hector Graeme, aged IA. He did
his duty. Erected by the officers and
boys of the-District Telegraph Or
flee -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Making Paint of Mummies.

A gentleman passing through Long
Acre, the other day, peeped into lit
tie shop and started suddenly at the
SIGHT Of several dead bodies. They had
been dead for over two thousand years
they were mummies. Where did
they come from? From Thebes. Are
more coming? Yes, plenty. There APP
pears to be regular business going on
i'm mummies between Thebes and Long
Acre. The mummies are brought over
enveloped in their rich bituminous COW
ering, and-ho'r'esco rete'ens-.ground
up, bones, cases, coverings, bitumen,
and all. What forP Why, for paint.
There seems to be no burnt sienna like
ground mummy. The artists are will
ing to pay high prices for this mummy
paint. Our academy walls may be
limned with the dust of the Ptolemies.
-LOudon Truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Strangn Fnlf,llment. of a Dream,

Recently an aged German, living on
Market street, left his vest in the store
of his employer for short time. When
he returned he found that two watches,
one of gold and one of silver. had been
stolen from the vest. The old man a
night or two ago, dreamed he saw the
watches covered with straw i'll n cor
ner of the yard adjoining the house
where he slept. The next morning he
told his dream and was laue he'd at by
all the household, except the woman
head of the family. She advised him
to go and look over the place desig-
mated in his dream. He did so. and in
a few minutes his cries of JOY brought
forth all the household. He had, by
poking in the straw in the spot desig-
mated, found one watch, and was al
most overcome. A few minutes furth-
er search brought to light the other
watch and the chains. Now the old
man rejoices, and he is firm believer
in dreams. s.-HaytfO,u Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Asking a Blessing.

He asked Il blessing ON all set before him
With kindly, modest Crice, an' then began
To carve toe meat, when lnl Il cloud came o er
him,
Which made him loJk and act another man.
Mutton again! and aim st raw confound it I
How can ne eat this stuff with temper meek !?
And these p. titoe-. just hatf baked, around il!
d, for II decent uinner just onc, wcekP
''Some tea, my lovc?' mo, Iove-no ten. L
thank YOU
I'm sick of things diluted and undone;
Charles Henry, if You dOa't behave, FL spank
yOui
Good heaven! careless wife, a graceless
Sonl
''The bread is sour! the butter-that is-dirty,
VOW find no food or comfort here.
When will you learn, Marin-you're over
thirty
To cook? III dine on ginger snaps and beer"
The man meant nothing wrong-hc asked
blessing
With gentle thoughts of food not mean or
sparse;
II is words were . ways kindly and caressing.
Till disappointment made his prayer a farce.
a little less of self AMI more of duty
A little C re Gods bouHtieS to disburse-
Are things far nobler than mere grace and
beauty:
These bring blessing-those provoke a
curse.
M. A. d., in Food and Health.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Feed Dairy Cows Liberally,

