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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
How to Remember.

Mr.. George Yule, a native of Scot
land, lectured recently at Clarendon
Hall on 'The Marvels of Memory
After telling his audience what the va
rious mental philosophers have ex.
planned memory to be, he showed what
he could do in the memory business.
He had blackboard on the platform,
and he invited any person in the audi
ence to 60 up and write down as many
words as he could get on the boards.
simply requesting that the words should
be chiefly the names of objects or per-
sons.
A man who seemed to take an un-
usual interest in the matter went up
and wrote down twenty-five words be-
ginnig with ''park, avenue" ''pond," :"
and finishing Off with butter" cheese
and 'eggs. Each word was numbered.
The twenty-words having been read
off, Mr.. Yule, with his back to the
board, named all the words in their
proper order, and then repeated them
rapidly backward. He then unrolled a
scroll of strong paper that reached
nearly the whole length of the hall, on
which was written all the sixty-siX
books of the Old and New Testaments,
and the numbers of chapters to each
book. He repeated them all from Cen
esis TO Revelations. and gave the num-
ber Of chapters to each book without
making q mistake. On the scroll was
also written the names of all the prin-
cipal cities of the world, and as fast as
anybody could call them off he would
give the latitude and longitude of the
places. This he always did without
making any mistake.
Rv fhic firpo b;c 1;,foy,ar b,I booo,,o
thoroughly interested, and several in
the audience begged him to explain
his method at once. One enthusiastic
young man exclaimed, 81 think know
how you do it, and believe 1 could do
the same thing after six weeks prac-
tice." Mr.. Yule smiled. Then the lee
turer asked persons in the audience to
call out any event that was written on
the scroll, and without the slightest
hesitation he would give the date of the
event and the place at which it oc-
Cured.
Then Mr.. Yule began to explain his
method. LET us begin with the word
'lion,'" he said, and he wrote the word
on the blackboard. Now" said he,
let the next word be 'bov.' Well, it's
easy to imagine lion and a boy espy-
ing each other in the forest Let the
next word be tree We imagine the
boy climbing tree to get away from the
lion. Let the word be song We I'M
mediately imagine the boy singing q
song on account of his good luck at get
ting beyond the clutches of the lion.
Let the next word be fall then hun
ter then gum and SO on. 1t is very
easy to imagine that the boy lost his
hold, fell to the ground, but was rescued
by hunter with his gun, and so on"
Mr.. Yule said that this was only an
easy lesson for beginners, but that with
practice an anecdOte could be construct
ed on the basis of almost any kind or
number of words that could be named
in the most haphazard manner. He
promised to explain his method more in
detail at some future lecture.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

She had been reading david Copper
field. So had /. She was fascinated
with this creation of Dickens. L was
fascinated with her. We talked litera-
ture together. In that respect we were
sympathetic. Her nose was reti'Ousse.
We should have been in olfactory con-
tour sympathetic also, but while her
slight nasal elevation added piquancy
to her expression. mine was-a genuine
snub! and is, even unto this day!
The handsome youth came along as
we communed together. He was a
stupid little wretch. He had no appre-
citation for Dickens. He knew not that
such a man existed. He cared only fol
in himp But there was his handsome
face-,beauty only skin deep, to be sure.
but deep enough to drown all my hopes.
When he came in sight her eye bright
ened. I could feel Dickens going by
the board and myself also. Their hap
piness in each others company-such
senseless. such unreasonable happiness
on her part for a stupid Adonis-galled
me. They were Adam and Eve in Par
adise. l, Satan looking enviously on.
At last 1 was revenged. A year or
two passed. She bloomed into the
young lady. She travelled. She at
tracted attention abroad. Strange and
stylish city gallants followed her home.
The village boys could see them through
the open windows on Sunday evenings
sitting in her parlor. The handsome
boy wos rendered mad and miserable.
He stood no more at the head of that
class. In his fathers shop were kept
spirits at retail. He stole a quart of
sweet Muscat wine from the cellar and
drank to drown his SORROW. But this
would not win her back. She cared no
more for boys. She had grown out of
his sphere.
More often than the rest came for
eign music professor to her house. The
two sympathized on musical plane,
and day and night they played, sang
and duetted, worrying the neighbor-
hood wi h difficult and scientific music
More desperate than ever, the hand
some boy stole two quarts of wine from
his fathers cellar. He put the bottle to
the lips of his youthful companions.
We became inspired, and sang and
played mockingly by night in front of
her house. Her father came out and
chased us off. In secret, L rejoiced
over the misery of my rival. But dis
sembled, and did not refuse his wine.
They were married. The handsome
boy not long after was caught by his
father coming out of the wine cellar
with three full bottles. The thrashing
he experienced was thorough and COM
plete. felt avenged. Satan looked on
Adam had been ex-
PEELED from Eden. Paradise was lost.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

