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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

From Odessa is shipped the wheat of
Southern Russia. Brody. in Northern
Galicia, collects the wheat of the upper
valleys of the rivers of southwestern
Russia. Lemberg. close by, is the cap
ital of alicia. Ibraila is the shipping
point of Wallachia. Galacz ships the
wheat of the upper valley of the Dam
ube. Budapest is the central point of
Hungary, asNienna is of Austria. 1t
costs nearly as much to carry wheat
from sBrody to Lembcrg, SO miles (no
railway, as it does from Chicago to
. Liverpool. From Vienna to Trieste is
about 250 miles by rail; in cost of trans
pOrtation it is further than from Cal
cutta to England around the Cape. Cal
ifoi'nia can easily compete with Hum
gary in the markets of western Europe,
the cost OF raising the wheat being the
same.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
Beef Tea for Children,

The best way to make beef tea for
children is as follows: Soup meat with
out bone, from the shin or the neck.
Cut the meat into dice with very
sharp knife; to every pound of meat
use one pint of cold water. Cut up the
meat on dish, not on a board, as the
latter absorbs the juices wastefully.
Have the proper measure of water be-
side you, in q proper soup basin or
bowl, and as you cut up the meat
sprinkle it moderately with salt, and
throw it into the cold water. There let
it remain for two hours; then put it aH
into saucepan and set it on the fire.
Watch carefully the first rising, and
skim and secure this; it is the very es-
sence of the beef being thrown out. Put
it in a clean bowl, and let the beef go
on boiling for ten minutes, no longer;
then pour it through q sieve to the first
skimmings. Stir it before using. In
older children than infants you can
flavor with onion and a few cloves. So
completely does this way of making
beef tea extract the goodness, that q
dog would not eat the meat that is left.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
The Niagara Suspension Bridge,

The Niagara Falls Gazette gives the
following sketch of the history of the
great suspension bridges: .,..t,.., .,
''In 1913 Charles Ellet, brilliant
rather than a profound engineer, built
the first suspension bridge over the
Niagara, on, the site of the present
railroad bridge. The bridge was only
for carriages and foot passengers. The
towers were of wood, and the roadway
was only about six feet in width, Just
wide enough for one team. Mr.. sEllet
| in the beginning had of1ieredi ~, reward
! of S5 to the first person who should get
a string over the river. The next windy
day q large number of boys assembled
on the bank with kites and before
night one of them, sHoman j. Walsh,
then boy Is years of age, landed his
kite on the Canada side and received
the promised reward. BY means of
this string larger cords, then ropes, and
then iron cables, small ut first, but in
creasinG, in size, were drawn across,
until the large cableswcre thus stretched. !
This structure served as u most excel.
lent auxiliary i'm the construction of the
present bridge. This was built by
Americas great engineer, John A.
Roebling, and has always been con-
sidered ono OF the greatest of his works.,
1t was commenced in 1852, and the first.
locomotive crossed in 1854. The iron
basket now hanging under the railroad
track near the American end of the
bridge was first used by Mr. Ellet, and
in it the first person who ever crossed
the chasm alive, and of his. own free
will, was then crossed over. There is
an old Indian tradition that q resisting
chief was once carried to the opposite
side by 4 large bald headed eagle, who !
swooped down ON the great warrior, as
he lay in ambush on the ground, and !,
bore him over. Ladies' have crossed in
this basket. The suspension bridge by
Brooks monument was built in 1856 by
L. Z. Serret. The ice jam Of 1866 tore
the guys from the rocks to which they.
We're fastened and before being re-
placed, 4 terrific gale broke the road
way. severed the suspenders, and left
the structure dangling in the air. The
new suspension bridge. as it is called,
was built in 1868, The cable being car
ried over in Winter on the ice bridge.
Its length is over l, 200 feet, or q full
quarter of a mile. from outside to ont
side of the towers, and it is the longest
suspension bridge in the world. MIR. !
Ellet will be, ,recollected as the origina-
tor of steam rams on the Mississippi |
during the late "'unpleasuntness,
which had marked effect on the war
in that section He was wounded dur
ing the attack upon Memphis, and died
from his injuries, after having COM
pletely destroyed the Confederate deet |
that had attacked him. s''' 80 '''''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

According to the Courier des Etas
Unss the story circulated by most of the
morning newspapers to the effect that
Pierre Joubert. now at the head of the
military forces of the Beers. is an Amer
lean by birth, was simply a romance
invented by o Pittsburgh correspon-
dent. He was of a family of French
Huguenots who at one time, driven from
the country by the edict of Nantes,
sought refuge in Holland. One of his
ancestors, Pierre Joubert, emigrated,
according to documentary evidence, to
the Cape of Good Hope in 1857 from
Provence, in France, and the family has
been known there ever since. Accord
ing to the American biography Joubert
is only 42 years old, but the corrcspon-
dent of the COu771e, assures the public
that he is almost 60.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
Home Affections.