We believe the dairyman should
study how he may produce all the food
necessary for his cows upon his own
farm, and that he should make all the
! provision that an intelligent foresight
can do ; but he should never suffer his
herd to go with deficient food, even for
one week, for this he cannot afford to
do. And that we may encourage him
to be liberal. even when his pasture is
short, and he has no extra cost of nulri-
ment in some by-product, such as bran,
cotton-seed meal, linseed-meal, corn
meal etc., some one of which the dairy
man may always find near at hand.
with pasture grass. Pasture grass has
about 80 per cent of water, and the
nutriment in 100 pound of il is supposed
to be worth 81 cents. The mtriment
of 10 lbs. of fine bran is just equal to
100 lbs. of pasture grass 10 lbs. of
cotton seed meal, II lbs. of linseed
meal. or 10 lbs. of corn meal, is equal
to 100 lbs. of grass. Now 100 lbs. Of
pasture grass is a ration for an ordin-
ary size cow per day. If the pasture,
then, is short one-thir,i, Or one-half, or
in any other. proportion, it is easy to
one or several of these foods, which are
more than one-third would have to be
fed to make II full ration on short pas
ture. Let us suppose the dairyman to
be feeding lbs. of fine bran; this, at
81 per ton, would cost 2 cents per
day, or about 10 cents per week. Now,
the extra milk per week produced by
this bran would much more than pay
the cost. If he should feed. instead of
bran. lbs. of linseed meal, it would
cost him about % cents per week; or if
81 lbs. of cotton seed meal, it would
cost him % cents per week or 81 lbs.
of corn meal, it would cost from 20 to
35 cents per COW. per week. If he has
the command of all these. let him make
up ration nearly as follows lbs.
bran, ] lb. linseed meal, and 1 ] lbs.
corn meal to each cow per day. which
will in most cases cost only 20 cents
per week and will keep Il generous flow
of milk till the fall rains renew the pas
ture, and then the extra food can be
discontinued. We have known many
who have used an extra ration similar
to this during short pasture, and never
found one who reported it Improbable.
The ration may be varied TO suit all
circumstances. Corn meal will be found
clNAp i'll some localities but it is al
ways best to mix some bran with it
and in most parts of all our broad dairy
belt bran will be found the cheapest
extra food to make up for short pas
ture. Chicago National Lice Stock
Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Gazinr ON the Miduirht Sun.

I ''Sunset" Cox has been away up to
! tn" North Cape. Lapland. and saw the
sun shining at o'clock in the morning
in fact all night long. if such a term
as night can be applied to u period
when the sun is shining He writes
thus of his experience:
We have made many sacrifices to see
this remarkable performance of our
luminary. Not that either OF us was
over-anxiOus to find land where SUM-
set did not occur. We had hoped that
there was no realm in this or the future
existence where Sunset might not
come. But | may be allowed to re-
mark that l have borne the sobriauet of
Sunset for so many years. and it has
sounded with such sweet sibilation, that
l had come to believe that had sort
of fee simple in its faerie land, with its
gorgeous palaces and handicapped
towers. Aud must I now be disen-
chanted? Do l live, and is sunset no
moreP DO / see a country where the
sun is going down amid mise en- scene
equal, if not superior, to that Ohio
evening years ago, which tried to por-
tray with my poor pen-and yet it does
not go downP Was it not enough that
for ten long days, or day, there was no
night for us. and that the sun, by gild-
ing and glowing in the north without
respite had disturbed our customary
experiences The reaction might be too
sudden. The failure of our old orb to
set might-well, there is no telling the
cataleptic and other dire consequences.
But there was the patent fact! Here
were clouds and lights, all the hues of
the prism in splendid display, and yet
no sunset after all! The upsetting and
The unsettable sun! Midnight. and yet
light all aglow! No gas, no candles. no
stars, no moon-only the fiery orb and
his trailing clouds of glory"
The sensation was rs new as it was
humiliating to my amour 2,1'opre.
recalled the words of Yankee charac-
ter:
''It's reilly affectin' to think how little
these ere folks is missed that's so much
is sot by. There ain't nobody, eff
they's ever so important, but what the
world gets to goin' ON without 'em,
pretty much as it did with 'em, though
there's some little furry ut first"
How much can be done, after all, in
nature and in science. art and govern
ment, without us. Governments will
run. men and women dance, trade pro-
ceed, without sunset!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Two Anglers Adventure,

