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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
ITO you?" asked Madge with we'll

ITO you?" asked Madge with well
feigned surprise.
.'Yes, to me! Why not? Haven't W,
always been friends?' with a little sol
under her words.
well" said Madgc indil1erently
''Ralph is of 4 rather reserved disposi
ton, and when he heard YOU were re
cciving the attentions OF Mr.. Haynes
But L wasn't receiving his atten
tons"
Sand driving out with Mr. Revere
"What nonsenser' cried AleNia, almos
Historically. II only went with him
twice, because lie would persistin show.
ing me his new dog-cartr'
He concluded" composcdly went or
| Madge, 'that you had hearts enough tc
play with without his! So he sends his
compliments and desires me to make
his adicus for him.
Alexia Gray had risen to her feet with
burning checks and scarlet lower lip
firmly held under the pressure of two
tiny little pearls of teeth.
''Iie may 90 abroad" said she, Striv-
ING resolutcly to control her voice, ''0r
he may remain ut home, to suit his own
pleasure. But Whichever he does, he
shall not 90 away believing me To he u
mere coquette. have never encourage
ell either OF these men. / have never
cared for them. T.
And here the assumed dignity broke
down, and AleXia burst into tears.
'Don't tell him what II fool ! have
made of myself" she sobbcd. ''Tell him
only that-that l hope he will enjoy the
trip, and be very, very happyn'
YES" said Madge imperturbably, 81
will'
And she went home and placed her
sat brooding over his books ut the study
table.
'sRalph,'' said she softly, edo you still
care for Alexia Gray?'
81 shall always care for her, Madge," :"
he said quietly yet firmly.
''Then 90 and see her." said Madgo;
''for in my heart | believe that she loves
you and no one else"
His face lighted up.
"How do You know it?'' he exclaimed.
'.By instinct" Madge answered.
So Major Charters took his hat and
walked up to the cottage where AleXia
had elected to spend the summer.
She was sitting iii the arbOr, her
pretty cheeks still wet with the traces of
recent tears, but she tried to smile as
she started up to welcome Major Ralph.
IL am very glad to see you said
she. They told me that you were 60
ing away
"Should you care whether 1 did or
not?' said the major, STOPPING his tall
head over her curls
"Of course | shOuldr'
Couldn't Mr.. HAYNES and Paul Re
we're console you?" he asked solemnly.
''No" she cried out, half laughing,
half weeping,
"Alexia, shall stay!''
''Stay! stay!' she sobbed; ''for my
sake, stay! Oh, Ralph, l should be
miserable if you were to @on'
And so Major Charteris altered his
arrangements, and did not go away un-
til three months later, when he took his
beautiful young bride with him.
But there will always be Il dissension
in the Charters family upon ore SUBJ
ject. Madge Fielding says that Aleia
is thoroughly cured of coquetry. AIeXia
says that she never was coquette at
all. And Major Charters himself ex-
presses no opinion whatever upon the
matter!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
1nme Attainment,

Nature is active in adornin@ her do
minions; and man, to whom this beau
ty is addressed, should feel and obey
the lesson Let him, too, be induStri-
Gus in adofning his donfain-in making
his home, the dwelling Of his wife and
children, not only convenient and com
Portable, but pleasant. Let him, rs far
as circumstances will permit, be indus
trious in surrounding it with pleasant
objects; in decorating it, within and
without, with things that tend to make
it agreeable and attractive. Let in
dustry make home the abode of neatneSs
and order-a place which brings satis-
faction to every inmate, and which i'll
absence draws back the heart by the
fond associations of content Let this
be done, and this sacred spot will be-
come more surely the scene Of cheerful-
ness and peace. 1e parents. who would
have your children happy, be industri-
Gus to bring them up in the midst OF a
pleasant, Il cheerful, and a happy home.
Waste not your time in accumulating
wealth for them, but plant i'll their
minds and souls, in the way proposed,
the seeds of virtue and prosperity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Dreams and their Conditions.

Dreams are night-thoughts, unchecked
! by the judgment and uncontrolled by
the will. 1t is not true that we do
not reason in dreams, that the exercise
| of the judgment is wholly suspended.
and that the will is entirely powerless or
ceases to act. These faculties are not
altogether in allegiance, but they doze
while the subordinate powers of the
mind-those which play the parts of
picture-carrierS and record-tinders-
ransack the treasures of memory and
mingle together in the direst confusion
old things and new. Imagination is not
active, but it remains just enough awake
to supply the connecting links which
give seeming continuity to those parts
OF the phantaSmagoria which we chance
to remember on recovering perfect self
consciousness, and which being remcm-
bered, we call F'draanls." No one re-
members more than one dream, unless
he has reused from sleep more than once.
This experience has led to the inference
that dreams only occur at the moment
or in the act of waking. There are
dreams which take place in the process
of returning to consciousness for OK
ample, those instantaneous scenes and
spectacles which are suggested by the
sound or feeling thatrolIses the dreamer;
but, i'll result of Il long and close study
of the subject with Il view to discover
the nature of dreams, and the laws of
dreaming, for medical purposes, in con-
nection with the treatment of sleepleSs-
ness, | am persuaded that dreams occur
in the course of sleep and are wholly
forgotten.
That they do not and cannot take
place in deep sleep is probable, because
deep sleep is general sleep, and when
this state prevails the subordinate fac
ulties are sleeping, and the pictures and
records which compose dreams are not
disturbed. To understand dreams we
must understand sleep, and it is because
the two phenomena have not hitherto
been studied together that SO little is
generally known about either.-J. Nor
timer GramUille, IN Popular Science
M01lLhl3y
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The man has cut away The frog, be-
cause he thinks the horse will be injured
if the frog touches the ground. He has
then cut deep groove at the base of
the frog. This is to give n well opened
heel, rs he is pleased to call it. He has
scooped away the sole To givcitspring."
He has scored deep notch in the toe
for the shoe. This is evidently a con-
servative relic of the time when nails
We're not used. and the shoe attached by
three-pointcd clips hammered over the
edge, one in front and one on either
side. Then he has improved the whole
of the outer surface of the hoof. AS the
Creator has furnished this part of the
hoof with thin, hard, polished plate,
forming a sort Of varniSh which is I'M
pervious to wet, the farrier as Il matter
of course rasps it all away up TO the
crown. And, as the Creator has placed
round the crown 4 fringe of hair, which
acts as thatch to the line of junction
and throws of the rain upon the water
proof varnish, he cuts this away with
his scissors. Lastly, the Creator having
given to the horny hoof Il nothing of
soft and partially translucent brown,
gray-blue, yellow, black ana white
never exactly the same in two h"ofs,
much less III two horses the farrier
takes a blacking-pot and brush, polishes
up the hoofs until they look like patent
leather boots, all four exactly alike, and
then contemplatcs his work with salts
faction. In his own words, he has
''turned out 5 finished Job of it.>
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

Auguste Rouzaud, Nilsson's husband,
who is reported insane, is rather
pleasant-looking French gentleman,
with kind, open features, and of me-
dunn height. He was born in the Isle
of Bourbon, and is half creole. His
grandfather married a creole woman
and amassed a great fortune. His faith
er married the daughter of Admiral
Bosq, and. after retiring from business,
resided in Paris. M. Rouzaud had a
fortune of from 100000 to 100000
francs. He is the eldest of four children
three boys and one girl. He was
married to Mile. Christine Nillson, the
famous Swedish prima donna, in West
minister Abbey, London, ON the 9th of
July, 1872. No happier or more devot-
ed couple could be found, and the great
artistic was model wife. Mr.. Rouzaud
was exceedingly popular during his
visit TO this country, and his amiability
and rare conversational powers, united
to his frankness of manner and his ster-
ling qualities of heart, made him a gen.
eral favorite in society and secured him
MANY ife-lonp friends,
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Historical Items.

AS late as the time Of James I. the
disposal of the hand of a young orphan
heiress lay with the King.
1t is a singular fact that one of the
earliest English theaters had monk,
Geofrey, for its manager.
Last words of FontcnellO: 81 do not
suffer, my friends, but l feel q certain
difficulty in existing"
Voltairc was the first writer in France
to recommend the adoption of inocuIa-
ton for smallpox to the people OF his
country.
A rage for comfits existed in the reign
of Henry III. When the body of Due
de Genuse was found he had Il box of
comfits in his hand.
In 1851 the dress of French dandy
consisted of black velvet coat, green
and silver waisteoat, yellow velvet
breeches and blue stockings
Sir Thomas Parhyus, who died in
1741 in England, made collection Of
stone collins, and was at the time of his
deeease in possession of several score.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

One of the results of P. T. Rarnum's
offer OF 100000 prize to the ':hantl-
soonest woman in the world has been
to turn the shOWman's Office in RonI
street into picture gallery. The letters
accompanying the photographs, if a,
collected together, would, it is said.
weigh several hundred pounds.
4 few days ago, says the New York
Sh72, a messenger from the Grand Cen
tral hotel called at bIr Barnum's office
and said there We're two ladies at the
hotel who wanted to see him. Two of
Mr.. Barnum's agents went over to soc
the two ladies.
''Arriving at the hotel'' said one of
the agents recently, we were shown to
the ladies' parlor. There we saw a
large, tall, young woman logged out in
garments OF the most gorgeous colors
Seated near her was an elderly woman,
very plainly dressed IS if to produce a
contrast with her more youthful com
panion. AS soon rs we introduced our
selves the young woman sprang up and
advanced toward us, ut the same time
saying: We'll, FVe come to claim the
prize. YOu may remember | wrote to
yoW, but | Thought I'd better come down
myself, and 1 brought my aunt along
with me for Il companion When first
saw the young woman she struck me as
being not Il bad-looking person. She
was large, had prominent and pretty
regular features, bright eyes, and fair,
rosy complexion. But when | came
close to her! She was daubed all over
with paint, and the colorin@ Of her eye
broWs was so clnmsily done that any re-
spectacle hoGse-painter would have been
ashamed 10 own up to the job. Without
pretending to have made any study of
her, told her that she struck me as be-
ing a pretty likely candidate. Itold her
to return home, and we would send her
word as soon as we wanted her. Imao-
inc my surprise when she told me that
she had come expecting to stay, and had
not money enough about her to pay the
hotel bill and the passage home. We
gave her $50 and bade her good-dav."
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For Winter Evenings.

An Entertainment or Two for the Cheerful Firesid
The games that follow are not all OF
them particularly new; but they are very
pleasant, and are quite worth trying:
THE CAT.
One player says: ''Have you seen my
cat?'' The next replies: .tYes, Eve
seen your cat" ''Do you know what
my cat is doing?" Yes, I know what
your cat is doing" '.Do it.'' And if
the player neglects to purr or scratch
she pays a forfeit. Of course, this game
may be varied considerably by choosing
any other animal
THE INTERRUPTED REPLY.
The company are seated in q circle,
when one whispers to her right-hand
neighbor. Say that she asks: ''Of what
use is book?'' The answer would
naturally be: ITO read" But instead
she asks another question of her right
hand friend, and when the questions
have gone around the circle, the original
question and the last answer arc given
aloud-of course producing much laugh
ter among the party.
PUZZLE MUSIC.
One player leaves the room, and the
rest determine on something he must do
on his return. Say he has to dance
around the room to discover hidden
person or to touch q particular object.
When he enters he is informed by song
or piano when he is near or far from his
object, the singing or playing becoming
louder or softer us he approaches or
recedes from the solution. With little
trouble this may be made II most anus
ing game. 1t is, in fact, but modera-
ton of the Old nursery frOlic, 'tHot
Boiled Beans and Bacon"
THE KEY TO THE KINGS GARDEN.
The plan is for one to give q sentences:
81 give you the key Of the Kings gar
den" The next person repeats the
words with an addition: Il give you the
string that holds the key of the Kings
garden" A fourth: Il give you a
patent file to sharpen the scissors TO cut
the string that holds the key of the
Kings garden" ga fifth: 81 give you
box to hold the patent file to sharpen the
scissors to cut the string that holds the
key of the Kings garden" and so on till
one player fails and pays a forfeit.
THE SECRET THAT TRAVELS.
A game of the simplest character, but
which among young people will often bd
found to afford genuine amusement. 1t
has its advantage that any child can
join i'll it without having previously
possessed a knowledge of the pasLime.
The players sit around a table, or at
least dispose themselves in a circle. One
player starts the game by whispering a
sentence in the ear Of the player on the
right hand. This sentence is the secret.
The player to whom the secret has been
confided tells it to his right-hand neigh
Dor, and 50 on all around the table circle.
The last player repeats aloud the SEN
tence as he under stood it, and then tho
first player gives out the sentence in its
original form. As n general rule, it
will be found that in passing from one
to another the words have been so alter
ed as to be almost unrccOrniZahle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23
Condition of 2 Stallion fer the Stnd.

The stallion requires regular exercise
for several weeks before he stands for
mares. The soft relaxed muscles. from
Incidence or improper exercise, and the
obstruction of the organs OF lOcomo-
ton, from overloaded flesh, are unfit to
be Gntaied. and will produce nothing of
any value. The art of conditioning the
stallion for the stud consists in suitable
exercise, to harden the muscles, sweat
ing out the surplus fat, to clear the
wind, rubbing down the pores of the
skin, so that the inscnsible perspiratiOn
will improve the health, and cleansing
out the whole system, so as to prepare
for the free circulation OF the blood that
stimulates the organs of lOcOmOtiOn.
The stallion is generally pampered in
idicness, which destroys his ambition;
overloaded with flesh, which obstructS
his action, and oVertaskcd in the stud,
which causes him to get lank, leggy, i'll
formed, worthless colts. 10 avoid these
degencrating effects, the sire must be
trained up to the highest state of consti-
tutional Vigor, so as to generate the
same health and yigor in his offspring.
1t is truisln III animal phy sioIogy,
that the most active organs will repro
duce their own activity. it is the great
muscular activity of the sire, and nerv-
ous energy of the dam, that stamps the
impress of speed and bottom upon their
colts -COrre~yo1sdcnt Of Nati0Itak lire
Stock J01u7t0t, Chicago.
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"Conyalescent2"

This little story is not one of my Gin
vented facts" nor what DIR. Holmes calls
an embellished truth, but is strictly, lit
orally and unvarnishedly true. Acoun-
try physician of limited sense and ''1im-
iteder" education, was called to see Mr..
RS little boy, who was quite ill. He
gave some medicine and left, promising
to call again on the following morning
When he arrived Mr.. Il. met him at the
gate and informed him that the child
was convalescent.
''Convalescentp" said the doctor,
"convalescent? Then if he is that bad
off you'll have to call in some other ply
sician; never treated a case of it in my
lifer' And with that he mounted his
horse and departed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

A little while ago one of the leading
women of the Astor family, viewing with
alarm the increasing heterogcneity of
New York society, felt it to be her duty
to revise her visiting list. She took a
firm stand against newcomers, not from
any snobbish instinct, or from any sense
of superiority to people who We're very
worthy in their way, you understand,
but simply as a measure of protection
in the interest of the old families. Jacob
Astor, the furrier, lived before the flood.
SO this lady gave reception, or what
not, and subjected the customary sched-
ule of invitations to a merciless but
wholly judicial process of excision.
Among the names cut off were those OF
all the Vanderbilts, big and little.
81 must draw the line somewhere" !"
she said afterwards to a friend" land
| shall draw it at the Vanderbilts. -
NeW York Letter to Philadelphia Press.
81 cts strip the light fantastic toe -
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Two Lovers.

Two lovers by moss grown spring
They leaned soft checks together there,
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
And heard the Wooing thrusheS sing.
o, budding time!
D, loves blcst prime!
Two welded from the portal stept-
The bells made happy carollings,
The air was soft as tanning wings,
White petals on the pathway slept.
o, pure-cyed pride!
o, tender pride!
Two faces Ger cradle bent
Two hands above the head were locked;
These pressed each other while they
rocked.
Those watched a life that love had sent
o, solemn hour!
o, hidden pOwerl
Two parents by the evening fire
The red light fell about their knees,
On heads that rose by slow degrees,
Like buds upon the lily spire.
o, patient life!
o, tender strifei
Tho two still sat together there,
The red light shOne about their knees;
But all the heads, by slow degrees,
Had gone and left that lonely pair,
q, voyage fust!
q, vanished past!
Tho red light ShOne upon the floor,
And made the space between them wide
They drew their chairs up side by side,
Their pale cheeks Joined, and said "Once
mOre!'
o, memoriesi
o, past that is
George Eliot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

Lake Michigan, which is three hum
dred and sixty miles in length, and over
one hundred miles in breadth, would
float the three States of New Jersey,
Delaware and .Marylandi and it is deep
enough anywhere to bury Mt. HolyQke,
Mass, beneath its surface I~~@
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

Maryland maintains Il little navy to
enforce her laws relating to the oyster
fisheries, and Chesapeake bay is map
ped with Imaginary boundary lines, the
wrongful crossing of which it is the
duty of the oyster police to prevent
That these officials are active is indicat-
ed by the fact that several dred@ers are
killed or wounded every season, and
the county jails along the shore are fre-
queDtiy crowded with captured often
ders. .--,-- .:
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The Use of Chloroform.

DR.. T. w Brophy, of Chicago, CORES
ponding editor of the Dcretat JatrtS OF
San Francisco, thus speaks of the dan
gers of chloroform rs an anGsthctic:
"Why Il practitioner, knowing the great
danger attending the inhalation of chic
roform, should resort to its use, there
by unnecessarily hazardin@ the life OF "a
fellow being, is, indeed. difficult to un-
derstand. Ether is less dangerous, as
statistics show, and sufficient for all
purposes for which anasthetics are used.
1t is not only the unskillfui practitioner
who loses patients by using chloroform,
but too frequently the most eminent
men in our profession have seen life's
bright sparks go out under the influence
Of this dangerous an9sthetic.
: There are in Alabama 2,250,OOO acres
of government land subject to entry un-
der the homestead and preemption
laws, and the entering of land was aeyeE
bkisksr than at present s""'''-
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CHURCHES.

UEIvERsA LIST : Rev. ANDREW WILSON
Pastor. Services every Sunday at 10 30 a. m.
and Z 30 y. m. sunday School at 1875 p. 10.
Pastors residence on Diamond street. first door
north OF Nam.
CONGKEt9 ATIONAL = REV, a, VI. HILLS,
Pastor Services on sunday at 10 30 A. ~, and
80 p. M. Sunday school at IL :l5 p. NJ. Prayer
MeetIrg on Thursday Evening at T 80.
ME1 HDDIaE AEV.I.. r kANDoLfH, Pastor.
Services on Sunday at 10 80 A. M, and 30 P: Nj.
Sunday School at II :l5 P u. Prayer Meeting
on Thursday Evening at Z 80.
DISCIPLE REV. NJ L; sTREAToR, Pdstor.
Services on Sunday at 10 30 A, N, aud z 80 + N.
Sunday school aG12-l5 p. ii. Prayer Meeting
on Thursday Evening at 80. r.. -,
IMMAGULATH CUNCEPEIUN--CAINO
.-REv j os, ID, B0wLEs Pastor. services ats and
20 80 each alternate sunday. sunday ScEoOl at
V:30P NJ. High Mass, sunday. july 4, ana each
Alternate Sunday thereafter. Mass every week
uqy morning at 80
GRACE GHUKGH-EPIsCOPA St
REV. J. W. GILMAN, Rector. Services on
6rpday at $50 A. Nj, and sabbath school INA
utC iatelI fer service. Evening Service at
the usual nOur.
LAKEWOOD 1uAPEL-OakwocdS street. Rev
--- Eckert, Pastor. Services sunday eve
ming at7 30. Union Suaday school At O'CLOCK
y. m. each Sundas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-23

All NeccssarieS for the Burial
OF the Dead Furnished on short
Notice and on tile most Reason
able Terms, Considerable At
tkntiom Guaranteed.
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SOCIEfTIES.

Unity Lodge, No. l2SF, and A NJ
Meets the second and fourth Mondays a. each
month.
Tyrian Chapter, No. 81. =. 4. nj.
Meets The third Monday ct each month, 10
Masonic II all, PheniX Block.
NJ. II. CARTER, NJ. E. Il. z.
Royal Arcanuin.
Meets first and thlrd Fridays Of every month
in Hall III Opera Block.
GIDEON SEYMOUR, Regent.
G. GRIFFIN, Scc'y,
4. q. o. F.-Rayenna Lodge, Ne. G5,
Meets every Wednesday evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
RaVenna EncampmeGt, RIO. 1E3.
Meets every end and 4th Fridays Of each month
Equity LOdge-No. ~, a. d. H. w.
Meets second and fourth Fridays of every
month at hall in Opera Block.
J. plLLEMUTI, II. W.
II l., OSBORN. Rccorticl.
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E. w. MAXSON,

Ntoruev and Counselor Mt Law possesses
suneriof facilities for making collections III
ali parts OF the United States. OhCc over
First National Bank, GarrcttsViiio, ONO,
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when
they are smoothest.-:Rtehter. s~4
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Rates Of Advertising
PORTAGE co. OFFICIAL REGISTER.

Common Pleas Judge George I Arrel, Youngs-
town; W. I. Spear
Warren. Ohio.
RepTeseRtatjrs iA LcgistdtUre-E S Wood
worth. N indhun, Ohio.
Pqo6ate ,E,tage- Cornelius 4, Ecpd, Rayunna O,
COnHfg ozark John Porter, laEuEna.
LOUmtq 1Udii0.'-L LctiraHd BlIH HHNcnna-
CJuHfV Treusarer-Nathdn IL. smith, RaVenna.
Shcrig-N iiI.tin w IlCoN, huYChEa.
RecOTder I'hiiO BiCrcC, Eaycnna.
Prosecuting Att0Fhey- ph y. Horton, kaV'a
Con,nsts toners Pafis g Nichcs. tAlrctt vii c
Il. 3. Merrill. Newton
Falls; Edgar httlc-
sCy. A5HatCr.
In fggnaTv DtreCtOYs--AmIl W iilGOt, Mantua, q. :;
Charles l.. DuOlIttlc,
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CoUntv SargeU0r--.Jcdadiah CGiC, G;uT:"ttS vile.
COr0ner-- Alfred Il. BarlGY, ;a0ut>towH. O.
ScAOoE Esaniiacrs--U. Haym-Ler, Garvi'l"; +;
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