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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Tossed by a Buffalo

Usually buffalo hunting is easy and
the only personal risk is tha4 your gn4-
loping horse may stick his foot into
gopher hole and pitch you head fore.
most to the ground. But sometimes the
hunter meets with an exciting adventure,
such as this one. described in the Den
yer Tribune:
There was no time to be lost, as was
not more than twenty yards from him.
So refining in with a jerk and turning
my horse brOadside on, | raised my gun,
intending to hit the buffalo Just between
his neck and shoulder
Could l have done SO, it would have
knocked him down, or, at any rate,
made him swerve. But my horse, in
stead of standing steady, as he had al
ways done before, commenced walking
forward. though he did not appear to
take any notice of the buffalo.
There was no time to put my hand
down and give another wrench to the
bride (Which I had let fall on the
horses neck), and I could not get sight
with the horse in motion.
A charging buffalo does not take
many seconds to cover forty yards. and
in another instant his outstretched nose
was within six feet of me.
Lowering the gun from my shoulder,
pulled it off in his face, at the same
time digging the spurs into my horses
sides.
But it was too late; for as he sprang
forward the old bull caught him full in
the flank, pitching him, with me on his
back, into the air like dog.
The recoil of the heavily-charged ele-
phant gun with which 1 was unluckily
shooting, twisted it clean out of my
hands, so that we all, horse, gun and
man, fell in different directions. My
horse regained his feet and galloped
away immediately.
The buffalo, on tossing the horse, had
stopped, and now stood with his head
lowered within few feet of me. l had
fallen in sitting position and facing
my unpleasant-looking adversary.
l could see no wound on him, 50 must
have missed, though can scarcely un-
derstand how, as he was very close
when l fired.
had not much time for speculation,
rs the brute, after glaring at me few
seconds with his sinister-looking, blood
shot eyes, finally made up his mind and
with q gr7lnt, rushed at me-
L threw my body out 1las ON the
ground. and just avoided the upward
thrust of his horn, receiving. however, a
severe blow on the left shoulder, nearly
dislocating my right arm; also kick
on the instep from one of his feet
Luckily for me he did not turn again.
as he most certainly would have done
had he been wounded, but galloped
away.
The first thing to be done was to
look after my horse, and at about one
hundred and fifty yards from where he
had been tossed I found him. The b,&-
falo had struck him, making an awful
wound, and as the poor beast was evi-
IDENTITY in the last extremity, l hastily
loaded my gun and put him out of his
misery.
There was, left alone with only my
gun for company, and the nob-backed
buffalo cantering away toward the hori-
zon.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27

Just as the train was entering a tun-
mel on @ Missouri Railroad, stout wo-
man opened the window. In came the
gas and smoke which alarmed her and
she began to screech frantically:
''Murther! Murther! | am kilt" In
moment the car filled with smoke and
gas and came very near smothering
every person in 1t. She couldn't under
stand where the smoke came from, and
yelled, Fire! fire! murther! we're all
kilt! For Gods sake, help! Don't let me
burn upr' By this time the passengers
were coughing and tumbling over each
other, rushing to the car doors in
most ludicrous manner. The car doors
were locked; the old lady tainted, while
other passengers yelled for help, carried
ON like madmen, and by the time they
reached the end of the tunnel were ex-
hausted and almost suifocated. The old
lady told the conductor that she would
never travel through an underground
gas works sgain,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Experience
Why dos4 tho,, come vhen we are old

Why dost thou como when we are Old and
gray
And life has lost its GLAMOUR In good truth
like thee not, nor deem thee friend Of mine
II thou hadst come when at life's threshold L,
And taking my faint-pulsed hand in thine,
Htrong with the confidence that knowledge
gives,
Hadst walked with me its weary maze along;
Madst pointed out the good, concealed the Ill,
Then had the fire of my gratitude
taper lighted in my heart of hearts
Whose sacred firc had burned for evermore.
But not thus thou. When Youth and did
After the butterflies of life together,
a merryheartei, reckless pair were we,
Ana things for us were what they seemed to
he,
And Heaven was near, and every man a friend.
Twas thou who taught us that too far away,
Beyond our roach, beyond the stars and death
ta1r Heaven lies, and that az well we might
Seek for the rainbow's end. or crimson pearls,
Or red swans nest upon the ocean wave,
As, in the length or breadth or depth Of earth,
Below high heaven or above black hell,
Look for d man worthy the name of friend.
Youth and | parted many years ago.
left him as found him, chasing ever
With childish faith, and only visfon-fettered,
Through sunshine sweet, the self-same winged
hopes
We two had loved. Alas for me! no more
Or what as truth deemed, and hold 1t tight
As stoutest shield 'gainst Doubts or Errors
darts;
Thou came with thy rude hand and drew away
From my reluctant eyes the bRnda4e which
Some kinder fate had placed in pity there,
And bade me write, though heresy it seemed,
Though fingers trembled and cen heart re-
Illusion where fain had written Truth.
Experience, thus seemeth thou to mo
When on q dark and cloudy night man
Stumbling along an unknown read doth fall
And break his legs, and can no further 10,
Thou art the moon, which rising sudden shows
Is over, and he lies helpless mass,
An hundred ways around it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
he Won the Bet, but it Didn't Pan Gut
Well,