Capt. Jake and Capt. Frank, two OBJ
stinate anglers of Staten island, pulled
down to buoy ID the other night to
catch weaklish on the mussel-bed. Thcy
had not been Son /. there before Capt
Jake called out 10 his companion to
look at the back fin of huge shark.
Thunder, what a big bruter' cried
Capt. Frank. Judging from the size
of that fin, he must be all of twenty
| feet long"
If he amt all of twenty feet I'll
pick my teeth with the anchor.' cried
! Capt. Jake. mo use looking for weak
fish when that fellow is around"
Have you apistol?"
No"
"And there's nothing in the boat to
hit him with. Yes, here is big
sinker."
Capt. Jake took from his tackle-boX
Il heavy sinker used for deep-water
fishing, and standing up in the bo;tt,
threw it with all his strength at the
dark object, which was about sixty feet
from the boat. 1t struck the water with
splash thu'l quite close TO the fin, but
the thing did not stir.
That's a man-eater, sure. and he Is
loafing about here i'm the hope that he
SCG oHC VI uS lOI StPpCLs Sdiu
Capt. Frank, as he proceeded to lash a
sheath -kuife to the end of an oar with
Il piece of fishing line.
Now let us go for him." said Capt.
Jake, after the knife was made fast to
the oar. '.Youpull mp the anchor"
''And you keep your eye upon him
and scull over to him quietly" said
Capt. Frank.
As the boat approached the monster,
Capt. Frank stool up with the oar Ga
twelve-foot sweep. Capt Jake whis-
pcred:
"Look out that you don't miss him,
for if you do you'll go overheard. and
give him just the chance that he is
looking for."
When Capt. Frank got within strik-
ing distance he raised the oar over his
head and lifted himself on tiptoe. Then
he sat down, after quietly putting down
the oar.
whats the matter with you," roared
Capt Jake. ''Why don't you go for
him ?''
go for him yourself" growled Capt.
Frank.
..You good-for-no,hing cowardr'
cried Capt. Jake. as he seized the oar.
Then he stood up, but he quickly sat
down again, looking sheepish.
The great dorsal fin of the monster
turned out TO be the wooden buoy of IL
lobster pot.-N. Y. SIM.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
DefectiYe Logie.

Gabe Snodgrass OWNS farm near
Austin, and Jim Webster asked Gabe
the other day what he was doing with
his farm this year.
II has rented it on sheers to Sam
Johnsing. He gets half a dollar outen
ebery dollar he makes outen de farm"
But how does yer know he gibs yer
de kerrect amount OBJ what he makes?
Hskin keep back some and you will
nebber know it"
..Dar amt no danger oh dat. Don't
yer see the more dollars he brings in
ter me, de more half dollars he gets.
You bet he amt gwine ter keep back
none. He amt no fool. He wouldn't
get no half dollars Outen the dollars
he would keep back. -Ieras ,Sittings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
How They Slipped.

At II o'clock yesterday afternoon a
couple of excursiOnisfs took seats on
the east portico of the City Hall direct
ly under the window of the Chief of
Police. He was bean-pole looking
chap of 23 with dust an inch deep on
his back, and she was an authenticated
angel of 20 and wearing Il solid shoe
and chewing three guilds of gum rollet
into one. For long time they sat and
looked at the fountains and sighed and
were silent. Then he tentcrlv qucried:
Hammer, isn't it dreamy"
ssYum," she answered.
81 could sit here forever" he whis-
pered.
Il don't believe 1 could-rd be
hungry"
More silence and sighs, and then he
took her elbow in his hand and said:
"Hanner. Pm hungry now"
'Didn't you bring biscuit along?'
Hungry for Your love, Hammer
not for biscuits. Hammer, 'sposen we
'sposen case"
E..Well?''
'Sposen knew Justice OF the Peace
who would marry us?''
''How much?'
Two dollars"
'.Have you got the money?'
'.Hanner, do you doubt my love?
I've got seventy-five cents. and I'll
hunt mp the Harker boys and borrow
the rest"
'sI'm afraid"
''Now, Hammer ~
'.Oh, can't; you know my folks
don't like you.''
Hammer, hitch this way till talk to
you. 'Sposen l bought you peanuts
and candy and watermelon? 'Sposen
you realized my great love, and con-
cluded to hitch TO me before some other
girl captured the prize? We'd gently
slip down these steps, iurn the corner
of this stately edifice, walk to the shop
of a justice. and you'd have me and
I'd have you"
''Oh dear, but pa would rave"
'.Hold on, Hammer. Your par needn't
know it-no one will know it. We'd
keep it as silent as the grave until had
made your old man. respect me for
what l are. Gimme half a show and
I'll make your par foller me around
like Il calf within year, and your mar
will fairly love the ground l walk on.
Come, Hammer, let's Slip"
''Oh, Gawger'
s.Hanner- Think of the
romance-the love-the mystery-the
tenderness-the gold watches and dia-
mond rings and silk dresses"
.Where?''
'.Why, next year when wool comes
off. Don't own forty acres of land?
Don't dote on you? Would ask you
to slip around if didn't love you above
the best hoss in our county? Hammer,
let us Slip
'.And you really love-
Then they slipped. They caught
sight of siX-foot farmer coming up
the walk, with big cane on one arm
and his wife on the other, and the girl
slid for Michigan avenue and the lover
for Griswold street, the latter whisper
ing to himself as he lodged through
the City Hall:
That's her old dad, and he knocks
oxen down with that clubr'-DetT OFT
Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Step on the Other Man,

