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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

must have hot oven for whatever is to
be roasted, and bed of very hot Goals
for broiling. or fat that is hot enough to
send up q blue smoke for whatever is to
be fried Then the outside is Immediate
ly hardened over. and the rest of the
process must depend upon the size of
piece. The trouble with most frying is
that the fat is not hot. the meat, or fish,
or mush, or oysters are left TO stzzie d
long time, until they gradually brown,
by which time they are dry and tasteless.
But the sudden plunge into smoking
not burning-fat, which the quick
change of color on the surface shows,
keeps all the taste and freshness in the
article to be cooked. So with all roasts
"a very hot oven ut first, and no season.
ing until the meat browns, keeps the
juices intact, But the joints must not
be suffered to burn, and the oven must
be cooled off little as soon as the out
side is well coated. After this the old
rule of fifteen minutes to apound can be
varied to suit taste, and as the house
hold can take its meat rare. But the
meat must be elastic to the pressure of
the finger, or it is ''done to death"
Fish also must be rapidly cooked;
oysters require to be merely dropped for
aminute into the boiling liquor, because
the juices of all these must not be
suffered to tougher into leather, but
kept as nearly as possible uncooked -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Open Secrets in Cookery.

Both doctors and epicures agree upon
rare meat-the former for digestion,
the latter for taste, and that all meats
and game are the better for slight cook
ing, with the exception of veal and pork
that they do not recommend at all.
1t is quite common, now, for the physi-
clan to order a sandwich of rare beef
that is, n slice of uncooked beef, minced
fine, seasoned, and spread between two
thin slices of bread-as far more nourish-
ing for weak digestion than cooked
meats. 1t is only the idea of rawness,
it seems, that is in the way, and not the
taste, as when it is out of 81 ight most
people can learn to like this rarest Of
beef The same reason that ordains the
juice must run in the leg of mutton
when the knife goes in, and that the
game must only ..fly past the kitchen
fire, is behind this, and herein is why
broiled meats are SO delicate and palat-
able.
The outside is so quickly cooked that
the juices within are not effected by the
fire. just what happens to milk when
it is boiled, the thickening of the skin
on top, and what is seen also in hard
boiled egg, occurs in meats; the a1bu-
men-the nourishing quality-is harden
ed and toughened when meatis too long
exposed to heat. So the careful house
wife who puts her meat in the oven
early, well sailed, and watches it from
time to time as all the juices draw out
of it with the salt and the heat, until a
hard brown round or rib is ready to be
put on the table, has really extracted
from the meat almost all its nourish-
ment, and gives the family a mass of
dried fbres to chew. This also explains
good meat. The '.surprise, as French
cook says: is the main thing. Yon
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
A Strange Story,

Vienna Letter to the London Globe.
In the Mavergasse lives very pretty
seamstress, Caroline w. Last week a
gentleman met her on the stairs as she
was about to take an evening stroll.
His looks were wild and anxious, and
he shivered, while the sweat stood on
his brow. He complained of cold and
thirst, got Fraulein w. to light fire,
and sent for some wine, poured himself
out glass, and just as he was raising
it to his lips dropped down dead. ''Who
is he? What is hep What do you know
of himp" asked the police of the girl,
and all she could answer was, ''Noth-
absolutely nothing" In his pock-
cts were found few tlorins, but no
card, no letter, which could serve as a
means of identification. The post NOR
tenn revealed extensive heart disease as
the immediate cause of death. There
was nothing for it but to take the body
to the Morgue, although by the dress of
the deceased he was evidently person
of means. Here the body lay three
days, and from here would assuredly
have gone per '.No. o. to the cemetery
and have remained forever unrecog-
nized, had not Mr.. William Hunning,
First Secretary of the American Consul
General, accompanied by friend, come
and asked to see the occupants of the
death-chamber. The two gentlemen
passed down the row of silent sleepers
till they came to where lay the body of
the man whose sudden death has just
been described. ''Good Godr' shouted
Mr.. Hunning, ''there is Eugene T. Belln'
1.-Two witnesses are required to identify
body" said the warden, and, as Mr..
Hunning's friend had not been person
ally acquainted with the deceased, Mr..
Weaver, the American Consul for Vien-
ma, was fetched in all haste, and he,
too, at once recognized in the deceased
the remains of his colleague, Mr. Bell,
American Consul General in Pesth. A
mere chance thus led to the Identified
ton of body which would otherwise
have been buried a few hours later in q
nameless and silent grave. The fate of
Mr.. Bell would then have remained for
ever one Of those mysteries of which
any ones experience can furnish nu-
merOuS instances.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Imnortant to Youthful Lovers.