The late Governor of Foochow, in
China, few days before his death, had
issued orders that tree, some 800
wears old, under the shade of which the
inhabitants of Foochow were of opinion
that over-worked and weary devils were
wont, every now and then, to indulge
in an afternoon siesta, should be cut
down. The venerable tree was felled,
in obedience to the Mandarin's conf
mand; whereupon he forthwith fell sick,
and died in less than aweek, leaving no
doubt in any well-regulated Chinese
mind as to the authors of his disease or
the sort of place his soul had gone to.
His children, inspired by natural de-
sire to get the spiritual part of their late
parent out of trouble, have recently
made handsome offerings to the justly
irritated fiends, with the object of in
ducing them to forego their too we'll
founded spite to the Mandrins' spirit, or,
if so large concession should be incon-
sistent with their principles. at least to
make his EXcellency as comfortable
among them as he could possibly expect
to be under such unfortunate circum-
cto
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
The Future of the Canadian Dominion.

contemporary heNleW-
Ii any dispute arose between Canada
and her great Southern neighbor which
involved war, she would speedily sue
cumb, and would be annexed to the
United States. Canada is not sufficient
ly permeated by any vigorous senti-
ment of nationality to resist the power
full attractive forces of the American
democracy. She answers to Leigh
Hunts conception of the United States:
''As nation, / cannot get it out of my
head that the Americans are English
men with the poetry and romance tax
en- out of them; and that there is one
great counter built along their coast,
from north to south, behind which they
all standing, like so many linen-drap-
ers. They will be far otherwise, / have
no doubt in time, and this unchristian
opinion of them have come to MOTH
ing" Certa inly this is a sufficiently
ludicrous picture of the Americans of
the present day, who are diverging
more and more from the English type,
who have the beginnings of a new liter
ature, and in whom we can already de-
tect the germs of an altogether new ma
tional life. But it is much in accord
with the actual condition of the Cana
dian people, who want alike the grand
eur and dignity of the old nations OF
Europe and the marvellous force and
colossal energy of the United States.
Canada seems to lie stranded there
among the snow and ice of the North,
separated alike from the historic cul-
ture of Europe and from the heroic as
pirations of America; sharing none of
tho precious traditions of England, and
untouched by the breath of democratic
freedom which sweeps through the
United States. 1t is interesting materi-
ally to the British laborer and fOod-con-
sumer; it has not shadow of intellectu-
al significance for the thinker. This
may not be its fault it is, at any rate,
its misfortune-a misfortune which
seems to remove it from the category OF
possible independent nationalities. 1t
may be said that the United States are
being colOniZed now rather by stom-
achs than by brains; but the United
States are nation with grand tradi-
tons. The colonization of New Eng
land; the planting OF Pennsylvania; the
revolutionary struggle, which, rs rep
resented in Franklin. Samuel Adams,
jefferson, was rather II development OF
the great intellectual movement of the
eighteenth century than mere contest
against the English and Parliament.
the anti-Slavery contest; and, finally,
the civil war all these developments
of the great modern Democratic move
ment have made of America n land OF
ideas, and have invested even the
young raw States of the West with Il
halo of poetry and romance. As COM
pared with this, Canada has merely tc
tell of upward of 4 century of stagnant
provinciaiism, relieved only by a third
rate insurrection.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
Sounding Brass,


