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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Her Choice,

''Do they edit in here?"
o The several occupants of the room
looked around and discovered young
lady standing in the doorway. She
nodded slightly TO the horse reporter,
and that individual returned the saluta-
tion with placid observation-disclosures
eight-hurdles smile whose grandeur of
expanse would alone have made it no
ticeable.
"You are right this time," madam"
he said. '"This is the exact spot where
the seething brain of the trained jour
nalist proceeds to bubble, and the
lances of Thought that pierce with un-
erring aim the brazen helmets of Wrong
are ever held in couchant poise by
strong arms ready to launch them forth
at the slightest signal of danger"
Papa doesn't know 1 am up here"
said the vision of loveliness, ''but man.
MA does. The very minute l told her
that was going to see an editor she
said it was the best thing to do, but
when l got right to the door l just
thought 1 should die.''
"You don't appear to be in danger of
immediate dissolution" remarked the
horse reporter.
''Oh, of course l don't mean exactly
that said the young lady, but l was
awfully nervous, You q knowlI always
was that way-and when was little
to govern me was by kindness.
piled the personal friend of Rarus.
''Would You like to read the Hawkins
vile Courier or the Cohoes Freeman?n
pointing to pile of exchanges.
mo, [ don't care about it, thank
yeu," was the reply. You editors must
have hard time managing all the peo-
pie who come up here"
There is managing editor for that
purpose" said the horse reporter.
''Hew nice! And do all these gentle
men edite''
Yes
I'm going to be married next week"
said the yeung lady. 'Ain't it funny?'
''Quite iludicrods, no doubt" was the
reply.
''And came up here" she continu-
ed, 'ts see if you would put nice no.
tice Of the affair in the paper. Will
you do itP''
Certainly" said the horse reporter.
'WoHld you like to have it referred to
as ''another one of those delightful
events in which the happiness of trust
ing love finds glad fruition in welded
bliss or the marriage-bells rang out
merrily last evening, telling to the star
lit skies joyful tale of loves final tri-
umph'? Both those sentences are kept
in type, and you can have your choice"
Il rather like the last one BEST" said
the young lady. 1T is more tenderly
beautiful. Don't you think so?''
''Yes," replied the horse-reporter,
''there is a sort of curfew- will-not-ring-
tonight tinge to it that lays over the
other one"
"Well then l will take that. And
will an editor be around to write it
up?:'
'Certainly."
Il will send you piece of the we'd
dig cake" continued the young lady.
DO" said the horse reporter. ''There
is dog up my way that needs kill
ing. "-Cticogo Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Hou Flies Climb

Herr H. DEWITT has communicated to
the Berlin Society of Nature History
some facts that bear very strongly
against the generally received theory
that flies adhere to perpendicular walls
and ceilings by virtue of some sucking
power in their feet. He asserts that the
feet of flies cannot possess the sucking
property ascrihed to them, for they are
hard and destitute of muscles. The
theory has long been contradicted by
the experiments of Blackwell. who
found that flies could climb the sides of
a lar under the receiver and an air
pump, where there was no atmospheric
pressure, and who asserted that the
power of adherence was due to sticky
matter secreted from the foot-hairs of
flies. This assertion was generally re-
garded as not proved, and the case has
rested there. DEWITT reports that his
Investigations have shown that Black
well was right. He has watched the ex-
udation of the sticky matter from the
feet of the flies by fastening one of the
insects to the plate of glass and view
ing it under the microscope. A per-
fectlv clear liquid was seen to flow from
the ends of the foot-hairs and attach
the foot to the glass. When the foot
was lifted up to be put down in another
place the drops of the sticky matter
were perceived to be left on the glass,
in the exact places, where the foot-hairs
had rested. The adhesive fluid ap-
pears to pass down through the hollow
of the hair and to be derived from
glands wh.oh Leydig discovered in the
folds of the foot in 1859. A similar ad'
hesive matter appears to be possessed
by bugs, by many larvae, and probably
bv all insects that climb the stems and
the under sides of the leaves of plants.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Injustice to Inventors.