The recently reported case of Ditch
am VS.. Morrel, says the st. James Qon-
don) Gazette, is one which youthful
lovers may study with profit. The
point in issue was weather the fixing
of the wedding day was a ratification Of
a promise to marry or an evidence OF a
fresh promise. The actual promise to
marry was made when the plaintiff and
defandent were under age, and no time
for the happy event was fixed. For
some years these two young people re-
manned engaged-this being after the
defandent had passed the age of 21.
Then at last the day was fixed, but be-
fore it arrived the defendant refused to
perform his promise; and hence an ac-
ton. 1t has been decided that pro-
mise of marriage falls within the In
fants' Relief act, and cannot be ratified
after the person charged by it has at
tanned 21. Hence in order to give q
good ground of action, the lady must
make out that after the gentleman has
attained 21 he has made a fresh promise.
This, in the case of Ditcham VS.. Morrel,
Lord Coleridge was of opinion the cir
cumstances did not show to have been
done; while Mr.. Justice Lindley and
Mr.. Justice Denman came to the .oppo-
site conclusion. Consequently, if the
majority of the court decided rightly,
it is clear that every slight evidence is
enough to show that q new promise has
been made; but it may be doubted
whether the present decision will be
widely followed as precedent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
The Best Beverage.

In an article upon ''Science at Break
fast" contributed to leading English
magazine, it is claimed that chocolate
is healthier drink than either tea or
coffee. A cup of chocolate is an excell-
ent restorative and invigorating refresh
ment even for weak persons, provided
their digestive organs or not too delic-
ate. Cardinal Richelieu attributed to
chocolate his health and hilarity during
his later year. Tea and coffee do not
afford this advantage. Albumen in
tea-leaves and legumin in coffee-berries
are represented in very scanty proper
tions. The praise of tea and coffee as
nutritive substances is therefore hardly
warranted. Tea and coffee, though of
themselves not difficult of digestion,
tend to disturb the digestion of albumin
Gus substances by precipitating them
from their dissolved state. Milk, there
fore, if mixed with tea or coffee, is more
difficult of digestion than if taken alone,
and coffee alone without cream pro-
NOTES digestion after dinner by increas-
ing the secretion of the dissolving juices.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
A New fashionable Freak.

s'Clara Bell" in Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Broadway glovier has hit upon the
idea of modelling the hands of his Gus
toners. He takes an impression of the
members in wax, and then makes their
counterparts in plaster of paris. These
hands he uses in making gloves to Or
der, just as shoemakers conform lasts
to suit your peculiar corns, and there
by get perfect fits. The only drawback
seems to be that the best gloves cannot
be made here, but are imported. Still
the fancy pleases many of our frivolous
women, or at least those who have small
and shapely hands and are proud to see
them reproduced in plaster. I know a
Murray Hill girl, by the way, who had
her exceptionally pretty hand done in
marble, and gave it as birthday pres
ent to her affianced husband for pa
per weight. Do you see the beauty of
the idea? The hand that is soon to be
his is before him as he tolls at his desk.
1 hope her own hand won't be SO hard
when she comes to conjugally cuff him
that's all
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

The Oandidats.