.r- SEt Home Affections.
y The heart has memories that never
die. The rough rubs of the world can
not oblitera.e them. They are memo
ries of home-early home.
There is magic in the very sound.
There is the old tree under which the
light-hearted boy swung many day;
wonder the river in which he learned to
swim; there the house in which he knew
a parents projections; nay, there is the
room in which he romped with brother
and sister, long since, alas! laid in the
grave in which he must soon be gather
ed, over-shadowed by yon church.
whittier, with II joyous troop like him
self, he has often followed his parents
to worship with, and hear, the good old
man who ministered ut the altar.
Why, even the very schoolhouse, as
sociated in youthful days with thoughts
of tasks, now comes to bring pleasant
remembrances of many occasions that
called forth some generous exhibitions
of the noble trait of human nature.
There is where he learned to feel
some of his first emotions. There, per-
chance, he first met the being who, by
her love and tenderness in life, has
made home for himself, happier even
than that which his childhood knew.
There are certain feelings of humani-
ty, and those, too, among the best, that
can find an appropriate place for their
exercise only by ones own iireside.
There is privacy of that which it was a
species Of dissertation to violate.
He who seeks wantonly to invade it
is neither more nor less than a villain /;
and hence there exists no surer test of
the debasement of morals in a commu-
nifty. than the disposition to tolerate, in
any mode, the man who invades the
sanctity of private life.
In the turmoil of the world let there
be at least one spot where the poor man
may find ia1feotions and confidence
Which = lat lkell p b shuaed
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
After Long Years.

All! once again hear those notes
Which are the wings on which thought floats,
Back, to youths enchantments wild;
Let them swell full-swell psalmodyi
This melody
Your mother sung, once, my childi
Within the niche, at the piano there,
She sat; just where the evening air
Could come through, that window long,
Her locks like golded halo shOnel
Like bells in tone,
Her voice swelled forth in songi
All! that was years ago, and long
Before joined Lifes struggling throng.
My heart beat high and stormy!
But with her song would come surcease
Profound of peace,
To woes of youth that bound me!
Now gray, back home, once more fee:
My ardor gone! Those dear to me
Are nearly every one at rest!
She, too, now sleeps the lovely rose
Beneath the moss.
OF her thou art the image blest!
Sing child and in those eyes of blue
I'll deeply gaze; see her anewl
My mind to youthful dreams returns;
And from long vanished springs to-day,
Come brightest ray
That through my tired breast now burns.
[From the German of Emanuel GiebeLBonn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

The estate in RockbridSe county, Va.
embracing the celebrated natural
bridge, has been been purchased by HI.
c. Parsons, Vice President of the Rich
mond and Allegheny railroad. 1t is
proposed to lay out the grounds as
park.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

r Mr.. Mark Twain is said to be contem-
plating literary suicide. in the form of q
Cyclopedia of Humor, in whichshe is to
be assisted by the leading humorAts Of
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
'.Right up this trail?''
The TRANSFORMATION of Wheat.

The cost per bushel of bringing wheat
from the great centers of production
and distribution to the leading markets
of Europe has been elaborately COM
pared and tabulated as follows by Mr.
Il. Meyer, in the Austrian Monthly of
Social Science and Political Econ0aaY::
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

The AthenPUna, in commenting on
Walt Whitman's recently-exprcssed
longings for American poetry, real.
universal and ideal.-says, disparaging-
ly and doubtfully: 1--WE in England are
ready to welcome that new poet with
open arms--unless, indeed, he should
turn out to be Mr.. Whitman himself"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

The sale of dime novels is said to
have decreased 80 per cent. since the
introduction of cheap standard litcra-
ture.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
WHOLE No. 665.