The published portrait of Thomas A.
Edison has the look of a man who is
trying to think of hard word, or one
who first awakes to the thrilling fact
that small. dark spider with red
stomach has climbed up his leg so far
that it becomes a question of vital inn
portance as to which would be most adj
visable, to 90 down inside after him, to
reach up from below and corral him
or to mash the insect where he is, by a
well-directed blow from the outside.
Perhaps this air of abstraction has
been acquired by Mr. Edison's endeav-
oring to light up the Atlantic coast at
cost of nine cents per night, which ef-
fort has not been crowned with sue
cess. 1t may be, too, that his researches
after some invention of his brother tel
egraph operators that has not been pat
ened, and his consequent duties in pur-
loining the same. have made him round
shouldered, and planted on his boyish
face the appearance of close student
with tendencies towards biliousness.
Mr.. Edison is said to be the most sue
cessful inventor by proxy that the world
has ever seen. He has vicariously in
vented hundreds of useful instruments
uN "IIlCu ulliIllSS NC oClLC1t Wy
the tail and made to do the bidding of
poor, weak, fallible man. The wear
ing brain work necessary to the perfec-
tion of many of these inventions he has
thus avoided, and his health continues
very fair, while the poor, unnoticed and
unknown toiler who worked it out of
space, is probably pounding brass some
where in an unknown town, and fear
ing that any day may deprive him of
his job.
Inventors never make the money out
of their ideas. Wealth comes to rhe
grand larceny man who successfully
puts the thing on the market. We
once invented an open back joke t:,at
could be used on the darkest nj -ht
without trouble. 1t had chronom Ter
balance that adapted it to any climate
and was in every way kind of JOY to-
the-world joke, but we neglected to
patent it, and now the man who succtSs-
fully stole it, is rich. and he weaiS 3
clean white necktie every day and hires
his washing done with the utr, ost
abandon and disregard of eXper Sc.
Sometimes we think if we had son
who showed signs of genius, we wo I'D
try III every honorable way to weau his
thoughts away from such things snd
turn his attention to trade, and if he
still persisted. we would bid him fare
well, and tell him to prepare for death,
and then we would send him. to mod
ern college where the hazers could get
hold of him and death would come TO
his relief. Its pretty hard, perhaps, to
send boy to college, where he will be
butchered to make 4 Harvard holiday,
but if he don't know any better than to
be born into the world showing signs of
genius and poverty on his features, he
has got to take the consequences. Gen
tlemen, its tough, but it cannot be
dodged very well.-BN Me-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
A Candid Mercantile Confession.

The mercantile agency is great in
gtitution. 1t exercises a maternal care
over the interests of merchants, and its
effect on the trader on the brink of in
solvency is as bomb shell from the
British fleet in one of ArabIs forts.
Those agencies have printed circulars
which they send to parties doing busi-
ness, to fill out, and return to them.
The questions in those circulars are of
decidedly pointed character, for the
mercantile agency is not modest in its
search for information. A few days
ago one of these firms sent circular to
gentleman doing business at certain
seaside resort, and received their blank
promptly filled out. Each question had
large pile of Undergraduates after it,
and few of the answers will give an
idea of the veracity and promptitude
with which the agency's curiosity was
satisfied. After some inquiries as to
business, age, etc, the agency asks:
':How much did each partner contri-
butte at startingr'
Answer: Nothing"
Ibid any of the partners ever fail in
business?'
"Always.''
when, and where and IN What
formp'
whenever any firm would trust"
amount of stock on hand?'
lone quart of whisky, seven cigars,
and three bottles of sour claret."
Then the agency inquiries under the
head of liabilities:
lowing for merchandise"
Answer: More than tongue can tell"
''In what month do you usually take
an account of stock?"
"When the moon is at its full"
with whom do you bank!'
civilian Briggs and Harry White"
'Names of principal creditors and
amount due each?'
From the corner of Kearny and Mar
let streets running due east to the wa
ter front, thence to corner Kearny,
thence to beginning Kearny and Mar
ket, 1 have scooped them all i'm
'References?"
'tAll of the bill collectors of the city,
the professional duns and the Bankrupt
Court. Respectfully"
There are few men in business who
would be SO candid with mercantile
agency. And the strangest feature of
this remarkable document is that it is
true in every particular.-Sdn Francis
co Call.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Crops in Continental Europe.