"FatIler, who travels the road so late2n
"Hush. my child, It's the candidate;
Fit example of human woe
Early he comes and late he goes.
He greets the women with courtly grace,
He kisscS the babyiS i.rty face,
He calls TO tho fence The farmer at work,
He bores the merchant. he bores the clerk,
The blacksmith. while his anvil rings
He greets, and this is the song he sings:
"Howdy. howdy. howdy-do?
How is your wife. and how are your
Ahi it fits my fist as no other can,
The horny hand of the working man."
Husband, who Is that man at the gate2"
" Hush my love, it's the candidate"
Husband, why can't he work like your
elias he nothing at home to do"
"My dear. whenever n man Is down.
No cash at home. no credit in town.
Too stupid to preach and too proud to beg,
Too timid to rob aud too lazy to dig,
Then over his horse his legs he filings
And to the dear people this song he sings:
"Howdy. howdy. howdy-do?
How is your wife. and how are your
An, IL fits my fist as no other can,
The horny hand of the working man,
Brothers, who labor early and late.
Ask these things of the candidates:
What's his record? How does he stand
At home; no matter about his hand.
Be it hard or soft. so 1t be not prone
To close over money not his own.
Has he in view no thievIng plan?
Is he honest and capable?-he is our man.
Cheer such ono till the welkin rings.
Join in the chorus when thus he sings:
"Howdy. howdy, howdy-do?
How is your wife, and how are your
Ali 1t fits my fist as no other can,
The horny-hand of the working man."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
What Shall We Do With Our Daughters 2
Teach them self-reliance.
Teach them to make bread.

Teach them Self-relance.
Teach them to make bread.
Teach them to make shirts.
Teach them to foot up store bills.
Teach them not to wear false hair.
Teach them how to cook a good meal.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.
Bring them up in the way they should
go.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
Teach them how to make their own
dresses.
Teach then that dollar is only 100
cents.
Teach them how to darn stockings
and to sew on buttons.
Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach them to say No, and mean it !;
or Yes, and stick to it.
Teach them to wear calico dresses,
and do it like queens.
Give them good, substantial, COM
mon-school education.
Teach them that good rosy romp is
worth fifty consumptives.
Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of their suitors.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining-room and the parlor.
Teach them that the more one lives
within his income the more he will save.
Teach them to have nothing to do
with incorporate young men.
Teach them that the farther one lives
beyond his income the nearer he gets
to the poorhouse.
Rely upon it that upon yoatr teaching
depends, in a measure, the veal or woe
of their after life.
Teach them that a good steady me-
chanic without cent is worth dozen
loafers in broadcloth.
Teach them the accomplishments,
music, painting, drawing, if you have
time and money to do it with.
Teach them that God made them in
His own image, and no amount of tight
lacing will improve the model.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Money Getting.

The man who uses up every energy
in the one object of making money, and
who gauges the value of everything ac-
cording to the opportunities it affords
of Increasing his stocks and bank bal
ance, is throwing away not only the
beauty, but much of the usefulness of
his life. For money is but one means
to happiness; it is nothing in itself,
nothing when separated ftom the wis
LIN that knows how to use it and the
energy that extracts value and beauty
out of it. That life is not worth living
that is wholly absorbed in gaining Ison-
ey and sinks away exhausted in the eff
fort. 1t is like that of the wood-cutter
who should use all his hours of labor in
diligently sharpening his axe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Why the Romans Wish Each Other "A
Good August"