A few days ago a wAg who WAS anH-
io,ls to test bow much confidence GER
tain friend had in him. took standard
dollar, and, coating it with quicksilver,
passed it at the others store. In Rss
than half an hour the dollar, whose Pc
culiar appearance had aroused distruSt,
was brought back with:
Here, Billy, you have given me q
bogus dollar, and came in to get it re-
deemed"
'.It isn't bogus dollar at all; it's as
good as any money ever coined In Amer
ica,' replied the wag. Cant you be,
lieve me. No man has a right to call
money counterfeit until he subjects it to
fire assay"
The other said that under ordinary
circumstances he would believe his
friend, but when it came to trying to
palm off lead dollars on him for silver
ones it was another matter, and offered
to bet $40 that the dollar was bogus.
The bet was accepted and the dollar
turned over to an aSsayer who pro-
nounced it standard silver over 800 fine
well, said tho loser, you set up the
oysters and We'll go down to the store
and get the money"
The winner, whose conscience began
to smite him, spent exactly $40 in cham
pagne and oysters and then walked
down to the store Tho loser handed
him a ten dollar bill, which he showed
into his pocket only to find few hours
later that It was counterfeit. He went
back to expostulate but the loser insist
ed that It was genuine, and added sig
nificantlv: "If you have any doubts as
to the correctness of my statement you
had better subject it to fire assay"
The smart Aleck wandered off bias
pheming and is now trying to figure up
how much he is ahead on his trick.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27

At the Vermont Dairymen's Conven-
ton Mr.. Cheever, speaking Of milk as
food with and without its cream, said:
1.-The robust forms of the European emf
grants who use it extensively in their
own countries refute the idea that milk
is only fit for babies. The per cent. Of
water in milk is not so large compared
with other foods Us is generally suppos
ed. Lean meat is dearer than milk "a
food. Whole milk is a more complete
food for animals or man than SKINNED
milk, but the latter taken in connection
with fat used in cookery rs quite equal
to whole milk SKINNED milk is almost
perfect food for pigs in summer. They
will live and grow upon 1t, but they need
something more for fattening." Milk
inoids 3.02, 5 of carbohydrates, and SO
fat, and skinned milk about the same,
with most of the fat removed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27

1t Is only by comparison that the mag
nitude of tho vast tide of immigration
which passed into the United States dur
ing the year 1881 can bo understood.
Tho whole number OF immigrants was
720,045-an unprecedented number. 1t
exceeded the population Of the State OF
Connecticut by 97,335, the population
of Maine by II, l,l09, the population OF
Nebraska by 267, ,643, the population OF
Vermont by S97,7 the population of
New Hampshire by 37S, ,054. the popula-
ton of West Virginia by 101, ,588, and
the population of Rhode Island by 443,-
514; and it was less by only l27, All than
the aggregate population of the States
of Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nevada
and Oregon. 1t also exceeded by 113,
226 the aggregate population of all the
Territories of the United States, exclu-
sive of the District of Columbia
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Bad Medicine Man.