The Vienna PreSSe, in review of the
crop prospects of continental Europe;
says Spain will again have bad harvest
this year. Italy has also weak has-
vest The French crops are not satis-
factory as regards quality, the heavy
rains having materially injured the
character of the wheat. According to
estimates, the crops will reach about
IL, 100000 to lie, 100000 of hectoliters,
while the requirements will amount to
about 118, 100000. There will, there
fore, be IL deficit of from 100000 to
5000, 600, which will have to be covered
by imports. In Germany the rains have
severely injured the crop in the south,
and less severely in the northern prov
inces. North Germany counts upon d
full average yield of low quality, while
southern Germany will have consider
able decrease in the yield. The imports,
it is estimated, can not be less than in
previous years. Roumania and Servia
have both average crops, the Servia
yield being of finer quality than the
Roumanian corn. Both countries pro-
duce more than they require for home
consumption. Both will have fair
surplus for export. Reliable details of
Russia's crops are wanting, but it ap-
pears certain that, with the exception
of the province of Cherson, the average
will about be reached, and already the
exports of wheat and rye from the ports
of the North. the Baltic, and Mediter-
ranean seas are proceeding in full
swing Hungary has full average
crop, Austria a weak average, and the
quantity available for export is esti-
mated at 3,500,000 centners of wheat
and -four, valued at 10000, 900 gulden.
OF rye there is surplus of 1000 900
meter-centners available for expert,
worth about 100000 gulden. Oats
will yield about 100000 to $780, 900
meter-centners for export.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
A Ohampion Beauty.

The most beautiful woman in the
world, or champion beauty" has just
been found ut Pesth, thanks to the
municipality, which, instead of concern
ing itself with corporation dinners,
main drains, and lighting, has (says the
Pail Mall Gazettc) instituted an inter
national beauty tournament. Out of
$50 candidates-the number must sure
IL be telegraphic mistake-only ten
obtained prizes, and the first prize, di-
amond bracelet, was taken by Cornelia
Szekely, aged 20. This damsel is Il bru-
nette, with brilliant eyes, whose figure,
supple as q twining creeper, recalls the
type of ancient Greek statues. Her
photographs will not be ready for some
days, owing to little accident which
happens even to English ladies, her
dress not having come home from the
miIliner, but it will be soon sent to ev-
cry illustrated paper in the world, and
we shall have al opportunity of judg-
ing. Meanwhile, before it arrives, no
doubt numerous challenges will be hurl-
ed to Cornelia from Europe, Asia, Afri-
ca, and America, and the railway COM
panies to Pesth may be expected to de-
clare vast dividends, reaped from the
transit of wagon-loads of discontented
beauties arriving from all parts of the
world
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
A Beautiful Experiment.

A curious and little-known expert
ment, showing the resistance of the air
in guns, is described by Professor Dan
iel Colladon, of Geneva. He was long
in the habit Of showing it to his classes.
1t resembles feat that was sometimes
performed by soldiers with the old Swiss
carbines. M. Colladon fully charged
with compressed air the hollow iron
breach of an air-gun. serving as reser-
voir. Having screwed up the gun, he
introduced round lead ball, running
freely, but nearly filling the bore; then,
placing the gun vertical he seized the
upper end and pressed his thumb vigor-
ously on the mouth. The gun was then
s.fired' by an assistant; the thumb re-
manned in position, and the ball was
heard to fall back in the bore. There
upon, after recharging the breach with
the same ball. he shot the latter at q
pine board about A of an inch thick. or
pane of glass, and it passed through.
The experiment, M. Colladon says, is
without danger, if the operator is sure
of the strength of his thumb, if the gun
is more than thirty-two inches long, and
if the ball is spherical and nearly fills
the gun Gn which it must act like a
piston) The least uncertainty in the
very vigorous pressure of the thumb and
hermetic closure of the gun may entail
serious injury to the thumb. While M.
Colladon has repeated the experiment
twenty or thirty times without the least
inconvenience either from shock or heat.
a trial of it is perhaps hardly to be rec
commended. Mature.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09

evening that Jet saw him in her own
little sitting-room. When she came in,
looking SO frail yet so lovely, Ralph
could not utter word. He simply
opened his arms, and the next instant
her head was on his breast.
Darling" he whispered, 81 told you
the truth. Your fortune was nothing to
me; but how could ask you to give it
up for the sake of sharing my pow
erty?"
Your poverty was nothing to me-"
she said, in voice that thrilled with
happiness; ''but you never gave me
chance of saying So"
''And will you-can you-oh, Georg-
cite, my darling! it will be terrible
sacrificem
''You say so?' she cried reproachful-
ly, ''yet you profess to love me! Tell
me, Ralph, if it were ten times as much,
wouldn't you give it up gladly if you
were in my positiong"
Dearest" he said, kissing her with
tender reverence, Il would give up the
world for your
Besides she added, with an en-
chanting smile, II told a white lie,
Ralph. Can you forgive me for itP l
was trying to weigh your love in the
balance with my money, and how sadly
miscalculated the result Butt is
only half of my fortune that 1 will for
felt in marrying you. I think we can
still manage to live on half. Don't you
think we can Ralphp''
He looked at her In a kind Of de-
lirium.
"Why-what-" he stammered.
'Don't you understand" she said,
putting both arms around his neck
"Whcn I marry you. l lose half my for
tune, but there is still goedIy portion
left to me. woald not have any of it,
though, Ralph, if I had to live without
you.h
Real tears started to his eyes, and he
gathered her close to his heart
When I came in after awhile, Jet was
lying on the sofa, and he was seated
close beside her.
Her cheeks were crimson, and her
eyes shone like stars.
81 don't know what the doctor will
say to this said, shaking nay head
aubiously.
I'VE woA't need any doctor now, Miss
Emily" Ralph said, with n joyous
laugh. 81 have taken the contract off
his hands"
He fulfilled it too; for, three months
later, when Jet was married, her health
was better than it ever had been be-
fore.
The inscription in her wedding-ring
was in Hebrew, and somewhat different
from the judgment which Belshazzar
saw written upon the wall.
1t signified in our language:
Thou hast been weighed in the bal
ance and found true''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
How Much a Million Dollars Weighs.