Letter from Rome.
Even in the earliest days it was the
custom to wish stgood' August and
to make presents and to give dinners
and entertainments. The reason-fOr
there is method in all these Roman
madnesses-is, that August is the most
unhealthy month in the year in Rome.
If you escape the fevers until then, you
can rarely escape them in August, un-
less unheard-of precautions are taken,
of which you soon get tired. AS rest,
sleep and good wine are the surest pre-
ventives of Roman fever, the August
gifts usually take the form of poultry
and wine, If you can eat well, sleep
well and drink well and never 90 into
the open air while there is a ray of sun,
you may escape the fever. But eat
irregularly, and drink poor wine and
go out during the hot hours, and
sooner or later you will be seized with
fever, and Roman fever is not easily
forgotten. 1t begins with a shivering
fit that shakes the very room in which
the patient lies, nor can the heaping
on of eider-down quilts and pillows
stop it. 1t sometimes continues for
hours. The teeth chatter and you feel
as if suddenly cast naked on an iceberg.
When the shivering fit ceases the fever
commences, and after that comes a
profuse perspiration. The more you
perspire the better, for if the patient
does not perspire, he is suffering from
the worst kind of Roman fever, called
the '.perniciosa," whose very name
makes Romans quake with terror, for
it carries one off in a couple of hours.
Native Romans think nothing of these
fevers; they do not even call in doctor
if all goes on well; that is, if the per-
spiration comes out all right. They
know exactly what to do, and the fevers
have no more effect on them then that
of keeping them in bed during the act
ual feverishness. Between the spells,
drink, work, walk and 90 to theaters,
as if nothing was the matter with them;
and will sometimes continue thus for
more than eighteen months. They look as
yellow as the lemons, the juice of which
they drink, but that is all. With Amer
leans and English, however, the case
is different. In the first place, we be-
gin by being very frightened, and the
quinine has not the same effect on us as
it has upon the Romans. Our stomachs
reject it after very few doses, much to
the doctors dismay. A couple of fever
iSh attacks reduce us to state of pro-
stration. We are unable to lift hand
kerchief. The dreaded ''perniciosa''
soon makes its appearance, unless we
can be removed to better air, when the
fever disappears as if ~ enchanement.
At the first sign of Roman fever,
therefore, every American should leave
Rome Immediately if only for Frascati,
Albano, or any of the other Summer
resorts which are at the gates of Rome.
Doctors send away patients in their
beds, if they are too weak to be removed
otherwise.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Madame Hopkins, an 0ld-Fashioned Lady.

FROM the Boston POsI.
Rockpoint is the peninsula which
closes in Burlington Bay on the north
west, and being high rocky bluff, COM
mands the most exquisite view of Bur-
ington, with its background of Grren
Mountains, that can be imagined. The
point forms part of an estate which is
now held by the church in Vermont as
the Episcopal residence. But as the
present diocesan has had a second resi-
dence presented him in Burlington, he
venerable Madame Hopkins, widow of
the late Bishop, for her use during her
lifetime.
This venerable lady, now 85, is one
of the most remarkable women of her
day. All the time of her married life,-
fifty-two years, she was always at the
head of large family. She was the
mother of thirteen children who were
all educated at home by their parents,
assisted by their mother's sister. Eleven
of these children lived to maturity. In
addition to Mrs. Hopkins many domes-
tic achievements, she assisted her
husband from the earliest years of his
ministry in the management of his
large schools. During nearly a year
the responsibility of experimenting a
family of 1OS persons fell upon her, her
husband being absent; yet at that time
her youngest child was but an infant of
nine days! She still speaks fiuently
English, German and French, haying
been born in Hamburg. and at one
time could play on seven instruments
besides.
She wrote remarkably well. While
visiting her the other day the writer
heard her play on the piano one of Mo
Zart's shorter sonatas, learned when she
was little girl. AS wife, mother,
teacher, housewife. and in her social
capacity, Madame Hopkins filled to an
extraordinary degree the ideal of wom-
anhood. She is now only waiting, as
she says, to join her idolized husband,
whose mortal remains lie entombed but
a few rods distant from his home when
living.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
A Bonanza Found in a Paper MIL
Sfncl tor