One night Il burly Englishman. who
had the faculty of exciting Carlyle to
frenzy by talking about O'Connell,
called OH the sage, and, after Il little
talk about the weather, ut it they went.
1t was hot and heavy, and fierce and
merciless contest. Tea put brief stop
to it, but it soon began again. There
were several guests present, and Mrs.
Carlyle put her foot on the English
mans to implore peace. He no sooner
felt the pressure Than he screamed out,
..Why don't you touch your husbands s
toe. Mrs. Carlylep l am sure he is far
more to blame than am" The whole
company burst out laughing, including
CARLYLE himself. and tea was finished in
comparative tranquility.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

Statistics laid before the Congress of
Brewers which recently met at Yer
sailles shows that there are in Europe
about 40, 900 breweries, which produce
annually nearly 2.250, ,000,0 600 gallons
of malt liquor. Great Britain alone
produces Il third of the entire quantity.
or 7S5. .O17. OO2 gallons. Prussia comes
next with 31S, $50, O9S gallons; Bavaria.
260, 1857, ,0O2 gallons; Austria, 245. .975,-
15S gallons; and France, 135, $50. 900
gallons. 1t will thus be seen that the
Teutonic nations are eminently the beer
producers, as they are also the princi-
pal bcer-drinkers; where wine is to be
had nearly as cheaply rs beer, the malt
liquor is not preferred.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
The Wisdom of Dumas the Younge

We enjoy thoroughly only the pleas
ure that we give.
prefer Il knave to fool !; sometimes
he takes rest.
A man looks woman from head to
foot, a woman looks a man from foot to
to head.
Never attempt to convince a woman
of anything by argument you must
resort to emotion.
God would have been very illogical
and cruel if, having made life what it
is, He had not also made death.
Those whom we have lost are no
longer where they used to be. but. ever
and eyerywhere. where we &re>
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

The city of Marseilles is bringing sult
against the ex-Empress Eugenie to
show cause why she should not deliver
mp to the municipality the Imperial
Palace, built for the late emperor on
tile site of the old Lazaret, beyond the
Fort ST. jean. and opposite to the Fort
ST. Nicholas, ut the entrance to the Old
Harbor. The building is splendid
one, and stands in spacious grounds on
one of the finest sites in the locality
The Imperial family never occupied it,;
in fact. it was never completely finished
There is no library, although the poet
Barthelemy held the post of librarian
at an annual salary of 5000 fvancs for
several years. The palace is now in
charge Of an old Ronapartist veteran.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

An enterprising bat impecunious
Philadelphian borrowed money enough
to furnish an office and hang ont a
sign: ''Franklin Protective Associa-
ton" Then he went to work among
the negroes, telling them of imaginary
benefits to be obtained in the future by
joining his society, and now he has an
income of 1925 week from members
dues.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Whitewashine.

DROF. POULTNEY would inform the peo.
pie of Ravenna that he is on hand and
ready TO do all Jobs of Whitewashing that may
be lntrust'd to him, in a neat and work kmanli q
manner. All orders left at his residence on
Eas' street (:amIliarly known as Ricketty
Row, being the sixth house south of corner
at the Grocery Store Of j. H. Furry, will
receive prompt attention.
GEO. POULTNEY.
RAysnna, April Is. 1881. sa