A clerk IN the Agency store Of FoFs
Reno, in the Indian Territory. short
time before the Last total eclipse Of the
sun, informed the Indians that on Ger
tain day (naining that on which the
eclipse would take place) he wouh pus
out the sun. and If they would assemble
at that time, they could witness the pea
formance.
The Indians professed not 10 believe
what he said, but he assured them he
would certainly do all he promised, and
when the day arrived It brought largo
number of the red men 30 witness the
SUMS extinction.
A few minutes before the time fixed
by the astronomers for the observation
to begin, the wag mounted himself on
an empty sugar-hogshead and began his
incarnation.
Presently the sun began 10 disappear,
and the ''sons of the forest" evinced nm
mistakable signs of uneasiness, which
increased as the performance proceeded,
until, short time before the sun disap-
peared entirely, they rushed upon the
Joker, exclaiming.-
bad medicine-man! put out sun!''
and would have dispatched him In short
order had they not been restrained by
the soldiers, who had gathered to see the
fun
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
American Ideas About Land in England.

N~>~ASNASsS-A
Now It never .,rt.,rs -tl.a-l,Aind as ~,
American that there is anything pecu-
iarly sacred about property in land;
that in n free country one cannot buy
and sell land precisely as he could q
horse or cOnsols seems q proposition TOO
ridiculous to talk about in the nineteenth
century; nor is he up in the beauties OF
entail and primogeniture. He hears of
Scotch ''hypothGc'' as the woman at
church heard of Mesopotamia, that
strange but comforting word. And, I
assure you he learns with annoying
slowness, how man renting land is not
allowed to clear it of game if he wants
to do so. That large number of those
who cultivate the soil Of England are
only tenants-a -at-will seems to him the
worst business arrangement he ever
heard of; and as the discussion goes for
ward, he not only hears OF ''tenantright,"
but is more surprised to hear the heir to
dukedom interpOSe and say he had an
other right to ourge-'landlord's right"
which was so severely interferedwith bv
the system of entail Here again our
friends are brought face to face with the
fact that not only " the existence of the
British Senate menaced, but that tire
laws governing the very soil of Britain
are seemingly unsatisfactory to all class
es concerned, landlords and tenants
alike, and that it is confidently expected
that Mr.. Gladstone, in the very next
session, will be forced to introduce bills
radically changing the condition of land
tenure throughout the realm. These
Americans are inquisitive, and wanted
tn EnnIU UNIV EpDlonI could mot tiv bo
land question and be done with it, by
letting it fix itself as in America; for
here there is no land question to wrangle
over, nor has there ever been any. 1t
seems so simple and easy just to follow
Americas lead; but nevertheless how
many bites Of this cherry will Mr.. Glad
stone have to take before the English
people are at rest about their soil. Sew
eral bites, at least, opine. The Fort
nightly RevieW.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Bro, Gardner ON Champions.

At recent meeting of the Lime Kiln
Club, according to the Detroit FIRES
Press, Bro. Gardner took occasion to ex-
plain his views ON the championship"
business as follows:
Gam Construction White in de hail
dis evenin' ?'' softly inquired the Presi-
dent as the hush came.
'Yes, sah," answered voice from
the back end of the room, and Brother
White made his way to the platform
with look of puzzled wonder On his
face.
CONSTRUCTION White" continued the
President after drawing q long breath,
Il understan' dat you have become 8
champion"
I'LL dunno, sah." stammered the
brother.
Il understan' dat you claim to be able
to lift mo- wild your teef dan any odder
man in America One of de local pa
pers says dat you kin lift 290 pounds
wild your jaws. and dat you kin sustain
your own weight seben minits by cotch-
in strap in your mouf."
IL 'spects dat's SO, sab"
''Brudder White, dis club doan' go q
cent on champions. Champion rowers
am simply crooks. Champion wrestlers
am only loafers wild clean shirts on. De
champion runner am. sooner or later, an
inmate of de Workhouse. De champion
walker walks away from his bod bill
Show me so-called champion and I'll
show you bad citizen. Brudder White.
you am man wild an iron jaw?"
Eyes, ssh."
Use dat jaw properly an men will
bress you. You hab wide field befo' you.
You kin help to tear down houses wild
dat jaw. You kin tow schooners up an
down de ribber wild profit to yerself an
pleasure to commerce. You kin help dc
firemen-you kin aid de po1ice-you
need have no fear of bitin' Off mo- dan
you kin chaw. Do dis quietly an mod
estly, an widout any blowin' of hons.
Bite honestly when you strikea railroad
spike, an chaw on de squar' when you
git hold of a piece of sheet-iron. Do
dis an we shall be glad dat you are
among US. Start out as a champion. an
off goes your name from Our books.
You kin now return to your seat an an
alyze yer thoughts. an decide what
course you will adopt"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Geraniums in the Window.