Two metals enter into the compost
ton of large bells-tin and copper.
The former gives the bell a peculiar
brightness of tone. but it also renders it
brittle. The Belgians use only % to 80
per cent. of tin, while the English use
25 to 81 per cent. but the latter general
ly make their bells thicker.
The reason for this is that instead of
being merely chimed, they are swung
around ON wheel which brings the
hammer with great force upon the bell.
If the Belgian bell was subjected to the
''hard Knocks. of its British neighbor,
it would soon crack and be remanded
to the bell foundry. The Belgians do
not deal their bells such sturdy blows
as the BritOns, but strike them with
hammers, and require gentler stroke
to call forth their full tone than do those
of English manufacture.
The items of thickness and proportion
of the bell are of the utmost Importance.
They vary from one fifteenth to one
twelfth of the diameter at the thickest
part of the sound-bow, and the height is
commonly about twelve times the thick
ness. The English bell is about rs
broad rs it is long, measuring the
diameter from outside rim 10 rim, and
length from rim to top of cannon. But,
in fact, the thickness of the bell at diff
ferent levels is all important as that of
the sound-bow, and the diameter OF the
crown rs critical Il dimension rs that of
the rim.
The small bell of the Belgians posses
ses, in proportion to its size, very
deep, rich tone, and this is probably due
to the wide top-diameter, combined
with the thinncss in certain portions of
the side halfway down. The way in
which altering The thickness affects the
tone, and even the pitch of bell, is
shown by the fact that n sharp bell can
be ilattened by shaving off the metal in
side about the sound-bow
Bell-making in England can only be
regarded as experimental, and the
knowledge of the art in Belgium is
rather empirical than scientific.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
A Fair Chance.

Equality. whatever equality may
or may not be just or possible; this. at
least, is just, and, 1 hope, possible
that every man, every child, of every
rank. should have an equal chance of
developing all that is in him by nature;
an equal chance of acquiring a fair
knowledge of those facts of the universe
which specially concern him, and of
having his reason trained to Judge of
them. say, whatever equal rights
men may or may not have, they have
this right. Let every boy, every girl.
have an equal and sound education. If
had my way, would give the same
education to the child of the collier
and to the child of the peer.
would see that they were taught the
same things and by the same method.
Let them all begin alike. say 1. They
will be handicapped heavily enough as
they go ON in life, without our hand
icapping them in their first race. What
ever stable they come from out of,
whatever promise they show, let them
all train alike and start fair. and let the
best colt win Charles Hfngsley.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
Fifty Dollars for a Rebel Stamp.
ON the Richmond (VaD Dispatch.

From the Richmond (NaD Dispatch.
A gentleman here has II stamp-one
of those known as ''lOcal stamps
printed for the Pittsylvania Court House
office after the secession of Virginia.
and before the Confederate Govern
ment had issued its stamps, for which
he is offered by a Northern dealer in
curiosities $40 cash, but which is held
at 800. The stamp is n little over an
inch square, is printed with plain type,
in reddish ink. on common white paper,
and is pasted on L coarse brown en-
velope, directed and mailed to a
Lynchburg firm. So far rs is known,
there are only two like stamps in exist
ence.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
The Begonia and Cashmere Shawls.