Mr. E. b. Elliott, the Government
Actuarv, has computed the weight of
million dollars in gold and silver coin
as follows:
The standard gold dollar of the Unit
ed States contains of gold of nine
tenthS fineness 25.S grains, and the
standard silver dollar contains of silver
of nine-tenths fineness 1925 grains. One.
million standard gold dollars, conse-
quently weighs 25,800,O00 or $3.50
ounces troy, or 1879 1-6 pounds troy,
of 5, 7G0 grains each, or $685. ,61 pounds
avoirdupois of 1000 grains each, or l,
843-1, 900 "short'' tons of 1000 pounds
avoirdupois each, or 645-1 900 'long"
tons of 2.20O pounds avoirdupois each.
One million standard silver dollars
weigh 412.5OO,000 grains, or S59,375
ounces troy, or II, ,614.58 pounds troy,
or SO, 928 81 pounds avoirdupois, or 80
464-100 'short'' tons of 1000 pounds
avoirdupois each, or26 307-1, 900 long
tons of 2,249 pounds avoirdupois each.
In round numbers the following table
represents the weight of a million dol
lars in the coins named:
Description of coin. Tons.
Standard gold coin. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. rs
Standard silver coin. ................ l636
Subsidy silver com. 20
Minor coin, five cent nickel. lU
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Modern Surgery,

The latest triumph of modern sur
gerry is the repair of Boston woman
who had fallen seventy feet and broken
her neck. The neck was broken just
as the necks are of culprits who are
hanged on the gallows-namely, by dis
location of the vertebr9. Fortunately
the spinal marrow was not injured or
the repairs could not have been made.
Having chloroformed the poor woman,
the surgeons had the pleasure of hear
ing the bones and igaments snap as
they forced the displaced vertebre into
proper position. The woman, on awak-
inc, seemed to think that her head had
come off and that it had been put on
crooked. This operation suggests a
new field of experiment on the bodies
of executed criminals. Attempts have
frequently been made, sometimes with
partial success, to restore life by means
of powerful electric currents. Let the
next surgical experimenters try setting
the dislocated neck. 1t can't do the
man much harm and might set him
partially or wholly to rights. There
seems to be hardly any limit to scientif-
ic research.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
1t Will All be Right in the Morning.
BY Z. Z. TAYLOR

When tho bounding beat of the heart of love,
And the springing step, grow slow;
When the form of a cloud in the blue above
Lies dark on the path below,
The song that he sings is lost in sigh,
And he turns where q star is dawning,
And he thinks, as il gladdenS his heart and his
eye:
1T will all be right in the morning?''
When "thc strong man armed" in the middle
watch.
From iifcS dim deck is gazing,
And strives, through the wreck of the tempest,
to catch
n CLEAN of the day-beams blazing;
Amid the wild storm, there hard by the helm,
He hceds not the dark ocean yawning;
For this song i'll his soul not sorrow can
whclm:
lit will all be right in the morning!"
When the battle is done, the harp unstrung,
Its music trembling-dying;
When his woes are unwept, and his deeds I'M
sung.
And he longs i'll the grave to be lying,
Then Il voice shall charm, as it charmed before
He had wept or waited the dawning;
'Ihey do love there for aye-Ill be thine rs of
at will all be right in the morning!''
Thus all through the world by ship and shore;
Whore the mother bends over
The cradle, whose tenant has gone on befOre;"
Where the eyes of the lover
Light the way to the soul: whatever the word,
\ welcome, a wall, or warning,
This is everywhere cheriShed-thiS everywhere
heard:
sit will all be right in the morning!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09

PORTAGE co. OFFICIAL REGISTER.