It is very rare to see Well-grown
geranium in window culture. Even if
the plants bloom fairly, they are often
drawn up, misshapen things, and pleas
ing to look upon. In the ajority of
eases, plants that have been set out in
the garden for the summer, are allowed
to go as you please" The roots find
ing an abundance of soil, the tops grow
off at famous rate. At the approach
Of cool weather the plants are taken up
as they stood; if any cutting is done, it
is at the roots, to bring them within the
limits of pot, and the plants are placed
in the window. AS q consequence of
leaves fade and fall, and show lot of
long, lanky stems with small tuft Of
leaves ut the top. This condition of the
plants is due either to lack of knowledge
or to timidity. Amateur cultivators, as
general thing, seem to fear to use the
knife; could the plant suffer pain they
would not be more reluctant to cut. The
proper method is to prepare the plants
for taking in long before the time for
lifting them; but it is too late to advise
that, as it is to suggest pruning them at
the time Of taking them up. Even at
this late day it is better to cut back the
geraniums to q good shape than to let
them remain as they are. OF course,
each plant will have its own needs in
this respect, and only general advice
can be given. Cut back the. long stems
in such manner that the plant will
form low, rounded head, and remove
altogether such branches as will make
the head too much crowded.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27

trembled in every limb: then stilnng,
with a great effort, the tumultuotls throb-
bing of her heart, she sat quietly until
the lecture was over, and then mingled
with the going thrOng. But their seats
had been far in the front, and some time
elapsed before the door of ext was reach
ed.
Then Eunice found that though she
had not met his glance Claude had seen
and recognised her.
After cordial hand-shake from Mr..
Grey and his wife, Claude termed to their
young companion, eXelaiming:
This is truly most delightful sur
prise! | did not expect to meet an old
friend here Tonight. Miss Ray, if you
will permit me would like TO accompa-
ny you home"
That evening Mr. Grey's parlor wit
messed a scene Of happy reunion as, un-
rebuked, Claude clasped his recovered
treasure to his heart.
'Eunice, he said after while, 1.-The
anger with which left your presence
was short-lived. When it calmed,
thought over your words, and though
they wounded my pride, | could not help
but see that they were only just and
right. l determined then TO do as you
had asked me-to pledge myself in my
own heart to abstain from any further
indulgence of the wine-cup, but that un-
til time had proved the reality of my
reformation | would not return to you.
The year that followed in distant city,
l devoted my time and my means to
seeking out and striving to redeem cases
of intemperance. AS the days went on,
my love for my self-imposed work grew
upon me, and with feeling of abhor-
renee towards the habit which hitherto
/ had looked so leniently upon. When
| returned TO your home to plead for my
old position in your love and esteem, l
found you gone-where, l could not
learn. But, my darling, we will think
of tho past no longer, but of the bright
future in which, thanks to the kind Prov
idonce which has reunited us. we may
live and work together"
Thus we will leave them-the man,
strong against temptation, deVoting all
his noble talents to the fight against the
powers of evil, and the gentle girl who
had saved him from himself
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27

At o'clock comes breakfast-and
such breakfast! 1t is served table de
hote style. The bill of fare this morn
ing was as follows, plates being chang
ed, of course, for every article of food:
l. Macaroni, with cheese, in long,
snake-like pieces. The Italians ate it,
lifting up spoonful, catching it with
their lips, and chewing it as they suck
ed it into their mouths, the ends hang
ing down to their chins at the start.
Each officer took several spoonfuls, and
the whole looked like pile of white
tish-worms on his plate.
2. A bologna sausage-like mixture
cut into slices, and served with radishes.
The Italians dipped the latter into
mixture of sweet oil and vinegar before
eating them.
3 The next course was boiled beef
and salad. l don't know how the beef
was cooked, but it was greasy. The
salad was eaten swimming in oil.
J. Next cauliilower, much larger
and better than American produce, serv-
ed in cream.
5. Chicken, roasted and saturated
with grease.
6. Jerusalem artichokes, eaten raw
in oil and vinegar.
The dessert, consisting of doughnuts
fried in grease, cheese, then apples,
oranges, figs and raisins.
Besides these, and in place of coffee,
each place had bottle OF wine beside
it, and all drank literally. A fine break
fast, indeed, and our dinner will be
much like unto it. The only difference
will be coffee at the end and an extra
plate. Dinner comes at o'clock, and
these two meals make up the days
rations The biscuit and tea at o'clock
can hardly be called meal. | don't
like such feeding The Italians grow
fat upon it; but the grease in it will
make an Americans liver as torpid as
snake in the winter r-Dctron Free
Press
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
A Farociols Patient,