One of the girls at the paper mill yes
terday found in bundle of papc-'s that
she was asserting registered letter
containing $125 in greenbacks. The
letter was addressed to a man in Lom-
poe, and it came to the paper mill in a
lot of papers that were procured in the
San francisco Post Office. The letter
bore a recent date, the 10th instant.
Not being familiar with greenbacks the
girl did not know the value of the
'.find,'' and divided with her compan-
ions, but the value of the pieces of paper
dawning on her mind, she took what
she had left to the book-keeper, Walter
Baggs, and he told her that the green
backs were as good as gold. He made
an attempt to gather the money togeth-
er, so as to restore it to its owner, the
address being preserved. He obtained
what the girl had left, $65, but the wo-
man, who had been presented with $25
before the value of the ''find' was as
certained, had the misfortune to shave
her pocket picked'' while she was down
stairs, and consequently could not re-
store the money.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
A Ginning Miss

A little girl in Belfast recently drop
ped her doll and broke its arm. The
doll was favorite one, and the acci-
dent was to the child calamity of the
severest nature. The tears started, the
little lips were trembling with grief,
when a bright thought struck her. With
a beaming face, she exclaimed, "Papa,
l don't know as I care, after all. Per-
haps it will be put in the paper"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Ahnnt a Dnomed 0na.

"Your future husband seems very
exacting; he has been stipulating for
all sorts of things" said mother to
her daughter, who was on the point of
being married. s.Never mind. mamma"
rejoined the affectionate girl, who was
already dressed for the wedding; these
ara hia Last Wiahoan ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

Buddhism is rapidly losing its hold in
Japan. Since 1873 in a single. district
seventy-one temples have been diverted
to secular uses. 1t is estimated that in
the Empire more than seven hundred
temples have been thus secularized
within the past nine yearS. s..--.-.-.=zsa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

The members of Tory Club in Lon
don are about to place bust of Bea-
consfield in their entrance hail. 1t is to
be the work of Count Gleiehin, and is a
replica of the one executed by Queen
Victoria.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

The snow in England in October puz-
zled the swallows. They skinned over
the whitened ground repeatedly, evi-
IDENTITY in search of worms. The next
day these happy bipeds had all left for
tha sunny Sduth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

All Necessarfes for the Burial of the Dead
Furnished Short Notice and the
Most Reasonable Terms. Considerate At
teutiOn Guarnteed
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Business Cards.

MISS L. G. JACKSON,
HEILLISERY GOODS Of all kinds. Opera
Nl Block, ksvenna. D.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
A. N. FARR,

ATOTARY PUBLIC, Mantua. o. Con
IN yeyancing, Collections and Pension Busi
sess promptly attended 10 on the most reasoA
Able t-rms 6l2-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03

IN PHILIPS j. II. DUssEL
PHELPS s. DUSSEL,
TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
IN LAW, Frazer's Building West Main st =.
kavenna y. Mr.. Dussel speaks and writes the
0erman and will be able to counsel In that
LANGUAGE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
ANSON w. BEMAN,

Attorney At, Law Room z, Rouse Block
fnoreb =. est corner OF Superior Street and
Public Square, oJer Carson's Clothing Store
CLEVELAND. OHIO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-20
THE MARKETS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
D.. EorfA Rirer, Vessels and Railroads.
Tr,oaAnr iffil q q
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.
Ssw-TORK, Tuesday, Aprl
a Da4a y. r. -

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vs on,et and unchanged Pots, s4djc fealls, 3i29
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81 S Ss sISas} 9t 80 'GE hc S,
Boss snrros al about @ per ~ ed eara
fseSS27 Green Foo9s GarIs TT ' mardxo
we quote WHOLESALE rates oy carload d ao0u OAK 5S
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&c. do cals sisaS2o do Cherry stS@$ EN- 90 l'
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good soss Nqils quiet lat e Sperm per nes 20 do Pa
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beads s = 80 pe 'S iod sSs % E"
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Tfs day ssl2 bales agsns ll62 bales tins day Last
veek 36s last since september 3@i-4oi Oa's
sr,nst 4 sos 542 bales period last SEASON.