About two centuries ago French
navigator named Begop brought from
Asia new plant, which is still called
after him, begonia. Few readers would
suspect the part this plant plays in the
production of the handsome shawls so
priced by ladies. The best by far of
these are made in Cashmere, a beauti-
full district at the foot of the Himalaya
Mountains. The material used in their
manufacture is the finest down from the
Thibet goat. Every one has probably
remarked the singularly graceful pat
terms with which they are ornamented,
and perhaps wondered whether they
were studies from nature or the pro-
duction of the artists brain. They are
the former. Nature in the East supplies
admirably graceful leaves on which the
sun designs delicate ornaments, and the
workmen of Cashmere initiate them, as
the Grecian sculptors copied the curves
of the acanthus in the Corinthian cap
itals. These leaves are those of the be-
@onia. When the French arrived in
Egypt, at the end of the last century,
they were surprised to see the Orientals
wearing costumes, shawls, turbans,
sashes, etc., of beautiful cashmere
work They greatly admired these
dresses, which fell so gracefully on the
human form. When the conquerors of
the pyramids returned to France they
displayed their rich booty, which i'm
mediately came into fashion among the
ladies. From that period they have
constantly remained in high favor.
Their prices vary from 5000 to S4Oo.
Under the empire, no lady with any
pretension went out without a Cashmere
shawl The taste for these articles, al
though not SO great as formerly. has
not entirely ceased. However, it is
very rarely now that a person wears a
real Indian Cashmere; the articles in
general use are the product of French
manufacture.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
American Prosperity.

In the total valuation of national
wealth the United States stand near the
head of the list-third on the list of all
western nations. The United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland heads
the list with capital valuation of A, 400
millions of dollars, then comes France
with 36, ZOO millions, the United States
with $4,000 millions, Germany with 22,-
900 millions. Russia with $1,000 mil
lions, and the low countries with II, $50
million dollars of capital collectively.
These are the valuations made by those
countries of their entire resources. The
average annual income per inhabitant
in various countries, however. shows
how rapidly the United States are conf
ing to the front. The average annual
income in the United Kingdom is S165
in the United States, $165 also; in the
low countries, S130; in France, S125 /;
in the British colonies, $50 ; in Ger
many, and also in Scandinavia, S35.
In this reckoning, Russia, with her 80
millions of people. is out of sight as yet;
she will not be so very long. Taking
the question from another point of view,
let us ask: What is our annual accumu-
lation of wealth, as compared with the
annual accumulation of other nations?
And here we step far in advance of
eshJ HIiCA X us Iuli
estimates. 1t should be borne in mind,
however, that the rate of interest for
agricultural capital with US is double the
average rate for Europe. The annual
accumulation of wealth, then, in Ger
many, is 200 millions of dollars; it is
325 millions in the United Kingdom, 375
millions in France; in the United States
it is S25 millions. Our increase of
national wealth since 1850 says good
English authority, would be enough to
purchase 1.-THE whole German Empire,
with its farms, cities, banks, shipping,
manufactures, etc. The annual ac-
cumulation has been S25 millions of
dollars, and therefore eaci, decade adds
more to the wealth of the Udited States
than the capital value of Italy OF Spain.
Every day that the sun rises upon the
American people it sees an addition of
So 800, 900 to the wealth of the republic,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
The Ninety and Nine.

There are ninety and nine who live and die
In want, and hunger, and cold
That one may revel in luxury
And be tapped in its silken fold.
The ninety and nine in novels bare,
The one in a mansion with riches rare.
They toll i'm the f1eld the ninety and nine,
For the fruits of mother earth;
T hey dig and delve in the dusky mine,
And bring hidden treasures forth.
But the wealth released by their sturdy blow
To the hands of the one forever flows,
From the sweat of heir brow the desert bloom
And the forest before them falls:
Their labor has builded humble homes,
And the cities with lofty halls
But the one owns cities and homes and lands.
And the ninety and nine have empty hands.
But the night so dreary, and dark and long,
At last shall the morning bring,
And over the land the victor's song
OF ninety and nine shall ring.
And echo afar from zone to zone,
Rejoice, for labor shall have won its own.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

A woman-sutfrage law in Utah pro-
vides that every woman at the age of 21
years, who has lived in that territory
six months next preceding any general
or special election, born or naturalized
in the United States, OF who is the wife.
widow, or daughter of a native-born or
naturalized citizen of the United
States, shall be entitled to vote at
any election in the territory. The Nor
mon newspapers are indignant because
Gov. Murray has declared that under
this law any girl II years of age, if mar
ried to q Mormon, may vote.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