A Bangor paper gives this incident: A
dentist had rather ugly experience
with one of his patients lately. The sub
ject was a strong and healthy young fel-
low Of about twenty-five or so, and the
doctor proceeded to administer nitro
oxide gas for the purpose OF extracting
q tooth. Scarcely had the young man
got well filled, and the tooth been pulled,
when, jumping up like flash, he aimed
q blow at the doctors head. Ducking
under, however, the doctor escaped the
blow, and giving the follow a vigorous
push, sent him back again into the chair.
But his blood was up, and jumping up
quickly, he struck the wall at the side of
the chair two fearful blows with his
doubled fists, which fairly shook the
building BY this time he was out oft,
and calmed down immediately All this
took but second or two, and occurred
in small room partitioned off from the
main office, 50 that the doctor had no
means of escape. The plain impress of
two sets of knuckles can still be seen in
that wall.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
WmWephn 0nrrseHHas4HH,1


The traveller In Eorwsyis ofsens4Fuc&,
wiSsn the sErong conservatism and Ire
hatred Of any appearance a pzfc0
which mark the farmers One e3 Aaae
customs proscribas Nat tbs guest Ea&3
eat alone. Ths purpose a Rs4s enHan>
lar etiquette re t.2 enow tic vfrfoor EExs
the meal has been specially peepeeed Ar
him. In one o4 hAs eEerTssc1A a ad On
Chailu stopped fox e5veral degs VIA @
Norwegian farrneS in whose Feies rzE2
the blood Of King Harcid Ire F&r- Haar-
ed, who ruled LaAlc-s9ard years ero.
After several reTponGtraucea, Gle gtSssa
prevailed upon lis host TO st as Rahis
with HIM, Bot be noticed th2s he wa
never hungry.
why do you not sa3ss yoUr nSass
with me"' asked Du CheSlla. ''Yoa
certainly can't eat two dfa1eas zEicfia
half an hour Of each othe4''
'"Oh," said the farmer, ~ dri 20
I'm afraid the servants and my neigh
bors would cell me proud. fLey voT!d
say that am ashamed O. them before
strangers, and woutd think s7iah6ed
thefn.''
why don't you paint yoar DWELLINGS
whiteP They would look 80 mach pEes-
tier," said the guest chs daE. 10 ia
rich farmer
'I would like 10 do 60" hs replied.
,.but what would people say9 They
would think / wanted 10 appea< better
than they are, and was trying 10 imiteae
the city people"
This intense conservatism preserves
primitive forms Of society. which have
been lost in more progressive commuD!-
ties The maid-serYants have a. inds-
pendent air, which ppocacims thas
though they worked for the farmeG.
they, too, were Noxsenen's daughsoEa.
the equals Of tbs farmers vile and girls.
The farmer sits at the heed Of tho ia
BILE, and on each side ere his family and
the maids and men-servanta He ls tho
patriarch. and they hook up % him %
the first among equals
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Little THINGS from Natura'S Book.

"Books are wonderful help" says
Bill Nye, "but man ought not to be
satisfied to go through life and be al
ways on the borrow from other peoples
brains. He ought to find out some things
himself and leave a little to posterity III
payment for all that he has learned from
others. Few boOk-learned people know
that when horse crops grass he eats
back to him, but COW eats outward
from her because she has no front teeth
in her upper jaw and has to gum it;
that some kinds of snakes lay eggs and
some don't, but give birth to their
young; that a cane gets its full growth
in year, whether it is large or small.
and the limb of tree never gets any
higher from the ground, no matter how
high the tree grows. These facts have
learned from studying nature
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-27
Signifoant Signs;

To call at friends house about DIN
ner time and find him absent is sign
you will be disappointed.
To drop hot sealingwax on your fin
gers is sign you will be angry.
To meet bolting horse on the pave
ment implies that you are going to run
To dream of being run over by fire
engines is often a sign thatyou have had
pork chops for supper.
To pick up money is lucky.
If man says; II hardly like to ask
you, old fellow, but" 1t Is sign he
wants to borrow money.
To collide with three consecutive
lamp-posts and fall over an apple stall
is sign you are not good templar.
To lose money or iewclry is unlucl1y.