=
you will see tit to carry your valuapie
society back to the Black Hills. You
may have observed that three shotguus,
each under full cock, are now looking
straight at ye. We don't want to
bluff, but it's Citing nigh supper time"
Well, after looking the matter all
over, Pm convinced that these diggins
guess I'll take q walk
Fright off?''
g.g"Yes.'' 5ts
t.Right up this trail?''
isE' Yes' - ..
= every well. While the committee
feels sorry to see you go, and wishes
you all sorts of luck. it hasn't time to
shake hands. Step of, nov, and for
fear you amt used to walking, we'll
keep these guns pinted up the hill until
you turn the halfmile bowlder. Trala
-marchr'. sz.i - uoT stEz
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

entity Lodge, No. IL, r, and A. M.
Meets the second and fourth Mondays OF each
month
Tyrian Chapter, No: Oh, X. A NJ
Meets the third Monday OF each moLtn. in
Masonic Hall. Phenix Block.
GIDEON SEYMOU z, NJ, E H. r.
Royal Arcanum.
Meets first and third Fridays of month.
GIDEON SEYMOUR, Regent.
G. GRIFFIN, Sec'y-
IO O.F-Ravenna Lodge, No. 65,
Meets every Wednesday evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall
Ravenna Encam pment, No. 149,
Meets every End and 9Th Fridays OF each month.
Equity Lodge-No- AZ, A %. U. W.
Meets second and fourth Fridays of every
""A'A - J. DILLEMUTH, NV.
OsBoRS. Recorder ff3
Patrons OF Husbe bendry-RAVENNA
GRANGE. No. 32-Meets every saturday; Octo-
Der II ut Z O'clock r. n. end on each alternate
Eaturday at 1:3O p. NJ al Grange Hall
UNIvERsALIsT- : Rev. ANDREW WILSON
r.'Gr Seday scGsS al at
Pastors residence on Diamond street. first door
C1NGkEa aArIoNAL- REV. A. NJ HILLS.
Pastor Services on sunday at 10 80 A M. and
10 p n Sunday school at IL :is p n Prayer
HeetIrg on Thursday Evening at $50
services on sunday at 10 30 A. N. and ;so r N.
vund1y ~ HASceiHS
on Thursday Evening ct 80. :
DIsCIcLE-REv. j. NJ. VASuosN. Pastor
eeryices on sunday at 10 80 A, ", and z 30 P M
eIudxy school aiI2-i6 pm. Prayer Meeting
On Thursday Evening ut Z 80 -
IMMACULATE COSCEPrION--CATiC LIG
KEW j Os. ID, BOwLES Pastor Services ats anu
" 80 each sIteEnlts sunday. Sunday school at
y3oP.x- High Mass. sunday, Jdly 4. and e4lsti
& ternate Sunday thereafter Mass every week
1sy morning at 30 =, -. - |
GRACE UKCH-EPlSCOPAL-C ST. !
Rry A J. BoCEwAY, Rector Services on |
Sprday at IO:.0 A H., and sabbath schoot I'M :
Gtf lately after services 4
ATWOOD CHAPEL-Oakwood street Rey.
-- Eckert, Pastor. Services sunday eve !
ninx att 30. Union Sunday School at O'Clock |
,. IN. each SUNDAY.
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adensed from n. Y. Times ]

A Specimen Of the si StArS Route
SeInd4 erS-The Sub Contractor
Sch e mes. :.
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Ga etssyGJs-E C. Smith.
He1S-James NoOd1rdt ~
RageaHa-G5eorge p RobinsOn-
Justices OF the Peace
Atssser-Sylvester y. Hirman, H. II. Wooif-
AHrsra-John L. Thompson. Worthy Taylor.
Brizsfekd-J. l. Carrier, James Moulton-
cn1rfSstc1a-Austin l.. CurtiSs, :. l. Morris.
D=srfegd-LX 8. ribbals, J. "a. Hoffman
EdSsINrgh-0eo. T. Aerwiu- john Giddings.
<yaaEsia-isaac Russell, Nelson Barber. Ben
jamn h. Anderson
Eyssdsr-Erman Bryant lie nry Z. Jennings.
GarretssEzk J:ollfn 3 Webb. IL n Merwin-
Hfran-RicharI n Hank. LII. a. DYSON
AEssg1-C. ID. snzen Horace Ladd.
gelson-Sieorgo PIicaEri. George k EedSer
PdIpy pyrE--W Ia. W. Davis. John Dix. john hob
fnsoa-
PGris--RIchsFd Morris. Michael Jones
RdadolpE-Zopher A. Davis, Halter D. Dickin-
son,
Rasenna-CorueliusA A. Reed Stewart W Reese
orion T. SpeTra- .r-
RootstonH-A. II. Barlow, j. w hail
SAdLersrigLe-Almon l. Tomson. r. crane
ksreefs6oro'-wullace Root. C. W. Stuart
SsEsld-wiIIiamP PauIus. a. o. MaTIih
WindAans-E Egbert ). WoodYorth. I. o. Angel
SOCIETIES
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Rates Of Advertising
co. OFFICIAL REGISTER.

Csmusx Pleas Judss-Ezra B Taylor. W. L.
Spear. Warren. OHIO
Rss,resentasss - Legielat,Sre-C. r. Harmon,
.rf[h Aurora, Ohio
Probate Judge Gideon seymour, Ravenna, y.
CoaAsy CIer6-JohE Meharg, Ra,enna-
Coszfy Aadisor-I1eGrand Ulin, kavenna
County Treasgrsz--S athan II. Smith, Ravenna
Gsrty-w lillian W ilcox, Ravenna.
kecerJ>r-Phiio BIerce. RaveHDa-
Prosecating An0rRey-Joseph ID. Horton Ray'a
Cossssissj0aers-ParIsC e. Nichols, GarrettSyilIe:
A B. Merrill Newton
Falls. Edgar whittle-
scy, Atwater
k.Lfrnary Dtreet0Fs-Aplzi " I!mot, Nantua. . ::
Charles r. DouiittIe
-. streetsboro, o.; II. W =.
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CoHa,y Sarssysr-Jc Jc'.ediah Cole, GarretisvilIe.
Corozer-Aifred u, Barlvw, R9Otstoyn.C-
SSAooL E<Gmiasrs--CeA A. Reed. lsa venna. ID d.
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AN. iFARR,
ATOTARY PU BLlC, sAantaa. o. Con-
IN veyancing. Collections and Pension BHsi-
ness prom pcIy attended 10 on the most reasGa
able terms. blz-u
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Business Cards.

MISS l.. &. JACKSON,
AEILLINERY GOODS Of ell kinds. Opera
Nl Block, Ravenns, o.
Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
Thread from Weed.

The manufacture of thread from wool
for crochet and sewing purposes has, 1t
is SAIL, been started i'll Sweden. The
Manufacture has arrived at such n state
of perfection that it can produce. at Il
much lower price. thread of rs fine
quality It's Clark's, and has from this cir
cum>tance been called thread ga In
Clark" 1t is wound i'll balls 10y ma
chinery, either by hand or steam, which,
with the Labelling, takes one minute twelve
seconds, and the balls are packed up i'll
cardboard boxes, generally ten i'll box.
Plenty of orders from all parts of Sweden
have come in, but rs the works are not
vet ip proper order there has hardly
been time to complete them all. The
production gives fair promise of success,
and it is expected to be very important
for home consumption. - Scientific
1D,CrirUn
Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
4 Ilig Find.

Fzclot. French soldier. wns walking
through the PARIS railway station with
two comrades. when they noticed on thu
hoor Il packet wrapped III n newspaper.
They kicked II along before Them for
some distance. and when Ezol"i WA got
ting into the train. going home on abort
leave. one Of his comrades. picking ur
the packet, thrust il into the canvas for
age bag slung at his siIc. Ez"lot going
on his way without having perceived tho
little pleasantly.
Arrived Mt Neuilly. where his parents
lived, his mother. cmptying tho fornge
bag. discovered the bundle. and. think
ing it was n packet OF newspapers. put II
on table in the kitchen There IL re-
manned for four or five days. till n mar
ricd sister, calling i'll and seeing the
packet, was moved by unwontcd curios-
iiy. Opening it she discovered docu-
mcnts representing the f26, 600, the loss
uf Which VI. Pages n rich man at Paris.
had advertised throughout Europe. The
European papers are not. however, read
Mt Ncuilly. The soldier and his parents.
not knowing what else to do, followed
the provincial Frcnchman's instinct AMI
had recourse to the mare. That iunr-
tlonary. communicating with Paris,
speedily brought down NJ. Pngcs, who,
gratefully paving the promised reward Of
II 900. wont off with his oddly recovered
Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
Mexican Balls.

The MeAicans are VIGOROUSLY fond Of
dancing. and will neglect almost any
thing else to attend 6oiic or ball.
Many American dances have been intro
duccd, but the amusement, instead of
being INDUCED i'll in a wild and unre-
strained manner. is conducted with
great lecorum. The ladies all sit on one
side Of the ballroom and the gentlemen
on the other, and when the music be-
g gins the thS Amen walk .nd ont haet INTO the
their fingers to the young ladies whom
they desire for partners. At the close
of the dance the ladies return to their
side of the room and the gentlemen to
their own. The waltz Of modern society
ard other fashionable dances in the
East would be considered immodest in
Santa Fe bale, and would not be
tolerated.
Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
BITS OF INFORMATION.

THE first census of the United States
was taken in 1870. The population was
3,929,32S.
MEZzo-TINro engraving was invented
by tn" celebrated soldier and Admiral,
Prince Rupert, III 1850.
CHArCER was courticr and diplo-
matist rs well as poet He was sent
70 France and Italy i'll the capacity Of
his King $ representative.
THE Egyptian oLelisk, now in New
York city. was originally set up i'll He'll
opoliS. IIerodotus speaks of two obc-
lisks tone of which is the New York
onc) ut Alexandria, and Rawlinson fixes
the date If their removal from Heliopo-
lis at 1863 b. c. According to that,
their age is 3. 0i3 years. The companion
ohclisk is in London, England.
WHAT is known rs cut glass is glass
with inciSions and ornaments with
smooth surfaces, appearing as If cut
10y sharp instrument. THE cutting of
the glass consists entirely i'll grinding
away successive portions 10y holding
them upon the surface Of wheels of
stone, metal, and wood, which are made
To rcvolve rapidly. The first or rougl,
cuttin" Is sometimes given 10y wheels of
stone. I, scmhing grindStones. After
warl wheels of iron are used. having
their edges covered with sharp sand or
with emery. To prevent heat by fric-
IL II small streams ut water are applied.
The last polish is given by brush.
The size of some of the largest
churches in Europe is shown by their
-"ating capacities. as follows: st. Pc
trr's Church at Rome will hold a, 900
persons Milan Cathedral, 1000; St.
i'aul's, at Rome. b. 600: st. Paul'S, ut
Lohdon. $1,000: st. Petronio. Mt Bo-
logna, $4,000; Florence Cathedral, ~,
Boo; Antwerp Cathedral, $1,000; St.
Sophia's, Constantinople, 23, 700; St.
John Latcran, - 900; Notre Dame, at
Paris, 20,000; Pisa Cathedral, $4,000;
st. Stephens, at Vienna, 1900; St.
Dominic's. at Bologna. 1000; st. Pc
ter's, at Bologna, 1880; Cathedral of
Vienna, 1000: st. Marks, Venice,
1000: Spurgeon's Tabernacle, 1000.
Very few American churches have a
seating capacity Of over 1900.
Is case Of a gentleman wishing to
marry, literally in the market with his
heart, he wears plain or chased gold
ring upon the foretinger of the left
tor heart hand. When success at
tends his suit and he is actu-
ally engaged, the ring passes to the
third finger. If, however, the gentle
man desires to tell the fair ones that he
not Cnlv is not /" in the Market" but he
does not design to marry mt all he wears
the signet upon his little finger, and all
Indies may understand that he is out of
their reach. With the fair sex the claws
Of the ring are A plain or chased ring
| OF little finger of the right hand indi-
| cafes "not engaged" or, in plain words,
"rcady for proposals, sealed or other
wise" When engaged the ring passes
to the first finger of the left hand.
When married the third finger receives
it. If the fair one proposes to defy all
siege to her heart she places rings on
her first and fourth fingers-One ON each
like two charms, to keep away the
tempter. 1t is somewhat singular that
this disposition Of rings is rare.
Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
Book Stealing.

Aristotle, observes the Saturday Re
ricW, drew distinction between the
man who steals books to sell them again
for mere pecuniary profit (which he
would call "chrematistic, or "unnatu-
raj book stealing) and the man who
steals them because he feels that he is
their natural and proper possessOr. The
same distinction is taken by Jules Ja-
min, who was more constant student of
Horace than of Aristotle In his imagi-
nary dialogue of bibliophiles Janin intro
duces character who announces the
death of NJ. Libri. The tolerant person
who brings the sad news proposes "to
cast few flowers on the melancholy
tomb. He was bibliophile. after ALL
What do you think of it? Many a good
fellow has stolen books and died in grace
after ALL" Eyes" replied the President
of the club, "but the good fellows did
not settle for the books they stole"