Co,nrton Pleas Judge George f Arrel, YounGs-
town; w. II. spear,
Warren, Ohio
pa,-,sey,1tjre IN LcgfsL1tnge-E S, Wood
worth, WinuhaIn, Ohio
Probate Judge Cornelius y, Reed, Ravcnna,O.
County C2crh-john Porter, kaNenna.
Countg AuLi50r-LeGrand Clin, HaNenha.
ConEA Yreusurer-Nath.n ii smith, haVehna'
iS-WIiliam W lcOH, Raven"a.
Aeco5der- --philo Bierce, haVehhH; -. ~,
ram11jssj58srs-Fiu q. Nichols, Garrettsvilie;
N"'0 \. Il. Merrill, Newton
Falls; Edgar Whlttle-
sey, Atwat9r
p, d,.,arq.v Dtyectors-~A Amzi Wiimot, M9ntua, o 1;
1'1''"''' H'' Charles K. Doolittle,
StreetsbOrO, o.; +. w.
CONN, Ravcnna, y.
t,ottata S,rgeyor-JedediJh cole, GHrreGsVllle'
CDroagr-- Alfied II. Barlow, Rootstowh, -;
school Eoanors--of iaymiaHter' PayennS
Juhn Mcharg, haVCnhit.
wayors sofIucorporated of villages
Gayrsttsc G!e--James Norton.
heRt -. :. Rockwell
Raeeasd-E +. hatfield
Justices of the Peace.
,,.u,,.. s,tv..rcr i. Hinman, H. IL. Woolf.
A,r5rd--.john L. Thompson, H. =. C~nuoh'
Rriaadei,L-J l.. Carrier. 4 IL Tyai,r MANS, E,x
CH,Diestoesa--Austm I. CirtlIs, i',i''' '0>'
De.yReIf--C : IiBbul-, J. H. iiV tG,,,,,liu.,s
tij,tLs,,ylA Geo 3. Mcrwin, John Il Slm"ipGI, ,5
Frt@kiis-~fsaac RUSSELL, Nelson Barber J"nn
,, r,i5 BePtiyg, ,.,yl,as 9eri Henry c. ennings
Grs%%%@ q oi1slsoli,u - 5 Weuo u. msr",a
Hi,lm--i;ionard NJ. flank, II; N A,i pSS'"
TstsSD"LJs ;5cnolsou. George +. II ed@cr'
J,,s2gya--i,ci,5y inIasas, i. W. Thomas' L. N
y..e;e--F ichara morrss. Dlichacl Jones.
R,l tioioh -Xnpher A. Davis. \. = aeNrS' ag 'ooo-o
RsFs1TT IS b Norion, stewart W "o'9''
tri,,u 4 Sperra
C,s,s,o,yz-- 4 n. ..i.argow, }. W iIa,t.
81 fks.scTle-- Alnon l.. fomson, i'aiay
.,gss,N6oro Wallace .cot, {. ". Stn'il
E,l,i --William Paulus, II . Mlrt;..
N. -Intn Il. Harrison. I. q. Angel.
soCI E'II IB5-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
A Bridegroom's Tact,

Some men have tact. Said the BRIDE
groom who didn't wish either to offend
his bride or die of internal disturbances:
My dear, this bread looks delicious;
but it is the first you have ever made.
cannot think of eating it, but will pre-
serve it to show to our children in after
years as a sample of their mothers skill
and deftness. ."-BoStom Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09

A curious double pine tree is growing
near the line of Green and Jackson
counties, Mississippi. Two distinct
trunks, about twenty feet apart. rise
from the ground and unite thirty feet
above, forming one solid trunk, round
and symmetrical.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09

The city of Cleveland. O., has accept
ed Mr.. j. II. Wade's million dollar
gift'' of seventy-three acres of land at
the eastera end Of the city for a public
park.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09

A postoffiee recently established in
Tippecanoe County, Ind, has for its
aanle the two letters A, B.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09
Dol1ars and Gents.

What will this country be noted for
hence?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What are men striving for hot and i'll
tense?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What makes our politics reek with Of
fense?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What makes Mr.. Gould, though a
small man immense?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What makes our cashier Jump DER
the back fence?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What causes crime on the slightest
pretensep
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
Why is it stern justice SO often re-
lents?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What more than all shadows tell COM
ing events?
Dollars and cents. Dollars and cents.
What makes you polite to u man of
no sense?
His dollars and cents. Dollars and
cents.
Why don't editors vacations ever
commence?
No dollars, no cents, not even cents.
Brooklyn Union.