Last year In Oregon the government
surveyed over 2,OOO,0 600 acres of land,
and it is estimated that in 1881 even
more than that amount will be sur
veyed. The lands on. which the govern
ment engineer worked during last year
lie principally in eastern Oregon.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

DIR. Wilm, the clever physician vino
married princess of Wurtemberg last
year, much to the disgust of her noble
relatives is said to have made her very
happy. He has n great practice at
Breslau, and his accomplished wife aids
him in the care of those of his patients
who are too poor to procure the neces-
sal.y remedies.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

Mr.. Higginson. of Cambridge, Mass.
has introduced bill in the Massachu-
sets legislature TO abolish the law that
atheism in witness in court may affect
his credibility. Regarding the primary
object of legislation as redress of griev-
ances, and that there is Il great griev-
ance to atheists in the present law, he
believes that it should be repealed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

Some Rhode Island militia, in camp
last summer at Warnock, destroyed the
nest and eggs of a setting hen. The
owner had counted great deal on the
unmatched chickens, and he has present.
ed to the legislature claim of 5000.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

''Why should red COW give white
milkp'' was the subject for discussion
in a suburban agricultural club. After
an hours debate, the secretary of the
meeting was instructed to milk the
COW, and bring in a decision according
to the merits of the milk. 1t was blue.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
Per ct. OF
Population, Increase.

That table is a very interesting one.
1t is ons of the most marvellous features
in this remarkable age.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
The Vests Population.

AT the beginning of the century the
population of the great West. which is
now about 20,000,O0 was little more
than $4,000. From B1'ddst1eet's the
following interesting table is taken,
which shows the growth of that popula-
ton:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21

A Hartford man sent pair OF troms-
ers to his tailor to be repaired. h4
tailor's workman found S3o0 IN ron
in the pocket, and returned H. Ahe
owner thanked him very warmly IL
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
Business Cards.

MISS L. e.. JACKSON,
AEILLINERY GOODS Of all kinds. Opera
Il Block. Rsvenna, D.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
e.. ii. GRIFFIN,

e. G. SWAIN,
a-~tcar a., Mechanical Dentist, opposite
fortage Heuse Main ST.. Bavenns.O, 46o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-04-21
q. NJ. PROCTOR, Nj. D.,

SHlLERSPILLE, ONO
Will attend all calls in the line OF his proies-
sion both day and night
OfTTce one door East of fShaiersviiie Exchange
Motel 4fS-1y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-16

scoring two Zcroes for them. The
score now stood just even---seven to
seven. This was evidently a surprise
to tho Chesters' friends, and the Caro-
linas were decidedly encouraged. On
the sixth inning tho Chestcrs made two
runs, and the Carolinas were again
Observation-Disclosures "sct-back"
for them. The seventh inning Was tho
turning point of the contest--thc Chcs-
ters being "whitcwashcd" and the
Carolinns making soven runs, tho best
score of.the game. The record now
stood fourteen to nine, with but two
innings left III which the Chestcrs
might reinstate themselves. The odds
were all in favor Of tho Carolinas, and
their friends were .jubilant. On the
eighth inning they "whitcwashcd"
their opponents and scored two runs.
On the ninth it began to look as if the
Clcstcrs were going to make fino
score, but the 'outs" rolled in rapidly,
and the score showed only three runs.
This insured the triumph Of the Caro-
linas, but they went TO- the bat to COM
plctc the game, making one run-giv-
ing them the victory by a score of fscv-
cnteen to twelve. Tho game was
closely contested, and the playing on
both sides was exceptionally good.
Some very fine playing was done by
Messrs. Dunovant, Cross, Walker and
Atkinson, of the Chestcrs. and Mcssrs.
j. Buchanan, Mcdonald and Mack
orell, Of the Carolinas. The following
is the complete score: